Traveling through the 1970s: The young wife loves to make trouble

Chapter 142 Buying Cloth
Sun Yuqi saw that Zhang Moli had something to say to her, so she followed her a few steps to the side and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"

"Please sell as much defective cloth as possible to Sister Qiuyi. Her family really needs cloth right now." Zhang Moli also lowered her voice and said.

"Don't worry, I will definitely make Sister Qiuyi satisfied." Sun Yuqi patted his chest and promised.

"I'm just reminding you, not doubting your ability. I trust you the most when it comes to your work," Zhang Moli said jokingly, then suddenly asked, "By the way, do you still have the clue you gave me last time?"

"Yes." Sun Yuqi said, "If you still want some, come back to the factory with me later and I'll get some for you."

"It's not that I want it, you already gave me a lot last time." Zhang Moli shook her head, glanced at the toilet, and whispered, "Find an excuse to get some for Sister Qiuyi later."

"I see she only wants to buy cloth, not thread. Cloth is the only thing needed to make clothes."

"Okay, I'll remember to give it to her later." Sun Yuqi nodded without asking how many clothes Tao Qiuyi wanted to make at home.

Life is not easy for everyone these days. She will help when she can, but she won't interfere in other people's affairs.

Listening to their conversation, Tao Qiuyi thought it wouldn't be a bad idea to be friends with them. Zhang Moli knew about Wei Jingyuan's family situation but didn't tell Sun Yuqi, who also tactfully didn't ask.

Both of them are people who know their limits and can make friends.

Knowing the limits means not using your status as a friend to ask about other people's family affairs under the guise of concern. This is the greatest respect for your friends.

Seeing Tao Qiuyi coming out, Zhang Moli said, "Sister Qiuyi, let's split up. You and Yuqi go to the factory to buy cloth first, and I'll go get medicine for my man."

"Don't come to me even if you've chosen the cloth, or we might miss each other on the way. I'll get the medicine and go straight to the factory gate to find you. This way we can save time and avoid missing the carriage back to the village."

"Aren't you going to go with me?" Tao Qiuyi didn't forget what she said before. Could it be that she was no longer afraid so soon?

Seeing Tao Qiuyi's doubt, Zhang Moli explained, "We are going together, and the pharmacy where I get medicine for my man is not far from the textile factory where Yuqi works."

Tao Qiuyi nodded, indicating that she agreed with her arrangement.

The three of them left the state-owned hotel and walked for a while before coming to a fork in the road. Zhang Moli separated from the two, and Tao Qiuyi followed Sun Yuqi to the textile factory.

The two of them arrived at the gate of the textile factory. Sun Yuqi said hello to the old man guarding the gate and took Tao Qiuyi in. Entering the factory, Tao Qiuyi saw that everywhere was full of the atmosphere of the times.

About half an hour later, Tao Qiuyi, carrying a backpack and a cloth bag in her hand, walked out of the textile factory with Sun Yuqi.

"Sister Qiuyi, don't you think it's heavy? How about I help carry that cloth bag?" Sun Yuqi reached out to take the cloth bag that Tao Qiuyi was carrying.

"No need." Tao Qiuyi avoided Sun Yuqi's hand and said with a smile: "Really, no need, I can carry it."

She bought five rolls of cloth at once today, and now she has clothes for her family of four. She is in a good mood.

"But..." Sun Yuqi looked at the cloth bag Tao Qiuyi was carrying, and then at the large cloth bag on her backpack. It was hard to believe that Qiuyi, such a thin and frail girl, could carry such a heavy thing at once.

You know, she usually gets tired and out of breath just by holding a roll of cloth. There are two rolls of cloth in the cloth bag that Qiu Yi is carrying, two rolls in the backpack, and three rolls in the cloth bag on the backpack.

In other words, she took five rolls of cloth at once.

"I really don't need you to help me get it." Tao Qiuyi emphasized again with a sincere look on his face, and said jokingly: "In our village, I am famous for my strength."

Tao Qiuyi was not joking, but Sun Yuqi thought she was joking, but didn't say anything.

At the entrance of the textile factory. Zhang Moli was already waiting at the door. Seeing Tao Qiuyi and Sun Yuqi coming out, she greeted them with a smile. The three of them exchanged a few words before parting ways. Sun Yuqi went home, while Tao Qiuyi and Zhang Moli went to ride the ox cart.

The two chatted as they walked, with Zhang Moli doing most of the talking and Tao Qiuyi listening. From Zhang Moli, Tao Qiuyi learned that the village oxcarts came to town every three days, once in the morning and once in the afternoon, for a total of two trips a day.

When we arrived at the place where we were waiting for the ox cart, it had just arrived a while ago and Uncle Li was the only one on the cart.

"Uncle Li, you're here so early." Zhang Moli walked up to greet him.

"I came out after lunch. Everyone is quite anxious today." Uncle Li said with a smile. Seeing Tao Qiuyi, he took the initiative to greet her. "Jingyuan's wife, I thought you walked back."

"I bought a lot of things today." Tao Qiuyi jumped directly onto the ox cart, put down the cloth bag and backpack, and then sat down.

Zhang Moli climbed onto the ox cart with great effort and sat down next to Tao Qiuyi.

After turning his head to glance at Zhang Moli, Tao Qiuyi asked Uncle Li, "Uncle Li, I'll give you one dollar. Can you send me and Moli back now?"

"Are you in a hurry to go back?" Uncle Li asked in surprise.

"Yes." Tao Qiuyi answered.

After a moment of silence, Uncle Li nodded and said, "I can take you and Huang's wife back first, but you don't have to give me one dollar, just fifty cents will be enough."

"Okay." Tao Qiuyi immediately took out fifty cents and gave it to Uncle Li. She was very happy. Uncle Li was a very honest man. He directly reduced the price to half for her. She smiled secretly.

Soon she couldn't laugh anymore, because she remembered that she spent the money like water after traveling through time. If she wanted to, she could spend millions in a day. Now she was laughing because of fifty cents.

It’s really unimaginable.

The ox cart quickly drove out of Huangjia Town. Zhang Moli took out twenty-five cents from her pocket and handed it to Tao Qiuyi.

"What are you giving me money for?" Tao Qiuyi asked in confusion, his eyes passing over the money and stopping at Zhang Moli's face.

"My taxi fare." Zhang Moli replied.

Tao Qiuyi said: "I have already paid for the fare, you don't have to give me any."

"That won't do." Zhang Moli shook her head, her tone serious and insistent, "I took the bus too. I must pay you for the fare, otherwise I'd be taking advantage of you."

Tao Qiuyi also insisted on his own opinion. "If you don't take the oxcart, the oxcart will still go back to the village. So, you are just taking a ride and don't have to pay for the fare."

"But..." Zhang Moli wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Tao Qiuyi, "Aren't we friends? Friends shouldn't care about these trivial matters."

Zhang Moli couldn't argue with her, so she had to put the money back into her cotton coat pocket.

There was silence in the back of the oxcart for a while.

At this moment, Zhang Moli remembered something and asked Tao Qiuyi, "Sister Qiuyi, I heard from Grandpa that you want to send Xiaohuai and Xiaoli to school. Have you decided which grade they should go to?"

When she asked about Li Zi and Xiao Huai's schooling, Tao Qiuyi didn't hide anything and told the truth, "I'll have to go to school and ask the teachers, and then compare Li Zi and Xiao Huai's knowledge reserves before I can decide."

(End of this chapter)