Chapter 42 Shopping 2
Aunt Li sighed: In this era of material scarcity, many people have become neither sons nor fathers for a little profit. In this family, the younger sister thinks about her brother, and the older brother thinks about his younger sister.
Ning Jing had knitted sweaters before. For kids with bodies like Ning Lao Da and Ning Xiao Er, four to six taels of wool would be needed. Ning Jing wanted to knit two sweaters for each of her three brothers, which would require three jins of wool. There was also her mother and the grandmother in her memory. Her grandmother loved her very much and would always give her good things to eat.
But now grandma is at my uncle's house, helping to take care of my little nephew, and she rarely comes over.
There are only four colors of wool here: maroon, dark blue, black, and the red color that Boss Ning liked. Only the red one is expensive, costing one yuan per two ounces, while the others are sixty cents per two ounces. There are four colors. Ning Jing thought that maroon, dark blue, and black would cost one pound each, which would cost eighteen yuan. As for the red, she also bought one pound at Boss Ning's strong suggestion.
Ningjing thought about knitting a sweater for her mother when the time comes, as her mother didn’t have many clothes.
But this pound of red wool costs ten yuan, and the wool alone cost twenty-eight yuan. Aunt Li took the initiative to give me a pair of knitting needles as a gift.
The wool yarn cost twenty-eight yuan and the cloth cost nineteen and fifty cents, which means I spent more than forty yuan. It hurts a lot. I earned a total of one hundred and ten yuan today, and that includes Li Dachuan's money.
Ning Jing looked at the things they bought. Li Dachuan only bought a pound of red wool, which cost him ten yuan. It was Boss Ning who paid the bill first.
We’ll divide the money when we get home!
Only fifty-two and fifty cents were left out of the one hundred and ten yuan. Ah, half, not even half left.
Ning Jing always felt that there was something she hadn't bought. She looked down and saw that there was cotton, so she quickly asked, "Aunt Li, do you have any cotton?"
Aunt Li: “.”
I didn't expect Ning Jing to ask this. Yes, there is cotton, but not much. Because cotton is in short supply, it is impossible to buy it without cotton tickets, even for internal employees of their supply and marketing cooperative.
Ning Jing saw Aunt Li's expression and knew that cotton was hard to buy and would require a ticket. She asked quietly, "Brother, do we have cotton tickets?"
Boss Ning didn't know whether there were any or not. Although he was the eldest in the family, he rarely cared about these tickets because there were none at all.
Ningjing looked at the white cotton cloth. It was used to make a quilt. How could a quilt be made without cotton?
However, Ning Jing gained a lot today, so she was not sad and followed Boss Ning out happily.
Boss Ning put the things away first and filled the three baskets he brought with him.
But she was a little absent-minded. Ning Jing was thinking about cotton and didn't notice that there was something wrong with the three brothers Ning Lao Da, Ning Xiao Er and Ning Xiao San.
Ningjing was wondering where she could buy cotton. If she couldn’t buy cotton, she could buy cotton seeds!
Ning Jing pestered Ning Lao Da to go to the grocery store to have a look. Ning Lao Da saw his sister so happy and thought of his sister's morning
Forget it, just follow him!
Ning Lao Da remembered that an aunt had given him a food coupon yesterday. Now that he had money, he might as well use it to buy a pack of biscuits for his sister. When his sister was full, she would not miss her mother and would feel better.
Ning Jing went to the grocery store and took Boss Ning to the place where they bought seeds. There was a middle-aged woman in her forties who was dressed very neatly. She lowered her head and knitted a sweater with very fast hands.
Ning Jing stood in front of the counter and asked, "Do you have cotton seeds?"
The woman looked up at Ning Jing and went back to knitting. She replied, "Yes, there are, but it's not suitable for growing cotton here."
(End of this chapter)
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