Li Ailan followed the vendor's instructions and actually found the supply and marketing cooperative.
As soon as she entered, she looked around and walked around.
The supply and marketing cooperative has a lot of good things, including food and daily necessities.
It was Li Ailan’s first time to visit the supply and marketing cooperative, and she liked everything she saw.
I stopped in front of a counter selling peach cakes and looked at them for a long time, my mouth watering.
The female supply and marketing cooperative member saw how she was dressed and didn't look like someone who had the money to buy peach cakes. She said unhappily, "If you don't want to buy, don't even look at it! Is this something a poor bastard like you can afford?"
Li Ailan has always been very concerned about her reputation. She was afraid of being looked down upon in the Li family. Now, she was being laughed at in front of her. She was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She shouted loudly: "Who said I can't afford it? It's just a broken peach cake. I'll buy it!"
The female supply and marketing woman stretched out her hand and said impatiently, "Two cents a pound plus half a pound of food coupons. If you have it, I'll give it to you. If you don't have it, get out right away!"
Two cents plus half a pound of food coupons can buy a pound of peach cakes?
In other words, you can buy half a pound of peach cakes for one cent plus two taels and five cents of food coupons?
Smelling the fragrance of peach cakes, Li Ailan swallowed her saliva and thought of the pound of "food coupons" in her pocket that she had exchanged for four yuan and eighty cents. She had thoughts that she shouldn't have had.
The moment she was about to take out the food coupons, she retracted her hand.
No, she couldn't do that.
That one cent was used to buy food. If she didn't have any food to take back, she would have to do all the dirty and tiring work in the future.
She doesn't want to work!
"Hmph, your peach cakes are burnt and mushy. Do you think I will be fooled by you and buy your peach cakes? Don't dream on!" Li Ailan said this with a look of disgust on her face and walked towards the food supplies.
The female supply and marketing cooperative member almost vomited blood due to anger.
She had been working in the supply and marketing cooperative for so long, but had never met anyone like Li Ailan. She quit her business and found someone she had a good relationship with to look after the counter. She followed Li Ailan herself. She wanted to see what kind of person the stinky girl who looked down on her peach cakes was.
When Li Ailan arrived at the grain selling place, most of the grain had already been sold.
The last bit of cornmeal came from a bag of corn that had been stored for several years. It was yellow with a hint of black, had a musty smell, and was placed in the most conspicuous place.
As soon as Li Ailan arrived, she asked the supply and marketing cooperative member who was selling grain to help her get a pound of grain.
"A pound of cornmeal is nine cents, plus a pound of food coupons. Give me the food coupons and money!"
This time, Li Ailan gave the ten cents and the grain coupon to the member of the supply and marketing cooperative who was selling grain without any hesitation.
The member of the supply and marketing cooperative took the food coupon and took a look at it. When she saw the words "fecal coupon" on it, she felt terrible.
"What do you mean? You're trying to fool me with a shit ticket!"
"What...what manure tickets? What nonsense are you talking about? They are obviously food tickets!" Li Ailan was a little confused, but still tried her best to explain.
She exchanged four yuan and eighty cents for food coupons, how come they were manure coupons?
"Food coupons? You can't read? Haven't you ever attended literacy classes? Don't you know the difference between the dung in the dung coupons and the grain in the grain?"
"I..." Li Ailan panicked.
She had attended literacy classes, but she hated reading and learning to read. She would rather find a place to sleep.
At that time, when attending the literacy class, everyone tried their best to absorb knowledge, but Li Ailan was the only exception.
After half a year of literacy classes, I couldn’t even write my own name, let alone recognize words.
"Oh, this world is full of all kinds of people. Take your shit tickets and get out of here!"
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