"What would you like to order?" asked the salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Wen Tang quickly glanced behind him again to confirm that no one was coming to the supply and marketing cooperative at the moment. He quickly took out a packaged bar of soap from his bag and opened it in front of the salesperson.
As soon as I opened it, the salesperson shouted, "Comrade, what are you doing?"
"Are you engaging in speculation in front of us?" she said, and made as if to go out and call for help.
Wen Tang quickly took out the certificate given by the brigade, "Comrade, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."
"It's not speculation. Look, I have a certificate from our brigade here."
The salesperson took it and took a look, and sure enough, it had the stamp of the commune.
Then his expression relaxed a little, "So what are you doing?"
Wen Tang continued to put on a good face, "It's like this, comrade. This is the soap produced collectively by our brigade. We want to supply it here."
"Take a look, is there anything you need here?"
Soap is indeed in short supply. Not only is it difficult to buy, but the supply at each supply and marketing cooperative is also limited. People in remote areas cannot get such a scarce commodity.
Many people came to buy it but couldn’t find it.
If it is a normal channel, it is really necessary.
"We still need to discuss this with our boss, but..." The salesperson took the soap that Wen Tang had opened, looked at it carefully, smelled it, and then asked, "What's your supply price?"
“How is the payment made?”
"For this kind of thing, the minimum payment is usually ten yuan. You can pay the balance in advance. Once all the goods are sold and you get your money back, you can pay us the final payment..."
Wen Tang carefully explained the payment terms of his own goods to the salesperson, and even wrote down the important parts with the pen and paper he brought with him.
The salesperson looked at her handwriting and couldn't help but praise her, "Comrade, your handwriting is quite beautiful. How many years of education did you have?"
Wen Tang scratched his head embarrassedly. "I didn't go to school for many years. I only graduated from junior high school."
But these days, graduating from junior high school is not a low level of education, and many girls have never been to school!
So after she finished speaking, the salesperson was noticeably more polite to her. "Those are pretty good. You can be considered literate, which is better than being illiterate. And your handwriting is beautiful."
"Now you're working for your commune and brigade, so you'll have a stable job in the future, which is great."
Wen Tang really wanted to have a stable job, but he couldn't even imagine how painful it would be to take the civil service exam.
But now he dared not deny it and could only laugh it off and said, "Yes, it's better to recognize the words."
Then she quickly took out two bars of soap from her bag and stuffed them into the salesperson's hands. "Sister, if you don't mind this, take it back and try it."
The salesperson was stunned at first, then surprised and embarrassed, "Oh, no, this won't work. It's such an expensive item, how can I get it for free?"
"If that doesn't work, how about this, I'll buy yours, okay?"
Wen Tang shut down her excuses with one sentence, "Sister, if you give me money, won't we be speculating and profiteering?"
"No, no, this is a mistake."
After Wen Tang said this, the other party really didn't know what to say, but after thinking about it, he said, "Then I'll take one back and try it out. If it works, I'll help you put in some good words to the boss."
Wen Tang continued her words and said, "If you don't mind, you can ask the leader to give it a try."
"Well... okay then, I'll keep it and show it to the boss later."
"Well, thank you for your help, I'll come back to ask you in a couple of days."
"OK!"
"Sister, I'll be leaving first."
"By the way, my last name is Wen Tang."
"Comrade Wen, please drive slowly!"
Wen Tang rode his bicycle to the next supply and marketing cooperative.
Their county has more than a dozen towns and nearly twenty communes.
Wen Tang only visited five supply and marketing cooperatives in a day.
When we returned home at night, it was already dark.
Zhong Meixian finally felt relieved when Wen Tang rode his bike home. "Where did you go? Why did you come back so late?"
Wen Tang waved her hand and said, "Mom, let me drink some water first." Her throat felt like it was on fire.
Zhong Meixian ran happily to pour water for people.
Only after drinking a whole enamel pot of water did Wen Tang feel that his throat was his own again.
Facing the caring looks from Chi Yue, Zhong Meixian, and the others, Wen Tang began to describe the places he had visited during the day. "Please wait for two days for an answer. I will continue tomorrow and try to visit all the supply and marketing cooperatives in our county first."
Zhong Meixian was unhappy. "You keep running around all day. After a while, you'll be exhausted."
In fact, Zhong Meixian just felt that her daughter-in-law was at a disadvantage.
The two families make money together, so why should the daughter-in-law be asked to do all the errands?
But my granddaughter-in-law's belly was indeed bulging.
However, Zhong Meixian couldn't help but said, "Wait until Jing Shen has rested, let him run more. He is a man, tall and long-legged, and can even ride a bicycle faster than you."
"He's also a teacher. He knows more than you."
When Zhong Meixian said this, she looked at her daughter and granddaughter-in-law again and again with her eyes.
She wanted to see if these two people were really pretending to be stupid!
If the two of them kept silent, they would just continue to bully their silly daughter-in-law, and she couldn't accept that.
Chi Yue sat next to Wen Tang, using her hands to tidy up the messy hair on Wen Tang's cheeks. The heartache in her eyes was even greater than Zhong Meixian's. She actually agreed with Zhong Meixian's words, "You have to eat one bite at a time, and do things one step at a time. Don't work too hard."
"Take your time."
"Grandma is right. When Depth of Field is resting on Sunday, let him help run more. We will do it little by little at first. There is no need to expand the market too much at the beginning."
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