People in today's society are generally more reserved, and Zhu Fanfan was stunned to meet someone who treated her like an outsider for the first time.
Seeing Zhu Fanfan in a daze, Elder Dan began to call out to his soul: "Fanfan, return! Fanfan, return!"
Zhu Fanfan retorted irritably, "I'm still alive!"
Elder Dan wasn't angry: "Then why are you spacing out? Are you trying to kill yourself? Let me call out to you."
Zhu Fanfan replied, "It's a new society now, we don't follow those feudal superstitions anymore, I'm doing just fine!"
Elder Dan pointed to the three boxes in the living room and said, “These are all treasures from my Taoist temple. They were buried in the temple before the founding of the People’s Republic of China. I dug them up after the founding of the People’s Republic of China and now I am handing them over to you. When you build a new Taoist temple in the future, you must pass these down as if they were treasures for passing on the Tao.”
Zhu Fanfan stopped her, saying, "Everything belongs to the country now. Aren't you afraid of getting caught and accused of being anti-communist? Be careful, the walls may have ears."
Elder Dan didn't care: "I'm about to ascend to immortality, what am I afraid of? The current system is just a transition. Sooner or later, the country will become a true communist country. The land will be yours, the house will be yours, the factory will be yours. Little girl, Taoism is not just about making elixirs. You have a lot to learn!"
Taoism encompasses everything, not just alchemy, but also martial arts to strengthen the body and fight bad guys. Commander Zhu can teach internal martial arts, and judging from Fanfan's aura, he should have already developed internal strength. He doesn't even need to remind him of that. Dean Xu is teaching him medicine, so he doesn't need to worry about it. Minister Ji is also teaching him Bagua and Five Elements. With a foundation, it shouldn't be difficult for him to teach. Physiognomy should also be fine. I heard that Vice Dean Liu is very accurate in judging people in this area, so teaching children shouldn't be a problem for him either.
All he needs to do now is develop her talent for alchemy, and he'll be all set. He's the one reaping the rewards, since Fanfan's solid foundation is all thanks to the efforts of those big shots.
Zhu Fanfan also knew that ten years ago, there were many talented people. In those ten years, the cultural crystallization of thousands of years in various industries was either eliminated or destroyed, leaving very few behind. Many of the skills passed down from our ancestors could no longer be learned anywhere.
It was noisy outside, so Elder Dan took Zhu Fanfan out: "Let's go join in the fun."
When we arrived, we found out that the supply and marketing cooperative was selling wild boar meat, with no limit on quantity, first come, first served.
Elder Dan took out a wad of cash and tried to buy it all, but Zhu Fanfan stopped him. The little girl pulled Elder Dan away, and Elder Dan, while being pulled along, kept looking at the pork with reluctance, calling out, "Hey, hey, don't pull me, don't pull me, my pork."
Zhu Fanfan asked, "Can you squeeze in?"
A huge crowd of people, so big you couldn't even see the hair on the pork, and they still wanted to grab it. Those old ladies are quite energetic; be careful not to get your old bones crushed.
Elder Dan got into position and was about to charge in: "Who says I can't squeeze in? I won't lose when it comes to grabbing things. I'm an old man, I don't have many days left to live. I don't have any other hobbies, I just want to eat something good, so what?"
Although he eats meat every day, he still enjoys it, and no one can stop him from eating meat.
Zhu Fanfan's words stopped him, and he regained his dignified and otherworldly demeanor: "Grandma will buy more, and give me half of it."
The two started walking back, and on the way, Elder Dan kept asking if they were sure he would leave something for them.
Zhu Fanfan answered countless times, confirming that it was only for her, not for them.
Elder Dan didn't mind. When he got home, he saw Lin Damei sitting there. She greeted Zhu Fanfan warmly, "Fanfan, come and see! Your godmother has snatched a lot of meat and specially saved half for you."
Holding the pork in her hand like a treasure, it weighed about three pounds. Zhu Fanfan asked curiously, "Grandma, did you only take these few pounds?"
Lin Damei said angrily, "Who says it isn't true? When I got there, they just happened to have some pork. They said wild boar meat was unlimited and didn't require tickets, but it was 79 cents a pound. When I heard that, I was furious and quickly said I wanted ten pounds. But they immediately changed their tune and said that each family could only have three pounds. I said I bought it for your family and they only gave us six pounds."
She was the first to buy it. The salesperson's words were like farts. She wouldn't have been angry if the salesperson had said it was three catties from the beginning, but the salesperson changed his mind as soon as she opened his mouth, making her think that it was specifically targeting her. She was furious.
Zhu Fanfan reassured her, "Perhaps the employee saw that there was a lot and thought it was unlimited, misunderstanding the higher-ups' intentions. She didn't realize that there are many families in our compound who can afford meat."
She knew the supply and marketing cooperative very well. One of the people there was Zhu Yan, a relative of the director. In order to show off her status, she always acted on her own initiative. People pointed out her mistakes everywhere, but she never corrected them. She didn't know what the director was thinking. Such things were always reported and the case was successful. How could she still stay in the supply and marketing cooperative?
Lin Damei got angry when she heard the name: "It's her. I don't know what she's thinking. She's so nice to the people in our courtyard, but she ignores the people in the apartment building. We're all military wives, how can we be more noble than each other? The director of the supply and marketing cooperative is her uncle, isn't she afraid of being implicated?"
She still had a good impression of the director of the supply and marketing cooperative. He was fair in his work and everyone praised him. But she didn't realize that this was a new society. Who would buy into that old-fashioned way of putting down the weak and praising the strong?
If it weren't for the fact that she was in charge of the department, she would have filed a complaint. Being a sales clerk in the military compound isn't a secure job; if they filed a complaint, they could be fired immediately.
Zhu Fanfan comforted her, "Just pretend she's not thinking straight, don't pay any attention to her. If your godmother wants to eat meat, just let me know, and I'll ask my grandmother to keep an eye out. She's a native of this area."
There are black markets in the capital, but they are all located in the border areas between the countryside and the city. They are mainly places where farmers sell their agricultural products to supplement their household income. The goods are so small that they are negligible, and the officials just turn a blind eye to it.
Lin Damei stopped her, saying, "There's no need for that. Your family's receipts are enough. I have my own connections."
Having lived here for so many years, who doesn't have a way to buy things? It's just that Fanfan's family consists of only three people, and they basically lack nothing, so we didn't tell them about this channel.
Zhu Fanfan knew that everyone had their own connections, so she didn't force anyone: "Grandma, if you want grain, you can tell me. My grandma can buy fine grains."
There are very few people in the compound who are short of money. It is only those in the apartment buildings who are short of money and have to make sacrifices to their hometowns that are short of money and have to be careful with their spending.
Lin Damei instructed, "Don't make a fuss about it, be careful, walls have ears."
She wanted to warn that someone with ulterior motives might cause trouble if they heard this, as the only place where one could buy fine grains was the black market, and these people were all Party members; if they were caught, the consequences could be severe or minor.
Zhu Fanfan said, "Grandma, wait a moment."
After saying that, he went to the kitchen and took out a plucked chicken: "I still have to study, so I can't cook. Grandma, can you stew this chicken for me? I'll give you half of it, and give Ming Laosan some meat and chicken soup. He was beaten yesterday and needs to recover. Here's two yuan and thirty-seven cents, the money for the pork."
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