Chapter 50: Zhuang Ganmei discovered the stall!
The next day, Huang Ling brought the candles she made to Zhou Huailan. Zhou Huailan didn't dare to go to the Industrial Bureau alone and wanted Huang Ling to accompany her.
Huang Ling went to ask for leave from the workshop director. When the workshop director heard that she was accompanying comrades from the factory office to the Industrial Bureau, he directly said that it would be counted as out-of-town work and would not count as her leave.
The two of them happily jumped and went to the Industrial Bureau.
When they arrived at the Industrial Bureau, even though they had letters of introduction, the guard looked them over and said,
"Deputy Director Yan, if you want to meet, then meet. Ordinary clerks like you need to find the corresponding office."
"Could you please call and ask? Deputy Director Yan asked us to deliver something to her yesterday."
Huang Ling took out a handful of candies from her pocket, inside of which was a fifty-cent note folded into thin strips.
"If Deputy Director Yan says that this is not the case, we will turn around and leave and will not bother you at all. Or you can talk to Secretary Qin, she also knows about this." Huang Ling added.
The man pulled the thing in front of him and called Qin Shuran, Deputy Director Yan's secretary.
After a while, the guard put down the phone and told the two of them, "Wait a moment, Secretary Qin will be downstairs."
After a while, Qin Shuran came over jogging.
"Comrade Zhou, Deputy Director Yan is in a meeting. Please give it to me. Thank you for the trouble. Deputy Director Yan mentioned this matter early this morning! How much is it?"
"No need, Sister Ling made this herself, it's free." Zhou Huailan waved her hands quickly.
"That won't work! Deputy Director Yan wouldn't dare to accept it!" Qin Shuran shook his head.
"Then you just need to pay for the candles. There are five candles here, which costs 15 cents in total." Huang Ling continued.
Qin Shuran was stunned for a moment, then took out fifty cents from his pocket and handed it to Huang Ling: "Fifty cents is definitely not enough, fifty cents."
"Okay, Secretary Qin, please wait a moment. I'll give you a receipt." Huang Ling took out a small notebook from her pocket and wrote a receipt.
It said that he had received fifty cents from Qin Shuran to buy candles for him, and he also signed his name.
Qin Shuran looked at Huang Ling with satisfaction, thanked her again, and then turned around and went back.
Zhou Huailan was naive and was stunned by this whole process.
But she was also smart and understood it immediately, but she didn't think of doing it this way when she did it herself.
The two walked back hand in hand.
On the road, Huang Ling met a timid vendor selling malt sugar. She spent two cents to buy two sticks, one for each of them, and licked them as she walked.
"My brother is right. I have to come to you if I have any problems." Zhou Huailan nodded to herself.
"What other bad things did your brother say about me?" Huang Ling asked.
I wonder if he told Zhou Huailan about what happened on the hanging door.
"I didn't say anything bad about you, I said only good things. He told you to set up a stall when you have time, that's awesome! Also, he said you were reading books on pig farming, which scared him." Zhou Huailan answered honestly.
Huang Ling thought that this was good enough, as her glorious deeds were not publicized everywhere.
When Zhou Huailan returned to the factory office, the director asked her how things were going. Zhou Huailan said that they were going very smoothly.
The clerks in the factory office became polite to her.
When I got home from get off work, Zhou Huaiyi was wearing an apron and cooking.
They are locals, and their parents are both military cadres. They have a house with a yard in the military district’s family compound. It has three bedrooms and a living room, with a kitchen and a toilet.
So he did not apply for housing in the factory. The location was right between the cotton mill and the machinery factory. It was not as close to work as in the factory, but it was not very far either.
He saw his sister coming home from get off work and came jumping in.
"What are you so happy about?"
Zhou Huailan took a look at the dishes: pork belly with dried vegetables, stir-fried cabbage, and pumpkin rice.
While helping to set the table, she told him that Huang Ling had accompanied her to the Industrial Bureau today.
Zhou Huaiyi didn't seem surprised and his expression was calm.
"I really like Sister Ling! I wish she were still single!"
"Why, you want to marry her?"
"What? Marry you! You're beautiful and capable! A sister-in-law like this is so great!"
"Don't talk nonsense! She has a lover! If others hear it, it will have a bad influence on her."
"I know, I'll tell you. But, brother, your sister-in-law has been gone for several years, you should find another one, it's not like you're in bad condition..."
"Tell me, what are you thinking about day by day?" Zhou Huaiyi interrupted his sister.
"Okay, okay, I won't try to persuade you. Sister Ling and I have an agreement that we both have the same vacation time, so I'll go with her to set up the stall."
"Um"
"I'm going to buy some small things and keep Sister Ling company. Sister Ling said she would make me a pair of bell-bottom pants."
"It's not easy for her to earn money. Don't let her send you off. You have to give her money." Zhou Huaiyi answered without thinking.
"Oh, I see, she doesn't want it."
"Don't say that anymore."
"OK."
After dinner, Zhou Huaiyi gave Zhou Huailan another thirty yuan.
"Brother, I've received my salary and have money. You can keep your money to marry a wife!"
"Here! This is my extra money."
Zhou Huaiyi's side income is similar to but different from Huang Ling and her friends' small stall selling clothes. They both make money based on their own skills, but it is obvious that Zhou Huaiyi and his friends' technical output has gained more recognition.
Because of the scarcity of technology, it is the same in every era.
Zhou Huailan accepted it, and when she was on vacation, she would go to Xuanmiao Temple to accompany Huang Ling.
There were quite a lot of people setting up stalls. I didn’t expect Huang Ling to disguise herself, so she didn’t recognize her.
It was only when Huang Ling called her that she recognized her.
Huang Ling wore a blue cloth smock over her cotton coat. This kind of clothing is very common. Many ordinary families would wear this kind of smock when working. It is sturdy and will not dirty the clothes underneath.
She also wore a dark blue scarf to cover half of her face. She was not afraid of meeting acquaintances, but she was afraid of meeting talkative acquaintances.
Zhou Huailan also covered her face and squatted beside her.
Huang Ling pulled out a red brick from under her butt and pushed it to Zhou Huailan's feet.
"Okay!" Zhou Huailan sat next to her, "I feel much more comfortable now."
Huang Ling asked her what she wanted to buy, and then told her which stall had the best value for money.
"Sister, you know all this!"
“Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle.”
"Oh, I see."
"The vest and underwear your brother bought from that store last time were of poor quality! Their products are shipped from Shanghai, well-packaged, but expensive. They're not as good as the ones we make locally!"
"Hahahaha! It rotted as soon as I washed it!"
"He was shameless and bought from the male stall owner. Sister Zhang's food was obviously much better, but he was too embarrassed to go. He deserved to be ripped off. He was so embarrassed to save face that he suffered!"
"Hahahahahahaha, I'll buy him two sets later."
"Don't tell him what I said!"
“I know!”
Zhou Huailan stayed with her for the whole day and helped to take care of the business. The two of them stayed together and stayed warm.
Not far away, Zhuang Ganmei, who recognized Huang Ling, was about to step forward, but the joint defense arrived.
Huang Ling grabbed the bag with one hand and Zhou Huailan with the other and ran away.
Zhuang Ganmei didn't know what was going on and was still standing there in a daze. As a result, she was knocked to the ground and stepped on several times.
By the time he stood up, Huang Ling had already disappeared.
After the joint defense team left, everyone came back to set up stalls. Zhuang Ganmei hid aside and looked for Huang Ling, but she didn't see her come back.
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