Xu Ning got up early in the morning to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. Her mother and Aunt Lu were making dumplings.
Xu Ning prepared the dishes, including the braised pork head that Grandpa Qi liked to eat, the stir-fried pork intestines that her father and Uncle Lu liked to eat, and the chestnut chicken soup that her mother and Aunt Lu liked to drink.
Xu An and Xu Mo like to eat any meat, and they also like to eat some of their favorite dishes, such as roasted lamb with radish and braised pig's trotters.
Stewed goose in an iron pot, and two vegetarian dishes, tofu with spring onions, shredded kelp, scrambled eggs with black fungus, and finally a pot of steamed brown sugar cake.
Ever since Xu Ning sent the brown sugar steamed cake to the cowshed, it received unanimous praise from the five people.
Xu Ning no longer bought snacks to send over there, but would make a pot of steamed cakes and send them over every few days.
Xu Ning finished cooking the last dish and took it to the cowshed. Xu An had already sent all the cooked dishes over. Today, the three of them also went to the cowshed to have a reunion dinner.
Grandpa Qi, Dad Xu and Dad Lu drank wine, while Mom Xu, Aunt Lu and the three siblings drank the soda bought by Xu Ning. Everyone raised their glasses and wished each other well, welcoming the year 1970.
After the Spring Festival, it was spring planting time. Xu Ning asked Xu An about going to school.
Xu An said, "Sister, I don't plan to transfer to another class now. The holiday will start in a few months. I plan to start the fourth grade in September."
Xu Ning calculated that primary school is still a five-year system, and junior high school and high school are both two-year systems.
It was only 1977 that he finished high school, so as not to delay his college entrance examination, we agreed to let him continue his studies in the second half of the year.
Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei came to visit a few days ago and talked about Lin Miao building a house at the educated youth camp.
Build two rooms, one for living and one for kitchen. It is said that Gu Wenping and Yang Wenli also plan to build one room together.
Wei Lanlan and Yang Xiaomei also want to build their own house. They have already written letters to their families and are waiting for them to send money. They have just arrived and have not earned any work points yet. If they want to build their own house and live alone, they can only rely on their families.
The village had already announced yesterday that they would start spring planting, and work would begin tomorrow. Xu Ning planned to go to the city today.
I have asked Su Hongying about the bed sheets several times.
Xu Ning planned to give her twenty of them today. There were 50 complete sets of sheets and quilt covers in the space, so he would also give her two beds to look at.
When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Xu Ning gave Su Hongying a wink. Su Hongying immediately understood and went to ask for leave from the director, saying that she wanted to go home to get some things.
Su Hongying took Xu Ning to her home directly. Xu Ning first gave her 20 sheets.
She took out two sets of bed sheets and quilt covers from the backpack and opened them to show Su Hongying.
"Sister Hongying, this is a set of bedding that my friend is going to take to Hai City. Do you want any?
If you want them, keep them. If not, I will return them to him and let him go to Haishi again."
Su Hongying touched the bed sheets and quilt covers, unable to hide the joy in her eyes, but she thought that such goods would definitely not be cheap, so she asked Xu Ning,
"Sister, how much does this set cost? To tell you the truth, I'm also selling it. If it's too expensive, I'm afraid it won't be easy to sell."
"Sister Hongying, my friend said that a set would cost at least fifty dollars. If you are worried that it will be difficult to sell, ask him to take it to Haishi. After all, it is a big city with more wealthy people."
Su Hongying heard Xu Ning say that if the price of a set was 50 yuan, it would still be a good sale if it was sold at 55 yuan.
Then she said to Xu Ning, "Sister, I want both sets. Wait, I'll get the money for you."
After Su Hongying gave Xu Ning 460 yuan, she asked, "Sister, when will the sheets be available next time?"
Xu Ning said to her, "Sister Hongying, I don't know about this either. My friend can't be sure when it will be available, but he promised me that if there is any, he will definitely leave some for me."
Su Hongying said happily, "Okay, okay, sister, thank you."
After Xu Ning came out of Su Hongying's house, he looked at his watch and saw that it was eleven o'clock, so he went to the machinery factory. Xu Ning parked his bicycle not far from the entrance of the machinery factory.
She planned to wait for a female comrade to come out and ask if she wanted sheets. The machinery factory was mostly staffed by men.
The women who can work in machinery factories are either from the union or work in offices. These two types of people either have connections or are educated. No matter which type they are, they are not short of money.
Not long after, people started coming out of the machinery factory.
Xu Ning spotted a lesbian in her twenties who was dressed quite fashionably at the time.
Xu Ning pulled his hat down, walked to the female comrade and whispered, "Comrade, do you want a bed sheet? It's from the south." Then he took out the bed sheet from the backpack and let her have a look.
The female comrade glanced into her backpack and winked at Xu Ning, asking her to follow. Xu Ning was a little worried and followed her slowly. After walking for a while, Xu Ning stopped.
The female comrade in front of her saw that she stopped there and said to her, "Why are you stopping? How can you look here? My home is just in front."
Xu Ning looked around and saw that there were employees of the machinery factory. He thought that this place should be the staff quarters of the machinery factory, so he continued to follow the female comrade forward.
The female comrade opened a small courtyard with a private door and let Xu Ning in. "Come in, there's no one at home. My parents and my husband are all at the factory and haven't come back yet."
After saying that, she took Xu Ning into the house. Xu Ning did not follow her into the main room, but put the backpack down in the yard for her to see.
Seeing that Xu Ning was so defensive, the female comrade did not force her and let her open the bed sheet in the yard.
After Xu Ning opened all the sheets, the female comrade's eyes lit up and asked Xu Ning, "How much is the bed?"
Xu Ning said, "Twenty dollars, no bargaining."
After hearing this, the female comrade said to Xu Ning, "Little girl, please give me less. I want two beds."
After Xu Ning heard her bargaining, he stuffed the bed sheet into his backpack and prepared to leave.
The female comrade pulled her and said, "Hey, hey, hey, little girl, why do you turn around and leave as soon as you say less? Come, let's discuss it again."
Xu Ning thought to herself, Sister, why don’t you go to the supply and marketing cooperative and try bargaining when buying things.
"Comrade, I've already said I don't bargain. Twenty dollars a bed, do you want it?"
Seeing that she really wouldn't be short of money, the female comrade bought two beds. When Xu Ning took the sheets, she deliberately exposed the quilt covers underneath. The female comrade saw it and immediately asked her what it was. ,
Xu Ning explained to her that this was a set, a bed sheet and a quilt cover, and they were not sold separately.
The female comrade liked it very much and asked Xu Ning how much it cost. Xu Ning told her that it was 55 yuan per set and no bargaining was required.
The female colleague thought it was a bit expensive. Fifty-five yuan was her husband's monthly salary, and she only earned 35 yuan a month. But she really liked it, so she gritted her teeth and bought one.
Xu Ning knocked on the doors of two more respectable-looking families nearby and sold them two sets of bed sheets.
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