In addition to providing a large number of goods, supermarkets can quickly be accepted by the market in this era, and the open self-selected business model is also an important factor. Customers can completely choose the products they need, and the price is clearly marked, and then they are unified to the counter to checkout. However, locals who are new to this business model tend to get caught up in a large number of commodities and have difficulty making choices. Zhao Ping walked around the supermarket for more than an hour, and was dazzled by the dazzling array of various goods on the shelves, and he didn't know what to buy.

In the end, Zhao Ping bought Zhao Weizhong a full set of the most popular cadre uniforms in Qingdao now, in fact, this uniform style is the basis of the Zhongshan suit in the old time and space, with minor modifications, it is the standard standard clothing of the executives, and several traversers have set up a joint venture garment factory to push this style of clothing to the market, which was soon widely welcomed by the market and became the most popular men's clothing in Qingdao, because the administrative staff in the East China market are called cadres, so the folk will call this style of clothing "cadre uniform". In addition, I also bought a paper cigarette, which is of course also a popular item driven by overseas Chinese.

and bought Zhao Weizhong's daughter Zhao Shuilan a silk and a set of pen and ink supplies, because he knew that Zhao Shuilan was now a teacher in Tianjin Hope School, so the pen and ink supplies were suitable for her.

In this way, the gifts of Zhao Weizhong's father and daughter were finally bought, and Zhao Ping bought some simple items, which were intended to be given to Zhao Weizhong's family, and in the end, Zhao Ping hesitated for a long time, and finally bought a pair of sterling silver bracelets, ready to give to Zhao Shuilan's personal girlfriend Qiuqing. In fact, this is a secret buried in Zhao Ping's heart, although Zhao Ping said to He Xin that he is single, has no worries, and is not in a hurry to start a family, but in fact, Zhao Ping has already had a goal in his heart, that is, Qiuqing.

However, although they are both subordinates, Zhao Ping is just a personal entourage of Zhao Weizhong, and Qiuqing is Zhao Shuilan's personal daughter, and her status is also high and low, if it is under normal circumstances, when Zhao Shuilan gets married, Qiuqing is likely to be the maid who marries, and most of the future will be a concubine for Zhao Shuilan's future husband. The chance of being able to marry Qiu Qing is not great, so Zhao Ping is sometimes annoyed by this.

But now his identity is different, he is a second lieutenant of the People's Army, and the military system corresponding to the Qing court is the general, which is the official rank of the seventh grade, of course, the official system of the Qing court is to respect civilian officials, so the rank of military generals is often one grade lower than that of civilian officials, but it is enough for people like Zhao Weizhong who have no reputation. It was the words with He Xin that aroused Zhao Ping's thoughts, and he felt that if he went to ask Zhao Weizhong for Qiuqing now, most of them could still be done. So I bought a gift for Qiuqing. Thinking of this, Zhao Ping bought two more ginseng plants for Zhao Weizhong.

In the end, these gifts cost Zhao Ping 22.28 yuan, using more than 1/3 of his savings, and also made Zhao Ping a little painful, but thinking that it is rare to go back, it is also appropriate to spend more money, and he can't use any money in the barracks, not to mention that he still has big things to do.

After buying the gift, Zhao Ping found a restaurant to eat, and then returned to the dock, retrieved his luggage, and boarded the ship back to Tianjin.

At about 6 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the ship arrived at Dagukou, and the sky was just slightly bright. After getting off the boat, Zhao Ping found that there were really a lot of people who got off the boat at Dagukou, and there were still many people in the waiting room waiting for the next departure steamer.

Zhao Ping walked out of the dock with the passengers who got off the ship, only to see that in front of the dock was a large square, with a tall stone monument set up in the middle, and a huge clock was hung in all four directions, and the street lights were still on at this time, so it could also be seen very clearly. On both sides of the square, there are many shops, all of which are open for business, and the crowd is constantly coming and going; on the side of the road on the left and right, there is a row of long tents, written with the words "bus stop", and the words "rickshaws", rickshaws, and wagons are written below, and there are many horse-drawn carts, donkey carts, and rickshaws parked in the tent in order and type, and many passengers are queuing up to get on the bus in turn.

At this time, I saw a young man about 30 years old walking up to Zhao Ping and saying, "Master Jun, do you want to take a car? Just take the villain's car, it's cheap and ......comfortable."

Before he finished his words, he heard someone behind him shouting: "Don't solicit customers in the square, go to the bus stop and wait." ”

When Zhao Ping looked back, it turned out to be a young man wearing a security uniform and a rattan hat, who hurriedly ran over and said to the young man: "Ma Liu, it turns out that you were soliciting customers in the square again, and you were fined more than 2 yuan last month, why are you still tired of teaching, do you still want to be punished this month?"

Ma Liu hurriedly said with a smile: "Little brother, little brother, I won't dare next time, I won't dare next time, don't punish me this time." ”

The security guard said: "That's not good, the port has the rules of order of the port, and if you want to carry passengers, you have to go to the boarding point to wait in line, how many times have I taught you, why can't you remember it." If everyone is like you, pulling guests in the square, isn't it messy?" said he tore off a piece of paper from his notebook, handed it to Ma Liu, and said, "Go and pay the fine this afternoon, and you have violated the rules more than 10 times last month, and you will have to do more than 3 times this month, and your operating license will be revoked." ”

Ma Liu was startled, and couldn't help complaining: "I have to revoke my license, this is too strict, there are still more than a dozen cars in front of me, how long will it take to wait for my turn, it is better to let me go to the square to pull a fast, why do you break the rules, I really make trouble for myself, I think it should be changed." ”

At this time, Zhao Ping said: "This master, what you said is not right, the dock formulated these rules to bring convenience to all of us, not deliberately to embarrass you, do you think that it is fast to pull guests to the square, that is because other car masters are queuing up in accordance with the rules, if everyone comes to the square to pull guests, everyone competes with each other, there are no rules at all, then it is still fast? I think you will still honestly abide by the rules in the future." ”

The security guard nodded again and again, and said, "Did you hear it, but the leader of the People's Army has a high ideological consciousness, and what he said makes sense." Hurry up and line up, you won't be fined again, and your license won't be revoked. ”

Ma Liu had nothing to say, so he had to take the ticket and go to the bus stop to queue up. The security guard said to Zhao Ping again: "Sir, thank you, you still know a lot of truth." ”

Zhao Ping was also quite satisfied, because the education he received in the army was that even if he left the barracks, he still had to maintain the style of the army, and try his best to maintain the image of the people's army in society. ”

The security guard nodded again and again, and said, "You are so right, I have memorized all the truths you said just now, and I will definitely patiently tell you next time, are you going there and want me to help?"

Zhao Ping said: "Do you know that there is a train to Tianjin New Town now?"

The security guard looked at the wall clock and said, "There is a trip at seven o'clock, and there is still more than half an hour, so you still have time to go now." Then he told Zhao Ping the location of the train station.

After thanking the security guards, Zhao Ping rushed to the train station and caught the train at seven o'clock. By the time the train arrived in Tianjin New Town, it was already more than nine o'clock in the morning, and he had not returned to Tianjin for a year, Zhao Ping only felt that Tianjin was more lively than when he joined the army and left, and there were several more roads that he didn't know. Fortunately, the street where Zhao Weizhong's mansion is located has not changed much, so Zhao Ping soon came to the door of Zhao Weizhong's mansion and made a knocker.

The one who came to open the door was a middle-aged man in his 40s, he looked at Zhao Ping, who was dressed in a military uniform, and was stunned for a while before asking, "Is there something wrong with this military master?"

In fact, Zhao Ping had already recognized him, this was Zhao Quan, the current housekeeper of the Zhao family, who originally called him Uncle Quan, so he smiled and said: "Uncle Quan, I am Zhao Ping." ”

After Zhao Quan heard this, he recognized Zhao Ping and said, "It turned out to be Brother Ping, I almost couldn't recognize it, why did I come back at this time?"

Zhao Ping said: "It just so happens that the army has a few days off, so I'll come back and take a look." ”

Zhao Quandao: "Okay, okay, the master is still talking about you these days, come in, come in, come in if you have something to say." With that, he closed the door first, and then helped Zhao Ping pick up the rattan box and walked into the house.

Zhao Ping followed Zhao Quan into the house and said, "Is the master at home?"

Zhao Quandao: "No, I went out early in the morning, saying that I went to the city government for a meeting, and now our family has face in this Tianjin city, Boss Cao, Boss Zheng, and Boss Liang are respectful to the master." ”

Zhao Ping knew that Zhao Quan's name was Cao Jianqiu, who was originally a student of the Beiyang Naval Academy majoring in marine machinery, and because he was fluent in foreign languages, he acted as a translator in the concession and ran a commercial house; Boss Zheng's name was Zheng Yizhi, and he was a comprador of Swire & Co., and Boss Liang's name was Liang Yanqing, and he was a comprador of Jardine & Co., because they had a good relationship with foreigners in the past, so they were all influential figures in Tianjin's business circles, and they were former figures that Zhao Weizhong looked up to、Thirty years in Hexi.。

At this time, the two of them had come to the hall, Zhao Quan beckoned Zhao Ping to sit down, and asked someone to make tea, after Zhao Ping sat down, he said: "What about the eldest lady? Are you still a female gentleman in school?"

Zhao Quanzai said with a smile: "The eldest lady is amazing now, half of our family's face is earned by the eldest lady." There is a female cadre named Gao Jun in the government, although she is a woman, but the official is not small, and she is at least one of the top five officials in Tianjin New Town.

Zhao Ping had heard of Gao Jun's name, and knew that she was one of the more famous female officials among overseas Chinese, and he didn't expect Zhao Shuilan to be a clerk for her, of course, in overseas Chinese, called secretary, probably refers to the meaning of managing confidential documents, China has been inseparable from officials and businessmen since ancient times, Zhao Weizhong has no son, but his daughter has become an official, which is also a good result.

At this time, the tea has been brewed, and Zhao Quan said: "You sit for a while, I will arrange a room for you, send someone to send a letter to the master, and see if the master will come back at noon." ”

Zhao Ping's heart moved, and he said, "Autumn... I bought some gifts for the eldest lady, and I just put them away for Qiu Qing. ”

Zhao Quandao: "At home, in the eldest lady's house, I'll let someone report it, you can go by yourself." ”