Chapter 1 Madam, your mother-in-law is watching from behind.
November 1961.
The cold wind is blowing in Sijiu City. Although winter has not officially entered yet, the temperature has already begun to drop.
Cao Weidong slowly woke up, yawned, and sat up from the bed.
He neatly put on the cotton coat and trousers that were hung on the back of the chair, stepped on the thousand-layer cloth shoes made by his neighbor Jia Zhang, and walked out of the room.
This is a three-entry courtyard house located in Nanluogu Lane. Each room is clustered together and is home to more than 20 families. It looks rough and full of fireworks.
In this era, everyone yearns for the newly built Tongzi Tower, but who would have thought that in a few years, the courtyard house would become the most noble residence in Kyoto?
"In a few years, I will buy two sets of courtyard houses in the second ring road, one to live in, and the other to live in." Cao Weidong stood in the yard, thinking silently.
"Brother Wei Dong, you got up really early today."
The curtains were raised, and a plump woman wearing a red flowered jacket came out of the room next to her. She was holding a porcelain basin in her hand. "What a coincidence. Sister just boiled some hot water for you to use to wash your face. Oh my God."
If it’s cold, use warm water.”
The woman's name is Qin Huairu, one of the residents of the courtyard.
Although she is a mother of three children, she still looks very smooth.
Cao Weidong's eyes swept over Qin Huairu, thanked him, took the porcelain basin naturally, purred at the sink, washed his face, and found a toothbrush from the house to brush his teeth.
After everything was tidied up, Qin Huairu took away the porcelain basin and then asked carefully: "Brother Wei Dong, it's been several days. Do you have the things I asked you to buy?"
Cao Weidong spread his hands and poured out his bitterness.
"I shouldn't have agreed to you then. What you wanted was in short supply. I went to several supply and marketing cooperatives and couldn't find it. You see, the soles of my shoes are all worn out."
Qin Huairu's heart skipped a beat, "Didn't you buy it?"
"Of course I bought it. I owe a lot of favors, so I bought a box in exchange for it." Cao Weidong showed an expression of living up to his trust, and took out a box of Guangrong brand real lotus root powder from the military backpack hanging behind the door. p>
"You still have the ability."
Qin Huairu happily took the real lotus root powder, hugged Cao Weidong's arm, pressed her body tightly against him, and said in a pitiful voice: "Brother Weidong, how much do you think this box of real lotus root powder costs?"
"You also know the situation at home, sister. Your eldest brother left at the beginning of the year, and I am completely dependent on myself..."
Tears welled up in Qin Huairu's eyes.
She naturally knows the price of this box of real lotus root powder.
It’s just that her husband died at the beginning of the year, and she relied on her to take care of the family. Under the pressure of life, she developed a calculating character.
Qin Huairu pretended to be pitiful, just hoping that Cao Weidong would give him the real lotus root powder for free.
This trick works every time.
Silly Zhu often gave himself the meals brought in the factory cafeteria.
Cao Weidong responded with a smile: "Before Brother Jia left, I specifically promised him that I would take care of you."
He narrowed his eyes and felt silently for a while, then pointed behind Qin Huairu and said leisurely: "Madam, your mother-in-law is watching from behind, please respect yourself."
Qin Huairu pulled away suddenly and turned her head to look back.
There is a pale and twisted face on the glass of my window.
It’s my mother-in-law, Mrs. Jia Zhang.
Noticing Qin Huairu's gaze, Jia Zhang closed the curtains, and a muffled sound could be heard faintly in the room.
Qin Huairu stared at Cao Weidong.
This guy must have discovered that Jia Zhang was peeping, but he didn't remind himself that he would be scolded by his mother-in-law again when he goes back.
Qin Huairu had nothing to do with Cao Weidong.
She put away her little abacus and took out the money tickets honestly, "Sister, I don't have any tickets in my hand. I'll give you an extra cent."
Now is the period of planned economy. If you want to buy something, it is not enough to have money in your hand. You must have tickets.
If you don’t have a ticket, you can only go to Pigeon Market and buy it at a higher price.
But there are risks.
If you are caught, you will be sent to the police station and everything will be confiscated.
A generous smile appeared on Cao Weidong's face, and he sighed: "Actually, it's not easy for you either. I've put the ticket in advance for you. You can take the extra money back and buy some food for your child."
Qin Huairu looked at Cao Weidong with some surprise, her eyes full of gratitude.
What a good person.
[Ding! Qin Huairu’s procurement task is completed, Qin Huairu’s favorability is 5, and gold coins are 20.]
Cao Weidong looked at Qin Huairu with an even more kind look, "Then I'll go to work first. If you need anything, come to me."
After bidding farewell to Qin Huairu, Cao Weidong picked up his military satchel and walked out of the courtyard.
It was already very bright at this time, and the neighbors were all busy, washing, cooking, and urging children to go to school. The yard was in a mess.
Cao Weidong walked through the crowd, silently thinking, "System."
Lines of text appeared before my eyes.
[Name: Cao Weidong]
[Occupation: Buyer (temporary worker)]
[Faction: Red Star Rolling Mill Logistics Department]
【Gold coins: 157】
[Skill: Eloquence (Elementary)]
[Ability 1: Wanjie Mall]
[Ability 2: Portable warehouse]
"I spent 9 gold coins to buy real lotus root powder, and earned 20 gold coins from flipping it, plus the money given by Qin Huairu..."
"As I thought, Qin Huairu is the master who will not have sex until he sees the rabbit, so he has to delay it to maximize his benefits." Cao Weidong thought silently.
He was originally a marketing manager of a foreign company. He fell asleep while working overtime, and when he woke up, he found that he had traveled to the courtyard world in 1961.
This body has the same name and surname, from Kyoto.
The original owner's mother died long ago, and his father was a cadre in the purchasing department of the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. He worked on behalf of others. An accident happened while he was going to the countryside for purchasing, leaving him only a room in a courtyard and a pension of 500 yuan.
Gold.
The original owner had just graduated from high school at this time. He knew that he would definitely not be able to go to college, so he took over his father's job and became a buyer in the purchasing department of the steel rolling mill.
He is now a temporary worker with a monthly salary of 16.5 yuan.
"This era is really difficult, with shortages of materials, but fortunately we have a system."
Along with the time travel, Cao Weidong awakened to a very strange system.
As long as you do good deeds, you will be rewarded with gold coins.
Gold coins can be used to purchase items in the Wanjie Mall.
Cao Weidong shook his head and found it difficult.
Human nature is complex.
Small favors turned against each other, and big favors turned into enemies. When he was in the workplace in his previous life, this kind of thing was not uncommon.
But Wanjie Mall is so awesome. It is a super large comprehensive shopping mall with a wide range of products, covering all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Especially those tempting foods made Cao Weidong, who couldn't eat meat, swallow his saliva.
The products in Wanjie Mall require gold coins to purchase.
The purchasing power of 1 gold coin is roughly equivalent to 1 yuan in later generations, which can buy two steamed buns or a piece of ham.
There is no detailed data on how to obtain gold coins.
The stronger the emotion of gratitude, the greater the gold coin reward.
In addition, the system also sets shopping permissions.
Cao Weidong's current authority can only purchase daily necessities, daily necessities, such as genetic medicines, production lines, high-tech products, etc., which are far beyond the current technological level, and cannot be purchased.
As for the second ability given by the system, it is a portable space.
There are about ten cubic meters, and you can take items freely.
"At this stage, the main purpose is to earn gold coins to meet my own food and clothing expenses, and the portable space is of little use."
"But in a few years, when the great era of gold comes, I can use my pocket space to resell goods and quickly accumulate funds..."
Cao Weidong was thinking about things in his mind, and his pace quickened a bit.
Just as he was about to walk out of the yard, someone suddenly shouted from behind, "Weidong, walk slower, why did you ignore me when I called you just now?"
Cao Weidong turned his head and looked back, with a smile on his lips.
Isn’t this my number two fat sheep? The third uncle, Yanbu, is expensive.