59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

After breakfast, Huo Ling played for a while, and when Huo Zhilan arrived, she had to go home.

Her parents enrolled her in a children's class in a military compound.

"Lily, I'll come play with you on Saturday."

"Okay, okay, I'll treat you to barbecue."

"Then I'll treat you to ice cream."

The two children, one in the car and the other at the door, stopped talking only after the car drove away.

"Grandpa, I'm going to the steel mill to look for pillars, so I need to go to the Tea General Company."

"Okay, if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter. We have a few old friends who know how to make tea. We should receive a letter in a few days. There must be a secret method for frying tea."

The old man sat in the yard and said to his eldest grandson.

Chen Feng was stunned. He thought he needed to take care of it himself, but he didn't expect that the old man was already preparing for it.

However, he had made an appointment with Sha Zhu to go to the Tea Company at 10: and be back before :, as Sha Zhu also needed to go to work and cook lunch.

Rice can be given to his apprentice, but not vegetables.

"Da Guo, are you buying delicious food for grandpa?" Chen Li asked curiously.

"Well, almost."

Chen Feng agreed casually.

Chen Li followed him into the house.

"Big Pot, can I come with you?"

"No, you have to go to school."

"I don't want to go to school anymore. It's not as fun as home." Chen Li regretted it. The novelty of going to school had worn off, and all that was left was the desire to stay at home and play freely.

It is definitely more fun at home than at school. There are no teachers to supervise you and you can do whatever you want.

"No, don't you want to get first place and get the bicycle?" Chen Feng asked with a smile.

"Ah, then I'd better go to school."

After comparing them in her mind, Chen Li decided that bicycles were more fun.

Holding a bottle of Fenjiu, carrying three pounds of venison, and a pack of unopened Zhonghua cigarettes, Chen Feng first went to the steel rolling mill to meet up with Sha Zhu, and then drove him to the Sijiucheng Tea Corporation.

"Here we are, right here."

Chen Feng stopped the car at the door and locked it.

The office building of the Sijiucheng Tea Corporation is much more imposing than the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. It is a state-owned enterprise newly established in 50 years, specifically responsible for the tea supply in Sijiucheng, especially the tea supply within the system.

The tea leaves on the market are the residue left after they have been processed. The real good stuff are used for special supplies and exchanged for foreign exchange.

At that time, the tea shops in the old city almost only sold scented tea, which was neatly arranged in rows of large, emerald green iron barrels, and on the counter was a pile of wrapping paper with one corner folded off.

Real traditional dry tea leaves are not available, and the occasional broken leaves are extremely popular and are sold out as soon as they appear.

This also shows the special status of the tea company.

Sha Zhu got off the back seat of the bicycle and took the things that Chen Feng brought.

Most large state-owned companies these days have security departments, and there are security personnel guarding the doors.

But different security departments have different requirements.

For example, the security department of the Tea Corporation is obviously more stringent than that of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. This is probably because no one would snatch away things related to steel rolling mills, but these days people do snatch away things related to tea.

"Comrade, who are you looking for?"

"Xu Xingyao, the cook in your cafeteria, is my senior. I'm He Yuzhu. I've agreed with him to come visit him today."

Sha Zhu raised the things in his hand, and this guy couldn't help but take out the cloth bag of wine.

"See, Xinghua Village, most people can't even smell it if they want to."

"Hey, I didn't ask you that!" The security guard at the door was not to be trifled with. He felt that Sha Zhu looked down on him, "You are not here to bribe me, are you?"

"Fuck you, I have to bribe you and come back to the company? I have to go to his house. Do you understand?" Sha Zhu's foul mouth habit came back again.

"go away!"

Chen Feng grabbed Sha Zhu and threw him away.

This rascal has a temper that is not easily defeated and still needs to be tempered. When he returns, he will definitely let the three little ones temper him a little.

First take out a large front door and hand it to the security guard inside.

"Comrade, how about you tell Old Xu that his fellow apprentice He Yuzhu is here. He will definitely know."

Considering Chen Feng's good attitude towards the cigarette, the security guard stopped worrying about it.

"Okay then, you guys sign in first and write your name. The kitchen and cafeteria is on the first floor on the left after you enter the door."

"Thank you, comrade."

Carry your things and walk in, then turn left after entering the compound. You don't need to ask anyone, there is a bulletin board at the entrance of the cafeteria with today's meals written on it.

Sha Zhu walked over to take a look and smacked his lips.

"This tea company is really special. The food is much better than ours."

"It's natural."

Anyone who knows a little about history knows that the trigger for the British to launch the Opium War was the dumping of Chinese porcelain and tea in Europe, which sucked half of the world's silver into the East.

Do you think the foreigners will agree to this?

They worked hard to invade other countries, massacre and exterminate peoples, burn, kill, and loot, committing all kinds of atrocities.

As a result, most of the silver dug out was given to the Chinese.

All in vain!

"Tea is a good thing." Chen Feng said with a smile: "Even after decades of war, our tea still occupies one-fifth of the global market."

"If it weren't for decades of war, which allowed Indians to cultivate famous tea, our tea profits would be higher."

"I know, I know. India is where Americans live." Shazhu said something irrelevant.

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Sure, you know all this?"

"Of course. I also read books at home. It's impossible for your sister-in-law to be the only one studying while I don't know anything." Sha Zhu said proudly.

"Awesome!" Chen Feng gave a thumbs up.

I entered the kitchen behind the cafeteria and quickly found the person.

After listening to Chen Feng's explanation of his purpose, the latter agreed without hesitation.

"It's a small matter. You are Zhuzi's brother, which means you are my brother. You don't need to bother the leader with this matter. I have a good relationship with Master Bai in our factory. How about this? I will take you to find him."

"Senior brother, is this possible?" Sha Zhu asked.

"Why not? Do you think I'm you? You keep talking nonsense every day, and how many people do you offend? I have a good relationship with him. We live in the same big yard, and I often bring snacks for his children."

"Hey, why are you talking about this?"

With Xu Xingyao's introduction, there was also Chen Feng's gift, especially the three pounds of venison.

"Needless to say, needless to say, Xiao Xu's friends are my friends!"

Things went so smoothly that even Chen Feng was surprised.

There is no such thing as technical patents these days, and after the factory became a state-owned enterprise, the master chefs no longer had their own secret skills passed down from generation to generation.

The master chef was also happy to exchange some good things for the family.

PS: At that time, the largest Hongqi Tea Factory in my country was completed and put into production, becoming the earliest and largest large-leaf tea manufacturer in the country, representing the highest level of tea making.

In 59, the annual output of this top-grade dry tea was only about 9 kilograms.

However, most of its tea is exported to more than 70 countries and regions overseas, creating valuable foreign exchange for the country.

At its peak, the Hongqi Tea Factory's annual foreign exchange earnings accounted for 10% of the country's total. This shows how profitable tea is and how much it contributes to national construction.