After their wedding night, Jiang Ning and Lin Chen discussed whether or not to have children.
As a result, both of them expressed that they wanted to enjoy more time as a couple and did not want children to take up their attention too early.
Lin Chen then went to the township health center and bought a large bag of condoms.
The concept of family planning came into being a few years ago. Originally, the health center distributed condoms for free, but Lin Chen needed too many, so he had to use connections to buy them.
Condoms in this era came in a simple little paper bag containing two condoms, each 33 millimeters in diameter. They were unlubricated and the instructions stated: "Wash and dry after use, then store with talcum powder. They can be used several times. It is recommended to blow air into them before each use."
No wonder you sometimes see kids blowing this up like a balloon!
At most, Lin Chen used seven at a time, and the whole bag was used up in no time.
Don't expect to reuse it; given its frequency, you'll be lucky if it doesn't break even the first time.
Lin Chen smiled shyly and said that she would definitely buy more next time she went to the county town.
Seeing his handsome appearance and his blushing expression, Jiang Ning deliberately teased him.
"It's sticky here, wipe it a bit more."
Lin Chen's hand was pulled by her soft little hand, and she wiped him on his body.
Before she could even wipe herself twice, her body arched and she became aroused again.
Lin Chen stopped his hand on her sensitive area when he saw her shy expression.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Jiang Ning let out suppressed moans under the immense stimulation. She bit her lip, tilted her head back, and felt waves of pleasure crashing against the rocks.
The last condom in the paper bag ultimately couldn't escape being used up.
Over the next few days, Lin Chen began a busy sales campaign.
He gets up very early every day and rides his bicycle for more than an hour to reach the county town.
After making a round of the black market and a round of the residential areas of large factories such as steel mills and chemical plants, around 11 o'clock, I could sell more than ten tickets.
Then he went back to the warehouse to get the goods, and prepared two of them to wait in the alley behind the movie theater.
Soon, the people who bought tickets will come to pick up their goods.
After all the transactions were completed, it was almost one o'clock.
Sometimes, people who have bought tickets don't make up the money on the same day and wait until the next day to make their purchase.
He sold those tickets one by one, and he could remember the faces of the ticket buyers almost perfectly.
It's okay if someone really doesn't want to talk about it anymore, since the ticket sold for one dollar anyway.
Jiang Ning wasn't idle either.
She had bought almost everything she needed for the wedding, but she still wanted to look into buying some ready-made secondhand furniture.
There are also some foods to prepare for the wedding day.
In short, she was about to begin her big pre-wedding shopping spree.
The supplies in the space can also be taken out and used.
No need to buy roast duck, mooncakes, peanuts, melon seeds... but they must be officially approved before they can be used.
But you can never have too many good things, such as calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, and furniture made of rosewood and huanghuali wood.
After making inquiries, she was taken to the authorized store in the county.
The so-called consignment store is similar to a second-hand store today, with some pawnshop characteristics, but it is state-owned.
An individual entrusts the store to sell their goods and agrees to collect the money within a specified time.
If the item doesn't sell, you can either take it away or leave it there to sell.
However, if the items are left unclaimed for a period of time, or if they are sold and no one claims them, then the items or the money belong to the store.
Upon entering the consignment shop, you'll see all sorts of old items.
Inside, there are not only calligraphy and paintings and antiques, but also old cotton-padded jackets.
She asked the shop assistant if they had any furniture, and the assistant led her to the backyard of the shop.
The courtyard held a different world, filled with furniture covered with tarpaulins to protect it from the rain.
The shop assistant lifted a corner to show her and asked, "Are you really going to buy it? It's quite a hassle to open and close all of these."
The shop assistant was a young woman in her early twenties. Her tone was indifferent, probably because she was paid a fixed salary and didn't care how much she worked, so she was afraid of causing trouble.
Jiang Ning was a little annoyed. "How am I supposed to know what the furniture inside looks like if you don't lift it up?"
The girl was taken aback. If it were someone else, they might have begged with a smile, saying things like, "Comrade, please do me the trouble, I'll give you some tea money later." The person in front of her looked young, with skin so tender it looked like you could squeeze water out of it, but he had a rather strong personality.
"Comrade, you can buy it if you want, or leave if you don't. You have your own legs, and we're not forcing you!" She wasn't someone to be easily manipulated.
Jiang Ning was furious. Is this the standard way to sell goods these days? Or is she the only one with this style?
At this moment, an elderly man with white hair came out of one of the rooms. Upon seeing Jiang Ning, he immediately smiled and said:
"Young lady, don't be angry. You're here to buy furniture, right? These are all secondhand items."
Seeing that the old man's attitude was good, Jiang Ning replied, "It's alright, as long as the style is nice, I don't mind."
After hearing this, the old man waved to the shop assistant: "Xiao Sun, lift all the tarpaulins."
The shop assistant, nicknamed Xiao Sun, pouted and reluctantly lifted the pieces one by one, revealing a space of thirty square meters filled with more than twenty pieces of furniture.
There are large beds and sofas, and small stools. In addition to some ash wood furniture, there are four or five huanghuali tea tables and armchairs, and two or three mahogany sofas and tables.
Jiang Ning's anger vanished instantly; she had finally found something good today.
She said to the white-haired old man, "I want all the furniture here, and I'll pay an extra dollar for each piece, but on one condition: I want Xiao Sun to help me move them out!"
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