Spring Thunder Chapter 0140: The Tao, the Tao can be spoken
November 22, the 15th day of the tenth lunar month, light snow.
After breakfast, Nan Yi and Cen Yangtai went to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Just like last time, Nan Yi and his companion arrived at Zhan Hanchuan's office smoothly.
"Director Zhan, let me introduce you to Manager Cen from our Shenguofa." Nan Yi first introduced Cen Yangtai, and then continued, "Manager Cen, this is Director Zhan from the Yanshan Supply and Marketing Cooperative; this is Station Master Li from the Purchasing Station."
"Hello, Director Zhan."
"Hello, Manager Cen. Please take a seat. Comrade Nan, please take a seat too."
"Director Zhan, I won't sit down. Last time I came here, I didn't take a good look around your company. Sister Xiuxiu, how about you take me around today?"
"Okay, Xiao Li, take Comrade Nan out for a walk." Zhan Hanchuan just paused and said to Li Xiuxiu without changing his expression.
"Okay, I'll show Brother Nan around then." Li Xiuxiu smiled, "Manager Cen, I'll be leaving now."
Cen Yangtai laughed, "Nan Yi, we are here to negotiate today. Without you, I am alone and no match for Director Zhan."
"Manager Cen, I am still inexperienced and may not even be qualified to play a supporting role. Besides, Director Zhan is kind and amiable. He will definitely not go too far, right, Director Zhan?"
Zhan Hanchuan pointed at Nan Yi and said, "Oh, Comrade Nan, you are so good at talking. Manager Cen, how about we just talk privately?"
"Okay, since Director Zhan said so, let's talk privately."
The two leaders had set the tone, and Nan Yi and Li Xiuxiu walked out of the office.
"Brother Nan, come sit in my office?"
Li Xiuxiu's face was still full of smiles, but this time there was less falseness in her smile.
"Okay, I just want to take a look at your office, Sister Xiuxiu, and get to know the door. Next time I come here, I can go directly to your office."
"Hehe, there's nothing to remember about the way to the office. If you want to remember something, just remember the way to my sister's house. Next time you come, I'll treat you at home, so I don't have to carry a drunkard like you for two miles."
"I really got my sister into trouble last time. It's all my fault for not being able to drink."
"Oh, don't mention it. It's my fault. I didn't know you couldn't drink so much. I wouldn't have forced you to drink."
As Li Xiuxiu spoke, she pushed open the door of an office. There was only a desk and a chair in the office. It was a single-person office of lower specifications.
The supply and marketing cooperative has better conditions and can set up several single offices.
Nowadays, in terms of treatment, in the eyes of ordinary people, only grain stations can compete with supply and marketing cooperatives.
"Brother Nan, just sit down and I'll pour you a glass of water."
Li Xiuxiu pointed to her seat.
"Forget it. The chair must still have my sister's scent. I stink so I won't taint the fragrance."
Upon hearing Nan Yi's words, Li Xiuxiu laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward, with her breasts shaking. "Haha, my little brother Nan, you are so good at talking. I love you so much."
Li Xiuxiu was in a good mood. She placed the cup of brewed tea next to Nan Yi and leaned casually on the desk, very close to Nan Yi.
They were so close that their hair stood on end due to territorial issues.
Nan Yi picked up the cup lid and put his nose to the cup to smell it. "The tea brewed by Sister Xiuxiu is also fragrant. It makes people feel relaxed and happy just by smelling it."
"Hey, my brother Nan, please stop praising your sister. If you continue to praise me, I will be so proud of myself." Li Xiuxiu said, poking Nan Yi's forehead with her chubby middle finger.
Nan Yi's forehead sunk inward, but he didn't feel any pain.
At first glance, it turned out that Li Xiuxiu's middle finger nail was cut very short, almost cutting to the adhesion area with the soft tissue.
The other nails are not short and are a light pink color.
These should be various flowers collected at the turn of spring and summer, mainly peach blossoms, painted with pastels.
Li Xiuxiu lives a very refined life.
Tease, but stop when necessary.
Nan Yi did not continue to flirt, but took out a pack of Ashima cigarettes, took out two, and handed one to Li Xiuxiu. Nan Yi was sure that Li Xiuxiu smoked, and she smoked quite heavily, the glaze between her right middle finger and index finger could not be hidden from others.
This is caused by usually paying close attention to scrubbing the two fingers, frequently applying soap and rubbing them.
As for the strong smell of smoke left on smokers' clothes, such other methods of judgment are not applicable to Nan Yi.
He himself is a heavy smoker, so how could he smell the cigarette smoke on others? If someone is smoking, his nose is particularly sensitive to the smell of cigarettes.
"Brother Nan, your cigarette is really good."
Sure enough, Li Xiuxiu didn't take the cigarette directly. She opened the drawer of the desk, took out a lighter from it, and helped Nan Yi light the cigarette.
"Sister Xiuxiu, your lighter is nice. Is it something Su Xiu brought over?"
"Yes, it was left by a Soviet revisionist expert who participated in the battle to capture Berlin. I was still a child at that time, and he probably gave it to me because he thought I was likable."
Li Xiuxiu padded the cartridge lighter in her hand, with a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.
After taking a few deep puffs, Li Xiuxiu put out the Ashima, took out a pack of Golden Leaf cigarettes without filters from the drawer, shook out a cigarette and put it in her mouth.
"Your cigarettes are boring, it's more addictive to smoke this."
"Sister Xiuxiu, you were not born and raised in Yanshan, right?"
"No, I came here because I got married. I'm from the Northeast."
"Oh, that's not surprising."
"What's strange?"
"Except in the Northeast, it's rare to see women smoking nowadays."
"Hate women smoking?"
"I don't hate it." Nan Yi paused, and then said: "I should say I don't dare to hate it. I smoke myself, so I have no right to criticize others for smoking."
"Haha, I'm waiting for you to say the word 'hate' so I can fan you with my big cattail leaf fan."
"Don't do that. My face hurts, but it's okay. Sister Xiuxiu, please don't let your hands hurt."
“Cluck, cluck, cluck!”
The two of them danced up and down on the teasing line, stopping after a brief taste and retreating at the first touch.
Time passed like smoke. At some point, the door of Zhan Hanchuan's office was opened, and Cen Yangtai walked out, talking and laughing with him.
Nan Yi put out the cigarette in his hand and shook his clothes and trouser legs when he stood up.
A hint of smoke drifted away with the ashes. He took two quick steps and came to the edge of Cen's balcony.
"Comrade Nan, last time you tried the fine eight bowls, today we will serve both the coarse and fine dishes, so that your Manager Cen can have a good taste of our Yanshan delicacies."
"That's great, but Director Zhan, our leader is very busy and can't drink too much."
"Hahaha, no, no, at noon, we can just be casual and drink as much as you want. I definitely won't force you."
Having said that, I still drank a lot at lunch.
Maybe Li Xiuxiu really treated Nan Yi as her "younger brother", or maybe Nan Yi was not the protagonist of today's meal, so all her firepower was aimed at Cen Yangtai.
But Nan Yi was not having an easy time either. Seeing that Cen Yangtai's alcohol tolerance was just so-so, Nan Yi had to block a few glasses for him.
In the end, I still swallowed nearly a pound.
He could pretend to be drunk last time, but not this time. Cen Yangtai was "drunk", so he had to stay sober and help Cen Yangtai back to the guesthouse.
After putting the person on the bed, Nan Yi sent Zhan Hanchuan and Li Xiuxiu away, and Cen Yangtai slowly woke up.
"Everything is good when you come to the north on a business trip, except that drinking is hard."
Nan Yi went to the table and took the tea he had just brewed and handed it to Cen Yangtai, "Uncle Cen, you are really awesome. I drank more than you last time."
"Haha, you're the one who helped me share the burden." Cen Yangtai smiled and took a sip of tea. "This Zhan Hanchuan is really hard to deal with. We've agreed on a price of 85 cents, 40% to 60% RMB and JPY."
"Uncle Cen, the last time I heard Director Zhan's tone, he was going to ask for a very high price. You are so capable that you managed to negotiate such a low price. What a pity, what a pity! I should have followed you and learned from you." Nan Yi clapped his hands and said regretfully.
"Hahaha, you, you! " Cen Yangtai nodded at Nan Yi and said, "Let's go tomorrow and walk around the county town in the afternoon. Let's bring some local goodies back."
"Hey, I'll get you some cold water. Mix it and apply it on your face."
