Chapter 44 9304 Dance King
"Drink, drink, drink! All you do is drink every day. I say you are a dishonest person?" The female doctor looked disappointed.

"I have nothing to do. The dance hall in the factory has been renovated these days, and I heard that it has new audio equipment. It's really cool. Let's go there and have fun together later." Wang Yongsheng looked grinning.

"We'll talk about it when the time comes." Hearing Wang Yongsheng say this, the female doctor's expression immediately eased a little.

The next moment, the female doctor took out alcohol gauze and steel needle from the cabinet next to her, preparing to treat Xu Qiang's wound.

Through their conversation, Xu Qiang learned that the female doctor was named Li Lin, and that she and Wang Yongsheng were from the same hometown, both of them being the "second generation" of the factory.

However, compared to Zhang Yongsheng, Li Lin can also be considered an excellent student. After graduating from secondary technical school, she was originally going to be assigned to a hospital in Changchun. However, because her parents both worked at the Shengli Machinery Factory, which belonged to the National Defense Industry Office system, Li Lin eventually came to the staff hospital.

It is interesting to note that when Shengli Machinery Factory was first established, its employees came from all over the country and spoke with different accents. However, after a few years, almost everyone spoke the Northeastern dialect, but the real Northeastern accent can still be heard.

"Hold on, it will be fine in a moment."

Li Lin skillfully helped Xu Qiang treat the wound. She first wiped the blood off the wound on the top of his head with alcohol, and then began to sew.

The stimulation of alcohol and the severe pain from the needle made Xu Qiang clench his teeth, and a drop of cold sweat instantly ran across his forehead.

"Look at him, he doesn't even cry out in pain when he's getting stitches. Unlike you, you keep crying out every time I help you treat your wound..."

After quickly sewing the wound, Li Lin helped him wrap it with gauze.

"This guy is just pretending to be a fool!" Wang Yongsheng said unconvincedly, "Just now on the road, I saw him grimacing in pain, he was not much better than me!"

"Okay, let's talk business." Li Lin was too lazy to waste time talking to him, so she said, "Next time you go to buy goods, remember to bring me some soap and shampoo. They should be made in Shanghai, called something like Seagull..."

"This thing is hard to get right now. Last time I asked, they said it was out of stock. I'll ask again later." Wang Yongsheng smiled slightly and continued, "Next time I'll bring you some chocolate, the kind you like best."

"That's good enough." After hearing what Wang Yongsheng said, Li Lin finally smiled.

"Great Sage, are you still doing business in the factory?" Xu Qiang asked with interest when he heard the conversation between the two.

"He sells everything except airplanes and missiles," Li Lin said with a smile.

"Don't listen to her nonsense. I just do a small business. I usually buy some goods from the county and then sell them in our factory." Wang Yongsheng explained.

"You can't even buy soap and shampoo in the county?"

Wang Yongsheng was somewhat surprised when he heard that he couldn't buy soap and shampoo.

You know, in the past life, soap and shampoo were the most common daily necessities, and I had never heard of such things being in short supply.

Moreover, people in later generations used shampoo liquid to wash their hair. As for shampoo cream, it seemed to be a product that had been eliminated for a long time.

However, what Xu Qiang didn't know was that soap and shampoo were indeed high-end daily chemicals in those days. Ordinary families usually used alkaline noodles or washing powder to wash their hair. Soap was easy to cause dandruff when washing hair, and few families could afford shampoo. As for soap, although it was available in China, it was far from popular. Some supply and marketing cooperatives sold soaps of the White Cat brand produced in Tianjin. As for products such as Nice and Safeguard, they only became popular in the late 1980s.

The income of employees at Shengli Machinery Factory is significantly higher than that of residents in surrounding cities and counties. With money, they naturally want to use better things, especially some girls who love beauty, who definitely have higher requirements for daily chemical products.

"It's hard to buy. Not many people in the county use that stuff, and it's expensive." Wang Yongsheng said helplessly, "The money for a box of shampoo is enough to buy several bars of soap. Only people in our factory can afford it..."

"What about the soap?" Hearing this, Xu Qiang's heart suddenly moved.

In fact, whether it is soap or shampoo, some basic raw materials are similar. They all use soap base made from alkalized animal fat. After the soap base is made, various flavors and additives are added. After a series of processes, the finished product can be made.

These production processes are too complicated and tedious for ordinary people. However, for top chemical experts like Xu Qiang, making such things by hand is not a problem at all.

Until now, Xu Qiang still remembers the formulas of many daily chemical products, some of which have not been developed in this era and are products that are ahead of their time!

"Soap is expensive too. A bar of soap costs 85 cents, but soap only costs 30 cents. Don't people in your village use soap?" Wang Yongsheng asked.

"There is no soap in our village." Xu Qiang replied.

"No wonder, your village is full of bumpkins." Wang Yongsheng chuckled twice, then stepped forward and patted Xu Qiang on the shoulder, saying: "Brother, it's okay, let's go, have a drink at noon..."

"He just got hurt and can't drink!"

"What do you women know? Have you ever heard of Guan Erye drinking wine to scrape his bones to heal his wounds? No matter how serious the wound is, after a few glasses of wine, it won't hurt at all..."

"He was playing chess while scraping his bones. I told you to read more books but you refused to do your job!"

"It's all the same!" Wang Yongsheng's face turned red when he was exposed in front of him, and he pulled Xu Qiang out of the clinic.

"You have a good relationship with that girl. Are you two a couple?" Xu Qiang asked Wang Yongsheng after they left the hospital.

"What partner? I'm from the same hometown, and our two families have a good relationship. It's just that her mother is too nagging. She always tells me to study harder and go to college. If I'm that kind of person, why would I work in the workshop?" Wang Yongsheng pouted and continued, "I'm not bragging. There are so many girls in the factory who like me. If I want, I can bring one home every day. I can bring a different one every year. My mother will be dazzled by the choices..."

"Hahaha!" Hearing this, Xu Qiang burst into laughter.

What Xu Qiang didn’t know was that although Wang Yongsheng seemed to be bragging, he was actually quite popular with women in the factory.

Wang Yongsheng is usually sloppy at work, but after get off work, he becomes a completely different person. He dresses himself neatly and fashionably every day. Wang Yongsheng is tall and handsome, and compared with most southerners in the factory, he stands out like a crane among chickens.

Although he has a bad reputation for frequent fighting, he is still a formal employee after all.

Another thing is that Wang Yongsheng often hangs out in dance halls. Whether it is ballroom dancing or the recently popular disco, he dances very well, so much so that he is called the "9304 Dance King".

(End of this chapter)