The door panels were removed piece by piece. The employees of the supply and marketing cooperative, wearing white shirts and "He" brand Jiefang shoes, finally opened the door of the non-staple food store and officially started business.
A large group of people who had been waiting for a long time suddenly poured into the store and went straight to the counter where they needed to buy items.
"Why are you running? Why are you crowding? Are you robbing people?"
A man who looked like a cadre was wearing a short-sleeved white linen short-sleeved shirt that was slightly yellowish.
This kind of fabric was used for summer sheets in later generations, but it was extremely rare in this period.
I just heard him yelling loudly: "Everyone, get in line! Those who run at the front should go to the back!"
These farmers who came from the mountains still have a long way to go back.
Not to mention the long and difficult journey, even the noon sun would make them faint.
Moreover, their neighbors, relatives and friends will ask them to carry things, so when they rush into the store, they feel most anxious.
After being shouted at by the cadres of the supply and marketing cooperative, the mountain people, who had always been timid and fearful, suddenly looked at each other and froze in place, at a loss.
"Go to the back of the row, didn't you hear me?"
The cadre came over, grabbed the shoulder of the man who had previously suggested that Luo Xuan open the door upside down, and pulled him outside!
“Is this how you serve the people?”
Luo Xuan, who was following the crowd, walked in unhurriedly.
He questioned the cadre: "The people came out from the mountainous areas overnight just to buy things early so that they could go back. They didn't want to delay agricultural production, so it's understandable that they were a little anxious. You
How can you treat the people with such a rough attitude?"
The cadre was stunned, turned around and stared at Luo Xuan!
Luo Xuan also stared straight back, his eyes showing no sign of weakness!
"Deputy Team Leader Zhao, this young comrade is right, your attitude just now... is indeed inappropriate."
At this moment, another cadre walked out of the employee passage behind the store and smiled at Luo Xuan, "This young comrade is right in his criticism. The service attitude in our company is lacking.
On behalf of all the employees of the second non-staple food store, I apologize to this little comrade and all the people!"
During this period, supply and marketing cooperatives also had a competitive relationship with external public-private joint venture stores.
In addition, the employees in the supply and marketing cooperative have also joined the work not long ago. Everyone cherishes this hard-won job and is very enthusiastic about work.
Therefore, their service attitude is not bad at this time.
Luo Xuan caught the problem of the deputy head of the cabinet team and slapped a big hat on him. The effect was indeed immediate.
The leader came out from behind and nodded to everyone, apologizing to everyone.
Then he waved his hand and said, "It's getting late. Let's go pick out the products. Ah, don't worry. Get your food stamps and candy stamps ready. Everyone can buy them."
After saying that, the cadre winked at the deputy team leader, and the two of them went back to the employee passage.
Before approaching the passage, Deputy Team Leader Zhao specifically looked back at Luo Xuan, his eyes full of doubts...
A young man from the countryside, dressed in rags and smelling fishy, but when he talks, how come he sounds more like a director than a director?
It wasn't that Deputy Team Leader Zhao was discriminating against anyone, the contrast between what Luo Xuan showed was so great that he really couldn't figure it out.
What are you looking at?!
Luo Xuan disagreed with this in his heart: Anyone who knows a little bit about this era will know this technology.
It just depends on whether he has the courage to say such words fluently.
Just like not everyone can stand calmly in the spotlight and sing a song smoothly.
When he walked to the counter selling candies and pastries, the farmers in the mountains automatically made way for Luo Xuan.
Luo Xuan smiled slightly and quietly moved behind their team without saying a word.
Now that the posture is out, you have to do it thoroughly and not make everyone think that your tail is too high.
Children who are humble and low-key are always more lovable.
"This doll speaks quite well."
"Yes, Deputy Director Luo of the Purchasing Office, is he a sharp-tongued person with good speaking skills? In my opinion, when this kid grows up, he will be much more powerful than Deputy Director Luo..."
At the grocery store.
In addition, other salesmen in the counter group selling pickled kohlrabi, dried preserved lettuce, dried pickled vegetables, and salted vegetables were whispering to each other in twos and threes: "Which brigade is this from? I'm afraid his parents are the captain of the brigade, he talks so well!"
"Isn't it possible? The captain's family is so poorly dressed...ahem, so plain?"
"He looks familiar to me...but I can't remember..."
"Zheng Yuanchao, what did you say about a bamboo shoot? It's so light that it doesn't even hold up. Think about it again, which brigade is he from?"
"I... think he looks familiar, huh... I still can't remember..."
These salesmen are whispering to each other.
Luo Xuan, who was standing behind the crowd, began to lower his head and think: How should he arrange the two-and-a-half candy coupons on hand and the one yuan, two cents and four cents in his pocket?
In the round glass sugar bowl on the counter, there are only two kinds of candies, red sweet potato candies and corn hard candies, for sale.
White sugar and brown sugar are all pre-packaged in straw paper, with a layer of white paper wrapped on the outside, and a small square red paper with a big red "囍" on it.
There are packages of one pound or half a pound.
It was given as a gift.
Bulk white sugar and brown sugar are placed in large ceramic jars on the counter. When customers need to buy, the salesperson will open the wooden lid.
Hard candies such as sweet potato candies and corn candies are called "hygienic candies" because they are wrapped in a layer of colorful wax paper, which makes people feel very clean.
But Luo Xuan knew that they actually had little to do with "hygiene".
These candies are made from sweet potato and corn boiled in an iron pot, and finally the syrup is made.
When the sugar embryos were about to cool down, the strong employees in the candy factory run by the county supply and marketing cooperative carried the sugar embryos on their shoulders and pulled them repeatedly.
When they pulled the candy, they hung one end of the candy embryo on a wooden post and the other end on Chi Guoguo's shoulders, and they pulled it back and forth repeatedly.
Wait until the bubbles in the candy embryos are almost removed, then place them on the chopping board and knead them into strips.
At this time, the male and female employees gathered around the chopping board, cutting with iron knives, and cut the long strips of sugar embryos into candy particles as big as little fingers.
Finally, wrap the outer layer of paper and the candies are produced.
The entire process is purely handmade.
Luo Xuan was sure that the strong men responsible for pulling the sugar embryos had smooth shoulders, and there would never be a hair on them!
Soon.
Finally we got to Luoxuan.
Luo Xuan took out the 2-2-5 candy ticket, and then told the salesperson that he needed to buy 1 2-5 corn candy, and the remaining candy tickets were bought into brown sugar.
Luo Xuan had already eaten enough red potatoes, and when he smelled the unique smell of red potatoes, Luo Xuan felt nauseous.
If it wasn't for the fact that he would starve to death if he didn't eat it, Luo Xuan would never want to be exposed to red sweet potato again in his life.
The candies are very small, so there is no need to weigh them on a scale. One candy weighs 1 qian, and 10 candies are 1 tael.
Candies cost a penny each, so I bought 15 of them, and the total cost was 1 dime and 5 cents.
The rest was bought into brown sugar, which was only 4 pieces as big as a thumb, and cost another 10 cents and 8 cents.
Candy is not expensive, but it is difficult for rural children to eat a few candies a month, mainly because candy coupons are difficult to obtain.
Sugar stamps are issued irregularly in rural areas. It is difficult to tell whether there will be sugar stamps in a year and how many stamps will be issued.
Even if sugar coupons are issued, a strong labor force will only receive two to five taels per year, and at most five taels will be issued at one time.
Normally, if everyone has money but no candy coupons, they can only stare at the candy bowl of the supply and marketing cooperative.
The reason why Luo Xuan wanted to buy brown sugar was because brown sugar melts faster than hard candy. Luo Xuan was worried that when he suffered from severe hypoglycemia, the hard corn candy would take too long to take effect.
Finished buying candy.
Luo walked out of the dim grocery store and saw the mountain people in front of him standing at the door, seemingly waiting for him.
Some of the mountain people looked at Luo Xuan in a way that made Luo Xuan feel like they were looking at his future son-in-law...
