Although Liu Cuihua was a chatterbox, she was not wrong. She did have one more thing to do when she came to the commune today, which was to go to the post office to collect her monthly living expenses.
Gu Tingzhou remits money at a fixed time every month. Basically, he goes to the Chengguan Post and Telecommunications Bureau during those days. After arriving, the postman will slowly deliver it, and it will take several days for it to reach the recipient.
So in the past, when Li Zhaodi came to the commune, she would take the money and bills home herself. Only when she really didn't want to go out in winter would she wait for the postman to slowly deliver them to the village.
The Chengguan Post and Telecommunications Bureau was not very big, just a medium-sized storefront. Her face was a living business card, and she was recognized by the staff inside as soon as she entered.
It's true that she has come to collect her money every month in the past few years, so it's hard for her not to remember it. Besides, her original body was a rare beauty in the area, and she knew how to dress herself.
"Big sister, I'm here." A chubby older sister greeted her with a smile, stood up, took out the key, opened the cabinet and searched for almost a minute, and a brown envelope was in Li Qingyun's hand.
As usual, there was no communication, only ten yuan, five one-jin military food coupons, three cloth coupons, and two one-jin brown sugar coupons.
She just opened it, took a quick look, and put it in her pocket.
After leaving the post office, she came to a small alley at the back door of the supply and marketing cooperative. Caixia had been waiting there for a long time. She opened a door in the alley. This was her home, and the two of them usually met here.
"What tickets are available this time?" Caixia closed the door and asked anxiously. She had sneaked out under the pretext of going to the toilet and asked the lady next door to watch the counter, as she had to go back to work later.
Li Qingyun didn't waste any words. He took out the ticket he had just received and all the tickets that his original body had accumulated, ready to exchange them all.
Yes, Li Zhaodi used to come here often to buy cloth to make clothes. After a few visits, Caixia knew some of her situation and knew that she often received some special supply tickets, so she went to find her.
Li Zhaodi used Caixia to exchange the tickets she didn't need for cloth or money. Caixia used her identity as a salesperson to exchange these tickets for a high price, gave some to Li Zhaodi, and earned the difference herself. She made a lot of money as a result.
The money Li Zhaodi had was specially supplied by the army, and she also had military food coupons, all of which were good things, but she was timid and didn't dare to sell them on the black market. Caixia had connections and could double the value of these coupons, so the two of them hit it off and each got what they needed.
"Are you going to exchange all of these for money? Won't you keep some?" Usually she would keep some for herself and sell the ones she didn't need.
"Don't keep them all. Exchange them all. Except for these ten kilograms of military food coupons, which will be exchanged for local food coupons, the other coupons will be exchanged for money." Li Qingyun affirmed.
Although these were very scarce tickets, she already had all the supplies in her space and didn't need to buy more. The tickets would be nothing if they expired, so she decided to exchange them all for cash. With money in hand, she wouldn't be worried.
Caixia was also very happy. These tickets were quite a lot, and she would be able to get a lot of benefits after exchanging them, so she carefully counted the tickets one by one.
"I can help you exchange these ten kilograms of military food coupons for twenty-five kilograms of local food coupons. I'll give you a total of thirty yuan for the remaining coupons. In addition, our supply and marketing cooperative has some internal defective cloth these days. I bought some and I can choose two pieces for you. Do you think this is okay?" Caixia said after thinking about it in her mind.
After hearing her offer, Li Qingyun thought that this person was quite honest. Although she could make some money, it was also hard-earned money. After all, if she handled it herself, she could only go to the black market, which was hard and time-consuming, and not safe enough. If she was not careful, she could easily be robbed by the cheaters.
It would be best if it could be packaged and sent to her, she doesn't care about the few dollars or tens of dollars that are earned.
So Li Qingyun said happily: "Okay, let's do as Sister Caixia said."
"Then wait a moment, I'll go into the house and get you the money."
After waiting for about two minutes, Sister Caixia came out of the room with a few pieces of colorful cloth in her hands.
"Here are 25 jin of local food coupons and 30 yuan. Count them. Also, pick out two pieces of cloth that you like." Caixia knew that she liked making clothes.
"Thank you, Sister Caixia." Li Qingyun didn't hesitate and picked out a piece of red and white checkered cloth and a piece of cotton cloth with small yellow flowers and held them in her hands. She took the money and put it directly into her pocket without counting it.
"Why are you being so polite? If you need anything in the future, you can come to me and I will help you find a solution."
It feels comfortable to be trusted by others. Caixia felt that the older sister looked much more pleasing to the eye today than usual, and spoke with a bit more intimacy.
In the past, Li Zhaodi would count each bill several times to confirm whether they were correct after every transaction. Although there was nothing wrong with it, they had known each other for several years and she did this every time. Caixia couldn't help but feel that she was a little petty and didn't want to have a close relationship with her. They just used each other as a means of mutual benefit and were just acquaintances. Anyway, she wouldn't suffer any loss.
Today, Li Zhaodi seemed like a different person. She was already pretty, spoke with a smile, and was generous. She looked even more heroic than usual, making people want to get close to her.
Li Qingyun clearly felt that Caixia's attitude was much closer than at the beginning, and her smile was much more sincere. She was also happy to make another friend. After all, being a salesperson in the supply and marketing cooperative still had many conveniences.
Caixia put away the remaining cotton cloth, and the two walked out arm in arm, talking and laughing. They parted at the alley. Caixia returned to the supply and marketing cooperative, and Li Qingyun came to the Jianshe Hotel at the intersection.
There is a small blackboard at the entrance of the store, with the dishes served today written in neat handwriting, and the prices and required food coupons written behind them.
Nowadays, all restaurants are state-owned and very simple, with only three or four wooden tables with cracks and long and short benches. You have to pay at the window and get your food, and of course you have to pay with food coupons.
Steamed buns cost five cents each, large meat buns cost ten cents each, shredded pork noodles cost twenty cents a bowl, meat dishes cost fifty or sixty cents each, and vegetarian dishes cost twenty cents each...
The prices are not expensive, you can order a table of dishes for one or two yuan, but you still have to pay food coupons to buy them. The people sitting and eating inside are all respectable. Rural people generally don’t come here to consume, because the villagers are self-sufficient and there is no food coupon supply. They can only issue some cloth coupons, kerosene coupons and other tickets throughout the year.
It may be that only when people are on a blind date, the man's family will find a way to get some food coupons and take the woman to a state-owned restaurant for a meal to show their financial resources and how much they value her. But it will only be this one meal, and some people have never even eaten out in a restaurant in their entire lives.
Li Qingyun planned to buy something during her visit, so she went to the window and ordered ten white flour buns and ten large meat buns, and paid one yuan and fifty cents and a pound of food coupons.
The auntie directly opened the steamer and filled her with ten hot white steamed buns, as well as ten big meat buns as big as fists. A strong aroma of wheat wafted into her nose. It turned out that the original things are the best.
After buying steamed buns, I strolled around the street and happened to meet Liu Cuihua and her daughter-in-law coming out of the commune clinic.
Liu Cuihua walked in front with a menacing look on her face, and the young wife followed behind like a quail, with her head lowered.
Li Qingyun turned her face away, pretending not to see it, and walked towards the ox cart with her things.
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