"What happened?" Director Qiu asked seriously.
"It's Sister Xiaoli," Han Chunhua rushed in, saying delicately, "She was late for work this morning. I kindly reminded her, but she..."
As she spoke, she looked at Xu Xiaoli, her body trembled, and she raised her eyes to stare at Director Qiu with grievance, as if she was being bullied.
What's going on? Lin Shu raised his eyebrows, looking at the two people coming and going in confusion. Doesn't Han Chunhua like Han Yan?
"Is that so?" Director Qiu turned to look at Xu Xiaoli.
Lin Shu noticed that when he turned his head, he glanced at her again.
Lin Shu's face turned cold and he turned his head to the other side.
"Director Qiu, I admit that I was late for work today, but I didn't bully her." Xu Xiaoli said sternly.
Director Qiu hummed and said in a low voice, "Forget it this time. Be more careful next time."
Lin Shu listened to his slightly artificial voice and felt goosebumps on his hands.
"Director Qiu," Han Chunhua beside him said anxiously, "You..."
"Hmm?" Director Qiu raised his voice and looked at Han Chunhua unhappily.
Han Chunhua opened her mouth and swallowed the words, looking like a wronged young wife.
As long as she wasn't involved, Lin Shu thought this scene was quite exciting.
Director Qiu turned to look at Lin Shu, pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, smoothed his hair, and said in a low voice, "Excuse me, young lady, what would you like to buy?"
Lin Shu felt a chill in his heart and took two steps back without leaving a trace: "No, thank you!"
After saying that, he gave Xu Xiaoli a look and hurriedly left with Xu Juan.
As they walked away, Xu Juan rubbed her arms and said, "This Director Qiu is so disgusting. Especially when he looks at you with that lustful look, it makes me want to punch him twice."
Lin Shu showed disdain on his face: "Indeed, stay away from people like this."
"Tell me," Xu Juan said with a gossipy look on her face, "that watch on Han Chunhua's wrist wasn't given by him?"
Lin Shu nodded: "Judging from what he looked like just now, it's very likely."
The two looked at each other and both shuddered.
A young girl and a greasy and frivolous middle-aged man, this combination is really hard to accept.
Besides, at Director Qiu’s age, he probably has a family.
Lin Shu shook his head. It was none of their business.
Lin Shu and Xu Juan walked around other counters and found from afar that Director Qiu had left, so they returned to Xu Xiaoli.
At this time, Han Chunhua was not at the counter.
"Where did she go?" Xu Juan asked Xu Xiaoli with a gossipy look on her face.
Xu Xiaoli pursed her lips and said disdainfully, "Where else can we go?"
"No way?" Xu Juan screamed in a low voice.
Xu Xiaoli nodded.
Then, the three of them looked at each other with disgust.
"Let's not talk about her anymore." Xu Xiaoli waved her hand, bent down and took out several batches of fabric from under the counter, "Look at these, they look good, right?"
"Wow." Xu Juan exclaimed softly, "So beautiful."
Lin Shu picked up a piece of light yellow cloth: "It looks good."
In addition to what Lin Shu was holding, there were also fabrics in red, grass green, peach pink and other colors on the counter, which were fabrics that were rarely seen in normal times.
Xu Xiaoli brought out some thicker, less brightly colored cloth and said proudly, "Which one do you like? Feel free to pick it out."
Xu Juan exaggeratedly hugged all the cloths and said, "I want them all."
"But I'm short of money!" she wailed again.
Lin Shu and Xu Xiaoli chuckled.
Lin Shu looked at the brightly colored fabrics on the counter and reached out to touch them.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Xu Xiaoli said. "What a pity with this material and thickness, it can only be used to make summer shirts. Even if it's used as the outer lining of a cotton coat, it's a waste."
"This one's good." She picked out a piece of dark red, slightly thicker material. "This is suitable for the outer lining of a cotton coat. I can wear it during the New Year."
"Indeed." Lin Shu nodded in agreement.
Lin Shu looked at the fabric for a while, then turned to look at the ready-made clothes hanging on the wall behind Han Chunhua's counter. Most of them were cotton-padded jackets, with one or two military coats and, surprisingly, a woolen coat with a nice cut.
Lin Shu was a little tempted, but she immediately rejected it. The woolen coat was nice, but it was heavy and not warm.
It would be nice to have a down jacket.
"Sister Xiaoli, do you have down jackets here?" Lin Shu asked tentatively.
"Down jacket?" Xu Xiaoli asked in surprise. "You mean the kind that's bulky and smells like duck shit?"
As she spoke, she looked at Lin Shu strangely: "Why would you want clothes like that? My mother had one before and I don't know where it was thrown away."
Lin Shu smiled awkwardly and then described the down jacket in his memory to her: "It's very light... It must have come from abroad."
"Oh, I remember now," Xu Xiaoli said. "I heard from a cousin before that it was indeed imported from abroad. It's light, warm, and has no smell."
"However," Xu Xiaoli said with regret, "I heard that they are only available in certain stores in big cities, and are hard to find in ordinary shopping malls."
Lin Shu showed disappointment on his face.
Xu Juan was still struggling to decide which color of fabric to choose from the counter.
In the end, Lin Shu chose dark red and light yellow.
Xu Juan chose dark red and beige.
The two men walked towards the post office with the cut cloth.
"It would be great if we could make clothes," Xu Juan said happily. "Then we could buy lots of fabrics and make lots of clothes, right?"
Lin Shu smiled lightly: "If you can do it, you won't think about making too many clothes."
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