Dalin, Xiaolin and Laolin

Dalin, Xiaolin and Lao Lin work in the same unit. The full name of this work unit is Lianghekou Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Lianghe District, xx County.

Supply and marketing cooperatives, for young people now, may be a bit strange. But in the 1970s, it was the main body of urban and rural economy and trade, integrating logistics, commerce and communication, and it was the supermarket, shopping plaza and logistics center of that era. In that era when all goods were supplied by ticket, the salesperson of supply and marketing cooperatives seemed to be a very normal position, but he was really the envy of everyone.

The Lianghekou Supply and Marketing Cooperative mentioned in this paper is located in a small town in the mountainous area of western Hubei, and is a close neighbor of the District Revolutionary Committee. Supply and marketing cooperatives are two-story rammed earth walls, where people live upstairs and do business downstairs. Mainly engaged in department stores, tobacco and alcohol, non-staple food. There is also a shop for books, raw materials, pesticides and fertilizers, which is located on the main street of the town. (see the picture below)

Gossip, it's time to talk about the three protagonists.

Lao Lin, nearly 50 years old, has a white face, little beard and a pair of 800-degree myopia glasses. He looks like an intellectual above the neck. Look at the clothes, it is an ankle-wide blue cloth tooling, with "Two Rivers" printed on the front and "Supply and Marketing" printed on the back. He is a sole proprietor of the marketing department and is called the "number one". All incoming, outgoing, storage and custody reports are in the charge of one person, so it is called this title. Business varieties include pesticides, fertilizers, pots and pans and so on. Among them, kerosene accounts for a major item. It takes time to talk about big sports. Eight neighbors from all over the country came and only said that one person was a catty. At the end of the day, how many customers to face and how many times to weigh!

Lao Lin, a modest and gentle person, is low-key in the current words. Look at its footsteps, move slowly, smell its words, and whisper softly, that is, facing people in rags, there are many words "you" in their mouths.

One day, a barefoot old man wandered in front of the door and never left. Lim saw this and asked again and again before he did one thing barefoot. Lao Lin realized that the old man had no money to shop, so he poured a pot of kerosene from behind the stage and handed it to barefoot. He left with a thousand thanks. For more than a month, I care about it barefoot. Lao Lin refused to accept it. After some prevarication, he refused to accept it in vain and paid the full amount. There are countless things to help the poor. The situation in the world, lim is a good man!

Anyone familiar with Lao Lin knows that Lao Lin has three unique skills. First of all, be clear. If there are many goods in the salesroom, they can be counted in one bite without an abacus, which is more accurate than an abacus. The second is to grasp it with one hand. Used for nails, alum, gypsum, etc. It is not a problem to catch them with one hand. The third is absolutely no leakage. A teaspoon full of kerosene or tung oil can go straight into a penny-sized bottle mouth without leaking a drop, just like the oil seller in Ouyang Xiu's Oil Seller. (To be continued)