60s: I have a store

Chapter 219 The vegetables in Shangshui Village can be harvested

Seeing that the old branch secretary had arranged the chick hatchery and he didn't have to deal with the rest himself, Zhou Yimin went home and cooked a big meal for his grandparents.

The next day, he was worried about the new employees, so he went back to the city. When he returned to the courtyard, he thought that he hadn't been to the steel plant for many days, so he walked slowly towards the steel plant.

At the steel plant, most people knew Zhou Yimin, so there was no need for any inspection or questioning, and everything was almost “green light” all the way.

Besides, he was pulling a cart full of stuff!
"Section Chief Zhou, what did you buy?"

A huge shopping box was tied to the back seat of the car, and it was covered with a piece of cloth to prevent others from seeing what was inside.

Even the doorman knows that anything Zhou Yimin produces must be of the highest quality and his ordinary items are not worth showing off.

Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "Boy, you have such sharp eyes. I almost broke my legs in order to purchase pork and beef from these big fat pigs these past two days."

After saying that, he opened the cloth of the wicker basket, revealing a large piece of fatty pork inside, with basically no lean meat, and a small piece of beef.

When the guard saw this scene, his saliva was about to flow out.

He hadn't seen such fat meat for a long time, which was almost ten centimeters thick. Usually, when he saw others purchasing it, most of them were lean pigs with little fat and oil. This was the first time he had seen such fat meat as the one Zhou Yimin purchased.

Zhou Yimin closed it again and said with a smile, "I'm going to send these to the warehouse first."

The guard said hurriedly: "Section Chief Zhou, go quickly!"

If we delay in storing the goods, we may not be able to eat the dishes made from the fat meat today. This is absolutely not acceptable.

In fact, with 100 to 200 kilograms of pork, in a large factory with tens of thousands of employees, they can't even get two pieces of meat.

But no matter what, at least it has some meaty smell.

Zhou Yimin rode his bicycle into the canteen warehouse and arrived at the warehouse in a short while.

When the warehouse manager saw Zhou Yimin coming, especially when he saw the purchase box behind the car, he hurried to greet him, more excited than seeing his own father: "Section Chief Zhou, you are here!"

There is not much meat in the warehouse. Recently, other buyers don’t seem to be very helpful. Only Zhou Dazhong is doing well and will bring some meat from time to time. If Zhou Yimin doesn’t come, it will probably be all consumed.

But Zhou Yimin doesn’t need to meet any purchasing targets now.

Firstly, Zhou Yimin is now the section chief, no longer a low-level purchaser, so there are no hard and fast rules. Secondly, Zhou Yimin is not just a purchaser at the steel plant, but also a research and development staff member.

Therefore, as long as Zhou Yimin didn't want to go purchasing, no one could force him.

Even the factory leaders would rather he focus on research and development in the R&D room rather than going out to purchase.

In the words of workshop director Liao, isn't it enough to just have hands and feet to do a job like purchasing? Does it require the use of brains?

The most valuable thing about Zhou Yimin is his brain.

"It's hard to find meat now!" Zhou Yimin pretended to be in trouble.

The warehouse manager also knew that meat was indeed hard to find nowadays, so he didn't say much and quickly helped Zhou Yimin register the fat pigs and beef he had purchased into the warehouse.

The warehouse manager said, "100 kilograms of pork and 50 kilograms of beef. Pork costs one dollar per kilogram and beef costs one dollar and eighty dollars per kilogram. The total is 190 yuan."

Meat is expensive again now.

After saying that, he wrote out the note, stamped it, and handed it to Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin took the note and the two chatted for a while before leaving. After all, they still had to go to the Finance Department to collect the money.

Afterwards, he went to see Zhou Xiaoying and others to learn about their situation, how they were working in the factory, etc. Since he had just joined the factory and was still learning from the old employees, it was relatively easy.

"Uncle Sixteen, don't worry! The people in the factory take good care of us."

Indeed take care.

After all, they were recommended by Zhou Yimin, so for Zhou Yimin's sake, they would not be too harsh on them. In addition, the old employees who were assigned to lead them were also the more patient ones.

Besides, even if Zhou Yimin is not in the instant noodle factory, Zhao Zhenguo is still there to protect him!
It won’t be long before Zhao Zhengguo is promoted to deputy factory director. In addition, given his relationship with Factory Director Yang, he has to give him some face.

"That's good." Zhou Yimin nodded.

Looking at the expressions of these people in front of me, I can tell that they are living a good life in the factory.

Zhou Xiaoying and her colleagues really like this job. It doesn't require exposure to the sun or rain, it's not that hard, and the pay is high. It is many times better than growing crops and doing farm work in the village.

Therefore, they cherish it even more and work harder.

Their efforts were naturally noticed by the senior employees who led them and they praised them a few words.

The old employees are all experienced and some of them have started to slack off.

Of course, those who want to move up in their job level will still work hard.

"Also, remember! Don't take anything from the factory out, understand?" Zhou Yimin reminded them.

But you can't be like the silly guy in a TV show who always takes things from his post. If you get caught, it will be considered theft of public property, which can be big or small.

"Uncle Sixteen, we will definitely not do that, don't worry."

Even if you give them a winter melon as courage, they still wouldn't dare!

Wouldn't that cause more trouble for Uncle Sixteen?

Not to mention others, their families will not let them go first. Will they dare to return to the village in the future?

"Yes! We dare not steal the property from the factory."

Of course, if it was Uncle Sixteen who asked them to do so, they would try to take it secretly. After all, they were able to enter the instant noodle factory thanks to Uncle Sixteen, so it was their duty to help him do something, even if it was illegal.

"Well! It's good that you know it. Just tell me what you want. There's no need to covet those things in the factory." Zhou Yimin said to them.

The only thing that can be produced from an instant noodle factory is instant noodles.

In the eyes of outsiders, instant noodles can earn foreign exchange and are very valuable. But for Zhou Yimin, instant noodles are worthless. In later generations, only "cows and horses" eat that stuff.

If you have to live to the point of having to eat instant noodles, it means you are doing very badly.

The next two days were calm and peaceful as there was nothing else going on.

Zhou Yimin didn't go out all the time. Anyway, he had completed this month's tasks long ago, so he just spent his days idling around, basically staying in the courtyard.

It can be said that only the Purchasing Department has this treatment. As long as the task is completed, it doesn’t matter if you don’t come to work for a whole month.

That day, he was sitting in his office drinking tea when someone knocked on the door.

Zhou Yimin felt a little strange. Normally, no one would come to see him at this time, so he said, "Come in."

Zhao Dezhi walked in and said, "Section Chief Zhou, someone is looking for you at the factory gate. They said they were sent by Village Chief Wang."

Village Chief Zhou Yimin Wang sent someone to find him to ask if there was any problem with the vegetables. He immediately said, "Okay, I know." He then took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, threw it to him, and said, "Brother Zhao, please come over and report."

"Section Chief Zhou, this is too expensive. I can't accept it." Zhao Dezhi shook his hand quickly.

I just came here to run errands, so if it was just one cigarette I would have taken it, but a whole pack of Daqianmen cigarettes would cost at least two dollars.

He quite likes dealing with Zhou Yimin.

Although he is the section chief, everyone calls him Brother Zhao.

Strictly speaking, the guards all like dealing with Zhou Yimin. On the one hand, Zhou Yimin is generous, giving cigarettes whenever he wants, and sometimes even candy. On the other hand, Zhou Yimin is polite, well-educated, and well-mannered.

Zhou Yimin said, "I'll have to trouble Brother Zhao again in the future, so just accept it with confidence!"

It is very necessary to have a good relationship with the people in the security department. If nothing else, it will at least make it more convenient to enter and exit.

When Zhao Dezhi heard Zhou Yimin say this, he accepted the cigarettes. He thought that if he didn't accept the cigarettes because Zhou Yimin said so, it would be very disrespectful.

Soon, Zhou Yimin and Zhao Dezhi arrived at the factory gate.

When Wang Jianguo saw Zhou Yimin, he immediately greeted him: "Hello, Section Chief Zhou! Can we talk alone?"

Before he came, Village Chief Wang said that the fact that vegetables in their village could be picked could not be made public, and he could only tell Zhou Yimin secretly and let him make the arrangements.

Zhou Yimin nodded, knowing that there was something he needed to tell him quietly, so he said directly: "Come with me!"

Prepare to take him to his office.

Wang Jianguo followed Zhou Yimin into the steel plant, just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, with too much to see.

He couldn't help but feel envious. It must be very happy to be able to work in such a factory.

But he also knew that a job now costs six or seven hundred yuan, and there seems to be no demand for it.

Even if there is a job vacancy, my family cannot afford so much money, so I can only look and see.

If Zhou Yimin hadn't been with me today, I wouldn't have been able to get in at all.

After a while, the two of them arrived at the office.

"Village Chief Wang, I asked you to come and see me? Is there something wrong?" Zhou Yimin asked.

In fact, he had already guessed it and was asking the question even though he already knew the answer.

Wang Jianguo replied: "All the vegetables in the village can be harvested. I wonder when Section Chief Zhou can go over to harvest them?"

As expected, Zhou Yimin said, "So that's what happened. Tomorrow, I'll go collect them and tell your village chief. You can pick them early tomorrow and get about 8,000 kilograms."

In fact, there is no need to talk about this secretly in the office. It’s okay to say it at the door.

It’s a bit late today and it’s almost time to get off work.

If he went to call for help now, the people in the transportation department would have some opinions. After all, it was almost time to get off work, and there was no need to offend others. Anyway, the vegetables would not run away even if he waited another night.

"Thank you, Chief Zhou. I will go back and talk to the village chief now," said Wang Jianguo.

Go back early and tell the village chief so there’s no need to rush.

It is still necessary to arrange it in advance, otherwise it will give the steel plant a bad impression and it will be troublesome if it does not purchase from its own village in the future.

Zhou Yimin also knew this, so he asked, "It's getting late now, can you ride a bicycle?"

If he could ride a bicycle, he could let Wang Jianguo ride it back. This way he wouldn't have to walk so hard. And he would go with the car tomorrow, and then he could ride the bicycle back to the village, and he wouldn't have to follow the transportation department back to the factory.

Wang Jianguo didn't expect Zhou Yimin to be so generous that he would let him ride a bicycle.

Their village only has one Phoenix brand bicycle that has been used for who knows how many times. The village chief doesn’t know how precious it is. He can’t even ride it when he wants to. He immediately said, “I can ride it, but I’m not very familiar with it.”

"It's good that you can ride. When you go back later, you can ride my bike. I'll go there to harvest the vegetables tomorrow and you can ride back to Zhoujiazhuang." Zhou Yimin said indifferently.

Wait a minute, he still needs to go find the section chief to get a note, asking the transportation department to send a car with him to Shangshui Village to collect vegetables tomorrow.

Zhou Yimin brought Wang Jianguo to the bicycle shed, took out the key to unlock it, and then handed the key over and said, "Be careful on the road."

Wang Jianguo was a little excited as he looked at the bicycle in front of him, and he didn't know how excited he was.

You know, this bike is many times newer than the one in the village. Then, he carefully rode the bike back to their Shangshui Village.

Zhou Yimin came to Wang Weimin's office and knocked on the door.

Section Chief Wang's voice came from inside: "Come in."

After getting permission, Zhou Yimin opened the office door.

When Wang Weimin saw Zhou Yimin, he couldn't help but tease him, "How come you, a busy man, still have time to come over?"

But he knew that Zhou Yimin was not in the factory most of the time this month and was basically out.

Others didn't know whether he was running around for supplies or just slacking off, but they still had high confidence in Zhou Yimin's abilities, otherwise they might not have been able to get promoted.

As Zhou Yimin's old boss, Wang Weimin knew that this guy spent most of his time in the village.

"Chief, I'm not as comfortable as you! I've been out running around for supplies recently!" Zhou Yimin said without hesitation.

Wang Weimin rolled his eyes and said, "Yimin, you never come to my temple for no reason. Tell me! What's the matter?"

"I would like to ask you, the section chief, to write a note and ask the transportation department to send a car with me to the village to purchase some vegetables tomorrow." Zhou Yimin said directly.

Although you are the section chief, to put it bluntly, those people in the transportation department will not listen to you.

Wang Weimin had not expected this. It seemed that he had indeed been running for supplies recently. He immediately asked, "Yimin, is the quantity large? How many vehicles do you need?"

In his opinion, the quantity was probably huge, and if one car could carry it all, according to Zhou Yimin's personality, he would probably ask him to help allocate a car for him, after all, he could also drive.

Zhou Yimin had previously driven to collect the rapeseed in Zhoujiazhuang himself.

Zhou Yimin replied: "One car is enough. I don't have time to go back to the factory. I have something to do in the village tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll write you a note now." Wang Weimin.

With Zhou Yimin around, his grades in this subject won't be bad. Therefore, Wang Weimin's position is still very stable, after all, he has a village to back him up!
He heard from Zhou Dazhong that the village had started raising chickens and that they might buy that batch of chickens before the Chinese New Year. Apart from anything else, with that batch of chickens, his department's purchasing performance would basically be the best.

Zhou Yimin said: "Then I'll trouble you, Section Chief."

"It's a rare opportunity that you're in the factory. Would you like to come to my house for dinner tonight? Your sister-in-law said she hasn't seen you for a long time." Wang Weimin invited.

Thanks to brother Benbenben for the 1500 reward, brother 08a for the 1000 reward, brother Diaojinguoli for the 400 reward, and brother Yae Yujing for the 100 reward!

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