Chapter 344 Flawed Cloth

The next day

Gu Yihan had just finished breakfast when Zhang Mei walked in, rubbing her hands nervously.

She asked cautiously, "Xiao Han, I heard you started working at the service station?"

Seeing Zhang Mei's uneasy expression, Gu Yihan nodded and asked curiously, "Auntie, what's wrong?"

When Zhang Mei saw Gu Yihan nod, her shoulders slumped instantly.

With a hint of disappointment on his face, he said, "Now that you've gone to work, does that mean the deputy director of the shirt factory won't be coming?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan looked at her with a puzzled expression, not understanding what her going to work or not had to do with whether Ren Ling came or not.

Seeing that Gu Yihan didn't speak, Zhang Mei assumed that Fu Ling would never come to the family compound again, and she felt incredibly sad.

She was basking in the joy of making money for the past two months, and now she's suddenly being told she has no money left.

Waaah...

How unlucky she is.

Seeing Zhang Mei's ever-changing face, Gu Yihan suddenly realized something and suppressed a laugh.

She reassured her, "Auntie, there's no conflict between me going to work and Director Fu coming to the family compound."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mei suddenly raised her head, looked at her in disbelief, and said tremblingly, "Really...really?"

Gu Yihan met Zhang Mei's surprised eyes, smiled, and nodded emphatically, "Really, Director Fu is coming at the end of the month."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mei rubbed her hands together and happily started spinning around.

"Xiao Han, you don't know, I was so sad that I couldn't sleep all night after hearing that you went to work at the service station."

"I'm worried that the shirt factory won't come to collect the manuscript anymore."

Gu Yihan smiled and shook her head, saying, "Fu Ling would never want to give up such an excellent designer as you, Auntie."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mei said modestly, feeling embarrassed, "I'm not as good as you say."

Gu Yihan smiled and didn't think it was an exaggeration.

She benefited from the vision of a prophet, but could only look without being able to draw, while Zhang Mei could not only draw but also design new styles based on the current national conditions.

Zhang Mei saw Gu Yihan walk to the sofa, pick up her handbag, and put it on her sling.

She said tactfully, "Xiao Han, thank you, Auntie. You're busy, I'll head back now."

After saying that, without waiting for Gu Yihan's reply, he happily turned and left.

...

When Gu Yihan arrived at the service station, she first greeted Liu Yufang, whom she knew well, and then smiled politely at the other sales clerks at the counters she didn't know very well.

Back at my counter, I checked the merchandise and casually picked up a feather duster to remove the unseen dust.

Before long, a number of military spouses came into the service station to buy things.

"Comrade, give me a bar of Lighthouse brand soap."

Gu Yihan quickly put down the feather duster and replied, "36 cents, and one soap bill."

"Comrade, here's a towel."

"Eight cents, for an industrial bill."

"Comrade, I'd like to buy a thermos."

"Four dollars and two cents, six industrial rolls."

...

Seeing a long line of people in front of Gu Yihan, Liu Yufang quickly came out to help register how many items had been sold.

An hour later, after they finished their work, they looked at each other and laughed.

"Xiao Han, you memorized all the prices in just one day?"

Gu Yihan nodded and said with a smile, "I used to be an accountant, so I'm quite good with numbers."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yufang looked at Gu Yihan in surprise, then leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Then why didn't you become an accountant?"

Gu Yihan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. I'll do whatever I'm assigned."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yufang opened her mouth, then remembered that the new accountant at the service station had arrived two days earlier than Gu Yihan.

She thought it was because Lu Huailin wasn't helping her with her plans.

He sighed, raised his hand and patted her shoulder, comforting her with a sympathetic look, "It's not wrong for us to obey orders from our superiors."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan looked at Liu Yufang, puzzled, and nodded with a smile.

Suddenly, a rough male voice rang out: "Liu Yufang, who gave you permission to leave your post during work hours?"

Startled by Director Chen's words, Liu Yufang immediately turned around, gave him an awkward smile, and said, "Director Chen, I...I didn't mean to..."

How unlucky she is! She had only been chatting for a short while when this big devil caught her.

If she said she helped Gu Yihan, Gu Yihan would definitely not listen, because Director Chen is particularly stubborn and only believes what she saw with her own eyes.

Gu Yihan noticed that she hadn't finished speaking.

He frowned almost imperceptibly, then quickly explained with a smile, "Director Chen, Comrade Liu was worried that I wasn't familiar with the prices, so he came to lend a hand."

Upon hearing this, Director Chen glanced at Gu Yihan indifferently, gave a soft "hmm," and said, "Don't leave your post without permission."

After saying that, he turned and left with his hands behind his back.

After seeing Director Chen leave, Liu Yufang thought to herself that Commander Lu still had more influence.

She quickly said, "Xiao Han, I'm going back now. Let's walk together after get off work."

Gu Yihan couldn't help but laugh as she watched Liu Yufang run away.

Qin He rolled her eyes and scoffed, "So stupid."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yihan glanced at Qin He, who was dawdling with a feather duster in her hand.

When Qin He saw Gu Yihan looking over, she said coldly with a blank expression, "She gets caught every time she leaves her post without permission."

"He gets caught every time, and he leaves his post every time. He has no memory at all."

After saying that, he picked up a feather duster, turned his back to Gu Yihan, and started dawdling.

A smile flashed in Gu Yihan's eyes. She could tell that Qin He was deliberately keeping a cold face and ignoring people.

"Sizzle... sizzle..."

Yang Yue was busy tearing cloth, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Gu Yihan, who was leisurely sitting next door, and Qin He, who was dawdling.

It's amazing how some people are so busy they're dying of work, while others are so idle they're dying of boredom.

Qin He felt Gu Yihan glancing at her every now and then. She glanced at Gu Yihan indifferently, then turned to Ma Ning at the meat and egg counter and called out, "Sister Ning, save me half a pound of meat."

"Okay, I'll save some for you later," Ma Ning replied with a smile as he chopped the meat.

After finishing her work, Yang Yue remembered that her family had said Gu Yihan was Commander Lu's wife.

She quickly leaned over the counter and whispered, "Xiao Han, do you want the flawed fabric?"

Gu Yihan looked in the direction of the sound and saw a chubby, round baby face.

When his eyes smiled, they looked like a line, which was particularly funny. After thinking for a moment, he asked in a low voice, "What color?"

"White cotton and black cardigan."

Gu Yihan thought of Lu Huailin's fuzzy shirt and smiled as she took two steps toward Yang Yue.

"Give me 16 feet of each."

Upon hearing this, Yang Yue glanced at Gu Yihan in surprise, not expecting her to be so willing to part with her.

While using the abacus, he quoted prices: "White pure cotton is 30 cents per foot, black cardigan is 1.5 yuan per foot, that'll be 28.8 yuan in total, no receipt required."

"OK."

Gu Yihan took out 28.8 yuan from her handbag and handed it to Yang Yue.

Yang Yue's gaze fell on the handbag hanging on the cabinet, and she thought to herself that this person was really careless, putting so much money in the handbag so casually.

I'm not afraid of losing it; I'd be heartbroken.