Ye Li thought she had said something too harsh, but when she saw Zhou Lin remained silent and lowered her head, she quickly tried to comfort Zhou Lin, "Did I make you unhappy with what I said just now? I'm sorry, Zhou Lin, please don't be angry."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Lin raised her head and looked at Ye Li with red eyes. She sniffed and said, "Sister Ye Li, I know you are doing this for my own good. I didn't expect you to be such a good person. Okay, I'll listen to you. I won't sell these goods anymore."
Nie Fan's jaw dropped when he heard Zhou Lin's words. Zhou Lin's train of thought was really hard to figure out. He advised Zhou Lin not to take such a risk to sell goods, but Zhou Lin didn't listen. Zhou Lin actually listened to Ye Liyi's words.
"But I don't want to waste these goods." Zhou Lin looked at the new bag of clothes that he had not sold much yet and was still thinking about how to get his money back.
Ye Li thought about it and pointed out a way for Zhou Lin.
"How about this, Zhou Lin? I'll let Nie Fan take this bag of clothes away, and then I'll give you the money after I've dealt with it. How about that?"
"Let him sell it? Will there be no risk if he sells it?" Zhou Lin questioned.
"It's risky, but it's much less risky than yours. Where do you think he got all this gear?"
Zhou Lin took a look and found that it was true. Ordinary workers would definitely not be willing to spend a lot of money on clothes.
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Zhou Lin understood what Ye Li said. It turned out that Nie Fan had been engaged in reselling for a long time. At this point, Zhou Lin truly understood Nie Fan's intentions.
When Nie Fan stopped her from selling clothes privately, she still felt resentful. She thought that Nie Fan didn't want her to make money. Now she thinks that she was too narrow-minded. Nie Fan is a veteran in this business, and he advised her not to do this purely out of kindness.
"Sister Ye Li, you're not secretly doing reselling business, are you?"
Seeing that the two knew everything about the matter, Zhou Lin guessed most of it.
Ye Li looked at Zhou Lin and didn't reply to her. Instead, he smiled at her.
"I understand!" Zhou Lin immediately understood what Ye Li meant when he saw this.
Zhou Lin reluctantly handed the remaining clothes to Nie Fan. Nie Fan took the bag and said jokingly: "Don't be reluctant. I will give you more money later!"
"Okay, I believe Sister Ye Li and you!" Zhou Lin smiled happily when she heard Nie Fan's words, revealing a row of snow-white teeth.
"To express my gratitude to you, I will treat you to lunch today." Seeing that it was almost lunch time, Zhou Lin offered to treat everyone.
"No need. My mother-in-law should have prepared lunch at noon. Let's do it next time." Ye Li declined.
"What about you?" Zhou Lin looked at Nie Fan.
"I would like to go, but I have something else to do this afternoon. Let's go another day."
Nie Fan had to go to Qingshang Village in the afternoon to oversee the loading of the truck, so he didn't have much time to waste.
"Okay then. I'll treat you guys next time. I'll be going back now."
Before leaving, Ye Li stopped Zhou Lin and warned her, "Zhou Lin, don't tell anyone what happened today, okay?
"I know. Sister Ye Li, I will keep my mouth shut. Don't worry." Zhou Lin patted his chest and promised.
"Okay, go back."
Seeing Zhou Lin had gone back, Nie Fan was ready to leave as well. Ye Li asked him to stay for lunch at home, but Nie Fan declined because he was afraid that he would miss the afternoon loading.
"Nie Fan, what do you think of Zhou Lin?" Ye Li suddenly asked.
"He's a nice person, straightforward and reliable. Sister, what do you mean?" Nie Fan didn't understand why Ye Li asked this.
"It's okay, just asking."
"Well, okay. You know, if Zhou Lin knew that these clothes were produced by us, she would be so surprised." Nie Fan suddenly laughed when he thought of this.
"Do you want to see her surprised?" Ye Li asked back.
"No, don't worry, sister. I keep my mouth shut." Nie Fan explained quickly, fearing that Ye Li would misunderstand.
"It's really fucking uncomfortable to live in the dark every day. Sister, when do you think we can sell clothes openly? To be honest, I don't think the clothes we make are worse than those made by state-owned factories." Nie Fan was always extremely alert when selling clothes, for fear that something might go wrong.
"Soon, we won't have to worry so much about selling clothes anymore." Ye Li said as he looked up out the window, as if he was answering Nie Fan's question, but also as if he was talking to himself.
"Really? That would be great. We can then make and sell clothes openly. Our clothes will surely be very popular."
Nie Fan is very confident in their clothing business. Even if they sell clothes secretly now, they can still sell out every time. When they sell them openly, won't it be even more popular?
"Yes, I think so."
*
In the blink of an eye, it was July 1981.
After eating in the morning, Ye Li prepared to go to work at the weaving factory. She had taken a break until her child turned one year old and then returned to the weaving factory. The work in the propaganda department of the weaving factory was usually easy, so she kept this job.
"Li Li, bring your kettle. Mom will give you some rock sugar green bean soup."
Jiang Xun considerately handed the kettle to Ye Li.
"Thank you." Ye Li took the kettle and prepared to go out, when suddenly two small figures rushed out.
"Mom, play with us. Don't go to work." Jiang Li pulled Ye Li's clothes to stop her from leaving.
"Don't disturb mom at work. I'll take you to play with grandpa." Jiang Hao looked like a little adult. He held Jiang Li's hand and walked out.
"Okay! Let grandpa make toys for us!"
The two little guys held hands and skipped to the backyard.
"Come on. I'll take you to work."
Jiang Xun pushed his bicycle, intending to take Ye Li to the weaving factory and then to the machinery factory to work.
As the two men reached the gate of the compound, a taxi stopped at the gate.
A tall and fat man got off the car. He had a slicked-back haircut, wore sunglasses, a floral shirt and jeans. He had a small leather bag on his left hand and a mobile phone in his right hand, looking very impressive!
The man put his cell phone on his waist, took out a bill from his wallet and threw it into the car, saying, "No need to change, the rest is your tip."
The taxi driver immediately smiled when he saw this, thinking that today's job was worth it!
The man swaggered towards the entrance of the courtyard, and saw Ye Li and Jiang Xun. He waved his hand and said to them, "Ye Li, Jiang Xun, long time no see~"
Ye Li heard the accent, and wondered where it came from. It sounded like someone from the south. It was definitely not a local accent. Looking at the man in front of him, he couldn't remember who he was.
"Jiang Xun, who is this person? Why don't I remember knowing him?" Ye Li leaned close to Jiang Xun's ear and asked in a low voice.
"Yeah, I almost didn't recognize him either. I didn't expect he had changed so much. It seems he made a fortune in the south and became a big boss."
After Jiang Xun's words, Ye Li became even more curious about who the man in front of her was. She observed him carefully again and finally figured out who it was!
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