In the guesthouse, a man and a woman were sitting at the front desk, and they seemed to be talking.
Luo Yulan was very angry. She looked at something in her hand and became more and more dissatisfied with Wang Jianqiu. He was twenty years old, but he had no ability to achieve anything.
Jiang Baige knocked on the counter and said, "Comrade, accommodation."
Luo Yulan looked up at her and asked, "How many people are there? Why are you here so late?"
Jiang Baige replied: "One person."
Luo Yulan added, "Give me the letter of introduction. I want to register."
Jiang Baige handed the letter of introduction in her hand over. Luo Yulan took it, read it carefully, registered it, and returned the letter of introduction to her.
"Come on! I'll take you there."
As he said that, he came out from behind the counter and said, "Brother Qiu, wait for me, we'll talk later."
Jiang Baige followed him up to the second floor. This guesthouse was quite nice, a two-story building.
Luo Yulan opened the door and said, "There are two people living here. You can't lock the door at night. Someone might come in at night. But don't worry, it's safe here."
Jiang Baige really didn't expect that someone would come to the guesthouse at any time.
She nodded: "I understand. Thank you, comrade."
Luo Yulan added, "When you sleep at night, be careful with the oil lamp and place it farther away. Don't let it fall over in the middle of the night and set the quilt on fire. It's very dangerous."
"Of course, if you're not afraid of the dark, it's best to turn off the oil lamp."
Jiang Baige thought, "I can't extinguish it. What if someone walks in and sleeps in the wrong bed?"
Thinking of this, she swallowed her saliva. She couldn't bear to think about it. What if a man moved in? This was too dangerous. No wonder the village chief asked her to pay attention to safety.
Jiang Baige nodded again, "Okay."
Luo Yulan left after she finished explaining. She was still discussing something with her boyfriend. If this issue was not resolved, she was afraid that she would not be able to live a stable life after marriage.
Jiang Baige put down her bag and looked around the room.
There are only two beds and a cabinet with a washbasin on it.
She looked around but didn't see any thermos. How could she wash her face?
She went out with a washbasin. Although it was not cold now, she was still used to washing her face and brushing her teeth with hot water.
At the counter on the first floor, Luo Yulan looked at the industrial ticket in her hand. It would expire in a few days, but she had not saved enough money to buy a bicycle. All the money in the family was used to prepare food for the wedding, so there was no money left to buy a bicycle.
I'm getting married soon, and if I don't have a bicycle, my relatives will laugh at me.
It's all her mother's fault. She has nothing to do but show off everywhere, saying that her daughter has found a man with a job and she will buy a bicycle as a betrothal gift.
Luo Yulan said angrily, "Brother Qiu, I don't care. This ticket can't expire. Go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow and wait to see who wants the industrial ticket. Sell it first and exchange it for money. When it expires, it's all over."
“Other people have money, but they can’t get industrial tickets even if they want them.”
"We don't have any money, and there's no point in keeping this. Let's sell it first! We can get some money later."
Wang Jianqiu looked embarrassed. "Xiaolan, if we don't have a bicycle, my mother-in-law will definitely feel embarrassed. With her personality, what will happen if she makes a scene?"
"Listen to me, sell it first! Then let big brother help me. Mom listens to big brother the most.
Luo Yulan looked at the ticket in her hand, her face full of reluctance.
Jiang Baige was on the stairs and listened for a long time. Not everyone can have this industrial ticket.
But in a region, there are only two or three of them every year, and only high-ranking officials or units can get them.
Thinking that she needed a watch, Jiang Baige coughed lightly and interrupted their conversation.
"Comrade, is there any hot water? I want to wash up, but there is no hot water in the room."
Jiang Baige walked downstairs while talking to Luo Yulan behind the counter.
Luo Yulan pointed to the small stove beside her and said, "There's hot water here. You can pour it all out if you want."
Jiang Baige followed the direction of her finger and saw a small stove with a pot of hot water boiling on it.
I picked up the kettle and found that it was still burning coal, no wonder there was no smoke.
Jiang Baige said thank you and poured half a basin of water.
The two men fooled her and continued talking.
Jiang Baige has reached the water and is about to leave.
Looking at the ticket in Luo Yulan's hand, he pretended not to understand and asked, "Comrade, is this an industrial ticket?"
Luo Yumi nodded, "Yes! Comrade, you wouldn't be unaware of this, right?"
Jiang Baige nodded: "I haven't seen it. I heard that with this ticket you can buy a watch and a bicycle. You can also use this ticket to buy a sewing machine!"
Luo Yulan sighed, "What's the use? It's all going to expire and then it'll just be a piece of waste paper."
Jiang Bai said, "Why don't you use it? It would be a shame to wait until it expires."
Wang Jianqiu, standing by, was in a low mood. "What's the use of having a ticket when I don't have the money?"
Jiang Baige had laid some groundwork, just waiting for him to say this.
He put down the basin and said, "Why don't you sell it to me? I have money and I'll buy it from you."
When they heard her say she wanted to buy it, Luo Yulan and Wang Jianqiu looked at each other.
Just now they were worried that the ticket would expire and it would be a shame to throw it away.
They were originally planning to sell it, but now someone wants to buy it, and they don’t know whether they should sell it or not.
Jiang Baige added, "I have tickets here. Salt tickets, sugar tickets, and grain tickets. I can exchange them with you."
"Okay, let's switch."
This is what Luo Yulan said. With these tickets, we can buy more food to take back. Having a full stomach is better than buying a bicycle.
Jiang Baige asked, "How many tickets can be exchanged? Please calculate."
The ticket she had on her was given to her by the educated youth yesterday when she went to the educated youth compound. They asked her to bring some things back from the county town.
There is nothing in her space, such as rice, flour, grain or oil. She can just take it out when she goes back.
But it would be useless for her to keep these tickets.
Luo Yulan calculated that this industrial ticket would be sold for seventy or eighty yuan on the black market, and if exchanged for grain, it would be worth about a hundred kilograms.
In the end, they also had five grain coupons, two sugar coupons, one oil coupon, and another fifty yuan. All together, it was about seventy or eighty yuan.
Jiang Baige successfully obtained the industrial ticket. She decided to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the county town to check her watch tomorrow.
Each party gets what they need and both parties are very satisfied.
The deal was done, and Jiang Baige carried the basin of water upstairs and returned to the house.
She was so busy today that she even forgot to eat dinner. She took out two loaves of fresh bread from her space, ate them up in big mouthfuls, and drank a bottle of milk.
After a simple wash, she went to sleep.
The staff had also told her not to close the door, but she didn't lock it at night.
So she slept very lightly, but fortunately there was no one around that night, so she slept peacefully all night.
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