Chapter 74 Chapter 74 I’ll give you a gift.
After a good start, coupons, discounts on three bread combos and 5% of the total amount of year-end receipts for any product of your choice stimulated the masses.
There was a line at the door, and Liang Xin could soon no longer see where the end of the line ended.
There is a timetable on the glass of the bakery. The first batch of bread has been sold out at six in the morning, but the people in the queue still refuse to leave. They are willing to stand by and read newspapers and chat until the bread comes out of the oven at seven o'clock.
“I never expected that our business would be even better than ours in the 11th Division!”
Xia Xia was so excited that she couldn't close her mouth. "Liang Xin, your advertisement is really useful!"
"We caught up with the trend of going abroad. In the past, business would definitely not be so good."
Liang Xin brought the freshly baked peach cakes, egg cakes and sesame slices to the counter. The comrades came over to look at them without her having to call out.
"It's a pity that apart from bread and old-fashioned pastries, no one seems to be very interested."
Xia Xia observed for a while and became a little worried, "What if this wave of going abroad is over? Will our bakery business get worse?"
"This is just the beginning, it won't be easy."
Liang Xin wiped the glass counter with a rag. "Nowadays, those who have the money and ability to go abroad are celebrities and intellectuals. Celebrities come one after another, and so do intellectuals. Besides, you can see that there are so many ordinary people waiting in line. If the business continues to open up like this, people with some money will yearn to go abroad. The trend of going abroad is expected to last at least ten years."
"ten years!"
Xia Xia was immediately relieved, and then continued: "You can study abroad, but you have to come back after you finish your studies. Otherwise, all the talented people will go abroad, and this won't work."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Didn't Mr. Deng say that if a hundred of the thousand students left, that would only account for one tenth. I believe that the majority of the students are those who care about their motherland."
Xia Xia nodded, "Yes."
All 500 prepared airplane meal sets were sold out in the morning, and at lunchtime, a large number of male and female workers in factory uniforms arrived.
Xia Xia and the other three didn't even want to eat, they were only thinking about making money.
Liang Xin went to the delicatessen on the next street, bought some braised pork, cooked two handfuls of noodles in the big pot in the kitchen, sprinkled some green vegetables on top, and fried a poached egg for each person, and ate in batches.
“Not enough staff.”
Xia Xia picked up the noodles, picked up a piece of braised pork head, dipped it in chili oil and put it into her mouth, "We have to ask the division to send a few more people over."
"I have already notified the logistics department."
Liang Xin peeled garlic cloves for Han Caixia, who liked to eat garlic with noodles. "Wait three days. There are so many people today because we have newspaper exchange coupons. After the sales volume after the exchange coupons are out, we will decide how many people to transfer over."
Han Caixia came over and saw that Liang Xin had already peeled the garlic cloves for her. She felt warm in her heart. Knowing that Liang Xin didn't like to say thank you, she picked up the garlic clove, bit half of it, and started slurping the noodles.
Liang Xin originally thought that the highest flow of people would be in the morning, but unexpectedly the flow of people in the afternoon was no less than that in the morning. At the end of the get off work day, the flow of people even exceeded the total of the morning and afternoon.
Because there was sufficient raw materials and sufficient flow of people, the bakery closed until 8 pm, and many people still couldn't buy bread.
Three days later, before the comrades had time to get over the novelty, a sign was put up at the door of the Conscience Bakery.
Due to the shortage of raw materials, airplane bread is supplied in limited quantities every day.
The decision to limit supply means that there is always a long queue outside the bakery every day.
The airplane bread from the conscientious bakery is as rare as airplane tickets, which stimulates people's desire to get it. Eating airplane bread and having eaten airplane bread became the most fashionable topic of conversation among the common people in Beijing for a while.
After get off work in the evening, Liang Xin made a cup of green tea and watched Xia Xia settle the accounts.
"If you drink tea so late, you might not be able to sleep."
"It's okay. I can fall asleep even after drinking tea."
After checking the accounts, Xia Xia handed the financial statements to Liang Xin. "Three days after opening, the daily turnover exceeded a thousand. With the orders from the airlines, the daily turnover is around twelve or thirteen thousand. The exchange coupons can only be used once. Without the exchange coupons, because of the limited supply method you came up with and 5% of the total amount of the year-end receipts, the daily turnover has dropped, but not too much. It can still be maintained at around eight hundred. We are really amazing!"
“The main thing is that the food is delicious.”
Wang Yun put the bread crumbs and egg cake crumbs on a plate and handed it to the children who were doing their homework at the table next to her. "Look at these crumbs. These children never get tired of eating them. Their eyes light up when they see them."
Liang Xin put the report on the table and said, "Transfer two more people over. It should be enough for the time being."
After the Beijing Bakery was initially stabilized and on the right track, Liang Xin stayed for a few more days, waiting for Lu Chongfeng to return home.
Before I even got there, I saw a special study written by Lu Chongfeng in the Military Newspaper: "Important Differences in the Characteristics and Teaching Methods of Chinese and Foreign Military Academies" and "The Great Significance of the "Three Aspects" of the Chinese Military."
At present, the country does not have the technology for laying cross-border cables and transmitting signals except for the Soviet Union.
Although Liang Xin was a logistics staff member of the Jiangjing Military Region, the bakery was not part of the military line and she could not talk to Lu Chongfeng who was far away in France, so she read the special topic written by Lu Chongfeng over and over again.
He even put the Soldier's Newspaper under his pillow and read it before going to bed and after waking up.
It’s a bit like going back to childhood.
Half a month later, Liang Xin received a postcard of Notre Dame de Paris from France, with a sentence in poor French written on it.
"What are you laughing at? You look so happy."
Xia Xia stretched her head and took a look at the postcard in Liang Xin's hand. "Why does this building look a bit like the Bund in Shanghai?"
“It’s Notre Dame!”
Lu Chongfeng's voice came from the door.
Liang Xin turned around and saw Lu Chongfeng walking in with high spirits. She walked towards him unconsciously. When she noticed that Lu Chongfeng had dropped the package and opened his arms unconsciously, she remembered that this was a bakery.
There were only four other employees in the bakery, and there was a long queue of customers.
Liang Xin stopped and said, "Why don't you just bring this photo back yourself."
Lu Chongfeng picked up the package again, walked around the glass counter and went inside, "This is..."
"Let's go home."
Liang Xin interrupted him, "I went to the market to buy vegetables this morning, and I knew you would be back today."
Lu Chongfeng's attention was immediately diverted by Liang Xin, "If you can leave, then leave quickly. For the past half month, I've been eating baguettes, cheese and red wine every day. The baguettes are so hard that I can't even bite them. They're far worse than what you make!"
"Comrade, are you saying that local bread in foreign countries is not as delicious as the bread from conscientious bakeries?"
"Of course! Otherwise why would foreign comrades praise our civil aviation bread so highly!"
Liang Xin pushed away Lu Chongfeng who wanted to chat with the guests.
When they arrived at the courtyard, Liang Xin took out the key and unlocked the door. Lu Chongfeng immediately pushed the door open, put the package down, and then hugged Liang Xin and leaned against the door.
"It's strange. Although you went to Jiangjing to study, I missed you very much. But now that I'm in France, I miss you a hundred thousand times more than when I was in Jiangkou!"
Liang Xin chuckled and raised her hands to hug his back, "Maybe it's a long way off."
"I think every day, if I had a somersault cloud, I could turn back at night and turn back again in the morning, so that no matter where you are, you can be the same as before in the 11th Division."
Lu Chongfeng finished what he was saying but did not give Liang Xin a chance to answer.
After conveying the most turbulent thoughts to the other person through the stirring of lips and tongue, Liang Xin suddenly remembered that the upper lattice of the partition door was light-transmitting, and anyone who was close to the door could be seen clearly from outside, so she gently pushed him away, "There is someone in the yard."
Lu Chongfeng lifted Liang Xin's hips, carried her to the stove, and continued kissing her.
"Don't mess around."
After kissing for a while, Liang Xin felt his reaction and pushed him away, "Not here, this is Sister Xia Xia's house, Yang Tao will come and live here too."
"I'm not doing it here."
Lu Chongfeng hugged Liang Xin tightly, "I just missed you."
Liang Xin rubbed her face against his chest. Lu Chongfeng, who had just said "No way", almost lost control when he saw Liang Xin acting like a spoiled brat.
"Are you hungry? I'll go cook. Is there anything in particular you'd like to eat?"
"I really want to eat the dishes made by sautéing onions, ginger and garlic in a frying pan. Even if it's just a rag, I can eat it now."
Liang Xin took out a cabbage and said, "How about stir-frying the cabbage with vinegar?"
"Can!"
Lu Chongfeng picked up two large military bags on the ground and said, "I brought you some French specialties!"
Liang Xin picked up some cabbage and looked over curiously.
"Look!"
Lu Chongfeng first took out a white box with a black frame and said, "This is perfume. I heard that it is a bottle of perfume that every French woman wants. It is called Perfume No. 5."
Liang Xin was stunned for a moment, took the box and looked at the logo on it.
"Open it and see if you like it."
Lu Chongfeng took out a bottle of red wine from his bag. "Each person is only allowed to bring two bottles of red wine. Instructor Song only bought one bottle, so I asked him to bring one for me. In this way, one bottle will be sent to the military compound, one bottle will be sent to Huaihua Village, and one bottle will be kept for us to drink. Why don't you open the box?"
Liang Xin held the perfume and said, "If I take it apart, it will be inconvenient to take it on the train."
"It's not that inconvenient. Just put a few towels on the side to block it."
Lu Chongfeng came over and quickly opened the perfume in Liang Xin's hand and took out an orange-red glass bottle of perfume from the box.
The bottle cap looks like a large, perfectly cut diamond.
On the bottle it says:
N°5
CHANEL
PERFUME
Liang Xin estimated that the price was not very expensive at this time, and said with a smile: "It is indeed beautiful."
“I learned how to spray it specially.”
Lu Chongfeng opened the bottle cap and sprayed Liang Xin twice. "It is said to be sprayed on the back of the neck and pulse points. Does it smell good?"
The refreshing citrus scent of the top note instantly filled Liang Xin's surroundings. "It smells good."
"As long as you like it, you can keep it."
Liang Xin stuffed the perfume back into the box and put it aside carefully. She picked up the chicken in the enamel basin, washed it, cut off the head, neck, wings and feet, and then removed the bones.
Lu Chongfeng took it from behind and said, "I also brought you some local French baguette. Do you think you can heat it up? Otherwise, it's too hard. I saw that you were doing your own research, so I brought you a piece of local bread for you to try."
A long baguette wrapped in wax paper was placed on the table.
He took out another box of cheese.
A stack of French local scenery postcards.
"By the way, we were talking about postcards just now. The French say that postcards are declarations of love and messengers of love. I wrote a postcard and sent it to you. That postcard carries my thoughts about you. It has traveled thousands of miles to get to you. It has a different meaning than if I gave it to you directly."
Liang Xin couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth as she listened to the romantic words he said. She turned around and looked at him. When she saw the big package he took out, the corners of her mouth froze instantly.
"look!"
Lu Chongfeng was extremely happy and took out a leather bag from the big package. "I heard that this is a bag that women all over the world want! The same one that Teresa Teng wore!"
Liang Xin first loosened the kitchen knife in her hand, went to the basin rack to wash her hands with soap, and walked to Lu Chongfeng, "Did you take all our family's money to France?"
"I didn't bring that much."
Lu Chongfeng looked at the bag in his hand, then observed Liang Xin's expression, and shook the purse in his hand. "LVspeedy is what women all over the world want. I bought it in the store and said I would give it to my wife. Those French and Japanese women screamed like crazy. Don't you like it?"
Liang Xin had never been interested in this kind of luxury that many people in later generations pursued, but she also knew that the price was very expensive. "Did you use all our family assets to buy this bag?"
"You know this bag?"
Lu Chongfeng asked in surprise: "You have also paid attention to this brand? Then did I send it to your heart?"
"...tell me how much first."
"It's expensive, really expensive, but it won't cost us all our money. It's about three months' salary."
Liang Xin was actually relieved. It was much cheaper than she had imagined.
It is probably because the current ratio between RMB and franc/dollar is not that large, and the official exchange rate difference is within 1:2.
Liang Xin took the purse and slung it over her wrist. "Too big?"
"It can hold a lot of things!"
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin and said, "When I saw this bag lying there, I thought it was quite ordinary. I was wondering how such an ordinary bag could be sold at such an expensive price. But when you put it on, I felt that it was worth the money."
"You are getting better at praising others."
What moved and pleased Liang Xin even more was Lu Chongfeng's kindness. Even though he only heard an advertising slogan, even though it did not conform to his consumption concept at all, he still spent a lot of money to buy her everything a woman wanted.
"But not many people know about this bag now, and no one will say anything. In a few years, more and more people will go abroad, and this brand will not let go of such a large market as China. If more people know about it, it will have a bad influence on you if I carry this bag."
"It is a soldier's duty to serve in the army and defend the country. It is also one of the important duties of a soldier to ensure that his family members have good food, clothing and housing. If I were worried that you would affect me, I would not buy it. You can use it with confidence."
After Lu Chongfeng comforted her, he found that Liang Xin was not happy. "The money to buy you the gift was not bought with my salary. The special research I did on foreign military academies was also adopted by foreign military newspapers, and I earned 200 francs in royalties. I used this royalties to buy you the gift. Everyone in the delegation knows that if it really affects me one day, I am not afraid of any organization investigating me."
Liang Xin asked in surprise: "You earned royalties when you went abroad?"
Lu Chongfeng raised his mouth proudly, "It's a pity that there are still too few. I heard that women all over the world want to wear a pair of shoes. I forgot the name. I went to see it at that time. A pair of shoes is not more expensive than a bag. I thought about it and decided not to spend the salary given by the country on consumption abroad."
Liang Xin couldn't help but laugh, "You should pay less attention to the advertising slogans, they are just marketing slogans."
Lu Chongfeng said: "Then I want to buy it for you too."
Liang Xin held the purse, looked at Lu Chongfeng's sunny face, walked up to him on tiptoe, kissed his rosy lips, and spoke the French he had written on the postcard.
Lu Chongfeng opened his eyes immediately and stared at Liang Xin in a daze.
Liang Xin turned around and cut the chicken into slices two inches long, one inch wide and one centimeter thick and placed them in an enamel basin. Just as she picked up the rice wine, Lu Chongfeng hugged her waist from behind, whispered in her ear, and spoke the French on the postcard.
Let's do it
I love you
Lu Chongfeng took the train back to Jiangjing Military Region at night. After eating steamed chicken with lotus leaf flour, pickled cabbage with vinegar, braised dishes from the delicatessen, and mixed vegetarian dishes, Liang Xin took out a clean sheet and covered the bed with it, and let him lie down in her quilt and sleep for a while.
Lu Chongfeng didn't want to go to sleep and wanted to go out for a walk.
Before going out, Lu Chongfeng took out his camera, asked Liang Xin to carry the new bag when she went out to play, and helped her take pictures.
Liang Xin, however, took Lu Chongfeng all the way to a trust store, where she sold the perfume and handbag that Lu Chongfeng had just given her. She kept the invoice and went to the Great Wall Repair Management Office, where she donated the money from the sale of the handbag and perfume to the repair of the Great Wall.
Seeing Lu Chongfeng's eyes full of emotion but not happy, Liang Xin raised her hand and pulled the corner of his mouth, "You traveled thousands of miles and spent a lot of money to bring the gift back to me. I am very touched and very happy. I just tried to carry it. This is enough. I don't want to be investigated, misunderstood, attacked, or even treated as a typical example of military corruption because of these things one day."
Because they were on the street, Lu Chongfeng couldn't hug Liang Xin, and because he couldn't express his inner feelings through his body language, a lot of emotions accumulated in his dark eyes, "I'm just afraid of wronging you."
"I don't feel wronged at all. I'm very happy to be with you."
Liang Xin took the camera and walked towards the Great Wall, "So that you are safe, I can always live a peaceful and happy life."
Lu Chongfeng was silent for a long time, "I won't buy it next time."
Liang Xin turned around and gave him a smile, "Although the things are gone, the memories will always be hidden in our hearts, and only you and I know them."
A smile finally appeared in Lu Chongfeng's eyes.
Liang Xin raised the camera and recorded the appearance of the two people at this moment.
That night, Liang Xin packed his luggage, slept in the sleeper berth of Lu Chongfeng's regimental cadre, left Beijing and headed for Jiangjing.
Lu Chongfeng needs to stay in the military district for a week to make a report.
Liang Xin returned to Jiangjing but did not rest. Instead, she went to see the decoration of Jiangjing Bakery first.
The renovation of Jiangjing Bakery is basically nearing completion, with only some minor details left to be fixed, such as light switches and paint.
When you walk into the bakery, every corner is spotless. Wang Daya and three other employees come to do cleaning work every day, and they clean it even cleaner than their own homes.
"Director Liang, we have all seen the news about the opening of the Beijing Bakery. We read it every day and are very excited."
Xu Dafeng's face was indeed very excited. "Since you were on the news, customers have come to ask when the opening will be every day."
Liang Xin smelled that the smell of paint had almost dissipated, "It's ready."
"Will Jiangjing also accept exchange vouchers like Beijing?"
"receive."
Liang Xin brought a box of preserved fruits from Beijing and put it on the table, "Share it with the children."
After Liang Xin and the team leader inspected the bakery, they went to see Lu Wei.
Lu Wei has started wearing a pair of glasses for myopia and is currently assigned to intern at the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Liang Xin went straight to her dormitory.
The intern dormitory has a concrete floor and four bunk beds, and all the interns live there.
As soon as they met, Lu Wei handed Liang Xin a stack of documents.
"What is this?"
"Aren't you planning to start a chicken farm?" Lu Wei pointed to the first pile of documents and said, "This is the information of the British Ross Breed Company. It is a four-line egg-laying breed bred by a foreign company. The egg production rate is over 80%, which is suitable for your bakery. In addition to eggs, this kind of chicken can also bring considerable profits to your farm."
The ancestor of the chicken that lays foreign eggs.
Liang Xin smiled and said, "The bakery has just opened, and we don't have the money to introduce this line yet."
Lu Wei pointed to the document below and said, "This is my gift to you."
"Patent for artificial fly breeding technology..."
Liang Xin looked up in surprise after reading the title, "You invented this?!"
"I just applied for a patent from the International Patent Office." Lu Wei said, "I found that feeding chickens with flies and insects earlier than feeding them with bran and grains would not only increase the egg-laying period, but also the egg-laying rate. I have done many experiments during college and I am sure that if you use this technology to raise laying hens bred by the British Ross Company, the egg-laying rate can be increased to 90%."
Liang Xin rarely had a moment of being unable to catch her breath. Seeing Lu Wei giving away the technical patent as if she was giving away a cabbage, and then looking at her calm and composed expression, she suddenly paused and found that this expression was a little familiar. "Are you imitating me?"
Lu Wei smiled and said, "When you bought me things before, those good things were in your eyes, that's how it is."
Liang Xin: “….”
He flipped through the patented technology documents as if he had found a treasure. "Your technology is not ordinary technology. If it were in front of Ross Company, they would offer you millions of RMB or even millions of pounds in a minute! Are you just giving it to me like this?"
"For you."
Lu Wei picked up the kettle and added boiling water to Liang Xin. "If you don't have the money to introduce a chicken farm, a breeding farm in Shanghai has already started preparing to introduce laying hens from the British Ross Company. You can take the technology there to discuss joint production and sales, which will save you a lot of money."
"The provincial agriculture department will definitely introduce this chicken and promote it nationwide."
Liang Xin returned the technical information to Lu Wei and said, "You hand over this patented technology. It will help your career."
Lu Wei shook her head, "You are more important."
Liang Xin's eyes were slightly hot, and she picked up the enamel teacup and took a sip of water.
"If the Animal Husbandry Bureau really introduces Ross's laying hens to promote throughout the province, ordinary families in the province will not be able to use this patented technology." Lu Wei said: "The only ones who can use it are breeding farms and private enterprises. After the reform and opening up, the business world is like a battlefield. You majored in political economy, so I don't need to explain more. I'll give it to you, so just do it well. You gave me something, and I didn't say so much."
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