Chapter 23 Gifts That Touch the Heart
Shen Guomin shook his head after hearing this and said earnestly:
"Comrade Lin Sanqi, you're wrong. You can successfully join the workforce, first of all, you should thank the country. This is a benefit given to your Lin family by the country, not given to you by me, Shen. Secondly, you should thank your mother. It was she who sacrificed herself to make you what you are today.
These grains are very precious. Every household is hungry right now, and your entire Lin family must be having a hard time, so please take the grain back. I appreciate your kindness, and thank you for remembering an old man like me, haha."
Lin Sanqi became anxious when he heard this. This was the first time he gave gifts to flatter his leader, so how could he fail?
"Don't worry, Dean. Although food is precious, I still have ways to get it. Look at you, you are so thin now that you are just a bag of bones. If you collapse, what will happen to our Chinese medicine hospital? So your body is not just yours, but ours as a whole."
Wang Huiqin couldn't help herself at this time and asked:
"Old Shen, this young man is..."
"Oh, this is the youngest son of Dr. Lin Kucan in our hospital. He got lost right after arriving in the capital, but he's been found now. He just got a job this morning and is about to go to our hospital's purchasing department."
Lin Sanqi quickly bowed and said, "Hello, Auntie!"
Wang Huiqin agreed with a smile:
"Okay, okay, your father has been looking for you for ten years, and he finally found you. It wasn't easy. By the way, Xiaolin, you said you know someone in the black market? Is this food safe?"
Lin Sanqi thought that these grains were all taken from my mother's store. They are my own things, and nothing can be safer than this. No one can find out except Mazu.
"Don't worry, Auntie. This food is absolutely safe. Besides, things on the black market are not accounted for. Once they leave the black market, no one will care where they go, and there is no way to check."
At this point, Lin Sanqi pretended to be mysterious and said:
"Besides, I've been in the black market for so many years, I know a lot of secrets. Not all the well-known people go to the black market to buy food and meat. But this is something that can only be done but not told. No one will admit it if they tell others."
Wang Huiqin rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "Look, you're just a stubborn old man."
Seeing that his deception was effective, Lin Sanqi added fuel to the fire:
"And Dean Shen, aunties, think about it, why has the black market never been eliminated after so many years? Instead, it's becoming more and more prosperous this year? How could the higher-ups not know about this? This can only mean that the higher-ups are turning a blind eye. After all, you can't let people starve to death, right?"
Shen Guomin listened thoughtfully, and believed Lin Sanqi a little in his heart.
Intellectuals all understand a philosophical truth: existence is reasonable.
As Lin Sanqi said, the black market is indeed extremely harmful and has long been banned by superiors with an iron fist.
Wang Huiqin didn't care about that and smiled even more kindly. She had no intention of letting the rice go since it had come through the door.
"Xiao Lin, this bag of rice is so heavy. How many kilograms does it weigh?"
"100 jin, not one jin more, not one jin less."
When they heard about 100 kilograms of rice, Shen Guomin and Wang Huiqin's hearts beat violently. The temptation was too great.
Wang Huiqin rolled her eyes and made up her mind:
"Xiao Lin, I like rice very much, but as a leading cadre, it is definitely not okay for Dean Shen to take your rice for free. This is impossible. So, we buy it according to the rules of the black market."
Lin Sanqi was anxious. A bag of rice was worth less than 300 yuan to him. His store was a wholesaler, so the cost price was 200 yuan.
If you give away a bag of rice and still charge for it, people will laugh at you.
"Dean Shen, this, this rice is a gift to you as a gift to your family. How can I accept money for it?"
Wang Huiqin still had a smile on her face. She touched the rice and advised:
"Xiao Lin, listen to me. Food coupons alone are going for 3 or 4 yuan per pound on the black market right now, and rice is even rarer in this city. So I'm really grateful that you're thinking of us. You don't even have a job, so how can we expect you to pay?
This kind of good rice would probably cost at least 5 yuan per pound on the black market. So, you're doing me a favor, and I'm buying this rice from you for 3 yuan per pound. So, we're really taking advantage of you, boss."
Lin Sanqi's face flushed. "This, this, how can you give a gift and then accept money?"
Shen Guomin was not a stickler for tradition. He just wanted to eat some delicious white rice, so he agreed with his wife's plan.
"Comrade Lin Sanqi, I definitely won't take it for free. If you're willing to sell it to us for 3 yuan per pound, I'd be very grateful."
Wang Huiqin also repeatedly advised:
"Yes, Comrade Xiaolin, you don't want Dean Shen to make a mistake, do you? If this is discovered by the superiors, not only will he lose his job as Dean, but he will also have to go to Jingxiao for labor reform. Then you will turn a good thing into a bad thing."
Lin Sanqi wanted the Dean's favor, and as long as the favor was done, it would be fine. Besides, he was really short of money, so he had no choice but to agree:
"Okay, then we'll listen to the dean and auntie. We'll charge 3 yuan per pound. Don't worry, if others can't get food, I'll definitely find a way. If you need food in the future, tell me and I'll take care of it."
Wang Huiqin thought that it would be a good thing if she could connect with the black market through an intermediary without having to take any risks herself.
"Okay, okay, Comrade Xiaolin, I'll definitely trouble you in the future."
After saying that, Wang Huiqin took out a stack of banknotes from the inner room and stuffed it into Lin Sanqi's hand:
"Here, Xiaolin, here's 300 yuan, no more, no less, count it."
Lin Sanqi stuffed it into his pocket domineeringly, “No, no, I won’t worry about anyone else, and I won’t worry about my own dean. I’ll put the rice here. Dean Shen, Auntie, I’m leaving first.”
Shen Guomin looked at the full bag of rice, and the smile on his face never stopped:
"Okay, Comrade Xiaolin, if you have any difficulties in the unit in the future, tell me. As long as you are not committing any crime, no one in the unit will be able to bully you in the future."
“Look at what Dean Shen said. I am a junior, so I must ask you for advice in the future.”
Lin Sanqi was waiting for these words. His goal achieved, he covered his head with the towel again and left quickly.
After Lin Sanqi left, Shen Guomin and Wang Huiqin excitedly lifted the sack.
No matter how heavy it was, and not afraid of hurting his old waist, he quickly carried it to the bedroom, opened the cabinet and took out all the clothes inside, then hid the white rice in the innermost part and covered it with clothes.
After hiding the rice, the two of them sat on the kang and started laughing foolishly.
"Old Shen, this much rice will last us for several months if we save it. That's great! I almost forgot what rice tastes like."
"Yes, I didn't expect that the Lin family would turn a disaster into a blessing. We can also benefit from it. Old woman, we must eat rice tonight."
"Okay, let's have rice tonight and rice porridge tomorrow. Let's be extravagant for once..."
(End of this chapter)
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