My girlfriend is from 1949

The four people sitting on the garden steps had very strange expressions on their faces.

They were all Party members.

Now they're actually discussing how to corrupt others through gift-giving?

If this had happened before Shanghai was liberated, then corrupting and wooing high-ranking Kuomintang officials would have been perfectly acceptable.

But now that we've been liberated, they no longer carry out covert missions.

Moreover, the target of the bribery and corruption was an ordinary old man!

Although Xu Dongyang was exceptionally skilled in martial arts, he was neither a member of the Communist Party nor a member of any group.

From a legal perspective, he is just an ordinary citizen.

These few party members actually bribed and corrupted ordinary people. What is that if not a mistake?

Of course, making mistakes is just a matter of using underhanded methods, not a crime.

After all, bribery involves receiving benefits from others or bribing others.

However, Xu Dongyang was just an ordinary old man. Even if you gave him something, you wouldn't ask him for favors, so it wouldn't count as bribery.

If this gets out, it can be described as taking care of elderly people living alone.

Using one's meager salary to provide food, drink, and clothing to an elderly person living alone is a commendable act of kindness.

That's why Lao Zhang, Du Hengtai, and Wang Hai helped each other come up with a solution.

However, when the truth came to light, acquaintances with impure motives tried to coerce the elderly into compromising by offering them benefits, which was somewhat dishonorable.

So the three of them just kept smoking without offering any suggestions.

The three of them felt uneasy, but Chen Huai'an didn't feel any guilt at all.

In the future world, delivering daily necessities like rice and flour will be a piece of cake.

In the future world, will people be expected to offer rice or noodles as a favor when asking for help? Will this be how officials are tested?

Which cadre cannot withstand such a test?

If this gets out, it won't be seen as bribery; it will become a laughing stock.

Because of differing ideologies, their ideas also differed.

Moreover, he is not from this world, and he doesn't need to be bound by the rules here.

Chen Huai'an's eyes darted around, and he began to seriously consider this possibility.

It's just that the old man is getting old, has no desires, and has no interest in money or anything like that.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have resigned from his official post and returned home back then.

"Got it!"

Chen Huai'an's eyes lit up, and he immediately had an idea.

"The old man always carries a pipe with him, so he must smoke."

And I just smelled a faint smell of smoke in the pipe.

It was obviously smoked recently; the smell hasn't dissipated yet.

Giving him a box of better pipe tobacco as a gift would be a way of catering to his tastes, wouldn't it?

Wang Hai raised an eyebrow and exclaimed, "Good idea! As a disciple, you're not violating any rules by sending your master pipe tobacco."

The other two exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement.

However, judging from their expressions, they must have already thought of this breakthrough.

I just felt it was inappropriate to say it, so I didn't bring it up.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'd definitely love buying pipe tobacco, and I'd buy the good stuff!"

Chen Huai'an excitedly dodged back and forth, pondering whether to buy it from the Republic of China era or from the future.

During the Republic of China era, tobacco was mostly hand-shaved and naturally aged, resulting in a rich and pure aroma, but there were significant differences between batches.

They still rely on experience to manually select leaves, mix ingredients, press blanks, and shred them, and lack impurity removal and expansion technology.

There is almost no quantitative control over tar and nicotine; some of the additives are color enhancers, and turmeric and sesame oil are also added.

Modern tobacco products, with their industrialized formula design and mature flavoring and additive technology, have a mild and harmonious taste and low irritation.

It has a complete and precise process, including leaf re-drying, stem expansion, thin sheet re-making, and uniform fragrance addition, resulting in fewer impurities and stable combustion.

It is also subject to strict national standards and regulations, with limits on harmful ingredients.

Therefore, in comparison, with the same amount of tobacco leaves, modern manufacturing processes make the tobacco burn more evenly, greatly improving the taste and reducing the harm of harmful components to the body.

Moreover, modern machine processing results in more uniform cuts compared to manual cutting.

Even burning is essential to prevent a bitter taste.

Modern tobacco processing techniques not only produce a richer aroma but also make the tobacco look more appealing!

Snapped!

Chen Huai'an clapped his hands and decided to buy it in the future world.

However, before that, we need to test the waters and get the old man to accept the gift.

Otherwise, if you buy it and can't give it away, wouldn't it be a waste of money?

He turned around and said urgently, "Old Du, you have a lot of connections, could you please help me buy some tobacco? I need it for tomorrow morning!"

I'll pay for it myself; the organization's funds won't be needed!

By the way, I don't know much about the tobacco here, so just buy some good quality.

Of the small yellow croakers I brought, half were given to Aunt Zhang for living expenses, and the other half are still sitting unused in the room drawer.

Du Hengtai didn't refuse, nodding and saying, "Then let's buy 'Golden Lion' brand pipe tobacco, produced in Chaoyang, Guangdong. It's famous for its 'raw-cut yellow tobacco,' with a rich aroma, and is the top choice in the Shanghai-Nanjing market."

No wonder he's in business; he knows all about these things.

After receiving a positive reply, Du Hengtai quickly left the villa with a small yellow croaker in his hand.

It's only just gotten dark; there's still time to buy it.

Chen Huai'an clenched his fists, his heart filled with anticipation.

If you can impress this master with tobacco, you might be able to learn authentic kung fu.

Little did he know that after examining Xu Dongyang's physical attributes, he was even more eager than Xu Dongyang to take on disciples and pass on his martial arts skills.

Right now, I'm writing down the precautions for martial arts training and drawing instructional diagrams by hand!

……

Meanwhile, 76 years later in the modern world, a black minivan is parked outside the residential area where Chen Huai'an lives.

Zhou Liming sat in the back row, holding a tablet computer and looking through the data he had collected.

Lu Tong was very meticulous in her work, and she dug up all of Chen Huai'an's recent transactions.

The product category, quantity, and pickup time are all clearly stated.

Zhou Liming frowned more and more as he looked at the huge quantity of goods being purchased.

Such a huge quantity, yet there is not a single sales record.

Even if, as Chen Huai'an said, it was to help our African brothers purchase goods...

Shouldn't there be an exit record?

If it doesn't leave through a port of entry, how is it transported abroad?

These goods are just ordinary civilian products and there is no need for smuggling.

But now the warehouse is spotless, with no trace left, which inevitably raises suspicions.

Most importantly, even the National Security Bureau couldn't find any trace of sales, either domestically or internationally, which is even more astonishing.

Lu Tong couldn't help but joke, "It's near-expiry canned goods and machinery from decades ago. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was procuring supplies for the newly liberated People's Republic of China! Hahaha!"

As he talked, he couldn't help but laugh at his own absurd idea.

Zhou Liming said calmly, "It's not impossible."

"Uh..." Lu Tong's smile froze on her face. "Director, are you joking?" she asked in surprise.

Zhou Liming put down his tablet and said seriously, "I don't joke around when I'm working!"