Chapter 78 Noisy Noodles
Xia Juanjuan was also hungry, so she didn't refuse and took Zhou Qiuhe to follow Director Zheng.
The county town is much more prosperous than the town. Most of the people there are workers or their families from the two factories, who eat commercial grains. Therefore, the noodle stall has quite a few customers.
The noodles are a mixture of white flour and sweet potato flour, and the dumplings are also vegetarian, fried with mushrooms, bamboo shoots and the remaining oil residue from boiling pork fat.
A bowl of zaozi noodles cost 1.3 cents. People were honest in that era and gave a lot of noodles and zaozi.
The three of them were hungry, so they didn't say much and just held their bowls and buried their heads in eating.
After they were almost full, Director Zheng looked at Xia Juanjuan unhappily and said with a smile, "I don't know how I offended you, my young wife. I kindly introduced you to a job, but you didn't want it, and you rejected me in public, and insisted on forcing your sister-in-law to give it to me? What's the matter? Do you think our supply and marketing cooperative is too small to support such a great god like you?"
Zhou Qiuhe was a little panicked when she heard this, but Xia Juanjuan knew that Director Zheng was joking more than serious, otherwise he would not have invited them to eat noodles first.
She smiled coquettishly, "Hey, Director Zheng, Sister Zheng, you are my real sister! You are being disrespectful to me by saying these things!"
Director Zheng glanced at her and said, "Oh! It's fine if you rejected me, but I betrayed you, right?"
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "Sister Zheng, listen to me. How can I not be tempted by such a good job as a salesperson? But after I went back and thought about it, I still felt that it was inappropriate.
Everyone in the village knows that my husband gets several dozen yuan in allowances every month. If I become a salesperson at the town's supply and marketing cooperative, I can get more than 200 work points every month and still get paid. Don't you think this will arouse jealousy? Due to Li Zhan's status, they may not be able to make up rumors about Li Zhan and me, but what if they are mean and make up rumors about Sister Zheng, saying that you took advantage of me or were partial to me and deliberately picked me? Wouldn't this harm you, Sister Zheng?"
Director Zheng's heart skipped a beat after hearing these words. She was only thinking about the good of the supply and marketing cooperative and thought she was upright and had nothing to fear. How could she have imagined that there were so many dark sides?
"So, Zhou Qiuhe is your sister-in-law. If I recruit her, won't people still gossip about me?"
If it really affects herself, then she really has to think twice about whether to recruit Zhou Qiuhe.
After all, when it comes to her own interests, she must put herself first!
Xia Juanjuan smiled and said, "We have thought about this. My third brother and his wife and I have been living separately for a long time. Besides, everyone in the village and the commune can see how my third brother's family lives. They don't earn many work points every month, but they have to give my mother-in-law a fixed amount of work points every month as pension money. As a result, the child who is only a few months old can't even afford a pack of milk powder! It's legitimate for my third brother's wife to apply for this, right?
In addition, I have discussed with my third sister-in-law that as long as Director Zheng thinks that my third sister-in-law is qualified, we can apply through the formal channels. My third sister-in-law will apply for this quota at home, and then let our commune secretary report it to the state-owned department store for approval. After the approval, the leaders above will definitely ask for your opinion, Sister Zheng, right? You can then pick out the candidates you like from the candidates. Who can find a crooked reason! Moreover, even if our commune or other communes disagree with the result, my third sister-in-law's business ability is there, and we are not afraid of their gossip!"
Director Zheng nodded continuously after hearing these words.
After what happened just now, she really took a fancy to Zhou Qiuhe. If it couldn't affect her, she would definitely be happy to choose Zhou Qiuhe!
"If you say so, then fine! As long as your commune can recommend Zhou Qiuhe as a candidate, I will choose her!"
When Zhou Qiuhe heard this, a look of joy appeared on her face, and she looked at Xia Juanjuan with gratitude.
If it weren't for Xia Juanjuan, even if she reincarnated three times, she would never have the chance to be a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative!
Xia Juanjuan picked up the bamboo basket that Zhou Qiuhe had brought over and slightly lifted the cloth hanging on it. She saw a dozen green-skinned wild duck eggs and a plucked wild pheasant inside.
She pushed it to Director Zheng and said with a smile, "Sister Zheng, I heard that your family is in the county town. These are common things in the village. You can take them home and let your children taste them."
Director Zheng was stunned for a moment. The situation in the county town had improved a little, but there was still a shortage of supplies.
More than twenty wild duck eggs and wild pheasants, this is too expensive.
"You...what are you doing? These are too expensive. If I accept them, then wouldn't it be..."
Without waiting for Director Zheng to finish, Xia Juanjuan said with a smile, "The wild duck eggs were picked from the reeds, and the wild pheasants were also hunted from the mountains. They are really common things in the village. Besides, this is my way of thanking you, Sister Zheng, for giving me the old textbooks. Who else has to interfere?"
Director Zheng was still a little hesitant, but Xia Juanjuan stuffed the bamboo basket directly into Director Zheng's hands and said, "Besides, if we really want to settle the matter, won't you treat me and my third sister-in-law to some sauerkraut noodles, big sister?"
Director Zheng accepted the gifts upon seeing this. She let Xia Juanjuan and Zhou Qiuhe go for a walk while they were in the county town. She went back home and brought the wild duck eggs and pheasants back home.
Zhou Qiuhe was afraid of any complications, so she said she would wait at the supply point. Xia Juanjuan also wanted to go to the black market again, so she didn't force him.
The black market was similar to the last time. Relying on her memory, Xia Juanjuan happened to see the wife of the canteen purveyor of the textile factory who she had found out last time buying eggs from a middle-aged man.
She did not rush over to greet them immediately, but continued to take out some eggs, duck eggs, pork, pheasant, wild deer and other game from the space and sold them slowly.
The wife's husband's surname was Liu, and people called him Liu Caigou. After talking for a long time, the middle-aged man still refused to lower the price and insisted on selling it at 1.4 cents a piece. I couldn't help but get angry: "Brother, why are you so stubborn? I told you to sell it to me at a low price this time, and I will definitely buy a lot from you next time! If you keep this way, I won't buy it!"
The man had already checked out the market today and knew that he was the only one who had eggs in the black market today. He had just sold them for 1.5 cents, not to mention 1.4 cents. What's the big deal? Are you kidding me? If a family buys 10 eggs, it's a big deal!
Therefore, he ignored Liu Caimao's wife and said, "If you don't want to buy, go to another store and don't delay other customers."
When Liu Caimao's wife heard this, she was so angry that she almost died. She was fighting for her dignity, even though she had promised her youngest son that she would make him an egg cake for his birthday, she would not buy it!
"Humph! If you don't want to buy it, then don't buy it! Don't even think about me buying things from you again!"
Xia Juanjuan saw this, and when Liu Caimao's wife passed by, she deliberately let the eggs in her bamboo basket fall out so that she could see them.
Liu Caimao's wife noticed it and came forward to ask, "My dear, how do you sell these eggs?"