In the past, workers would have been eager to use cloth to offset their wages, but in the past two years, textile mills in Guangzhou have been saturated. Cloth coupons have been abolished outside, so who would buy cloth from others?
"How much fabric is there in this batch? What kinds of fabrics are there?" Yun Yan asked.
"This order is for one thousand pieces of cloth, including Dacron, floral fabric, cashmere, pure cotton printed fabric and polyester, two hundred pieces of each!" said Manager Zhao.
"If I want all this fabric, can you give me a discount?" Yun Yan asked.
"If you can take it all at once, I will give you a 20% discount, and it will be 25,000 yuan. Don't think this price is expensive, it's mainly because of the 200 pieces of cashmere!" said Deputy Director Zhao.
One bolt of cloth could make about four sets of clothing, so the price was fair. It was the two hundred bolts of cashmere that was so tempting to Yunyan.
"Director Zhao, what color are those 200 pieces of cashmere?" Yun Yan asked.
"Red, sky blue, camel and pink are all bright colors. If they are made into coats, they will definitely be popular with the young people you ask about," said Deputy Factory Director Zhao.
Finally, Yunyan decided to buy this batch of cloth. Hongxing Textile has a small warehouse in Nanpu Street, and Deputy Director Zhao agreed to put the cloth there for a day.
In the afternoon, Yunyan handed over 25,000 yuan to the finance department and got the key to the warehouse.
After arriving at the place, Yun Yan looked around and made sure that there was no one around. Then she quickly put all one thousand pieces of cloth into the space. Deputy Director Zhao also gave Yun Yan a few bags of scraps of cloth.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it's the National Day holiday. Yang Qian took a few days off before the holiday and went to Beijing. She said she was going to Beijing for tourism, but Yun Yan knew she was going to see Xinyi.
Yunyan was bored at home, so she went out for a walk. Unexpectedly, she came across a fan factory having a promotion where all fans were on sale at a low price.
Yun Yan went over to take a look. Although it was an unfamiliar brand, it was inexpensive. One fan was only 110 yuan, and if you bought more, you could get a lower price.
Yunyan found the leader of their company through a salesperson.
"Is the quality of your fan guaranteed?" Yun Yan asked.
"You can be absolutely assured of the quality. Although our company's scale and reputation may not be comparable to those state-owned factories, our quality is definitely not inferior to theirs."
In the end, Yunyan bought 100 fans at the price of 105 yuan each.
Even if I resell this batch of electric fans to Wang Fang at the price of 130 yuan each, I can still earn more than 2,000 yuan!
The National Day holiday was over soon, and Yang Qian returned to Guangzhou the day before the end of the holiday and brought sour plum soup to Yun Yan.
"The weather in Guangzhou is so hot. I have to wear long sleeves even in Beijing!" Yang Qian said while drinking sour plum soup.
"There's nothing we can do about it. This is the difference between the north and the south!" Yun Yan said.
I remember a sentence on the Internet in my previous life about the temperature difference between the north and the south. I am wearing a mink coat in the north, and you are exposing your waist in the south!
"Yang Qian, did you have fun in Beijing this time?" Yun Yan asked.
"It's fun, but there are too many people! Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Great Wall are full of people," said Yang Qian.
If she had known there would be so many people during the National Day holiday, she would not have gone to Beijing. It took her five days just to go back and forth. If she hadn't taken two days off in advance, she would have been too late!
Yun Yan laughed as she listened to her complaints. She didn’t expect that traveling had become popular in the 1980s!
"It's good that you can go. The teachers in our school don't give us any leave! At least your teacher gave you two days of leave. Be content." Yun Yan said.
"That's right. This time when I went to Beijing, I took Xinyi on a nice tour around Beijing! I didn't expect that after not seeing her for a few years, Xinyi has grown into a beautiful young lady." Yang Qian said.
"Girls change a lot when they grow up. Of course they will become more and more beautiful!" Yun Yan said.
"I'm just worried that she will be bullied in Beijing where she is alone and unfamiliar with the place. What if she meets a malicious man who deceives her? What should I do then?" Yang Qian said worriedly.
"You don't have to worry about this at all. Xinyi is not one of those little girls who have never experienced the dangers of the world. She won't be deceived so easily!" Yun Yan said.
Yang Qian had dinner at Yun Yan's place before going back. During the meal, she told Yun Yan that she had already agreed with two female students from the design department to go to Xia to work after graduation.
"Ask them to draw two pieces of clothing for me. I want to see how good their skills are," said Yun Yan.
"No problem, I'll talk to them in a couple of days." Yang Qian said.
A few days later, Yang Qian brought the drawings to Yun Yan. Yun Yan took a look at them and felt that the two of them had a good foundation and would have great potential in the future as long as they were given some pointers.
Time flew by, and soon it was the end of January 1981. The school had already gone on winter vacation. Before the vacation, Yun Yan and Yang Qian went to check the progress of the project. The foundation had been laid, and it should be completed on time.
It was too cold in Beijing, so Yun Yan asked Xin Yi to come to Guangzhou for the New Year. Xin Yi had been in Guangzhou for a few days, and Yang Qian took her out every day to eat, drink and have fun!
New Year’s Eve is coming soon. Since Yunyan’s courtyard is large, we have eaten New Year’s Eve dinner at Yunyan’s place in recent years. This year, Xinyi is here too, making it even more lively!
Each person made two dishes for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and the three of us had a happy New Year’s Eve dinner together!
They stayed up until twelve o'clock, and after watching the fireworks, Yun Yan and Yang Qian each gave Xin Yi a red envelope!
Xinyi was overwhelmed with emotions as she received the red envelope. This was the first time in her life that she had ever received a red envelope! No one had ever given her a red envelope before. When Sister Yunyan was in the Red Flag Brigade, she would give red envelopes to the children in the village every New Year, but she never took any because she knew that even if she did, they would be taken away in the end!
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, in a military compound in Beijing, Shen Ye finally mustered up the courage to talk to his grandfather about his career change.
"Grandpa, I plan to retire from the army this year." Shen Ye said.
Shen Ye's words startled Grandpa Shen, and he asked uncertainly: "Xiao Ye, what did you just say? You want to change your career?"
"Yes, grandpa, I want to change my career!" Shen Ye said in a firm tone.
"Xiao Ye, why did you suddenly think of retiring? You are doing well in the army. Some time ago, your division commander called and said that he wanted to promote you to deputy brigade commander!" said Grandma Liang.
"Grandpa and grandma, I have been a soldier for ten years. I have fulfilled grandpa's expectations of me and become a qualified and excellent soldier! But from now on, I want to do what I want to do." Shen Ye said.
"Xiaoye, can you tell grandpa why you don't want to be a soldier?" Grandpa Shen asked.
"Because I want to pursue Yun Yan, she said she would wait until I am 28 years old. If I can change my career before she turns 28, she will give me the chance to pursue her!" Shen Ye said
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