Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 169: This shouldn't be considered bribery
Instructor Zhou of the Traffic Police Brigade was indeed very familiar with the leaders of the Transportation Bureau.
After hearing Jiang Tian say that her grandmother's family was going to buy a storefront at the bus station to do business, and finding out that her family also had a share there, he understood and guessed that this might be a dowry from Jiang Tian's grandmother's family to their granddaughter, so he immediately called and asked about it very enthusiastically.
After hanging up the phone, Instructor Zhou called the driver and took Grandpa He and Jiang Tian to the Transportation Bureau.
There are quite a few people who have their eyes on these storefronts. It can only be said that the businessmen with vision in the county are not stupid. They have found their connections in the Transportation Bureau through various channels and have almost blocked the director in his office, making him afraid to go home.
However, when the director heard that Jiang Tian was a "martyr's orphan", he took a look at Grandpa He and Jiang Tian, and imagined a lot of miserable lives of martyrs' orphans. He immediately patted his chest and assured Instructor Zhou -
"Although this matter still needs to go through the process, I can't give you a final decision now. But the final signature will definitely be with me. Don't worry, Lao Zhou, I will definitely reserve a storefront with the best location for the old man!"
This is the orphan of a martyr. It seems that there are no adults at home, only an old man accompanying his granddaughter.
I guess the old man is too old to work in the fields, so he thought of buying a storefront in the county town for his granddaughter while he still has money, and the family can live on the rent in the future?
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After coming out of the Transportation Bureau, Instructor Zhou asked Jiang Tian to leave him a phone number.
The sale of the storefronts at the new bus station will certainly not be announced publicly. As to who these storefronts were finally bought by, probably only the leaders of the Transportation Bureau and the buyers themselves know. No one would be foolish to tell anyone about it.
Instructor Zhou asked Jiang Tian to leave his phone number. If she was sure that the purchase was possible, he would immediately notify Jiang Tian to bring the money over.
After thinking about it, he asked her if the money was enough. If not, they, the comrades, could help raise some.
How could Jiang Tian have the nerve to borrow money from others when they have helped her so much?
Besides, their family can really afford this money.
It was not convenient to say it in the director's office just now, but now we are all family and there is nothing to hide. Jiang Tian quietly explained that she and Grandma Hu opened a rice dumpling workshop together.
"Grandma Hu's big meat dumplings? I've eaten them before! So they're from your family?" Instructor Zhou couldn't help laughing.
Jiang Tian only found out now that two months ago, when Jiang Tian just spread the rice dumplings from her home along the provincial road, people from the traffic police brigade started to eat them.
The conditions for grassroots traffic police in this era are still very difficult. After all, car accidents can happen without warning, no matter whether you are eating or just about to eat.
How can a traffic policeman have time to eat after receiving a call? Often, he finds that his stomach is growling with hunger after finishing his work.
Ever since two traffic policemen on duty accidentally discovered that someone was selling delicious and cheap big rice dumplings on the side of the provincial road, this thing that is easy to carry and can be eaten even when cold quickly became popular among the entire traffic police team!
Instructor Zhou smiled and said to Jiang Tian, "Our team leader said a while ago that we should ask the canteen to pack some rice dumplings and keep them warm. If anyone comes back from a patrol and misses the meal, they can go to the canteen and get two rice dumplings. If I had known this, I would have asked the canteen to buy them directly from you."
"The rice dumplings you make taste really different from the ones I make at home. They're delicious! The meat filling is generous, too."
Jiang Tian couldn't help but laugh: "No need to run to my house to buy it, Uncle Zhou, give me the address, and I'll ask my second uncle to deliver it to my door!"
"The traffic police serve the people, and we ordinary people cannot make money from them."
"Well, I'll tell grandma that the big meat dumplings we deliver to the canteen of the traffic police brigade will be two cents cheaper than the wholesale price we give to our distributors. That will make up for the gas money my family spends on delivering the goods."
Instructor Zhou was stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter.
"You little girl! We are the people's servants after all, how can we take advantage of the people?"
"Go home and tell your second uncle to come to me when he has time. I'll have someone take him to the canteen to get familiar with the route and ask how much the canteen wants to buy. I'll deliver it on time and the price will be the same as your wholesale price."
Unexpectedly, after a trip to the county town, she not only solved the problem of buying a storefront, but also unexpectedly found a high-quality client like the Traffic Police Brigade. Jiang Tian was so happy that she wanted to jump for joy.
The little guy in his heart was jumping halfway when he suddenly remembered something. Jiang Tian's expression immediately became a little embarrassed.
Avoiding Instructor Zhou's driver, Jiang Tian quietly apologized to him -
"Well, Uncle Zhou, I didn't expect you to introduce business to me. When I came here today, I brought two boxes of rice dumplings for you, Uncle Lin, Uncle Wang, Uncle Ding, Uncle Zhao and others."
"Is this... not considered bribery?"
Instructor Zhou was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
After laughing, I asked her where she sent the rice dumplings.
Jiang Tian scratched his cheek and said embarrassedly, "There are too many dumplings to carry. I asked my second uncle to come on a tricycle and deliver them to you and your uncles at the communication room of the family compound."
"But don't worry, I told my second uncle that when registering, I'll say that these are local specialties brought over by relatives from my hometown..."
This was the usual way that the contractors of projects used to give gifts in the previous life.
No one would be so stupid as to bring something directly to the leadership unit as a gift ~
They either disguise themselves as couriers or pretend to be friends of the leader’s relatives in his hometown, and help bring some “local specialties” from his hometown.
Then they are packed in low-key and simple cardboard boxes, which may contain a box of Moutai or a few cartons of Zhonghua cigarettes. Anyway, they are registered as local specialties. The message room in the family compound dare not open the leaders' packages at will.
It was just a few rice dumplings, and Jiang Tian sent them in advance without knowing that he would introduce business to her family, so it certainly didn't count as a bribe.
No one dared to bribe Instructor Zhou with a few rice dumplings.
However, after laughing, he still reminded Jiang Tian not to send them anything in the future, whether it was local specialties or anything else.
It’s not that it has a bad influence, but they don’t lack these things. However, no one in their group has the heart to accept things from the two elders of the He family.
Jiang Tian blinked, straightened her back, and said to Instructor Zhou seriously:
"Uncle Zhou, if Xiang Jun's father were still alive, he would definitely think of you when he had something delicious."
"Although I have never met Father Xiangjun, I am his daughter now. I think if Father Xiangjun is still alive, he would definitely hope that I can respect you like I respect my own uncles."
What is a relationship?
Jiang Tian feels that a relationship that can truly last a lifetime, or even for several generations, is not just a simple relationship of interests.
Rather, it is the kind of relationship where one can entrust one's child to another without hesitation at a critical moment.
She knew that when Instructor Zhou and Director Lin took care of her and her grandparents, they were definitely not doing it for any benefit of theirs. Instead, they simply felt that since He Xiangjun was no longer around, they, the brothers, had an obligation to support and raise the He family's elders and her, their adopted daughter.
