Chapter 125
What else can the two leaders say? If they can afford horses, they can also afford saddles. Not to mention Yang Detian, even if it is Deputy Director Gu, who is only the deputy director of the supply and marketing system of L Province, it would be no problem for him to allocate diesel for a few harvesters to such a small unit as Ping'anzhuang Brigade.
Because Xia Juhua was from L Province, it was Deputy Director Gu who answered her: "Comrade Xia Juhua, don't worry. I will do my best to coordinate after returning to the province and will definitely guarantee the diesel supply for your Ping'anzhuang Brigade."
Xia Juhua had the reaction the leaders had hoped for. Not only did her eyes sparkle, but her face also turned red with excitement. "Then Deputy Director Gu, while you are coordinating, could you also ask them to install three-phase electricity instead of two-phase electricity for Ping An Village?"
At this time, Xia Juhua was thinking that instead of Deputy Director Gu handling one thing, it would be better to solve all the problems of Ping'anzhuang at once, and completely forgot that oil allocation and electricity installation were the responsibilities of two different departments.
Don't blame her for being so anxious. She had experienced a lot of hardships in installing electricity in rural areas in her previous life: two-phase electricity is for civilian use, which is OK for household appliances, but three-phase electricity is needed for large machinery. Ping'an Village was originally connected to two-phase electricity in her previous life, so when Xiawo Brigade wanted to open a brick factory, they had to pay for a three-phase power line.
Yang Detian and Deputy Director Gu looked at each other. Instead of delving into the issues of the oil and electricity departments, they asked, "Captain Xia, do you have any research on electricity?"
Xia Juhua's heart skipped a beat, knowing that she had spoken too quickly, but she quickly made amends: "When I wrote to Technician Xue for advice, he told me that if I wanted to use the machine, I had to connect it to three-phase electricity."
After hearing this, Yang Detian and Deputy Director Gu realized that Ping'anzhuang Brigade had another "specialty". All the male members there could leak vermicelli, which was an incredible thing in the current rural areas.
So the two of them nodded in unison and assured Xia Juhua that the Ping'anzhuang Brigade would definitely have three-phase electricity before they sent the gift out.
"Deputy Director Gu, have you ever considered, at your supply and marketing cooperative, purchasing all the vermicelli from Ping'an Village and allocating them to other areas?" Yang Detian felt that since Xia Juhua attached so much importance to the collective interests, it would be a good long-term solution to find a way out for the vermicelli from Ping'an Village and increase the income of everyone in the Ping'an Village brigade.
If you want to reward someone, it’s best to reward them with what they need most.
Deputy Director Gu smiled bitterly and said, "Director Yang, you know that our supply and marketing cooperative and grain station are two different systems. Although some of the vermicelli is sold in the supply and marketing cooperative, most of it is still allocated within the grain system."
Yang Detian could only smile bitterly when he heard this - he was in charge of external procurement and had no say in internal allocation. Moreover, the barriers between the various lines were obvious. Although many systems had established institutions in the regions and counties, they were not under the leadership of the local leaders, but were directly managed by the higher-level institutions.
For example, the supply and marketing system where Deputy Director Gu works has such a problem.
Xia Juhua, who was leaving Deputy Director Gu's room, didn't know that the two leaders were worried about the sales of Ping'an Village's vermicelli, otherwise she would have asked them without hesitation not to worry about Ping'an Village: Qi Weidong had been through a lot in the autumn and winter, and the little vermicelli that Ping'an Village had left was not enough for him to sell except for the ones he handed over to the grain station, so there was no need for the supply and marketing cooperative to mix it.
At this moment, Xia Juhua's heart was not as calm as she looked on the surface. She had kept her hands in her money pocket since she left the house - two thousand yuan, half of what she had earned through hard work and thought over the past few years of her new life. How could Xia Juhua really be as indifferent as she appeared to be!
After returning to her room, Xia Juhua finally took her hands out of her pockets, and took out the two thousand yuan with her. There were no hundred-yuan bills at that time, and the two thousand yuan was in two neatly stacked large stacks.
Comrade Yang Detian's money should have been taken out directly from the bank. The two large stacks were brand new and looked a little thinner than the same amount of old money. They lay neatly on the bed sheets, looking very rare.
Even if the payment for goods from the Ping An Zhuang editing team was much more than this, and even if Xia Juhua saw much more money than two thousand yuan when she was the production team leader and organized dividends, it was not hers.
The two people on the bed both have the surname Xia!
With these two thousand yuan, plus the more than four thousand yuan in the bank, Xia Juhua believed that when Qi Weidong built the agricultural and trade market again, she would have no problem buying at least ten or eight stalls, not to mention investing in the business. Then she could really live a retirement life of making snacks every day to kill time and collecting rent every month.
Thinking of this, Xia Juhua couldn't help but chuckle twice, but soon she couldn't laugh anymore: she thought of her friend's illusory compensation, which was a sum of tens of thousands. If it came into her hands at that time, building the agricultural and trade market would have nothing to do with Qi Weidong, she could build three or four of them by herself.
Unfortunately, it was just a thought. Xia Juhua regretfully put the two thousand yuan carefully together with the money she brought from home. After counting the money, she found that forty yuan was missing. Then she remembered that she had bought forty kilograms of cashew nuts today and left them at the booth of her friend from Country G.
However, Xia Juhua was not worried that her friend would take away her 40 kilograms of cashews, thinking that she could just go get them tomorrow. Because she had an extra 2,000 yuan in her hand, and she had just thought of Qi Weidong's agricultural market, Xia Juhua also decided to go to her friend's booth tomorrow and try to exchange the 2,000 yuan for cashews - these things really taste delicious, and the price is about the same as fried peanuts. Xia Juhua believed that if she brought them back, Qi Weidong should be able to sell them for a good price.
As a result, during breakfast the next day, Deputy Director Gu called Xia Juhua to his table again and asked her about her plans. When he heard that Xia Juhua had bought cashews for one yuan per pound, he became very excited.
Although the country has a special foreign procurement department, they mainly purchase bulk materials and strategic materials. It cannot be said that they disdain small foods such as cashews, but they can only be said to not take them seriously.
So Deputy Director Gu decided to follow Xia Juhua to his friend's booth. If Xia Juhua could bargain for a good price, he could also purchase some of the produce to enrich the supply of non-staple food for the people in the province.
Xia Juhua obviously couldn't refuse Deputy Director Gu's request, so she simply gave up resistance and asked, "Deputy Director Gu, when Director Yang and I went to Country A's booth yesterday to discuss prices, I felt that Country G should also have rubber. Do we need it? If Country G has it, how much do you want to pay for it?"
Deputy Director Gu was stunned. As I said before, the provincial supply and marketing systems also have some purchasing power at the Expo. Deputy Director Gu has not just stayed in the room these days, he has signed many orders.
But he never thought that he could also purchase rubber.
Now that Xia Juhua had mentioned it, Deputy Director Gu was tempted - there were also several rubber product factories in L Province, all of which were in a state of undersupply and semi-shutdown. However, the purchase of rubber had always been in the hands of Director Yang and his department. Deputy Director Gu's original idea was to take advantage of the opportunity of Xia Juhua's negotiation to get more quotas for the rubber factories in L Province.
But the quotas we get are not as great as the initiative we have in purchasing by ourselves!
"Wait for me a moment. I'll go ask Director Yang for instructions." Deputy Director Gu didn't even bother to eat, and hurriedly put down his chopsticks and left. Seeing the leader walking so quickly, the people at the table didn't know whether they should keep up or continue eating, and they were a little confused for a while.
The translator had just gone to pick up the food, so he didn't hear the conversation between Deputy Director Gu and Xia Juhua. However, he had become quite familiar with Xia Juhua these days, so he asked directly, "Sister Xia, what is Deputy Director Gu busy with? Do we need to wait for him?"
Xia Juhua received some resentful looks from her tablemates and said with a confused look on her face: "Just now, Deputy Director Gu asked us to wait for him here." So don't go hungry for free meals anymore, it's a sin.
The translator looked at Xia Juhua helplessly as she picked up the chopsticks again and reached for the side dishes. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed that the exhibitors from the other two tables of L Province were observing what was happening at their table. He sighed silently and looked at Deputy Director Gu's secretary.
The leader left just now without asking him to follow, so the secretary thought it was better to listen to Xia Juhua and wait here. He followed Xia Juhua's example and continued to eat, and the people at one table followed suit. The people at the other two tables breathed a sigh of relief and ate much faster - what if the leader came back soon and they would be hungry again.
Deputy Director Gu did not disappoint everyone and returned ten minutes later. By then everyone had finished their meal, but no one had moved. There were only three tables of people from Province L left in the cafeteria.
"Have you all finished eating?" After seeing this situation, Deputy Director Gu had nothing to understand. He waved his hand to the people at the other two tables and said, "You should go to the venue. Even though it's the last day, don't slack off. We in L Province have made a good start, and we must end it well."
The encouraged people stood up one after another. The team leaders from various regions expressed their determination to lead the team away to Deputy Director Gu, while Section Chief Zheng glanced at Xia Juhua.
Xia Juhua shook her head at him. Section Chief Zheng walked away helplessly. After taking a few steps, he looked back and found that Deputy Director Gu, who was always serious, was smiling and talking to Xia Juhua.
Could it be that I saw it wrong? Section Chief Zheng couldn't believe his eyes. When he looked back, Deputy Director Gu and his party were only three steps away from him: "Section Chief Zheng, Xia Juhua said that all the exhibits in your Chengping area have been sold out. You can take a break today."
Section Chief Zheng did not want to admit that he had any lazy thoughts, so he explained to his leader with a smile: "Although the exhibits are sold out, a friend heard about our exhibits from someone else yesterday afternoon and found our booth and asked to sign an order with us." So can the summer chrysanthemums be returned?
還是不可能還的，顧副主任早帶着夏菊花和翻譯，後頭尾随着秘書，來到了G國友人的展位。友人一見夏菊花就抱怨，明明昨天說好來拿腰果，可是他等到閉館也沒等到夏菊花，讓他很失望。
夏菊花當然要先道一歉，才問友人還有多少現成的腰果。友人的同伴稱了一稱，告訴夏菊花還有四百二十斤。長過見識的夏菊花，自然請翻譯問明白，四百二十是公斤還是她習慣的市斤，不出意外的得到了公斤的答案。
直到夏菊花付完了八百四十塊錢，顧副主任才相信她是真的可以從友人這裏拿到低價的腰果，不由咳嗽了一聲。夏菊花便笑了，向友人問：“要是多買的話，能不能再便宜一些？”
友人攤了攤手：“沒有了，全在，都給你了。”
夏菊花笑的很和善：“不是現在，是你回國之後，能不能運給我？”
翻譯快速上前，把夏菊花的意思明确傳達給友人。友人先是愣了一下，馬上就笑逐顏開：“夏，你是要跟我談訂單嗎，你真是我的幸運星。如果是你要的話，那麽每斤一塊九毛錢怎麽樣？”
幾乎是出于本能，夏菊花問了一句：“你們本國的貨幣嗎？”那可賺大發了。
友人聽了翻譯的話直搖頭：“不，這次說的是人民幣，你們自己的貨幣。”
等夏菊花問清友人說的計量單位仍是公斤後，回頭跟顧副主任商量了一下，确定L省先要兩噸試試。錢自然不能一下子交給友人，哪怕他主動給夏菊花降價也不行，夏菊花只肯出百分之三十的定金，還活學活用的要求友人如果不能按時到貨，要賠償她兩倍補償金。
“夏，這不是你。”友人貌似報怨的說了一句，還是跟顧副主任簽了訂單。
直到定金支票支付完畢，夏菊花才問出了顧副主任最關心的問題：“A國那邊有橡膠，你有沒有，有多少？”
友人不解的看了夏菊花一眼，問：“我們都聽說了，你昨天買下了A國所有的橡膠，是前所未有的低價。”
夏菊花并不以此為傲，學着友人攤了攤手說：“并不是我買的，我只是湊巧遇到了。所以你有嗎，如果有的話能不能賣給我？”
友人的同伴便湊了過來，兩個人交談了許久。夏菊花并不着急，慢慢看着展位裏的東西，顧副主任更能沉得住氣，還給夏菊花介紹：“他們的咖啡不錯，你不買兩袋嘗嘗？”
上輩子看電視，夏菊花知道咖啡是個時髦玩意，可好些跟她一樣歲數的人喝不慣，在電視裏往往是別人嘲弄的對象。因此昨天咖啡就不在她的選擇之列，今天同樣不想嘗試。
那邊友人們已經商量完了，還是跟夏菊花打過交道的人開口，通過翻譯告訴夏菊花，他手裏的确有橡膠，不過沒有A國的多，只有一萬噸。
但是，友人刻意讓翻譯告訴夏菊花，他手裏橡膠的質量很好，比A國的拉伸度更好，所以不能跟A國的同樣價格。
夏菊花又笑了：“你想啥呢。昨天他們能賣二百八一噸，全仗着量大，人家不用跑好幾家湊，才肯出二百八十元的高價。我昨天沒買，也是因為他們的量太多，又不拆開來賣。其實，今天你這一萬噸我同樣買不完，所以不管上誰那買都一樣。我也就是順便問問，沒想到你真的有。”
一萬噸都買不完？友人們面面相觑後說：“夏，我們不能把橡膠拆開賣，一定要全部、一起賣。”
夏菊花很遺憾的告訴他們，自己帶的錢有限，買橡膠的預算也有限，要不了那麽多的橡膠。如果他們的價格太高的話，她就只能再去別國的展位問一問。
“那你帶了多少錢？”友人一聽夏菊花還要去別的展位，有些着急的問。
“如果你能以比A國更低價格賣給我的話，還夠付你百分之十定金的。”夏菊花一臉平靜的說。
昨天五萬噸都只付百分之十的定金，今天夏菊花不覺得有多付的必要。而且她還很不見外的請友人看剛簽下的那份訂單：“腰果你要多少錢我就給多少錢，都沒有壓價。如果回去賣的好的話，我還會給你寫信追加訂單的。”
友人猶豫了一會兒，又跟同伴嘀咕起來，最後幾乎咬着牙說：“以後你真的會追加訂單嗎？”
夏菊花很肯定的點頭：“不光是腰果，如果以後你還有橡膠的話，我也會追加訂單。不過你也知道，我們國家也開始大面積種植橡膠了，下次的報價可不能比這一次貴。”
顧副主任很想提醒夏菊花，到現在為止友人沒報過價，他們談論的是昨天購買A國橡膠的價格，咋就說起下次來了。可看夏菊花胸有成竹的樣子，顧副主任選擇繼續做安靜的聽衆。
“二百七十塊錢，不能比這再少了。”翻譯翻這句話的時候，語氣裏都帶着驚喜，可夏菊花卻搖頭說：“二百六十五塊錢吧，我的錢真的不夠付定金。”
不只友人服氣，顧副主任也服氣呀——有昨天的對比，他們覺得二百八十塊錢已經是低得不能再低的價格，結果友人主動降了十塊錢，夏菊花還要求再降五塊。
如果友人華語再好一點兒的話，他一定會問夏菊花：咋好意思說出口的呢？
夏菊花會表示，你想讓一個買白菜都想講掉一分價錢的農村婦女，乖乖按賣家的報價付錢，是不是想的有點兒多？
看得出友人已經放棄抵抗了，只要求夏菊花不要忘記她的承諾，以後一定要追加訂單。等到發現拿出支票的還是顧副主任，友人表現有很麻木，連埋怨都不埋怨了。
顧副主任看着自己手裏的合同，感覺有那麽一點兒不真實，小聲問翻譯：“內容都看仔細了吧，沒有啥陷井、交貨日期規定清楚了吧？”
翻譯一直在點頭，看向夏菊花的目光裏全是敬佩。
就在這時，夏菊花突然向友人說：“你看，我最初買下的腰果，都是一塊錢一斤，同樣沒有與你講價。”
翻譯默默退後一步，想讓人知道他跟夏菊花并沒有那麽熟兒。
偏偏這幾句話友人聽了個七七八八，笑呵呵的對夏菊花說：“你還想要腰果嗎，那邊、那邊，他們還有剩下的，現貨，我帶你去買？”
夏菊花竟然不覺得友人是在跟她開玩笑，兩人真的向隔壁展位走去，翻譯不得不看顧副主任一眼。顧副主任還攥着那兩份得來全不費工夫的合同，向翻譯示意跟上夏菊花：他倒要看看，這個夏菊花究竟要買多少腰果，她自己吃得完嗎。
結果他們看到，友人每到一個展位，就哈哈笑着告訴別人，他的腰果都被夏菊花買光了，所以他們得把自己的腰果拿出來，請夏菊花挑選：“夏以後會追加訂單的。“友人這麽對那些跟他膚色差不多的人承諾。
而夏菊花每到一個展位，都會很“內行”的嘗一嘗腰果，問一問價格。有友人在旁邊幫着說話，竟然又以九毛錢一斤的價格買下了七百斤——公斤！
甚至那些友人還跟G國友人商量了一下，決定由他們出面找華國外事部門交涉，直接把腰果給夏菊花送上她回L省的火車，免得夏菊花一個人帶不回這麽些腰果。
有友人出面，相信運費這一塊可以省掉了，夏菊花自然點頭同意。
顧副主任聽到翻譯的話，還以為夏菊花帶的錢不夠，所以才跟友人探讨咋省運費，已經做好讓秘書上前幫忙付錢的準備。夏菊花已經自己掏出了錢，眼睛都不眨的付了款後，還對賣家說：“以後我追加訂單，都會面向G國友人，你們跟他聯系就可以了。”
G國友人聽了夏菊花的話，向膚色相同的友人們拍着胸脯保證，一旦夏菊花的訂單到了，他保證會向他們調貨，氣得那些人叽哩咕嚕的沖他和夏菊花一直揮着胳膊，致使兩人不得不快速退出展位。
“羅伯斯。”友人出了展位，又一次向夏菊花伸出了手：“夏，我等着你的好消息。”
“行，我會盡快給你寫信。”夏菊花同樣再一次向羅伯斯保證。
“電話，得打電話。”羅伯斯認為寫信太慢了。
顧副主任沖着夏菊花直點頭，夏菊花也就答應打電話的要求，才與戀戀不舍的羅伯斯告別。
“夏菊花同志，你願意不願意到省供銷系統工作？”顧副主任一離開G國展位，就迫不及待的提出了這個問題。
夏菊花真蒙了，咋好端端的想起讓自己到省供銷系統工作了？她手裏的錢都快夠養老了，去了省城人生地不熟的，能養得好老？
所以她直接搖頭說：“顧副主任，你看我都這把年紀了，去了省供銷系統，也是給你丢人，還是算了吧。”
哪能就這麽算了。顧副主任覺得自己無論如何也得讓夏菊花成為省供銷系統的一員，不為的別的，以後供銷系統再想買啥東西，有夏菊花出馬，還怕買不到或是買貴了嗎？
在回展位的路上，顧副主任不停的游說着夏菊花，給她講到省供銷系統的種種好處：有固定的工資，糧食供應有保障，看病有國家報銷，老了有退休工資，還能給分房子……
面對顧副主任羅列的種種好處，說不心動是假的。可夏菊花現在雖然自己心氣十足，畢竟已經四十多奔五十的人，又看過上輩子的社會發展，知道供銷系統別看現在還紅火，可用不上十年，就會被沖擊的幾乎無立足之地，裏頭的普通職工連工資都難保證，醫療更是談都別談。
自己這個年紀，勉強認識常用的字，連個文憑都沒有，到了供銷系統也就是當個工人，還是年紀老大快退休的普通工人，人家咋給自己定級呢？
就算是定了級，最多也就比剛參加工作的小年輕高出一兩檔，那點兒工資能比得過她編上幾天席掙的多嗎？倒把人給拴在省城，連跟齊衛東暗地裏賣點兒東西的機會都沒有了。
那她的養老錢找誰要去？供銷系統自己都開不出工資來呢。
顧副主任不知道夏菊花已經想了這麽多，還在不停勸說着她答應下來。夏菊花不是不識好歹的人，聽得出顧副主任真的覺得能到省供銷系統工作，對自己來說是天大的好事，只好表示自己要回去考慮一下。
自己勸說了這麽久，要是別人聽了早高興的一口應下，夏菊花竟然還說要考慮，顧副主任卻說不上生氣，只覺得有些遺憾。
不過夏菊花同意考慮，就不是完全沒有可能，他還是笑容滿面的帶着夏菊花回到了L省的展位。
最後一天的展位有些冷清，零星的走過的幾個人都是碰運氣的，并沒有出現鄭科長希望的那樣，仍然迫切想簽訂單的人。
好在有兩份與G國的合同在手，顧副主任并不覺得展位的冷清是大家工作不積極，甚至勸夏菊花先回房間休息，撤展的事情就不用她動手了。
夏菊花借機說：“顧副主任，我是頭一次來羊城，想出去見一見世面，能不能請半天假，買點兒特産啥的回去帶給鄉親們？”
她的話一出口，展位上的人都有些意動，可他們跟夏菊花不一樣，自己帶的展品還剩下了一部分，撤展也需要人手，自然不敢輕易請假，只好眼巴巴的看着夏菊花一身輕松的離開。
夏菊花說去見見世面，還真的不是一句虛話——她自己來時帶了五百塊錢，昨天意外得了兩千塊錢獎勵，加起來也不過兩千五百塊。
兩天來光是腰果就買了兩千二百八十斤，花了兩千一百四十塊錢，再加上買可可粉、煙葉又花了一百多塊錢，她自己手裏只剩下三百零點兒，真心買不了啥東西。
自己的眼光還是淺了呀。夏菊花心裏嘲笑了一下自己——離家的時候拿了五百塊錢，已經覺得不少了，很能買些東西回去。誰知道真花起來，才買不過三四樣東西，就沒錢了，不是眼光淺是啥？
不得不說，幾年的錢掙下來，夏菊花不是眼光淺了，而是眼光高了，不信她現在站在原地嚷嚷一句，自己兜裏的三百塊錢還叫沒錢，別看此地是羊城，同樣有人拿磚頭扔她。
人均工資才二三十塊錢的時代，你說自己兜裏的三百塊錢是沒錢，不扔你磚頭扔誰？
好在夏菊花也就在心裏鄙視一下自己，然後就跟人打聽着，找到了本地的副食供應站。沒辦法，民以食為天，以夏菊花的經歷，她想不出除了副食之外還有啥值得買的。
無論是水貨電子産品，還是花紅柳綠的時新衣裳，此時還不可能出現在羊城的角落裏，夏菊花能做的也就是買上一些當地特産，回去嘗鮮或是交給齊衛東，趁着年前賺點兒過年錢。
此時就顯出參加博覽會的好處來了。本來副食站只供應本地有副食本的市民，可是這幾天參加博覽會的外省人員，可以憑借參展證，購買一些本地特産。
而且為了讓參展人員不至空手而回，還增加了品種和數量供應。夏菊花幾乎是頭一個來購物的參展人員，充分享受了一回不要票、有錢想買啥買啥的樂趣。
不過夏菊花有明确的目的，她的目光一進副食站，就盯到了彎彎的海米上：L省也有近海的地區，承平地區卻不包括在內，加之統購統銷，每年分到承平地區的那點兒，根本到不了平德縣。
所以重活了好幾年，夏菊花還沒嘗過海米的滋味呢，現在見到了當然要買個盡興。
“海米多少錢一斤？”在參展證的加持下，夏菊花得以把海米拿在手裏，個頭不小，曬的也很幹，淡淡的海腥味讓夏菊花有一種塞一個到嘴裏的沖動。
售貨員操着羊城記者一樣的普通話，告訴夏菊花一塊三毛錢一斤，因為她戴着參展證，最多可以買五斤。夏菊花心裏一動，跟售貨員打起了商量：“同志，博覽會下午才結束，我們還得撤展臺，等撤完展臺你們都該下班了。大家夥這才派我來，幫着他們買點兒東西。所以你看看，我能不能把他們的份額都買回去？”
見售貨員邊聽邊點頭，夏菊花便當她認同了自己的話，笑着從帶的布兜裏掏出将近半斤腰果的紙包來，側身擋了別的人目光，借着貨櫃的遮擋遞了過去：“太感謝你了，你放心，我回去誰也不說。”
說完，臉上帶出真誠的笑意，把紙包又往裏遞了遞。
售貨員接過紙包，就手掀開條縫往裏一看，馬上彎腰把紙包放到貨櫃底下，起身時臉上也是同樣真誠的笑：“按規定是不允許代買的，可是既然你們的車票是下半夜的，的确沒法來我們副食站，那我就給你破一次例。”
說完，她的臉上的紅潮下去了一些，聲音也嚴肅了起來：“下不為例啊。”
夏菊花頻頻點頭：“那是那是，多謝同志你體諒我們，下次我們訂票的時候，一定考慮好再訂。”
“你們省多少人參加展會？”售貨員的聲音裏，仍是公事公辦的态度。
夏菊花就掰着手指頭認真的算了又算，才算出她們省總共來了三十人之多，售貨員不由驚奇起來：“你們省來的人可真不少，有啥稀罕玩意不，咋來這麽些人？”
邊問，手下麻利的給稱重，甚至很周到的按每包五斤給裝在不同的袋子裏，最後又找出一個舊麻袋，替夏菊花都裝進去，才問：“這麽老些，你一個人能拿得走嗎？”
夏菊花進副食站之前，已經發現路邊有三輪車，所以不覺得這是個問題：“我看外頭有三輪車，一會叫人送我一趟就行。”
聽她這麽一說，售貨員更對她參展深信不疑了，好心的說：“這還是辦博覽會，怕有外國友人或是參會代表來買東西太多，拿不回招待所，市裏統一安排的。從我們這兒到招待所，一趟五毛錢，不管東西多少。”
“算了，”售貨員從櫃臺裏走出來，回頭看了看櫃臺底下，确認自己放的東西不會被人發現，才對夏菊花說：“你在這兒等着吧，我替你叫個人扛東西。你自己也搬不動。”
沒一會兒工夫，售貨員身後就跟着一個矮小精瘦的中年男子過來，指着地上的麻袋說：“就是這個，你給送到招待所去。”
精瘦男子看起來瘦，力氣卻不小，一哈腰一用力，麻袋就到了他肩膀上，沖着售貨員嘀咕了一句，售貨員不耐煩的揮了揮手：“市裏統一定下的價，你要是不願意，那我就找別人了。”
聽說她要找別人，扛着麻袋的精瘦男人健步如飛，幾步就沖出了副食站的大門，呯地一聲把麻袋放進了早停在門口的三輪車上。
夏菊花雖然沒聽懂售貨員和三輪車夫的話，想也知道車夫是想加點價——東西沉，路不近，又難得有一趟活兒，想多掙幾個在所難免。
果然，售貨員在送夏菊花出門的時候，還在叮囑她：“都是統一規定的，你要是破了例，明天展會結束大家都來買東西，就不好收場了。”
人家是好心，夏菊花自然領情，還邀請售貨員有機會去她們那裏做客，售貨員也不客氣的應下。兩個人誰也沒提，夏菊花自始至終，都沒說過自己是哪個省來參展的。
等到了招待所，夏菊花拿出一塊錢來付給了三輪車夫，車夫正要找錢，被夏菊花拒絕了：“不用找了，你別跟別人說我給你多少錢就行。”
車夫有些不知所措，直到夏菊花自己拖着麻袋要進招待所的時候，他才反應過來，把錢塞進兜裏，上前生硬的搶過麻袋，問夏菊花在哪個房間。
Xia Juhua didn't understand the first time, so the driver got a little anxious. The sack weighed 150 kilograms, so his face flushed and he asked again loudly. This call attracted the waiter, who finally understood what the driver meant. Xia Juhua didn't bother to thank the waiter and took the driver to the room.
After the driver put down the sack, he wanted to give Xia Juhua some change, but Xia Juhua refused again: "We are all farmers, it's not easy to make some money, and you helped me carry the things up, this money is what you deserve."