May Day is here in the blink of an eye.

On this day, all the major factories were holding their own parties.

The party at the weaving factory is held in the morning, and we can have half a day off in the afternoon.

There are mostly female workers in this weaving factory. Today, because there will be a performance, everyone changed into their own costumes.

Most of these programs are choruses, such as red songs like "Unity is Strength", "We Workers Have Strength" and "Nanniwan".

Although these songs may sound old-fashioned now, they were popular all over the country at that time. They were inspiring and uplifting, and were essential classic songs in the chorus.

The female workers on the stage sang very hard, and the leaders below kept clapping and praising them.

Sitting in the row behind the leader was a row of scorers who were responsible for scoring the female workers.

The prize for this first-place performance in the factory is a white shirt.

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I heard that this white shirt is the kind sold in shopping malls, it’s a brand name, and costs thirty-four yuan each.

When it was the Propaganda Department's turn, everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation.

Why?

Because the female workers in the Propaganda Department are all talented, each of them has her own unique skills and expertise.

Moreover, the female workers in the Propaganda Department are beautiful. Pick any one of them and they are all very pleasing to the eye.

The announcer came onto the stage and announced in an energetic voice the piece to be performed by the Propaganda Department, "Edelweiss".

This is a foreign song. It is melodious and pleasant to listen to, and it brings out the full picture when it is sung.

The female workers in the Propaganda Department were divided into one to play the violin, three to dance, and one to sing solo.

Ye Li had the best voice and sang in a melodious voice; she was the soloist.

Before going on stage, the chairman of the directors' union who was in charge of the entire program suddenly told them that the props prepared for the next situational play suddenly broke.

Ask her, Ye Li and the others to extend the time as much as possible to give the union time to repair the props.

It will take at least ten minutes to repair this prop!

"Ten minutes?" Ye Li was stunned. He had never seen a song that took ten minutes to sing.

"Try hard! Do your best! Please!" the union chairman urged again and again.

The female worker in the Propaganda Department had no choice but to agree.

The show was originally only seven minutes long, but it was stretched to ten minutes!

This is a challenge!

However, Ye Li also has countermeasures.

The normal performance began, those who played the violin played the violin, those who danced danced, and Ye Li sang normally.

After seven minutes, the violin began to play again and again, and Ye Li suddenly changed the language.

She sang Edelweiss once in English, but finding that there was still not enough time, she sang it again in French.

When she finished singing the last syllable, the announcer's voice sounded, reminding her that it was time.

Immediately, thunderous applause broke out from the audience.

Under a sycamore tree not far from the auditorium, a man laughed and raised his hand to applaud Ye Li.

When Ye Li walked off the stage, he felt nervous and anxious.

Section Chief Liu came over and gave them a thumbs up happily.

When I got to Ye Li, I asked her, "What language did you sing later? I couldn't understand it. It sounded like a bird singing."

Ye Li smiled and said, "Chief, those are English and French."

"Oh, you know this?"

Ye Li made up a story: "I just learned it randomly. It's fine as long as it's the right sound. I don't care if it's right or not. Anyway, the time has been delayed."

Liu Hua nodded: "Yes, yes, yes. Anyway, if the first place goes to the union this time, I will go to the union chairman to ask for it! We are helping them a lot!"

At the end of the party, the Propaganda Department’s program won first place.

Because this kind of performance is quite novel, everyone gave it high scores.

Of course, Ye Li knew clearly that everyone in the factory knew that Propaganda Chief Liu Hua was going to marry the factory director.

The program that the future factory director's wife rehearses in the department must be number one.

Therefore, everyone tacitly gave high scores.

Ye Li didn’t care how she got the first place. What she cared about was that the prize for first place was a white shirt.

After the party, the female workers from the Propaganda Department agreed to go to the Friendship Shopping Mall together to pick up clothes with their tickets.

Ye Li waved his hand: "You guys go ahead, I have other things to do this afternoon."

"Do you want us to help you get it back?" Lin Shanshan said.

"No need, I can go by myself. Besides, I want to change my shirt and buy a white shirt for our Jiang Xun..."

“Ouch…”

“Tsk tsk tsk!”

“Sweet!”

Everyone teased Ye Li until his face turned red, and then they dispersed with satisfaction.

After leaving the factory, Ye Li went to the hospital to find Qin Ying.

I made an appointment with Qin Ying today to go meet her friend at the Chinese medicine factory.

Qin Ying happened to be off work in the afternoon, so she went with Ye Li.

Ye Li invited them to a teahouse, and the three of them started talking about business.

"Mrs. Jiang, this is Lu Ning, my good friend! He is a buyer for the Chinese medicine factory. I have already told him about your situation. Let's talk about it in detail today."

"Hello, hello, Sister Ye Li, right? Just call me Xiao Lu!" Lu Ning is twenty-one years old, a young man, one year younger than Ye Li.

He is of average appearance, but seems to be honest and loyal.

"Hello, Xiao Lu! Yingying has told you about my situation. Do you think I can do this? Are there any rules here? Tell me about it." Ye Li asked.

Lu Ning has a good relationship with Qin Ying. Since Qin Ying recommended this person to him, there is no reason for him not to treat him well.

"Sister Li, let me put it this way. Generally, this is how we buy medicinal herbs. I go to the purchasing station in the county to buy them, and the county goes to the township or village to buy them. If you want to get involved, you can go directly to the township or village to buy them! Skip the middle link, and I can give you the money from the middle link."

What Lu Ning said was very truthful.

For example, a pound of scorpions collected from the village is brought to the county's medicinal material purchasing station at a price of one yuan and fifty cents per pound.

However, if the county wants to supply the herbal medicine stations or factories in the city or provincial capital, the price will more than double.

The small ones cost three yuan and a half per pound, while the big ones cost four yuan or even five yuan per pound.

Another example is cicada shells, which are also called cicada shells. The price of this thing is even more outrageous. One pound is 28 cents more expensive than scorpions.

There is no way. This thing has high medicinal value, but it is rare, so things are rare and valuable, so it is naturally expensive.

Ye Li understood. In a nutshell, she was making a profit from the price difference on behalf of the county's herbal medicine station.

If she buys one pound of scorpions for $1.50, and then sells them to the city's herbal medicine station for $5, she can make $3.50.

This deal can be done!

"Okay!" Ye Li agreed immediately, "Xiao Lu, I can do this job! But I need you to help me do it! But don't worry, I will treat you badly!"

Lu Ning smiled naively: "Sister Li, that's not necessary. This is my job. For me, it doesn't matter who you take it from. As long as you can get something, I will take it!"

"You can obviously save your energy, but you want to go to the countryside with me. What do you want? Don't worry, as long as there is money to be made, you will definitely get a share!" Ye Li said, and then said to Qin Ying, "And you, you can't be left out either."

Qin Ying waved her hands repeatedly: "I don't need it! Sister Li Li, just introduce me to a soldier later."

Ye Li smiled and said, "You have to pay, and I'll introduce you to someone suitable if you find one."

"Thank you, sis."

After Qin Ying finished speaking, she suddenly realized that she had followed Lu Ning in calling him "Sister Li Li."

She felt that Sister Li Li was more pronounceable, so she simply stopped changing her name and just kept calling her that.

When we came out of the teahouse, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.

The mall closes at six o'clock, and Ye Li had to go and exchange clothes, so he and Qin Ying split up.

She took the bus and went straight to Friendship Shopping Mall.

Along the way, she never realized that there was a man following her.

Moreover, he followed her for more than one journey.

Wherever he went, the man went.