Chapter 44 Selling the First Basket of Apples

It was the same enthusiastic Sister Liu who came as before. When she saw Su Mo, she shouted, "Sister Su, you're here? What are you buying today?"

"Sister Liu, I'm here to buy cotton and cloth to make cotton shirts." Su Mo smiled. "I want 5 jin of cotton, 13 feet of cotton cloth, and 7 feet of khaki cloth."

"Okay, no problem. Wait until I help this comrade get the things, and then I'll give it to you." Sister Liu smiled, and then quickly helped the aunt get the things and collected the bills.

"Sister Su, what color khaki do you want? A piece of military green came in two days ago, and there's still some left. How about it?"

Military green cloth is the best seller these days, and Sister Su is also very lucky. She can always get fashionable goods every time she comes.

"Okay, then military green." Su Mo didn't have any big requirements.

"What color cotton cloth do you want? For making cotton shirts, white lining looks good, but it doesn't stain well. Floral ones are more resistant to stains and look good too."

"Okay, then I'll listen to your recommendation, and I'll have floral ones." Su Mo was very straightforward.

Sister Liu smiled so hard that her eyes almost squinted, and she quickly went to the fabric counter to take the two kinds of cloth.

"This kind of floral cotton is a little more expensive than white cotton. It costs 29.5 yuan per foot, so 13 feet is 3.835 yuan. Khaki costs 46.5 yuan per foot, so 7 feet is 3.255 yuan. It adds up to 7.9 yuan plus 20 meters of cloth coupons."

"Okay, and 5 catties of cotton."

"Cotton costs 1.15 yuan per catty, so it's 5.75 yuan plus 5 catties of cotton coupons."

Su Mo gave her the cloth coupons, cotton coupons and 15 yuan to her elder sister, and her elder sister got 2.16 yuan back.

When she got married, the commune gave her 16 feet of cloth coupons, and later Lu Changzheng gave her another 10 feet. She used up 3 feet to buy cloth for pillowcases when she got married, and now she has used up 20 feet. In an instant, there are only 3 feet of cloth coupons left.

It's so hard to get dressed these days!

At that time, cotton was not as compacted as in later times, so 5 jin of cotton still had some volume. Sister Liu took a large net bag and put it in Su Mo's bag.

"Sister Su, do you need anything else?"

Su Mo thought about how when she was helping Lu Changzheng pack, he didn't have any thick clothes, so she asked, "Do you have any wool?"

"Yes, do you want pure wool or blended wool? Pure wool is 16.30 yuan per jin, and blended wool is 13.94 yuan per jin. Which one do you want? Sweaters made of pure wool are warmer, softer and more comfortable."

"Pure wool," Su Mo said. Lu Changzheng wanted to give her the best of everything, so she couldn't give him the bad stuff.

"Are you knitting for yourself or for your lover?"

"For my lover."

"With his physique, the medium-thick yarn will probably take two and a half kilograms."

"Then give me two and a half kilograms."

Sister Liu smiled, "What color do you want? There are black, gray and navy blue."

"I want gray."

"Okay, two and a half kilograms of yarn, 40 yuan and 75 cents, and 8 industrial coupons."

Su Mo gave the bills, and Sister Liu wrapped the yarn in a piece of newspaper and put it in the net bag, then took out a few knitting needles from the corner.

"These knitting needles are defective, but they don't affect their use. Since you get along well with me, I'll give them to you." As she said this, she also wrapped them up and put them in the net bag.

Su Mo was always straightforward and generous when buying things, and Sister Liu really liked her. If there were more customers like Su Mo, she would definitely be the model of the year. Not to mention the bonus, the honor alone is quite glorious.

Knitting needles are not worth much, so just give them as a gift.

"Thank you, Sister Liu." Su Mo smiled.

"You have a lot of things, I will help you take them out and put them away." Sister Liu smiled and helped Su Mo take the things out.

Seeing that the big bamboo basket on Su Mo's bicycle was full, the elder sister was a little surprised, "Oh, sister Su bought a lot of things."

Su Mo smiled, "I didn't buy these. This year, the brigade distributed some apples, and my family asked me to deliver them to a relative. But the relative was not here today, so I have to take them back." Su Mo also wanted to test her, so she made up an excuse.

As she said that, she lifted the earthen cloth covering the apples, took out two apples, and handed them to elder sister Liu.

"Elder sister Liu, let me give you a taste. I just picked them yesterday."

When Su Mo lifted the earthen cloth, elder sister Liu saw the basket of big, red, and juicy apples, and her eyes widened.

Oh my god, she has been working in the supply and marketing cooperative for so many years, but she has never seen such fresh and juicy apples. They look delicious.

Sister Liu took the apple from Su Mo's hand, leaned in to smell it, and the fruity fragrance was very strong and the quality was excellent.

Sister Liu's eyes flashed, and she leaned in to whisper, "Sister Su, do you have more apples at home?"

"There are still some."

"Can you share these apples with me?" Sister Liu whispered.

Sure enough, she came to buy things twice, and Sister Liu's sales champion posture made her feel that she should not only sell things in the supply and marketing cooperative.

In the period novels she had read before, many employees of the supply and marketing cooperative would secretly sell some things.

"This, this is not good." Su Mo pretended to be hesitant.

"My child is sick and keeps asking for apples. I see your fruit is juicy and better than the ones sold at the supply and marketing cooperative. Just consider it as a favor and give me some." Sister Liu said sincerely.

"Then, how much do you want?"

"Or you can give me the whole basket so you don't have to carry it back." Sister Liu asked carefully.

"Is that so..." Su Mo seemed very confused, and after a while she said, "Well, then okay."

"Then come with me, sister Su, my home is behind the supply and marketing cooperative, very close." Sister Liu said hello to her colleagues and took Su Mo home.

"Sister, I won't take advantage of you. The apples sold at the supply and marketing cooperative are more than 40 cents per pound. Your apples are of good quality, so I'll give you 50 cents per pound." Sister

Liu's house was indeed behind the supply and marketing cooperative. It took only five minutes to push the bicycle to reach a bungalow with a yard.

After arriving home, Sister Liu closed the gate, took out a bamboo basket, and moved the apples in Su Mo's bamboo basket into the basket one by one. After moving them, she shook it.

"This basket is about 50 pounds, so let's count it as 50 pounds, how about that?"

Su Mo nodded, and Sister Liu readily counted out 25 yuan and gave it to Su Mo.

On the way to send Su Mo out, Sister Liu said again: "Sister Su, if anyone in your team doesn't like apples, you can bring them to me. I have many relatives, so I can deliver them here and there. No matter how many there are, I can deliver them all."