Sister-in-law Zhou works at the coal mine; she's an officer in the logistics department.
"Coal briquettes, we make them ourselves. The coal mine doesn't sell them, they only sell coal. If you want to buy some, you need coal coupons," Aunt Zhou said as she walked.
Bu Ling patted Wu Yuanyuan, signaling her to stop.
"Sister-in-law Zhou, do you have any extra coal coupons? I can exchange them for some other coupons with you." Bu Ling got off the car and walked side by side with Sister-in-law Zhou.
Sister-in-law Zhou hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm out of coal coupons, but we have a quota for our employees, I can give it to you." Anyway, her family is large and they can't afford to burn coal, so she always exchanges her quota every year.
Bu Ling was overjoyed: "That's wonderful, Sister-in-law Zhou, I wonder how much you can spare?"
"A thousand jin (500 kg), our internal employees can buy a thousand jin of coal every year without coupons," said Sister Zhou. This benefit seemed quite good, but it was practically useless to them.
If I don't exchange it for someone else, it will just be a waste.
"A thousand catties? That might not be enough? Sister Zhou, could you ask your colleagues if they have any spares? I plan to buy it once and burn it until next year to save trouble."
Sister-in-law Zhou readily agreed: "No problem, I'll ask around for you tomorrow. You should have a good idea of the price, right?"
“I know Sister Zhou, just calculate it at two cents a pound, I want three thousand pounds,” Bu Ling said. She didn’t know how much the coal mine employees paid for coal, but if they had coal coupons, they could buy coal for two cents a pound, so she would buy it at that price.
Then he added, "After it's done, I'll give you two catties of meat coupons as a thank you gift."
Of course, Sister Zhou agreed. Their employees bought coal for one cent per pound, which meant they earned half the money. Besides, there were two pounds of meat coupons as a thank-you gift—that was quite a lot! She only got one pound of meat coupons a month.
"Okay, I'll ask around tomorrow. If we've raised enough, I'll have your older brother bring it back for you directly, saving you the trouble." Since Sister-in-law Zhou had gotten such a great deal, she was naturally much easier to talk to.
Her husband was a coal miner, and he happened to be off work when he brought her back, so it wasn't difficult for him.
"It just takes several days," Aunt Zhou added.
"No problem, I'll pay you in a bit." Buling was quite agreeable; this saved her a lot of trouble.
The three walked to the courtyard gate and went home. Bu Ling went back into the house, counted out sixty yuan, and gave it to Sister Zhou.
After receiving the money, Sister Zhou's goodwill towards Bu Ling skyrocketed.
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