Recruiting disciples in the Siheyuan will make you stronger

In the back room of Zhou Ping'an's house.

Lou Xiao'e is very skillful in her movements and does her work very neatly.

Although Lou Xiao'e's family is very well off, and her father is Lou Bancheng, a famous rich man, although Lou Xiao'e doesn't know much about housework, she can still do some house cleaning work well.

Of course, this is also because Lou Xiao'e is willing to learn. Otherwise, depending on their family's situation, Lou Xiao'e can become a rich lady.

After about ten minutes, Lou Xiao'e had tidied up the house, and it didn't look like it was still messy before.

Speaking of which, Zhou Pingan had no habit of folding quilts and tidying up the house in his previous life. Therefore, even if Lou Xiao'e came to see him today, Zhou Pingan had forgotten that the quilts on his bed were not folded.

After cleaning up the house, Lou Xiao'e folded the quilt naturally.

After figuring it out, Lou Xiao'e originally planned to go and see Zhou Pingan cooking, but thinking about Zhou Pingan's words, she simply didn't go out. Instead, she turned around and sat on the stool where Zhou Pingan was reading, picked up Zhou Pingan's things and slowly looked up.

Time is moving slowly, and it's eleven fifty.

"Xiao'e, come to eat." Zhou Ping'an shouted to Lou Xiao'e from outside.

Lou Xiao'e heard Zhou Ping'an's greeting and said, "Hey, here we come."

After Lou Xiao'e responded, she put down her things and came to the kitchen.

Zhou Ping'an's house has two rooms, but one of them was partitioned off by his parents. The one without partitions was used as a bedroom, the other one was used as the kitchen, and the one inside was used as a utility room.

When Lou Xiao'e came to the kitchen, she saw four dishes and one soup on the table, as well as the white flour steamed buns.

I couldn't help but blurt out: "It's so rich, is this the Chinese New Year?"

"You're here just to celebrate the New Year."

Zhou Ping'an responded, and then said: "Sit down quickly and try my handiwork.

Although I can’t say that it’s on par with top chefs, I think it should be pretty good. "

"It's definitely good, it smells good.

By the way, you haven't said what the names of these two are. "

Lou Xiao'e first praised, then pointed to the two dishes on the table and asked.

Zhou Ping'an pointed to a fried golden dish with a few green onions on it and said, "This is pot-roasted pork. It tastes sour and sweet. I think you will like it."

Then he pointed to the plate of corn kernels and said, "This is pine nut corn. It is very soft and glutinous. You can try it later."

"Ah."

After Lou Xiao'e listened to Zhou Pingan's introduction, and then smelled the slow fragrance, her stomach growled twice, and she hurriedly said: "Let's eat quickly, smelling this fragrance, my stomach But he was already screaming."

Zhou Ping'an smiled and handed Lou Xiao'e a pair of chopsticks and a spoon, and then said: "Hurry up, otherwise it will get cold and it won't taste good by then."

As Zhou Pingan finished speaking, he picked up a chopstick.

Then there was a scene on the table, with spoons and chopsticks flying together, and mushrooms sharing a bowl of vermicelli.

The two of them didn't talk much while eating. Zhou Ping'an didn't eat because he got up in the morning, while Lou Xiao'e didn't eat because the food was delicious.

You know, although Lou Xiao'e's family has a chef, he mostly cooks lighter meals. Therefore, although Lou Xiao'e feels that the food he eats is good, there is nothing he likes too much.

But Northeastern cuisine is different.

Northeastern cuisine is characterized by multiple flavors, distinct salty and sweet dishes, a wide range of ingredients, sufficient heat, rich flavor, fresh color, and crispy texture. The cooking methods include stir-frying, stir-frying, grilling, steaming, stewing, deep-frying, and braised.

Northeastern cuisine pays attention to eating generously, satisfyingly, and brightly colored. It uses onions, ginger, garlic, etc. to enhance the flavor and soy sauce to enhance the color.

It is precisely because of this that Lou Xiao'e, who is used to eating light flavors, is very happy to eat.

With the existence of the system, Zhou Ping'an is equivalent to possessing all the culinary heritage in the world. Although the level is lower, he knows a lot.

Sichuan cuisine is famous for its wide range of ingredients, varied seasonings, diverse dishes, fresh taste, and emphasis on richness. It is famous for its good use of spicy seasonings. It is also famous for its unique cooking methods and strong local flavor, integrating the characteristics of the southeast and northwest. .

It's just that Zhou Ping'an was afraid that Lou Xiao'e wouldn't be used to the spicy Sichuan cuisine, and he thought of the twice-cooked pork cooked by his mother in his previous life, so he came up with Northeastern cuisine this time.

Half an hour later, both of them collapsed on the stool.

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

Naturally, there were leftovers on the table.

Of course, with four dishes and one soup, although the two of them ate very vigorously, they were both people who were not short of oil and water, so naturally they couldn't eat much.

However, the pot-wrapped pork, as well as the pine nuts and corn, were all eaten clean by the two of them.

After resting for a while, the two of them got up to clean up the mess.

The movements are harmonious and tacit.

After cleaning up the house, Lou Xiao'e and Zhou Pingan rested for a while, and then Zhou Pingan launched his bicycle and prepared to take Lou Xiao'e towards the department store.

Walking and stopping along the way, Zhou Ping'an spent more than half of his time disappearing before he reached the door of the department store.

Zhou Ping'an turned his attention to the department store, and the history of the department store came to mind.

After the founding of the new country, the first large-scale department store and retail store built in Forty-Nine City was known as the "Number One Store in the Country."

In this era, department stores have unique treatment: "The whole country supports the capital, and the capital gives priority to buildings."

At that time, the department store was the only retail enterprise in Sijiu City that had the right to purchase goods nationwide and enjoyed the treatment of secondary wholesale stations. It could directly purchase goods at preferential prices from first-level wholesale stations in major cities such as TJ, SH, and GZ.

Because of this, there was a popular saying in Sijiucheng at that time: "Don't go anywhere if you can't buy it in department stores."

Zhou Ping'an looked at the department store in front of him, which covered a huge area and was crowded with people. He raised his legs and led Lou Xiao'e towards the door.

As soon as Zhou Ping'an walked into the department store, he was instantly shocked by the crowd in the department store.

You know, although Zhou Pingan had seen many big scenes in his previous life, he only saw the Spring Festival travel scenes during the Chinese New Year, which could be similar to the current situation.

Zhou Pingan looked at so many people and couldn't help but want to quit and play somewhere else for a while.

But just when he turned around and was about to tell Lou Xiao'e to leave, he found that he couldn't get out. There were too many people, and it was obviously very difficult to go against the current.

Simply, Zhou Ping'an took Lou Xiao'e into the department store with the flow of people.

Zhou Ping'an came to the department store not for anything else, but to take a stroll and see if there was anything suitable to buy.The most important thing is to go shopping with Lou Xiao'e.

Not long after leaving, Zhou Pingan and Lou Xiaoe came to the candy counter. Zhou Pingan saw a man, wearing a department store uniform, standing energetically in front of the counter, giving the customers neatly. Grabbing candy.

Zhou Pingan looked at this man and recognized his identity at a glance. Zhang Binggui was known as the ninth scene in the Four-Nine City and was also a model worker.

Seeing this person, Zhou Pingan's deeds also came to mind. In the second half of 1959, according to work needs, Zhang Binggui was transferred from the pastry counter to the candy counter.

The department store was the largest commercial center in the country at the time, with a large flow of customers and a relative lack of supplies. Customers usually had to queue up in long lines.

Zhang Binggui made up his mind to practice his sales skills and mental arithmetic, and developed the amazing skills of "getting it right in one shot" and "clearing it in one bite".

The so-called "accurate" means that Zhang Binggui can grasp the exact weight with one hand. If a customer asks for half a catty, he can grab 5 taels with one hand;
"One mouthful" is a very magical speed of settling accounts.

When customers buy several kinds or even ten or twenty kinds of candies, he can weigh the candies and use mental arithmetic to calculate them. Often, as soon as the customer says how much they want to buy, he will quote the amount of money they should pay at the same time.

Later, he invented the working method of "ask one, ask two, contact three", that is, when receiving a customer, he would ask the second customer what he wanted to buy, and at the same time greet the third customer and be prepared.

By constantly exploring the six steps of asking, taking, weighing, bagging, counting and collecting, the time to receive a customer has been reduced from three to four minutes to one minute.

Not only are they skilled in skills, but they also pay attention to appearance and insist on getting haircuts every week, shaving, changing shirts, and shining shoes every day.

Zhou Ping'an was thinking about this person's deeds, and then turned to Lou Xiao'e and said: "Xiao'e, how are you, do you want to buy some candy?"

When Lou Xiao'e heard Zhou Pingan's question, she lowered her head and thought for a moment, then nodded.

After Zhou Ping'an saw Lou Xiao'e agree, he took Lou Xiao'e and started lining up behind the crowd.

The speed was very fast, and Zhou Ping'an was queued up in less than 10 minutes.

Zhou Ping'an didn't buy any more candies. He just took out a few candy coupons and bought two kilograms of White Rabbit toffees.

The advertisement for this White Rabbit toffee is that seven White Rabbit toffee equals one cup of milk.

In this era, there is no interest in cheating. Since it is said that seven White Rabbit toffees are equal to a cup of milk, it is really comparable. In addition, there is no "technology or hard work", Zhou Ping'an can also eat it when he feels that he is fine. Go up one or two.

After walking out of the candy counter, Zhou Pingan took Lou Xiao'e to the place where clothes were sold.

People of this era were accustomed to buying cloth and making it themselves.

Zhou Pingan does not have such tailoring skills, so Zhou Pingan is still planning to buy ready-made clothes.

What's more, Zhou Ping'an also wanted to buy some clothes for Lou Xiao'e.

After all, we are here to go shopping, so why not buy something for the girl?

Zhou Pingan and Lou Xiao'e had just walked into the clothes counter. The usually indifferent salesperson greeted Zhou Pingan and Lou Xiao'e enthusiastically.

Men's clothes in this era were mostly in four colors: black, white, blue, and gray, and the styles were very simple, without any variety like those of later generations.

Women's clothing styles were also very few, not as bizarre as those of later generations, and the colors were not as diverse as men's clothing.

After the two of them nodded to the salesperson, Lou Xiao'e glanced at Zhou Ping'an, then pointed at a gray tunic suit and said, "Are you going to try this one on?"

After hearing Lou Xiao'e's words, Zhou Ping'an didn't refute, and directly said to the salesperson: "Excuse me, can I try on that dress?"

The salesperson glanced at the dress, then at Zhou Ping'an and Lou Xiao'e and said, "Okay, wait."

After saying that, he took it off and handed the clothes to Lou Xiao'e.

In this day and age, very few people try on clothes.

Just remember the size and buy directly.

As for saying it’s not appropriate, if it’s not appropriate then just change it at home.

As for returns.

It's simply not possible.

Even if the seller asks you to return the product, few people will do so.

There is no way, supplies are scarce, and if you have money and tickets, you have to be able to buy them.

Therefore, few people return the goods.

Lou Xiao'e stretched out her hand and put the Zhongshan suit on Zhou Ping'an, and said, "Try it!"

After Zhou Pingan heard this, he took it in his hand and looked at the salesperson, wanting to ask if there was a fitting room.

But when Zhou Pingan turned around and looked over, the salesperson had already gone to receive other people.

In desperation, Zhou Ping'an didn't bother to go to the fitting room, but changed into his tunic suit directly in the store.

Of course, I just wore a coat, but didn't change into any pants.

Zhou Ping'an is good-looking, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Although he is not particularly senior, he is still 1.7 meters tall. Coupled with the body tempering potion given by the system, his figure is a perfect clothes hanger.

Therefore, when Zhou Pingan raised his head after changing his clothes, everyone in the clothing store was slightly startled.

There is a saying that people rely on clothes, and Buddha relies on gold.

Zhou Pingan's clothes have been passed down for several years, so I can only say that they look pleasing to the eye, but just by changing clothes, there is such a big difference.

Zhou Ping'an saw that Lou Xiao'e didn't speak after seeing him. He lowered his head and looked around in confusion, and then turned to Lou Xiao'e and asked: "Xiao'e, what's wrong?
Or is there something wrong with the clothes? "

Lou Xiao'e finally came to her senses and said hurriedly: "It's okay, you look good in your clothes."

"Oh, as long as it looks good, I thought this dress wouldn't look good on me." Zhou Pingan said.

"No, it looks pretty, but if you wear this dress, your shoes won't work. Let's go, I'll take you to buy a pair of leather shoes."

After Lou Xiao'e finished speaking, she reached out and took Zhou Ping'an to the shop selling shoes.

However, Zhou Ping'an hurriedly moved his hand away, and then said: "Don't worry, I'll buy you one too!"

After finishing the conversation, Zhou Ping'an said to the salesperson: "Hello, comrade, could you please take that red coat?"

After the salesperson glanced at Zhou Pingan again, he reached out and took down a red woolen coat.

Zhou Ping'an took the coat and handed it to Lou Xiao'e! (End of chapter)