Chapter 27 An Unexpected Job Opportunity

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I'll buy it, okay? Moutai, Moutai, there's Moutai, that's so famous, especially decades later, a bottle is so expensive."

"snort!"

Bai Nuo wrinkled her little nose, lifted her foot and walked towards the counter selling cigarettes and alcohol. Her eyes lit up when she saw the few bottles of Moutai on the counter.

She wasn't buying Moutai to save it for future appreciation, but for her own consumption. She figured she wouldn't be short of money for a few bottles of Moutai in the future, so she figured it was better to let it go into her stomach and make her feel good.

I'd always heard that teacher who loves to drink rave about how delicious Moutai used to be, but I'd never actually tasted it. Now that it's available here, I have to get a few bottles to try.

"Hello comrade, how many bottles of Moutai are there in total?"

The saleswoman behind the counter looked at the little girl in front of her with slight surprise. It was the first time she had ever seen such a young girl come to buy Moutai. She looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Little sister, are you buying this for your family? This stock just arrived a couple of days ago, and there are eight bottles left. They're eight yuan a bottle, and you'll need a voucher."

"What a coincidence! I'll take all eight bottles, that's exactly eight liquor vouchers. I'll also take five boxes of Daqianmen, three boxes of Dayantan, and two boxes of Baocheng."

The sales clerk was surprised to see the young girl buying so much cigarettes and alcohol at once, then smiled and nodded, guessing that it was a gift from an elder in her family, and judging from the girl's clothes, her family must be quite well-off.

For customers like this, the salesperson didn't hesitate. They took out the items, packed them up, took the money and receipt, and even helped Bai Nuo put the items into the basket.

Fortunately, she went to the restroom to put some of the things she had bought into her spatial storage, and deliberately circled around several times to make sure no one was watching her before continuing to buy things, otherwise the basket really wouldn't have been able to hold them all.

Now, she had almost spent all her tickets and over a hundred yuan. Then she went to a place that sells sewing machines and waited there for a while. Finally, she spotted a target and followed the person for about ten minutes before finding an opportunity to sell the sewing machine ticket in her hand.

Now we have eleven more banknotes to play! I'm so happy!

Bai Nuo took the tram home first, then came out again with an empty basket on her back, heading straight to the state-run grain store. She bought 30 jin of rice, 20 jin of wheat flour, and 15 jin of soybean oil with her own grain ration book and Ma Xiaomei's grain ration book. Then she went to the grocery store and bought 5 jin of melon seeds, 2 jin of oatmeal, and 5 jin of raisins.

After coming out, Bai Nuo found a secluded spot and tossed Ma Xiaomei's grain ration book aside. Anyway, she was about to happily set off for northern Shaanxi, and the grain ration book would be transferred along with the household registration, so this book would be useless to her. This was her last chance to make use of the waste.

She also used up all of her 30 jin of meat coupons. She bought whatever the butcher shop had left, including pork, ribs, and pig's trotters, to make up the 30 jin of coupons. She was even given a few pork bones with little meat on them, which was nice. She would save them to make soup later.

By this point, I had bought almost everything I needed for my trip to the countryside. On my way home from the grocery store, I had the system calculate my expenses. The total cost for this trip was 263.59 yuan, and the sewing ticket cost me 110 yuan.

Looking at it this way, it's not bad. The main thing is that the money she has is all free money. Apart from the thousand yuan her grandmother gave her when she left home, which she took back from the Ma family, the rest of it is all free money. It's so nice to spend it.

She can simply pack up the remaining blankets, clothes, and other belongings in her spatial storage and take them out, which will save her some money. This is another small step forward for her to become a landlady and live a life of retirement at such a young age.

When Bai Nuo returned home carrying a heavy basket, a woman in her thirties, with a neat and tidy hairstyle and a No. 5 haircut, was waiting for him at the door.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

The woman took a closer look at Bai Nuo and saw that she was indeed not stupid as rumored. On the contrary, she had clear eyes and a cute, innocent look, and seemed to be a very easy girl to get along with.

"You must be Comrade Bai Nuo. I'm from the personnel department of the machinery factory. My surname is Xu. You can call me Comrade Xu or Sister Xu. I'm here to inform you to go to the factory tomorrow to complete your onboarding process. Because of the harm Ma Jiangshui caused you, the factory leaders have decided to transfer his job quota to you as compensation. Also, because you are a high school graduate and your health is not very good, the factory leaders have given you special consideration and arranged for you to work in our personnel department office. From now on, we will be colleagues."

"ah?"

Bai Nuo looked at the woman in front of him with a face full of question marks.

Another one...

Although Bai Nuo was puzzled, she still accepted the onboarding notice and signed her name, which meant that the job was hers and she could go directly to complete the onboarding process.

Until Comrade Xu left, Bai Nuo still couldn't understand when the machinery factory had started doing charity work.

Regarding Ma Jiangshui's past actions, even if she were his own daughter, the factory wouldn't give her a job. After all, these days, every position is highly sought after, and jobs are hard to come by even if you pay for them. There's no such thing as a free lunch.

so……

"Ah Tong, tell me, who exactly... wants me to stay in Shanghai, and who wants me to leave?"