"Okay, your price is fair. I plan to go back the day after tomorrow, so I'll ask for leave today. I'll let you know when it's confirmed."
Sun Dawei thanked him again.
"Don't be polite to me anymore. I definitely can't bring the things to the guesthouse to give them to you. You should think of a way."
Sun Dawei frowned and thought for a while, "I live nearby, only about six or seven minutes' walk. Can you take me there? That way we can settle accounts. If someone sees you, they can say you are a relative of my wife's. My wife's family lives far away and no one knows her."
Ye Qing nodded. She didn’t want to trade on the street either, in case she got caught!
"Okay, I'll come back this afternoon and go straight to your house. But I don't have much money. If you trust me, give me the money first, and I'll refund you the extra money or make up the extra money."
"Of course. That's no problem. I trust you. I don't have any money with me today. I'll give it to you tomorrow after you've had lunch."
"Okay, that's it for now."
"Okay. By the way, if you want to go to my house, you can take the bus directly to the next stop, the Post Office. Go straight into the alley opposite it, and the third house in the third row on the east side is my house."
"Okay, I'll remember that."
After separating from Sun Dawei, Ye Qing went straight to Liu Meiqin to ask for leave. Since she was the only waiter upstairs who wanted leave the day after tomorrow, Liu Meiqin approved it readily.
After coming out of the office, Ye Qing went to the lounge to find Xu Xiaomei. When Xu Xiaomei saw her come in, she didn't ask much, but chatted about other topics.
"Qingqing, my mom said that tomorrow the supply and marketing society will have a batch of defective cloth. Do you want some? No tickets are needed."
Xu Xiaomei's family is a dual-income family. Her mother is a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative, her father is a worker in a shoe factory, and she has a 12-year-old brother who is in school. Unlike Yang Zhenzhen, she was really raised by her parents, while Yang Zhenzhen was just an unappreciated nanny at home.
"Yes!" Ye Qing just finished speaking and then he remembered that he still had to go to work and felt disappointed again, "I have to queue up to buy this, right? I still have to go to work."
Xu Xiaomei smiled and bumped her shoulder. "What's the relationship between us? I'll help you through the back door. How much do you want? I'll ask my mom to keep it for you and bring it to you later."
When feelings come, they can't be stopped. After spending a few days together, they found that they got along well with each other, so they have become good friends. Xu Xiaomei knew that Ye Qing was from the countryside and had a hard life, so she always thought of her when there was something good. Ye Qing naturally understood and was very grateful for her kindness. He thought about carrying a big winter melon for her when he went home to express his gratitude.
"Little sister, you are so kind! Don't worry, I will never forget your kindness!"
Xu Xiaomei chuckled, "That's enough! If someone didn't know, they would think I saved your life!"
"Hehe, that's about right. What's the general price of these defective cloths? Let me calculate how much I can get."
Xu Xiaomei pursed her lips and thought for a while. "I don't know the exact price. My mom usually takes care of it at home. But it's only about 10 or 20 cents per foot. For things like work cloth and white coarse cloth, I estimate it's about 10 cents. For better ones like floral cloth and cotton cloth, it should be about 20 cents."
Ye Qing nodded. It was indeed much cheaper than the fabric without defects, and the key was that it didn’t require a ticket!
"Then please save some cotton and work cloth for me. I want to save the cotton cloth to make a cotton-padded jacket for my little brother in winter, and the work cloth to make pants for my family.
I need three feet of cotton cloth, and three feet of work cloth. If you can keep the floral cloth, please leave me three or four feet!"
Xu Xiaomei agreed readily, "Okay, no problem, I'll ask my mother to save as much as possible for you."
"Then I'll give you the money first!"
Ye Qing said as he took out three dollars from his pocket and stuffed them into her hand, "Here are three dollars, it should be enough."
Xu Xiaomei glanced down and said, "It must be enough. I'll take it first and I'll give you the rest later!"
Ye Qing chuckled and said, "Okay!"
The next day at noon, Ye Qing met Sun Dawei at the old place after lunch.
"Brother Sun, I have already asked for leave. I will be back early tomorrow morning."
Sun Dawei squinted his eyes, looked around carefully, then took out five yuan from his pocket, and Ye Qing stuffed it into his pocket.
"Please use these five dollars first. Sorry for bothering you, sister!"
Ye Qing called him Big Brother, and he followed suit and changed his name. With this name, it really felt like the relationship between the two of them became much closer.
Ye Qing smiled, "Don't worry, Brother Sun, I will try my best to find as much as possible for you."
"Okay!" He lowered his voice and said, "My cousin works in a slaughterhouse. He has some pig bones. Do you want some?"
Ye Qing helped him so much, and he had no way to repay him, but he could still afford to give him a few pork bones.
Ye Qing's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Great! When can I buy it?"
Pork bone stew is also a good tonic!
"They start slaughtering pigs before daybreak. You're going home tomorrow morning, so how about this? You wait for me at the east wall of our station at six o'clock tomorrow morning, and I'll bring the pigs to you.
You don't have to buy it. You've helped me so much, and I don't know how to thank you. This is a gift from me, so don't despise it."
"Brother Sun, you are too polite. I can't take it for nothing. I have to take what I deserve!"
Sun Dawei waved his hands quickly, "If you don't accept it, I will be angry. That's it!"
Ye Qing also took risks in this matter. He couldn't ask others to help him for nothing. A few bones were only worth two or three cents, and he would have to trouble her again in the future.
Seeing him say that, Ye Qing could only agree with a smile. Bones were worthless anyway and no one would buy them. If it were something valuable, she would feel embarrassed to accept it.
"Then I won't be polite. I'm sorry to have cost you money, Brother Sun."
"Let's not talk about these foreign things between us brothers and sisters. Don't forget it at six o'clock tomorrow morning. I'm going to be busy now."
"good."
“Qingqing!”
In the afternoon, Ye Qing was concentrating on mopping the floor. Xu Xiaomei came over and slapped her hard. Ye Qing was startled. She patted her chest and rolled her eyes at her unhappily, "Do you know that scaring people is scary? It's scary to death!"
Xu Xiaomei stuck out her tongue and said, "Hehe, be careful next time."
"What do you want from me?"
Xu Xiaomei lowered her voice and said, "Aren't you leaving early tomorrow morning? Come home with me after get off work to get the cloth."
Ye Qing nodded, "Alright, I'll go with you after get off work."
"Okay, I'll go to work first."
"Um."
As soon as it was time in the afternoon, Ye Qing followed Xu Xiaomei back home. Xu Xiaomei's home was in the staff quarters of the shoe factory. Ye Qing was envious of the rows of tiled houses. He wished he could live in one of them so he wouldn't have to live in the crowded dormitory.
"arrive!"
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