Wang Yuzhen nodded and said yes repeatedly!
She turned her head and saw Zhao Bing lying on the sofa. He looked listless and silent. "Hey! What's wrong, Xiaobing? Did you have a fight with Zhu Qing?"
When Zhao Bing mentioned his partner, he felt even more annoyed. He turned his head away without replying.
"Don't worry about him! He's like this after the holiday! I don't know who provoked him!" Zhang Lan glanced at her son angrily, then turned around and asked, "Why are you here today?"
Zhang Lan knew that Wang Yuzhen wouldn't come all the way to visit if she was fine, so she simply asked directly.
Wang Yuzhen was a little embarrassed. "It's nothing serious. I just wanted to ask my eldest brother for some defective cloth. My niece is getting married next month, and we need two more quilts. Isn't this fabric hard to buy? So he asked me to ask!"
Zhang Lan actually had a rough guess. After all, her sister-in-law would not visit her, the eldest sister-in-law, unless there was something wrong.
"Okay! I'll ask your brother when he comes back."
Seeing Zhang Lan agree so readily, Wang Yuzhen started to hesitate again, "Um, sister-in-law, does your department store have any discounted milk powder or malted milk?"
Zhang Lan frowned when she heard this.
Everyone knows that milk powder and malted milk are in short supply these days! Especially milk powder, which is only available in limited quantities with a doctor's prescription!
It's on sale? You might not even be able to get it at the regular price, okay?
"Why did you buy that stuff? I remember the old man couldn't get used to the taste. He said it smelled fishy."
"Dad just can't get used to it!" Wang Yuzhen muttered, knowing she couldn't hide it.
"I'm planning to use this to exchange for two bottles of medicinal wine from the Su family's granddaughter! Even though the Su family is playing dirty in the compound, who can't see through it?"
At this point, Wang Yuzhen lowered her voice and said, "Let me tell you, someone out there has spread the word that they're willing to spend a thousand yuan to buy that medicinal wine! Tell me, why are they offering such a high price?"
Zhang Lan was a little confused by what she said and couldn't help asking, "Why?"
Wang Yuqin slapped her thigh and said, "That's because they don't know the way!
But we are different! Just based on the relationship between our old man and Old Master Su, we brought our things to her door, and she can still turn us away?
I've inquired about it. The Su family's granddaughter just gave birth to triplets. There are three children to raise at home, so the milk must not be enough, right?
So, let's give her milk powder! You also said how hard it is to buy milk powder! Then she will definitely not be willing to refuse!
After she accepts our gift, we can ask her for two bottles of wine. Will she refuse? "
Zhang Lan pondered her words and felt that there seemed to be some truth in them.
Ever since she heard that Lan Guoer's medicinal wine cured that person's stomach problems, she has been tempted!
Her old mother has had stomach problems for several years. When she gets sick, she suffers terribly. Every time she sees her mother suffer, she feels uncomfortable too.
If that wine can really cure her mother's stomach problems, then this little bit of milk powder money is nothing!
Zhao Jun, who was standing by, pricked up his ears to listen when he heard his second aunt and mother mention Lan Guoer. Hearing that they were going to visit Lan Guoer's home, he instantly became energetic.
"Mom, I think what Second Aunt said makes sense. Didn't Grandpa always say that relationships grow closer the more you get together? Guo'er is such a good doctor, and everyone has headaches and fevers sometimes. Let's go out more often, it will only benefit our family!"
Zhang Lan glanced at her son and was surprised that this boy's analysis made some sense this time!
"Okay! I'll take care of the milk powder issue." Zhang Lan made a decision and looked at Wang Yuzhen.
"But I've already agreed that there's no discount on milk powder! We'll split the cost equally between our two families, and when we get the wine, we'll each get half. Is that okay?"
Zhang Lan knew that her sister-in-law was a calculative person. Fortunately, the Zhao family had split up a few years ago, and they had been living separately in peace in recent years. She didn't want their relationship to become strained because of this matter, so it was better to say it in advance.
Wang Yuzhen thought about it and felt that if she and her sister-in-law shared the money, she could save half the money.
As for the division of wine, she didn't care too much about it. She was thinking, if two families were visiting, could Lan Guoer be so stingy as to only give one gift in return?
After the two sisters-in-law discussed it, Zhang Lan went to prepare things.
Thinking that it wouldn't take too long, Wang Yuzhen didn't go home and waited at home with Zhao Bing.
At noon, Zhang Lan came back with two buckets of milk powder, two buckets of malted milk, and some snacks and fruits.
Wang Yuzhen looked at the bag of red apples and felt a little distressed. "Sister-in-law, do we really need to be so generous? Apples are so precious these days! This one must cost several cents."
"It's a little expensive at one dollar and five cents per pound, but I only got it through connections! Since we're asking for help, we have to be sincere."
Zhang Lan has her own way of doing things, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to get the position of section chief in the department store.
Seeing that everything had been bought, Wang Yuzhen didn't say much. "Alright! We've shown our sincerity so well, it would be really ungrateful if the Su family's little granddaughter didn't give us some wine!"
Zhang Lan frowned, not quite agreeing with her words, but it was not easy to say anything to her, so she told her the prices of the items one by one.
"Milk powder was 13.8 yuan a tub, two tubs in total; malted milk was 12 yuan, two tubs in total; five pounds of apples, 1.5 yuan a tub; five pounds of snacks, 1.2 yuan; I asked someone to buy the milk powder and malted milk coupons for 12 yuan, so the total cost was 72.3 yuan."
The more Wang Yuzhen listened, the tighter her brows furrowed.
Zhang Lan finished the calculation on the paper and said, "Just give me thirty-six."
"Sister-in-law, I'm not saying anything harsh on you, but you're the section chief of the department store. Why do internal employees need a ticket to buy milk powder? Isn't that just a waste of money?"
Zhang Lan was speechless after hearing her words!
It’s true that she is the section chief of the department store, but the department store is not her personal property!
She had to rely on connections to buy these tickets. They were in high demand on the black market, with others selling them for double the price! The price she got them at was already very cheap.
"So do you want it or not? If not, I can sell it and maybe even make a couple dozen bucks."
"Yes! Of course!"
It's not like Wang Yuzhen didn't know the market situation, she just felt like she hadn't gotten enough of the bargain! Seeing that Zhang Lan was a little unhappy, she immediately took out the money.
Thinking about the medicinal wine that was about to be obtained, she chuckled. That was worth a thousand yuan a bottle! Not to mention spending thirty, even if it was fifty, she would be willing to spend it.
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