Xu Ning planned to go to the city today. After entering the city, she first rode her bicycle to the black market. There were quite a few people there, and everyone was very vigilant. She rode her bicycle directly to the supply and marketing cooperative. The supply and marketing cooperative was crowded at that time. Xu Ning waited at the door for a while. When there were no more people in the supply and marketing cooperative, she went in to find Su Hongying.
When Su Hongying saw her, she immediately shouted enthusiastically, "Xiaoning, come in quickly, are you cold?"
"It's not cold, Sister Hongying. I came to see you today because I have something to tell you. Let's find a place to talk," Xu Ning said, carrying a backpack. Su Hongying took her to a small room in the warehouse and sat down, and asked, "Let's talk here! There's no one here."
Xu Ning took out a bed sheet from the backpack and showed it to her. "Sister Hongying, take a look at this bed sheet. What do you think? How much can it sell for?"
Su Hongying unfolded the bed sheet. "This bed sheet is nice. It looks like it comes from a big factory. Sister, where did you buy it? This kind of goods has been distributed by big cities and cannot reach a small county like ours."
Su Ning said, "This bed sheet came from the south. A classmate of mine has some connections in the south and asked me if I wanted some. Could he get some for me?" Su Hongying's eyes lit up and asked, "Girl, is this true? How much can you get?"
Su Ning thought for a moment and said, "This time he got 20 beds, each for 18 yuan. He was planning to take them to Hai City. If you want them, I'll ask him."
Su Hongying happily held her hand and said, "Sister, I want all 20 beds. When can I get them?"
Su Ning continued, "Sister Hongying, the sheets are at my friend's place now. I'll go ask him if he can give you all 20 sheets. But you can't tell others that you got them from me. I'm not in this business. My friend just happened to give me one sheet as a gift. I think it's pretty good, so I asked him where he bought it. He saw that I liked it very much, so he said that if I need it in the future, I can just ask him. He has connections. Sister Hongying, you've helped me a lot, so I came to ask you if you want it."
"Don't worry, sister. I will never say that you took it from me. There are too many people here. I will take a leave to go home now. You can go to my house directly later."
She found an empty corner and took out 20 sheets. She didn't plan to sell them on the black market as the risk was too great. She didn't want to take the risk. Su Ning carried the basket and went to the address of Su Hongying's home. She showed the sheets in the basket to Su Hongying, and Su Hongying ordered 360 yuan for her. Su Hongying enthusiastically invited her to have dinner at her home, but she made the excuse that she had something else to do and left first.
After leaving Su Hongying's house, she went straight back to the village. In her backpack were two kilograms of milk powder, five cotton hats, five pairs of cotton gloves, and two thermos bottles that she took out from the space.
Now she, Xu An and Xu Mo have to make a bowl of milk powder every day, so the milk powder is consumed a bit quickly. The kettle is kept at Seventh Grandpa's place, and there is no kettle there.
Xu Ning returned home, sorted out the things he had taken out of the space, and seeing that it was still early, he took the backpack and went up the mountain.
When he reached the foot of the mountain, he saw Wei Lanlan and a female educated youth coming down the mountain, each carrying a load of firewood. Wei Lanlan happily shouted, "Xu Zhiqing, you are going to chop firewood too. Are you going up the mountain this afternoon? Let's go together?"
Xu Ning smiled and replied, "I'll go in the afternoon."
"Okay, then I'll come to see you in the afternoon!" Then he and another female educated youth went down the mountain carrying firewood.
When Xu Ning found Xu An, he had already chopped a pile of wood and was about to tie it up and carry it back. Xu Ning gave him a piece of egg cake and asked him to sit aside and eat it while she carried the work.
After Xu Ning and Xu An finished their meal, they were sorting the firewood they had chopped in the morning in the woodshed. They saw Wei Lanlan and the female educated youth who had picked firewood with them in the morning coming from the educated youth compound in front. Wei Lanlan introduced the female educated youth to Xu Ning. Her name was Yang Xiaomei, and she was from the eastern province. The two of them came to Yushu Village in the same group.
Yang Xiaomei seems to be shy, speaks softly, and has clear eyes.
Xu Ning asked the two whether they wanted to go up the mountain now or go into the house and sit for a while? Both of them said that they would go up the mountain right away, because the Youth League Committee had chopped too little firewood at the beginning, and everyone hadn't thought about whether it would be enough for the whole winter. They thought they could go up the mountain to chop firewood anytime when there was no more. That day, Chen Xiangdong told them that the mountain would be closed due to heavy snow, and these people became anxious. Now only two people are left in the Youth League Committee to cook, and the rest will all go up the mountain to chop firewood.
After hearing this, Xu Ning locked the door and took Xu An and the other two up the mountain. "Xu Zhiqing, is it really cold here in winter? Chen Xiangdong said that the snow is more than one meter deep, and sometimes the door can't be opened," Wei Lanlan said worriedly.
Xu Ning nodded. "We came here just after the Chinese New Year. It was the coldest time of the year, and the snow was thick. The township cadres brought us here on a sled. My brother and I had thin cotton clothes at that time, so we didn't dare to go out. When it was our turn to cook, Chen Xiangdong, Sun Hao, and Ge Hongbin helped us do it."
After saying that, Xu Ning looked at the cotton-padded clothes and trousers they were wearing and said, "Your cotton-padded clothes are too thin. Go buy some more cotton and make your cotton-padded clothes and trousers thicker. If you don't have tickets, go to the aunt's house in the village and ask if she has extra tickets so you can exchange some."
"Ah, this is still thin, it was thickened when I came here," Yang Xiaomei said in surprise.
Xu Ning smiled and said, "It's so cold where you are. The coldest here is minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius. I remember when I first came here, my cotton coat was thicker than yours now, and I put on all my clothes. I went out to the toilet, and when I came back I was frozen into an ice cube."
Wei Lanlan thought for a while and said to Xu Ning, "Xu Zhiqing, we have been here for a short time and are not familiar with the village. Do you have any aunts you know who can help us ask if there are any extra cotton at home? We can buy it with money." Yang Xiaomei also said she wanted to buy some.
"Actually, the aunties in the village are all nice people. The ones I'm familiar with are Aunt Dashuan and Aunt Xiangyun from Uncle Hongjun's family. If you want to buy, I'll take you to their two families to ask if they have any extra." The two of them nodded quickly and asked Xu Ning to take them there.
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