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

San Niu and the others pulled a cart full of things and headed towards the little villa!

When I passed by the old lady's house where I bought pork last time, I happened to see her chatting with a group of elderly men and women!

San Niu walked ahead and said, "Grandma, you're playing here, what a coincidence to run into you!"

The old lady smiled and said, "Yes! You're here to sell chickens and meat again! Perfect timing, sell right here, they're just about to buy some!"

"That's wonderful! We're so grateful to you!" San Niu said.

A group of people gathered around after hearing what they said, and soon the two pigs, two baskets of chickens, and the chickens were all sold out!

There were still a few people who hadn't bought anything. After everyone who had bought something left, the few remaining people realized they wanted to buy the whole head, which was why they hadn't tried to grab it!

One of the old men spoke up, "Brother, the four of us all want a whole pig, and each family wants 10 chickens. Do you have that many?"

"Yes, we have everything, don't worry. When do you need it? I'll make arrangements in advance," Zhang Laosan said.

"Tomorrow morning, is that alright?" the old man asked.

Zhang thought for a moment. Tomorrow, Old Liu will need 14 heads, and the shop will need 4. Adding these 4, that makes a total of 22 heads, which should be about right!

"Alright, tomorrow morning, maybe a little late, okay!" Zhang Laosan said.

"It's alright, we'll wait here when the time comes!"

The old lady, worried that if they sold out, there wouldn't be any left for her family, quickly opened the door and said, "Don't forget my meat and chicken!"

"I won't forget, I'll bring it to you on the 20th," said Zhang Laosan.

They had sold out of goods and still needed to buy a cartload of cloth to take home, so they went back to the store. After buying the cloth and paying, San Niu said without hesitation, "Dad, let's leave one of the carts in the warehouse today. That way, we can bring the whole cart of meat over tomorrow, which will save us trouble. We can keep this cart for tomorrow so we can deliver things to them!"

Oh dear, I had forgotten about it if you hadn't mentioned it. That's for the best, Zhang Laosan said!

They loaded a cart with cloth and went back!

There were many people standing outside the gate when they arrived home. They were all there to exchange cloth. San Niu said, "Everyone, don't rush. Look, there's a whole cart of cloth here! We can exchange it all. Let us eat something first, okay?" When everyone saw the cart of cloth, they weren't in such a hurry anymore, so they let them eat first!

After dinner, San Niu and her aunt quickly moved the tables and pulled out the cloths, changing them one by one until it got dark. They told them to come back the next afternoon before leaving.

It got dark, so everyone lit their lamps, ate their meal, and quickly slaughtered the pigs—there were still two to be processed! Only after all the pigs were slaughtered and processed did everyone go to sleep!

The next day, before dawn, the whole family got up. Zhang Laosan went to the main intersection to pick up the truck. Wang Dayong still had dozens of pigs to slaughter! So, the slaughtering of pigs began again in the yard!

Soon they heard the sound of a car. Wang Dayong and the others quickly loaded the slaughtered pig and chickens onto the car, along with three large baskets of pig offal. San Niu even packed an extra bag of pig offal for the driver!

San Niu carried the things and walked up to the driver, saying, "Uncle, this is pig offal, it's all cleaned. You can take it home and make pig offal soup!"

The driver happily accepted it. "Oh, thank you so much! If you need a car in the future, you can come to the factory to find me!" the driver said.

"Okay, Uncle, who knows? We might really need to trouble you," San Niu said.

"It's alright, just bring me some pork offal when the time comes. Anyway, I'm just using this car," the driver said.

After loading the things, the driver kindly let San Niu and the others sit in the front driver's seat. It was warm and clean there. This is the warmth that comes from being treated like pig offal!

Upon arriving in town, they first unloaded the excess pork, chicken, and offal and carried them to the shop entrance, where Wang Cuihua watched over them.

The rest were all to be delivered to the factory. When we got there, Old Liu was there too!

After the car was parked, Sanniu and the others got out. Old Liu said, "You guys come with us to weigh the goods and collect the money. Don't worry about anything else; someone will come to pick you up!"

Sure enough, the leader soon arrived with his men and two vehicles. Without Zhang Laosan having to lift a finger, they loaded the pork onto the vehicles. Zhang Laosan and Sanniu followed behind, weighing and calculating the bill. They finished quickly and collected the money!

San Niu and the others came out looking for Old Man Liu. "Uncle Liu, the things you wanted are at the shop entrance! Let's go, we'll deliver them to you!"

"Get in the car, you don't need to see me off. Let this car take the haul. We'll weigh the goods at the store later, and San Niu can help with the accounting and collecting the money," said Old Liu.

"Okay, Uncle Liu, then I'll trouble you," Zhang Laosan said.

"It's alright, I quite like Sanniu. Bring her to my house to play sometime when you're free. Who knows, I might need your help someday!" Old Liu said.

"I will definitely bring Sanniu to visit you often, don't worry!" Zhang Laosan said with a smile!

They took a car to the store, where they weighed the four pigs that Old Liu wanted. The old man also had them weigh all the chickens and several baskets of offal, and loaded them all onto the car. He then told San Niu to go with Old Liu.

Zhang Laosan watched them walk away and then sat down with Wang Cuihua in front of the shop.

Wang Cuihua asked, "Dad, why aren't you going? I can keep an eye on things by myself!"

"Didn't you see? Grandpa Liu likes our San Niu, and he won't let me come along. Don't worry! Grandpa Liu will bring San Niu back in a little while!" Zhang Laosan said.

"Yes! Our Sanniu is smart, has a sweet tongue, and knows how to talk. Everyone likes her, Sanniu," Wang Cuihua said with a smile!

Old Liu took San Niu from door to door, delivering goods, calculating accounts, and collecting money. San Niu sold all four baskets she was carrying on the cart. There was one more store, run by the manager of a yarn factory, who gave San Niu a bag of yarn with some flaws. San Niu's eyes lit up when she saw the yarn, and she asked, "Grandpa Wang, does your factory still have this kind of yarn? Can I buy it?"

“You silly girl, this isn’t enough for you,” Old Man Wang said.

“Grandpa Wang, it’s not that I want it myself, I want to buy more for the villagers. You don’t know, the villagers don’t have money to buy cloth to make clothes, and their clothes are all tattered. So I think it’s a waste for you to keep them at the factory. Why don’t you sell them to me at a lower price? That way, the villagers can afford them, and you’ll be doing a good deed!” San Niu said.

"No wonder your Grandpa Liu likes you. You're such a smart and lovable girl. Alright, I'll write you a note and give you a discount of one cent per pound. You can bring some people to collect it later!" After saying that, Old Wang went to write the note.

"San Niu, once you're done with your business, have this cart go and pick it up. Don't wait, or they'll have it all taken," Old Man Liu said.

“Okay, Grandpa Liu, thank you Grandpa Wang. I’ll save some extra pork offal for you two in a couple of days and deliver it to your home,” San Niu said.

“Okay, that’s good. San Niu, don’t forget what the two old men said!”

"Don't worry! I'm the most reliable person when it comes to getting things done," San Niu said, waving her hand.

The two old men were amused by the three girls and laughed heartily, they were very happy!

Old Liu was worried about San Niu, so he took her to the store by car, then walked home with his hands behind his back!

San Niu thought for a moment and said to the driver, "Uncle, could you please wait a moment and help us go to the yarn factory to pick up some yarn to take home? Don't worry, I'll give you some pork offal to eat!"

“Sure! I’ll deliver the things for you, and then go directly to the yarn factory,” the driver said.

"Thank you so much! But since I've already pulled the yarn, I'll have to come back again. I need to pull the cloth too!" San Niu said.

"It's alright, everything's packed. Tell me where you want to go first, let's go!" the driver said.

San Niu wanted to save time, so Wang Cuihua said, "Mother, don't go. Go to the storeroom and pick out more cloth. We'll use this cart to haul it back later!"

“Okay, there’s a cart, then I’ll pick more,” Wang Cuihua said!

San Niu and Zhang Laosan got into the car and headed towards the small villa!

We arrived at the destination quickly, and Sanniu said, "I'm sorry, I only brought pork today because I delivered a lot of pork to the factory, so I can't bring any chicken. I promise I'll bring you the chicken tomorrow morning!"

"It's alright, just don't forget tomorrow," the old man said.

"Don't worry! By the way, the pork was all weighed at the store because their scales are bigger than ours. But don't worry, the weight is guaranteed to be more or less. Look, I've marked it all here! This one is 209 jin, this one is 220 jin, each one is marked, there won't be any mistakes, everyone can rest assured!"

“If anyone is worried, I have a scale at home. Last time I bought a whole pig from them, it was even a pound too much! Don’t worry, they’re all honest people,” the old lady said.

"Then we don't need the scale, we trust you," the others said.

Driver Zhang Laosan carried the pork and quickly delivered it to all four households. San Niu then collected the money.

They quickly got into the car and headed to the yarn factory to pick up more yarn!

When they arrived at the yarn factory, San Niu took out the strips of yarn and handed them to the people in the warehouse. The people in the warehouse looked at San Niu and Zhang Laosan for a long time before letting them go and pick out the goods. After they picked out the goods, they put them in bags and weighed them on the scale. San Niu paid the money!

San Niu climbed onto the table and whispered, "Auntie, my family is slaughtering a pig tomorrow. Do you want some pork? No coupon needed, it's 1.5 yuan a pound. We also raise a lot of chickens, and they're 1 yuan a pound. I'll bring you the flowers you wanted tomorrow!"

"Really? Then bring more tomorrow. There are so many of us, if you bring too little, there won't be enough to go around," the older sister said!

“Well then, tomorrow afternoon, I’ll bring ten pigs and ten baskets of chickens. Is that enough?” San Niu said.

"Why don't you pull fifteen heads, and pull more chickens too? I'll go to the workshop today and tell them to bring money tomorrow," the older sister said.

"Okay, big sister, I'll send you two servings of pork offal tomorrow," San Niu said.

"Well, thank you so much. Wait a moment," the older sister said, as she went to fetch four more large bags of yarn. "Nobody wants them this time, so you can take them back and give them away!"

"Thank you, big sister, I'm leaving now," San Niu said, and started pulling the yarn bag out!

Zhang Laosan looked at San Niu and loaded four more large bags onto the truck without asking any questions. After loading everything, San Niu and the others got on the truck, went to the store to load the cloth onto the truck, paid the bill, and then quickly got on the truck and went home!

When they arrived, everyone quickly came out to unload the goods. They were short of supplies, so Sanniu went to the yard, loaded three sets of pork offal, and gave them to the driver!

"Uncle, please take this. I'd like to use your car again tomorrow, is that alright?" San Niu asked.

"Okay, should I wait for you at the store tomorrow, or come directly to your house?"

"Wait for us at the store tomorrow! By the way, Uncle, do you need pork and chicken? If so, buy them from my store," San Niu said!

"I'll ask for it tomorrow! I didn't bring any money with me today, and I don't know how much I need," the driver said apologetically.

"Then go back and ask around, and buy it tomorrow," San Niu said.

After unloading everything, the driver drove off!

The whole family quickly ate; they were all starving. After they finished eating...

San Niu looked at everyone and said, "Dad, tomorrow afternoon, we need to take 15 pigs and 15 baskets of chickens to the yarn factory. I've already made arrangements, but there's no time. You need to find someone now to help slaughter the pigs. It'll be two days, 5 yuan per person. We need men. Go now!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Laosan quickly got up and went to find someone!

San Niu continued, "Grandpa, take this 5000 yuan and hurry up and go buy the pigs. There are still dozens of pigs to go the day after tomorrow, all of which are pre-ordered. Don't delay them." Old Wang took the money and left.

San Niu looked at Wang Dayong and said, "Uncle, you're in charge of killing the pig these next two days. Let others handle the rest, but make sure it's clean. Also, make sure the pig offal is washed clean and kept properly. Don't give it to anyone else; I'm saving it to give to my superiors. It'll be very useful!"

"Okay, don't worry! I'll take care of everything," Wang Dayong said.

"Aunt, eldest sister, second sister, from now on you'll be in charge of exchanging the fabric and the yarn we brought back today. Exchange it for one yuan per pound. If there's any really bad stuff, pick it out and exchange it for eight mao. Eldest sister, keep separate accounts for the yarn and fabric so it won't get mixed up. Also, you should exchange everything outside, don't let anyone into the house. Eldest sister, second sister, if anyone asks you, just say it's your uncle's business, and we're just helping out, understand?" San Niu said!

"San Niu, don't worry! I know. When Second Aunt asked me today, that's what I said. I also said that our family is broke and we even borrowed a lot of money from Uncle's family," Er Niu said.

“Yes, Second Sister is so smart. Just say I was sick and spent a lot of money, all of which was borrowed from Uncle’s family,” Third Sister said!

Before he could finish speaking, the workers Zhang Laosan had found, as well as the people to change the cloth, all arrived!

San Niu and the others quickly grabbed some cloth and yarn from outside!

San Niu said, "Everyone line up. Today we not only have cloth, but also yarn. Yarn is one yuan per pound, and you can exchange it. One and a half pounds of yarn is enough for an adult to knit a sweater, and even less for a child. So knitting clothes with yarn is the most cost-effective!"

After San Niu finished speaking, she took out the yarn and showed it to them all!

Today, not only were a lot of fabrics exchanged, but several bags of yarn were also traded. After the people who were exchanging things left, it got dark!

San Niu found Wang Dayong and asked, "Uncle, how many pigs have you slaughtered at home now?"

“We’ve killed 18 head already. We’ll kill some more tomorrow morning. You can come back at noon to collect them. It’ll be enough, don’t worry! It won’t delay anything!” Wang Dayong said.

San Niu thought for a moment and said, "I need to take away 22 pigs tomorrow. After I take them, I'll have to slaughter at least 24 more. Someone will come to pick them up early the day after tomorrow. If it's too late, I'll have my grandfather find pig sellers. I'll find several, because they might need more in a few days! In a couple of days, I'll go to other factories and contact them!"

“Okay, I’ll have your father find more people first thing tomorrow morning. Also, build another stove hole in the yard. That way it’ll be faster,” Wang Dayong said.

"It's so dark we can't even see the sky anymore, let them all go home! Tell them to come early tomorrow!" San Niu said.

Wang Dayong told everyone to go home, and the family packed up their belongings and started cooking!

After finishing their meal, everyone rushed to bed. They were all exhausted and fell asleep as soon as they lay down!