Chapter 129 Arctic Ocean Soda Aunt Zhang rolled her eyes. What could happen to him? How could he be like that? When his future son-in-law came to visit, he didn't know where to go, and he wasn't afraid of being laughed at if the news got out. Zhou Yimin put the jar down and continued, "This is tiger bone wine. It was given to me by a great man in my yard." Aunt Zhang understood immediately that this was a gas station for men, especially for those middle-aged men who were powerless. It was said to be particularly effective. She had no choice but to quickly hide it and thank Zhou Yimin. Afterwards, she went to prepare food and left her three daughters to accompany Zhou Yimin. "Brother Yimin, the White Rabbit milk candy you gave me last time was so delicious." Zhang Lu tried to find out in a roundabout way whether Zhou Yimin had brought her any food. How could Zhou Yimin not hear it? He smiled and said, "There are better foods. Wait for me at home." As soon as he went out, Zhang Yan and Zhang Yu told their mother about the matter.
As expected, Zhang Lu was scolded harshly, with people calling her a "stinky girl" and all sorts of insults. She knows how precious tiger bone wine is. I have brought good things to my father-in-law, but you still ask him for food. Is this the way to treat guests? At this time, Zhang Jianshe came to Sun Guowei's home. "Old Sun, come out and move things." Zhang Jianshe shouted proudly. Now that I have food on hand, I can speak louder. "Old Zhang, what's coming?" Seeing Zhang Jianshe riding a tricycle with something behind him, Sun Guowei couldn't help but ask. "Hurry up and move in the supplies that Yimin found for us and divide them among everyone. Pay what you are owed and don't bully the younger generation." Zhang Jianshe would naturally not let his future son-in-law suffer any loss. As soon as these words were spoken, Sun Guowei and several others hurried over and surrounded the tricycle. Seeing that no one else was paying attention outside, he quickly moved the things on the tricycle inside. "Be careful, that frame is made of eggs," Zhang Jianshe reminded. The people who were carrying things immediately slowed down their movements. Wow! Another basket of eggs. Each person can get several kilograms. Rice, flour. There was actually a box of canned food, and it was canned meat. They know very well that most of the canned food produced in the country is exported to earn foreign exchange, and it is really not easy to eat canned food. I guess Lao Zhou’s son must have put in a lot of effort to help them get this box of canned food? Finally, all the things were moved to Sun Guowei's home, and after the door was closed, they began to divide them. "Lao Gu, Lao Liu, Dazhi, Zhenmin and others are not in our hospital, but they are also members of our department, so they should get a share." Sun Guowei said first. "Of course. I'll go get Zhenmin over here." one of them said. Zhenmin was right in front of them, just a few yards away, not far away.
They decided to estimate the value of these things first, and then the people present would pool money to give them to Zhang Jianshe to take back. Knowing that the person providing these things was Lao Zhou's son, as an elder, he felt embarrassed to let the younger generation suffer a loss, so he paid very generous prices. Zhang Jianshe took his share and the money everyone had contributed and went back without staying any longer. After all, Yimin was still at his house! "Lao Zhang, thank Yimin for us." Their wages are okay, but it’s hard to get supplies and the food at home is not very good. But they did not complain, because they knew that the country was in a difficult situation now and people across the country were tightening their belts to make ends meet. People in some places were living even harder than they were. "That's all." Zhang Jianshe waved his hand and left. ... Zhou Yimin turned around, holding a large foam box in his hand, which contained several bottles of Arctic Ocean soda, some popsicles, a watermelon, and a goose. Arctic Ocean soda is very famous in the imperial capital, and there are almost no children who don’t like it. It is a product of the Arctic Ocean Food Company. How popular is this product? Let me put it this way! The queue of cars waiting for goods at the company starts from the Anlelin factory outside Yongdingmen and goes all the way to Shazikou, which is a full two or three hundred meters. Such a magnificent sight can be seen almost every day. Most trucks go directly to the production line to wait for the goods, taking away boxes as they come out. The machines in the factory are running non-stop all day long, but the demand cannot keep up with the supply. In the early days, since there were no equipment such as refrigerators and freezers, convenience stores and cooperatives would usually use a large bucket filled with cold water. Occasionally, merchants would throw one or two pieces of ice into the bucket and put the soda in it to soak. Soda sells very quickly, and customers often buy up a bucket before it even cools down. Whether you are walking on the street or the alley, as long as you see a large block of ice, one meter square and 30 to 50 centimeters thick, placed at the door, you can tell without asking that it is someone selling Arctic Ocean soda. Except for Arctic Ocean soda, all others are products from the store in my mind. "Why are you spoiling that little girl, kid?" Aunt Zhang scolded. Zhou Yimin took one look at the pitiful Zhang Lu and knew that the girl had been badly scolded by her mother. "What does this have to do with Xiaolu? Aunt Zhang, please don't wrongly accuse her. I..." Aunt Zhang interrupted Zhou Yimin and said, "Yimin, you don't have to make excuses for her. I don't know who this girl is, Aunt Zhang." After saying that, he glared at his little daughter again, labeling her as "ignorant" with his eyes. Zhou Yimin smiled, gave Zhang Lu a look that said "I'll try my best", and then opened the foam box. Zhang Lu suddenly screamed and jumped up. She was about to cry the moment before, but the next moment her mouth curled up with joy and she couldn't suppress it at all. "Yeah! It's watermelon and soda." Zhang Yu and Zhang Yan also came over. When Aunt Zhang saw the watermelon and the goose, she couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking: How can you give gifts like this? Taking out just one of them is already very significant. Aunt Zhang slapped her little daughter on the butt and said unhappily, "You are so startled." Zhou Yimin took out the ice cream first. He put something in it to prevent it from getting dirty.
"Come on, everyone, eat this first." What woman can resist ice cream or something like that? Especially in this day and age, some people have never even seen it. "Oh my! It tastes like milk. It's made of milk? It must be so expensive!" Aunt Zhang said in surprise after taking a bite. It's delicious, but a bit expensive. Moreover, this thing should be hard to buy on the market. I don't know how Yimin got it. "I don't know, it was given to me by a friend." Zhou Yimin still used the same old trick. All things of unknown origin were given by "friends". Zhang Yan and others ate it in small bites and felt that it was the most delicious thing they had ever eaten. Zhang Yu wanted to take the watermelon out, but Zhou Yimin advised: "Put it in first. This watermelon has been chilled, so it won't be cold when you take it out." There is crushed ice in the foam box to keep the temperature low. The watermelon had been chilled long ago and then Zhou Yimin put it in his backpack in the store, and the temperature remained unchanged. Zhang Yan looked at Zhou Yimin's profile and felt as if she was eating honey. (End of this chapter)