Chapter 35 Special Ticket
When Jiang Xinbai heard that one foot of cloth coupons only cost one dollar, she was instantly tempted, "Really one dollar per foot? How many do you have?"
Li Fengyue glanced at Jiang Xinbai, pursed her lips, and replied in a low voice: "I still have 60 feet of cloth coupons at home, and some have not been received yet..."
"No, how come your family has so many cloth coupons?" Jiang Xinbai was also shocked. Each person with urban household registration was only entitled to sixteen feet of cloth coupons per year. Even if the mother and daughter of the Li family did not use their share this year, there would only be forty-eight feet, far less than sixty feet. How could there still be people who had not received them?
Li Fengyue smiled, took a piece of cloth coupon and said, "Look, this is the kind, one piece is ten feet."
Jiang Xinbai drooped his eyelids as he looked at the cloth coupon handed to him. On it were clearly written the words "For relatives of overseas Chinese only."
"Do you have any relatives living abroad?"
"Yes," Li Fengyue nodded, "My father is abroad, and he sends us money every few months. After converting it into RMB, the government also increases our supply, so our family has more banknotes."
Jiang Xinbai recalled what he had seen in his memory. The government was in urgent need of foreign exchange, so some policies were introduced. For example, relatives of overseas Chinese could receive certain rewards based on the foreign exchange they remitted from abroad. After converting it into RMB, they could get one Overseas Chinese Coupon for every 100 yuan.
Of course, don't underestimate this Overseas Chinese Coupon. This coupon can increase the food supply by 12 catties, cooking oil by 2 catties, sugar by 2 catties, fresh meat by 2 catties, and cotton cloth by 10 feet. You should know that each person only needs 2 taels of cooking oil per month, and these 2 catties is enough for ten people per month.
But no matter how popular they are now, those with overseas connections will suffer even more in May next year. Thinking of this, Jiang Xinbai looked at Li Fengyue with sympathy. How would a family of three women survive then?
Li Fengyue was very wary of other people's gazes. She looked up at Jiang Xinbai. Although she didn't know why the other party was looking at her with sympathy, it didn't hinder her in any way.
So she calmed herself down and continued to ask, "Jiang Jie, do you want cloth coupons?"
"Yes, we want it." Jiang Xinbai said quickly, don't be a fool.
Although Jiang Xinlan didn't understand why her sister was so excited, she still smiled and nodded, "If you are all willing to pay, we can take all of them." In fact, sixty feet may seem like a lot, but in fact, every minute counts.
Jiang Xinbai seemed to have thought of something, raised his hand and said, "Well, I have a small request. Can you just buy the cloth for us? You know that this is a special ticket, and it will always attract too much attention if we use it to buy it. But don't worry, we will add some hard work fees."
In fact, Jiang Xinbai was more worried that if he took these tickets to buy cloth, when May comes next year, these things will be dug up, and it would be bad to be implicated in it.
Li Fengyue looked at Jiang Xinbai deeply, then said, "No problem, I'll give you two dollars as a reward for your hard work."
"Okay, it's settled. Well, do you have any other tickets?" Jiang Xinbai thought that since she was already here, she might as well get all the tickets at once, even though she really didn't have much money on her.
"Yes, I still have five cooking oil coupons and six white sugar coupons at home, all of which are two kilograms, adding up to twelve yuan. You can take them all." Li Fengyue counted the tickets at home and felt that there was no use in keeping them, so it would be better to exchange them for some money.
"Sister, why did you sell them all? I..." Li Fengxing, who had been listening silently at the side, became impatient and couldn't help but speak out.
"Xiaoxing, don't say anything. I know what I'm doing." Li Fengyue glanced at her sister and motioned her to be quiet.
The Jiang Xinbai sisters looked at each other and nodded, "Okay, we'll take them all, let's calculate how much it costs. But, Sister Li, can you make the decision on your own? Don't you need to discuss it with Aunt He?"
They have been here for such a long time, but have never seen the mother of Sister Li and her sister come out, so they are really curious.
Li Fengyue's face darkened, and then she shook her head gently, "No need for my mother, I can make the decision."
Jiang Xinbai also knew that every family has its own problems. Since the other party had already said so, she would not say much.
"Okay, sixty feet of cloth coupons plus six cooking oil coupons, and five sugar coupons, a total of seventy-two dollars, plus four dollars for hard work, seventy-six, right?"
"Yes," Li Fengyue nodded, "Do you want it now, or?"
Speaking of money, Jiang Xinbai felt a little embarrassed. She looked at Jiang Xinlan, "Second sister, you..."
"Okay, I have money, I'll give it to you first." Jiang Xinlan originally wanted to buy cloth coupons, so she naturally had money with her.
She counted out seventy-six and gave it to Li Fengyue. "Sister Li, I'll give you the ticket money first. Then, when you've bought your things, I'll give you the money to buy things. Is that ok?"
To be honest, Jiang Xinlan and her friends are taking a greater risk. They have already given the money, and if Li Fengyue runs away with the money, they will have no way to deal with it.
Finally, before leaving, Jiang Xinbai still felt bad, so she leaned over to Li Fengyue's ear and whispered something before quickly leaving.
Outside the door, Jiang Xinlan took her sister's hand and asked, "Xiaobai, what did you just say to Li Fengyue?"
Jiang Xinbai shook his head, "Nothing, I just said a few words to thank her. By the way, sister, how do you know the Li sisters?" It was obvious that they were young ladies from a wealthy family in the old days, so the second sister should not know them.
"Oh, about this. One day I went out to buy groceries and met an auntie sitting on the roadside. She looked very upset, so I kindly stuffed a candy into her mouth. Unexpectedly, it really worked. When I helped her home, I met her eldest daughter, Li Fengyue. We chatted for a few minutes and then met a few more times. Yesterday, she asked me if I wanted cloth coupons. I discussed it with your brother-in-law and prepared to ask for some. I thought you would also want some, so I asked you to go with me."
"Then you are really lucky. But, sister, I have to remind you that you'd better avoid people when you interact with them, or don't interact with them in the future."
It’s not that Jiang Xinbai has no conscience, but when she thought about what would happen later, she had to take precautions in advance. After all, they were just ordinary people.
"What did you find out?" Jiang Xinlan knew that her sister would not say that for no reason.
Jiang Xinbai shook his head. "It's nothing. It's just that their father is abroad, and the relationship between our country and foreign countries is so sensitive. I just feel uneasy."
Over there, Li Fengyue stood there in a daze after hearing Jiang Xinbai's words, and was not awakened until she heard her mother's call.
"Sister, do we really have to leave here? I don't think we have to leave. You see, Dad sends us money every few months. If we leave, won't we be able to receive the money he sends us?" Li Fengxing was really curious why her sister insisted on taking her and her mother away from here.
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