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Chapter 235: Eat steamed buns and pickles, but also save money...

Seeing the transportation company's large truck loaded with New Year's goods arriving smoothly, Secretary Wang jumped out of the truck.

Zhang Chenfei walked a few steps over and held Secretary Wang's hand: "Brother Wang, thank you for your hard work!!"

Secretary Wang obviously already knew about his cousin's situation at the steel rolling mill yesterday. At this time, he was particularly affectionate when facing Zhang Chenfei:

"Hey, we are all our own people, why are we talking about these foreign words?
So what, the New Year’s goods have arrived and the list is on me, let’s get down to business first? ? ? "

"Sure!! Logistics and finance are waiting. I'll take you directly there. Let's go, Brother Wang." After Zhang Chenfei finished speaking, he guided Secretary Wang into the factory and at the same time told Yang Baili who was waiting aside to lead the truck to the designated location. Place.

"Okay!!" Yang Baili nodded in agreement, walked to the big truck where Secretary Wang got off before, climbed on the handlebar, and jumped into the truck.

Uncle Qin, who had been waiting for a long time, was a wise man. He had already opened the big iron gate of the factory and was waiting for the big truck to enter.

Tomorrow is the last day of work, and the atmosphere in the factory is inevitably quite relaxed.

Seeing the big truck loaded with New Year's goods approaching, the workers immediately came over to watch the fun. At the same time, there was a lot of discussion and speculation about what was in the car.

"The state-owned factory has to be more generous than Mr. Lou before, right?"

"I smell fish."

"I don't know how the goods are. My wife said that she went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and found that the quality of this year's New Year's goods has dropped drastically..."

"Who says it's not the case? The evil capitalists are afraid of public-private partnerships and deliberately..."

"I heard from my brother-in-law's mother-in-law's niece that the factory's New Year's goods are very rich this year..."

"Is your brother-in-law's mother-in-law's niece the one in the logistics department?"

A group of people pointed at the big truck and talked about anything.

Yang Baili stretched out his head and shouted to everyone: "Don't look at it. It will be distributed to everyone in the afternoon. Go to the workshop and work honestly."

After saying that, he motioned to the driver to continue driving forward.

Zhang Chenfei and Secretary Wang quickly completed the necessary procedures. They walked side by side to where the large truck was parked, and saw that Yang Baili had organized workers to unload the truck.

Silly Zhu was also there. When he saw Zhang Chenfei appeared, he bared his big teeth and gave a thumbs up:

"Brother Dafei is awesome!! With the market conditions this year, you can actually get a special large yellow croaker!!! Just like that, it's enough to show off!!"

Look at what we just unloaded, the plump large yellow croaker, the crisp apples as big as fists, and the jujubes not much smaller than eggs.

There are also sausages that smell delicious at first glance. These are all good things that you can’t even buy with a lantern this year! ! !

With these, their steel rolling mill's new year's goods this year must be the best among all the factories in Sijiu City! ! !
Zhang Chenfei waved his hand: "We can have a good year all thanks to Brother Wang next to me.

Brother Wang, on behalf of the nearly 3,000 comrades workers in our steel rolling mill, thank you. "

Secretary Wang: "Hey, we are all brothers. You are being polite just to say so."

"I'm going to treat you during the Chinese New Year. I'll call Secretary Lu, Secretary Pei and the others, and let's have a good time together." Zhang Chenfei suggested, "The more we gather together, the stronger the relationship will be."

Secretary Lu works in a textile factory, Secretary Pei works in a cannery, Secretary Jian works in a garment factory, and Secretary Mu works in a state-owned hotel.

And later I met Secretary Hong from the daily chemical factory, Secretary Shao from the sugar factory...

Although these people seem to be just like that now, there is nothing wrong with them.

But we are about to enter the era of planned economy, and everything must be purchased with a receipt.

No tickets? I won’t sell it to you even if I have money! ! !

By then, these secretaries will be his important network. In an era when supplies are scarce, whoever has supplies is the real boss! ! !

And as long as I can establish a good relationship with these secretaries who have various resources in their hands, isn't it equivalent to owning a ticket-free department store? ? ?
In addition, after the relationship with these people is stable, the things in your own space can also be taken out in the form of exchange or transaction.

This avoids the situation of owning a farm and having crops rot in the ground because you can't find a way to sell them.

……

With good supplies that cannot be bought with money, Director Yang was in high spirits when he distributed the New Year's goods in the afternoon.

There are many people in the factory, so the distribution of New Year's goods does not come in a rush. Instead, the announcement is made by the announcer and comes one by one in order.

The process of distributing New Year's goods was orderly. Except for Guo Dayou, who rolled his eyes and fainted when he got the sausage, no other accidents happened.

By the time all the workers had received their New Year gifts, it was only twenty minutes before they got off work.

Director Yang's voice came from the loudspeaker in the factory.

After Director Yang wished everyone a Happy New Year as usual, he changed the topic and began to call on everyone to buy public bonds.

In the year following the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country sought to make up for its fiscal deficit, ensure supplies for the ongoing revolutionary war and restore the national economy. The "People's Victory Realized Public Bonds" were issued.

And the second time is now. The Year W plan is being implemented. In order to raise construction funds for socialist economic construction, the country issued a national bond called "National Economic Construction Public Bond" this time.

This time the national debt was issued five times in five years. From 1954 to 1958, a total of 35.46 billion yuan of funds needed to be raised.

In the loudspeaker, Factory Director Yang was full of passion, calling on everyone to "eat steamed buns, eat pickles, and save money to buy public bonds." The workers' ideological consciousness is very high, and their lives have been better in the past few years. There were so many good New Year's goods in previous years, and everyone was so excited that they talked about how much they wanted to buy.

Zhang Chenfei stood in the crowd, listening to the plainly dressed workers discussing how to save money to buy national debt.

Or use the money you originally saved to buy big things to support national construction. I can't help but sigh that this is really a prosperous era.

……

The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month is the last day of work in the steel rolling mill.

As soon as he got off work, Zhang Chenfei arrived at the door of the neighborhood committee.

Sitting on the bicycle with his long legs stretched on the ground, he stopped Director Wang who was about to enter the door: "Director Wang, please call Xiao Zao out."

Director Wang looked him up and down, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes: "Zhang Chenfei, you won't have a conflict with our Director Tian, ​​right?"

Otherwise, why don't you dare to go in and find someone by yourself? ?
Zhang Chenfei looked helpless: "I am not having any conflicts with her. Aren't I afraid of those aunties in your processing factory? I am a young man. Every time I chat with them, I feel mentally polluted."

It is said that a woman becomes half a man after she reaches thirty.

The average age of the women in the processing factory is over forty, and their mouths look like they came out of a big dye vat.

He talks coldly, doesn't pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetables, and keeps eating meat and vegetables. Who can stand this? ? ?
Director Wang heard this and sneered: "You still pretend to be a big-tailed wolf with me. We both grew up in the same alley. Who doesn't know each other?"

"Are you still afraid of being polluted?? Do you, Zhang Chenfei, have a piece of pure land in your mind that is not polluted???"

"I'm telling you Da Fei, let's not talk about the past things. From now on, when you are with our Xiao Zao, you have to treat her well."

Yes, after a long day, I still haven’t escaped from the ideological and moral education.

Zhang Chenfei chatted with Director Wang for a long time in a flirtatious manner, and finally made him willingly ask Tian Xiaozao to come out.

Perhaps because she has to manage the processing plant, Tian Xiaozao's dress today is as simple as ever, wearing a blue floral cotton-padded jacket that has been worn for several years, paired with two hemp flower braids.

How should I put it? It can’t be said that it’s not beautiful, but it always feels like it doesn’t fit in with the atmosphere of the upcoming Chinese New Year.

Why don't you just say that you love your own woman? ? ?

Upon seeing this, Zhang Chenfei waved his hand and said that he would buy her new clothes for the New Year.

Tian Xiaozao shook his head hurriedly: "I have money, I won't spend it on you."

It’s not easy for a man to make money either.

Zhang Chenfei's face darkened: "What's the relationship between us? If you don't spend my money, whose money do you want to spend it on?"
What is yours and mine? It’s so clear, you don’t want to marry me? ? ? "

Ah, this...how could you not think about it? Even in my dreams...

Tian Xiaozao blushed and nodded shyly.

The two then went straight to the newly opened Tianqiao Department Store.

Tianqiao Department Store opened last summer with a business area of ​​only 1,800 square meters.

The facade is not particularly big, and there are banners hanging on it - pay attention to hygiene, be polite, observe discipline, and strive to be a civilized person.

Maybe it was because it was approaching the New Year, but after Zhang Chenfei and the two entered, there were a lot of people in the department store, and it could be described as bustling.

But Zhang Chenfei knew that all this could only be regarded as a flash in the pan.

Because it was already February 1954, and there was only a short year and a half left before the completion of the Forty-Nine City Department Store, known as the "First Floor of New Z Country".

The Forty-Nine City Department Store is the first large-scale state-owned department store designed, invested, constructed and operated by my country itself.

It was also the only retail company approved to enjoy nationwide purchasing rights under the planned economy era. It could not only purchase goods from big cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou, but also sell imported goods from abroad.

On the day the building opened, the number of customers reached 16.4, and sales reached 30.9 yuan that day.

It was also from this time that Tianqiao Department Store began to fail.

But all this is still more than a year away.

At this time, Zhang Chenfei pushed his bicycle and took Tian Xiaozao to find a place to store the car near the mall. He spent two cents to store the car, got back a small bamboo slip and stuffed it into his pants pocket.

Then, the two walked into the mall.

Tian Xiaozao has always lived a simple life, and saw a brand new shopping mall that had just opened.

There are also various counters inside, with all kinds of ready-made clothes and fabrics on display. I can't help but be dazzled by them. Seeing the prices of ready-made clothes, I was even more shocked.

"Da Fei, why don't you buy it this year..."

It is too late to buy fabrics to make clothes now, but ready-made clothes are too expensive and not cost-effective.

It's better to make do with this year and buy again next year.

Before she could say anything, she was rudely interrupted by Zhang Chenfei: "I, Zhang Chenfei's woman, can't even afford a piece of ready-made clothing? Buy it, buy it!!"

(End of this chapter)