Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

Fan Jinyou also stretched out his hand and shook hands with Li Bowen.

His expression was still somewhat alert: "Hello, Comrade Li should not be from our area, I have never seen him before!"

"Yes, I live in Nanluoguxiang, and I met Sister Xueru by chance. Are you here to inspect the work?" Of course Li Bowen knew that Fan Jinyou came for Chen Xueru, but he was just curious to see how he would react.

Fan Jinyou coughed awkwardly and said, "Yes, I just came to take a look. As a cadre of the neighborhood committee, I must always pay attention to the lives of the community residents."

Li Bowen smiled and said, "This leader is really hard-working. I would like to thank him on behalf of Sister Xueru."

"You're welcome. You guys continue chatting. I'll be leaving first!"

After Fan Jinyou left, Chen Xueru smiled and hit Li Bowen: "You are so bad!"

"Hahaha! Is he interested in you? He looks jealous to me."

"How can I put it? With my charm, I can charm thousands of men!" Chen Xueru said proudly.

Li Bowen gave her a thumbs up: "You are awesome!"

"Okay, let's not talk about him anymore. Did you finish your business so quickly?"

"Then hurry up! I've been waiting at Pian'erye's door since early morning. I'll come to you after I bring it back!"

The two of them walked upstairs while talking. After they sat down in the manager's office, Li Bowen continued, "It was a pleasant surprise to get a set of furniture. I have to thank you, sister. If you need such good things in the future, you must think of me!"

"Look at what you said. Don't be so polite all the time. I'll keep an eye out for you if there's anything. But I'm still quite curious. Life is so difficult now, and you're still spending money on antiques. How much can you earn this month?"

Chen Xueru was very curious about this, it was not like she didn't know about collecting antiques, she just wasn't interested in it. Besides, collecting antiques was very expensive, and how many bargains could she find? She still had to spend a lot of money to buy them.

It seems that Li Bowen is not a very rich man. He can get a lot of discount by collecting antiques at this time, but won’t it affect his food problem?

Li Bowen smiled and said, "I don't have a wife to support now. I have my uncle and aunt at home. I can use the money I earn to tinker with the things I like! Besides, I'm a buyer in the factory. Who can starve to death?"

"That's right." Chen Xueru nodded. Even if there was a disaster across the country now, it was no longer necessary for all places to concentrate their forces to defend the city. Although the people in the city were not well fed, they still had a monthly ration.

A purchasing agent for a large factory with thousands of employees like Li Bowen can get a lot of benefits from it. Even if he misses out on even a little bit, it will be enough for him to make a living.

It is said that cooks will never starve even in years of disaster. The same goes for the Eight Great Officials. They all have their own ways of making money. Take the cooks for example. First of all, they have to make themselves full. Then, whenever they cook a little more, or shake the spoon when serving food, the leftover food will usually be taken home by the people in the kitchen to avoid waste.

This is a common practice in almost all units. This is why He Yuzhu can always take his lunch box home and no one cares. The people in the security department are not stupid either. They have to eat in the cafeteria. If you strictly investigate and catch kitchen staff taking food with them, then don't think about having a full stomach in the future. The shaking spoon will give you Parkinson's disease.

Of course, this is just a small matter. The real advantage of being a cook is that you can exchange food. It is also a violation of discipline. Exchanging food can only be done once a month, but you can bring vegetables every day. However, you can make money by exchanging food.

For a normal adult, the monthly food ration is 32 jin, including 7 jin of fine grains, including 2 jin of rice, 5 jin of flour, and half a jin of soybean oil.

People like He Yuzhu who worked in the kitchen and warehouse would exchange the coarse grains in their rations for the fine grains in the warehouse. In the unit's accounts, grain was considered a consumable, so as long as the weight was enough, nothing would be found even if the accounts were checked. They would exchange a pound of coarse grains for a pound of fine grains, and then sell them on the black market or exchange them for coarse grains again.

Of course, not everyone has the opportunity to do this kind of thing. Only people who are in charge of the warehouse or have a say in the cafeteria or people who have very good relationships can do it.

Even in the years of famine, Chen Xueru had never been hungry. She had money in her hands, and if she ran out of money, she could just sell things. The only thing would be that they would be a little more expensive. The only thing was that she would not be able to eat the good things. Thinking of Li Bowen as a purchaser, her eyes turned.

"Brother, what can you buy when you go to the countryside to purchase goods?"

"That's a lot. I'm mainly responsible for the canteen's purchases now. I'm responsible for purchasing chicken, duck, fish, meat, eggs, dried vegetables, etc. Anyway, I'll make whatever I can find!"

Chen Xueru smiled brightly: "Can you help me get some food when you go to the countryside? I haven't had a good meal in a while!"

"That's great. I usually go to the countryside to buy things every two weeks, and I'll definitely bring you something when I come back!" Li Bowen also smiled and replied, "Don't make it too easy. There are a lot of things in the space. If there's nothing, just ask Wu Lei to buy it. No matter how much, I can get it for you."

"That's great. I finally don't have to eat vegetarian food every day. I'm almost becoming a nun. Let me get you some money first." Chen Xueru was about to stand up.

Li Bowen quickly stopped her: "Okay, okay, sister, how can I ask you for money for such a small thing? I'm begging you for it!"

"That won't do. I won't be polite to you if it happens once or twice, but it won't do for a long time. I'm helping you with things, so you have to be clear about this." Chen Xueru took her bag and said that.

After opening it, he took out a large black stack of money and said, "Take this money. When you have spent all the money, come back to me."

Li Bowen felt the thickness of the money stuffed into his hand and thought it must be at least three or four hundred yuan. It was really so easy for someone to take out so much. Li Bowen said with envy: "You are really a rich woman. If I don't want to work hard anymore, I will come to you to support me!"

"Hehe, great. I would love a face like yours. I can afford to support you, your sister." Chen Xueru laughed sweetly.

It was really fun chatting with Chen Xueru, not just because she was pretty, but the key was that I could say whatever I wanted. There were some jokes that were not suitable for this era, but Chen Xueru didn't care and even felt they were particularly novel and fun.

Li Bowen stayed at Chen Xueru's place until the sun set and rejected her request to have another drink before he left on his tricycle.

After I went home and had dinner, I returned to my room and finally had time to look at my own space.

After entering, Li Bowen's eyes were dazzled. There were so many golden things that Li Bowen had never seen in his previous life, let alone in this life. Now they were right in front of him, within his reach.

I took out Wu Lei's letter and read it. It mainly talked about how much the set of tables and chairs sold for, and his experience today.

After reading it, Li Bowen couldn't help but sigh!