Chapter 52 Preparing New Year's Goods

Opportunities to recruit temporary workers in county towns are not common, and priority is given to those with urban household registration.

There are many people without jobs in the county.

Liu Yinyin told her: "It should be possible. Anyway, Gu Cheng said that he could arrange for someone to go in, and also said...if Third Brother is willing, he can go."

"Really?" Jiang Cuihua asked in surprise, "Did Gu Cheng really say that?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Yes, but he said that temporary workers can only work for two or three months, and the monthly salary is more than 20 yuan. There should be other benefits, but they are definitely less than regular workers."

Jiang Cuihua exclaimed, "It's not bad to be able to do it for two or three months. Anyway, everyone is free now. Who doesn't want to make money?"

"Then let the third brother go?" Liu Yinyin asked.

In fact, in the Liu family, Liu Mingyuan is indeed the best candidate for a temporary job.

Firstly, Liu Mingyuan is not married, so any money he earns will definitely be given directly to his parents, and no one else will have any objection.

The second reason...is that Liu Mingyuan is still unmarried. If he can be a temporary worker in the city, it will be somewhat beneficial to his marriage.

Jiang Cuihua is indeed looking for a marriage partner for Liu Mingyuan, but there is no result yet. Now she feels that this opportunity is rare.

She quickly agreed: "Go, why not? It's such a good opportunity, others want it but don't have it yet."

As for Liu Mingyuan, he certainly wouldn't have any objection. How could he not go if there was money to be made?

It was three days later that Liu Mingyuan was hired as a temporary worker at the steel plant, which caused quite a stir in the village.

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the month and the New Year is approaching. People in the village are preparing New Year's goods.

After breakfast that day, Liu Yinyin sat on the back seat of Gu Cheng's bicycle and went to the county town. She had saved a lot of money at home, so she had to go buy some things.

Gu Yanyan left the baby to Jiang Cuihua, and Liu Yinyin fed him when she came. There was still some milk powder at home, which was enough to sustain him for the whole morning.

When they arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu Yinyin jumped off her bicycle with a basket in her hand and said to Gu Cheng, "I'm going in. You should go to work now."

Gu Cheng followed him down and asked, "Is the bike for you to ride back?"

In the past few days, Liu Yinyin has learned to ride a bicycle at home.

"No, riding a bicycle is tiring. I can just take the ox cart in the village back later." Liu Yinyin said anxiously, "You should leave quickly. I'm going to buy some things. Otherwise, everything will be snatched away."

There was already a long queue inside the supply and marketing cooperative.

Liu Yinyin brought enough money and tickets this time, so she was confident to go into the supply and marketing cooperative.

She actually didn't want to buy anything, she just wanted to see what was for sale inside so that she could smuggle things out later.

The New Year is coming soon, and the supply and marketing cooperatives have more things than usual.

Liu Yinyin looked around and saw fish, pork, mutton and other kinds of meat, as well as fresh shrimps and squids that didn't require a ticket, and fruits such as apples and oranges.

Of course, the prices are not cheap, but there are still a lot of people queuing up. The New Year is approaching, and people in the city have money, so they are willing to eat at this time.

Liu Yinyin chose a less crowded place to queue up. It was her turn soon. She took out her wallet and said, "Please weigh two kilograms of melon seeds for me. Thank you."

The lady at the counter was slightly stunned, then looked up at Liu Yinyin. Seeing that she was well dressed, she stopped showing her displeasure and said calmly, "I only sell cigarettes and alcohol here, not melon seeds."

Cigarettes and alcohol are luxuries, no wonder there aren't that many people queuing.

Liu Yinyin took the money bag and said with an embarrassed smile: "Sorry, I'm in the wrong line."

Having said that, Liu Yinyin quickly left the team. There were too many people in the supply and marketing cooperative. After hesitating for a moment, she went out directly.

There was no need to queue with so many people, otherwise by the time it was her turn, there might not be anything left.

As soon as she walked out of the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, a fashionable lady in red caught up with her and called out to her, "Little girl, wait a minute."

Liu Yinyin turned around, her eyes flickering, and asked in confusion, "Sister, what's the matter?"

She was wearing a hat and a scarf at the moment, with most of her face covered, leaving only a pair of big eyes visible.

The lady in red was the one who was queuing behind Liu Yinyin just now. She had just seen the stack of bills in the little girl's wallet and instantly became interested.

She is not short of money, but having money is useless because she can't buy anything.

The lady in red smiled and said, "Girl, I just saw that you seem to have quite a lot of bills in your hand. Can you give me a few evenly? I'll pay for them. No, I'll exchange them with something."

Liu Yinyin looked around and said in a low voice, "Sister, shall we talk somewhere else?"

There are so many people here, it's not a good place to do business.

The lady in red understood and said, "Okay, let's go to the alley in front and talk about it."

The two of them walked one after the other for a while, and finally found a deserted corner.

Liu Yinyin stopped, tucked her scarf, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, what kind of ticket do you need?"

The lady in red said quickly, "I want all the food coupons, meat coupons, egg coupons, whatever. I'll take as many as you can get. Don't worry, I'll pay for them and you won't suffer any loss."

Everyone in her family had a job, so they had no shortage of money, but they were in dire need of supplies. Everything in the city was in limited supply, and had to be purchased with coupons, so they had money but couldn't spend it.

Liu Yinyin took out the tickets and let her choose. The big sister in red's eyes lit up when she saw everything. She wanted them all!

There is no way. There is really nothing missing at home. Even if there are things that we don’t need, we still want to stock up.

Liu Yinyin asked her, "Sister, how much can you give?"

If it was too cheap, she would be too lazy to sell it, as she would always find it useful in the future.

The lady in red said excitedly, "I want all of these. Can I give them to you for... five dollars?"

There are about twenty tickets, and five dollars is not cheap.

Liu Yinyin took out five tickets and explained, "I have to keep some for myself. The rest are for you. How about three dollars?"

"Okay." The lady in red quickly took out the money and asked, "Little girl, why don't you keep a ticket?"

She saw Liu Yinyin taking back the egg coupons, cloth coupons and grain coupons.

Liu Yinyin smiled shyly: "My parents just gave me a few pounds of meat, enough for the New Year."

The elder sister in red was shocked again: "...Does your mother's family have a lot of meat?"

An ordinary worker in the city could get only two taels of meat coupons per month, and sometimes they could not even buy them.

Because of swine fever some time ago, many people in the city had not eaten meat for several months.

Liu Yinyin lied without blinking: "My parents are from the countryside, and we raise pigs at home."

I won’t say anything else and just let the sister in red imagine it for herself.

The lady in red was really interested and asked, "Does your mother's family have any extra meat? If so, I... I'll pay more for it?"