Era: Start as a buyer

Tea leaves change jobs, but this is not a requirement, it is a matter of taking care of each other. Even if Luo Cheng doesn't want to, he won't not arrange a part-time job for his sister.

In the future, Luo Cheng no longer has to worry about other departments coming to buy his tea for free. He can just sell some directly to the factory and then share some with each department.

Luo Cheng thought for a while and agreed to Section Chief Li's proposal. This job is indeed very good at taking care of his sister, and there is not much time in a day's work. Luo Cheng plans to wait for the handiwork contact in the future era to be contacted, and then do some handiwork for Luo Yan. The income may not be as good as that of regular workers, but it is almost the same.

In this case, it would be easier for Luo Yan to find a partner in the city in the future.

Luo Yan's affairs were finally explained, and Luo Cheng also said hello to Director Sun that he would not come to the factory in the afternoon. I found an excuse and said that I was going to a certain factory to get benefits, and I was going out tomorrow to look for some more food for the factory. Even if there is no meat, it would be nice to get more vegetables.

In the future era, Luo Cheng still has a batch of chili peppers to deal with. The peppers can last for quite a while, but Luo Cheng planned to take people to the river to deal with them, so he went to the town commune early, but only to take some people away. In the future, if we want to get supplies, we must at least make it look like we can get them from multiple regions.

Before eleven o'clock in the morning, Luo Cheng told the people in the department that he was going out to talk about something. For a department like his that leaves the factory and is at the section chief level, all it takes is a greeting from the guard and they will be released immediately.

He went back early because he had to go home first to get food. Even if it was broad daylight, Luo Cheng wouldn't worry about a few women walking down the street carrying several kilograms of meat. What's more, Zhao Qian has a big belly. It's a chaotic year. It will be safe if you don't have food on your hands. If you bring food, it's relatively safe to take the main road. But in small alleys, there are many beggars, so there is a real possibility of being robbed.

If Luo Cheng was not worried about safety, he could have asked Luo Yan to accompany Zhao Qian to set off first and walk there slowly. She has a big belly and is about to give birth in the month. Luo Cheng doesn't dare to ride her on a bicycle, not to mention that the car will roll over. The roads in the city are average these days, and many roads will cause vibrations when riding a bicycle.

So Luo Cheng went home early, that is, he was preparing to leave early. If it was meat, he could pack it and hang it on his bicycle.

When Luo Cheng returned home, the three women were talking in front of the sewing machines. At nine o'clock in the morning, the garment factory sent people to pull the goods. They sent four people to push a cart to the courtyard.

There are only a few hundred kilograms of goods in total, which cannot support so many people, but the clothes factory pays attention to the eggs they are pulling. When the logistics staff heard that there were eggs, they all volunteered to make the trip.

After the things were loaded into the cart, Zhang Hongxiu was not asked to follow them. Instead, they let her sit on a cart and push them to the garment factory together. Luo Cheng's home now has a steelyard, but it's not big, and the money is settled by someone else's garment factory. So it was pushed directly to the garment factory for weighing and settlement.

Even if Zhang Hongxiu came alone this time, everyone would warmly welcome her. For example, when she asked if she could be taught how to sew with a sewing machine, she was sent directly to the workshop to have a female master teach her some tricks. The main thing is the technique.

Then when she came back, they put a handful of peanuts in her pocket. The garment factory only has some peanuts to entertain people. Melon seeds are more rare than peanuts. It is very rare to have peanuts to eat these days.

So now there are three women peeling peanuts and studying the skills Zhang Hongxiu learned in front of the sewing machine, but each peanut has to be chewed in the mouth for a long time before eating.

Eating peanuts here is not like that of later generations, where you can peel them whenever you want and keep eating them in your mouth. A bag of peanuts can be eaten in no time. In Luo Cheng's time, a handful of peanuts could last a whole morning. Eat peanuts while chatting with others. After eating one, you can wait several minutes before eating another.

"Luo Cheng, come back and tell us when we will set off."

"Second brother, this is the money given by the garment factory. My sister-in-law said she would give it to you directly."

The price of goods in a garment factory is only expensive for eggs, which cost more than 100 yuan, and for vegetables, which cost about 300 kilograms, only more than 70 yuan. All in all, it's nearly two hundred yuan. Luo Cheng also took the envelope containing the money and put it in his pocket. These days, people like to have deep and big pockets. Putting an envelope of money into a pocket would not be conspicuous at all.

The monkey was also taken out this time, not because he was worried that it would be hungry when everyone went out, but because Sissi and her brother liked the monkey. But it used to be for children to play with, otherwise they could just tie it up outside the door if they wanted to feed them anything. There is no need to worry about someone stealing the monkeys. These days, unless they are stolen to eat, monkeys are not stolen to keep for fun.

And in this yard, when everyone sees strangers coming in, someone will come up and ask. It is basically impossible to come here to steal monkey skins and eat meat.

Today is actually the weekend. Workers in this era have no concept of weekends, only when children go to school. Workers have two days off every month, but the rest time is not fixed. They are all adjusted. The leader arranges the rest or takes the initiative to apply for rest time in advance, so that the person responsible for work arrangements can make adjustments in advance.

It takes more than forty minutes to walk from Luo Cheng's side to Dai Tiande's house. Anyway, it was just a slow stroll. If Zhao Qian got tired from walking, she could actually sit on the back seat of the bicycle and Luo Cheng pushed her along. Not all the meat was taken away, but some were kept for dinner.

When we arrived at Dai Tiande's house, the whole family was actually waiting for Luo Cheng and the others. Today, Dai Tiande also deliberately asked for leave and did not plan to work outside. He planned to accompany Luo Chengxi to study the structure of the bicycle in the afternoon.

Even in their eyes, Luo Cheng's interest in bicycle manufacturing was unrealistic. In Dai Tiande's opinion, Luo Chengdu couldn't understand a lot of the data he checked, even if he wrote it down and put it there. But this is how people in this era are. As long as your interests are positive and good, everyone will support you with an encouraging attitude.

Later, in the 1980s and 1990s, after the reform and opening up, various invention competitions were held, and the same was true. At that time, all kinds of weird inventions appeared, both useful and useless. Regardless of the value of those inventions, at least at that time, the country's atmosphere for invention and creation was particularly positive.

When Luo Cheng's family arrived, Sissi and her brother were instantly attracted to the monkeys. This is not the first time I have seen him, but the monkey raised by Luo Cheng is indeed very intelligent and can understand some relatively simple instructions. So it is very popular with children.

Dai Tiande called Luo Cheng to the study upstairs. Although it was almost time for dinner, the rice was already cooked because he had to wait for Luo Cheng and his family. As for the dishes, some vegetables were prepared. To be honest, it was a bit embarrassing waiting for the guests to bring the dishes.

Sissi's parents were also worried that if Luo Cheng didn't get the pork head meat he mentioned and came empty-handed, or was too embarrassed to come, the dinner between the two families might be even more embarrassing today. And this side is also prepared for the worst. No matter how bad it is, they can still scramble a few eggs to prevent Luo Cheng and the others from coming here. They really didn't get food here, and there is no entertainment here.

To be honest, even if Dai Tiande goes out of his way to borrow meat, he may not be able to get it easily. Even if they think Luo Cheng is capable, no one dares to guarantee 100% in this regard.

After Luo Cheng followed Dai Tiande upstairs, Luo Yan handed today's hard food to Qian Qian's mother. Two kilograms of pork head meat, this is still weighed before mixing the ingredients. A small portion of peanuts. Most of the peanuts Luo Cheng brought were put in his own jars. The other thing is a cold beggar's chicken.

These things will be just a meal for drinking in the future, and they may not be that good because of the lack of variety. If you want to drink, at least have a preserved egg and some fried appetizers.

But looking at what Luo Cheng brought, Qian Qian's family couldn't help but swallow their saliva. The beggar's chicken needs to be heated before it tastes delicious, while the pork head meat can be served directly on a large plate.

"Luo Cheng, can you understand these structural drawings I drew?"

"I can't understand the process, but I can understand the result. Uncle, according to your drawings, can we make a bicycle as long as we strictly follow the proportions?"

"What you're saying is, how can you understand the results if you can't understand the process?"

"It's very simple. According to what you said, the triangular shape has the strongest structural proportions. I don't need to understand how this proportion came about, nor do I need to understand why triangles are more stable than square ones. I will just make it according to the proportions you set. That’s ok, I’m uneducated, why do I need to understand so much?”

"This~~, your concept is correct. But to produce a qualified bicycle, just knowing the structure is not enough, the materials must also be suitable. If the materials are not qualified, the bicycle may break down within a few years. ”

"Rebuild it after it breaks. I can't speculate on the car I built myself. It's good for people around me to use it. The gear density and some materials you mentioned are not up to standard, but you didn't say it can't be used at all, uncle. , just say if I take your drawings and go to the factory to process the accessories, can I assemble a bicycle?"

"This~~ is theoretically possible. After all, my research direction is not in this area, but I can find information in this area. To be honest, if you really produce all the materials, you can assemble them. Ask any car repairman and he or she will know more about this than me."

"Then for this material ratio, should I use a tape measure to measure it on a bicycle?"

"That's not necessary. The information on this drawing is the bicycle design drawing from Hongcheng. It is a civilian equipment drawing and is not considered confidential. If you really want to do it, I can give you this drawing."

Dai Tiande said that he planned to discuss the difficulty of building a man-made bicycle with Luo Cheng in the afternoon. But his thinking angle was confused by Luo Cheng's few words. He is used to discussing problems with his peers in a comprehensive manner. To build a bicycle, he must have a thorough understanding of the structure and theory of each part.

Therefore, in Dai Tiande's opinion, after discussing with Luo Cheng today, Luo Cheng will most likely back down. But Luo Cheng is right. People don't need to understand why they do this, they just need to understand that they should do it.

It's just like repairing bicycles. People don't need to be able to build cars to repair them.

There is another point of difference in thinking. These days, when everyone produces products, they all think that they must be practical and not shoddy. If a manufactured product breaks after a few years of use, there must be something wrong with the product. When you clearly know where the problem is, if you don't solve the problem, you shouldn't go into production.

Therefore, many things from this era can be used for decades.

Luo Cheng said that the bicycles he built were for his own use, not for sale to others. Even if you know there are obvious problems, so what, the cost of building it yourself is only so much, not to mention you can't buy a bicycle if you go to buy one.

It seems that the goal is not difficult to change from building a bicycle to building a low-quality bicycle.

The food downstairs will be ready soon. After all, everything Luo Cheng brings here can be eaten directly. The beggar's chicken can be eaten after heating it up. It was Qianqian's mother who called Luo Cheng and Dai Tiande downstairs for dinner.

Because the hard food was brought by Luo Cheng, it was hard to say who would entertain him. But eating meat to your heart’s content makes everyone really happy. The two drumsticks of the beggar's chicken were one for each of Sissi and her brother. The two children also had a piece of pork head. Anyway, everyone was eating freely today. As for drinking, it was just a reason to have a dinner together. Each person who could drink could only pour a few glasses.

There's drinkware here, little cups that look old-fashioned in a futuristic era. The use of glass glasses as wine glasses only became popular later, which is why there is a shortage of wine now. If you don’t have much wine, you can take out a large wine glass, but if you pour too little, it will be shabby, and if you pour too much, you won’t be able to part with it.

Therefore, most of the popular wine sets now have bottoms to make the wine glass appear tall enough, which reduces the depth of the cup, and the inside of the cup is smaller at the top and smaller at the bottom. You won't be able to pour much wine in this way, it will be full, and judging from the surface of the wine glass, it seems that one glass of wine is not much.

Luo Cheng, Sissi's father, and Dai Tiande all drank a few glasses, but if we count the total amount, it is not as much as one glass in later generations.

After dinner, Luo Cheng followed Dai Tiande upstairs to discuss how to start producing bicycle parts. First, put aside quality and build a frame.

We talked about it for a long time, and Dai Tiande even drew some drawings. At least it is much better for operators in a machinery factory to process parts based on drawings than Luo Cheng's verbal descriptions.

It was around three o'clock in the afternoon when Luo Cheng and his family set off to go back. The sister-in-law, Sissi's mother, even joked about it. If Zhao Qian gives birth to a boy, Qian Qian will be Luo Cheng's son's child bride. If she gives birth to a girl, she will marry Sissi’s brother.

If this is a child bride, the female college student seems to be holding more than two gold bricks. The saying doesn't feel bad when a son sells his father's land, and this means that the father doesn't care about his son when looking for his daughter-in-law.

If Luo Cheng himself was not married and was influenced by the concepts of the times, he would definitely find someone younger than himself. But looking for my son, seeing how cute Sissi is now, I naturally agreed.

But on the other hand, he said that if his wife gave birth to a daughter, she would marry Sissi's brother. Luo Cheng would definitely not be willing to do this. If his daughter was born this year, she would be nine years younger than Sissi's brother. According to the marriage age in the city, she was eighteen years old. At that time, Sissi's brother was almost thirty.

How could his daughter marry someone of such an age? Luo Cheng could accept his old cow eating young grass, but he couldn't accept his daughter being treated like young grass and being eaten by an old cow.

Of course, for men in this era, if they are approaching thirty and have not yet gotten married, they basically have some problems of their own.

After returning home, Luo Cheng asked Luo Yan to follow him back to his hometown town tomorrow, and told her that she would go to work in his machinery factory after the work matter was resolved. She had to go back and talk to her parents about this matter, because Luo Yan had to work in the city, even if it was a casual job, and she would never be able to give up her job and go back to the village in order to get married.

Unless you are unable to get married in the urban area, even if you have a job, you will still be rejected by people regarding your household registration. People of suitable marriageable age look down on Luo Yan, but Luo Yan or Luo Cheng think that those with poor conditions are not good enough.

In the end, it is not uncommon for people to give up their jobs in order to get married and start a family.