After the Hu family left, Qin Hanshu also went out and headed to Guanqiao Hutong.
Before leaving, she found all the money in Yang Aizhen's room, a total of more than 300 yuan, plus her own 600 yuan, which brought her to about 1,000 yuan.
Guanqiao Hutong was different from her hometown. There were many people living there, and every possible place to build a house was built in the courtyard and passageway. Places where it was not possible to build were also piled with miscellaneous items. It was a typical tenement courtyard.
Qin Hanshu entered one of the courtyards and knocked on the door of a room from which the sound of model operas could be heard.
Soon, the radio program "The Red Lantern" stopped, the door opened, and a young man in a green military uniform appeared in front of Qin Hanshu. He looked her up and down and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Qin Hanshu said, "I'm looking for you, Li Anguo."
Li Anguo's eyes flashed, and he feigned deep thought, "Oh...you're that person..."
Qin Hanshu smiled and said, "She's your cousin Chen Hong's classmate."
Hearing Chen Hong's name, Li Anguo felt relieved and waved to Qin Hanshu, "You're here to pick up her textbooks, right? Come in."
Qin Hanshu slipped inside, but Li Anguo didn't close the door; instead, he left it wide open.
Once the older woman outside had stopped looking at them and walked past them from the courtyard, Li Anguo asked quickly and quietly, "What do you want?"
Qin Hanshu was indeed Chen Hong's classmate, and Chen Hong was indeed Li Anguo's cousin.
Li Anguo was an employee of the street printing and dyeing factory, but he secretly engaged in the resale of tickets and certificates.
You can only find him by being introduced by someone you know well.
Qin Hanshu was not introduced by Chen Hong, but after her death, she heard Li Anguo boasting about his "glorious" experience of buying and selling during that period in the space.
At that time, Li Anguo was already a successful businessman and had some business dealings with Hu Wenwen.
Qin Hanshu also whispered, "I want all kinds of coupons, especially industrial vouchers. I want as many as you can."
Li Anguo glanced at her and said, "Industrial vouchers are hard to come by."
It means expensive.
Industrial vouchers have a wide range of uses, and since they are issued in small quantities, it's only natural that they are expensive.
Qin Hanshu said, "I need it urgently. You must give it to me today. Like I said, I want as much as you have."
"Within today?" Li Anguo pondered for a moment. "The time is too tight. I can only get you two or three hundred industrial vouchers at most, one yuan each."
That's really expensive.
However, Yang Aizhen had traded before, and this was the price on the black market, so Li Anguo didn't rip her off.
Qin Hanshu nodded and asked, "How long will it take me to get it? Shall we arrange a place?"
Li Anguo thought for a moment and said, "Go find a place to wander around first, and come to my office at our street printing factory in two hours."
They've even taken their black market business to the workplace...
Qin Hanshu nodded.
When she left, Li Anguo actually gave her a textbook to hold in her hand.
The moment she stepped out the door, the music of "The Red Lantern" started playing again inside the house.
Not far from Guanqiao Hutong was a Xinhua Bookstore. Qin Hanshu went in and browsed for two hours, buying more than a dozen novels, thinking about preparing for her entertainment after going to the countryside.
Thinking about the future resumption of the college entrance examination, she bought some study guides, notebooks, and pens.
Li Anguo was very capable; he amassed a huge collection of all sorts of tickets and certificates.
He handed the list he had prepared to Qin Hanshu.
Grain coupons, meat coupons, non-staple food coupons, sesame oil coupons, cloth coupons, candy coupons, pastry coupons, soap coupons... even light bulb coupons were available.
It covers almost every aspect of life.
Li Anguo said, "If there's anything you don't want, just cut it out."
Qin Hanshu: "No, I want them all. Let's calculate the cost."
Li Anguo was taken aback. "Aren't you going to count them?"
"A whole bunch of tickets, how long will it take to count them?" Qin Hanshu shook her head. "I believe you."
Li Anguo grinned and gave Qin Hanshu a thumbs up, "Generous!"
With the addition of 350 industrial vouchers, the total payment was 450 yuan.
Qin Hanshu thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to work in the countryside tomorrow. If I need anything in the future, can I write to you?"
“But these tickets are mostly for local use only, they can’t be used outside the area,” Li Anguo said.
Only grain coupons and special supply coupons were valid nationwide.
Qin Hanshu said, "It doesn't necessarily have to be ration coupons. Just mail me whatever I need, okay?"
This business is troublesome and doesn't earn much.
Li Anguo was initially reluctant to do it, but he felt that the girl in front of him was a good person and someone worth befriending, so he nodded.
"Okay! I'll consider you my friend."
Qin Hanshu smiled and said, "Thank you, my name is Qin Hanshu."
Li Anguo reached out and shook hands with Qin Hanshu, then personally saw her out.
Qin Hanshu suddenly had this idea: to establish contact with Li Anguo and send him packages from time to time, so that she could have a source of material wealth for the future.
After exchanging the tickets, seeing that it wasn't completely dark yet, Qin Hanshu decided to buy some supplies nearby.
There happened to be a cloth shop not far from her.
I bought mostly plain and twill cotton fabrics, enough to make five or six long-sleeved outfits. I also bought some fine cotton fabric, mainly for making bed sheets, duvet covers, and underwear.
Although Dacron fabric is crisp, it's not very comfortable to wear. She didn't really like this material, so she bought fewer pieces.
There were only enough coupons for woolen fabric to make one set of clothes.
Seeing that she bought so much, the sales clerk looked at her strangely.
Qin Hanshu quickly explained that she was a representative sent by the students who were about to be transferred to the queue to make a collective purchase.
The sales clerk was skeptical, but didn't pay her any more attention.
Another salesperson came over and proactively tried to sell to her.
"This fabric is pure cashmere. It's perfect for making a Lenin suit for winter. It's both warm and stylish!"
The woolen fabric that Qin Hanshu bought earlier was made of synthetic fibers and cost about the same as pure cashmere.
The main reason is that the industry is underdeveloped nowadays, so the raw materials for chemical fibers are expensive.
People who buy expensive fabrics are a minority, and even among these people, they would prefer to buy synthetic wool fabrics at the same price, thinking they are more fashionable and stylish.
The pure cashmere piece in the salesperson's hand has been sitting there for over half a year and hasn't sold yet, while several pieces of synthetic wool have already been sold.
The fabric feels soft and smooth to the touch, which is very comfortable, but the color is still military green, which doesn't quite suit this fabric.
However, Qin Hanshu still bought it.
With too many things in her hands, Qin Hanshu first took advantage of the twilight to find a secluded spot to put half of the things she had bought into her spatial storage, and then went to another shop to buy yarn and cotton.
Once she's spent all her cloth coupons and money, her clothing problem will be basically solved. At this rate of changing clothes, she'll have enough to last at least the next five years.
After returning home, she ate something lightly and then went to bed.
When it got late at night and all the neighbors in the courtyard had gone to bed, Qin Hanshu got up again.
She's going to start "cleaning" the house.
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