Reborn in the 1970s, Zhang Sanniu's new life

We're going to the provincial capital to sell pork again today, so the whole family got up before dawn!

Although the driver didn't know what time he would arrive in the morning, everyone still got up early and got busy!

Wang Cuihua and Daniu were cooking in the kitchen, while the others quickly carried the pork out of the storeroom and to the front door. Sanniu moved a stool to the front door, watching the pork and studying. Now she's busy from morning till night every day and has no time, so Sanniu has to seize the time to study!

The others carried the pork to the front gate and quickly ate breakfast, because they still had to slaughter the pig after breakfast!

Zhang Laosan brought a bowl of rice to the gate and kept watch, telling Sanniu to hurry back inside and eat!

After the meal, the people who were supposed to work arrived, and everyone else went off to get busy!

San Niu called Da Niu and Er Niu to study together, because San Niu was afraid that if they relaxed, they would not want to study anymore!

The driver arrived before noon, and San Niu quickly had the truck loaded!

"Mother, please cook for the three of us first. We'll eat before heading to the provincial capital," San Niu said.

"Okay, I'll go right away. Wang Cuihua, hurry up and take Da Niu to cook!"

With so many people working, the truckload of pork was filled in no time!

The car was loaded, and San Niu, Zhang Laosan, and the driver ate a meal and then drove to the provincial capital!

Fortunately, the snow wasn't heavy and there wasn't any snow accumulation on the roads. However, the snow had melted, and the roads were muddy, so I didn't dare to drive fast. Therefore, it took me half again as long as yesterday!

San Niu was originally planning to make two trips, but the car is driving too slowly! Sigh, it looks like it won't work today; the journey is taking up too much time!

Today they went to a textile factory. "The driver said that the textile factory is very big and has a lot of employees, so they went to the big factory first!"

San Niu especially likes the driver; he's very steady and intelligent!

Upon arriving at the textile factory, San Niu and Zhang Laosan got out of the car and went to the factory gate. "The gatekeeper asked, 'Who are you looking for?'"

"Sir, we're looking for the manager. We're here to sell pork. Look, we've got a cart full of pork!" said Zhang Laosan.

"Wait a moment, I'll go find the manager and talk to him," the old man said.

San Niu and the others waited by the car. After a while, the old man arrived with several people.

Zhang Laosan quickly stepped forward to greet them, "Hello, leaders!" After greeting them, Zhang Laosan quickly opened the car door!

"Our pork is all freshly slaughtered tomorrow night. Each pig weighs over 200 jin (100 kg), and they're big, fat, and of exceptional quality. Manager Wang from the power plant even ordered a whole truckload yesterday!" Zhang Laosan said.

The leaders were very satisfied after seeing it. "How many kilograms is this truckload? Didn't Manager Wang say you also had chickens? Tell me!"

"This truckload weighs 26,000-27,000 jin, and we have chickens too. How many do you want? We can deliver them tomorrow," Zhang Laosan said.

"Yes, we'll take this whole truckload of pork. Also, send over 300 chickens. Continue supplying meat to the factory after the New Year!" the leader said.

"Okay, boss, then let's come over on the sixth day of the first lunar month to discuss the specifics of delivering meat to the factory every day," Zhang Laosan said.

"Okay, that's settled then. Please wait a moment, someone will come to weigh the items and settle the bill in a bit," the manager said before going inside.

Soon, more than a dozen people arrived. Zhang Laosan and his group didn't need to do anything; the factory workers started lifting the pork off the ground to weigh it. San Niu stood next to the scale, watching the weighing and keeping track of the accounts. After all the pork was weighed, San Niu finished calculating the accounts, reconciled the accounts with the accountant, settled the money, and then San Niu and the others got into the car and went home!

When they arrived in the county town, Sanniu saved another 40,000 yuan, and then went to the store's warehouse to haul away a truckload of cloth!

When San Niu got home, it was still early. She packed some yarn and went to the village to exchange it for chickens. If she didn't exchange them in the village, she wouldn't have enough to sell. The factories in the provincial capital were big and would take hundreds of chickens at a time. If she only exchanged them at home, she wouldn't have enough to sell!

San Niu and her group traded their goods in two villages, finishing their trades very late at night. Now, San Niu and her group not only traded goods, but also told the villagers, "They buy pigs, pay cash, and don't owe money. Anyone who wants to sell pigs should go to Zhangjia Village, to Zhang Laosan's house!"

When San Niu and the others got home, everyone who had been working had gone home, and dinner was ready; they were all waiting for them!

San Niu quickly urged the driver to eat, and after he finished eating, she gave him a pot of braised pork to take home!

San Niu asked, "Uncle, are you free tomorrow?"

"Yes, I'm free all day tomorrow. I'll drive over before dawn, and we'll try to make two trips tomorrow," the driver said.

"Oh, that's great! You've really worked hard. Don't worry, once we're done, I'll give you two hundred yuan as a New Year's bonus to thank you," San Niu said with a smile!

"Really? Then I must thank you. Helping you not only gets me meat to eat, but I also get paid. That's wonderful!" the driver said.

"It's settled then, Uncle. Please drive carefully on your way back," San Niu said.

The driver happily drove home. Two hundred yuan was equivalent to several months' salary for him. That was great!

After seeing the driver off, San Niu returned to the kitchen!

"Uncle, tomorrow morning we're going to the provincial capital to deliver 300 chickens. Also, when we load the truck, please load the 50 chickens the store wants, along with the pork. We'll be coming back in the afternoon to pick up another truckload of pork. Please prepare everything in advance," San Niu said.

"Grandpa, do you still have money to buy pigs?" San Niu asked.

"Yes, but not many," Old Man Wang said.

“We’ll give you the money when we get back after delivering the chickens tomorrow,” San Niu said.

"Oh, right, Grandpa, go to the village and buy some more baskets to fill with pig offal and pig blood. Keep all the pig offal for me, and also keep about thirty baskets of pig blood. I'm going to give them to people in the provincial capital later. After the New Year, if we still want to do business, we'll need to give gifts. Oh, and we'll also need to prepare about ten pigs as gifts," San Niu said.

"You're sending so much?!" Auntie asked, her voice trembling with heartache.

San Niu looked at the people in the room and said, "Do you know where all these truckloads of goods have been sent? They've been sent to factories in the provincial capital. Do you know why those factories want so many of our goods? It's because Manager Wang, who is also Grandpa Wang's son, specifically called the managers of each factory before they accepted our goods. Do you know why Manager Wang is helping me? It's because I gave Grandpa Wang so many pig offal before, and he wanted to return the favor. What is a favor? It's reciprocity. Only when people give to each other can there be goodwill. Manager Wang has paved the way for us. If we don't take advantage of it, we'll be fools!"

After a while, San Niu said again, "Although Manager Wang has paved the way for us, we'll have to handle the social interactions ourselves from now on. Think about it, the factory that saves money is so big, and they want so much of our goods. It's all just a matter of the leaders saying a word. If we don't give gifts to the leaders and maintain good relationships, our business can only last until this year. Don't even think about next year!"

Everyone was jolted awake by San Niu's words. How could they give up such a lucrative business? They had already made a lot of money in just a month or two this year. If they did it for a whole year next year, they would make even more. Suddenly, they all understood that the gifts had to be given, and they had to give them to everyone!

"San Niu, we're not very bright, and there are many things we can't understand. You're smart, so we'll listen to you from now on. We'll do whatever you say we'll send it," said Old Man Wang.

“Well, don’t be fooled by how much stuff we deliver. The more stuff we deliver, the more we earn. If you don’t deliver, business will stop, and we won’t make any money. We won’t even be able to afford food. We need to deliver not only to the provincial capital, but also to the factory leaders in the county. I want to visit every factory and try to secure business for next year. That way, next year, we can just focus on delivering goods and collecting money without worrying about not being able to sell them or someone stealing our business,” San Niu said.

"What? Stealing our business? No way! This is our business, it makes so much money, we can't let anyone take it away! San Niu, you have to do your best to talk to the factory leaders, give them lots of gifts, and make sure we can keep our business!" Auntie said anxiously!

"Okay, I understand. I'll find a way to get things done. You guys can work harder on things at home. Prepare the goods in advance every day. Let's visit all the factories in the provincial capital before the factory closes for the holidays and try to sell as much as possible," San Niu said.

“Okay, don’t worry about things at home. We definitely won’t hold you back. Just tell us what to do, and we’ll do it!” Wang Dayong said.

San Niu explained things to them and then, regardless of what they thought, went back to her room to sleep!

After San Niu left, Zhang Laosan said, "Dad, Big Brother, Sister-in-law, my San Niu is so young, yet she works so hard every day. Not only does she have to deliver goods, do the accounting, and collect money, but she also has to worry about such a big business. Every day she has to think about how to maintain good relations with the leaders. She's already very hardworking and capable, even more capable than us adults. You don't know how scared those leaders are just looking at you. I didn't dare to speak when I first met a leader, but San Niu wasn't scared at all. San Niu smiled and said a few words, and she closed the deal. Can you please stop talking about San Niu from now on? You don't know how difficult it is to talk to leaders outside, let alone discuss business. From now on, please don't talk about San Niu. You don't care about San Niu, but I do!"

"Oh dear, brother-in-law, it's my fault for not speaking properly. Don't worry, I won't do it again. From now on, we'll listen to San Niu. Please don't hold it against me, San Niu and I." Auntie said.

"Alright, it's getting late, go back to sleep! You don't need to get up early tomorrow!" Old Wang said.

The next day, before dawn, everyone got up!

Wang Cuihua and Da Niu were cooking in the kitchen, while the others carried the chickens from the yard, basket by basket, to the gate so that they could be loaded onto the truck when it arrived, saving both time and effort!

As soon as we finished moving everything, the driver arrived in his car, and everyone quickly loaded the truck!

San Niu saw that the meal was ready, so she called the driver and Zhang Laosan back to eat first. After they finished eating, the truck would be loaded!

San Niu and the others quickly got into the car and set off!

San Niu and the others need to deliver the pork and chicken they ordered to the store first, then settle the bill and get paid!

After finishing their business at the store, the three of them quickly drove to the provincial capital!

Upon arriving in the provincial capital, they went directly to the textile factory. San Niu found Kuai Ji, who led the men to unload the chickens, weigh them, settle the accounts, and get the money. Then they got on the bus and headed back!

Because the road was wet, the car drove slowly and it was already noon when they got home! San Niu quickly asked Wang Dayong to bring people to load the car, and she, the driver, and Zhang Laosan quickly ate lunch!

After finishing their meal, Sanniu and the others got back on the bus and headed to the provincial capital!

It took more than an hour to reach the provincial capital. The driver drove directly to Pige Factory. Once there, San Niu and Zhang Laosan got out and quickly went to find someone!

To their surprise, when they arrived at the door, the gatekeeper wouldn't let them in. "Uncle, we're here to sell pork, please let us in!" Zhang Laosan said.

"The factory has rules against outsiders coming in," the old man said.

"Grandpa, we'll just go in for a bit and be right out. Besides, we called our boss before we came, so please do us a favor," San Niu said with a smile.

“I said you can’t come in, so you can’t come in. Get out of here! You country bumpkins don’t know any manners,” the old man said.

San Niu suppressed her anger and said with a smile, "Then, sir, tell me what the rules are!"

The old man looked at the three girls, "I compared the prices, and if you give me 50 yuan, I'll let you go a little. You must have made a lot of money from this truckload of goods! I didn't ask you for more!"

San Niu was furious. If she gave in this time, it would only cause more trouble in the future. This person didn't seem like a good person at all!

"If we take this truckload of pork back today, won't your boss be angry?" San Niu said with a smile!

"Dad, let's go to another factory first. I want to see how your boss will deal with you then," San Niu said as she walked towards the car, and Zhang Laosan followed her into the car!

The old man guarding the gate didn't think much of it when he saw that Third Sister and the others had actually driven away. In the past, he would charge five yuan for each truck delivering goods to the factory. Was this too much? Oh well, let them go! The old man didn't take it to heart.

Before San Niu could calm down, she went to the next factory!

When they arrived at this place, San Niu and Zhang Laosan told the gatekeeper, and he let them in!

San Niu and Zhang Laosan went up to the second floor, to the manager's office, knocked on the door, and went inside. "Boss, we sell pork. We just wanted to ask if you need any pork," Zhang Laosan said.

"Oh, the pork from the power plant, was it delivered by you?" the leader asked.

“Yes, it was delivered a couple of days ago. Uncle Wang not only asked for a truckload of pork, but also 300 chickens,” San Niu said.

"Your name is Manager Wang, Uncle. No wonder he called me personally! Alright, we'll also take a truckload of pork and 300 chickens," the manager said.

"Thank you so much. I'll have Uncle Wang call you another day. I'll bring you some pork offal. Pork is for the New Year," San Niu said.

"Okay, I'll wait. Also, after the New Year, you should also deliver meat to the factory canteen!" the leader said with a smile.

“Okay, then we’ll come back to see you on the sixth day of the first lunar month!” San Niu said.

"Okay, you can wait a moment, I'll have someone unload the goods," the leader said.

San Niu and Zhang Laosan waited for a short while before the factory's deliveryman came out with his men!

In half an hour, a truckload of pork was weighed, and San Niu and Kuai Ji settled the accounts and paid the money in person. After San Niu took the money, they got in the truck and went home!

Upon arriving in the county town, San Niu and Zhang Laosan saved another 30,000 yuan!

They went to the yarn factory again, bought a piece of yarn, and came back!

Sitting in the car, Sanniu asked, "Uncle, how many factories are left in the provincial capital that we haven't been to?"

"Let me think... excluding the leather factory, there are four more," the driver said.

“Then we’ll finish running in two more days,” San Niu said!

"Yeah, pretty much. Once we've all finished our runs, the factory will be closing for the holidays. Our factory will be closing in two days, and then the cars won't be able to leave," the driver said.

“Oh, then let’s hurry and finish the run in the next two days,” San Niu said!