The blue work cloth was used to make tops for Su's father and younger brother Su, which was about eight feet of cloth. The gray work cloth was four feet, which was just enough to make a piece of clothing for Su's mother.
She planned to write a letter later, explaining clearly how to match the cloths, so that Su's mother wouldn't intercept them all because of her stinginess.
By the way, there is also Grandpa Su who lives with us now, so we should prepare a gift for this old man as well.
She also bought a piece of black cloth for Grandpa Su in the mall, also four feet long, enough to make a shirt.
After buying the cloth, she bought three bottles of vanishing cream and gave one to each of her three sisters to avoid any conflicts.
After buying these, she bought six meat buns at a state-owned restaurant, paid six taels of food coupons, and one yuan and twenty cents, then went out to the post office.
Before going to the post office, she quietly took out the things from the system warehouse, put them in a snakeskin bag, took it to the counter, asked for paper and pen, and wrote a simple letter.
She didn't dare write too much, for fear of revealing that her handwriting was very different from the original owner's, so she just wrote something.
After sending the things, Su He tried to call her hometown in Liancheng and said she wanted to find Su Yi from the joint defense team. The people on the other end asked around and asked her to call back in half an hour.
There happened to be a Hua Bookstore nearby, so Su He went in to have a look and found that they were selling "100,000 Whys", a set of fourteen books that had been published several years ago.
Su He felt strange. Wasn't it said at this time that everything related to books would be smashed and burned?
She looked carefully again and found that there were still quite a few people buying books, but generally no one bought these casual books, but only bought works by great men.
Su He followed the crowd and not only bought a set of "100,000 Whys", but also bought the classic books that everyone else bought. Later, she bought a few elementary school books on Chinese and mathematics.
It is worth mentioning that a book about great men that every household in this era has, a red book published in 1964, was later sold at Sotheby's auction house for 120,000, and once again became a hot commodity in the collector's circle! (1)
After buying the book, she went to the post office again. This time, she called and it was Su Yi herself who answered the phone: "Sister, why did you call me? If it's urgent, can't you tell me in a letter? Phone calls are so expensive!"
Finally, the phone call got through. Su He only said that she had received the things and asked someone to buy some cloth and send it over. She told her sisters to wait until the 15th when they were free and she would call back then.
Su He specifically instructed his younger brother, "You worked so hard to get this job, you know that! Don't let it get ruined by your dirty work! Do you hear me? If you don't do your job well, I will definitely find a way to deal with you, do you believe it?"
Su Xiaodi: "Sister, is it not enough for me to believe you? I'm really scared of you! Every day when I go to get off work and come home, I work with Er Gangzi, and sometimes with that little uncle Liu. Even if I don't do well, others are watching me!"
Su He was relieved, it turned out to be Captain Lu's arrangement.
"Alright then, until I die, each of you will have a share of the clothes, and Grandpa will get one too. If you dare to be stingy and keep them, or even sell them off, and I find out, you'll never get anything from me again! Not even a thread! Tell me what I'm saying! Remember?"
"Sister, you are truly my darling daughter! I almost sold those fleece coats and pants you sent home two years ago! Then, for some reason, I ended up keeping them all!"
Su He finished speaking and was about to hang up when she heard Su Xiaodi ask, "By the way, sister, how was your checkup in Shanghai? How serious are your sequelae?"
Su He: "Nothing was found during the examination. I still need to take medicine! Okay, remember to ask my second sister to answer the phone. Third or fourth sister can also come."
She also wanted to help her family, but unlike the original owner, she would not empty herself and burn herself out, but would let them learn to be self-reliant.
After leaving the post office, she went home.
Before Su He went home, he put the cheated goods into a snakeskin bag and took them home.
(Author’s comments: (1) Excerpted from “Living Memory of China: The 65th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China”. The auction took place in the early 21st century. At that time, the price of more than 120,000 yuan was much higher than it is now!)
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