Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

Li Mingliang returned home with the buns and shouted as soon as he entered the house: "Mom, little sister, are you home? I'm back."

When Li's mother Gao Xianglan heard Li Mingliang's voice, she said, "Why are you shouting? Where were you last night? Why didn't you come back?" Li Sisi, his sister, also looked at her brother.

Li Mingliang looked at his thin mother and sister, his eyes reddened again, but he tried to hold it back and said, "Mom, look what good stuff I got, big meat buns."

He turned around and said to his sister, "Sisi, here, these big meat buns are delicious."

Little sister Li Sisi stared at the bun in Li Mingliang's hand with drooling eyes: "Is it really for me? Brother, there are big meat buns to eat!!"

Li's mother also looked at Li Mingliang and the buns and asked, "Mingliang, where did the buns come from?"

Li Mingliang recounted what happened after he met Zhong Shan yesterday, but of course he did not mention that he was surrounded.

Seeing the certificate of working in the steel mill that Li Mingliang showed, Li's mother, who had always been strong in front of her child, couldn't help but shed tears: "Mingliang, this saved our family's lives. I must repay Zhongshan in the future!"

Li Mingliang nodded: "Mom, I understand. Let's eat the buns first. When I go to work, our lives will get better and better in the future!"

On the other side, Zhongshan arrived at the street office. Naturally, he smoked a cigarette with the security guard, Uncle Qin, and chatted for a while, then returned to the office. Today, since he was close by, he was the first to arrive. He cleaned the office, wiped the table, got some hot water, and waited for everyone to go to work.

Zhong Shan spent the morning slacking off. When he went to work in the afternoon, he came to Director Sun who was resting in the inner room and said, "Director Sun, I want to take a leave this afternoon to go out for a while and buy some things at the supply and marketing cooperative and the trust store. When we get off work, they will also be off work."

Sun Demin looked at Zhong Shan and said, "Hey, why are you asking for leave? Well, you... forget it, we don't have anything to do in the afternoon, so you can leave early."

Originally, Director Sun wanted to find an excuse to let Zhong Shan go out and not have to come back, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of any work in their department that required him to go out recently, so he just let him go.

Zhong Shan also understood what Director Sun meant and laughed, "Hey, you don't even have an excuse to go out, you are so idle."

"What are you laughing at, kid? Are you going or not?" Director Sun rolled his eyes at Zhong Shan. He thought to himself, "I've been able to get by, but now I have two people who are even more capable than me. I'm not alone!"

After leaving the street office, Zhong Shan first came to the supply and marketing cooperative, used the ticket he bought yesterday, bought the corresponding tea, candy, cotton and cloth, went out for a while, found an empty place, received the space, took out a cloth bag from the space, and returned to the supply and marketing cooperative.

I bought two bottles of Moutai, handed the salesperson the ticket and money, and then spent 4 cents on a pack of cigarettes. It turned out that I still had quite a few cigarette tickets, and a pack of cigarettes was only 4 cents.

Carrying cigarettes and alcohol, he walked to the radio counter. Looking at the radio on the counter, Zhong Shan was actually a little excited. At noon, there was a sound. After secretly cursing himself for being useless, Zhong Shan said to the salesperson who was knitting sweaters at the counter:

"Comrade, can you please check on the radio? How much is it?"

The salesperson looked up at Zhong Shan and saw that he was wearing a Mao suit. He didn't say anything rude, but he didn't have a good attitude either. He said stiffly: "Shanghai brand radio, 140, you can't watch it, do you have a ticket?"

Zhong Shan quickly took out the radio ticket and money and said, "Yes, yes, comrade, please count them."

The salesperson saw that the money and the bills were correct, so he gave Zhongshan the radio and issued him a certificate.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhong Shan looked at the radio in his hand and felt satisfied. "People in this era are too easily satisfied. I am just adapting to the local customs." Zhong Shan thought!

I still went to an empty corner and put it in the space. Space is really a must-have for home and travel!

Then Zhongshan went to the Trust Store, looked at the watch counter for a while, pointed at a 9% new Shanghai all-steel watch and asked, "Comrade, how much is this watch? Can I see it?"

The salesperson at the trust store was obviously more polite than the one at the supply and marketing cooperative: "Oh, comrade, you have good taste. This watch is 80, and it looks like a new one. It's cheap and doesn't require a ticket. If I didn't have enough money, I would have kept it."

Zhong Shan saw that the watch was indeed in good condition and there was nothing wrong with it, so he said to the salesperson, "Okay, don't put it back. I want it."

After that, I handed the salesperson 80 yuan and put on the watch. After putting it on, there was a "swoosh" sound, and the all-steel watchband really caught my hair!

The salesperson looked at Zhong Shan and smiled: "It's okay, you'll get used to it in two days."

Of course! This circle is gone, just practice and you'll be fine.

I looked at the watches on the counter again. There was a pocket watch with the front and back turned over.

"Comrade, can I have a look at this pocket watch? If it suits me, I'll take it, too."

The salesman followed Zhong Shan's gaze and took out his pocket watch, put it on the counter and said, "Comrade, this watch is not cheap. The seller wants 350 and won't bargain. It's been a long time since I bought it. This price is enough to buy two new watches. If you add a little more, you can buy two rooms. I'm not cheating you, it's really not appropriate."

Zhong Shan picked up the pocket watch and saw that it was a Patek Philippe. He opened the cover and looked at it carefully for a while: "Comrade, is it working normally? Is there any problem?"

Seeing that Zhong Shan really wanted to buy it, the salesperson said seriously, "No problem. Our master checked the watch when it was delivered. There is absolutely no problem. It is said to be a famous foreign brand. The seller was rich in the past."

The more Zhongshan looked at it, the more he liked it. He counted out 350 yuan and handed it to the salesperson: "Comrade, I'll buy it. It's 350, right? Please count it!"

The salesperson looked at Zhong Shan and said with wide eyes, "No, comrade, you really want to buy it. How much money did you bring? Good fellow! I should have asked you too much. Are you sure you really want to buy it?"

Zhong Shan heard the salesperson say this and smiled, "I really bought it. I really like it. Please count it."

The salesperson took a look and counted the money: "It's just right, 350 yuan. OK, money can't buy your happiness."

Zhong Shan put away his pocket watch and continued to walk around. When he came to the furniture store, he remembered that there was no furniture after the house was repaired, so he went to take a look and found that they were all made of ordinary wood. Didn’t the novel say that they were all Huanghuali and small-leaf red sandalwood? He couldn’t help but ask the old man selling furniture next to him.

"Uncle, I see that our furniture is made of ordinary wood. Is this furniture made of fine wood?"

The old man next to him rolled his eyes at Zhong Shan and said, "Dude, what are you thinking about? How can we get the good stuff? They are so popular everywhere. But I do have a set of rosewood desks and bookcases. If you want them, take a look. They will be gone in two days."

Zhong Shan thought, since I'm here, I might as well buy it if I see it. Otherwise, I'll have to come again after the decoration is completed, so I followed the old man to take a look.

I did have a set, two bookcases, a desk, and a chair, all made of red rosewood, which I bought. I also picked out a mahogany canopy bed, an eight-person table, four chairs, and a kang table. I called a cart from the nearby trust store and had it delivered to the warehouse. After it arrived at the warehouse, it was stored in the space. When the house was renovated, I would take it out of the space and call a cart to take it back.