The Zhong brothers exchanged a glance, and the second brother, Zhong Jianping, tentatively asked, "There's quite a lot, over a thousand catties?"
Lu Yuan remained expressionless. "May I ask what you need so much fruit for?"
Zhong Jianping said, "To be honest, I am the one competing for the position of vice chairman of the trade union. Our vice chairman is about to retire, and I am not the only candidate."
As Zhong Jianping spoke, he picked up Lu Yuan's bowl, ladled out a bowl of chicken soup with chicken meat, and placed it in front of him, continuing...
"For the past two years, our textile factory has been using defective fabric or scraps of fabric from our own factory to give as welfare to the workers during holidays. The workers have long complained. This time, the leaders have said that whoever can get good gifts for the National Day holiday will get the position of deputy director. The leaders don't need to make it difficult to choose anyone; it's all about ability."
Lu Yuan understood. The factory's welfare benefits for workers were all arranged by the union. This time, Zhong Jianping was competing for this position, and it just so happened that they were giving out rice so generously, so he thought that Zhong Jianping had connections to get other good things. Today, he saw that they had brought oranges, so he wanted fruit.
Seeing that they had all made their points so clear, Lu Yuan stopped keeping them in suspense.
"Here's the thing, my uncle is the manager of a cannery and he really has connections with fruit, but he's in Shenyang, and the transportation costs to get supplies from there are quite high. Are you sure you still want it?"
Zhong Jianping tentatively said, "The factory said they'd exchange it for fabric. Do you think that's okay? If we can exchange it for fabric, we can give them more fabric."
Lu Yuan's mind raced as he began to think of various uses for the fabric.
Why wouldn't I want it?
In this day and age, what's there to be afraid of with too much fabric?
Sanbao was also very anxious in his arms, wishing he could agree on behalf of his father, since there was so much fruit in the space, it was almost overflowing.
"Dad, ah—Dad, ah ah!"
It must be replaced!
We need to exchange lots and lots of fabric; this is all for military supplies!
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