Chapter 43
Someone is looking for me?
Lin Qingqing was stunned. It was getting dark. Who could it be?
"Did the other party say who it was?" Lu Cheng walked out of the hall and came to the door.
Lin Qingqing came to her senses and hurried out. As soon as Lin Qingqing moved, Lu Haici followed her.
The person was a soldier standing guard at the door. When he saw Lu Cheng, he saluted: "Deputy Regiment Lu, it's like this. A male comrade who claims to be Ma Chenggong from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative came to see Comrade Lin and said that Comrade Lin knows him." Comrade
Ma from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative? Lin Qingqing immediately thought of it. She said to Lu Cheng: "It's Director Ma from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. I'll go see him. Director Ma must have come here right after work at this time. It should be related to the salty taste."
Lu Cheng nodded and agreed with her. However, "I'll go with you."
"No, I'll go first." Lin Qingqing said, and said to the soldier, "Thank you." Then he ran over, so as not to make Director Ma wait too long.
The soldier followed.
Then... Lu Haici ran past his father and followed him.
Lu Cheng: "..." It was obvious that he was going to go first, how come this brat got there first? But the brat was dreaming that he would be faster than him. Lu Cheng strode forward.
Lin Qingqing ran fast, and when he saw the gate of the family compound, he saw Director Ma. "Director Ma." Lin Qingqing shouted.
Director Ma also saw Lin Qingqing and waved to her: "Comrade Lin."
Lin Qingqing ran to Director Ma panting: "Sorry, I kept you waiting."
"No, no, I came here suddenly, I..." He saw a tall figure coming to Lin Qingqing's side, so he paused.
Lin Qingqing turned around and saw that it was Lu Cheng. "Why are you here?"
Lu Cheng lied seriously: "Anyway, I have nothing to do after dinner."
"Mom..." Lu Haici was still shouting a hundred meters away. He was really angry. Dad didn't wait for him. Even if he didn't wait for him, he should have brought him over. It's too bad, bad dad.
Lin Qingqing: "..." What are they doing? Are they bringing their families? She introduced to Director Ma, "This is my husband Lu Cheng, and the one behind is my son, whom you have met."
Director Ma's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Lu Cheng and said nervously, "Hello, Comrade Lu." He was older than Lu Cheng, but he used the word "you" because even though Lu Cheng was wearing a training uniform, he could see clearly the two bars and one star on Lu Cheng's training uniform, which meant he was a regimental-level officer. My God, Comrade Lin looked young, but her husband was a deputy regiment commander, and he was such a young deputy regiment commander, so you can imagine his future.
Lu Cheng: "Hello."
Director Ma was the director of the county supply and marketing cooperative after all, so he had seen the world, so he came back to his senses quickly. He then said to Lin Qingqing: "Comrade Lin, I want to talk to you about the salty food. Why don't we find a place to talk?"
Lin Qingqing: "Of course, let's go to my house. It's more convenient."
Director Ma: "Okay."
It was Director Ma's first time to come to the army. When he entered the family compound, he looked around curiously. But when he arrived at Lu's house, he didn't drag his feet and spoke directly: "Comrade Lin, the salty food you sent today is selling very well. According to your suggestion, we will give one tael for every pound you buy, and half a tael for every half pound you buy, and then set the price at 40 cents per pound. It sold out very quickly, so I came here now to discuss an agreement with you. According to what we discussed before, how much profit do you plan to get per pound?" When Director Ma came, he thought about striving for the greatest profit for the supply and marketing cooperative. In other words, the lower the profit on Lin Qingqing's side, the better.
But now that he knows about Lu Cheng's existence, he doesn't think so. If the profit is too low, the wife of the head of the group is not short of money, so she will definitely not do it. So in terms of profit, he gave the initiative to Lin Qingqing.
Lin Qingqing said, "I still have two questions for Director Ma to choose. First, if the pig intestines and pig heads provided by the supply and marketing cooperative are all washed, and firewood and raw materials for washing pig intestines are provided, then I can make a profit. If the supply and marketing cooperative cannot provide washed ingredients and firewood, then I cannot make a profit. However, if the supply and marketing cooperative provides firewood and washed materials, these washed materials must satisfy me, after all, they are eaten. If they are not washed clean, it will ruin the reputation of the supply and marketing cooperative."
Director Ma certainly knew this. Lin Qingqing only provided technology, but the goods were purchased from the supply and marketing cooperative. If the supply and marketing cooperative did not wash the goods clean, then the place where the people would come to make trouble would naturally be the supply and marketing cooperative. So for the reputation of the supply and marketing cooperative, Director Ma would not be careless. Don't think that he will be careless just because his last name is Ma.
In order to reduce the workload of the supply and marketing cooperative, Director Ma and the president discussed that it was not feasible to wash the ingredients, and it would be more reassuring to give it to Lin Qingqing. So: "I choose the second option, you are responsible for washing, firewood and cleaning the raw materials, and we only provide raw ingredients and materials for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar." They had no choice but to provide oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, because ordinary people could not buy so many condiments.
Lin Qingqing: "Then give me a profit of 1 cent per pound. The supply and marketing cooperative sets the price at 40 cents per pound, but in reality, the total cost of these materials is not even 1 cent per pound. Even if the cost is 1 cent per pound, after giving me a profit of 1 cent, the supply and marketing cooperative still has a profit of 2 cents per pound. As for me, because I have a job, I need to make a profit when I outsource the cleaning, I need to make a profit when I hire someone to deliver firewood, and I need to hire someone to pick up the ingredients and deliver the goods every day. We also need to make a profit. Selling the raw materials of cleaning pig large intestines also requires money. So, my profit is not as good as the profit of salted duck eggs of two and a half cents per pound. "
Director Ma calculated according to her words. If her technology is calculated according to the profit of two and a half cents per pound, then the profit of cleaning is half a pound, the profit of delivering and picking up goods is half a pound, and the profit of delivering firewood is naturally impossible to be half a pound. In addition, what does it cost to clean pig large intestines? So if the three combined cleaning, delivering and picking up goods, delivering firewood, and the raw materials of cleaning pig large intestines are two cents per pound, then Lin Qingqing needs four and a half cents of profit. Of course, this is what Director Ma and the president had tested before. But now, according to Lin Qingqing's meaning, she would definitely not agree to give her four and a half cents of profit.
So?
"Comrade Lin, just tell me directly, how much profit do you need in total?" Director Ma was too lazy to guess, "Just tell me, if I can make the decision, I will make the decision, if I can't, I will apply to the president, what do you think?"
Lin Qingqing actually didn't like to negotiate, it was too tiring and a waste of breath. So she simply said: "8 cents profit per catty."
"No, no, no, that's too much. The president won't agree, how about this, I'll make the decision and give you 5 cents profit per catty." He calculated 4.5 cents, and added half a cent to make it an integer.
Lin Qingqing said: "Your way is meaningless, then I will also give you half a cent, 7.5 cents."
Director Ma: "..."
Lu Cheng watched them bargaining, just for half a cent of profit, and didn't quite understand. But he also knew that Lin Qingqing's 7.5 cents was not the lowest price, and Director Ma's 5 cents was not the lowest price, so he said, "Why not take the middle price between 5 cents and 8 cents, 6.5 cents."
Suddenly, Lin Qingqing and Director Ma both looked at him.
Lu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Is it inappropriate?"
Director Ma thought, if Lin Qingqing took a profit of 6.5 cents, then the cost of salt would be only 1.6 cents, and they would still have a profit of 2.4 cents. In fact, they would be happy even if the profit was only 1 cent. So he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then it's 6.5 cents profit, what do you think, Comrade Lin?"
Lin Qingqing: "Of course I don't agree."
Huh?
Lu Cheng was a little embarrassed. He thought, he wouldn't mess up her plan, would he?
Even Director Ma was a little surprised. Under normal circumstances, when the man in the family makes the decision, how can a woman object? What's more, this is a regimental-level officer.
Lin Qingqing smiled again: "Although I don't want to agree, but my husband said so, I'll let it go."
Lu Cheng: "..." He felt so guilty.
Director Ma: "..." Are young people nowadays so good at playing?
So, Director Ma and Lin Qingqing began to sign an agreement. The content of the agreement was:
1. Lin Qingqing would make halogens for the supply and marketing cooperative at a profit of 6.5 cents per catty.
2. The weight of the halogens is mainly based on the weight at the time of receipt.
Because the weight at the time of receipt and the weight of the halogens after they are out of the pot are different, just like buying meat, raw meat is definitely heavier than cooked meat, but when you buy meat, can you buy it by the weight of cooked meat? Of course not.
3. The profits are settled on the 1st of each month.
For example, it is June 24th now, and the accounts for this month will be settled on July 1st.
There were other bits and pieces. The agreement between the two was relatively complete. After the agreement was written, it was already completely dark, and Director Ma rode away on his bicycle. Although it was very dark, Director Ma was in a good mood.
Of course, Lin Qingqing was in an even better mood. With a profit of six and a half cents per catty, she needed to give Yu Xiuyao a profit of one and a half cents. It was just as Director Ma thought. Cleaning, picking up and delivering goods, and firewood were all contracted by Yu Xiuyao, and she gave her a profit of one and a half cents per catty. Don't think that one and a half cents is not much. For example, today there are 62 catties of pig intestines and pig heads. The profit of one and a half cents per catty is almost one yuan. If it is for a month, it is also 30 yuan. This is higher than the salary of a stable job.
However, the Lu family only had two pots, one iron pot and one clay pot, so Lin Qingqing planned to give Yu Xiuyao another half a cent of profit and borrow her kitchen to make salty dishes together.
In this way, Yu Xiuyao would have a profit of 2 cents per catty, which is 1.2 cents per day based on 60 catties per day, which is 36 yuan per month. However, after
Lin Qingqing deducted two cents of profit, she did not have a profit of four and a half cents, because her wood ash was taken from the company canteen. Although the company canteen did not want wood ash, she could not take it for free, so she bought it. However, wood ash is not worth money, and you can buy it for less than half a cent per catty. Therefore, if that is ignored, Lin Qingqing is equivalent to a profit of four and a half cents per catty.
These days, skills always make more money than labor.
"You boil water first and take a bath with Haici. I'll go to sister-in-law Xiuyao's house and tell her about this." Lin Qingqing said to Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng: "Yeah."
Lin Qingqing went to Yu Xiuyao's house with a happy mood.
In fact, Lin Qingqing didn't know how long this salty thing could last, because it's 63 now, and the situation will be more tense in 67. At that time, many people will be scared of the news, and she is also worried that the salty thing will be talked about. So she thought, if she can't do it by then, then she should do more while she can still do it now.
"Sister-in-law, are you there?" Lin Qingqing arrived at Yu Xiuyao's house, but didn't go in, but called at the gate of the yard.
"Yes, yes." Yu Xiuyao came out of the house in a hurry. "Why are you here? I just finished packing. Come in and sit down."
"Hey." Lin walked into the hall lightly. There are four people in the Qin family. In addition to Yu Xiuyao and his wife, there is a son and a daughter. The son is Dawang, who Lu Haici has been talking about. He is in the second grade of junior high school this year and is fifteen years old. The eldest is a daughter, who is eighteen years old this year and is studying in a technical secondary school in another place. In fact, in this era, there are very few families with only twins. Many families have five or six children. However, there are not many children in general military families because the couples are separated for a long time.
After Lin Qingqing sat down, she directly told me about Director Ma: "Sister-in-law, Director Ma came to me just now and signed a salty agreement with me. As you know, I work in the canteen of the third company's kitchen squad, so according to what we said before, the cleaning, picking up, delivering and firewood of the materials will be handed over to you. Have you changed your mind about this?"
Yu Xiuyao said: "No, you can leave it to me. I will pick up the goods when I go to deliver them in the morning, and I can wash them when I come back. I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so I will go to the mountain to pick up firewood. I had nothing to do every day before, but now I finally have something to do." She is now so free that she can't kill time chatting with some military wives every day.
Lin smiled lightly: "Then let's talk about the profit. I will contract these three things to you and give you a profit of one and a half cents per catty."
"No, no need to pay so much." Yu Xiuyao said hurriedly, "I just put in some effort, why do I need so much money?" Giving her one and a half cents per catty, that's a lot for a day, it will be enough for a month. She didn't want it.
"If you want it, don't refuse me. As the old saying goes, brothers should make clear accounts. We are sisters. As long as we make clear accounts, there will be no conflicts in the future. Don't you think so?" In fact, Lin felt that one and a half cents per catty was not much, but she had no choice. Labor was not worth money in this era. She could give one and a half cents, which was already very high. At least in Yu Xiuyao's heart, one and a half cents was high.
Yu Xiuyao knew that Lin Qingqing was good at speaking, and a person like her who was carefree could not win over her theories. However, "Isn't this one and a half cents of profit too much?" Yu Xiuyao also asked Lin Qingqing how much she had left after giving her one and a half cents. She was not stupid.
Lin Qingqing originally wanted to borrow their pots and stoves and then give them another half cent of profit, but looking at Yu Xiuyao's look, it was estimated that she would not take this half cent of profit. However, "Since sister-in-law feels embarrassed, how about this, when you make salty food, please lend me your stove. When there is too much salty food, my stove will not be enough."
Yu Xiuyao heard this and it was definitely no problem: "Okay, you can use it." It's okay even if the iron pot is burned. An iron pot can make a lot in less than a month. Besides, can this iron pot be burned?
"Thank you, sister-in-law." As for the half of the profit that was not given out, there is also a chance. According to Director Ma's meaning, he is going to collect ingredients from other places. At that time, Yu Xiuyao will definitely not be able to handle it alone. At that time, she will give half of the profit to her and let her be the team leader, and let her manage the other people involved in the cleaning.
After Lin Qingqing and Yu Xiuyao reached an agreement, they went home.
Lu Cheng and Lu Haici had already taken a bath, and the two of them were enjoying the cool air in the yard, staring at each other.
"Dad, when will Mom come back?" Lu Haici was so bored, "I still have some questions for Mom."
Lu Cheng had no interest in his strange questions: "How should I know?"
Lu Haici: "Then let's go find mom." As he said that, he twisted his little butt on the stool and couldn't sit still.
Lu Cheng also wanted to go. When he heard Lu Haici say that, he said: "That's fine, you put on your shoes and let's go."
"Great." Lu Haici put on his shoes happily.
The father and son left very quickly, but not long after walking, they saw Lin Qingqing approaching from afar at the corner. Lin Qingqing was also a little surprised when she saw the father and son standing at the corner. When she walked in, she asked, "Why are you here? Aren't you going to take a shower?"
"Mom, we've already taken a shower." Lu Haici said, "Smell it, it smells so good."
Lin Qingqing: "..." She didn't want to smell it, because the soap of this era didn't smell good at all. But, "Really? It smells really good." She bent down and smelled Lu Haici's body.
Lu Haici was stunned, then he stood on his little feet and kissed Lin Qingqing on the face. This kiss was quite heavy, and Lin Qingqing couldn't help laughing. Lu Haici was shy, turned around and ran home.
Lu Cheng: "..." Staring at the place where Lin Qingqing was kissed, he suddenly felt that Lu Haici had grown up and it was time for him to sleep alone. Well, I'll arrange this matter later.
"What are you looking at?" Seeing Lu Cheng staring at her, Lin Qingqing touched her face, "Is there nothing on your face?"
Lu Cheng: "...Yes."
"What is there?" Lin Qingqing wiped her face with her hand, "Anything else?"
Lu Cheng: "If there is anything else, let me do it." He took two steps to Lin Qingqing, then raised his head and gently stroked Lin Qingqing's face with his thumb. Then he said, "No more."
Lin Qingqing blinked, but she didn't react yet. Maybe it was because they slept in the same bed these days. Although there was Lu Haici between them, she had to say that she was used to his presence and his approach. So when Lu Cheng approached her this time, she didn't even think about avoiding him. Moreover, if there was something on her face, even if she helped to wipe it as a friend, she thought it was normal and there was no need to overreact. "What did you wipe out? Let me see."
Lu Cheng glanced at her, then said: "...Lu Haici's saliva."
Lin Qingqing: "..." It felt a bit like being in the wind.
"Dad is talking nonsense." Lu Haici jumped out of the yard. He had been hiding at the door waiting for his mother to come, but he heard his father saying bad things about him. Lu Haici stood at the door of the yard and stomped his feet angrily, "I don't drool, but Dad will talk nonsense. I'm angry." My aunt said that he has been well-behaved since he was a child. Other children will drool, but he won't.
Lu Cheng: "..." How does it feel to be accused by your angry son?
Phew... Lin Qingqing held her belly and laughed: "Yes, yes, Lu Haici is right, your father is just talking nonsense, how could our Lu Haici drool?"
"Humph." Lu Haici glared at his father again, turned to his mother and smiled brightly, "Mom, we won't sleep with Dad at night."
Lin Qingqing said: "Okay, if you can keep your dad out at night, I will definitely support you." Raised both hands to support.
Hearing his mother support him, Lu Haici was full of energy: "I will definitely do it, Mom, don't worry."
Lu Cheng felt that his son must have exaggerated at night. He wanted to stop him outside the house? Believe it or not, he sent him to the roof to chat with the moon?
After Lu Haici made a promise to his mother, he returned to his room. Lin Qingqing didn't care, she took the water and went to take a bath. However... when she came out of the bath, she heard Lu Cheng sitting in the yard and said in a difficult way: "Go and see what he is doing."
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