At night, the light in Qiao Qingqing's room was still on.
Ever since they knew they were going to separate, the Lu family has cherished every minute they spend with the triplets. Under Shi Meiyun's coaxing, the triplets have slept with their grandparents for ten nights.
Qiao Qingqing is very busy. Every night when she comes back from the sea, she has to make various preparations for the trip and has no time to take care of the children. It is better for everyone to let her grandmother take care of the children.
For three people, two sets of cotton coats and trousers each, at least six sets must be prepared. So far, Qiao Qingqing has only finished one set. It is her first time, so it is inevitable that her craftsmanship is not good enough, so it took some extra time.
When it was almost dawn, she went into the cabin to take a nap, and when she woke up she was still full of energy.
But in the eyes of the Lu family, it seemed that Qiao Qingqing had been preparing day and night since she knew that they were going north, and the whole family regarded this kindness as a treasure.
Three days later, Qiao Qingqing went into the city again to collect tickets and supplies.
After entering the city, she went to the black market in the north of the city first, and met the man who had exchanged goose eggs with her three days ago. The other party had also just arrived and was very happy to see Qiao Qingqing.
"Brother, do you have any goose eggs?"
Qiao Qingqing deliberately asked her in a low voice: "What can you exchange today?"
"I have money..."
"I don't want money." Qiao Qingqing said quickly, "I just want cotton, cloth, or cloth coupons, brown sugar coupons, and national coupons."
There are not many goose eggs left.
As we all know, goose egg production is not high, but that is for others.
Although the pair of geese were raised at home, Qiao Qingqing would usually feed them spiritual spring water, and they ate better than humans.
So the mother goose is also very smart. The frequency of laying eggs has increased from one every five days to one every three days, then to one every day... and now to one each in the morning and evening.
The frequency of laying eggs is already catching up with the chickens in space.
But Qiao Qingqing took some of the goose eggs to hatch, and secretly sent the hatched goslings into the space, and told others that they were dead or failed to hatch.
Excluding the eighteen goose eggs that were traded yesterday, Qiao Qingqing only had twenty-five goose eggs left.
There was only so much she could do, so Qiao Qingqing had to be frugal.
"I have industrial coupons and cloth coupons here, take a look."
The other person took out the tickets in his pocket and showed them to her: three cloth coupons and two industrial coupons.
Qiao Qingqing's heart moved, and she looked up at the other party, "One industrial coupon is four cents or two eggs, and three cloth coupons are two goose eggs in total."
"So little? I exchanged eighteen goose eggs yesterday!" The eldest sister was unhappy.
Qiao Qingqing adjusted her hat and said, "Zhizhi, you brought a brand new kitchen knife yesterday, as well as two national food coupons. Today's cloth coupons are from our Hai City, so their value is naturally greatly discounted. Of course, you can also choose eggs. Two cloth coupons can be exchanged for five eggs."
The elder sister muttered something, it was obvious that the price was lower than she expected.
Qiao Qingqing didn't have time to waste talking to her and turned around to talk to someone else.
"I have a new kitchen knife at home, can I exchange it for a goose egg?"
She was a female advisor who was about the same age as the older sister. She took out a new wrapped kitchen knife from her basket and looked at Qiao Qingqing expectantly.
Qiao Qingqing thought about it, but still shook her head.
"I've collected enough kitchen knives. Now I just want the things I just mentioned, cloth coupons, brown sugar coupons, national coupons, or cotton and cloth - oh, cotton coupons are also fine."
The female student complained: "Where can I find cotton now?"
Qiao Qingqing calmly reminded: "You can bring your old cotton-padded clothes and quilts to exchange, and I will take them too."
These days, quilts and cotton-padded clothes are made of real materials and are stuffed with nothing but cotton, no other clutter.
People are very thrifty and cherish things, so Qiao Qingqing doesn't have to worry about the old cotton-padded clothes and quilts she collected being unusable.
The female worker's expression moved slightly, and she secretly glanced at her co-worker, thinking that the other party would have goose eggs to eat when she was pregnant, and she also got pregnant with great difficulty, so why shouldn't she be willing to eat them?
So he gritted his teeth and said, "Then come with me to my house to get the quilt."
Qiao Qingqing was delighted, and even her tone was a little gentler: "I'm sorry, if you have quilts and cotton clothes, I will indeed give priority to them, but I won't pick them up at your door. I can wait downstairs at your house."
"Why--"
Seeing that the co-worker who lived downstairs and liked to compare with her all the time was about to pull Qiao Qingqing away, the eldest sister quickly pulled Qiao Qingqing and said, "I'll switch! Two goose eggs is enough."
If she didn't change it, she was afraid that her co-workers would replace all the goose eggs with a quilt and she would be so angry that she would die.
Qiao Qingqing gave her the things and got a few tickets.
Afterwards, Qiao Qingqing followed the female advisor to get the quilt.
On the way, both parties agreed on the price and planned to complete the transaction as soon as possible.
Qiao Qingqing found a slightly secluded place downstairs of her daughter's house and waited there.
About ten minutes later, the female teacher came down carrying two quilts and a cotton coat.
"This is the dowry my family gave me when I got married. Two quilts used three kilograms of cotton. This cotton coat is also quite warm."
Qiao Qingqing weighed the items and offered a price that satisfied the other party: "The quilt is indeed quite new, and the cotton-padded jacket is worn but still clean. A total of fifteen goose eggs, five yuan, and I'll give you two more chicken eggs."
If she exchanged all of them for goose eggs, then the only twenty-three goose eggs she had left would probably not be enough to impress the other party.
But before the other party asked for goose eggs, Qiao Qingqing took the initiative to add five yuan.
This way the other party won’t be able to refuse.
After all, her monthly salary is only fifteen yuan.
One goose egg cost eight cents to ten cents, and fifteen of them would be about one dollar and fifty cents. In total, two quilts and an old cotton-padded jacket cost half a month's salary.
Very cost-effective!
Anyway, the quilt is just sitting there unused, so it’s better to replace it with something more affordable.
"OK!"
The other party readily sold the goods.
Qiao Qingqing secretly stuffed the thing into her hands.
As soon as the two men finished the transaction, law enforcement officers came over under the guidance of the residents.
"䀲志, those two people in front are engaging in speculation and profiteering!"
The old woman with drooping eyes said in a shrill voice. At this time, Qiao Qingqing had already walked a few meters away with the quilt in her arms. Upon hearing this, she ran away without saying a word.
When she came just now, she observed the surrounding environment carefully to prevent this kind of situation. Before the female advisor could react, she immediately slipped away.
When the two law enforcement officers caught up with him, they found that the man disappeared after turning a corner.
The two of them naturally thought that the person was running forward and continued to chase him.
As for the female student who had just received the eggs and money, she was not stupid at all. She insisted that the person who sent the eggs was her relative.
"I gave my relatives some of my old cotton quilts and cotton-padded clothes that we no longer need. They were grateful and gave me some goose eggs and chicken eggs from their own garden. What's wrong with that? Which law says that I can't accept eggs from my relatives?"
The law enforcement officer was speechless after being questioned, but the old woman with droopy eyes refused to accept it: "I saw that man return the money to you!"
"Yes, his family borrowed money from me before, so why not return it to me now? You old woman, you keep staring at other people's families, saying this or that! If you dare to slander me again, I will go to the factory to complain to the leader! Don't blame me if your son gets scolded!"
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After leaving the office building safely, Qiao Qingqing changed her clothes, put on a hat, and rushed to the black market in the east of the city.
I didn't gain much here, just a few industrial coupons.
What happened just now was a lesson for her. She needs to be more cautious when doing sex with others in the future. At least she should not choose to do sex downstairs of residential buildings or in the other person's home.
Otherwise, it would be somewhat troublesome to encounter a neighbor with conjunctivitis.
At about eleven forty, Qiao Qingqing headed south of the city.
She arrived just after twelve o'clock that day and saw seven or eight people wandering around the black market.
Qiao Qingqing walked to the place where she had exchanged goods last time. Just as she put down the backpack, someone came up to her.
"The ticket collector?"
Qiao Qingqing nodded.
The other party took out the tickets from his pocket and said, "Look at these tickets I have. What are the prices?"
Qiao Qingqing was stunned by the other party's move.
This guy actually took out a stack of tickets!
She couldn't help but look up at the other person, with a strange look in her eyes, but her face remained calm: "What do you want?"
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