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

The factory will be closed for the holiday in two days, and there are four other factories in the provincial capital that I haven't visited yet, so time is running out!

San Niu thought for a moment and decided to go get another cartload of cloth and go to the village to exchange it, so she wouldn't have to go to exchange it again!

San Niu and the others went to get the cart cloth again and exchanged it for a cartload of chickens!

Then we went home, had dinner, and the driver went home!

San Niu went back and held a meeting with everyone. "There are still four factories in the provincial capital that haven't been delivered to sell the goods. We'll finish visiting all four factories in two days. Uncle, let's work for two more days and settle the wages of the people we've hired. We'll stop working the day after tomorrow. We won't replace the chickens yet. After I've settled things at the factories, we'll settle all the accounts and have a good New Year. That's all, San Niu says!"

“Okay, after we finish the job the day after tomorrow, I’ll tell them to give them the money too,” Wang Dayong said.

"Grandpa, here's the money. This should be enough to buy pigs for two days!" San Niu said.

"Take these and read them first. I'll ask you for more if you need them," said Old Wang.

After we finished discussing business, everyone went to bed!

The next four factory trips to sell goods went very smoothly. Each factory ordered a truckload of pork and a truckload of chicken, and they paid for them all!

On the last day, San Niu asked the driver to bring the truck over in the middle of the night, load the goods onto the truck, and arrive in the provincial capital before dawn. So on the last day, they made three trips!

Because the last trip was specifically for delivering gifts, the truck was loaded with six pigs, twelve baskets of pig offal, and twelve baskets of pig blood. In addition, four baskets of pig offal and four baskets of pig blood were delivered to Old Man Wang's house first!

Upon arriving in the provincial capital, we drove directly to the power plant, and San Niu went to Manager Wang's office by herself!

"San Niu, what brings you here?" Manager Wang asked.

"Uncle Wang, I'm here to return a favor. So many factories and leaders in the provincial capital have asked for my pork and chicken because of you. I can't let you bear this favor, so I brought some pork, offal, and blood to give to the factory leaders. But we can't deliver it directly to the factories, so I can only trouble you, Uncle Wang!"

"You're so smart! I'll call them and have them come to the factory to pick it up," Manager Wang said, preparing to make the call.

"By the way, Uncle Wang, please don't hit Pig Factory anymore," San Niu said!

"What's going on? Their manager didn't want your pork," Manager Wang asked.

“No, it was the gatekeeper who wouldn’t let us in. He insisted we give him 50 yuan. How much can I make from this truckload of pork? I got angry and took the pork to another factory to sell,” San Niu said.

"I understand, I'll handle this," Manager Wang said angrily!

After San Niu finished speaking, she went downstairs and waited in the car!

After waiting for more than half an hour, Manager Wang came out, and several factory leaders also arrived!

Manager Wang glanced at the car and asked, "San Niu, how many supplies are you planning to send to each family?"

"Uncle, I'm thinking of continuing to do business with them next year! I'll send them more—one pig, two baskets of offal, and two baskets of blood for each person. Is that alright?" San Niu said.

"Okay, I'll talk to them about sending pork next year," Manager Wang said.

Manager Wang walked up to the factory leaders and said, "Look, my niece, afraid I'd owe you a favor, specially brought a truckload of goods to repay it!"

"Oh, brother, our niece is so sensible, she speaks for herself!"

Manager Wang waved for San Niu to come over. "San Niu, come and greet them. These are all uncles and elders. If you need anything in the future, just ask them," Manager Wang said.

"Hello, uncles and elders, I'll be relying on you all to take care of me from now on," San Niu said with a smile!

"Oh! No problem. If anyone bullies you in the provincial capital, just come to us. Also, all our factories will sell meat and chicken from your place from now on," another person said.

"That's wonderful! Thank you so much, uncles and elders, for giving us such a treat!" San Niu exclaimed.

"Alright, it's settled then. Come to our factory on the morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month to discuss the pork delivery business. Oh, and San Niu has prepared a whole pig, two baskets of offal, and some pig's blood for each of you. Take them home yourselves. It's getting late, so don't let your niece deliver them to your homes. It's not safe to go home so late," Manager Wang said.

"Oh dear, they won't let my niece see me off. I brought my own car. I'll take her myself," the textile factory manager said.

"Then let my dad carry everything to Uncle's car," San Niu said.

Before we'd even finished moving everything, the manager of Pige Factory arrived!

The manager of Pige Factory, and indeed all the managers of factories in the provincial capital, are here! He's furious!

He walked up to Manager Wang and asked, "Manager Wang, I haven't offended you, have I? Why is it that you've sent your relatives to deliver pork and chicken to all the factories in the provincial capital? All the factories are giving out benefits, but you've forgotten about our family!"

"Oh dear, you've wronged me! I just found out about this. I was planning to call you later, but since you're here, let's talk things out. My niece went to your factory first, but the gatekeeper wouldn't let her in. Then he said she'd only let her in if she paid 50 yuan. My niece got angry and took the pork to another factory," Manager Wang said helplessly.

“Damn it, I’m firing him as soon as I get back! Oh, brother, don’t be angry with me, I really didn’t know what was going on! Brother! You have to save me! All your factories have given out benefits, and the workers are happy, but we haven’t, and the workers are not happy! They’ve all started making a fuss today,” said the manager of the Pige Factory.

"Perfect timing, my niece is here. I'll call her over, and you can talk to her yourself." After Manager Wang finished speaking, he called San Niu over!

The other managers were surprised by this. If this wasn't handled properly and the employees started to protest, they would lose their jobs and would all stay to see the leather factory make a fool of itself!

"Uncle, what's wrong?" San Niu asked.

"This is the manager of Pige Factory. He wants to buy your pork and chicken," Manager Wang said.

“But at my house, we don’t have any freshly slaughtered pork left, and we don’t have many chickens left either. Plus, all the people we hired are on holiday,” San Niu said.

"Oh dear, niece, you must think of a way to help your uncle with this, otherwise your uncle won't be able to continue as manager, the manager of Pige Factory said!"

“What can we do? Even if I go to buy pigs and slaughter them, and buy chickens, it will take at least two days. Besides, I don’t have a truck to deliver goods to you! The truck I’m using now is borrowed from the factory. The factory closes for the holiday tomorrow, so the truck won’t be able to come out,” San Niu said, looking troubled.

"It's alright, a couple of days later is better than nothing. You just go back and help your uncle prepare things. I'll personally go to your house to pick them up the day after tomorrow. How about that? That's what the manager of the Pige factory said!"

"Alright then! How much pork and how many chickens do you want? I'll go back and prepare them," San Niu said.

"Prepare a truckload of everything," said the manager of the Pige factory.

“Okay, my home is in Zhangjia Village on the outskirts of the county town. My dad’s name is Zhang Laosan. By the way, you should go the day after tomorrow afternoon. If you go early, you’ll get enough.” San Niu said.

"Okay, okay, okay, thank you so much. Don't worry, from now on you're like my own niece. If you need anything in the provincial capital, just come to me," said the manager of the Pige Factory.

"Then thank you in advance. Well then, everyone, uncles and elders, I'll head back now," San Niu said!

"Go back now! Be careful on the road. Manager Wang, put San Niu in the car!"

San Niu got into the car and hurried back!

The manager of the Pige factory said, "Oh dear! There's still some commotion at the factory! I have to go back now. I'll treat everyone to dinner another day." He then hurried away.

The leaders from the other factories have all gone back!

As soon as Sanniu and the others returned, they quickly arranged for the pigs to be bought and slaughtered. "Grandpa, you and Dad, hurry up and go buy the pigs. You can take this money," Sanniu said.

"Uncle, hurry up and find some people to slaughter the pig. We'll have them work overtime tonight. Tell them they'll each get ten yuan after this job is done," San Niu said.

"Okay, I'll go right away," Wang Dayong said and quickly went to find someone!

"Mom, how many chickens do we have left?" San Niu asked.

“There are still twenty or thirty left,” Wang Cuihua said.

“We don’t have enough chickens. Tomorrow after breakfast, we’ll take our cloth and yarn to exchange for chickens. We also need a truckload of chickens and a truckload of pork from the provincial capital,” San Niu said.

“Okay, then you rest for a while, we’ll go cook,” Wang Cuihua said.

San Niu took out the accounts from the past two days and did the math again!

Soon, Zhang Laosan returned with his men, bringing back several pigs. They lit torches in the yard and began slaughtering the pigs for light!

They worked all night. In the morning, San Niu asked Wang Cuihua and her aunt to make two big pots of pork offal soup and steam two baskets of steamed buns for the workers to eat!

After finishing her meal, San Niu asked her aunt to take someone to exchange the chicken!

San Niu then asked Zhang Laosan to bring ten pig legs, several baskets of pig offal, and several baskets of pig blood to deliver to the leaders of the factory in the county town!

San Niu also wanted to go to Old Liu's house to ask about buying a car. Without a car, she wouldn't be able to deliver meat to the factory in the provincial capital after the New Year. It's too far, and she couldn't possibly pull a cart to deliver meat every day!

San Niu and her friends first delivered a pig's leg to the store manager, then took the goods to every factory, delivered them all, and finalized the deal for giving meat as New Year's gifts!

Finally, Sanniu took another basket of pig offal and a basket of pig blood to Old Liu's house!

When they arrived, Sanniu knocked on the door. "Oh, Sanniu, you're here! Come in quickly, Old Liu says..."

"Grandpa Liu, the New Year is almost here, let me bring you some more pork offal and pig's blood," San Niu said.

"Thank you. By the way, about the car you mentioned last time, I asked you what kind of car you're planning to buy." Old Wang asked.

"As long as I can haul goods, that's fine. I still need to deliver goods to the factory in the provincial capital during the Spring Festival!" San Niu added.

"Do you have a lot of money? Why don't you buy one of those cars from the factory?" Old Wang said.

"Grandpa Liu, how much would a car like that cost?" San Niu asked.

"We'll get seventy or eighty thousand," Old Liu said.

"Then I'll borrow money to buy one like that. When can Grandpa Liu go buy a car?" San Niu asked!

"Everyone's on holiday now, let's go on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year!" Old Wang said.

"Where should we buy it? I'll make arrangements in advance," San Niu said.

“If you’re going to the provincial capital, come to my house. I’ll arrange a car and go with you,” Old Liu said.

"Grandpa Liu, on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, I'm going to Uncle Wang's power plant to discuss buying pork. Can we go to their plant first and then buy the car?" San Niu said.

“Okay, you go talk business first, then we’ll go buy the car. We’ll have enough time,” Old Liu said.

“Okay, Grandpa Liu, thank you for your trouble. We’ll head back now,” San Niu said.

After San Niu and the others left Old Liu's house, Zhang Laosan carried San Niu onto the cart, and they went home!

Walking along the road, Sanniu said, "Dad, after the New Year, let's buy a car first. It will be more convenient for us to deliver things. Also, after the New Year, I want to build a slaughterhouse next to our house, and rebuild our house with tiled roofs!"

"Do we have enough money?" Zhang Laosan asked.

“Almost. If not, let’s build a new house next door first, then we can move into the new house and use our yard as a slaughterhouse,” San Niu said.

"Alright, I'll do as you say," Zhang Laosan said.

San Niu and her husband arrived home quickly. Once home, San Niu took out all the accounts and started calculating!

I didn't finish calculating until lunchtime!

Who knew that while they were eating, the snow was falling heavier and heavier. San Niu was a little worried that people from the provincial capital might have trouble driving over to pick up the meat!

San Niu thought for a moment, then quickly found Zhang Laosan and said, "Dad, you and Grandpa, hurry up and go collect the pigs. We'll work overtime tonight. Also, find some more people. It's snowing heavily, so let's slaughter them all today. I'm afraid the people from the provincial capital will arrive tomorrow morning!"

"Alright, let's go now," Zhang Laosan said, and he and Wang Laotou hurried out to collect the pigs!

Just as San Niu had predicted, the next morning, the manager of Pige Factory arrived with his men in two cars!

"Niece, how much do you have at home? I'll take it first. The snow is too heavy; otherwise, we won't be able to drive on the road later," the manager said.

“Uncle, yesterday, I saw that the snow was heavy, and I thought you would come this morning, so I found a lot of people to work all night. It’s just finished. Don’t worry, we have enough pork and chicken, a whole truckload!” San Niu said.

"Oh, that's wonderful! You're amazing! My niece has been a huge help. Thank you so much!" the manager said happily.

"Uncle, don't be so polite. Let's weigh it and load it onto the truck quickly!" San Niu said.

“Okay, I brought the scales,” the manager said.

The manager quickly had his men unload the steelyard from the truck and load the pork onto it. San Niu stood beside the steelyard, keeping track of the accounts. After all the pork and chicken had been weighed, San Niu calculated the accounts, reconciled them with the accountant from the factory, and collected the money!

San Niu then called the manager aside and said, "Uncle, this whole pig, along with two baskets of offal and pig's blood, is a gift for you. Would it be convenient for you to take it today?"

"Thank you so much! It's nothing. Just tell them I bought it, and I'll put it in the car and take it away," the manager said.

San Niu nodded, and the two walked to the car. San Niu said loudly, "Uncle, this pig and all these things were bought by you, so you can take them all with you! Oh, and I'll mark this pig so we don't get it mixed up." San Niu took a strip of cloth and tied it to the pig's leg.

Zhang Laosan quickly helped load the goods onto the car, and the manager happily got in and drove away!