Check In System In The 70s

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The afternoon work began around 15:00, which gave the villagers plenty of time to gossip.

Somehow the story spread, but the story of Kiki who is good at making soap quickly became a topic of conversation in the village.

One of the people who spread it was Yang Guiha. Kiki gave Fang Xionan a bar of soap as a token of gratitude for his help in making special molds for the soap.

But this bar of soap was useless to Fang Xionan, so he gave it to Yang Guiha. Yang Guiha then got an explanation that this soap can make the skin smoother and brighter.

Of course, the one who could feel the effects of this soap was Fang Xionan's 12-year-old little sister. In two years, it was time for him to find a partner.

Yang Guiha exaggerated the matter and went door to door to tell people that her future son-in-law actually knew how to make bath soap.

To make this story look more real, he even brought a bar of soap to be seen by his interlocutors.

"Oh, youth education is indeed different from us. They even know how to make soap for the skin. They are really pretty and skinned differently than our village girls" said one resident.

"Oh, Aunt Fang, if this wedding really happened, you would really have a goose that lays golden eggs, hahaha!" add another one.

Everyone laughed and in this way, the flower-scented soap became popular in the village in an instant.

Kiki had no idea what was happening, but when she went out to go to the fields again, some people looked at her with strange looks and curiosity.

However, only a few aunts dared to come forward to ask.

"Oh, Kiki, I heard that you made a bath soap that was specifically for the skin. Is that true?" ask Aunt Hong, who got straight to the point when meeting Kiki.

Of course, Kiki was surprised to hear that because she had never talked about this matter with anyone else.

"Where did Aunt know?" ask Kiki.

"Everyone in the village already knows that you're good at making bath soap, Kiki. Can Auntie get one stick to try? Who knows by using your homemade soap, my daughter's skin will get better. I heard Hong Yan will be on a blind date next month, and I think his skin will be better with this soap, and the candidate will probably be more interested."

"Auntie..."

"Don't worry, Kiki. Auntie knew the cost of making soap was not low. So what if Bibi offers 3 eggs instead?"

Auntie Hong was used to selling the eggs she had saved to an income and procurement cooperative. The price of one egg is 2 cents, and the cooperative buys it and sells it again for 3 cents without a ticket.

If calculated in this way, a bar of soap has a value of about 6 cents, or even more expensive if sold in income and procurement cooperatives.

"Auntie, won't this be considered speculation?" ask Kiki who initially refused to sell her soap.

"We don't buy and sell, just exchange. Didn't we?" said Aunt Hong who was more familiar with the term "speculation."

Kiki did not lack eggs or groceries, but seeing Aunt Hong's enthusiasm, she decided to use the eggs and sell them on the black market later.

"Okay, one bar of soap for 3 eggs."

Ling Jin also arrived and said that some of the girls on the youth education team were also interested in this soap. Although the effect was not yet known, they were attracted by the scent of soap and planned to exchange it for some items.

Kiki has a lot of soap stock in her room and she can make more later tonight.

So he agreed, and almost half of the soap he made yesterday was successfully exchanged in this way.

The story of Kiki and her soap really became a hot topic in the village.

Within a week, some of the girls who used this soap actually felt a change in their skin.

"Although it doesn't look brighter yet, my skin feels fresher and softer to the touch."

"Oh, Auntie Hong's daughter seems to be ready for a blind date. Usually his body smelled of earth, but since using this soap, it smelled like a flower on the mountain, hahaha."

"Oh, really? Looks like the girls in this village will have the scent of flowers as well later, right?"

"But Kiki is too stingy. Why would a bar of soap like this cost 3 eggs? We are all villagers, it should be more affordable."

"Soap in income and procurement cooperatives is more expensive, not to mention having to use tickets. It is also a special soap for the skin, and a single bar of soap can last for 1 or 2 months if used wisely. Ah, Kiki also said she can make soap with mint that can make skin fresher in summer. I was waiting for him, it's better than a flower-scented soap."

Almost all girls who use this soap are interested and feel a loss if they do not get one more stick.

The more popular Kiki's soap became, the more furious Lin Xuni became.

So, on the day that he asked for permission to go to the county town, he actually sent an anonymous letter to the police station, claiming that Kiki was making soap and engaging in speculative activity in Qingyuan village.

Because the letter is anonymous, there is no sender name. After that, Lin Xuni left again to steal the ages of some people who had intentionally or unintentionally come into contact with him.

Oh, he also had a chance to visit Aunt Wanwan, who had actually returned to his home a few days ago.

"Auntie, why does your face look so different? You look older. What did the doctor say?" lin Xuni said, pretending to be worried.

"Doctors say this is a rare disease in which the skin ages too fast. Some organs also dry out, and there are some problems. The medical equipment here is not enough and the doctor only asks that the aunt rest at home," Aunt Wanwan said with sad eyes.

"Auntie, rest well, but don't worry. There will probably be miracles from the gods," Lin Xuni said with a concerned tone.

But actually, he was very happy. This time, Aunt Wanwan was really going to run out.

In her previous life, this Aunt had not died, which meant that her age even exceeded 80 years.

Aunt Wanwan sustains the lives of her nieces and becomes an old woman who is honored for having a lot of money.

Lin Xuni was interested in this job.

"Aunt Wanwan, is aunt willing to sell me aunty's job? I live in the village and will age there without a job. But..."

Aunt Wanwan, whose age was constantly being usurped by Lin Xuni, felt a strong tremor, but she instead thought that because of her illness, her age would not be long anymore.

"My niece is still too small, the cousins are also unreliable. Ah, you're my benefactor, so, so, I'd rather this idea than give it to cousins."

Wanwan's aunt has several relatives who see her work and are thinking of inheriting it themselves. They did not help Aunt Wanwan find a solution to his illness, but looking from the way they acted, they considered it fine if Aunt Wanwan died.

Aunt Wanwan is not a fool. He knew that currently the cousins were competing to determine who would be his successor after he died.

His heart is very sick. In his last moments, he saw how bad his family was.

This way, he would rather give this job to Lin Xuni as his help.

But who would have thought, Aunt Wanwan had no idea that Lin Xuni was the brains behind her rapid age decline.

To Aunt Wanwan, Lin Xuni was the Goddess of Help and unfortunately, her age would not be long. Although he did not have much money, but the job would be very beneficial for this girl.

So one day in the county town, actually Lin xuni not only earned a lot of points in his balance but also got a job that made him have a job in the city.

Preferably, news of soap and speculation followed on the same day.

At this time, almost everyone was obedient to the law, and if there was an offense, it was only done by a handful of people. Therefore, the local police station was a not so busy place.

Major cases such as murder and human trafficking will be handled by the police group assigned to it.

Speculation cases involving a village are rare, so several members of the police team are sent to handle it. They came in patrol cars, and this of course caused question marks among the villagers, especially when the police car stopped at the village office.

Hello, Mr. Police. Is there anything we can help you with?" asked the village secretary who happened to be in the office, while someone also ran to find the village chief to come faster.

"Oh, actually like this, there was someone who sent a canned letter saying that a girl from the youth education team was speculating in your village with a bar of soap. We came to investigate this" one of the police said.

"A, Kiki?" The secretary scratched his head, unsure. Fortunately, the village chief came and responded quickly to the question.

"Cion, go get Kiki here," the boy named immediately ran over quickly. While the village chief directly faced the police and asked them to sit while waiting for Kiki's arrival.

The policemen were still quite calm, talking to the village chief while sipping brown sugar water.

They discussed the issue of soap which was considered speculation, but this was immediately denied by the village chief.

Not long after, Kiki came up with some of the aunts who wanted to know what was going on.

The police were surprised to see Kiki, they thought Kiki was a more mature educational young girl, but they didn't think she was just a teenager who wasn't even 15 yet.

"Hello, Mr. Police, can I know why I was called?" kiki said calmly, although in her heart she was still stubborn because she had never interacted with the police in her two lives.

"Oh, so this is Kiki. We want to clarify the issue of speculation. If this is really a problem, please follow us to the police station. But the village chief has already clarified and said that there is no speculation, but rather a fair exchange" a police officer said.

Kiki's heart became calmer after hearing that the village chief had clarified the matter first.

"Father of the Police, I don't know who sent the canned letter, but the information about me making bath soap is true. However, I made it for personal use, and this was known to the aunts who exchanged it with me, therefore we did not speculate, but rather legitimate exchanges."

The police recorded this and obtained a bar of soap as evidence of the absence of speculation in the village.

The village chief felt relieved and cursed anyone who had reported this. If these allegations are really considered speculation, not only will Kiki be taken to the police station, but he and several other citizens who also exchanged soap will be arrested on the same charges.

Now the police have also understood that this is false reporting.

"I've also traded it for 3 eggs."

"I also exchanged it for a basket of yams."

"Sir cop, I love his soap and don't buy but trade it for a bowl of mushroom soup, this isn't speculation, is it??"

Some villagers were quick to admit it and their confessions were written in the letter, reinforcing allegations of false reporting by unknown persons.

In the end, some of these policemen did not bring Kiki to the police station, instead they were interested in soap which they thought was very creative and innovative.

Because the issue of speculation was considered to pass, Kiki took the initiative to bring these policemen to his home to watch the soap he had just made this morning. These soaps had not even had time to remove from the mold. It is a soap with the addition of essential mint and mountain tea.

"This time I made this soap and the color is no longer white, hahaha." obviously it will no longer be white due to the use of tea in it, but the addition of mint, it is clear, it will actually cause a cold sensation in the user of this soap.

"Oh, so this is newly created and no one has used it yet?"

"No, Sir. But some have already ordered it because I think 'mint leaves will cool the skin, as you know, now the weather is hot" said Kiki who smiled.

Although this is a soap with a new effect, Kiki gets the recipe through the book from a system that is certainly effective. However he did reduce some things to avoid too glaring an effect.

"Village chief, it might be better if you bring this matter up. You can get a side income through soap making, but if this girl agrees," said the Police Officer again calmly.

But these police words suddenly could no longer appease the villagers, especially the Village Chief who saw soap as a source of side income.

But it was Kiki's turn to feel unhappy.