Zhu Zhizhi looked up and smiled at Bu Ling: "It's okay, my home is close by, it's only a ten-minute walk."
Bu Ling nodded, said nothing more, and rode away on her bike. As for Wu Yuanyuan, that girl who valued romance over friendship had already been picked up by her boyfriend, leaving her all alone, lonely and cold.
However, she happened to need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative because she needed a mosquito net. Sister Mo had said that their cooperative had just received a new batch of goods, which included mosquito nets, so she went to the trouble of going to the cooperative.
Mosquito nets were a luxury these days. For most families, mosquitoes were no big deal; they could just put up with it. But Bling wasn't one to suffer in silence.
She was fed up with the mosquitoes last summer, but she had just moved in and was too busy to buy any then. This year, she's not going to suffer like that again.
The supply and marketing cooperative where Sister Mo worked was in the east of the city. When Bu Ling stopped her car and went inside, she saw Sister Mo at first glance. She went straight to Sister Mo's counter and called out, "Sister Mo!"
"Little Bu, you're here? I kept the mosquito net for you, let me get it for you!" Aunt Mo bent down, took the mosquito net from under the counter, and handed it to Bu Ling.
Bu Ling took it and inspected it, finding it intact. Satisfied, she put it away: "Thank you, Sister Mo. How much is this mosquito net?"
"Two yuan and thirty cents, plus two industrial coupons." Sister Mo
Not too expensive, Buling readily paid, then bought two jin of fruit candy (no ration coupons required) from Sister Mo's counter, paid, and left the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Hey, Xiao Mo, is that your neighbor? Do you have a boyfriend?" After Bu Ling left, the older woman who was getting pillowcases for Mo's wife leaned close and whispered.
Sister Mo glanced at her: "I've got it!"
The older sister clicked her tongue in disappointment. "Tell me," she said, "all these pretty girls already have boyfriends."
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