Luo Xuan had just returned to the gate of the fenced courtyard of his home, but he hadn't had time to enter.

I was surrounded by men, women and children from the village carrying baskets and bags.

"Luo Xuan, congratulations on your happy move to a new house! It's auspicious!"

These words,

These are common blessings that have been used in rural areas for who knows how many years and how many generations.

This has nothing to do with the academic qualifications of the person speaking.

Everyone can memorize it.

"Oh, Luo Xuan, why did you come back just now! Congratulations, congratulations on the four seasons of good fortune and the eight good times on your new home."

In the production team, there are people with a little bit of culture.

Their blessing words were: "The east wind sends love, I am happy to move to a new home, my virtue shines on my neighbors, my talents are known in all directions! Congratulations, congratulations!"

My new house has been completed.

Originally, in the plan, the construction progress of this house would not be so fast.

But Uncle Zhang and Uncle Ding, considering that in a while, the production team will start to get busy again: everyone will be busy breaking corn and digging sweet potatoes every day.

Next, we need to sow soybeans and plant winter wheat.

When the members have a little more free time, the production team will organize manpower to make starch for everyone and make some sweet potato vermicelli so that they can be distributed to everyone as a benefit.

Some strong laborers will also be deployed to Hongxing Township to level the streets.

By the time all these tasks are done, it’s time for the rainy season again.

When it starts raining, there will be no end to it, and the whole person may be trapped and moldy.

therefore,

Uncle Zhang and Uncle Ding gathered more manpower and worked overtime to complete Luo Xuan's house ahead of schedule.

When I just returned to the brigade headquarters, some sharp-eyed members saw Luo Xuan's figure and quickly ran back to the 6th production team to spread the news.

so,

Only then did all the men, women, and children from the production team come over to congratulate him.

I saw Ou Qiniang carrying a basket with 3 or 4 kilograms of soybeans in a small cloth bag to give to Luo Xuan as a gift.

Fourth Po Li brought an old hen.

Sister-in-law Yang gave Luo Xuan a can of canned fruit that had expired for who knows how many years and poured countless hands of canned fruit.

This time, the heaviest gift I received was half a pound of sugar given to me by my third sister-in-law.

However, judging from the deep wear marks and sweat stains on the cardboard packaging outside the sugar, this half a pound of sugar has probably been poured into at least three hands...

no way,

Everyone is poor, and if anyone receives a small gift that they can use, everyone is reluctant to eat it.

Instead, they save it and wait to give it away again later.

At least, this can save some money, right?

It’s not uncommon for various gifts to be tossed around like this, and finally return to the hands of the person who first sent them intact.

This is a gift for Luo Xuan.

Cheaper ones include soybeans, stinky tofu, and homemade tempeh.

Those who can breathe include chickens, ducks...but no geese.

A goose is too big and valuable, and the members are reluctant to part with it.

The most precious gift is a grand master's chair that I received from an old landlord's family at an unknown time;

There is also a 90% wooden toilet.

Carved and painted, it looks antique and looks like an old item.

I don’t know if it was carried out by a wealthy family in the old society...

It was washed quite clean.

According to Uncle Wang who gave the gift, since the wooden toilet was given to his family, it has been used to hold grains such as broad beans and soybeans...

Uncle Wang patted his chest and assured: This toilet is clean!

When people come to deliver weddings, they are always welcome, always with a smile on their face, and accept all the miscellaneous things.

When a dog walks around a house, people gather wealth.

If a person is popular in the production team and others are willing to come and congratulate you, that is always a good thing.

It's better than Uncle Zhou getting married for the second time and not having any real guests present to bless him, right?

You guys have to be so enthusiastic to give gifts to Luo Xuan today.

Seeing such a grand occasion,

Ji Xuyuan stood leaning against the door, stroking his beard and laughing: "What a boy! He has worked so hard!"

Others see it in a confused way, and they give gifts in a confused way.

But Ji Xuyuan is like a human spirit, how can he not understand?

A small number of them, like Uncle Ding, Uncle Zhang, and Peng Zhikun, are truly happy for Luo Xuan and are sincerely happy for him.

After all, Luo Xuan built the first red brick house in the village as soon as he independently supported the portal.

What a grandeur this is!

What a long face!

As for most of the other folks who came to give gifts, their thoughts and starting points may be a bit complicated.

But there is one thing that Ji Xuyuan is sure of: in their hearts, they have begun to respect and fear that boy Luo Xuan!

The reason why he is afraid of Luo Xuan is not only because there are so many strong men who look like idiots in the sand quarry.

Everyone knows that building a good relationship with Luo Xuan may not bring much benefit.

But if you offend Luo Xuan... they will start a fight, someone!

Luo Xuan can come over at any time, a bunch of big and fat guys.

——I can’t afford to offend you!

Most of the members were honest and honest, but from Uncle Zhou's unfortunate incident, they also had a premonition that Luo Xuan would be ruthless and terrifying.

——Not to be messed with!

Don’t say anything else,

Just for the current consignment store in the production team, the members have to have a good relationship with Luo Xuan.

Everyone now has a vague feeling that there is Ji Xuyuan's hand behind the agency store, but everyone is not sure.

But everyone is sure: there must be a shadow of Luo Xuan in it.

after all,

Judging from Dai Hongmei's level, it is impossible for her to be willing to spend money to hire someone to help look after the store.

It will not suddenly change the business model and engage in this kind of transaction that is "storage" on the surface but is actually "barter" secretly.

Dai Hongmei doesn't have that kind of brain...at least at the moment, it's impossible for her to have that kind of business acumen.

It is just a small agency store, and it is not enough to attract the special attention and attention of the members.

If you don't buy things at the consignment store in the production team, you can still go to the supply and marketing cooperative on the street to buy things during the market day!

It really doesn’t work,

The worst thing is that if you work harder and travel more, you can also go to the agency store in the neighboring village to buy things.

But now the consignment store of Zhengxing Brigade has begun to take shape. The consignment store with Dai Hongmei's name dares to enter the goods that other consignment stores dare not carry.

Other consignment stores dare not do credit, but this consignment store dares to do so.

After Dai Hongmei's consignment store stirred things up, other nearby consignment stores have now entered a vicious cycle: if business is not good, they will not dare to buy too many types of goods, and they will not dare to take too many quantities.

The goods are small and the quantity is small.

When someone has a wedding or funeral, I can’t buy everything I want, let alone a sufficient quantity.

As time goes by, no one is willing to go to those stores to buy things...

However, the business of these consignment stores is not good, and the profits they can earn are pitiful.

Without profit, the person in charge of the consignment store will be even more afraid to purchase goods, and even more afraid to go out on credit...

In fact, this is similar to the "super hypermarket" of later generations.

Add in the form of a "barter farmer's market" to compete with those mom-and-pop convenience stores.
To be continued...