After an ordinary week, He Ruixue gradually became familiar with the work of the purchasing department. As a newcomer, she did not have to communicate with suppliers or travel to urge for goods. She only did relatively trivial work.
Xia Lingqing gave her a few small tasks to check her learning progress. After feeling that she could do it well, he felt relieved to give her more work. He also praised her to the staff of Group 3 for her intelligence and quick learning.
Nowadays, she either follows the inspectors to register the quantity and rating of goods, or reads various documents on the supply of goods and makes plans. In the early 1960s, due to various factors, social resources were concentrated to strengthen unified management, but this was actually incompatible in 1968.
In order to avoid situations such as "not being able to order even after being allocated, not being able to receive even after ordering, or receiving inadequate supplies", various provinces and cities have started to cooperate on materials. Factories and factories, as well as factories and sales stores, have exchanged what they have and what they need through requests for assistance, material swapping, processing and restructuring, and labor cooperation, and have learned from each other's strengths and overcome their weaknesses.
However, when the Cultural Revolution broke out, this method was criticized as "engaging in capitalism" and "undermining the foundations of socialism". This relatively effective material management system was identified as a product of the counter-revolutionary revisionist line and was therefore banned, disrupting the normal supply and marketing order.
As the supply of materials becomes increasingly tight, the team of purchasing agents will become larger and larger, almost reaching the point of being "flying all over the sky".
This caused the workload and intensity of He Ruixue's department to increase further, but their province was still relatively good. The superiors adopted the "regional balance, difference allocation" method for important materials, retaining a certain degree of autonomy. No matter what the documents from above stipulate, we must have goods in the warehouse.
In order to ensure sufficient supplies, the store would occasionally make tentative cross-provincial purchases and engage in barter exchanges, but this was not done openly.
Therefore, in addition to the tasks assigned by the superiors, the purchasing department also has to meet the needs of the store itself. The buyers below frequently travel on business to discuss cooperation, and they also have to coordinate the content of the cooperation.
He Ruixue knew that this situation would be greatly improved by the 1970s, and even encouraged local governments below the provincial level to cooperate in means of production until it was fully liberalized in 1977.
Compared with Xia Lingqing and others, her work is not heavy, but the details are tiring. Sometimes she has to check a piece of data repeatedly. In the era without computers, all information was handwritten, and everyone's recording habits were different.
Sometimes, due to font differences or copying errors, the two lists would not match. In order to confirm the data, she had to spend most of the day searching for information in the file management room.
However, logistical work is interconnected, and with her experience from her previous life, it was not difficult for her to get started. In addition to Xia Lingqing praising her, the leader of Group 3 was also quite satisfied with her speed of adaptation.
Tomorrow is another day off, and the pedestrians on the road all have happy faces. He Ruixue's steps on the bike are lighter.
When I got home, I found that my eldest brother's family were all sitting together in the house. Everyone was in high spirits, and every move showed their irrepressible joy. They were huddled together and talking, and the factor called happiness was floating in the air.
Seeing her come back, Wang Taozhi helped her push the cart with one hand and pulled her into the living room with the other. She closed the door and said with excitement, "Dongbao, did you get Xiaojie this job?"
"Yeah, I'm just trying to find out some information. She took the exam on Wednesday, and the results should be out today. So, what's the result? Did she pass?"
"She passed! Someone came to our house this morning to tell us that out of over thirty people who took the exam, she was the only one chosen."
When she received the notice today, she was completely unprepared. She stood there in a daze for a long while and only came to her senses after her neighbor reminded her. She acted like she had never seen the world before. It was so embarrassing.
Of course, she was probably overthinking it. Her neighbors were so busy envying her that they had no time to pay attention to her expression.
Wang Taozhi swallowed her saliva and hurriedly brought a stool for her. "I heard that the grain station needs people with good math skills this time. Thanks to you for reminding her to review and showing her your notes, this damn girl kept it a secret and didn't say a word. Fortunately, she passed the exam, otherwise I would have made her some more fish soup to nourish her brain!"
How could I go to take the exam without any preparation? If I forgot to bring something, she could help me deliver it.
"She didn't tell me because she was afraid you would cause a big stir. You and my brother are impulsive, which will only put more pressure on her."
"With no one holding her back, she's really about to float to the sky."
"Mom!" He Xiaojie shouted dissatisfiedly.
She was the absolute protagonist today. Wang Taozhi was in a good mood and stopped chattering. "What do you want to eat? Mom exchanged some meat coupons for you to nourish your body. And our family's great hero, Dongbao, I remember you love fish, so I'll get up early tomorrow to buy you a big one and make you pickled fish."
He Chunsheng nodded quickly, "Yes, we should go early to buy fish, so they are fresh!"
"No."
He Ruixue took out her lunch box and fished out a lot of other things from her bag. "The store received a batch of seafood these days. The cafeteria had braised hairtail fish, so I asked someone to get an extra portion. I also asked someone to buy some dried kelp and dried shrimp... On the way back, I bought some bones at the market. No ticket required."
The dried kelp is tied into two bundles. It is delicious and can fill a large bucket after being soaked. There is also a large bag of dried shrimps, which are dried in the sun and can be crushed into small pieces when squeezed. They are the best to add flavor to the soup. These are all good things that are rarely seen in normal times.
Wang Taozhi smiled as she put the things in the kitchen cabinet. She stared at the two large bones and said pickily, "The meat on them is cleaner than your face. Of course, you don't need a ticket. Why did you buy this? You can't eat it."
"I want to drink kelp and bone soup."
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