Chapter 401 The Salesperson Was Stunned
"Who are you laughing at, little girl? Back when I was carrying a gun and fighting, people called me a female soldier. I was very healthy and didn't need you to step down from the team," Su Xianhua said with a laugh.
Indeed, apart from his heart condition and the inability to overwork, Su Xianhua's other bodily functions are quite good, comparable to both the best and the worst.
Cen Yan replied to her sister-in-law who had spoken, "You've been queuing for quite a while, why don't you buy it first? We'll just wait our turn. Besides, Qi Jingchuan is the group leader, what kind of behavior is it for us, as family members, to cut in line?"
"Alright, then you all line up, Sister-in-law Cen. I'll go first. If I can't buy anything later, I'll share some with you so you can have a prosperous New Year."
"Hmm." In those days, resources were scarce, and everything had to be purchased with coupons. But even with coupons, you could still buy things; it depended on how much was available.
If it's your turn in line and the salesperson ahead of you says they're out of stock, then congratulations, you've wasted your whole morning. Therefore, Cen Yan didn't want to delay the other sisters-in-law's important task of buying New Year's goods because of herself.
At worst, she could find an excuse to take out a batch of supplies from her spatial storage and lie to her family, saying that she bought them on the black market or asked a friend at the supply and marketing cooperative to keep them for her.
With this in mind, Cen Yan chatted and laughed with the women around her, occasionally introducing Su Xianhua to each other, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
After queuing for about an hour, it was finally Cen Yan and Su Xianhua's turn. She approached the supply and marketing cooperative counter, and the sales clerk inside glanced at her with a blank expression, showing no enthusiasm, only resentment towards her job.
Cen Yan didn't care about the other party's cold attitude and took out a stack of supply coupons tied with small rubber bands.
"Hello comrade, could you please give me ten bars of soap, three packets of laundry detergent, three tubes of toothpaste, three thermos flasks, three enamel mugs, ten enamel basins, ten bowls, ten pairs of chopsticks, ten plates, and five enamel rice bowls this big?"
Su Xianhua tugged at Cen Yan's sleeve, "Girl, why did you buy so much? How can our family possibly use it all?"
“Grandma, the New Year brings a fresh start, so we’ll use new things. We don’t change things all the time. The enamel basins are for you and Grandpa, two for each of you, one for washing your feet and one for washing your face.”
"It doesn't need to be that much. Besides, your grandfather and I can share the washbasin and foot basin. We've been doing it this way for years. Or we can just go back to the compound later and bring the ones we need. If I had known you would spend so much, I would have prepared all of this before I came to visit. And even if we each had one, it wouldn't need to be that much, would it?"
Cen Yan explained, "There's another one for Leng Feng. Qi Jingchuan said that Leng Feng has no parents or wife, so there's definitely no one to help him with these things. As his sister-in-law, I'm just doing this for him."
"I see." It makes sense that Cen Yan bought several of everything at once. Besides, supplies are quite scarce these days. If she doesn't need it herself, she can exchange it with others.
The sales clerk was stunned, completely changing her previous indifferent attitude. "Sir, do you need anything else?"
"Yes! I have so many coupons." Cen Yan gestured to the stack of supply coupons in her hand, a thick wad of at least 140 or 150 coupons, all of which were industrial coupons that could be used to buy daily necessities and such.
"Give me ten towels. Do you have any socks? Twenty pairs, no, thirty pairs. I think those scarves are nice too. There are five of us, including Leng Feng. Give me five: two red ones and three black ones."
"I'll take ten pounds of fruit hard candy, and you also have White Rabbit milk candy? Give me ten pounds, and twenty pounds of these small cakes."
Cen Yan knew that high-end candies and cakes were in high demand, so in addition to candy coupons, cake coupons were also needed. So she took out about ten pastry coupons from her space, all of which were large-denomination coupons with a considerable face value.
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