Siheyuan: Space takes me to exchange!

As soon as Li Xiuyuan came out of the infirmary, he heard on the radio that today was a holiday and the factory canteen would serve stewed mutton with radish for lunch.

In addition, each factory employee can go to the cafeteria to buy one pound of beef without a ticket.

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As long as the buyer completes the task, the rest of the time will be very free.

When Li Xiuyuan returned to the purchasing department, he was surrounded by everyone and asked about the cattle and sheep robbery he encountered during his business trip.

Everyone is envious of those who can work as purchasing agents outside. As long as they come back, there will be a circle of people around them asking them about what's going on outside.

We also ask purchasing agents to help bring in local supplies that are in short supply.

In fact, it is very hard to be a purchasing agent outside. First of all, there is the transportation problem, and secondly, there is the homesickness.

Some purchases are made outside for half a year or even longer, while others are made outside all year round.

For example, during the famine two years ago, supplies were scarce and buyers had to wait in line for a long time to get the goods they needed. Sometimes, the time they spent in the guesthouse was longer than at home.

Li Xiuyuan is just a junior buyer, and it is not his turn to take on difficult tasks.

We chatted until noon, and when it was time for lunch, we picked up our lunch boxes and went to the cafeteria to eat together.

"Come on, hurry up and line up for lunch, we'll have mutton stewed with radish."

"This is all thanks to Xiao Li, who helped us bring the cattle and sheep back from the prairie."

"Yes, thank you, Xiao Li."

"Hey, thanks, Brother Li."

As we walked along the road, we began to have disagreements about which cafeteria to go to.

Some people said they would go to Shazhu’s canteen to eat, saying that he is a good cook.

"But that bastard Shazhu is shaking the spoon. We finally get to eat some mutton, we can't let him shake it away."

Everyone thought so too, but they also felt that Sha Zhu’s cooking was indeed delicious, so it was a bit difficult to choose.

Suddenly Xiao Yang said, "Isn't Brother Li from the same courtyard as Sha Zhu? They must be familiar with each other! If we follow Brother Li, we shouldn't be in trouble, right?"

Everyone immediately looked at Li Xiuyuan, waiting for his words.

Li Xiuyuan smiled bitterly: "Everyone, it's not that I don't want to take you there, but I don't get along with Sha Zhu."

Everyone was curious after hearing this. Someone asked, "Li Xiuyuan, did you fight with Sha Zhu? I heard that Sha Zhu has trained specially and most people can't beat him."

Li Xiuyuan looked at the gossiping faces of the crowd and said, "Let's talk while we walk, so we won't be late."

Everyone followed Li Xiuyuan to another cafeteria. Although Sha Zhu’s cooking was delicious, the most important thing was to eat their fill.

On the way, Li Xiuyuan told the whole story about how his house was robbed after he returned home after a month-long business trip.

What he said was very objective and impartial. Except for the concealment of the matter of lost money, everything else was true.

It's not that Li Xiuyuan is a gossiper or talks bad about people behind their backs. There are just too many beasts out there. He doesn't talk about others, but he is afraid that others will talk about him behind his back.

It’s better to strike first.

"I've heard that Sha Zhu and Widow Qin are having an affair, but I didn't expect their yard to be so messy. It really opened my eyes."

"Shazhu was trapped by the widow Qin! Some people may look smart, but once they meet a woman, they have to admit defeat."

"Well, next time I see a widow, I'll have to stay away from her. Otherwise, if I fall into her, my dad will break my legs."

"Haha...Xiao Yang, then you don't know what it's like to be a widow, otherwise I would do it even if my legs are broken."

"Ah ha ha……"

A few people came to the cafeteria chatting and laughing, and seeing a long line, everyone quickly lined up.

Everyone was very happy that they could eat meat again after a year.

Soon it was Li Xiuyuan and his friends' turn, but when they got there they found out that each person could only get two servings, no more.

There were only a dozen sheep and nearly ten thousand workers. If many carrots had not been added, there would not have been enough to go around.

Most people ordered two servings, and Li Xiuyuan also ordered two. Looking at the mutton soup with more radish than meat and a layer of oil floating on top, it smelled delicious before he even put it in his mouth.

There are a lot of people in the cafeteria today, so everyone took their meals to the purchasing department to eat.

After a delicious lunch, Li Xiuyuan went to wash his lunch box and went to the cafeteria to buy beef.

When we arrived at the cafeteria, there were not many people buying beef, and the chef said that each person could buy two kilograms.

"Master, the broadcast this morning said one pound per person, how come it changed so quickly?"

The canteen chef said, "Hey! The beef is too lean and tough. No one wants to buy it, so it will be left over, right?"

"Can I buy more?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The master asked, "How much do you want?"

"Ten pounds?"

"Can you finish all this? It won't stay here for a day! Don't let it go bad if you can't finish it."

Li Xiuyuan said it was okay and he wanted to send someone off.

The master told him to come back when he was about to get off work, as he was afraid that there might be more people buying in the afternoon.

Li Xiuyuan took two pounds of meat for each person and found a deserted place and threw them into the space.

Then I went to the purchasing department to work an afternoon shift.

Before leaving get off work, Li Xiuyuan went to the cafeteria, gave the chef a box of cigarettes, and bought thirty kilograms of beef.

Beef is cheaper than pork and mutton. Thirty kilograms cost nearly twenty yuan.

Li Xiuyuan came to the factory supply and marketing cooperative to find his aunt, carrying a pound of beef and a Hami melon.

Before reaching the supply and marketing cooperative, Ding Qiunan ran into a short, fat man harassing him.