Ning Jia followed the old lady closely. They were required to pay as soon as they entered the door. The old lady paid two dollars for her and An Ye.
"Auntie, I'll give you money when I get out."
"Let's talk about it later. Follow me!" The old lady pulled her, "Come here, the good materials are all here."
Ning Jia followed the old lady, and An Ye followed her daughter-in-law.
An experienced worker and a novice followed one after another and plunged into the vast ocean of rags.
The old lady was quick-eyed and quick-handed. She kept flipping through the strips of cloth and stuffing any that looked good into her pockets.
Ning Jia followed suit and was rummaging when suddenly a piece of cloth as big as a bundle jumped into her sight: "Wow! There's something big here!"
"Shh!" The old lady hurriedly stopped her, "Don't shout, just take it! This kind of large piece of cloth is usually cut incorrectly. It will be ruined once it is cut. It can't be used to make a shirt or pants!"
"It's white." Ning Jia hurriedly stuffed it into the snakeskin bag and continued to rummage through the rags.
When the time came, a whistle was heard.
The old lady didn't dare to stay for a moment and called Ning Jia to go out. On the other side, the old lady's daughter-in-law and An Ye also came out.
When passing by the door, the old lady nodded to the staff in charge of the warehouse, and without saying a word, she quickly slipped out.
Although the old lady was old, she walked very fast and Ning Jia had to chase her closely before he could catch up with her.
After exiting the side door of the garment factory, the four men walked around to a deserted road before stopping.
"Okay, let's stop here." The old lady put down the snakeskin bag and said, "Open it and take a look."
Ning Jia simply flipped through it, with a big smile on her face: "Not bad, these pieces of cloth are quite big!"
An Ye also took a look and couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "It's much better than what I picked up."
"Auntie, what do you think about this piece of cloth?" Ning Jia was ready to settle the score with the old lady.
When we went in just now, the old lady told me that if these scraps of cloth were sold to a mop factory or a machinery factory, they would cost ten yuan a cart.
The old lady would definitely not sell it to her like this, but it would probably be cheaper since it was just rags after all.
She roughly estimated that the old lady might charge her by weight, or by the woven bag, and charge her a few dollars for each woven bag.
Unexpectedly, the old lady said, "In the past, we sold cloth by the piece. Big pieces cost a certain amount, small pieces cost a certain amount."
When Ning Jia heard this, his heart sank.
She had been busy for most of the night. If she was charged by the pieces of cloth, wouldn't she be at a huge loss?
What's the profit in this?
If I spend a few dozen dollars to buy a few bags of rags... I always feel like it's a loss.
She kept her composure and wanted to hear what the old lady was going to say.
"But I won't charge you for the cloth tonight." The old lady said, "You treated us to a meal, and I told my daughter-in-law about it, and she said she would bring us along. All the cloth my daughter-in-law and I took tonight is given to you, thank you for treating me and my grandson to a meal."
"How can I feel embarrassed?" Ning Jia said sorry, but he had already tied his hands into his pockets with the cloth strips.
"Don't be embarrassed. We ate so much of your food, and that little money is enough to buy so many strips of cloth."
Ning Jia found that the old lady was a very particular person and someone who knew how to be grateful.
"Then I'll give you the money we spent tonight." Ning Jia said as he lowered his head and searched for money in his pocket.
"No, no, I told you that these are all for you!" The old lady said with a smile, "Don't be polite to me, I really want to thank you."
Ning Jia saw that the old lady was indeed sincere, so she stopped insisting on giving her money: "Auntie, thank you!"
"Don't be polite, hurry up and leave while you can! You'll be a big sight with such a big bag, so be careful not to get caught! If you are caught, it will be troublesome."
"Got it. We'll be careful."
"Then we'll leave first. We'll meet again if we're lucky." The old lady didn't want to stay any longer and left in a hurry with her daughter-in-law.
These four big bags are quite conspicuous, but fortunately they are not too heavy.
"Let's have two each?" Ning Jia said to An Ye.
"This Li Xu is such an idiot, he can't help me at the critical moment! You take one, and I'll take the rest!"
An Ye found two strips of cloth to connect the two bags together and hung them on his shoulder, while holding them in the other hand.
Fortunately, it was late at night and no one saw it, otherwise it would have been really hilarious.
When the two of them walked out of the small path and returned to the main road, they saw Li Xu circling under a street lamp.
Li Xu saw the two of them coming out and rushed over: "Why are you here just now? I thought you were lost!"
"What's the use of you? If we really get lost, you can only run around here in circles!" An Ye said angrily.
"Don't be angry, anger is bad for your health. Come, give me the things!" Li Xu hurriedly took the things from An Ye.
"There's one more!" An Ye shoved the things Ning Jia was carrying into Li Xu's arms, "You carry it!"
Li Xu has a lot of troubles.
They had a huge quarrel a few days ago, but recently they have become so close that they are like wearing the same pants.
She would rather tire her husband than let her old wife carry anything.
"Wife, I noticed that your relationship has improved recently and you don't quarrel anymore..."
"You live by the sea, you are so nosy!" An Ye couldn't help but retort him.
Li Xu: “…”
Wife, sometimes it’s good for you to quarrel...at least that’s the case right now!
When the three of them arrived at the door of the guesthouse, Li Yao had been waiting for a long time.
Seeing that they brought so many woven bags, he was stunned: "What's in it..."
Ning Jia approached him and whispered, "There is a piece of cloth inside! We must not let anyone find it."
Li Yaobai: "Let's go and check in! Did you get a letter of introduction when you came?" These days, you need a letter of introduction to stay at a hotel. If you don't have one, you can only sleep on the streets.
"Open, open!" Li Xu took out a letter of introduction from his pocket, "This is the letter of introduction for the three of us. You came in a hurry without a letter of introduction. How will you stay tonight?"
Li Yao raised his lips and said, "I'll send you up first, and when it's later, I'll sneak up!"
Ryeowook: “Good idea.”
Four people, each carrying a woven bag, entered the guesthouse. A middle-aged woman was sitting behind the tall counter. She looked up at the people and her gaze fell on the big bags they were carrying.
"Comrade, let's get a place to stay!" Ning Jia took out money from his pocket, and Li Xu quickly handed over the letter of introduction.
The staff member glanced at the letter of introduction and asked: "Are you visiting a patient in the city?"
"Yes, I stayed for one day and went back early the next morning!"
The registration was quite quick. After registration, the staff gave them two keys and asked, "What's in your four big bags?"
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