I was a daigou in the 60s

That night, in Xiao Dongqing's small house of about 40 square meters.

It was almost packed with neighbors from the textile factory who wanted to buy aluminum thermoses.

The Xiao family has never been so lively.

He Yuanfeng, who lived next door, stood at the door of his house, looking at the lively scene in the Xiao family, gritting his teeth.

She snorted coldly and deliberately raised her voice and said, "You don't go home late at night, but gather at Xiao's house to buy things secretly.

Outsiders thought we had uncovered a trafficking den!"

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone in the room fell silent and looked at each other.

In this day and age, reselling is a serious crime.

Once discovered, the punishment could be imprisonment at the very least and labor reform at the worst.

Don’t even think about coming back for several years, and you will be looked down upon by your neighbors and your family will be unable to hold their heads up.

He Yuanfeng's words were clearly hinting at Xiao Dongqing and the others reselling the goods, which made everyone present feel uneasy.

But Su Zhilan doesn't buy it.

She stood up, pointed at He Yuanfeng's nose and said, "Go ahead and sue me! You'd better do it now!"

"Your foul mouth is truly enough to kill me. You're dishonest yourself and yet you still criticize others!"

"You mean reselling when you say it's reselling?"

"Do you think your words are as good as gold?"

"Why are some people not good people from birth? And yet they want to disgust others when they grow up."

"If you don't do good things as a person, you will become as annoying as a dog."

"I've never seen anyone so shameless!"

Su Zhilan's words made He Yuanfeng's face turn pale and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Su Zhilan, who are you scolding?" He Yuanfeng wanted to fight back.

"I'll scold anyone who's annoying, anyone who's talking nonsense, and anyone who's looking for a fight!"

Su Zhilan showed no sign of weakness. "I'm just saying what I want to say. Who do you think you are to control me?"

He Yuanfeng: “…”

This shrew Su Zhilan is so arrogant!

She was angry and anxious, but no one paid any attention to her.

Xiao Dongqing also ignored her.

He raised his hand to the potential customers in front of him, his tone apologetic.

"To be honest with you uncles and aunts, we are really out of stock of aluminum thermoses here."

"I regretted my promise to buy the thermos at Aunt Zhang's house. It's really hard to deal with."

"But Brother Guoquan is getting married, this is a major event in life!"

"I can't betray Aunt Zhang's trust, right?"

"So I bit the bullet and went to great lengths to get it for her!"

"So everyone, please forgive me."

"I really can't buy it anymore. Even if you beat me up, I can't make it come out!"

That night, Xiao Dongqing politely declined all requests to buy aluminum thermos bottles!

Su Zhilan expressed support!

"Forget about not being able to buy it. You still have to prepare for the exam. Don't let these people get in the way of your work."

"What's the point of having a reputation? Getting a high school diploma and finding a good job are the most important things!"

"My wife is right."

Xiao Dongqing knew it very well.

He deals with the villagers not for fame, but for money!

It's dinner time. On the table is simple multi-grain rice and pickles, but today there are also salted duck eggs.

Xiao Dongqing brought back a Dragon Boat Festival gift.

The salted duck eggs, a specialty of Gaoyou Lake, were given to their "relatives", so naturally they could not refuse.

These salted duck eggs are indeed worthy of their reputation. Oil will ooze out when you tap them lightly.

When mixed into multi-grain rice, the rice becomes much more fragrant and doesn't taste so dry.

"This salted duck egg is so delicious! Uncle, can you buy me salted duck eggs like this in the future?"

Tiantian licked her lips as she spoke, looking at Xiao Dongqing.

"Of course, Uncle has already negotiated with the chemical factory about exchanging the secret recipe for soapnut powder."

"If nothing unexpected happens, there should be a result."

"By the way, the chemical plant won't go back on its word, right?"

Su Zhilan was also a little worried, and she put down the chopsticks in her hand.

"Why no news yet?"

Xiao Dongqing didn't care. He cracked open another salted duck egg and gave half to Su Zhilan.

Xiao Dongqing said calmly: "Regret it if you want. I have the secret recipe for soapnut powder. Why should I worry about not being able to find a job?"

……

Their attitude was calm, while Nantong No. 1 Chemical Plant was caught in a dilemma.

In the factory director's office, Director Ji slammed the table and stood up.

"I don't understand why you can't trade an innovative soapnut powder recipe for a job?"

The factory director also has a bad temper.

Director Ji clapped his hands, and he responded by clapping his hands on the table twice!

"Why not? Do you think the research assistants at our chemical plant are like cabbages on the street, that you can just take them whenever you want?

The people in these positions are either college students or children of factory workers who have been trained since childhood.

If you ask someone who knows nothing to be a research assistant, how can he understand what data processing is?

Director Ji was already exhausted: "...but they said they only want the position of Research Assistant, otherwise the secret recipe is out of the question."

“Which textile factory are you talking about?

I'd like to go and see. Such an important secret recipe of soapberry powder should be selflessly donated to the country, and yet you still want to work?

With such low consciousness, I can give you a job, but it can only be a workshop worker. If you want to come, you can come. If you don’t want to come, you don’t have to come! "

The director of Nantong No. 1 Chemical Plant said this angrily, and then kicked Director Ji out of the office when he wanted to say something else.

Director Ji stood at the door, staring at the closed door, almost furious at this old man who was about to retire!

……

After Xiao Dongqing finished his meal, he took out the list of customers who had purchased thermoses from the department store that day from his bag.

Soon we found a customer, Huang Yaohui, whose home was not far from here.

So he took out a thermos from the purchasing agent's small warehouse and went directly to Huang Yaohui's residence.

Huang Yaohui's home is located in a small alley and is an independent small courtyard.

After confirming the address, Xiao Dongqing gently knocked on the door with the copper ring.

"Is anyone home?" He called a few times, and the door was opened from the inside.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman wearing a blue headscarf.

Her eyes lit up when she saw a handsome young man standing outside the door.

"Who are you looking for?" asked the middle-aged woman.

Xiao Dongqing smiled politely.

"Hello, Auntie. I'm here to look for Huang Yaohui. He said he's off today. Is he home?"

This middle-aged woman is Huang Yaohui's mother.

I heard that Xiao Dongqing was looking for his son.

She immediately thought of something and the smile on her face became even brighter.

"Hey, young man, you are here to look for my son, come in quickly!"

Huang Yaohui's mother invited warmly.

Her son did recently mention that he was dating someone who was both handsome and polite.

It seems that the young man in front of me is exactly what my son said.

The more the middle-aged woman looked at Xiao Dongqing, the more satisfied she felt, and she couldn't help but want to hold his hand.

Xiao Dongqing was in a daze.

Huang Yaohui heard the noise and came out of the house.

"Mom, who is it?"

Huang Mei turned sideways, revealing Xiao Dongqing's face, and glared at her son.