Chapter 36 Chapter 36 A rare opportunity (revised)
Relying on the connections she had accumulated at the garment factory, Jiang Hongmei bought up all the defective products that were in stock at the garment factory. She went to the market with Liu Anmin every day. Just two days ago, she sent the money she had earned during this period over and complained to Liu Mianmian that she didn't know what to do next after selling this batch of goods.
Look, someone gave me a pillow just as I felt sleepy.
Liu Mianmian dragged Xu Haitang along while they ate while asking, "How much is this batch of fabric? What's your factory's target price? It's too late today. Can we buy it tomorrow?"
Xu Haitang was an honest man. He took a bite of the chicken nugget, exclaimed, "Delicious!" before replying, "We have quite a lot of cloth, all cotton, fifty meters to a roll. We should have around five hundred rolls left. The current retail price for cotton is one yuan and two cents a meter, which makes a little over fifty yuan per roll. But we bought it for thirty-five yuan, and now the clearance price is twelve to twenty yuan. Twelve for severely moldy pieces, twenty for good ones. It depends. If you buy a lot, we should be able to negotiate the average price to around fifteen yuan."
Although Xu Haitang is a bit shy and honest, she is from the purchasing department after all. She is very knowledgeable about business matters and knows the prices of fabrics very well.
Liu Mianmian quickly calculated in her mind that if she could negotiate it down to fifteen yuan per piece, then the unit price per meter would be thirty cents. Based on the information she learned from Jiang Hongmei, this kind of cotton cloth, even if it was defective, would be sold for sixty or seventy cents, or even seventy or eighty cents.
The reality of cloth shortage over the years has lowered people's requirements for cloth to the lowest level. The last time they went to the market in Huaiping Township, they saw many villagers wearing clothes with patches on top of patches. If they could save a few cents per meter of cloth, what's the problem with it getting moldy and spotted?
This is a rare opportunity, give it a try!
Liu Mianmian counted the money in her own piggy bank. Since the defective products she had bought before had basically been sold out, the money she invested had basically been recovered. The original two thousand yuan was now around three thousand seven hundred yuan after all the miscellaneous items were added together. Adding the three thousand yuan that Mr. Shen had just given her... it was not a big problem to buy this batch of goods.
Besides, she doesn’t have time to sell the goods herself, so the things will definitely be handed over to Jiang Hongmei and others. At that time, she shouldn’t have to pay for it alone.
"I want all five hundred."
Xu Haitang: "Ah?!"
Xu Haitang: "Oh, okay, I'll go back and tell my dad."
Her father is the master chef in the factory and has been a good friend of the head of the sales department for many years, so this should not be difficult.
Besides, this matter was a headache for both the warehouse and the sales department, a hot potato they were eager to deal with. After all, losing thousands of dollars on fabric was very different from having a pile of moldy and spotted fabric piled up in the factory.
Xu Haitang was full of confidence and agreed without hesitation.
"I'll give you 60 cents per horse as an introduction fee when the time comes," said Liu Mianmian.
Xu Haitang was not willing to accept it at all. Liu Mianmian thought that it was useless to say so much now, so she decided to wait until the fabric was bought, so she said no more.
One little rooster is definitely not enough for so many people, but there are more fried delicacies than just chicken nuggets. Liu Mianmian dragged Xu Haitang and Shen Weiyun to get some soy products, mushrooms and vegetables.
As long as the sauce is well-seasoned, fried shoe soles can be delicious!
"Oh, this is so greasy. Let's make something simple for dinner. How about cooking some porridge and making some vegetarian buns?" Before she finished eating, Aunt Liu was already thinking about what to eat for dinner.
Liu Mianmian nodded repeatedly: "Cook some porridge, and add some pickles to relieve the greasiness. It will be great." She thought for a moment and said, "Next time we eat, let's get some soda." Of course, it would be best to get some Coke.
Xu Haitang hurriedly said goodbye: "It's getting late, I have to go back to my parents' home, I have to go back early."
Liu Mianmian didn't ask why she wanted to go back to her parents' home, and sent her away. When she came back, she heard Aunt Liu sighing and saying, "What a good girl, she married into the Sun family. I heard that Sun Laoer was out driving recently, and his family bullied the new daughter-in-law and made her wash all the clothes and dishes by herself."
Liu Mianmian asked curiously, "Don't they have three sons and a daughter-in-law? Don't these people work?"
Aunt Liu shook her head. "Well, their eldest daughter-in-law said she didn't take good care of herself after giving birth to the third child, so she can't touch water. As for the men, how can they do housework?"
Liu Mianmian raised an eyebrow: "So, before Xu Haitang got married, did their family not have to wash dishes or clothes all year round?"
Aunt Liu laughed. "Oh, isn't it true that the Sun family lived the same way before she married? So they're deliberately bullying the new bride. I heard that a few days ago, Xu Haitang's mother, Teacher Luo, came to give her daughter loquats and saw her squatting by the well in the dark, washing a large bucket of clothes under the lights from the windows of the houses in the yard. Teacher Luo was so angry that she took Xu Haitang back to her parents' home that night."
Yu Wan shook her head: "Xu Haitang's family is well-off, it's a pity for her to marry Sun Lao Er."
Liu Mianmian thought for a moment and said, "The Sun family probably did it on purpose. Xu Haitang's conditions are better than theirs, and she has a decent job. After she gets married, the old lady is afraid that she won't be able to control her daughter-in-law, and the others are also afraid that she will act domineeringly at home, so they deliberately torture her as a 'compliance test'?" Even Sun Laoer might not be unaware of this, it's just that he needs to play the role of a husband who "is unaware that his wife has been wronged, and will protect her when he knows it, but will also persuade her to be patient."
"That must be intentional," Aunt Liu asked doubtfully. "What did you just say about submitting to a test? What is that?"
Liu Mianmian explained to her that some people will deliberately test your obedience and tolerance through suppression and unreasonable demands in order to control you.
"We're all used to these methods of torturing daughters-in-law, but when you cultured people say them, they become incomprehensible," Aunt Liu lamented. In her opinion, Liu Mianmian, a high school graduate, was naturally a cultured person.
Shen Bokang interjected, "That's an interesting suggestion. Mianmian doesn't seem to be slacking off on her studies."
He suddenly asked, "Mianmian, have you ever thought about continuing to take the college entrance examination? You are so smart and studious, it would be a pity not to go to university. Weizhou is much better now, let him take time to help you with your homework."
Liu Mianmian immediately refused three times: "No, I don't want to, it's really not necessary."
Fearing Shen Bokang might take this to heart, he said righteously, "Going to university isn't the only way to acquire knowledge, and academic qualifications aren't the only criterion for measuring a person's knowledge. They say life is about learning, but we can't spend our entire lives in school, so maintaining a learning attitude is what's most important."
"As the ancients said, 'Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles.' I don't have the heart to do research or study. I would rather devote myself to social practice and learn from the colorful social life."
Shen Bokang pondered for a few seconds and nodded in agreement: "A thorough understanding of worldly affairs is knowledge, and a sophisticated understanding of human nature is writing. You are right, it is my narrow-mindedness."
Liu Mianmian pursed her lips guiltily. Although she felt that what she said was right, that academic qualifications did not represent everything, and that she had studied for so many years in her previous life, she really did not want to study anymore in this life. However, she could talk about these things in front of others, but she still felt a little guilty in front of Shen Bokang.
After all, they are really devoted to research and doing their best for China's military industry.
Back to the Sun family, actually when Xu Haitang mentioned the matter of defective fabrics before, Liu Mianmian felt strange. Sun Laoer was a truck driver, and he would often sell some things when he was on business trips. Didn’t Uncle Wang also say that he took wine from their winery and transported it to other places? There was no reason why he would not notice such a big business opportunity.
It turned out that he was on a business trip.
Regardless of whether he happened to be on a business trip or was deliberately avoiding it, letting his mother "set the rules" for his wife, his trip was a good deal for Liu Mianmian. Otherwise, if Sun Laoer wanted to do this business himself, she probably wouldn't have a share.
Liu Mianmian thought that other people might not want so many defective cloths and might worry that they would not be easy to sell, but for someone like Sun Laoer who traveled outside all year round, he would definitely not have to worry about sales.
While washing up at night, Liu Mianmian saw the suspender pajamas in the enamel basin and felt a headache. In this kind of weather, it was not good to leave clothes like this, as they would easily get moldy and stain. She wiped them with soap, washed them, wrung them out, and put them back in the basin.
Seeing Shen Weizhou leaning against the edge of the bed reading a book, she discussed with him: "You sleep inside tonight, and I'll sleep outside."
Shen Weizhou: "Hmm?"
Liu Mianmian rubbed her stomach and lied with her eyes open: "My stomach is not feeling well. I may have to get up at night. It's not convenient to sleep on the inside."
Shen Weizhou paused in moving the quilt, turned his head and looked at her face carefully. She seemed fine, no different from during the day. He frowned and asked, "Let's go to the clinic?"
Liu Mianmian quickly shook her head: "Not really."
Shen Weizhou still frowned: "Take some medicine, is it diarrhea, or?"
Liu Mianmian waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, you don't need to take medicine, it's just that you may have to get up at night, maybe, maybe."
She changed the subject and asked, "I heard that you didn't like leeks or pumpkin before? How come you always seem to enjoy eating them now?"
Shen Weizhou was stunned for a moment, then said calmly: "I was picky about food when I was young, but now I'm not picky about food anymore." I believe that no matter who you are, if you have been in a strange world where zombies are everywhere and you may not be able to find clean water and food even if you search for a whole day, you will no longer be picky about food.
He raised his eyes to look at Liu Mianmian, who gave him a curved smile: "Oh, you've grown up and become sensible."
It's hard to tell whether it was intentional or unintentional.
Shen Weizhou lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then asked her, "What about you? I remember you used to like wearing red and green clothes, but why have you been wearing more plain clothes recently?"
Liu Mianmian choked for a moment and quickly replied, "Isn't it because I've grown up and become sensible? Only children like to wear bright red and green. I'm a mature professional woman now, so of course I have to dress more simply and elegantly."
Shen Weizhuo nodded without comment.
In the past, Liu Mianmian could not say words like "mature professional woman" or "obedience test".
Liu Mianmian didn't care whether he believed it or not. There was no other Liu Mianmian in the world anyway. As long as she didn't admit it, no one could prove that she was not.
Thinking of this, she lifted the quilt and crawled in. After a few seconds, one leg quickly emerged from the quilt.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter. Even if I changed to a thin quilt, I still feel a little hot under the quilt.
"Lights out?"
"Um."
With a snap, the lamp cord was immediately pulled.
Both legs are out of the quilt, wow, so comfortable.
On the night of the 30th day of the lunar calendar, there was no moonlight outside the window. The cotton curtains were hazy in the darkness, just a gray and black mass. Liu Mianmian looked around with normal vision, but she couldn't see anything. So she simply exposed most of her body.
Phew, it feels cooler.
Shen Weizhuo, who had experienced a different world and possessed unusual hearing and vision, initially only felt that the person next door was moving restlessly. Later, when he accidentally looked down, he saw a pair of white, bare thighs in the night.
Shen Weizhuo's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but recall. He clearly remembered that she was not wearing a skirt tonight. He thought about it and guessed that Liu Mianmian was afraid of the heat and rolled up her trouser legs.
Naturally, he would not check again to see if his guess was correct.
Shen Weizhuo tried to convince himself that the weather was getting warmer and they slept in the same bed every day, so this kind of thing was inevitable.
Even if he closed his eyes, the white and tender long legs that he saw inadvertently began to appear frequently in his mind, and even the way her half-exposed body was in the morning.
No matter how upright he is, he cannot resist his photographic memory.
Besides, Shen Weizhuo sighed secretly, perhaps he was not as gentleman as he imagined.
An inexplicable restlessness arose in my heart, and having my five senses extremely sensitive at this time was even more fatal.
There was a faint fragrance floating in the air, the smell of soap, but it seemed to be more than just the smell of soap.
Shen Weizhuo couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Despite this, he lay quietly, and his breathing was as long as if he was asleep.
Liu Mianmian, who was sleeping on the outside, was so sleepy that she could hardly open her eyes, but she still held on firmly, and at the same time pricked up her ears to listen to the sound from Shen Weizhuo's side. After making sure that he was asleep, she yawned and got up quietly.
She didn't dare turn on the light, so she rummaged around in front of the bed, casually stuffed her slippers into them, and then tiptoed to the bathroom. Once inside, she didn't dare turn on the light, but groped for her washed nightgown from the enamel washbasin and walked out again in the dark.
She spread out her nightgown as she walked. She had hung a clothes hanger under the eaves in advance, and as long as she went out... She suddenly kicked something with her foot, staggered, and couldn't help but scream.
Suddenly, the light came on.
“…”
Liu Mianmian clutched her nightgown, which had been torn apart by the shaking wind, and turned her head to look at the bed with a blank expression. Shen Weizhou had sat up at some point and looked at her in surprise: "You, what are you doing?"
I thought she didn't turn on the light because she was afraid of getting up at night and disturbing him, but it seems that's not the case?
Liu Mianmian's brain short-circuited for a moment. Yes, what am I doing?
No, isn't he asleep?
She looked down at the nightgown in her hand, thought for a moment, and then tried to save face: "I can't sleep, get up and do the laundry."
Thinking of the disheveled appearance of his own clothes that he saw in the dressing mirror this morning, his ears couldn't help but feel slightly hot, but his expression became more righteous and awe-inspiring.
Shen Weizhou looked at the nightgown in her hand and coughed uncomfortably: "Ah."
After a pause, he said, "Well, let's hang it up and go to bed?"
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