Siheyuan: Becoming a cadre after graduating from technical secondary school

(Chapter 24 has been blocked again. What can I write and what can’t I write?) “How long will it take, Meng Hua?”

Lin Zongxuan was wearing a thick cotton jacket and walking on a snowy path in the countryside. He couldn't help shivering from the cold.

Today is the first time he goes to the countryside with his team members to purchase goods. For him, who has been a city kid for two lifetimes, the icicles on the trees, the tall cedars, and the snowy scenery in the countryside are truly unique.

But it's too cold.

"Not far, Team Leader. It's about three miles away from Qinjia Village."

Xu Menghua silently calculated the distance he was walking, sighed and continued, "Team Leader Lin, I think I'll have to inconvenience you and I by living together in the supply and marketing cooperative today."

"You usually live in the supply and marketing cooperative? Can't you stay in a villager's home?" Lin Zongxuan asked curiously.

He knew that he could live in the supply and marketing cooperatives. After all, supply, marketing and procurement were inseparable. These supply and marketing cooperatives sometimes needed to purchase goods from state-owned enterprises like them, so they would give them some convenience.

However, normally, buyers are very welcome when they go to the countryside. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to stay in the villagers' homes?

"I'm not good at talking and can't explain it clearly. You can see for yourself tomorrow."

Soon, the two arrived at the door of Qinjia Village Supply and Marketing Cooperative, which was a small store of only about 50 square meters and was divided into two rooms.

Outside was a supply and marketing point similar to the rural convenience stores of later generations. The display cabinets and stands were filled with rice, flour, grain, oil, snacks and the like. There was a secret door at the innermost part, which should be a lounge or warehouse.

The most valuable person in the entire supply and marketing cooperative is probably that bored elder sister.

After the two entered the supply and marketing cooperative, the eldest sister was obviously stunned. She stood up and looked at Lin Zongxuan carefully, and said to Xu Menghua: "Xiao Xu, I was just joking last time, but you really brought me a son-in-law."

"What are you talking about, big sister, this is our team leader Lin, who came with me to the Qin family to investigate this time."

Xu Menghua was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and quickly introduced the two people to each other.

The big sister with bright eyes opposite is a relative of Lin Chaosheng. Her real name is Anhua, but since she married into Qinjia Village and became the village chief's wife more than 20 years ago, everyone has called her Big Sister Qin.

At the beginning of the year, the district government established a supply and marketing cooperative in Qinjia Village, and Sister Qin was elected as a supply and marketing clerk, a temporary worker with a regular salary of 12.5 yuan a month.

Sister Qin sat back down on the stool in disappointment, pointing at the secret door and saying lazily, "You can stay here if you want, but there's only one quilt, and it's cold in the countryside. I don't know if you, who are so delicate, can bear it."

"Please go borrow another bed."

Xu Menghua chuckled, took out a paper bag from his arms, opened it, and saw a pickled rabbit leg and a few white flour buns inside.

"Tonight, let's prepare some dried sweet potatoes?"

“That must be fixed.”

When Sister Qin saw this, she immediately became interested and ran out excitedly, shouting as she ran: "Keep watch over the door for me. If someone comes, take the money and tickets first. I'll go back and bring you beds, quilts, and some wine."

"is this okay?"

Lin Zongxuan roughly understood what Xu Menghua meant. Nowadays, if you want to go to the countryside to purchase, you must first establish good relationships with important people in the village.

However, coming here to drink with female comrades, aren’t you afraid of what people will say?

"Why not? Sister Qin is very capable, who dares to gossip about her? I'll let Sister Qin tell you in person why I don't dare to stay overnight in this village."

Soon, Sister Qin came back in a hurry with a jar of fragrant wine and explained to the two of them, "It's too far. I'm too lazy to run back home now. I borrowed the wine and bowl from someone, and someone will deliver the quilt later."

As they were talking, the three of them set up tables, chairs and benches in the lounge, lit the stove and set up the iron pot. Sister Qin also got back a frozen cabbage for the winter from somewhere, and started a hot pot with some snow water from outside.

Lin Zongxuan felt a little embarrassed to eat for free, so he bought two bags of peanuts with his own money, which made up the three dishes.

Sister Qin poured wine for everyone with a smile, raised her bowl and said generously: "Today I met a new friend, a new comrade, and a cadre from the city. I'll drink first to show my respect."

Lin Zongxuan also quickly raised the wine bowl and took a big gulp. He felt the taste was so strong that he almost choked. After putting the bowl down, the aroma of wine lingered in his mouth, which made him break into a sweat.

Sister Qin now saw that Lin Zongxuan was a drunkard. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him. She sighed repeatedly and said how nice it would be if he was really her son-in-law.

After three rounds of drinks, Lin Zongxuan heard someone push open the door, and a cute little head poked in, holding a quilt in her hands. When she saw the food on the table, her eyes lit up and she stood pitifully at the door.

"The third girl is here, come in quickly."

Sister Qin was not polite. She called the people over and then said to the two people: "This is the third girl from our village. Her house is close to the village entrance. The wine and quilt are borrowed from her family. I hope you don't mind adding a bowl."

Naturally, the two had no objections. Although food was precious these days, how much could a teenage girl eat?

But to Lin Zongxuan's surprise, the little girl was surprisingly good at eating. She ate two white flour buns with a bowl of rabbit meat and cabbage salty soup. Only when she noticed everyone's strange looks did her face turn red and she slowed down her eating pace.

“They are all hungry.”

Sister Qin sighed and explained to the two of them, "She has three children and two older brothers. There was a famine a few years ago, and food was saved for the labor force. Many young wives and girls here now eat all they can if they are lucky enough. Some even died of bloating before."

Lin Zongxuan looked at the big watery eyes of the thin little girl in front of him and felt that she was more and more familiar.

If it grows a little more and the hair is longer...

Hey, isn’t this Qin Jingru?