Chapter 55: The problem is not the scarcity but the inequality
Back at the educated youth dormitory, Yun Qiao cleaned the thermos inside and out and then filled it with hot water.
There is still plenty of hot water in the water room during the day. As long as it is not a busy time for water use, you can usually get water when you come to get it.
Seeing that Yun Qiao bought a new thermos, Wang Ru and Chen Cuizhi came over to ask her the price.
Both of them are newly educated youth and are very friendly people.
Yun Qiao told them the price, and they both said with some regret, "The thermos is seven yuan a pop, which isn't too expensive. It's a pity we need tickets. We only had some national food coupons with us when we came here, and we didn't even think about exchanging them for national industrial coupons. As a result, we can't buy anything we want."
Yun Qiao comforted them: "Next month, the company will distribute salaries, and maybe industrial coupons will be issued as well. Then you can buy it with the coupons."
Wang Ru was worried: "It's still early before the salary is paid. I can't keep washing my face and feet with cold water during this period."
Chen Cuizhi also said: "I washed my feet with cold water yesterday. I didn't even dare to put my feet in the basin. I just scooped some water with my hands and washed them. Even so, my feet were frozen for most of the night and didn't warm up."
Yun Qiao didn't respond.
She already had a thermos, so no matter what she said at this time, it would seem easy to say.
Wang Ru and Chen Cuizhi exchanged a glance. Chen Cuizhi nudged Wang Ru's waist and gestured for her to ask Yun Qiao: "You ask. Ask her."
Wang Ru really didn't want to say anything. After all, they had only known each other for a day, and she felt a little embarrassed.
Then he pushed it back and asked Chen Cuizhi to say, "You ask, or you ask."
The two pushed each other back and forth for a few times, and finally Wang Ru stood up.
She scratched her head and spoke awkwardly, "Um... Comrade Ye, do you have any extra industrial coupons? Could you lend us one?"
Seeing Yun Qiao hanging his head and not saying anything, Chen Cuizhi continued, "Comrade Ye, I know our request may be difficult for you. After all, no one has enough industrial coupons these days. But don't worry, as long as you are willing to lend it to us, we will give it to you as soon as the company issues coupons next month. You can even return two."
"It's not a question of how many I want to return, it's just that I don't have any more." Yun Qiao hesitated for a long time, but finally refused.
She did have some industrial coupons, but there were too many newly educated youth, and the few coupons she had were not enough to support her borrowing.
Once she starts lending, everyone will know that she has the coupons and will come to her in droves to take them. With so many people around, who will she lend to? Who will she not lend to?
The person who borrowed the money may not be grateful to her, but she will definitely offend those who did not borrow the money, thinking that she lent it to them but not to her? Do you look down on me?
What is worrying is not the lack of wealth but the inequality.
If you do nothing, you won’t make any mistakes; if you do more, you will make more mistakes.
It would be better to stop everyone from thinking about it from the beginning.
Yun Qiao: "I don't mean that."
"You don't have to say I didn't mean it. It was us who were presumptuous." Wang Ru waved her hands awkwardly. It was obvious that she regretted rashly bringing up the topic of borrowing industrial vouchers.
"We'll just figure it out."
Just then, several female educated youth came back happily outside the door.
Wang Ru poked her head out and said, "Zheng Wenjing and the others are back. They bought a cart full of wooden boxes."
Upon hearing this, Chen Cuizhi also looked outside in curiosity, and was finally shocked by the lavish spending of those female educated youth: "Oh my God, the cart is piled high with wooden boxes. How many did they buy in total?"
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