"sock?"
Xiao Weiguo's eyes lit up.
How many pairs do you have? How much are you planning to sell them for?
"This is what my dad earned from two months' salary. It's 500 pairs in total. I figured I could sell them for 40 cents a pair."
In those days, an ordinary worker's salary was generally less than 100 yuan. According to Liu Ye's calculation, a pair cost 40 cents, and 500 pairs could be sold for 200 yuan, which was equivalent to her father's salary for two months. She wouldn't lose out.
"So cheap?"
Xiao Weiguo could hardly believe it.
Socks at the supply and marketing cooperative usually cost between 1.8 and 2 yuan, but I never expected the sock factory to pay the workers such a low price as a wage deduction.
The cost of socks is actually only three or four cents, but when they are sold to ordinary people, they become about two dollars.
The factory had no money and could only pay the workers at cost price. Even so, few workers were willing to accept it. After all, they were used to centralized purchase and sales, and a pile of socks was no match for real cash.
"Willow Leaf, I'll offer you five cents a pair, how about you sell them to me?"
Xiao Weiguo smiled and leaned closer, pulling out a pair of socks from a corner of the package to examine them.
"Why do you need so many socks?" Liu Ye asked, puzzled.
"Don't worry about it, I'll buy them for five cents a pair, but I don't have any money right now, so you have to come with me."
Xiao Weiguo checked the socks and found no problems with their quality. He already had a plan in mind.
"real?"
"We're old classmates, would I lie to you?"
Xiao Weiguo took Liu Ye's bicycle, let her sit on the back seat and carry the large package on her shoulder, while he himself got on the bicycle and rode in the opposite direction.
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