I was a daigou in the 60s

Despite Xiao Dongqing's solemn promise, Su Zhilan was still somewhat skeptical.

Especially if you follow his instructions and add sugar, soy sauce and vinegar, can it really taste good?

As time passed, the aroma of sweet and sour pork ribs gradually spread.

Tiantian began to feel restless and her mouth was watering.

Su Zhilan no longer doubted Xiao Dongqing. When it came to delicious food, Xiao Dongqing knew much more than her!

The Xiao family’s dinner officially began.

The whole family reached out for the sweet and sour pork ribs almost at the same time.

After tasting it, everyone's eyes lit up.

"This tastes amazing! Better than meat!"

Tiantian chewed the bone and praised it highly.

Su Zhilan naturally understood that well-cooked ribs were more tempting than meat, but she still frowned.

"Let's buy meat next time. There's too little meat on the ribs. It's not cost-effective for our family."

Xiao Dongqing lowered his head and concentrated on eating.

Although it is brown rice, a few pieces of oily sweet and sour pork ribs are mixed into the rice.

Pour a spoonful of gravy over the rice, and the aroma of this pork ribs rice is enough to make you salivate!

It’s a pity that there is too little rice in the bowl!

If he eats as much as he wants, he can finish two big bowls!

After Su Zhilan finished washing the dishes, she sat down and told Xiao Dongqing what happened at work today.

"Today, the director of the First Chemical Plant came to see me." Su Zhilan said in a flat tone.

Xiao Dongqing immediately sat up straight.

"Director? Isn't Director Ji coming with you?"

"No."

Su Zhilan's face darkened. She held her breath and said unwillingly.

"The director of the First Chemical Plant is too much. He came to me directly."

"They said they had the recipe for soapnut powder and wanted us to provide it to the factory free of charge."

"The damn thing is, he didn't even mention work."

Xiao Dongqing raised his eyebrows. That soapnut powder is obviously ours!

It's not public property, why should we give it away? Isn't this asking for too much?

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a few days, Director Ji gave him this reply.

All I can say is that the other party accurately touched his bottom line.

But he had to first ask Su Zhilan what she meant.

"Wife, what do you think?"

Su Zhilan glanced at him indifferently.

"I haven't even raised my daughter yet, how can I be so selfless!"

Xiao Dongqing thought that he and his wife had the same idea.

A gentleman loves money but gets it in a proper way; he may be poor, but he also has his own reasons.

Since the First Chemical Plant wants to oppress him, then fine, he will oblige them.

"Wife, give me two sheets of letter paper that you usually use for writing."

After returning to the room, Xiao Dongqing said to Su Zhilan.

Hearing Xiao Dongqing's words, she was stunned for a moment: "Ah?"

Xiao Dongqing: "I want to submit an article."

Su Zhilan reacted immediately and excitedly found some letter paper for him.

I secretly admired Xiao Dongqing for being more and more motivated and even thinking of submitting an article.

"Was it for the propaganda department of the textile factory, or for the Workers' Newspaper? Or for the Nantong Daily?"

Xiao Dongqing spread out the letter paper and answered casually, "National Daily."

Su Zhilan opened her eyes wide, suspecting that there was something wrong with her ears: "..."

National Daily?

Xiao Dongqing is really brave.

Xiao Dongqing didn't notice anything unusual about Su Zhilan.

He wrote furiously all night and mailed the letter early the next morning.

Since I don’t have a formal job yet.

So Xiao Dongqing used the relationship with the salesperson Sister Wang to temporarily work as a temporary worker in the supply and marketing cooperative.

That morning, Xiao Dongqing arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative early and started his daily work.

"I want to buy 3 bags of brown sugar, 2 bags of dried persimmons, 5 jin of glutinous rice sticks, and 3 jin of fruit candy. Here are the money and tickets."

"Are there any defective enamel pots?"

"If you have any, give me two, and two kerosene lamps."

"A washbasin with a big red peony flower, a bundle of rubber bands, and a kettle..."

Early in the morning, Xiao Dongqing started his daily "procurement" task.

These were things that his daughter-in-law Su Zhilan, her neighbors in the textile factory staff building, and other classmates asked him to buy.

Although they can also buy some items themselves at the supply and marketing cooperatives.

However, due to the large number of people in the supply and marketing cooperative, some commodities are "out of stock" for outsiders.

It is naturally much more convenient if your neighbors or classmates work in the supply and marketing cooperative.

Xiao Dongqing is very helpful.

Unlike those employees who were reluctant to help carry things, he was always enthusiastic.

Neighbors and classmates were moved by Xiao Dongqing's enthusiasm, but he had his own plans.

He has gained a lot of extra benefits through purchasing on behalf of others.

For example, soap, brown sugar, red hair strings, matches, salt, nylon rope, persimmon cake, porcelain basin, etc.

How could Xiao Dongqing not be happy with such "help"?

Now, he brings two large bags to work every day to carry these things.

Because of this incident, colleagues Zhou Lifen and Xue Zhen often talked about Xiao Dongqing behind his back.

"Xiao Dongqing, you are such an honest person."

“Those people ask you to help buy things just to take advantage of them.

"You've been busy all this time, and besides a few words of thanks, what else can you expect?"

Zhou Lifen clicked her tongue repeatedly.

In fact, Xiao Dongqing knew it very well in his mind as he packed things into a sack.

While thinking that I could also get soap, brown sugar, red hairband and matches.

Salt, nylon rope, dried persimmon, porcelain basin...

These are interactions between neighbors.

But he pretended to be calm on the surface.

"We're all neighbors. This little thing doesn't matter. How can we gain anything from it?"

At this time, the salesperson Sister Wang interrupted indifferently.

"Xiao Dongqing, come to the counter. You are not allowed to chat about such things during working hours."

"Yes, Sister Wang." Xiao Dongqing responded, deliberately ignoring Zhou Lifen's expression.

Then I took out my high school textbooks and read them.

It turned out that Teacher Zhang had helped him convince the principal.

The principal agreed to allow him to take the college entrance examination together with this year's high school sophomores.

Teacher Zhang also specifically reminded him to review well and not to embarrass him.

Xiao Dongqing understood that Teacher Zhang must have put in a lot of effort behind the scenes.

He considers himself not an ungrateful person.

So I decided to go to Teacher Zhang's house after get off work and give him some gifts to express my gratitude.

Teacher Zhang helped without asking for anything in return, but Xiao Dongqing felt that he had to be thanked.

He never forgets to study while working, and occasionally takes out a plum given by Sister Wang from his pocket and puts it in his mouth.

Xiao Dongqing lived a leisurely and comfortable life, which made Xue Zhen next to him envious.

Suddenly, Director Dong walked out of the office with a serious expression and hurriedly left the supply and marketing cooperative.

Seeing this scene, Xue Zhen's eyes lit up and he immediately shouted.

"Xiao Xiao! Help me watch the counter, I have to go to the backyard!"

Xiao Dongqing closed the book and responded, "I understand."

Xiao Dongqing just stepped into the hardware counter and spread out his math book to start doing exercises.

At this time, a little old man appeared in front of the counter.

Xiao Dongqing originally thought that he was here to buy hardware tools and was about to ask him about his needs.

"Where is your person in charge? Call him out!"