The little boy rolled his eyes and continued, "Sister, I can take you there! Can I have two more candies?"
Xu Nanxing looked at the other person in surprise. This little guy is on the same path as him. If there is no opportunity to make money, then create opportunities to make money!
Zhang Luyao also looked at the little guy in front of him curiously.
Are the kids in this village so smart?
Xu Nanxing said generously: "If you take us there, I will give you 4 candies."
The little guy happily led the way in front.
My little sister hasn't had candy for a long time. I brought some candy back to her this time. She will definitely be happy.
It took about 10 minutes to reach the destination.
This is a small yard with a lot of wood piled up in it, and several people are busy working inside.
It turns out this is a cooperative.
In this era, many people with skills who do not have formal jobs will work together to set up a cooperative.
For example, in towns, families with sewing machines were organized into sewing clubs.
There are no ready-made clothes for sale in stores nowadays, only department stores in big cities have ready-made clothes.
Other places buy fabrics directly, so you need to buy fabrics and make them yourself at home.
If no one in your family knows how to make clothes, or you really don’t have the time to make clothes, you can take the fabric to a sewing studio and ask a tailor to make clothes for you.
This cooperative should also exist in this way.
No wonder there are still male workers who don’t go to work during working hours.
I'm afraid they only need to go to work during spring plowing and autumn harvest.
At other times, you can work in the cooperative.
The little boy pulled one of them and said, "Uncle Li, these two educated youth sisters want to buy a cabinet."
Uncle Li looked at the two young girls in front of him after hearing this.
They must be the newly arrived educated youth.
"What do you want? Come in and see." Then he led them in.
Xu Nanxing gave the little boy four candies before following him in with Zhang Luyao.
The little boy counted the candies in his hand and went home happily.
After Xu Nanxing entered the house, he found that there were many finished wooden products in the house.
There are tables, chairs, benches, shelves and everything else.
However, the workmanship is a bit rough and it is not painted. It is just a simple wooden product.
"These are all ready-made. You can take a look and see if you like any of them. If you don't like any of them, you can still order them custom-made."
"We don't have furniture tickets, can we still buy them?"
She just remembered that she needed a ticket to buy furniture in the city, and she had to apply for a furniture ticket, which she might not get. Even if she had a ticket, she still had to wait in line for a long time before she could buy it.
Very cumbersome.
The original owner recalled a newlywed couple at a textile factory who submitted a furniture application to the factory management a month before their wedding. They requested a few basic items, including tables, chairs, beds, and cabinets, but they didn't receive their wedding bed until two years after their marriage.
It wasn't that the factory was deliberately delaying. It was simply that furniture was in short supply at the time and it was extremely difficult to apply for furniture tickets.
This also resulted in a furniture ticket being worth twenty or thirty dollars.
Xu Nanxing definitely won’t be able to get the furniture ticket.
Now I don’t know whether rural areas need tickets.
Uncle Li knew that buying furniture in the city required a furniture ticket, so he said, "Sure, we farmers don't have tickets, so we don't need tickets for things made in the village."
That's good.
However, "These furnitures are not painted, so they may not last long! Don't people in our village paint furniture?"
Furniture is painted to prevent corrosion, waterproof, oil-proof, chemical-resistant, light-resistant, and temperature-resistant.
Uncle Li patiently replied, "Paint is not easy to get. We don't have paint in our village. We make wooden shelves and sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative, which will be responsible for painting them. But painted furniture can only be bought from the supply and marketing cooperative."
By then, you’ll need furniture stamps to buy them.”
I see. Actually, this is what a semi-finished product means.
So when villagers come here to buy furniture, they don’t need tickets.
But it's not a big problem. She will only need it for 2 years and she will definitely be able to hold on.
So she began to choose furniture, and selected a wooden cabinet and a washbasin rack, the kind that could hold towels.
If there are more, I’m afraid the house won’t have enough space and other people will have objections.
Uncle Li charged her a total of 12 yuan.
The price is acceptable, at least there is no need for a ticket and no need to queue.
Zhang Luyao also bought a wooden cabinet, a washbasin rack, and added a bedside table.
It cost a total of 20 yuan.
There is still extra space on their kang, so they can indeed put a bedside table.
However, there will definitely be more educated youth going to the countryside in the future, and then there may not be enough space.
Uncle Li was in a good mood after receiving the money.
He also pushed out a small cart to help them transport their things back to the educated youth site.
Xu Nanxing couldn't ask for more.
It’s definitely impossible for the two of them to move back, so it would be great to have someone to help.
Because it was working hours, they didn't meet many people on the road, which also saved them from being watched.
When they returned to the educated youth center, Uncle Li helped them move their things into the house.
The male educated youth from the next room also ran over to watch.
When I heard that Xu Nanxing and the others bought cabinets and shelves, I was also thinking about whether I should buy some too.
I brought so many things that it’s hard to put them all in order.
It is especially bad if the used towel is wet and placed directly in the washbasin.
It’s a good time to buy a washbasin rack now, since you don’t need a ticket anyway.
It may take several months to apply for a furniture ticket in the city.
So the male educated youth also went to help move things, and by the way asked Uncle Li about the wooden cabinet.
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