60s: I have a store

Chapter 222 Picking Beans

Zhou Yimin said, "I'll see if I can think of a solution for this matter later, but I definitely can't buy it now."

"Okay! Then I'll follow your arrangements." Luo Dapeng could only accept his fate.

He himself knew that if he was too conspicuous and was noticed by someone with ulterior motives, he would at least spend decades in prison for reselling so many supplies, or be sent away with nothing more than a peanut.

Zhou Yimin said, "That's it for tonight. We can get together again after a while. I have things to do tomorrow morning."

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work first." Luo Dapeng said tactfully.

The reason why his family has undergone such a big change is because Zhou Yimin gave him the opportunity, otherwise he would still be living on the streets!

After Wang Jianguo returned to Shangshui Village, he told the village chief the news that he would purchase 8,000 kilograms of vegetables the next day.

Village chief Wang gathered all the villagers together. Eight thousand kilograms is not a small number. If they don't prepare in advance, when Zhou Yimin and his men come over, the fruits will not be picked yet. That would give a bad impression. After all, this is the first formal cooperation.

At the call of the village chief, the villagers of Shangshui Village arrived at the meeting place in a short while.

The meeting place was actually the threshing ground.

When Village Chief Wang saw that everyone had arrived, he said loudly, "Comrade Zhou Yimin from Zhoujiazhuang will bring people from the steel plant to purchase 8,000 kilograms of vegetables tomorrow, so we have to start work early tomorrow."

The villagers also knew the importance of the matter, so they did not say anything and just followed the arrangements of the village chief.

At this time, Wang Jianguo asked: "Village Chief, what time do we start?"

"It starts at four o'clock tomorrow morning." Village chief Wang gave the answer after thinking for a while.

Although the surrounding villagers had some opinions, harvesting vegetables was a big event for the whole village, so at most they just made a few trivial complaints.

After hearing the arrangements made by the village chief, everyone went back to rest. After all, they had to get up so early tomorrow, and if they didn’t rest early, they wouldn’t have enough rest time.

The next morning, at around three o'clock, the villagers of Shangshui Village got up one after another and began the task of picking vegetables for the day.

As the task today was quite heavy, Village Chief Wang divided the groups and said, "Jianguo, take some people over there to pick them."

I specifically wanted to train Wang Jianguo. After all, I am old and I also need to find a successor.

After Village Chief Wang divided the group, everyone started to move.

Because the task is important, everyone who has the ability to work gets up to help, except for those who are very old or very young, and the rest all come to pick beans.

Village Chief Wang came to the field and continued to divide the groups and said, "We will split into four teams and pick the fruits separately. Remember, pick the best ones for me and don't fool people."

Bean sticks have high yields, and they can grow again after one crop is picked, just like leeks. This is why they are loved by the people.

However, for those who don’t like eating beans, it is torture. They have to eat beans for several months and are afraid of the sight of them.

This brings us to the Shandong people's eating of beans.

In addition, there is a strange piece of knowledge: beans can be poisonous.

Many people may find it incredible.

But beans do have some toxicity, but people who don’t eat them often won’t feel the effects.

The main reason is eating undercooked beans, which results in the toxic substances in the beans not being completely destroyed, causing a poisoning reaction.

It is said that beans contain two main toxic substances: saponins and hemagglutinins.

Saponins have a strong irritating effect on the mucous membranes and can cause gastrointestinal reactions.

Before they knew it, the villagers of Shangshui Village had been working for more than three hours. At seven o'clock, Zhou Yimin got up on time. If he had not had a task today, he would have slept until he woke up naturally. There was no need to work hard, as long as he completed the task.

As soon as he walked out of the house, he saw women washing clothes or doing other things.

After walking out of the courtyard gate, Zhou Yimin saw a long queue at the public toilet next to it.

Every time I see this kind of occasion, I think it was the right decision to build a toilet at that time, otherwise I would have to squeeze into public toilets. Just thinking about the smell makes me shudder.

Normally, it takes about ten minutes to ride a bike, but I didn’t expect it to take nearly half an hour to walk.

Zhao Dezhi greeted him, "Section Chief Zhou, why are you here so early today?"

Normally, I see Zhou Yimin around noon, or I haven’t seen him for several days. This is the first time I’ve seen him so early!

"Brother Zhao, we have to go to a village to harvest vegetables today, so we have to go early." Zhou Yimin responded.

After saying that, he took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one and handed it over.

Zhao Dezhi didn't hesitate to take it and started smoking.

Zhou Yimin walked into the steel plant and went to the Finance Department first. After all, since he was purchasing so many vegetables, it would be better for the Finance Department to send someone to follow him.

In the past in Zhoujiazhuang, it didn’t matter, because the villagers knew that the money would definitely arrive.

It was different in Sheung Shui Village. It was best to pay them on the spot.

When he arrived at the finance office, Zhou Yimin saw a man waiting there.

When the man saw Zhou Yimin coming over, he hurried forward to greet him, "Section Chief Zhou, hello. I'm Zhang Yi from the Finance Department."

It was the first time she saw Zhou Yimin at such a close distance. You know, in the steel plant, almost no one had heard of Zhou Yimin. He was not only capable, but also young and handsome.

"Sorry! I kept you waiting for a long time." Zhou Yimin apologized.

Zhang Yi replied in a low voice: "There, Section Chief Zhou, I just arrived too."

"Time is urgent, let's talk while walking!" Zhou Yimin suggested.

Afterwards, he took Zhang Yi to the Transportation Department. The steel plant was indeed a large factory with tens of thousands of employees, and the factory area was quite large. In addition, the Transportation Department was in the most remote corner, so it took more than ten minutes to walk there.

Zhou Yimin found the relevant person and said, "I am Zhou Yimin from the Purchasing Department. This is the note from our section chief."

He took out the note and handed it over.

"Oh, you're Section Chief Zhou. I'm Li Feng, the squad leader of the Transportation Department." Li Feng introduced himself.

Li Feng took the note, looked at it carefully and found no problem.

Zhou Yimin said, "Hello, squad leader Li."

"Are we setting off now?" Li Feng asked.

Since the Transport Department has always been short of staff, and the team members were sent out on missions and have not returned yet, I had to do it myself.

He had also heard of Zhou Yimin's name, but he didn't expect to have this opportunity to meet him. After all, he was a famous figure in the steel plant, and maybe he could ask for someone else in the future.

Zhou Yimin nodded and said, "Yes, although the journey is not too far, the sooner you go, the sooner you will return.

"Okay, let's set off now!" Li Feng said without further ado.

(End of this chapter)