Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

The next morning.

After breakfast, the three of them went their separate ways.

He Yuyu went to school, Cai Quanwu and Shazhu went to work.

With his bag on his back, Cai Quanwu pushed his bicycle outside the hospital, greeting everyone he met along the way.

After leaving the courtyard, Cai Quanwu got on his bicycle and headed to the grain store.

Cai Quanwu came to the grain store, opened the door curtain and walked in. He found that almost everyone in the grain store had arrived.

Seeing Cai Quanwu come in, someone laughed and teased him.

"Quan Wu, are you used to getting up early to go to work?"

Hearing the joke, Cai Quanwu also smiled and replied:

"Hey, if you're not used to it, you have to get up early to pedal a tricycle."

After chatting for a few words, Sister Li asked Cai Quanwu to find Director Ma.

"Nothing at all. On your first day at work, go to Director Ma's office to see if there are any work arrangements for today. Your work is not on the counter, but mainly in the backroom."

After hearing Sister Li's words, Cai Quanwu greeted everyone at the counter and went to the director's office.

He came to the door of the director's office, knocked on the door, and then opened the door and went in.

Seeing that it was Cai Quanwu, Director Ma smiled and said, "Why, it's your first day at work, are you still used to it?"

"Getting used to it is much better than riding a three-wheeler. You won't be blown by the wind or wet by the rain."

"I'm here to report to the director and see what work arrangements the director has."

Seeing that Cai Quanwu had a very upright attitude, Director Ma was very satisfied and could not raise his tail even if he had the ability.

"There are no tasks today. It is good to have warehousing tasks once a week. As long as the counter is not overwhelmed and needs your help, you usually don't have many tasks."

"There is a small empty room next to the back library. You can take the key and clean it yourself later, and then you can work there."

"However, you have to play a role at the critical moment, and the grain store welfare procurement task must be completed."

Director Ma made his words very clear and made Cai Quanwu understand his main task.

In fact, it is also the special nature of the grain stores in Sijiucheng that makes the tasks of the grain stores in Sijiucheng less important than those of grain stores in other places.

Grain stores in other provinces and cities also sell oil. In fact, they should be called grain and oil stores. The grain stores in Sijiucheng only sell grain, which is much easier.

"Don't worry, Director."

Cai Quanwu agreed wholeheartedly, and then made his request.

"But, director, you need to issue me a purchase certificate and a letter of introduction to the unit."

After Director Ma agreed to work in a grain store, Cai Quanwu consciously took out the things in the rental house and accumulated them.

According to the actual situation, the main items are oil and meat, as well as white sugar, brown sugar and other relatively scarce items.

Rice and noodles are in short supply in other places. Except for grain stores during the famine years, there is generally no shortage. Every grain store has a certain amount of wear and tear. There are a lot of rats in this era.

In the grain store, the superior department even has a clear rule that rats are not allowed to stay overnight.

This means that if a mouse is found in a grain store, it must be cleaned up on the same day. No matter how much grain the grain store has, the warehouse must be rummaged to catch or drive away the mouse.

After coming out of the director's office, Cai Quanwu put the letter of introduction and purchase certificate into his pocket, and took the key to the room next to the back library.

When I opened the door, I saw that it was empty, with nothing inside, and a musty smell. It seemed that I couldn't stay here for two days. After cleaning, I had to put everything in place and open the windows for ventilation.

After working for most of the morning, Cai Quanwu cleaned the house cleanly. This is his base in the future and must be taken seriously.

After cleaning up, Cai Quanwu found Director Ma and brought a table and a stool from the grain store.

As for stoves, kettles, etc., Director Ma wrote a note and asked Cai Quanwu to buy them by himself in the afternoon.

In this way, Cai Quanwu's first day at work passed among these scattered trivial matters.

……

He leaves early every day and comes back late every day. Time flies by. Before he knows it, Cai Quanwu has been working in the grain store for several days.

After a few days, Cai Quanwu fully adapted to working in the grain store.

Now Cai Quanwu is at work. He shows up in front of everyone in the morning, says hello, and then runs to his hut to drink tea and warm up by the fire.

Except for occasionally moving some food to the counter, at other times, I basically don’t go to the counter and just enjoy myself leisurely.

This morning, as soon as Cai Quanwu arrived at the grain store, Sister Liu approached Cai Quanwu and pulled him aside, making him look very anxious.

"Zhiwu, is there any news about the milk powder you talked about last time?"

Hearing Sister Liu talk about milk powder, Cai Quanwu deliberately scratched his head and said a little embarrassed: "Sister Liu, there is no news yet. In this case, I will go for another trip today to see the results. If there is any, I will tell you tomorrow." I brought it to you, what do you think?"

"Okay, sorry to trouble you. Thank you, sister. Don't worry, I won't let your work go in vain."

Sister Liu is probably afraid that Cai Quan will not give up her sincerity and promise benefits.

Cai Quanwu had prepared the milk powder a long time ago, but he never brought it over because he didn't want others to know that it came too easily.

If something is too easy to get, others won't cherish it too much and won't remember it as a favor. Anyway, you can get it easily.

Only when people know that this thing is hard-won will they remember your kindness.

After chatting with Sister Liu and greeting the people in the store, Cai Quanwu went to his cabin.

Everyone has become accustomed to Cai Quanwu coming to work these days. They don't feel anything at all now, as if they are the same as before.

When I came to the house, I took off my satchel from my neck, hung it on the wall, opened the stove seal, replaced it with briquettes, and started my day of fishing.

I picked up the enamel jar, poured out yesterday's tea leaves, went to the small kitchen, filled some water, washed the enamel jar, and waited for the water in the kettle to boil, ready to make tea.

Recalling the embarrassing incident on his first day at work, Cai Quanwu couldn't help but shake his head.

He came to work on his first day empty-handed. He knew that the grain store had a small kitchen and thought he would have food for lunch.

As a result, when it was time to eat at noon, everyone took out their lunch boxes and heated them in the small kitchen. Only then did Cai Quanwu realize that the small kitchen didn't care about rice at all. It was called a small kitchen because the lunch boxes were heated here.

I had no choice but to go out to a restaurant at noon on the first day.

However, going out to a restaurant is not a long-term solution. It’s not that Cai Quan can’t afford it, it’s just too conspicuous. Everyone eats box lunches. What do you want to do when you go out to a restaurant alone every day?

When he went back in the evening, Cai Quanwu got two lunch boxes from Silly Zhu and asked Silly Zhu to cook more dishes at night so that he could take them with him to eat the next day.

In this way, starting from the next day, Cai Quanwu also lived a life of eating boxes.

Returning to his hut with the enamel jar, Cai Quanwu sat on a chair, grabbed a handful of tea leaves from the ceramic jar on the table and threw them into the enamel jar, waiting for the water to boil to make tea.

Before the water boiled, Director Ma pushed the door in from the outside, looked at Cai Quanwu who was sitting on the chair, and said directly without any nonsense: "Quanwu, two trucks of food came this morning. You can do the statistics and wait." Temporary workers will come.”

As soon as Director Ma came in, Cai Quanwu got up from his chair. When Director Ma finished speaking, he immediately said: "I understand, Director, don't worry, nothing will go wrong."

Hearing Cai Quanwu's words, Director Ma nodded. Just as he was about to turn around and go out, he saw a large handful of tea leaves in Cai Quanwu's enamel jar. He pointed at Cai Quanwu and laughed and scolded: "You are like a cow chewing peonies. Good things are ruined in your hands."

Director Ma laughed and scolded him like a joke, but Cai Quanwu didn't take it to heart at all. Instead, he said with a playful smile:

"Yes, I'm a layman. Just feel comfortable. Director, you are an elegant person. Why don't you take some back to taste."

"Damn it, I feel bad. Every time I see you drinking tea, I lose a few years of my life. You can't put less tea leaves every time."

Director Ma cursed.