Jiang Jinxiu nodded quickly, tugged at Gu Xichen's sleeve, and said to the sales clerk with a smile, "Sister, you have such good taste! You can tell we're buying this for our wedding."

Jiang Jinxiu did not intend to explain the misunderstanding caused by the teller.

The sales clerk smiled broadly when she heard Jiang Jinxiu admit it.

“I think you two are a perfect match. It’s rare for people to have so many sweets and cakes. Usually, people only prepare this much when they are having a wedding.”

Jiang Jinxiu nodded shyly, "Sister, look how much we bought, could you give us a discount?"

"You have such a sweet tongue. They all call me 'Big Sister,' very few people call me 'Sister.' You're not only beautiful, but you also call me 'Sister' so sweetly. Just for calling me 'Sister,' I'll give you a 20% discount."

Jiang Jinxiu was delighted to hear this.

She never expected that she could bargain at the supply and marketing cooperative.

She was just saying it casually.

However, this woman must have someone behind her to be able to give them a discount like this.

Otherwise, ordinary people wouldn't dare to offer discounts so easily.

"Thank you, sister. You're so kind."

The teller was overjoyed to hear those repeated calls of "sister."

Not only did they help Jiang Jinxiu and the others pack the sugar cakes separately, but they also specially packed two extra large bags for her to ensure there wouldn't be any leaks on her way back.

And so, Jiang Jinxiu and her friends bought two large bags of candy.

They weigh dozens of kilograms in total.

It saved me a few dollars.

Even a few dollars is still money.

We definitely won't be able to use all this candy.

Jiang Jinxiu planned to store some of them in her spatial storage.

Now that they need sugar cakes, they'll definitely need them when they finish sealing the second layer, so they simply bought more and used up all the sugar cake coupons they had.

The two had just bought the sugar cakes when someone walked right up to Gu Xichen.

After chatting with him for a few minutes, Gu Xichen returned to Jiang Jinxiu's side apologetically.

"Honey, I have some things to take care of here and need to leave for a couple of days. I can't come back with you, you..."

Judging from his expression, Jiang Jinxiu knew that he had something to do with his superiors.

She looked down at the man who was looking for Gu Xichen; he exuded righteousness and was clearly from the military.

She didn't know how he found this place; it must have taken him quite a bit of effort.

When he saw Jiang Jinxiu looking over, he smiled at her.

Jiang Jinxiu took the things from Gu Xichen's hands: "Alright, go ahead, be careful, I'll wait for you to come back."

Gu Xichen really wanted to kiss her, but considering that they were in a public place, he held back. He went over and hugged her waist tightly, whispering in her ear, "Wife, wait for me to come back."

He buried his head in her beautiful hair, took a deep breath of her unique fragrance, and then released her, turning and leaving in a long stride.

Those around them couldn't help but glance at their actions, but Jiang Jinxiu didn't care at all.

Jiang Jinxiu watched Gu Xichen's retreating figure and sighed.

Looking at the two large bags in her hands, she left the supply and marketing cooperative, found a secluded spot, put everything into her spatial storage, and then returned to the cooperative.

I should stock up on some fabric to take back with me.

Sometimes she thinks, "I wish I were in Kyoto."

Her mother was the factory manager of a textile factory; if she wanted fabric, it was just a matter of a word.

She walked up to the fabric counter and stared at the fabrics on it, lost in thought.

She recalled the first time she came to buy fabric with Gu Xichen.

At that time, Gu Xichen had his eye on a bright red dress and wanted to buy it for her, but she disliked his taste and that's why he didn't buy it for her.

She already misses Gu Xichen a little after he left.

The person was looking for him so urgently, so the matter must be very urgent. I wonder how long he'll be gone this time, and how dangerous it will be...

Jiang Jinxiu's thoughts were still racing.

His hands kept touching other people's fabric, and his eyes were staring blankly at one spot on the fabric.

Wu Li, the saleswoman in charge of selling fabrics, called out to her several times, but no one answered.

Wu Li had no choice but to come out.

She waved her hand in front of her eyes: "Comrade, what's wrong with you?"

Jiang Jinxiu then came to her senses and asked somewhat blankly, "What's wrong?"

Wu Li looked at her with amusement: "Comrade, I was just about to ask you what's wrong? Why are you spacing out as soon as you get here?"

Jiang Jinxiu then realized that she had been daydreaming, and she smiled sheepishly.

How much is your fabric?

"Still twelve yuan a horse."

"Didn't you buy something here before? What, have you forgotten the price?"

Jiang Jinxiu was surprised that the sales clerk remembered her.

"I'm just worried that you might change your prices."

Jiang Jinxiu said this with a smile.

"The products in our supply and marketing cooperative rarely change."

Jiang Jinxiu understood. After a moment's thought, she remembered what her mother had said before: that their factory would occasionally release some substandard fabrics.

Actually, there wasn't much of a problem with the fabrics; it was just that some of the dyeing was substandard.

She leaned close to Wu Li's ear and asked, "Comrade, do you have any fabric here that doesn't require ration coupons?"

Wu Li, being an experienced woman, asked Jiang Jinxiu directly, "Do you need a lot?"

Jiang Jinxiu smiled and nodded.

Wu Li looked around to make sure no one was looking their way, then leaned close to Jiang Jinxiu's ear and said, "There are some substandard items in the back of the warehouse. Are you willing to buy them at this price?"

The teller gestured the number eight to Jiang Jinxiu with her hand.

"What made it substandard? Was it broken or something else?"

Wu Li shook her head, indicating that none of the items were damaged; they were just some that failed the dyeing test.

The factory has high standards; products that don't meet the standards cannot be released to the market.

So they would secretly take out some substandard ones to sell.

It's a waste to lose it anyway.

After Wu Li called over another person to watch her things, she took Jiang Jinxiu to the warehouse at the back.

The warehouse wasn't far away, only a few dozen meters from their supply and marketing cooperative.

However, Jiang Jinxiu discovered that these flawed goods were stored separately.

In other words, the warehouse that Wu Li took her to only contained those flawed fabrics, and nothing else.

It was more like a room in a small house than a warehouse.

Jiang Jinxiu inspected the fabrics one by one and found that the fabrics were generally quite good, but some edges and corners were not finished properly.

But these are not major problems.

There are a total of one hundred bolts of cloth, in all sorts of patterns.

Jiang Jinxiu planned to take them all.

Wu Li was startled by her action.

This girl usually buys three to five horses at a time, why did she buy so many this time?

However, you can't have all of them.

She also has several sisters who had previously placed orders with her.

She wanted to leave some for them.

"Comrade, we can only give you sixty horses at most. The remaining forty have already been reserved."