“I asked around, and my job is worth five hundred yuan.”

She assumed Fang Huilan also knew the price and didn't overcharge.

"Five hundred? Why don't you just rob us?"

"If you don't want it, fine, there are plenty of people who would love it. I knew you were trying to take advantage, so you're just saying this on purpose."

Fang Huilan quickly responded, "Qingyan, Auntie doesn't mean to take advantage of you. How about this, we're all family, and Guanghui is your brother, so we can't give him the same price as other people. Let's make it cheaper, three hundred."

Lin Qingyan snorted coldly, thinking that there was no way she could bargain with her.

"Seven hundred, not a penny less."

"You...you're raising prices again?"

"If you keep talking, I'll raise the price even more. Take it or leave it, stop talking nonsense."

After saying that, Lin Qingyan returned to her room.

Fang Huilan slapped herself hard. Five hundred it is, why did she have to haggle with that brat?

Unexpectedly, instead of getting the price down, I ended up having to pay an extra two hundred yuan.

If it weren't for the fact that jobs are so hard to find these days, and that her son needs this job to marry the sister of a revolutionary committee cadre, she wouldn't even bother with that brat.

Lin Qingyan rested in the space for a while, then opened the durian she had picked yesterday. Because the durian was too big, she only ate one portion. She felt it was about time, as she still needed to go to the cotton mill to collect payment from Gu's mother.

She arrived at the entrance of the cotton mill at the time she had agreed with Gu's mother.

This time, she didn't need to ask the gatekeeper to pass on a message. After waiting for three or four minutes, Gu's mother came out from inside and handed her a paper package.

"It's all here. Take this money, and we'll have nothing to do with each other anymore. Don't try to use your mother's life-saving grace to take advantage of me again, understand?"

"I know, I won't bother you again. If the money is okay, we're even."

Lin Qingyan looked around and saw that there was no one around. She walked to a corner, took out the money and counted it. There was quite a lot of money, so she put it into her bag (space).

When she returned, her mother immediately handed her a piece of paper with half a page of writing on it, along with a fountain pen.

"This is a guarantee; you need to sign and put your fingerprint on it."

Lin Qingyan glanced at the guarantee, which stated that the kindness of Gu's mother and her own mother had been bought off with three thousand yuan, and that from now on, Gu's mother would no longer owe them anything.

Lin Qingyan hadn't originally planned to pursue any further issues with Gu's mother, but Gu's mother, being an accountant, was indeed shrewd and meticulous, leaving no future troubles for herself.

Taking the pen, Lin Qingyan signed her name on the guarantee. Gu's mother then handed her the inkpad box, which had already been opened. She dipped her thumb in the inkpad and pressed her fingerprint on the signature area.

Mrs. Gu glanced at it again before taking back the guarantee and folding it neatly.

With that, she breathed a sigh of relief. Anyway, the girl was going to the countryside soon, to a remote and impoverished place, and it was uncertain whether she would come back alive.

Even if the other party doesn't die, she won't be afraid if Lin Qingyan tries to pester her for money again in the future, thanks to this guarantee.

After dealing with matters with Gu's mother, Lin Qingyan took advantage of the time she had and planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to purchase some supplies for the countryside.

She was going to Northeast China, where the winters are not only cold but also very long, so she had to bring enough warm clothes, cotton, quilts, and cotton-padded clothes.

Fortunately, Factory Director Qin got her ten jin of cotton coupons, twenty feet of cloth coupons, and five jin of cotton coupons from Qin Fangfang's mother, which was enough for her to buy these things.

Because these tickets were all local tickets, they had to be used up before going to the countryside, so she first bought herself a set of handmade cotton-padded jacket and trousers. She bought a size slightly larger so that she could still wear them even if she gained weight or grew taller. The larger size also made it easier to add clothes underneath in winter.

I spent seven jin of cotton coupons, twelve feet of cloth coupons, and eleven yuan to buy the cotton coat. With the remaining cotton coupons, I bought eight jin of cotton, and with the remaining eight feet of cloth coupons and five yuan, I bought myself a single-layer coat. The single-layer coat was a little bigger than what she was wearing now.

As for blankets, there's no need to worry at all; her stepmother has new ones in her room.

I bought two jin of brown sugar, one jin of white sugar, two jin of White Rabbit milk candy, and one jin of fruit candy with three jin of sugar coupons. I also bought two jin of roasted melon seeds with food coupons. I used all the match coupons, soap coupons, and towel coupons. I also used industrial coupons to buy an enamel basin, two large tea mugs, a thermos, a tube of toothpaste, two toothbrushes, and two padlocks.

After buying all these things, she was almost too tired to carry them all. If she wanted to buy eggs, she would have to come back again.

After paying the fare and carrying her things out of the supply and marketing cooperative, she turned into a small alleyway she saw by the roadside and, taking advantage of the absence of others, stored all her belongings in her spatial storage.

There was a pharmacy not far from the supply and marketing cooperative, where she also needed to buy some medicine to regulate her body.

She bought twenty boxes of Sijunzi pills and ten boxes of Renshen Yangrong pills.

Sijunzi pills have the effects of soothing the liver, clearing heat, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and can be taken now. As for Renshen Yangrong pills, they must be taken after taking Sijunzi pills for a certain period of time, when the functions of the liver, spleen and stomach have been improved.

Because she is currently very weak, and Renshen Yangrong Wan is a very nourishing medicine, taking it directly will not only fail to achieve good absorption, but may also cause her to be unable to tolerate the nourishment, resulting in the opposite effect.

Next, she plans to sell the house.

She doesn't know many people here. Buying a house isn't like selling vegetables or grains; it's a big deal and can't be taken lightly. She needs to find a trustworthy person to act as a go-between.

She wanted to go see Director Qin again. If Director Qin couldn't help, she would have no choice but to risk going to the black market. Unexpectedly, she ran into Qin Fangfang after only a few steps.

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