Chapter 37 The "Fated Person" of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative
Gu Xihuai raised his head from the book, looked at Gu Yuehuai's back, and then lowered his head back into the book.
His sister seemed to have come to her senses after her head was smashed. She no longer looked as stupid and annoying as before.
However, there is no way to expect her to make any contribution to the family. I just hope that she will think more about her family in the future and stop being so distracted all day long with nothing else in her heart and eyes except men.
Once all the strong laborers in the family go to work, the family's difficulties will always be alleviated.
But when he thought about how hard it would be to have time to study in the future, Gu Xihuai began to cherish his current leisure and freedom even more.
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Gu Yuehuai walked quickly all the way. She didn't know if it was the effect of the water from the space well, but she didn't even breathe heavily along the way.
Soon, they arrived in the town.
She went to the supply and marketing cooperative first.
It was two o'clock in the afternoon and the workers had not yet left work, so there were not many people in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Gu Yuehuai entered the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. There was a circle of shelves around the wall in the room, on which were scattered daily necessities, such as toothpaste, soap, washbasins, matches, thermoses, etc.
One meter away from the shelf is the counter, and behind the counter sits a salesperson at a distance. There are four salespeople in a supply and marketing cooperative, and they are all busy with their own things, knitting sweaters, reading books, or braiding their hair.
They were busy with their hands and chattering non-stop.
"Meili, you are getting married next month. How much do you think the man gave as a gift?" A salesperson with short hair and pretty face tilted her head to look at the salesperson who was braiding her hair on the other side, her tone full of curiosity and envy.
Gu Yuehuai looked up. The saleswoman with braided hair was not very pretty, but had a gentle temperament. After hearing what her colleague said, she smiled and had small dimples on her cheeks.
She said, "Not much."
The pretty salesperson obviously didn't believe it, and pouted her lips in displeasure. When her eyes swept over the fat Gu Yuehuai, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes. She didn't even want to say a word of hospitality, and stood up and stormed to the warehouse behind the supply and marketing cooperative.
Seeing her running away, a slightly older salesperson rolled his eyes in the direction she left and said, "What a petty person. Meili, you should talk to her less in the future, okay?"
Yao Meili pursed her lips and smiled implicitly, which was considered as her agreement.
She looked up at Gu Yuehuai and said in a voice as gentle as spring breeze and drizzle: "Comrade, what do you need?"
Gu Yuehuai shook his head: "I'm just taking a look."
Yao Meili nodded, smiled at Gu Yuehuai, and without saying anything else to her, she sat down on a chair, took out a ball of dark brown wool and started knitting a sweater.
Gu Yuehuai took a look and then looked away. Although she often came to the supply and marketing cooperative in her previous life, she had no interaction with these sales clerks.
But it must be said that the job of salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative was a very popular job in the 1970s.
Working in the supply and marketing cooperative is very free, which can be seen from the behavior of several salesmen. Moreover, you can go to the public canteen to eat every day with an empty stomach. Not only is the food good, but you can also save food for your family.
Furthermore, there is no need to read people’s faces like the sales clerks of later generations.
Sales clerks in this era still have a lot of say. If you want to buy a hot-selling item, the salesperson will say it’s available, and if she says it’s not available, it’s not available. They can sell things based on their knowledge of the customer’s preferences. How willful they are!
Therefore, if someone in a family works in a supply and marketing cooperative, it would be a very proud thing to tell others about it.
Gu Yuehuai was interested in getting a lucrative job, but to be a salesperson one had to have connections, and there were limited jobs, so there was no way to overstaff, and the only option was to retire one and fill another.
So, she has no chance of becoming a salesperson.
Gu Yuehuai looked for a while, bought nothing, asked nothing, and turned and left the supply and marketing cooperative.
She didn't go to the black market, but squatted not far from the supply and marketing cooperative, waiting for the "right person".
She had just opened the door. There were several pairs of white mesh shoes in different sizes on the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative, and the pair in her hand was not small in size. After all, it was not easy to find a "destined person" for her current pair of shoes.
Gu Yuehuai just waited like this. Several groups of customers came and went from the supply and marketing cooperative, but there was not a single large-tonnage cargo. This was not surprising. Although the life of city dwellers was not difficult these days, they could not eat meat every meal.
A plump and strong woman like her represented a rich life in the 1970s.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, an hour has passed.
Gu Yuehuai's legs were numb from squatting. He thought to himself, it seems like I won't be able to meet the right person today, so I might as well try my luck at the black market. Who knows, maybe I can sell my shoes, chili peppers, and gold all at once?
As she was secretly laughing at her own thoughts, a girl of about the same height as her suddenly came over from the street and headed straight for the supply and marketing cooperative.
Gu Yuehuai paused, but without hesitation, he stepped forward to stop her.
"What's the matter?" The girl had a bad temper. When she saw someone blocking her way, her face immediately darkened and the flesh on her face trembled. She looked quite similar to the butcher with a face full of fat.
Gu Yuehuai felt complicated. Maybe she was also like this in the eyes of others?
However, after seeing Gu Yuehuai's body shape clearly, the girl's expression visibly relaxed, and there was even a hint of sympathy in her. It was obvious that she was often looked down upon because of her weight and tonnage.
The girl lowered her voice and asked, "What do you want?"
Gu Yuehuai coughed lightly and pointed to an empty corner: "Can we talk for a moment?"
The girl was stunned and looked at her suspiciously. Could she be a human trafficker?
However, looking at the familiar figure in front of her, she still didn't say anything, nodded and followed Gu Yuehuai.
When he reached the corner, Gu Yuehuai looked around and then opened the basket, revealing the white mesh shoes on the top. The shoes were painted with blooming trumpet creepers. The bright orange-red flowers dotted the branches, which was stunningly beautiful.
The girl exclaimed: "How beautiful! Is this the new style from the supply and marketing cooperative?"
Gu Yuehuai felt slightly relieved, knowing that the matter was already half done.
Although the girl had an amazing figure, she was wearing an almost new military green coat, looked energetic and pretty, and spoke standard Mandarin. One could tell at a glance that she had a good family background.
Gu Yuehuai said: "No, this is what I drew."
"My dad loves me and always wants me to dress like the girls in the city. But look at me, how can I wear that? So I thought of a way to sell it and give the money back to my dad."
"I don't know if you like it, but I'll only sell it for three dollars and a half."
"Don't worry, I've never worn it. It's still brand new."
Gu Yuehuai lowered his eyes and spoke with a self-deprecating tone.
She was born with a sharp tongue and had a chance to be reborn with great difficulty, so she naturally knew how to speak differently to different people. If she wanted to sell the shoes smoothly, she had to show weakness to others.
It is an unchanging truth that people sympathize with the weak.
She wanted to promote the shoes normally, but time and the current situation did not allow it.
The girl looked at Gu Yuehuai, and there was indeed a hint of sympathy and a barely perceptible vanity in her eyes. Although they were not much different in body shape, their backgrounds were very different. In comparison, she didn't seem to be that unlucky?
Zhu Rongrong was secretly delighted, and when she looked at the white mesh shoes with trumpet creepers painted on them in the basket, she became even happier.
Aren’t these shoes tailor-made for her?
If she wears these shoes back to the compound, won't those girls be envious?
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