"Sister Ruihong, are you going back to the village?" Lin Qingqing ran over and asked.
"Yes, I came to the city to do some business and will be back soon." Ruihong had a good impression of Lin Qingqing and was willing to talk to her.
"I just have something to ask of you, sister-in-law. I'm looking for a craftsman to replace the front door of my house. Could you please show him the way?"
"Okay!" Ruihong answered readily.
After talking to Ruihong, Lin Qingqing told the craftsman, and the craftsman drove a donkey cart with a new gate installed on it. Ruihong could just take a ride back, and both parties were very happy.
After seeing them off, she and Zhou Zhuo took a detour to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy daily necessities. She went to the same supply and marketing cooperative as last time. She intuitively felt that the salesperson had hidden a lot of good things.
When she arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, she told the man her purpose, and he indeed had the goods.
He whispered, "You want too many things. How about this? Wait a minute. I'll be off work soon. Come back with me after get off work. All the good things are at home."
With Zhou Zhuo following her, Lin Qingqing was not afraid and agreed to him readily.
The male salesperson packed up and went off work. His home was in a nearby village, so it didn't take long to get there.
When the man's wife saw that he brought back a beautiful girl, she immediately became wary of Lin Qingqing. The man explained that it was his wife who bought things, and then she felt relieved. The woman was plump and looked like she had no shortage of food and drink. She was wearing a brand new plaid short-sleeved jacket.
The man brought Lin Qingqing into the house. Lin Qingqing was completely stunned. His house was like a treasure chest with everything in it.
The man explained that he had worked in the supply and marketing cooperative for more than ten years and these were the things he had saved.
Lin Qingqing picked out a few sets of bowls and chopsticks, bought some brown sugar, noodles, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and finally her eyes fell on the pair of emerald green thermoses in the corner.
My mother-in-law gets up every morning to boil water. If she has a thermos, she can boil more water at night so that it will be convenient to use the next morning and she won’t have to work so hard.
She decisively bought the pair of thermoses and two new bed sheets, intending to give one to her mother-in-law and the other to her own bed. The bed sheets at home were too old and full of patches.
Although it was washed very clean, it looked very shabby. She made money to change her life, so of course she had to treat herself well.
The bed sheet is made of pure cotton with a few large peonies printed on it. Things nowadays are very solid, the material is thick and dense, unlike the ones in later generations that would pill after just a few days of laying.
The man had long seen that Lin Qingqing was not short of money, so he mysteriously took out a few iron boxes and placed them in front of her: "There are some good things, do you want them?"
Lin Qingqing saw that they were actually two boxes of luncheon meat and a bucket of malted milk. She had been eating mutton soup for two consecutive days, so her stomach was naturally full of meat, but her mother-in-law had never eaten them. She planned to buy these two boxes of luncheon meat and let her mother-in-law try them.
As for malted milk, it is the best tonic of this era. I heard that even national leaders like to drink it.
She nodded happily: "I want both. And you can give me a few boxes of good cigarettes, two toothbrushes and toothpaste. How much is it in total?"
The man's fingers quickly turned over his abacus: "We are old acquaintances, so I'll give you a discount. A total of twenty-eight dollars and sixty cents."
"Okay!" Lin Qingqing was secretly happy that so many things cost less than thirty yuan.
The man also smiled happily. This batch of goods was equivalent to his monthly salary. His wife would definitely praise him for his ability: "If you need anything in the future, just come to me. I guarantee you will be satisfied."
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