Reborn in the red years, I am farming in space
Chapter 441 Another big purchase
The county government has a special note.
Order the County Auto Transport Service Agency to fully cooperate with Comrade Luo Xuan's work and provide Comrade Luo Xuan with all conveniences.
This paper order was actually created by Bai Yu and Director Zhong behind the scenes.
Since Luo Xuan didn't want to, let too many people know about it.Bai Yu and Director Zhong, they only have food in their eyes now: food, food, food.
As long as anyone can get food, as long as it is not a serious violation of law and discipline.
Director Zhong and Bai Yu were still willing to respect Luo Xuan's wishes and provide Luo Xuan with great cooperation and support.
In fact, Director Zhong's approach is understandable.
As cadres of Rongwei County, Bai Yu and Director Zhong saw that the life of the villagers encountered difficulties and people died every day.
As a responsible and responsible cadre in the county government.How could Bai Yu and Director Zhong not be anxious?
Don't say they are cadres anymore.
Even as an ordinary person, seeing this situation every day, I have an impulse and determination to go all out, even if I try my best, to help the villagers!
This is beyond doubt.
Just like everyone in the future, when you see the raging wildfires, they have threatened the lives and property of people in urban areas.
Who will hide and stand by?
At this time, people will go all out and contribute their meager strength, regardless of their small fortune.
If someone does not believe this, it is because he has not been there personally and experienced it personally.
I believe that by that time, people's ideas will change.
Originally, the relationship between Bai Yu and Luo Xuan was delicate.
But no matter what, Bai Yu still appreciates Luo Xuan's excellent quality of "speaking and doing it".
Therefore,
When Director Zhong, Zhang Wei and the others told Bai Yu that Luo Xuan had already assured him that he would be able to get the food back.
Bai Yu did not discuss with other leading comrades, so without hesitation, he came up with such an order in private, which was specially issued to the county transportation service agency.
With such an order.
Luo Xuan swaggered out of a truck from the County Motor Transport Service Agency.
The euphemistic name is: I am here to complete the glorious task entrusted to me by the county government!
As for the specific content of this mission, Luo Xuan did not say.Director Peng of the transportation service agency, he didn't dare to ask.
Driving the truck, Luo Xuan first went to the warehouse of the County Materials Bureau and pulled out 1000 sacks.
As for the payment for the goods, let the Materials Bureau go to the Planning Commission to settle the calculation.
It is impossible for him to pay him a sack of money after paying such a large amount of money for food.
No matter how big the radish is, it can't withstand so many peelings, can it?
Luo Xuan considered that in about a year, the official registration of "industrial vouchers" would be implemented.
So he drove the car again, went to the department store, and scanned a small half of the goods.
Luo Xuan doesn't dislike anything like bicycles, enamel basins, soaps, and shampoos.
Even a spittoon is an industrial product.
Luo Xuan bought these things out of his own pocket.
Our public is public, private is private.
You have to take advantage of what you should take advantage of, but you have to pay for yourself if you should pay for it yourself.
Although in his own hands, with the instructions of the planning committee, even if it is to take these things away for nothing.
In the end, the department store will also notify the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and then they will take the purchase details and go to the planning committee to discuss how to pay.
Buy bicycles, soap, soap, towels.Luo Xuan paid for the enamel pots himself.
But considering the cloth tickets on hand, it is really too little.
So when Luo Xuan wandered to the cloth counter, he could only pay for the goods.
As for the distribution of tickets, they had no choice but to take out the approval slip from the planning committee and show it to the director of the department store.
It means that he needs to get a cloth ticket, and when he goes to balance the account, he takes the purchase detail receipt with his signature.
Talk to the planning committee to go!
There are 100 ways for the planning committee to get this little thing done
What a joke!
For them, the Planning Commission, which is in charge of the use of materials and the distribution of power for tens of thousands of people in the county, is a matter of concern.
Simply, not even a wheat mosquito.
After Luo Xuan communicated with the director of the department store, they began to carry out the crazy shopping mode.
Combed cotton produced by Shanghai National Cotton No. [-] Factory?
Come up to 10 feet.
The new flower cloth of Beijing State-owned No. [-] Textile Factory?
Come 10 zhang.
After buying all the way like this, Luo Xuan made a rough estimate: In this short hour, he had already spent more than 1 yuan.
Money is no problem.
The problem is that the space is so big, if too many things are put in, it will more or less affect the space and the area for planting crops.
Food is so expensive now.
Being able to grow 10 jin or 20 jin of grain may mean that a life can be saved!
Moreover, Luo Xuan also considered that if he bought too many things, Director Zhong would eventually dislike him.
Although in the end, he saw the credit for bringing back the life-saving food to the whole truckload.
Director Zhong would pinch his nose and admit it.
It can be seen that Director Zhong is well-informed and has a deep understanding of people's hearts and human nature.
He will tolerate a little bit of petty behavior from himself, as long as he is not too greedy.
It is a person's nature to engage in small actions appropriately and take advantage of them.
Doing so will make you appear to be living a real life.
Director Zhong will finally smile knowingly at this, and then scold him with a smile: You little slicker!
But if you are too greedy, the nature will be completely different.Doing that will only arouse Director Zhong's anger: Who are these people!
Once you have the power, you will execute the order?
Pulling the tiger's skin to make a big banner?
It's really unsatisfactory!
A greedy person, his future is limited after all.
I know how to stop when enough is enough, and everything has to be grasped to a degree, after buying a small half of the car.
Finally satisfied, he asked the male employees of the department store to help him carry all these goods into the car.
Pack all the goods.
Finally, there were enthusiastic department store employees who took the initiative to climb into the car and helped Luo Xuan cover the tarpaulin tightly.
In their eyes, any item on the truck is very precious.
Like these supply and marketing cooperative employees who have just started working, their monthly salary is only 20 yuan and 5 cents, and 22 yuan.
People in this period are extremely disgusted with wasting things, and even hate that kind of wasteful behavior.
Therefore,
Even if Luo Xuan didn't pass them a cigarette, he didn't give them a penny of wages.
The male employees of these department stores really consciously and proactively came to help Luo Xuan and covered the tarpaulin tightly.
I'm afraid that it will rain or something on the way, which will damage the goods in the car.
Driving the car and pulling half a load of goods, Luo Xuan headed for the Red Star Commune at a fast speed.
Because I need to dump the goods on the car into the space, I meet those people who are beckoning and need a ride on the road.
Luo Xuan refused all of them, not daring to pull them into his car.
Wait for the car and drive to the outside of the street of Hongxing Commune, a few miles away.
That is to say, from the main road to the fork of the small road that turned to Xiaolaojun, Luo Xuan turned the steering wheel.
Pulled the car into that lane.
The front end of the road leading to Xiao Laojun's production team is relatively open, but the road will become narrower and narrower at the back.
Eventually it turned into a narrow path.
Park the car.
Luo Xuan climbed into the carriage, then stood on the roof of the driver's cab, raised his eyes and looked around for a while.
The noon sun was scorching hot on people.
The surrounding area was very quiet, except for the chirping of cicadas, which made people feel irritable.
A while ago,
At least in the entire territory of Rongwei County, there was a raging locust plague first, followed by the 12-year-old cicadas, which broke out in a concentrated manner.
Although this time, the masses of the county have done a very good job of eliminating insects and reducing disasters.As a result, it has become a model area for locust eradication and disaster reduction in the entire Bashu Province.
But even so,
The number of cicadas this year is still much higher than in previous years.
These majestic cicadas themselves are not too harmful to the crops.
But I can't stand its annoying sound!
Especially this year, the number of Maemis is huge. When they play an ensemble, it is really annoying!
The adults are upset.
The kids were so happy!Because the Zhengxing Brigade has now transformed into a professional breeding production team.
The whole body of these annoying Maemis is also high in protein.
Therefore, the Zhengxing Brigade is buying a large number of cicadas to grind them into powder.Ultimately, it is used as a source of protein for livestock.
Catching cicadas can be exchanged for pocket money.
These energetic little kids who were so happy, chopped bamboo poles one after another, made a circle with leaves on it, and then went to get some spider webs on it.
As a tool for catching cicadas.
The reason why Luo Xuan stood on the roof of the car and took a closer look was because he was worried that there might be those cicada-catching little kids hidden in the woods.
After watching for a long time,
Seeing that there was no movement around, Luo Xuan felt relieved.
Because a car is such a rare and precious thing, since it is here, if there are those children in the woods.
Curious by nature, they will definitely get out and watch for a while.
Luo Xuan untied the tarpaulin covering the carriage, lowered his head and got in.
Then he raised his mind and threw all the things in the carriage into his own space for preservation.
Only a set of 'Pechoin' face cream, a bottle of 'Bee Flower' hair conditioner, 'Seagull' shampoo, and some toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, soap and the like were left.
These things are gifts from myself to Takumi.
She has been envious of Du Juan, and Chen Xiaoduan and the others, who have owned these cosmetics and shampoo for a long time.
In fact, after Tuo Shizhan sold his ancestral house, it's not that Tuo Haili and his grandson didn't have money.
It's just that the two grandparents kept Luo Xuan's instructions in mind, and they usually didn't show up on the street at all.
therefore,
Takumi, who always comes out at night, doesn't have decent shampoo and face cream on hand.
If she didn't buy these things herself and gave them to Takumi, she could only rely on the old methods to "follow" other people's things.
only,
Now Takumi has transformed into a heroine of justice who rescues people from difficulties.
Now, whoever dares to mention half a word of stealing in front of her, be careful that Takumi will fight him desperately!
Put things away.
Carefully fold up the tarpaulin and bundle it into the sack in the carriage.
During this period, this kind of asphalt extracted from rubber and petroleum was fused into a rainproof tarpaulin.
It is the same as the expensive raincoats sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives: the quality is not good.
If they cannot withstand the wind and sun for a long time, this kind of tarpaulin and raincoat will crack everywhere.
Like weathered, or aged rubber.
Expensive and not durable.
So Luo Xuan didn't dare to let the rainproof tarpaulin be put on the carriage so casually.
Doing so will greatly reduce its service life.
——Public money is also money!
After the matter was settled, Luo Xuan drove into the passenger station of the Red Star Commune, and parked the truck in the dirt yard of the passenger station.
And tell the staff at the passenger station to keep the car under guard.
In this period,
The door is not closed at night, because many people do not even have a door, and there are basically no outsiders in each production team.
Even if someone with dirty hands and feet enters the house, he can't steal it.
Even the top of the pair of rocking pants is full of holes, forgive him for not being able to remove that hand.
If you don't pick up things on the road, it means that even the dog poop on the road has been picked up by the early risers.
There is nothing to pick up.
But trucks are expensive, especially the diesel in the fuel tank. I don’t know how many people are thinking about it.
Therefore, in order to prevent people from stealing oil.
Luo Xuan had no choice but to park the car at the passenger station and hand it over to the staff inside to guard him.
Picking up his things, Luo Xuan wandered around and headed for his rented house.
When passing by Fatty Gu's catering service agency, he bought a spicy rabbit head and a fried small fish for Tuo Haili.
Little girl, I'm hungry.
By the way, buy a bag of dried loach for Tuo Shizhan.
Mr. Tuo, besides studying medical skills, he also loves to drink a few sips of wine.
Although Tuo Shizhan had sworn before: quit drinking in the future.
But for a long day, he didn't go out.
In addition, at night, they go out to buy and sell food, or to help the people who are particularly difficult in those days.
the whole process,
Tuo Shizhan was in a state of high tension both mentally and physically. One was afraid of ruining Luo Xuan's good deeds and exposing what Luo Xuan had done.
The other one, Tuo Shizhan and his grandfather and grandson, had to guard against those inspection team members all the time.
Although those inspectors didn't come here on purpose to catch them.
But this kind of thing can't be broken on the spot!
It's like a cat and a mouse meeting by chance in the aisle, even though the cat has no interest in mice.
But it's also embarrassing for each other, isn't it?
To avoid this from happening.
So every night, when Tuo Haili and Tuo Shizhan went out to do errands, their whole nerves were tense.
When they finished all this work and returned to their residence exhausted.
It is difficult to relieve the tension on Tuo Shizhan without taking a few sips
Order the County Auto Transport Service Agency to fully cooperate with Comrade Luo Xuan's work and provide Comrade Luo Xuan with all conveniences.
This paper order was actually created by Bai Yu and Director Zhong behind the scenes.
Since Luo Xuan didn't want to, let too many people know about it.Bai Yu and Director Zhong, they only have food in their eyes now: food, food, food.
As long as anyone can get food, as long as it is not a serious violation of law and discipline.
Director Zhong and Bai Yu were still willing to respect Luo Xuan's wishes and provide Luo Xuan with great cooperation and support.
In fact, Director Zhong's approach is understandable.
As cadres of Rongwei County, Bai Yu and Director Zhong saw that the life of the villagers encountered difficulties and people died every day.
As a responsible and responsible cadre in the county government.How could Bai Yu and Director Zhong not be anxious?
Don't say they are cadres anymore.
Even as an ordinary person, seeing this situation every day, I have an impulse and determination to go all out, even if I try my best, to help the villagers!
This is beyond doubt.
Just like everyone in the future, when you see the raging wildfires, they have threatened the lives and property of people in urban areas.
Who will hide and stand by?
At this time, people will go all out and contribute their meager strength, regardless of their small fortune.
If someone does not believe this, it is because he has not been there personally and experienced it personally.
I believe that by that time, people's ideas will change.
Originally, the relationship between Bai Yu and Luo Xuan was delicate.
But no matter what, Bai Yu still appreciates Luo Xuan's excellent quality of "speaking and doing it".
Therefore,
When Director Zhong, Zhang Wei and the others told Bai Yu that Luo Xuan had already assured him that he would be able to get the food back.
Bai Yu did not discuss with other leading comrades, so without hesitation, he came up with such an order in private, which was specially issued to the county transportation service agency.
With such an order.
Luo Xuan swaggered out of a truck from the County Motor Transport Service Agency.
The euphemistic name is: I am here to complete the glorious task entrusted to me by the county government!
As for the specific content of this mission, Luo Xuan did not say.Director Peng of the transportation service agency, he didn't dare to ask.
Driving the truck, Luo Xuan first went to the warehouse of the County Materials Bureau and pulled out 1000 sacks.
As for the payment for the goods, let the Materials Bureau go to the Planning Commission to settle the calculation.
It is impossible for him to pay him a sack of money after paying such a large amount of money for food.
No matter how big the radish is, it can't withstand so many peelings, can it?
Luo Xuan considered that in about a year, the official registration of "industrial vouchers" would be implemented.
So he drove the car again, went to the department store, and scanned a small half of the goods.
Luo Xuan doesn't dislike anything like bicycles, enamel basins, soaps, and shampoos.
Even a spittoon is an industrial product.
Luo Xuan bought these things out of his own pocket.
Our public is public, private is private.
You have to take advantage of what you should take advantage of, but you have to pay for yourself if you should pay for it yourself.
Although in his own hands, with the instructions of the planning committee, even if it is to take these things away for nothing.
In the end, the department store will also notify the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and then they will take the purchase details and go to the planning committee to discuss how to pay.
Buy bicycles, soap, soap, towels.Luo Xuan paid for the enamel pots himself.
But considering the cloth tickets on hand, it is really too little.
So when Luo Xuan wandered to the cloth counter, he could only pay for the goods.
As for the distribution of tickets, they had no choice but to take out the approval slip from the planning committee and show it to the director of the department store.
It means that he needs to get a cloth ticket, and when he goes to balance the account, he takes the purchase detail receipt with his signature.
Talk to the planning committee to go!
There are 100 ways for the planning committee to get this little thing done
What a joke!
For them, the Planning Commission, which is in charge of the use of materials and the distribution of power for tens of thousands of people in the county, is a matter of concern.
Simply, not even a wheat mosquito.
After Luo Xuan communicated with the director of the department store, they began to carry out the crazy shopping mode.
Combed cotton produced by Shanghai National Cotton No. [-] Factory?
Come up to 10 feet.
The new flower cloth of Beijing State-owned No. [-] Textile Factory?
Come 10 zhang.
After buying all the way like this, Luo Xuan made a rough estimate: In this short hour, he had already spent more than 1 yuan.
Money is no problem.
The problem is that the space is so big, if too many things are put in, it will more or less affect the space and the area for planting crops.
Food is so expensive now.
Being able to grow 10 jin or 20 jin of grain may mean that a life can be saved!
Moreover, Luo Xuan also considered that if he bought too many things, Director Zhong would eventually dislike him.
Although in the end, he saw the credit for bringing back the life-saving food to the whole truckload.
Director Zhong would pinch his nose and admit it.
It can be seen that Director Zhong is well-informed and has a deep understanding of people's hearts and human nature.
He will tolerate a little bit of petty behavior from himself, as long as he is not too greedy.
It is a person's nature to engage in small actions appropriately and take advantage of them.
Doing so will make you appear to be living a real life.
Director Zhong will finally smile knowingly at this, and then scold him with a smile: You little slicker!
But if you are too greedy, the nature will be completely different.Doing that will only arouse Director Zhong's anger: Who are these people!
Once you have the power, you will execute the order?
Pulling the tiger's skin to make a big banner?
It's really unsatisfactory!
A greedy person, his future is limited after all.
I know how to stop when enough is enough, and everything has to be grasped to a degree, after buying a small half of the car.
Finally satisfied, he asked the male employees of the department store to help him carry all these goods into the car.
Pack all the goods.
Finally, there were enthusiastic department store employees who took the initiative to climb into the car and helped Luo Xuan cover the tarpaulin tightly.
In their eyes, any item on the truck is very precious.
Like these supply and marketing cooperative employees who have just started working, their monthly salary is only 20 yuan and 5 cents, and 22 yuan.
People in this period are extremely disgusted with wasting things, and even hate that kind of wasteful behavior.
Therefore,
Even if Luo Xuan didn't pass them a cigarette, he didn't give them a penny of wages.
The male employees of these department stores really consciously and proactively came to help Luo Xuan and covered the tarpaulin tightly.
I'm afraid that it will rain or something on the way, which will damage the goods in the car.
Driving the car and pulling half a load of goods, Luo Xuan headed for the Red Star Commune at a fast speed.
Because I need to dump the goods on the car into the space, I meet those people who are beckoning and need a ride on the road.
Luo Xuan refused all of them, not daring to pull them into his car.
Wait for the car and drive to the outside of the street of Hongxing Commune, a few miles away.
That is to say, from the main road to the fork of the small road that turned to Xiaolaojun, Luo Xuan turned the steering wheel.
Pulled the car into that lane.
The front end of the road leading to Xiao Laojun's production team is relatively open, but the road will become narrower and narrower at the back.
Eventually it turned into a narrow path.
Park the car.
Luo Xuan climbed into the carriage, then stood on the roof of the driver's cab, raised his eyes and looked around for a while.
The noon sun was scorching hot on people.
The surrounding area was very quiet, except for the chirping of cicadas, which made people feel irritable.
A while ago,
At least in the entire territory of Rongwei County, there was a raging locust plague first, followed by the 12-year-old cicadas, which broke out in a concentrated manner.
Although this time, the masses of the county have done a very good job of eliminating insects and reducing disasters.As a result, it has become a model area for locust eradication and disaster reduction in the entire Bashu Province.
But even so,
The number of cicadas this year is still much higher than in previous years.
These majestic cicadas themselves are not too harmful to the crops.
But I can't stand its annoying sound!
Especially this year, the number of Maemis is huge. When they play an ensemble, it is really annoying!
The adults are upset.
The kids were so happy!Because the Zhengxing Brigade has now transformed into a professional breeding production team.
The whole body of these annoying Maemis is also high in protein.
Therefore, the Zhengxing Brigade is buying a large number of cicadas to grind them into powder.Ultimately, it is used as a source of protein for livestock.
Catching cicadas can be exchanged for pocket money.
These energetic little kids who were so happy, chopped bamboo poles one after another, made a circle with leaves on it, and then went to get some spider webs on it.
As a tool for catching cicadas.
The reason why Luo Xuan stood on the roof of the car and took a closer look was because he was worried that there might be those cicada-catching little kids hidden in the woods.
After watching for a long time,
Seeing that there was no movement around, Luo Xuan felt relieved.
Because a car is such a rare and precious thing, since it is here, if there are those children in the woods.
Curious by nature, they will definitely get out and watch for a while.
Luo Xuan untied the tarpaulin covering the carriage, lowered his head and got in.
Then he raised his mind and threw all the things in the carriage into his own space for preservation.
Only a set of 'Pechoin' face cream, a bottle of 'Bee Flower' hair conditioner, 'Seagull' shampoo, and some toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, soap and the like were left.
These things are gifts from myself to Takumi.
She has been envious of Du Juan, and Chen Xiaoduan and the others, who have owned these cosmetics and shampoo for a long time.
In fact, after Tuo Shizhan sold his ancestral house, it's not that Tuo Haili and his grandson didn't have money.
It's just that the two grandparents kept Luo Xuan's instructions in mind, and they usually didn't show up on the street at all.
therefore,
Takumi, who always comes out at night, doesn't have decent shampoo and face cream on hand.
If she didn't buy these things herself and gave them to Takumi, she could only rely on the old methods to "follow" other people's things.
only,
Now Takumi has transformed into a heroine of justice who rescues people from difficulties.
Now, whoever dares to mention half a word of stealing in front of her, be careful that Takumi will fight him desperately!
Put things away.
Carefully fold up the tarpaulin and bundle it into the sack in the carriage.
During this period, this kind of asphalt extracted from rubber and petroleum was fused into a rainproof tarpaulin.
It is the same as the expensive raincoats sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives: the quality is not good.
If they cannot withstand the wind and sun for a long time, this kind of tarpaulin and raincoat will crack everywhere.
Like weathered, or aged rubber.
Expensive and not durable.
So Luo Xuan didn't dare to let the rainproof tarpaulin be put on the carriage so casually.
Doing so will greatly reduce its service life.
——Public money is also money!
After the matter was settled, Luo Xuan drove into the passenger station of the Red Star Commune, and parked the truck in the dirt yard of the passenger station.
And tell the staff at the passenger station to keep the car under guard.
In this period,
The door is not closed at night, because many people do not even have a door, and there are basically no outsiders in each production team.
Even if someone with dirty hands and feet enters the house, he can't steal it.
Even the top of the pair of rocking pants is full of holes, forgive him for not being able to remove that hand.
If you don't pick up things on the road, it means that even the dog poop on the road has been picked up by the early risers.
There is nothing to pick up.
But trucks are expensive, especially the diesel in the fuel tank. I don’t know how many people are thinking about it.
Therefore, in order to prevent people from stealing oil.
Luo Xuan had no choice but to park the car at the passenger station and hand it over to the staff inside to guard him.
Picking up his things, Luo Xuan wandered around and headed for his rented house.
When passing by Fatty Gu's catering service agency, he bought a spicy rabbit head and a fried small fish for Tuo Haili.
Little girl, I'm hungry.
By the way, buy a bag of dried loach for Tuo Shizhan.
Mr. Tuo, besides studying medical skills, he also loves to drink a few sips of wine.
Although Tuo Shizhan had sworn before: quit drinking in the future.
But for a long day, he didn't go out.
In addition, at night, they go out to buy and sell food, or to help the people who are particularly difficult in those days.
the whole process,
Tuo Shizhan was in a state of high tension both mentally and physically. One was afraid of ruining Luo Xuan's good deeds and exposing what Luo Xuan had done.
The other one, Tuo Shizhan and his grandfather and grandson, had to guard against those inspection team members all the time.
Although those inspectors didn't come here on purpose to catch them.
But this kind of thing can't be broken on the spot!
It's like a cat and a mouse meeting by chance in the aisle, even though the cat has no interest in mice.
But it's also embarrassing for each other, isn't it?
To avoid this from happening.
So every night, when Tuo Haili and Tuo Shizhan went out to do errands, their whole nerves were tense.
When they finished all this work and returned to their residence exhausted.
It is difficult to relieve the tension on Tuo Shizhan without taking a few sips
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