Chapter 33 Buying cloth and preparing for winter
Zhang Ping seemed to be very familiar with every product. She was very detailed when introducing the products to customers and weighed each one accurately.
Jiang Zhizhi likes it. You have the potential to be an excellent salesperson.
Those who can get a job in a supply and marketing cooperative these days must have a pretty good family environment.
After all, it's an enviable job.
It is a stable job in the eyes of the public.
Don't worry about whether the performance is good or bad, as long as you don't do anything stupid, you can work comfortably.
By the way, you can enjoy some benefits internally. A lot of things in the supply and marketing cooperatives can be digested internally.
Especially the defective cloth from the supply and marketing cooperatives, which could not be bought without connections, as they were all divided up by their internal staff.
People outside lined up early in the morning but couldn't buy these things.
People who work here can buy it easily.
That's why there are so many people vying for the position of a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative!
Jiang Zhizhi realized that the grain station staff at that time were absolutely awesome!
They were more popular than the salesmen in the supply and marketing cooperatives because they could buy food without tickets.
Just for this reason, many people envy us. As long as we have money in our pockets, we will basically have no shortage of rice and flour.
Zhang Ping introduced: "The cloth sold by our supply and marketing cooperative is all hand-woven.
You see, these colors are very popular. They are all dyed by us, using old coarse cloth with starch.
We can use a lighter to burn some scraps, and there will be no residue when it burns. If you rub it with your fingers, it will become powdery. "
"If you were a little girl wearing this, it would be a bit harsh on you since you have fair and tender skin."
"If you buy this to wear as clothes for your family members to do chores, then it's perfect. This kind of old-fashioned cloth doesn't get dirty easily."
Jiang Zhizhi smiled and said, "Okay, I'll choose the color again."
One horse is twenty meters, and one meter is three feet.
Jiang Zhizhi's mind was spinning rapidly as he calculated how much cloth he needed.
I heard from my mother before that a quilt uses 15 feet of white cotton cloth.
Then use silk cloth to make the quilt cover, which is just right for the purpose.
She had two cloth coupons worth five feet each, which she got on the black market.
There are also the cloth coupons my parents gave me before, enough to make clothes and pants for several people.
Someone happened to be buying enamel plates nearby, so Zhang Ping said to Jiang Zhizhi and the other two, "You guys look at it for a while. I'm going to go over there and come back later."
"OK."
Jiang Yuanfeng saw Jiang Zhizhi staring at the floral fabrics with shining eyes, and asked with a smile:
"Zhizhi wants to buy cloth?
Make clothes or quilt covers?
We sew our own quilt covers. If they get dirty, we take them off and wash them.
When the sun was shining brightly in winter, my mother would wash the fruits in the stream and then bring them back home to dry in the yard.
I still remember that at that time, there were many aunts in the village who liked to run to the farm and chat while sewing quilts. "
Jiang Zhizhi said in a soft voice: "I want to do it for my dad and mom."
Whether it is clothes and pants for work or sheets for winter, Jiang Zhizhi plans to buy cloth and make them himself.
At least do it in the open first.
Then take out the rest from the space.
Besides, it is too expensive to buy ready-made clothes at the supply and marketing cooperatives, and it is not cost-effective at all.
Even if she needs to buy ready-made clothes, she will give priority to Tao Mall.
Besides, the winter here is long, and everyone has nothing to do so they stay at home to spend the winter. Every household has a kang, so it is warm and comfortable at home.
But the place where Dad and Mom went definitely wouldn't have such good living conditions. They were probably living in a cowshed.
In winter, there are drafts everywhere.
It would be even worse if it rained or snowed and everything was wet.
In this case, winter cotton-padded clothes, cotton jackets, cotton trousers and cotton shoes must be arranged.
Jiang Zhizhi bought cotton and fabric first.
Please ask your aunt to teach her when you get back, at least teach her eyes first!
If the needle and thread are similar to the fabric, no one will notice.
At worst, you can just sew it on your cotton coat or trousers with some scraps of cloth.
By then, my parents will wear cotton coats and trousers inside, and their old clothes outside.
The more worn out your outer clothes are, the better; this way others won’t easily notice you.
By the way, Jiang Zhizhi thought of overalls again and decided to get a few more overalls.
See if your parents can use it. If not, put it away.
As for shoes, I wonder if my aunt has shoes of various sizes?
If not, then use a ruler!
In addition to preparing cotton shoes, Jiang Zhizhi also plans to buy a few pairs of Liberation shoes.
Arrange a pair for each family member.
Woolen socks are also indispensable. It is so painful to have cold feet in the winter!
This time we also need to buy wool, because Jiang Zhizhi can actually knit sweaters.
Before traveling through time, her master, Old Man Mo, had his birthday. Jiang Zhizhi took advantage of her free time to personally knit a sweater for Old Man Mo, which moved him to tears.
In winter, I wear it out every day to show off, making other old men jealous.
That’s all for today.
Other things can be purchased later.
You can't become a fat man in one breath.
A copy of these things should also be sent to my brother and Lu Xingchen in Province H.
Jiang Zhizhi knitted sweaters for her parents first. If there was time later, she would also knit a sweater for her brother and Lu Xingchen.
Although the army also distributes cotton-padded jackets, Jiang Zhizhi can send a sweater over.
She called her brother a few days later and secretly got their heights and measurements.
I don’t know whether my brother and Lu Xingchen like to eat dried meat and pine nuts.
We also send some specialty products.
Jiang Zhizhi did not forget that it was Lu Xingchen and the old man of the Lu family who helped Jiang Xiangsheng and Lin Ting behind the scenes.
If there were no help from others, I'm afraid the place where Dad and Mom went would be even more difficult.
Jiang Zhizhi was worried that her parents were too far away from her and she wouldn't be able to take care of them if something happened.
Today, there is only one goal.
The right buy!
Buy, buy, buy if you need it!
Anyway, there is such a good opportunity now.
On her way back she quietly put some supplies into the basket and covered it with other things.
If you buy more things, your brothers won’t notice what’s extra.
Her next plan was to move to the county town on her own.
See if you can find a scapegoat!
It can make her throw the provenance of something on that person's head!
Jiang Yuanfeng understood immediately that his sister had already planned to make clothes for his second uncle and second aunt.
Yes, winter is coming, we have to be prepared.
After finishing her work there, Zhang Ping came over and introduced with a smile:
"We have some magpie flannel here, which can be used to make quilts to keep you warm.
The colors are festive and the styles are the latest.
If you hadn’t arrived at the right time today, you wouldn’t have been able to queue up to buy it.”
Jiang Yuanyang nodded and said, "After the autumn harvest, every brigade will be given money and grain.
If some places pay public grain earlier, they will be distributed earlier.
When everyone has money, they will definitely come to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. I am afraid that by then the counters will be packed to bursting."
Zhang Ping nodded: "That would be our busiest time, and we wouldn't have enough stuff to sell.
In addition, a large number of farmers came to the city to buy things.
Some residents who have some money in their pockets would often come to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy supplies.
It is usually difficult to buy better cloth.
Each person in the county is supplied with 15 feet of cloth coupons per year.
Have you heard this saying?
"Is it enough? Sixteen feet!" Everyone wants to make new clothes and pants before the New Year, so they all come to the supply and marketing cooperative to grab cloth!
Jiang Zhizhi listened to the information with a smile.
Zhang Ping saw that the brothers and sisters loved listening to it.
She continued without thinking:
“Besides, the rice in our supply and marketing cooperative is far from enough. After all, rice and noodles are both best-selling products.
"Our supply and marketing cooperative also has the business of purchasing agricultural products.
For example, we would hang a sign outside saying we were collecting duck eggs, chicken eggs, straw hats, straw mats, chickens, ducks, pigs, etc.
But the eggs were sold out.
If everyone has surplus grain on hand, that would be even better. Our supply and marketing cooperative would like to purchase it and sell it back.
But the reality is too difficult, many families do not have enough food to eat.
Everyone is not even full, where will there be extra food to sell?
Some even have to spend money to buy food at the food station.”
Zhang Ping pointed to the place where the egg price tag was hung, but there was no egg on it.
Jiang Zhizhi: “….”
Then why put it up for sale?
Jiang Zhizhi couldn't help but smile at his second brother.
Fortunately, my second brother met the old lady outside.
Otherwise, how could I buy so many eggs?
Jiang Zhizhi almost praised his second brother into a flower.
Jiang Yuanfeng's smile deepened, and he felt so happy in his heart!
What a coincidence, his sister couldn't buy the eggs, but he found a way to buy them.
Oh, no wonder my third brother always likes to show off.
It turns out that the feeling of showing off in front of your sister is really great!