Chapter 282 Prepare for a Rainy Day

As the saying goes, the moon waxes and wanes, and the water is full and overflows.

Reaching one lowest point is the beginning of another.

One gains while the other loses.

Zhao Liren finished her cleaning work in the morning and made some time in the afternoon to go to the city center.

However, before leaving, she went back to the dormitory and changed her clothes, wearing the most inconspicuous dark-colored homespun clothes. If she had any cosmetics, she could have done some facial retouching, but unfortunately, she had nothing.

Zhao Liren walked and stopped along the way and carefully observed all the places. The supplies in her bag were only suitable for one place.

That's the cinema.

Outside the cinema gate, she saw people selling soda, drinks, melon seeds and candies.

Standing aside and paying attention to the selling prices, she could sell 10 bottles of drinks a day, which was enough to cover her food expenses for the day.

A bottle of soda cost 7 cents plus a soda ticket, and she sold it for 5 cents plus one or two meal tickets.

As for candies, I won’t sell them because it’s troublesome to sell them by weight.

And there is no scale.

She was originally a small mobile vendor, so it was best for her to move lightly.

Zhao Liren looked around to determine the location of the cinema's entrance and exit and any alleys nearby.

After making sure everything was safe, I went to the bathroom and secretly took out six bottles of soda drinks, tore off the outer packaging and put them in my bag.

Because it was the first day and she wanted to test the waters first, she didn't take much.

Plus, some of the drinks in the mini fridge have advertising names on the bottle caps.

The selection is relatively small, with only three or four kinds of drinks available for sale.

There are several kinds of mineral water, but who buys this stuff?

After making preparations, Zhao Liren sneaked into the cinema lobby, took out a bottle of soda and started drinking.

He smacked his lips while drinking, and walked back and forth to advertise, hoping to attract other people's curiosity and greed.

After a while.

This really worked. When she turned to the corner, she was stopped by two male comrades.

"Comrade, where did you buy that soda in your hand?"

Zhao Liren shook the drink bottle and said, "What are you talking about? This is not sold outside. It's a new type of soda I brought back from outside."

When the man heard that there was no place to buy it, he stopped asking questions. However, before he left, the woman's voice rang out again.

"If you want, I can give you two bottles. I happen to have some extra."

"How do I change it?"

"A bottle of two ounces of rice tickets is free, or a bottle of one ounce of rice tickets is five cents."

When he heard that they wanted food coupons, the man hesitated and bargained, "If you want coupons, then don't take the money. If you want money, then don't take coupons."

Although the price is cheaper than outside, it is not cost-effective because it requires food coupons.

How can a drink that disappears in a pee be compared to a meal?

Zhao Liren pretended to be heartbroken and agreed, "Okay, I want the tickets."

Afraid that they would regret it, he decisively took out two bottles of soda from his bag and put them in the hands of the two men.

With four taels of meal tickets, she had two meal tickets.

The first business transaction was successful.

Later, I sold the remaining three bottles one after another.

Zhao Liren didn't expect that the deal could be done so easily. She regretted that she took too little. The next time she uses the small refrigerator, she will have to wait until tomorrow, 24 hours later.

But with this good start, she comes here every day to sell ten bottles and doesn't have to worry about food.

Five bottles of drinks will earn you one kilogram of food coupons.

Ten bottles equals two kilograms.

If she came to the cinema at night, there would definitely be more people and better sales.

After considering the actual situation and safety, Zhao Liren decided to go to the cinema every evening.

Just do it.

For the following period of time, Zhao Liren went to the cinema every day to do her side job.

It is easy to make money in this era, because there are no mobile vendors like her selling goods, there are no competitors, and business is booming.

Originally she only planned to sell ten bottles of soda drinks a day, but now the demand is completely insufficient to meet the supply.

There's simply not enough to sell.

For safety reasons, Zhao Liren made a temporary change, selling 20 bottles a day and then not coming to the cinema for a day.

A bit of hunger marketing.

After she really changed her sales strategy, the beverage business reached a new level.

As long as she arrived at the cinema, people who bought it would buy several bottles and they would all be sold out in less than half an hour.

This also forced her to move the place where she sold soda drinks to the alley outside the toilet.

Too much drilling can easily cause problems.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

In April, the weather turns warmer, the temperature rises, and the spring scenery is pleasant.

Ze County is full of vitality again.

When everything goes well for people, they tend to become fickle and their bad habits cannot be changed.

With money in her bag, Zhao Liren's living standard improved a lot. She no longer had to be stingy and saved money. She also gained some weight and no longer looked as pale and sickly as before.

Because of the success of my side business, I am particularly confident.

As long as she persists in doing this for a year, when she takes the college entrance examination in 1978, her life will be completely sweet after all the hardship.

In the 1980s, her good times really came.

Lin Yiyi stayed at home to take care of her pregnancy every day, oblivious to what was happening outside, and only counted on her fingers as she thought about "delivering the baby".

Her waist really couldn't take it anymore and her tailbone was also hurting.

When Zhao Sheng was on vacation, the man took her to the hospital for a prenatal check-up and used a stethoscope to circle her belly.

After the examination, Lin Yiyi followed Zhao Sheng to the grocery store, even though she was tired from walking due to her big belly.

But no matter what, you must insist on taking a walk three times a day, morning, noon and evening.

However, when I arrived at the grocery store, I unexpectedly met Zhao Liren, whom I hadn't seen for a long time.

Because the change was so great, she almost didn't recognize it.

His mental outlook and the way he dresses are different from before.

Although they met, they didn't say hello. They just pretended not to see each other and went about their own business.

After buying hot sauce and a small bag of pastries, Zhao Sheng took Lin Yiyi back to Lihua Alley with a complicated expression.

Zhao Sheng had also seen Zhao Liren's changes several times in the transport team.

I get scared every time I see it.

A thin person with a sallow complexion can gain weight and look better. How many good things does he need to eat every day to achieve this?

She was a temporary worker and had no food coupons to support her, but she was still able to stay in the transport team.

As her roommate and co-worker, everyone knew what she had done.

People can change.

But you must never change drastically in a short period of time when others know everything about you.

There must be something fishy going on.

Are others envious of her changes?

It's fear.

Zhao Sheng thought about it all the way and when he got home, he didn't hug Lin Yiyi and play with her as he did in the past.

After thinking it over again and again, he looked at her charming face, met her gaze, and said in a cold and serious voice: "Yiyi, I have something to tell you, you must remember what I say next."

The man's serious expression gave Lin Yiyi a bad feeling, and she asked softly, "What did you say?"

Zhao Sheng got up and went out to take a look at the situation outside the door and in the yard, then turned back and took Lin Yiyi's hand and walked to the edge of the bed in the inner room.

Help her take off her coat and let her lie on the bed to rest.

The man sat on the edge of the bed, looking down at her calmly, and spoke indifferently without any emotion.

"Do you know what your husband's job is?"

Lin Yiyi shook her head, not used to the way he spoke.

Zhao Sheng's eyes were calm as he asked in a cold voice, "You don't know? How can you not know since you are his wife?"

Lin Yiyi was a little confused. She didn't like him treating her like this. She frowned and said, "I really don't know. Why are you asking me this all of a sudden?"

Like interrogating her.

Yes, interrogation, Lin Yiyi suddenly understood.

Is he simulating some plot?

The man's voice was cold. "What did I ask? What did you answer? Where is the nonsense?"

......

Faced with the man's cold and unfamiliar look in a businesslike manner, she repeated her questions and answers many times.

Lin Yiyi completely understood his intention, and things seemed to be worse than she had imagined.

Zhao Sheng lay down beside her, looked into her watery eyes, spoke in a deep and firm tone, and his thin lips moved slightly.

"Remember what I just said to you and answer truthfully like this.

Being afraid, crying, terrified, and timid are women's privileges. You don't need to pretend to be strong. Just in case, you and I should be aware of it."

Being controlled by others really made him upset.

Looking at her clear and pure eyes, simple and innocent.

Zhao Sheng felt a little relieved only after he was sure that she had listened to what he said.

The idiot is seeking his own death and dragging others down with him.