Rebirth of science and technology to rejuvenate the country

Several people hurried to the publishing house, it was not yet five o'clock.

Yuan Xia said: "I hope I haven't left work yet." Logically, it's not time for get off work to end, but I'm afraid that the old fritters will leave early.

Fortunately, he was stopped by the guard at the door before he got off work: "What are you here for?"

Ma Anmin showed his work card and letter of introduction: "Hello comrade, we are from Suyang Agricultural Machinery Factory. We want to set up a library in our factory, and we need to buy a batch of books. Come here and ask if we can buy books here."

The doorman said, "Go to Xinhua Bookstore to buy books."

Ma Anmin took out a cigarette and handed it to the other party, and said with an apologetic smile, "That's right, we want a lot of books, and I hope we can get some discounts so that we can buy more books for the comrades in the factory to learn from. You can learn as you live."

The doorman took the cigarette and said, "Then you go in, look for the person from the business department, go up to the first room on the right hand side on the second floor."

So they entered the gate of the publishing house so smoothly and found the staff of the business department.

In the business department, there was only a young girl who had just started working, and the person in charge was not there. The young people were highly motivated and received them seriously.

This time it was Yuan Xia who came forward and said again what Ma Anmin had said before.

The salesman said: "What kind of books do you need?"

Yuan Xia asked: "We can't tell you the specific books. Is there a list of books? Can we take a look?"

The other party gave him a book list with prices on it.

The three of them read together, and Yuan Xia took a pen to outline the books he thought he needed while reading.

After looking at it for a while, Yuan Xia looked up again and asked, "Hello, do you have any comic books?"

The salesman said unexpectedly: "The workers in your factory still read comic books?"

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "Of course the workers don't read it, but there are many children of employees in our factory, and the library has also opened up a book corner for them. The comic books are prepared for them."

This explanation is reasonable, the factory benefits are good, of course the salesman can't say anything, she brought another book list.

Yuan Xia read it and ticked off almost all the villain books. He roughly estimated that there were nearly a hundred of them. He bought two sets of some of the more popular themes such as the four great classics.

After filling out the form, Yuan Xia said, "Comrade, please help me figure out how much it will cost."

The clerk took the book list, took out the abacus, and started counting.

Yuan Xia selected the most villain books, roughly estimated to be more than 300. The rest are literature and history books, and two books related to machinery. There are forty or fifty books.

The clerk was full of suspicion, saying that it was building a library for the employees, but the books they bought were mainly for children. Is it the benefits for the employees or the children of the employees?

After she finished the calculation, she said, "The total is 132.45 yuan."

When Ma Anmin and his son heard this, they couldn't help but gasp. So much money was used to buy books?Is it too much?

Yuan Xia said: "You calculated according to the price of the book. Does the publishing house have no discount for selling books? And look, I bought so many books."

He knew that the publishing house's books were sold at [-]% off or even lower than the price at Xinhua Bookstore.

The clerk said: "You guys are considered retail. If you buy from our publishing house, you can only give a [-]% discount."

Yuan Xia bargained with him: "Can't it be less? [-]% off."

The salesman looked at Yuan Xia and shook his head, then looked at the older Ma Anmin: "Are you in charge or is he in charge?"

Ma Anmin was taken aback, and then said with a smile: "He is in charge. He is the person in charge of the library in our factory. He has the final say."

The clerk had no choice but to say to Yuan Xia: "You guys are really not considered wholesalers, and the [-]% discount is considered a very favorable price."

"I bought nearly [-] books, isn't it considered wholesale?" Yuan Xia is not afraid to talk to people about the price. He used to talk to people for a few dollars of profit, and finally ended in victory. Today he doesn't believe it. Can't grind it down.

Sure enough, under the tug-of-war between the two sides, the salesman still backed down, and both sides took a step back and decided on a [-]-[-]% discount.Most of the reason why the other party backed down was because it was almost time to get off work, and she didn't want to spend any more time.

However, the book can only be picked up the next day, and the quantity is not too large. The main reason is that there are too many types, which is troublesome, and you have to go to the warehouse to find it.

The salesman couldn't help complaining when he mentioned this matter, saying that the colleagues in the warehouse would definitely hate her tomorrow.

Yuan Xia smiled: "That would be too much trouble for you. Thank you, let's come over tomorrow morning to pick up the books."

"Don't be too early, there are so many books, it won't be easy to find them." The salesman said.

Yuan Xia paid the deposit, and the final payment will be made when the book is picked up tomorrow.

Coming out of the publishing house, Ma Anmin and his son were all amazed: "Amazing, I didn't expect you to be so good at bargaining."

Yuan Xia said with a smile: "I can't do without killing, it's all money. In fact, they sell it to Xinhua Bookstore cheaper, at most [-]% off. Our demand is too small, so she refuses to give me any cheaper."

Ma Jianshe said: "Yuan Xia, I found that you are so willing to give up a book worth a hundred yuan. You can buy it if you say it. How long will it take to get back the money?"

Yuan Xia said: "There is no rush to get back to the original, luck will come back in a few months."

"Didn't you say you bought villain books, why did you buy so many books in the end? There are dozens of books, and the price is several dollars apiece. You are willing to do it!" Ma Jianshe couldn't help being speechless.

Yuan Xia smiled and said: "You can read it yourself, and you can borrow it if you want. It's free. Books are priceless, and knowledge is priceless. I bought so many books. On the one hand, I can rent them out to others. On the one hand, you can also study by yourself. The Xinhua Bookstore in the county may not have these books. It is a rare opportunity, and you can still buy books with such a favorable price in the future?"

Ma Jianshe nodded: "That's true. By the way, aren't you afraid that others will borrow your books and not return them?"

Yuan Xia smiled: "Of course I'm not afraid, you need to pay a deposit to borrow books. For example, if you read a comic book on the spot, you don't need to pay a deposit, but you have to deposit [-] cents a book to take it back. Other books must be at least similar to the price of the book The deposit, otherwise I won’t pay it back if I don’t pay it back? Can this book rental stand continue to operate? When the books are returned intact, the deposit will be returned in full, and if the books are damaged, compensation will be made.”

Ma Jianshe gave a thumbs up: "High, it's really high. How could you think of so much in a short time?"

Ma Anmin also showed admiration in his eyes, this kid Yuan Xia is not simple, he has his own ideas.

Yuan Xia laughed: "I didn't think so, didn't I go out for a walk before? I met a book rental stand on the road and learned it from someone."

Ma Jianshe scratched his head: "Then you are also amazing, dare to think and do."

Yuan Xia changed the subject: "Uncle Ma, shall we still learn to drive?"

Ma Anmin said: "Go. The days are long now, and it won't be dark until after seven o'clock. We still have two hours to learn. Let's go, I will teach you how to drive."

So Ma Anmin took Yuan Xia and Ma Jianshe to find a road less traveled by to learn how to drive.

Ma Jianshe had learned several times before, and he was basically able to drive, so he was replaced to drive, going straight, reversing, turning around and so on.

Yuan Xia sat aside and watched Ma Anmin instruct Ma Jianshe to drive, and Ma Jianshe drove back and forth three times.

In fact, he was already able to drive, but Ma Anmin was very demanding and disliked him for driving too recklessly, and criticized him several times, which made Ma Jianshe very frustrated: "Dad, it's almost done, so you can't scold me less and encourage more." I?"

Ma Anmin usually doesn't talk much, but at this time he is very serious: "Driving is not enough. If you are such a big guy, if you accidentally drive and get into an accident, it will be a matter of life and death."

Yuan Xia also said at the side: "Jianjian, uncle is right, you can't drive sloppily. You have to learn it hard. It is absolutely right for uncle to be strict now. Ordinary masters are not willing to teach so carefully."

Ma Jianshe said dejectedly: "I know, I just hope that my father's education method can be changed, don't always criticize and attack. I won't open it, you can try it."

He stopped the car and changed places with Yuan Xia.

Yuan Xia sat in the driver's seat, confirmed the gear position, brake, accelerator and clutch with Ma Anmin, and then stepped on the accelerator, and the car started running.

Ma Jianshe hurriedly yelled: "Yuan Xia, slow down, it's the first time you drive so fast!"

In fact, Yuan Xia didn't drive fast, maybe thirty or forty yards, but for a novice driving for the first time, it was indeed fast.

Yuan Xia slowed down, and started to back up, turn, and turn around. The movements were done in one go, and the car drove steadily, without any behavior of dropping the chain halfway.

Ma Jianshe was amazed: "No way, no way! Yuan Xia, you drove so steadily for the first time?"

Ma Anmin also said: "Look at Yuan Xia, and then at you. You haven't learned it after learning it so many times, and you still don't admit it if you say you are stupid."

Ma Jianshe was very wronged: "Dad, didn't you say that I am a fast learner?"

Yuan Xia smiled embarrassedly: "Uncle, don't talk about Jianshe like that, he has already learned it very well."

"It can't be compared with you." Ma Anmin really felt that he should throw away the comparison.

Yuan Xia didn't know how to say that he was not driving for the first time, he was an old driver, so he could only watch his friend smile apologetically, and decided to treat him better in the future.

Yuan Xia drove the car around twice, and then got down to let Ma Jianshe continue to practice.

Stimulated by Yuan Xia, Ma Jianshe put up all his energy to learn how to drive, and then drove much better without making any obvious mistakes.

Until it was dark, the three returned to the hotel, had dinner at a state-run restaurant, and went back to take a shower and rest.

Everyone took a book and flipped through it. Yuan Xia read "Hunter's Notebook", Ma Jianshe read "Andersen's Fairy Tales", and Ma Anmin read the magazine "Story Club" provided by the hotel.

In the age without any entertainment, reading is the only pastime for people at night.People in this era are poor in material and rich in spirit, so it is no wonder that people will miss this era in the future.

Falling asleep while reading, woke up the next day, before Ma Anmin went to the factory to pick up the goods, he sent Yuan Xia and Ma Jianshe to the publishing house to pick up the books.

Ma Jianshe was still a little uneasy: "Do you think they will change their minds after a night?"

Yuan Xia said: "I've already got the bill of lading, it's written in black and white, it's impossible to change my mind."

Facts proved that Ma Jianshe was thinking too much. The publishing house did not make things difficult for them. It was the little girl who received them yesterday, but it took a little longer to find the books. By the time all the books were collected, it was already eleven o'clock.

These books were packed into two boxes full of cardboard boxes, and Yuan Xia and Ma Jianshe each carried a box to the door to wait for Ma Anmin.

When Ma Anmin sent them over in the morning, he said that if the books were too heavy, he would wait for him at the door of the publishing house, and he would come to pull the books after packing them up.

In fact, it's not that they can't carry the books, but it's too inconvenient to take the bus with these two cardboard boxes, and they have to transfer.

Ma Anmin didn't drive over until he was a little faster.

The goods had already been loaded, and Ma Anmin was not in a hurry to go back even though he was able to go back in the afternoon. It was too hot to drive in the afternoon, and if the car broke down on the road, it would be extremely unsafe if he was delayed and would have to travel at night.

They will stay in Yuecheng for one more night and start their journey tomorrow morning.

That afternoon, they were completely free, and Ma Anmin drove them to the park to play.

I met someone taking pictures in the park with a camera, which attracted many people's attention.These days, if private individuals have cameras, it is definitely a very, very long-faced thing.

Ma Anmin looked envious: "If only we could buy one, we can take pictures whenever we want."

"Uncle Ma, can't you buy it?" Yuan Xia asked.

Ma Anmin shook his head: "It's difficult. You can't get a ticket if you buy it with a ticket. The camera ticket has been sold to hundreds of yuan, and a camera is only a few hundred yuan. But I heard that there are Japanese goods smuggled in from Guangdong and Zhejiang. Okay, but the price is not cheap, let alone the goods.”

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Uncle Ma, don't worry, the country has reformed and opened up, and the market economy has become active, so it will be easy to buy cameras in the future."

Ma Anmin smiled: "Maybe."

Ma Jianshe said: "Yuanxia, ​​you always talk about reform and opening up, but I don't see any changes after reform and opening up."

"Not in a short period of time, but look at it in a long time. Didn't you find that there are a lot more self-employed traders setting up stalls now, which were banned before. The relaxation of policies is coming slowly, and it is impossible to turn the world upside down all at once." Yuan Xia explain.

Ma Anmin agreed: "Yuan Xia is right. There are more businesses now, and no one is going to arrest them."

Yuan Xia looked at people taking pictures, and thought that he should take pictures with his family as a memory. This will be a precious memory in the future, when he gets the notice.

Ma Anmin took Yuan Xia and Ma Jianshe to the department store in Yuecheng again, the items here were much more complete than those in Suyang.

Yuan Xia took the opportunity to pick out some useful things, and specially bought a lot of plastic film, preparing to take it back to wrap the book cover.

They got up early the next morning, rushed back after breakfast, and returned home at one o'clock in the afternoon.

Yuan Xia opened his cardboard box and showed it to his grandfather and younger siblings. The whole family was shocked: it was full of books.so many books!

Yuanchun and Chongyang were overjoyed: "Wow, so many comic books!"