Chapter 66 Fang Zhiwei's IOU

"Xiao Qin, we've already signed the contract with Qin Changmin. I can't do anything about the mop cloth..."

Xu Sifang poured Qin Qing a cup of tea, thinking that she had come back to talk about the mop.

"Chief Xu, I want to buy you some cloth for your cotton-padded jacket. I want high-quality cloth this time."

"That's no problem, but this high-quality cloth isn't cheap. I'll give you the lowest factory price of 1.6 yuan per meter."

When Qin Qing heard the price, she realized it was not cheap.

"Chief Xu, I don't want much this time, just one..."

"One?"

Xu Sifang was stunned. Textile Factory No. 6 was also a large factory. The minimum order for cooperation must be 30 pieces. There was no room for negotiation for this one piece.

"Yes... Chief Xu, the cloth from the textile factory is exclusively for sale and can't be bought at the supply and marketing cooperatives, so I came to you."

Qin Qing also looked a little embarrassed. The last batch of waste cloth was customized by the buyer from the textile factory, so one piece of cloth was 3.3 meters long. She knew that one piece of normal cloth was about 33 meters long, which was enough to make ten cotton-padded jackets of the same style as Fang Zhiwei!

"It's just a piece of cloth. I can't get approval from the factory to ship it."

"ah……"

Qin Qing frowned. She could buy the same cloth as Fang Zhiwei, but the price was 35 after all, and only the high-quality cloth from the textile factory could justify this price.

"Look! I have a spot here where you can get a piece of cloth from the factory at cost price. I'll give it to you."

What Xu Sifang was talking about was his year-end benefit. Every year, Deng Shufen would use this cloth to make clothes for his family.

But he really owed Qin Qing this time, so he wanted to use this piece of cloth to make up for it.

"Chief Xu, thank you so much!"

Qin Qing was not polite to Xu Sifang at all. She really needed this cloth, so she planned to use these ten coats to win more orders.

This way we can have the confidence to find a textile factory to order the fabric!

"Wait here for a moment."

Xu Sifang went to the finance office to apply. He specifically requested an urgent approval, but still had to wait for more than two hours before he completed the application process and got a piece of high-quality cloth.

"Xiao Qin, come here! Take this piece of cloth."

Xu Sifang handed the cloth to Qin Qing. She reached out and touched it. The smooth texture instantly told her that this was definitely not priced at 1.6 yuan per meter. Given the quality of the cloth, 2 yuan per meter was more than enough!

Qin Qing took out all the money from her pocket. She had already counted it while waiting for Xu Sifang. She had 57.25 yuan left, and she had to save some to buy cotton.

"Captain Xu, I'll give you 50 first, and I'll give you the rest in three days."

Qin Qing took out 50 yuan and handed it to Xu Sifang, who quickly waved his hand.

"Why would you want so much? Take it back! 20 is enough. I won't be making any money from you."

Originally, Xu Sifang thought it was a welfare benefit of the factory. If he didn't have to give an explanation to Deng Shufen, he would have given the cloth to Qin Qing.

"That won't do!"

Qin Qing picked up the cloth, put the money directly on the desk, and ran away.

Xu Sifang took the money and wanted to chase after Xiao Qin, but as he walked out of the office door, a worker greeted him. This matter must not be known to others, so he could only take the money and thought to himself that he would ask Deng Shufen to come forward and return the money to Xiao Qin.

Qin Qing ran out of the factory holding the cloth. When she reached the factory gate, she bumped into Li Dongcheng.

"Who the hell is so blind..."

Li Dongcheng was about to scold, but when he looked up, he found that it was Qin Qing. Her face was flushed from running, and her chest was heaving. Seeing this, he was very upset and his tone changed.

"So it's Xiao Qin. It's all my fault. I didn't hurt you, did I?"

Li Dongcheng reached out to help Qin Qing who was lying on the ground. Qin Qing instinctively dodged, and his hand touched the cloth in her arms.

"This cloth..."

Li Dongcheng's expression changed slightly. This is the factory's special cloth. How could she have it?

"Deputy Director Li, I'm fine. I'm leaving now."

Qin Qing didn't have a good impression of Li Dongcheng. She quickly stood up and ran towards the factory gate with the cloth in her arms.

Li Dongcheng's eyes flickered, and he chuckled as he stroked his chin. It seemed he had to investigate thoroughly. How could a fishmonger take the factory's special supply cloth? If anyone dared to accept the sugar-coated cannonball's corruption, he, the deputy factory director, would have to deal with it!

Qin Qing ran to the factory gate, still looking back, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Li Dongcheng did not catch up with her.

"What's wrong? You're out of breath from running."

Fang Zhiwei was already waiting at the factory gate. Seeing Qin Qing sweating, he reached out and carefully wiped the sweat off her forehead.

"No...it's okay. Look! I bought a piece of high-quality cloth from Section Chief Xu!"

Qin Qing smiled and raised the cloth, her eyes sparkling, like a child showing her favorite toy to others.

"Well done! How much did you pay for it?"

"This cloth, judging by its quality, should be worth at least two yuan a meter, but I don't have enough money, so I only gave Chief Xu 50 yuan. I'll give him more when I make some money."

"So how much do you have left?"

"Seven dollars and twenty-five cents."

Qin Qing answered as she naturally sat on the back of the bicycle, holding the cloth. "Let's go! Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy cotton!"

"OK!"

The two went to the supply and marketing cooperative, but when Qin Qing asked about the price of cotton, she was overwhelmed.

"One pound of high-quality cotton for 1.8 yuan?!"

Qin Qing's eyes widened. She planned to make ten pieces of clothing, which would require ten kilograms of cotton and eighteen yuan. The money in her pocket was totally not enough.

"You country folks are so cold, so just buy some low-quality cotton for your quilts. 70 cents a pound. Do you want to buy some?"

The salesperson cracked melon seeds and stared at Qin Qing with disdain.

The woman was beautiful, but the patched cotton jacket she wore made her look so poor, yet she dared to ask about the price of high-quality cotton.

"Low-grade cotton, 70 cents a pound... seven dollars is enough."

Qin Qing thought about it, but the quality of cotton was different, and the warmth-retaining effect was much worse.

If she uses low-quality cotton in order to lower costs, what's the difference between her and that cheating female vendor in the provincial capital?

"Comrade, can you lend me a pen and paper?"

Fang Zhiwei stepped forward and asked politely. As soon as the salesperson saw Fang Zhiwei, she immediately threw away the melon seeds in her hand, clapped her hands, adjusted her hair, and smiled shyly with a blush on her face.

"sure!"

The salesperson immediately found a notebook and a pen and handed them to Fang Zhiwei.

She stared at Fang Zhiwei's profile infatuatedly. She had never seen such a handsome man before! And the clothes he was wearing, there was no such style in the whole county, and he looked so smart in it.

He must be financially well off. I wonder if he has a girlfriend. For a salesperson like her at the supply and marketing cooperative, there should be a chance for him to be with her, right?

"Comrade, you can tell me anything you need."

The salesperson's voice became sweet, and her eyes were glued to Fang Zhiwei, unable to move away.

"OK, thanks."

Fang Zhiwei smiled politely, and this smile made her even more fascinated. Fang Zhiwei wrote and drew on the paper, walked to Qin Qing and handed her the pen.

"Come on, sign it."

Qin Qing was stunned. "What do you want to sign?"

"Take a look at the contents first."

Qin Qing looked down and saw Zhiwei's powerful handwriting on the note. It read:

Today, Qin Qing did not have enough money, so she borrowed 18 yuan from Comrade Fang Zhiwei to purchase cotton, and she will return it on time in three days.

Qin Qing looked at the IOU and couldn't help but smile, "Hey, why did you think of writing an IOU?"

"If I just give you the money directly, you'll be unhappy. With the IOU, I have to pay it back. Doesn't that respect you?"

Fang Zhiwei's words made Qin Qing stunned, and the warmth in her heart flooded over her.

She knew that Fang Zhiwei might not understand her persistence. From the beginning, he wanted to give her the fish pond and help her buy cloth, to now he lent her money to buy cotton and asked her to repay the loan.

This is because he has enough respect for her and tries to understand her principles.

"Fang Zhiwei, thank you!"

Qin Qing's eyes reddened slightly, and she suddenly reached out and hugged Fang Zhiwei tightly.

Seeing the two hugging each other, the salesperson's expression froze instantly. Such a handsome man actually fell in love with that country girl!

"Alright, sign it! Don't try to renege on your debt."

Fang Zhiwei smiled slightly, looking at Qin Qing with infinite pampering and tenderness.

Under the salesperson's jealous gaze, Qin Qing took away ten kilograms of cotton, got on Fang Zhiwei's bicycle, and the two returned home with a full load.

However, they did not return to Dagang Village first, but went to Hedong Village. When they arrived at the village committee, they saw a huge group of people gathered together, and the insults were so loud that it hurt people's eardrums.

As Qin Qing approached, she saw a flash of a knife, and the scene before her made her heart skip a beat!