60s: I have a store

Chapter 193
Thanks to those snacks, Zhang Lu has become a big sister, with a bunch of children following her to protect her, even including children from other yards.

These days, if you just have a piece of candy, it’s enough to make other kids bow down to you.

Not to mention, the snacks Zhang Lu got from Zhou Yimin were not just a few.

Because of this, Zhang Lu liked Zhou Yimin so much that she wanted to live in Zhou Yimin's house. Every weekend, she would think about going to Zhoujiazhuang with Zhou Yimin.

This girl is so sweet-talking that she has completely charmed Zhou Yimin's grandparents, who almost treat her as their own granddaughter.

"You've never eaten mango, right?" Zhou Yimin said with a smile.

Zhang Lu's eyes lit up. She had never eaten mango before.

Even Zhang Yu, who was working nearby, pricked up her ears and pretended to be calm, but the look she gave away completely betrayed her.

It's not her fault. After all, it's a mango, a tropical fruit. It's rare in the north. It's hard to see, let alone eat. Anyway, Zhang Yu has never eaten a mango in her life!

Suddenly, she felt a little envious of her elder sister.

I hope I can marry a man like Yimin in the future.

Zhang Lu excitedly opened the carton and took out a mango bigger than her fist. She was very happy.

"Brother Yimin, is this a mango? It smells delicious." Zhang Lu felt very hungry when looking at the mango in his hand.

Her mother immediately snatched it away, put it back in the carton, closed it, and said to Zhou Yimin, "Yimin, you should keep this mango!"

In her opinion, this mango is very precious, and the best choice is to give it to leaders or something. Wouldn't it be a waste to eat it yourself?

"Aunt, don't worry about it. I still have these mangoes at home. This box is specially brought for you to taste." Zhou Yimin shook his head.

"You don't have to give us that much. Just one or two will be enough."

Who would be so extravagant as to eat a whole mango?

"If you can't finish them, just give them away! I heard that once the mangoes are ripe, they can't be kept for many days, so it's best to eat them early." Zhou Yimin said.

Aunt Zhang smiled helplessly.

Give it away if you can’t finish it?

If you say this, you will be beaten. Even if it is coarse grains, you can't bear to give it away if you can't finish it! Not to mention precious fruits like mangoes.

Of course, she also understood what Zhou Yimin meant.

It's nothing more than asking Lao Zhang to use part of it as gifts or something, to build a good relationship with the leader, which will definitely be beneficial rather than harmful.

After persuading her twice more, and seeing that Zhou Yimin had no intention of taking it back, she had no choice but to accept it. After giving one to each of Zhang Lu, Zhang Yu and the others, she sealed the box and asked Lao Zhang to give it away.

Not to mention helping Lao Zhang get promoted, at least he can improve the relationship in the research institute.

Zhang Lu and Zhang Yu were really reluctant to eat it and kept holding and smelling the mango.

"Don't take it out, do you hear me?" Aunt Zhang warned her little daughter.

Zhang Jianshe came back from get off work soon and seemed to be in a good mood.

Given the nature of his work, neither Zhang Jianshe's family nor Zhou Yimin asked why. In fact, they were in a good mood because their laboratory had solved a technical problem.

Zhou Yimin's girlfriend Zhang Yan also came back, holding some books in her arms.

Aunt Zhang cooks for everyone.

Because of Zhou Yimin's arrival, tonight's dinner will definitely not be bad.

After all, their family was not short of food now. Zhou Yimin would send them food from time to time, and they had some grain, meat, etc. Even if there was no food to sell outside for a month, their family would not starve.

"You forgot to bring some rapeseed. We grow it in our village and have recently started supplying it to the steel plant." Zhou Yimin said when he saw Aunt Zhang picking stale vegetables.

"Can the vegetables in Zhoujiazhuang be harvested?" They had been to Zhoujiazhuang and naturally knew about the affairs of Zhoujiazhuang.

"Yes! I just started in the past two or three days. I pull several thousand kilograms for the steel plant every day and earn more than three hundred yuan." Zhou Yimin did not hide it from his people.

"That's really nice."

I earn more than 10 yuan a day, which means more than yuan in days.

This is really not a small amount for rural areas. So it seems that the step of growing vegetables should not be wrong. Zhoujiazhuang is the territory of the future son-in-law, so they naturally hope that Zhoujiazhuang will be good.

Then, Zhou Yimin told Zhang Jianshe about some future plans for Zhoujiazhuang.

For example, building a reservoir, setting up a small power station, etc.

"Generate electricity?" Zhang Jianshe was surprised.

Is this something a small village can do?
I have to say that the son-in-law's idea is a bit bold. Moreover, the people of Zhoujiazhuang are also quite courageous. In ordinary villages, it is impossible to do this with a young man.

However, Zhou Jiazhuang almost obeyed his son-in-law's words.

No wonder the son-in-law is willing to spend a lot of money in Zhoujiazhuang.

"Yes! Without electricity, many ideas cannot be implemented." Zhou Yimin spoke frankly in front of his father-in-law.

"Is the generator difficult to fix?"

Zhou Yimin nodded when he heard this.

In fact, he could also design a simple generator himself and use his influence in the steel plant to ask the steel plant to help him make some parts. It would not be a problem.

The generator itself is not complicated, nor is it high-end.

There are hand-cranked generators, which are very simple, but the power they generate is too small to be of much use.

"Leave this to me."

After all, Zhang Jianshe was a researcher, and the principle of generator power generation was very simple in his eyes. To be honest, he could find a few senior workers and build a small hydroelectric generator by hand.

If it was those large generators, he really couldn't do anything.

Even if you know the principle of power generation and the specific parts, it is of no use. The materials needed for the parts of large motors are difficult to obtain and have relatively high requirements.

"Uncle Zhang, thank you for your help! We can discuss what the other party needs."

Of course it would be best if Zhang Jianshe stepped in. Anyway, he would try not to show up if possible.

Zhou Yimin believed that with Uncle Zhang's ability, he could get the generator without letting anyone know, and it would be open and aboveboard without fear of being investigated.

"Well! I'll give you news in two days. Don't count on a new one, but it shouldn't be too difficult to get an old one," said Zhang Jianshe.

With the connections they have at their research institute, it isn't difficult to get an old small hydroelectric generator.

"As long as it works, it's fine." Zhou Yimin didn't have high demands.

As long as they can generate electricity enough for Zhoujiazhuang to use, that's enough.

For dinner, we had rice, a plate of eggs, a plate of bacon, and a plate of vegetables. Such a simple meal was almost standard for New Year's Day in this era.

Even many families cannot eat such meals during the Chinese New Year and other festivals.

Zhang Jianshe also had a couple of drinks with Zhou Yimin.

This wine is Wuliangye that Zhang Jianshe brought back from Lao Zhu.

At that time, the packaging of Wuliangye was very plain, after all, it was "Yaozi Xuequ" brewed from five kinds of grains. Even though Wuliangye missed the first wine evaluation conference, it really came to the fore at the second national wine evaluation conference and became famous.

(End of this chapter)