"Hey, bro, did you get the notice? It seems like this is the first time I've seen you arrive at the factory on time, except for your first day at work!"
Listening to Ma Banghua's teasing, Ye Zhiqiu rolled his eyes and asked, "Brother Banghua, you came to the factory alone so early today. Did your sister-in-law make you sleep on a chair?"
Ma Banghua said proudly, "How is that possible? We live in harmony! It's just that the factory is going to pick up raw materials today, and she needs to go with the truck to register the quantity, so she needs to go to work early. Shouldn't I accompany her to have breakfast early?
After dinner, I was bored and had nothing to do, so I decided to go to the factory early! But what’s wrong with you? You actually came here so early in the morning.
Ye Zhiqiu smoked a cigarette and lit it with Ma Banghua's kerosene lighter. He said gloomily, "Don't mention it. My mother had a seizure today. She woke the whole family up early in the morning and asked us to recite the health regulations. I'm almost going crazy. I listened to that stuff for a long time yesterday..."
Ma Banghua couldn't help but burst out laughing, because he never thought that the reason why Ye Zhiqiu came to work so early was to memorize the health regulations!
Ye Zhiqiu was helpless. After dinner last night and finishing the housework, Wang Xiaolan pulled the family members to recite the hygiene regulations. Even Wang Fugui couldn't escape!
There was nothing anyone could do. Wang Xiaolan, who was the family member of the health officer, couldn't even recite the health regulations. This would make her embarrassed to face people outside! She had already dealt with Wang Fugui and Ye Tianya. As for the two younger ones, they had no ability to resist at all.
Ye Zhiqiu had escaped the ordeal that evening because he could recite it! But he still couldn't escape the ordeal that morning! Wang Xiaolan, under the pretext of being worried that everyone had forgotten, wanted to review the hygiene regulations!
Ye Zhiqiu was so annoyed that he was the first one to come out with his back, so he rode his bicycle away from the endorsement accident scene. He went to buy two vegetarian buns, which he considered breakfast, and arrived at the factory so early.
Ma Banghua said cheerfully, "Let me tell you, last night we also had a meeting to publicize the health regulations. Your sister-in-law Xiuying and I memorized them after listening to them read a few times, and we got it done right away!"
Ye Zhiqiu quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't talk to me about this. I accompanied my mother to the meeting and was forced to listen to various health regulations seventy or eighty times. Now I get a headache just hearing this word!
You should talk about what this big cleanup is all about! My dad doesn't get any information, so I can only guess that it's possible that the ministry wants us to increase beer production."
Ma Banghua nodded and said, "It is indeed about the reason for the increase in production. According to statistical surveys, 40% of the residents of the two breweries in Beijing wanted to drink beer but could not buy it this summer.
So the department is going to conduct a survey at the factory soon to see if they need to add more production staff or if the equipment is not fully utilized. This problem must be solved."
Ye Zhiqiu understood what was going on. Beer was also classified as a light industry. With the current emphasis on developing industry, it wasn't surprising that beer was considered a business that needed development.
Anyway, when Ye Zhiqiu looked at information from this era before, there was no information about breweries reducing production due to difficult times.
Ye Zhiqiu exhaled a puff of smoke and said speechlessly, "Isn't his statistic wrong? How can beer be counted based on population? There are so many children and women, so 40% must be these people, right?"
According to Ye Zhiqiu, beer is an alcoholic beverage, and children and women don't like alcohol, so this ratio is normal!
But Ma Banghua saw things differently. He looked puzzled and asked, "Who said women and children should be excluded? This isn't alcohol, so why don't they drink it?
When anyone from the factory brings beer home, doesn't the whole family share it? Even your sister-in-law Xiuying drinks more than I do! I drink a little to cool down, and then I drink the wine, but she drinks the beer like tea!"
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned. He was really dumbfounded. But he thought about it and realized that Ye Tianya had brought beer home a few times, and everyone, whether it was Wang Xiaolan or Ye Bailu, actually drank it!
He discovered that he had made a common sense mistake, that is, in this era, beer was not considered alcohol, but a type of beverage!
Therefore, his view from the perspective of later generations is the most abnormal one! Ma Banghua and others regard beer as a beverage, which is the truth of this era!
Ye Zhiqiu laughed and said, "Ahahaha... I thought beer was not tasty and that children and women wouldn't drink it. I didn't expect so many people would drink it..."
"Hey, the difference between beer and soda is like the difference between sugar water and fermented rice!"
The two of them chatted like this, and soon everyone came to work.
Ye Zhiqiu also met again the unplanned purchaser Huang Dajiang, whose name was only one letter different from his senior brother!
He smiled and greeted, "Good morning, Brother Huang!"
Huang Dajiang also smiled and joked, "Xiao Ye, you're such a busy guy, but we finally meet! The last time we met was in July in Kaoshantun. This is actually the first time we've met since you started working, right?"
Ye Zhiqiu gave him a cigarette and lit it with a match before he smiled and said, "That's right! Every time I come back to the factory, I never see you. Have you been out in the countryside lately, or at the city gate?"
Huang Dajiang shook his head and whispered, "I haven't been out much lately. Who would go to the countryside when I have enough missions? I usually go to do odd jobs to earn money, but I have to go to the countryside in the next two days. Xiaoye, do you want to come with me?"
Ye Zhiqiu really had no interest in going to the countryside to purchase things. He had a task to hand in supplies in his space, so why should he make things difficult for himself?
So he shook his head and said, "Brother Huang, I've been a bit busy lately, so I won't have the chance to go to the countryside. If we have time together in the future, let's go together again!"
"But it's autumn harvest time now, so it's not going to be easy for you to go and do it, right? Everyone's busy with autumn harvest and winter wheat planting, and they all need to replenish their income, so they may not be willing to sell anything to you."
Huang Dajiang smiled bitterly and said, "I have no choice. My brother-in-law is getting married, and your sister-in-law has given me a death order to help him buy chickens.
You know, in the city, it's easier to get pork and fish, but chicken is expensive! I can only go to the countryside to buy some, maybe I won't lose too much money."
Ye Zhiqiu finally understood what was going on. He must have been paying too little for a large number of chickens. That was why Huang Dajiang wanted to go to the countryside to buy them, so he wouldn't have to put in so much private money.
Why did Ye Zhiqiu know this? He had to make up for his private savings because the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day had just passed, and the prices of chickens and ducks had gone up!
This was the price he had just inquired about at the Tianqiao Pigeon Market. His wife must have only given him the old price, so he had to go to the countryside to buy. Otherwise, he would have had to use his own money to make up for it. Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that he didn't need to lose so much money!
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