The supply and marketing cooperative has been selling the new styles for several days, but only a few pieces are sold each day.
Some people had already figured out the trick, and upon hearing this, they laughed and said, "It's true. These new styles are from Shanghai. There are only a few available each day, and they'll be gone if you come late."
Liu Pianran keenly picked up on the key phrase: "Every day? Are they telling the truth?"
"Of course it's true."
Why didn't anyone tell me this a few days ago?
He Qiuying couldn't help but sneer and roll her eyes at her: "Are we that close? Why should I tell you? What is it?"
Liu Pianran was so angry that her face turned pale. She glared at He Qiuying for a long time, still suspecting that Ji Xia was behind it all. She suppressed her anger and turned back to find Ji Xia.
After buying two pounds of wedding candy and cakes at the food counter, she casually asked, "Comrade Ji Xia, I heard that the new dresses are available every day, is that true?"
Ji Xia didn't want to tell her, since she only made five or six sets a day, and people would rush to buy them every morning, so she didn't care about Liu Pianran being a customer.
However, seeing the shifty look in Lin Haodong's eyes, she changed her mind and nodded generously: "Yes, there are some every day, but not many, sometimes six or seven pieces, sometimes four or five."
"However, I heard that these are all new styles from Shanghai, and they are very popular. People come to wait for them every morning, and they're gone if you come late."
Liu Pianran was a little skeptical about whether Ji Xia was telling the truth. Would she tell her the truth, or was she deliberately lying to her?
"Why is there so little? Can't you give me more?"
"The reason why best-selling products are so popular is, of course, because of insufficient supply. Everyone is scrambling to buy them. This applies not only to new clothes, but also to other items, such as Moutai, the national liquor. There are only eight units available per month. Unless someone is holding onto them, you can't buy them."
Ji Xia shrugged: "You've seen it too. The new styles we've gotten these past few times are not only beautiful in terms of fabric and color, but they also update the designs every day. With all these fashion-conscious girls in the city, what's a few pieces? How can you buy them if you don't fight for them?"
Lin Haodong's eyebrows twitched when he heard this, and he tugged at Liu Pianran: "Pianpian, it's okay if we can't get it. We're in the countryside, there's no need to buy something so nice."
"Couldn't we let people keep it?"
Liu Pianran loves beauty the most, and when she heard that there were many people vying for them and that there were even more new styles, she was even more tempted.
Seeing that Ji Xia's expression was normal and that she didn't have any lingering affection for Lin Haodong, she giggled a few times and leaned closer to plead, "Comrade Ji Xia, you work here every day, could you please save one for me?"
"Can I reserve one for you? Of course, but you need to pay a deposit first, and order all of them."
"Full subscription? What's that?"
"Go over there and ask how much the clothes cost today. Then leave the money with me, pay in full, and pick up the goods tomorrow."
"There's no reason to pay first."
Lin Haodong was displeased upon hearing this, and shook his head at Liu Pianran with a frown: "Anyway, the new clothes have already been ordered, so let's just forget about that one?"
Liu Pianran recalled the style she had just seen and the two previous frenzy of buying it. The girls rushed to pay as soon as they saw her, which showed just how popular she was.
She pouted, unwillingly, "I like that dress, Adong, I really like it."
"A wedding is a once-in-a-lifetime event, the most beautiful and glorious time of a woman's life. It's a real pity that she can't even wear a beautiful dress."
Ji Xia smiled faintly: "In the future, no matter how much money or honor you earn, when you get older, nothing will look good on you anymore."
After being reminded of this, Liu Pianran felt uneasy and looked at Lin Haodong with a hint of resentment.
“Ah Xia is right. A woman only has one chance in her life. Ah Dong, I want it. My mother is sending me money because she hopes our wedding will be without regrets.”
Hearing that the Liu family would provide the money, Lin Haodong felt secretly annoyed, especially when he saw Ji Xia's disdainful and mocking expression, which reminded him even more of the fact that he had been living off a woman.
He suppressed his anger and forced a smile: "Buy it if you want, go ask how much it costs."
Upon hearing this, Liu Pianran smiled happily and turned around lightly to run towards He Caiying.
Lin Haodong turned back and smiled wistfully at Ji Xia: "Xia—"
Ji Xia turned and left the customer service, not even glancing at him.
Seeing her departing figure without hesitation, Lin Haodong's face darkened, and he added another mark to his mind.
She's so shrewish. Everything she did before was an act. With such jealousy and pettiness, who would dare to marry her in the future?
After thinking for a while, he sighed again. With Ji Xia's looks, background, and job, let alone being petty and jealous, even if she were an ugly duckling, there would be plenty of men in the village who would want to marry her.
He already regretted it in his heart; compared to Liu Pianran, Ji Xia was much better.
Liu Pianran's personality is really not suitable to be a wife; she doesn't have any qualities of a virtuous wife and loving mother.
He loves dressing up and spending money; his mother has complained to him countless times.
My family sent me 100 yuan as dowry, two sets of new clothes, and everything else had to be brand new. After that, we had to hold a banquet in the village, and there wouldn't be much money left.
Unlike Ji Xia, Liu Pianran doesn't have a job and a monthly salary. Her family isn't local, and she doesn't know how she and her mother-in-law will live after he leaves.
Ji Xia refused to forgive him no matter what, and he had no choice but to accept Liu Pianran.
After standing gloomily at the food counter for a while, Liu Pianran excitedly ran over and said to Lin Haodong, "That dress is only twenty yuan today, not expensive."
Twenty yuan isn't expensive? A custom-made set already cost twenty yuan, and this dress alone also costs twenty yuan. Isn't that expensive?
Liu Pianran excitedly took out twenty yuan and handed it to Ji Xia, asking her to save a dress for tomorrow.
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