60s: I have a store

Chapter 202 Making money

In later generations, some hotels usually prepared tea powder for their guests.

Tea powder is made from fresh tea leaves that have been withered with high-temperature steam and processed using a special process, and then instantly crushed into a pure natural steamed tea ultrafine powder of more than 400 meshes. It is said that it can preserve the original color, nutritional and pharmacological components of the tea to the greatest extent.

Not only can it be drunk, tea powder is widely added to cakes, bread, noodles, biscuits, melon seeds, moon cake fillings, medical and health products, daily chemical products, etc. to enhance its nutritional and health effects.

Zhou Yimin also heard that the development and application of green tea powder is a leap forward in the history of Chinese tea science and technology, and a revolution in the traditional way of drinking tea. It changed people's past practice of drinking tea to eating tea, and can more fully absorb and utilize the rich biological health-care ingredients in tea.

At that time, he felt that this statement was a bit exaggerated.

"Old Zheng is treating us to dinner tomorrow, are you free?" Wang Weimin asked.

He really wasn't sure whether this guy had time, as he was often not in the factory.

Although people in their purchasing department do not have to report to the factory every day, there is only one person like Zhou Yimin who is as relaxed as him. Unless it is a special situation, it is rare to see him.

Now that the former boss has left the steel plant, Wang Weimin just calls him Lao Zheng.

"I'm free." Zhou Yimin nodded.

I haven't seen Section Chief Zheng for some time.

If possible, he also hopes to keep in touch with the other party so that he can help him "deliver goods". You know, Chief Zheng was transferred to be the deputy factory director, but he was in charge of logistics.

The two sides have a basis for "cooperation".

"Let's go! I have to go to Director Ding's office." After saying that, Zhou Yimin took away a snuff bottle from the desk.

Wang Weimin laughed and scolded: "Then go ahead!"

Instead of getting angry, he laughed at Zhou Yimin's behavior.

Zhou Yimin brought him a can of tea, so what was the big deal about taking away a snuff bottle?
Besides, if a subordinate takes your things, it means that he really regards you as his leader. If he is not close to you, he will not do such a thing.

He had no idea that snuff bottles would be very valuable in later generations.

It is indeed not valuable now. Many so-called "antiques" seem to have lost their meaning in this era. They only cost a few dollars each and are guaranteed to be authentic.

Wang Weimin might not be able to buy that can of Tieguanyin with his monthly salary.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, he got the upper hand.

As a leader, it seems a bit unacceptable to take advantage of your subordinates.

So he spoke again: "Wait a minute, take it."

As he spoke, Wang Weimin opened the drawer of his desk and took out a ticket.

Zhou Yimin took a look and saw that it was a ticket for a sewing machine. He took it without hesitation. It just so happened that his family was in need of a sewing machine!

The four major items at that time were: radio, bicycle, sewing machine and watch.

They had radios, bicycles and watches, but they lacked sewing machines. Strictly speaking, there was not a single sewing machine in the entire Zhoujia Village.

If he buys it back, it will probably attract onlookers again.

"Hey, thanks!"

After going out, Zhou Yimin put away the sewing ticket, looked at the snuff bottle in his hand, and found that it was still an inner-painted snuff bottle.

During this period, Zhou Yimin also got a lot of antiques from Dapeng and his friends, so he had some knowledge about antiques. Of course, it was just the tip of the iceberg.

He is not an appraiser or collector, so it is enough for him to know a little bit. The inner-painted snuff bottle originated in the capital and was owned by the royal nobles and dignitaries at that time.

This is a traditional craft unique to my country. Since the production of inner-painted snuff bottles during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, it has gone through nearly two hundred years and is a shining pearl in the hall of traditional Chinese folk art.

In the painting inside the snuff bottle, between the green mountains and clear waters, under the tall willow trees, there are three carefree, innocent little children in colorful clothes, playing and frolicking on the grass. One of the children has a cloth tied behind his head, while the other two children, one lies on the ground to avoid, while the other holds her hands to cover her face. Their expressions are innocent and natural, and they look naive and cute, as if they are immersed in the joy brought by the game.

The material of the snuff bottle seems to be material.

The so-called glassware is actually a vessel or handicraft made of glass materials with pigments added.

Although Zhou Yimin does not know how to appreciate things, he still has a good eye for things.

This snuff bottle is obviously a fine product. It would be no problem for it to be sold for several hundred thousand dollars in the future.

But now, you can get it with just a can of ordinary tea.

So much money.

Zhou Yimin came to Director Ding’s office, knocked on the door and went in.

When Director Ding, who was teaching another section chief a lesson, found out that it was Zhou Yimin who came in, his expression changed instantly, he smiled and said to the section chief, "You go back first."

Zhou Yimin had seen that section chief before, and his surname seemed to be Jin.

He just gave Zhou Yimin a grateful look, then walked out carefully and closed the door.

Can you not be grateful?
His department got into trouble and Director Ding had to clean up the mess, so it was normal for him to be scolded by Director Ding.

According to his understanding of Director Ding, he only scolded him once. Since he was let go today, it means that the matter is over. And the reason why he was let go so quickly was because of Zhou Yimin's arrival.

"Yimin, sit down. These are grapefruits. Have some. These are from the south. We can't eat them in the north." Director Ding said to Zhou Yimin with a smile.

The pomelo was given to me by someone else.

Last night his father-in-law gave two big lobsters to his old leader, and the old leader brought back two grapefruits, one of which he gave to him.

The climate in the north is cooler than that in the south, and grapefruit is more suitable for growing in warmer places.

In addition, the temperature difference between day and night in the north is relatively large, and the air is very dry in autumn and winter, which is not suitable for its growth. The grapefruit grown in the north often does not taste particularly good, and the peel is not easy to peel.

Ding Shengtai didn't know that Zhou Yimin had 100 grapefruits in his store backpack, and they were red-fleshed. However, Zhou Yimin also peeled a slice and ate it.

To be honest, it's not very tasty and has a strong sour taste.

As a southerner in his previous life, Zhou Yimin knew that now was not the best time to eat grapefruit.

Afterwards, Director Ding told Zhou Yimin about the content of a recent meeting, which was about the thresher.

"Thresher for rice and corn? I have indeed thought about it. I'll draw the rough diagram later!" Zhou Yimin said.

"That's good. The factory director and others said that the leaders in the department are pushing us a little too hard."

Zhou Yimin understood, after all, the grain harvest was about to begin.

For example, in Zhoujiazhuang, the rice was filled with water at the time of heading, so it matured quickly. For other villages, it will probably take a few more days.

"And yes! Come to my house for dinner tonight." Director Ding patted Zhou Yimin on the shoulder.

This was also ordered by his father-in-law.

(End of this chapter)