Guangzhou.
"Mr. Chen, my mother asked me to come and talk to you about the socks."
Zhou, Su Feng arrived at the Thirteen Factories early in the morning. Yesterday, he received a call from his mother, who told him to come and see Boss Chen today to look at socks and then pay him.
This was his second time here, and his second time dealing with this female boss.
"Comrade Su, Sister Qiao and I have already discussed it on the phone. The sock sample is right here. Do you think it's okay?"
Having dealt with Qiao Jiuru for so long, and as her long-term client, Mr. Chen naturally needed to get to know her family well.
Su Feng picked up the socks the other party had given him and examined them one by one. He had heard from his mother that some of these socks had flaws and some did not.
"Mr. Chen, which socks are flawed?! Which socks are flawless?!"
After looking at several pairs of socks, Su Feng still couldn't tell the difference, so he had to ask Chen Meili for help.
Chen Meili didn't try to fool him just because he was an amateur. She pointed out the flaws in the socks to him, especially the problematic areas.
"These have some flaws, the patterns aren't printed well, and there are some stains, but the quality is fine and it doesn't affect wearing them."
This was a request from Qiao Jiuru for help. It just so happened that her uncle's factory had a problem with this batch of goods, so she quickly connected the two parties.
Su Feng took a closer look and, sure enough, that was the case. He checked over twenty pairs, and almost all of them had the same problem. In his opinion, it wasn't that the socks were bad, nor did they affect wearability. As long as the price was low enough, he was willing to buy them.
"Mr. Chen, as long as the goods are the same as what I saw, then there's no problem. My mother should have already discussed the price with you, right?!"
"Yes, we've already agreed on it. There are 20,000 pairs of socks with defects, priced at 7 cents per pair. The socks without defects are 10 cents per pair, for a total of 30,000 pairs."
"When will it be shipped?!"
"It can be shipped tomorrow."
"Mr. Chen, here is the payment."
As soon as the bank opened, Su Feng brought his passbook to withdraw money. This time, the loan amount was small, less than four thousand hundred yuan.
However, since the goods are so cheap this time, I'll definitely have to pay for the shipping myself.
Su Feng looked down at Boss Chen as he wrote the delivery note, then watched as the other man counted the money…
"Su Feng?!"
Suddenly, a surprised voice rang out not far from him, the other person seeming somewhat uncertain.
Su Feng suddenly heard someone call his name and instinctively turned his head to look. "Old Ling."
It turned out that the person calling him "놅" was none other than Ling Xiaohe. Su Feng was surprised to meet him here.
"Su Feng, what are you doing here?! Did you also hear that the clothes here are cheap?! So you came to buy clothes?!"
Ling Xiaohe was overjoyed to see Su Feng. Ever since their last chat, he hadn't had time to visit Su Feng at the military medical university. Today, he finally had some free time, but he had to accompany his comrade to buy clothes here.
"No, I'm here to pick up some goods for my family."
Unexpectedly, Su Feng shook his head and denied it, then pointed to a pile of socks for Ling Xiaohe to see.
So Su Feng's family makes this kind of thing?!
Although Ling Xiaohe was somewhat surprised, he did not mean to look down on him.
"How much do these socks cost?!"
Just now, they asked at several stalls along the way, but the owners all said they didn't sell retail, which made Ling Xiaohe and the others very disappointed.
“A pair of seven flawed ones, a pair of one flawless ones.”
Su Feng had a very good impression of Ling Xiaohe, feeling that he was unpretentious and a rare person who was easy to talk to, so he told the truth.
"Lingying, these socks are so cheap! They cost 40 cents a pair outside."
"It's cheaper here than at the supply and marketing cooperative and department stores, less than half the price."
The two men who came with Ling Xiaohe couldn't help but exclaim in surprise after hearing the price, and then stared intently at the pile of socks at Su Feng's feet.
Ling Xiaohe really didn't know the price of socks. When he bought things, he only cared about buying and paying, and he didn't really have much of a concept of such price differences.
"Comrade, shall we buy a few pairs with you?!"
It's too cheap, too cheap! The two people next to Ling Xiaohe couldn't help but negotiate with Su Feng.
They can buy several pairs of shoes here for the price of one pair outside. Money doesn't grow on trees, so they naturally have their own ideas.
"Su Feng, these are two of my comrades-in-arms. I accompanied them here today to buy clothes for their families. But the people here won't sell to us; they say they only do wholesale, not retail. How about we give them a few pairs of socks?"
Zhang Hu and Liu Haijun both spoke up, so Ling Xiaohe had no choice but to introduce their identities to Su Feng, but he was too embarrassed to ask for his help.
"Wait a moment, let me talk to Mr. Chen."
They were all comrades-in-arms, and it wasn't a big deal. Su Feng was willing to agree, but he needed to discuss it with Boss Chen first.
Mr. Chen, who was standing to the side, had already overheard what they were saying and knew they were soldiers, so he wasn't unwilling.
“Boss Chen, they are my comrades-in-arms. Shouldn’t I buy some of these socks? If it’s really inconvenient for you, then you can take some from my mother’s stock.”
After introducing Ling Xiaohe and the others behind him to the other party, Su Feng discussed it with her.
Knowing that these people were soldiers, and that she, Chen Meili, respected people like them, buying socks was a trivial matter and nothing to embarrass.
"Comrade Su, we only have 100 pairs of flawed socks here. We do have unflawed socks, and I can sell them to you for 10 cents a pair."
Chen Meili's words surprised and delighted Su Feng and Ling Xiaohe. They hadn't expected this female boss to be so easy to talk to, and they were very happy.
"Old Ling, my two comrades, if you don't mind these flawed socks, you can take all one hundred pairs. I just checked them, they're not a quality issue, just a few patterns and stains, but they don't affect wearing them."
Su Feng pointed to the bag of flawed socks and said to Ling Xiaohe and the others that although there was a price difference of three yuan, he still recommended this kind.
One hundred pairs?!
Only seven coins a pair.
It's so cheap, really so cheap.
"Yes, yes, we want them. Ten pairs each, and a few of us will finish them all."
Before Ling Xiaohe could speak, Zhang Hu immediately and happily decided to make everything happen.
A hundred pairs for only seven yuan! These socks aren't even torn, why don't you want them?!
Things here are so cheap! Luckily I met my friend Lingying, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to buy anything.
"Okay, give me the money. Mr. Chen, if you write down 100 pairs less than expected, I'll tell my mom."
After Su Feng finished speaking with Zhang Hu, he turned to ask Boss Chen to change the order. He was actually quite grateful to Boss Chen for being so easy to talk to.
"Su Feng, I want a hundred pairs of those flawless socks."
Ling Xiaohe thought for a moment and decided to buy them here as well, just like Zhang Hu and the others said, a hundred pairs of socks would be gone once they were taken back.
Just as Su Feng was about to tell Boss Chen to write down another hundred pairs of his mother's goods, Boss Chen stood up and walked out while talking.
"Is this how it has to be?! I'll go get it from the stall next door, you don't need to hold onto your goods."
She could easily find someone to help her carry a hundred pairs of socks; it wasn't a big deal.
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