Chapter 45

Lin Zhao's expression was surprised, "So fast!"

She usually has a light expression, but is bright and moving, and when she smiles, it is even more brilliant like the warm sun and bright clouds.

The male comrade's heart jumped wildly.

Hurriedly looked away, scolding himself in his heart.

Stop jumping, Comrade Lin's oldest child can already go buy soy sauce, calm down, being a third party is shameful.

This psychological construction was still useful, the male comrade stabilized his mind and reminded: "Comrade Lin, remember to go register for a license and pay taxes."

"I know, thank you." Lin Zhao smiled and thanked him.

"No need to thank, it's all as it should be." Thinking that it is still working hours, Comrade Lin should not have time to pick up the car, the male comrade from the procurement department said properly: "After work, come find me, I'll give you the car, I'm here anytime."

"Thank you." Lin Zhao had no candy in her hand, couldn't thank this enthusiastic comrade, and planned to thank him again tomorrow.

Said a word to her colleague, and walked back to the counter with light steps.

A bicycle is a popular big item, tickets are hard to find, and the price is expensive, whoever buys one will be happy for several days.

Lin Zhao's mood was also good, the smile on the corners of her mouth didn't fade for a long time.

Treating customers with an increasingly good attitude, with a smile on her face, speaking softly, making customers who were used to the white eyes of salespeople pleasantly surprised.

The door curtain was suddenly lifted, and an old man with a hunched back and ragged clothes came in.

The old man's palms, rough as tree bark, gripped an old bamboo basket tightly, sweat beads flowed down his face full of gullies, and he shrank at the threshold, not daring to step forward.

Liu Chunhong was not in a good mood, didn't like anything she saw, and seeing a dirty and smelly old man standing at the door, she opened her mouth to scold.

"What are you doing? If you have nothing to do, get out quickly! Standing at the door is stinking to death, how can we entertain customers like this."

In fact, near the end of work, basically no one came. She was scolding, just finding a punching bag.

Li Fen felt that her words were ugly, frowned, pointed to the slogan on the wall, and said straightly:

"There is such a big 'No scolding customers' on the wall, are you blind or illiterate?"

Suffered a big loss at noon, and forgot it completely in the afternoon!

Stupid thing.

Liu Chunhong threw the towel she used to wipe sweat onto the counter and said with great anger: "Who did I hit or scold? We have worked together for several years, I don't want to argue with you, and you don't look for trouble with me."

"I'm looking for trouble with you?" Li Fen laughed angrily, "Why don't we call the director over to judge."

Liu Chunhong was so angry she couldn't stand it. "Judge then judge, am I afraid of you!"

The two argued endlessly.

Wang Ju shrank her neck, moved with small steps, and hid behind Lin Zhao.

"..."

Lin Zhao saw this scene and suddenly remembered that sentence in the original book—the world is a huge grass-stage troupe.

The more she pondered, the more she felt it made sense.

Over there, the old man shook his hands, wanting to retreat, but looking at the eggs carefully protected by wheat straw in the bamboo basket, he couldn't move his feet after all.

It wasn't easy for him to come to the county once, if he couldn't sell these eggs today, he would have to come tomorrow. It's hot, the eggs can't be kept, they will stink.

At this time, a clear voice sounded.

"Old man, come over here."

The old man's turbid eyes appeared bright, and he walked over.

Before he could speak, he heard the little salesperson say: "Old man, what do you want to buy?"

The old man's hand holding the bamboo basket tightened slightly, mud that couldn't be washed off was embedded in his fingernails, and the cracks on his knuckles were gaping.

"Little comrade, I'm not buying anything, I'm here to sell eggs, the supply and marketing cooperative is collecting, right?" He asked nervously with a local accent.

"Collecting, I have to check the goods." Lin Zhao's attitude was kind.

She is a child from the countryside, naturally she wouldn't look down on the hardworking and simple working people.

The old man felt relieved, took off a small piece of broken cloth, wiped the bottom of the bamboo basket, and then put the basket on the counter, "Little comrade, they are all fresh, there isn't a single bad egg, my old woman wiped them one by one with warm water, there isn't even a bit of chicken poop."

Afraid that the salesperson wouldn't collect them, his eyes carried fawning and humbleness, as if he was begging someone in a low voice.

Clearly he was exchanging sweat for money.

Lin Zhao's throat felt sour.

This generation is really bitter, having experienced war and famine, working very hard, nothing more than for two words: living.

Admirable, and also heartbreaking.

"It's very clean, the size is also big, six cents an egg, do you think the price is okay?" Lin Zhao knew the collection standards of the supply and marketing cooperative well and quickly gave a quote.

Six cents?

The old man rubbed his hands excitedly.

Da Wa had come to sell them before, and they were all four cents, and only five cents if lucky, never sold for a high price of six cents.

"Okay, okay." He nodded happily.

Afraid that Lin Zhao wasn't clear about the situation and had set the price too high, the old man added: "Girl, my Da Wa often comes to sell eggs, the previous collection price was four cents, five cents, did you remember wrong?"

While speaking, he secretly glanced at Liu Chunhong.

His eldest son said, the one who collects eggs is the roundest salesperson, it should be the one as fierce as a goose.

Lin Zhao captured this glance the old man gave Liu Chunhong, had a guess in her heart, and her impression of Liu Chunhong fell to the bottom.

Even greedy for the money of the working people, heartless!

"Didn't remember wrong." Lin Zhao said, recording the collection situation.

"Old man, six cents an egg, you have twenty eggs here, a total of one yuan and twenty cents."

She pointed to the bottom right corner of the collection form, "If there is no problem, sign on this form, if you can't sign, pressing a fingerprint is also fine."

The old man pressed his fingerprint without hesitation.

This girl, he trusts.

Lin Zhao was stunned for a moment, and a strange emotion surged in her heart.

She used to just feel that being a salesperson was decent and easy, but at this moment, being looked at so trustingly by the old man, she realized that she also carried a heavy entrustment.

Took one yuan and twenty cents from the money box and gave it to the old man.

The old man laughed, revealing gums that had lost a few teeth.

"Thank you, thank you, girl." He thanked her repeatedly, even bowed to Lin Zhao, and wrapped the money in a handkerchief layer by layer, and left the supply and marketing cooperative.

Exchanged for a few more cents, in the future, let Da Wa come to this most watery girl to sell eggs.

Liu Chunhong saw Lin Zhao intervene and snatch away her exclusive good deed, her eyes bulging like a frog.

"Lin Zhao, don't touch what you shouldn't touch, be careful of chicken flying and egg breaking." She warned coldly.

Lin Zhao's gaze was confused, as if she didn't understand, and she countered unhurriedly: "In the supply and marketing cooperative, only Comrade Liu can do the work of collecting eggs?"

Without waiting for Liu Chunhong to answer, she turned to look at Li Fen, "Sister Fen, is that so?"

She patted her forehead in annoyance and said shamefully: "Director Jiang didn't say, and I didn't ask, it's my fault, I'll go ask after work, so as not to step on other iron plates."

Li Fen stifled her laughter.

Sweeping her peripheral vision to Liu Chunhong's dark face, she was almost laughing crazy.

Beautifully done!

"Never heard of it." She threw out the boomerang of fate, hitting Liu Chunhong right between the eyebrows.

"Sister Liu, where did you hear that? I've been in the supply and marketing cooperative for five years, how come I've never known, did I miss any important documents?"

Ignoring Liu Chunhong's increasingly black face, Li Fen smiled nuclear-kindly, "Look at my memory, it's getting worse and worse, it seems I have to flip through the various documents of our supply and marketing cooperative, so as not to make such low-level mistakes in the future."

Liu Chunhong knew the truth about the egg matter, this matter dared not see the light, once it saw the light, she would lose her job.

Her heart was panicked to death, Liu Chunhong didn't show it at all on the surface, only said: "No documents, I have been collecting eggs since I first came in, for so many years, I'm used to it."

She added with an indifferent face, "If you want to collect, then collect."

As if she didn't care at all about handing over the job of collecting eggs.

In fact, Liu Chunhong cared to death.

Her heart was dripping blood.

For so many years, she relied solely on collecting eggs to take kickbacks, and had embezzled at least over a thousand.

Suddenly losing this income, for her, how could it not hurt?

Because of this, Liu Chunhong completely hated Lin Zhao.

Since this country girl entered the supply and marketing cooperative, her decency had been stepped on the ground, she was really angry to death.

"Clang clang clang——!!"

The bell for the end of work rang.

Liu Chunhong packed her things and left, her back even carrying anger.

The old employee who had a good relationship with her smiled at Lin Zhao and the others, and hurriedly followed.

Once they left, Li Fen laughed out loud.

"Hahahaha, refreshing!!"

She gave Lin Zhao a thumbs up, "Comrade Lin, you are really this."

Wang Ju also looked at Lin Zhao with starry eyes, Comrade Lin is so amazing.

Lin Zhao looked inexplicable.

How is it amazing?

Isn't this basic operation, scold when you should scold, ask when you have doubts, otherwise what are mouths for.

Thinking of the new bicycle, Lin Zhao packed her things nimbly, and then went to find the colleague from the procurement department.

"Comrade Lin, that one outside is yours." The young man pointed outside.

The brand-new Phoenix bicycle was placed in the corner of the wall, it was still a rare women's bicycle, don't be too conspicuous.

"Thank you, really troubled you today." Lin Zhao smiled.

"Comrade Lin is polite."

Daily question, why are all beautiful female comrades married so early.

Lin Zhao went to the public security agency to register for a license and pay taxes.

That's settled.

She pedaled the bicycle home.

Heaven helped, the wind was all favorable, and the time to reach the brigade was shortened by more than half.

Lin Zhao rode the bike into the village, and before she reached the door, she saw Yuan Bao rushing toward her like a little firecracker.

"Aunt Lin, you bought a bicycle!" The child said excitedly.

Wanted to touch the bicycle, but didn't dare.

Lin Zhao's expression was awkward.

This child's crisp "Aunt" made her instantly change from an elegant and professional supply and marketing cooperative salesperson to Cuihua at the village entrance. Honestly, calling her "Auntie" would have allowed her to get two candies for free.

"Yes, bought a bicycle."

Yuan Bao remembered the business, patted his forehead with a slap, and said loudly: "Aunt Lin, the twins' grandma lost a lot of blood, and the twins cried for a long time."

Lin Zhao's eyes instantly lost their smile, gave the child who passed the message a candy, jumped onto the bicycle, and hurriedly rode toward the old house.

Quite a few people were standing at the door of the Gu house.

They were whispering about something.

Seeing Lin Zhao's figure, they spoke one after another.

"Oh ho! Chenghuai's wife, you bought a bicycle?!"

"Gu Da Cai's mother, you're finally back, your mother-in-law suffered a great crime."

"Your two cubs' eyes are swollen from crying, hurry in and take a look."

After listening, Lin Zhao barely learned what had happened.

Pushed the bike through the crowd and walked quickly into the old house gate.

There was no one in the yard, and sounds could vaguely be heard from the main room.

"Gu Da Cai! Ercai!" Lin Zhao parked the bike and shouted loudly.

In the room, Gu Da Cai and Ercai were guarding Gu Mu. The little brothers, who were smiling like little suns in the morning, were now curled up at the edge of the bed like eggplants beaten by frost.

Suddenly, they heard their mother's voice.

The little brothers stood up in unison and ran outside.

"Mom!" Gu Da Cai shouted, plunged into Lin Zhao's arms, tears falling like broken beads, "Mom, Grandma lost a lot of blood."

At noon, Gu Mu had just stepped into the Lu family's kitchen when she was tripped by something under her feet, fell straight forward, hurriedly looked for support, and touched the elm wood stool by the door.

The stool leg shook violently, and the coarse porcelain bowls and dishes stacked on top shattered into fragments with a bang. She fell heavily into the pile of broken porcelain, and quite a few bloody cuts were made on her body, and her clothes were stained red.

Because of this, Gu Mu was sent home by the people helping at the Lu family. When she came back, she was covered in blood, which was seen by Gu Da Cai and the others playing in the yard.

A group of naughty children were scared out of their wits and hadn't recovered until now.

Look, as soon as Gu Da Cai and Ercai saw their mother, they cried out the fear they had been holding back for most of the day.

Lin Zhao hugged the two cubs, patted their shoulders, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, Mom is back, come, take Mom to see your grandma."

The little brothers' eyelashes were wet, they wiped them off casually, sniffed, and took Mom to the main room.

The room was crowded with people, Gu Fu and several sons and daughters-in-law, even Bangbang, Laimei and other children were there.

Gu Mu was lying on the bed, eyes closed, nothing could be seen.

Lin Zhao could only ask: "How is Mom?"

"Nothing." Gu Fu sighed, "The physician said your mother is fine, just lost blood, needs to rest."

Lin Zhao saw that Gu Fu's spirit wasn't very good, didn't ask much, and while he went out to pour water, she found Zhao Liuniang, "Second Sister-in-law, what exactly happened? How did Mom get hurt like this?"

It happened at the Lu family, she found it hard not to think too much.

Lu Baozhen!!

Zhao Liuniang shook her head, "I don't know the specifics either."

She lowered her voice: "Heard from the brigade leader's wife, Mom fell as soon as she stepped into the Lu family kitchen. She accidentally touched a stool, the stool had bowls and dishes on it, the stool fell, the bowls and dishes fell to the ground and became fragments, Mom fell on the fragments of the bowls and dishes."

"When Mom was sent back, she was covered in blood."

Lin Zhao's eyes were cool, and her tone was meaningful: "This is too coincidental."

"Yes, it's quite unlucky, the key is that the person suffers." Zhao Liuniang sighed.

"Did Mom encounter anything strange before she fell?"

Zhao Liuniang didn't understand what she meant.

"Strange things?" She thought about it and shook her head, "Haven't heard."

A hoarse voice came from the bed, "... nothing."

Hearing Gu Mu's voice, Gu Fu rushed to the bed, looking at her worriedly: "How are you?"

"Nothing, just rest and it'll be fine." Gu Mu pulled her pale lips and smiled.

She waved at Lin Zhao and the others again, "I'm fine, you all go back and rest."

Gu Fu also said: "Go, I'll take care of your mother, if there's anything I'll call."

Both heads of the family said so, Lin Zhao and the others left.

Because Gu Mu was injured, the Gu family added a bicycle, which didn't make people feel so happy.

Lin Zhao took the four cubs back to her own home.

Seeing Gu Da Cai and Ercai listless, she settled the twins and went back to the room to organize supplies.

Prepared twenty eggs, two jin of pork, a pack of brown sugar, a can of malted milk, put them into a bamboo basket, and handed them to the two cubs.

"Gu Da Cai, Ercai, send these things to the old house, say they are for Grandma, let her nourish her body."

Before the two sons could speak, Lin Zhao continued without leaving a gap: "With these good things to nourish her body, Grandma will definitely get better quickly. If she still doesn't get better, Mom will take her to the county hospital to see."

Wait for her mother-in-law's health to improve, she must carefully ask if there is anything about Lu Baozhen in this.