This person held a wilted red rose in his hand, wanting to ask someone out to see a movie.
Just as Fang Yan was about to refuse, she saw Zhang Liunian and the others carrying lobsters inside, and she forgot to speak.
Seeing this, the man with the slicked-back hair directly shoved the flower into her arms, then tossed a sentence, "I'll wait for you at the cinema at seven tonight." And then he disappeared.
The scene was a bit awkward, or at least that's how Fang Yan felt.
Zhang Liunian merely glanced, then took the six hundred jin of lobsters and two hundred jin of braised meat to the canteen to be weighed and finally settled.
This time, he received six hundred and forty yuan, plus the more than one thousand yuan from the morning, making it close to eighteen hundred yuan.
The income had increased from yesterday, and Zhang Liunian was quite satisfied with this.
After getting the money, Zhang Liunian was about to leave alone, but at the main entrance, he saw the factory director, Fang Yan, again.
"I heard you're a lazy bum who lives by sucking your wife's blood." Fang Yan had already changed her clothes, and the flower from earlier had been thrown into the nearby trash can.
Zhang Liunian looked at her strangely, "What business is it of yours?"
Fang Yan was momentarily stunned, then thought, yes, what business is it of hers? Why was she here saying such things to him?
Shaking off the jumbled thoughts in her mind, Fang Yan wanted to say that he shouldn't get too cocky, that the formula might soon fall into her hands, but she thought better of it and didn't say it.
"Can't I be bored?" Fang Yan said, trying to salvage some dignity, then turned and left gracefully.
Zhang Liunian watched her retreating back and muttered to himself, "How bizarre," then headed to the South City Department Store.
"Give me five packs of Daqianmen, four bottles of Maotai, and then..." Zhang Liunian began listing the items he needed to purchase at the counter.
The salesperson swiftly gathered the goods. Except for a watch, Zhang Liunian had bought all the items that needed to be delivered as gifts.
"Brother Liunian, what are you buying all this for?" Zhang Qian, carrying a basket of goods on his back, followed behind Zhang Liunian as they continued shopping.
"I've taken someone as a god-relative, and I need to visit them in a few days, so I'm preparing some gifts."
Zhang Qian and Du Ziteng were hearing about him taking a god-relative for the first time.
The two of them couldn't help but be curious about who this god-relative was.
"Who did you recognize as a god-relative?" It was Zhang Qian who asked.
"The head of the mechanical factory's kitchen. I'm recognizing him as my god-uncle." As soon as Zhang Liunian finished answering, he arrived at a nice-looking watch shop.
As soon as Zhang Qian and Du Ziteng saw the watch shop, they immediately forgot their previous topic. They looked around, feeling that every watch was beautiful and they all wanted to wear one home.
"Bring out your Plum Blossom brand watches, as well as the Dongfanghong, Heping, and Jiefang models for me to see." Zhang Liunian had some understanding of the watches at the time.
So when he arrived at the counter, he directly pointed out what he wanted, without asking about the price or anything, displaying great generosity. He was so generous that the male salesperson simply didn't believe he could afford them.
Indeed, when the male salesperson saw Zhang Liunian pointing at several watches at once, he looked at him suspiciously and said, "You can't just look at our watches casually. You need to decide which one you're buying before I can take it out."
Zhang Liunian froze, then nodded, "So bring out all four of these watches for me!"
The male salesperson didn't move, instead looking at him as if he were an idiot. "Can't you understand what I'm saying? I mean you can't look at them easily unless you're buying. Watches are valuable items, and you can't just let people look and touch them casually. If you break them, you won't be able to afford to pay for them."
"..." Zhang Liunian realized that the male salesperson was afraid he couldn't afford it and would damage the watches, which was why he was acting this way.
Understanding this, Zhang Liunian smiled and leaned on the edge of the glass with both hands, "I think your brain isn't working properly. If I don't check if it has any wear or tear or deviations, how can I pay?"
"These four watches cost a little over 300 yuan. Can you afford them?" The male salesperson looked at Zhang Liunian's ordinary attire and truly couldn't see someone who could afford four watches at once.
Besides, he had been here for a long time and hadn't seen anyone come up and say they wanted this and that, and buy so many different styles of watches at once.
He thought Zhang Liunian was very suspicious and didn't want to cooperate.
Actually, it was partly because he found Zhang Liunian handsome that he wanted to stir up trouble.
"You judge people by their appearance. Who says I can't afford it?" Zhang Qian was looking at the watches on the glass when he heard the male salesperson's insulting remarks about Zhang Liunian. He immediately turned around and rushed forward to curse at him.
The male salesperson was offended. He was a local of South City, someone who received a state-issued salary.
How could he be bullied by these country bumpkins? With this thought, the male salesperson immediately retorted to Zhang Qian, "Who are you cursing at?"
"I'm cursing at you, you snob!"
"Get out! People like you with no manners are not welcome here."
"On what grounds? This store isn't owned by you, so why can't I be here?"
"This store isn't owned by me, but I have the right to drive out you country bumpkins. Do you have a problem with that?"
The male salesperson hadn't recognized them as country folk when the first person spoke, but after the second person spoke, he could tell they were country bumpkins.
For people like them to dare to challenge him, they must be tired of living.
"If it's not yours, you can't kick people out. Aren't you afraid I'll go to your manager to settle this?"
"Go ahead if you dare. If you don't have the guts, get out immediately. Do you really think this is the street? If you don't have money, don't come to a watch shop pretending to be rich..." Before the male salesperson could finish his arrogant words, he saw Zhang Liunian suddenly pull out a wad of cash and wave it.
Upon seeing this, the male salesperson almost choked. His face changed colors rapidly, from green to purple, all of them ugly colors. Clearly, Zhang Liunian's action of flashing money had slapped him hard.
"Speak up, why aren't you talking anymore? Where's that arrogance from just now?" Zhang Qian, seeing Zhang Liunian pull out a stack of money, causing the male salesperson's face to turn a dark shade of black, felt extremely gratified.
The other female salesperson in the store quickly squeezed forward and said respectfully, "Comrade, what kind of watch do you need? I can help you pick it out."
Zhang Liunian twitched his lips, put the money back into his pocket, and his gaze deepened, "I've had enough of being insulted here. I don't want to buy anymore."
The female salesperson panicked. This wouldn't do. If she could sell four watches, her performance would soar, and the director would notice her excellence. She immediately offered, "How about I give you a discount? If you buy five, we'll give you one. I'll gift this one personally as an apology for my colleague's inappropriate behavior."
Zhang Liunian was puzzled. It was hard to explain why someone would use their own money to apologize for others in this era, unless there was some connection he didn't know about.
He looked up at the male salesperson and saw him standing aside with a grim expression, seemingly afraid to step forward.
"Why? Your monthly salary wouldn't even be enough to buy one of these watches!" Zhang Liunian was too curious about the reason for this person's actions.