It was the same enthusiastic Sister Liu before. When she saw Su Mo, she shouted loudly: "Sister Su, are you here? What are you buying today?"
"Sister Liu, I'm here today to buy cotton and cloth to make cotton-padded jackets." Su Mo said with a smile. "I want 5 pounds of cotton, 13 feet of cotton, and 7 feet of khaki."
"Okay, no problem. I'll get it for you after the eldest sister has finished helping this comrade get the things." Sister Liu smiled, then quickly helped the aunt to get the things and collected the money.
"Sister Su, what color khaki do you want? I just got a military green one two days ago, and there are some left, how about it?"
These days, military green cloth is the best-selling one, and this girl Su is also very lucky. She always catches fashionable goods every time she comes.
"Okay, then it will be military green." Su Mo didn't have any big requirements.
"What color cotton should I use? To make a cotton-padded jacket, the white one looks nice on the inside, but it's not resistant to stains. The floral ones are more resistant to stains and look nicer too."
"Okay, then I'll follow your recommendation, eldest sister, and ask for broken flowers." Su Mo said simply.
Sister Liu smiled so hard that her eyes almost closed, and she quickly went to the fabric counter to get the two kinds of cloth and pull them out.
"This kind of floral cotton is a little more expensive than white cotton. It costs 2.95 cents per foot, 13 feet is 3.835 yuan. Khaki fabric is 0.465 yuan per foot, and 7 feet is 3.255 yuan. The total adds up to 7.09 yuan plus 20 feet. Cloth tickets.”
"Okay, I also need 5 pounds of cotton."
"Cotton is 1.15 yuan per pound, and 5 pounds is 5.75 yuan plus 5 pounds of cotton coupons."
Su Mo gave the eldest sister 15 yuan plus the cloth and cotton coupons, and the eldest sister got back 2.16 yuan.
When she got married, the commune gave her 16 feet of cloth coupons, and later Lu Changzheng gave her another 10 feet. When she got married, she used 3 feet of cloth to make pillowcases. Now she has used 20 feet of cloth coupons, and in an instant, only three feet of cloth coupons are left. .
It’s so hard to get dressed these days!
The cotton at this time was not as compact as in later generations, so 5 pounds of cotton was still somewhat bulky. Sister Liu took a big net bag and packed it for Su Mo.
"Sister Su, do you need anything else?"
Su Mo thought that when she helped Lu Changzheng clean up just now, he didn't have any thick clothes, so she asked: "Is there any wool?"
"Yes, do you want pure wool or blended wool? Pure wool costs 16.3 yuan per pound, and blended wool costs 13.94 per pound. Which one does the girl want? A sweater knitted from pure wool has better warmth, is softer and more comfortable."
"I want pure wool," Su Mo said. Lu Changzheng wants to give her good things, and she is not willing to give him bad things.
"Do you knit it yourself, or do you knit it for your lover?"
"Knit for my lover."
"Then for his physique, the medium-thick weight is estimated to be 2.5 pounds."
"Then 2.5 pounds."
Sister Liu smiled and narrowed her eyes, "What color do you want? There are black, gray and navy blue."
"Want gray."
"Okay, two and a half kilograms of wool, 40.75 yuan, and 8 industrial coupons."
Su Mo gave the money ticket, and Sister Liu wrapped the wool in a piece of newspaper, put it together in a net bag, and then took out a few knitting needles from the corner.
"These needles are defective, but they don't affect their use. If you fall in love with the eldest sister, I will give them to you." He wrapped them up and put them in the net pocket.
Every time Su Mo buys something, she is straightforward and generous. Sister Liu really likes it. If she had a few more customers like Su Mo, she would be a model of the year. Not to mention bonuses, this honor alone would be quite glorious.
Sticks and needles are not worth much, so just give them away.
"Then thank you, Sister Liu." Su Mo said with a smile.
"There are many things. Sister, help you take them out and put them away." Sister Liu smiled and helped Su Mo take out the things.
Seeing that the big bamboo basket on Su Mo's bicycle was full, the eldest sister was a little surprised, "Hey, Sister Su bought a lot of things."
Su Mo smiled and said, "I didn't buy this. This year, the brigade distributed some apples, and my family asked me to deliver them to a relative. But he is not here today, so I have to take them back."
With that said, he opened the coarse cloth covering them, took out two, and handed them to Sister Liu.
"Sister Liu, let me give you a taste. I just picked them yesterday."
When Su Mo opened the coarse cloth, Sister Liu's eyes widened when she saw the basket of big, red and juicy apples.
She begged, she had never seen such fresh and juicy apples in all her years in the supply and marketing cooperative, and they looked delicious.
Sister Liu took the apple from Su Mo's hand and smelled it closely. The fruity aroma was strong and of high quality.
Sister Liu's eyes flashed, she came closer and asked in a low voice: "Sister Su, do you still have many apples at home?"
"There's some left."
"Can you give me some apples, please?" Sister Liu whispered.
"This, this is not good," Su Mo said, pretending to be hesitant.
"The child at home is sick, and he wants to eat apples every day. My eldest sister sees that your fruit is juicy and of better quality than the ones from the supply and marketing cooperative. Just do me a favor and give some to me." Sister Liu said sincerely.
"Then, how much do you want, eldest sister?"
"Why don't you just give me this basket so you can take it back?" Sister Liu asked after considering it.
"That's it..." Su Mo seemed to be confused, and after a while she said, "Well, that's okay."
"Then sister Su, come with me. My house is behind the supply and marketing cooperative, very close." Sister Liu said hello to her colleagues and took Su Mo home.
"Sister, eldest sister won't take advantage of you. The apples sold by the supply and marketing cooperative are more than 40 cents per catty. Your apples are of good quality, so eldest sister will give you 50 cents per catty."
As expected, Sister Liu's house is right behind the supply and marketing cooperative. It can only be walked for five minutes by pushing a bicycle. It is a bungalow with a yard.
After arriving home, Sister Liu closed the courtyard door, took out a bamboo basket, and moved the apples from Su Mo's bamboo basket into the basket. After moving it, I shook it.
"This basket weighs about 50 kilograms. Let's count it as 50 kilograms. How about that?"
Su Mo nodded, and Sister Liu readily counted out 25 yuan and gave it to Su Mo.
On the way to send Su Mo out, Sister Liu said again: "Sister Su, if anyone in your team doesn't like eating apples, you can bring them to the elder sister. There are many relatives in the elder sister's family, so they give them here and there. No matter how much, we can give it away.”
