Jiang Xinyu brought two large watermelons and several small cantaloupes today, as well as the fried frog specially made by Comrade Chen Xiuyun for Jiang Yuzhu.
When they arrived in the county, the two girls first went to Xinhua Bookstore.
The Xinhua Bookstore in the county is quite large. Compared with the ones in the town, it does look like a bookstore.
There is a long queue at the door of the bookstore. Different from the later generations who went into the bookstore and chose randomly, when buying books now, you can only ask the salesperson to get it for you.
In the era without monitoring, bookstores often lost books. In order to reduce losses, they had to let the salespersons stay open all the time. The trouble was really troublesome, and the efficiency was really not high, so the queues were very long.
Jiang Xinyu waited in line with a big watermelon in her hand for what seemed like half an hour, and even though her hands were sore, she didn't even get to the door.
Zhang Yanyan helped her carry the lunch box and looked around, "Your sister has a very good job."
Zhang Yanyan's family is from the town, but she only visits the county town a handful of times throughout the year. Everything she sees now is novel.
Waiters in restaurants, salespersons in bookstores, and conductors at stations are all top jobs, and they are definitely a good way out for lesbians.
"Next person"
When it was their turn to enter, Jiang Xinyu saw what was inside the bookstore.
The bookstore is estimated to be more than 80 square meters. The counter is on the left side of the door. Inside are rows of wooden shelves. There are various kinds of books on the wooden shelves. There are many kinds of books.
"What kind of book do you want?"
Jiang Zhenzhen registered the books she had just sold, put the money in the cabinet, looked up and asked the two of them.
She was a little surprised when she saw Jiang Xinyu, "Little sister, why are you here?"
Seeing what she was carrying, Jiang Zhenzhen looked at the clock hanging on the wall and said, "It will take about twenty minutes for me to change shifts and take a break. Why don't you two wait here for a while."
She had just joined the job not long ago, so how could she slack off in her work?
Jiang Xinyu simply put all the things she had brought under the table, "We will go out for a walk and come back to you later."
After leaving the bookstore, Zhang Yanyan couldn't control her legs and wanted to go to the department store to see the world. At this time, she had completely forgotten what she was here for today.
Even though the salesperson's attitude was arrogant, Zhang Yanyan still bought a bottle of osmanthus-flavored hair oil with great interest. She could smell the fragrance through the bottle. Seeing the beautiful orange petals wrapped in a layer of shiny gummy, she felt really happy.
I couldn't help myself and bought another dime.
Jiang Xinyu bought three small bags of Seagull brand shampoo, one bag can be used four or five times.
When she washes her hair at home, she either uses alkaline noodles or soap. She feels that her hair has become frizzy.
The salesperson looked at Jiang Xinyu's good-quality shirt, and her attitude improved a lot. When paying the bill, she asked, "There are new ready-made clothes, do you want to take a look?"
Jiang Xinyu doesn't want ready-made clothes, and the prices are not cheap. She dares to say that if she buys ready-made clothes, Comrade Chen Xiuyun will nag her.
"Is there any fabric with a nicer color?"
She had in her hand the cloth tickets given by Chen Yi, two five-foot ones and one ten-foot one, which were enough for her to make a dress and two small tops.
What girl doesn't like to look beautiful? There are only a handful of clothes that Jiang Xinyu can wear out. She has some money in her pocket, so she naturally wants to wear more clothes.
The salesperson saw that she seemed to be able to afford it, so she pulled out cloths of four colors from the cabinet.
Zhang Yanyan on the side has already begun to swallow her saliva. One foot of cotton costs one foot of cloth coupons and four cents. Girls also need four or five feet of cloth to make a top, which costs two dollars. As for the high-quality fabric, then
It's even more expensive.
Does Jiang Xinyu know the price of the cloth? Does she have money? Zhang Yanyan is afraid that the salesperson will roll her eyes and say something mean to them.
"These two are of good quality, sky blue and floral. They will look great on you young girls."
Jiang Xinyu asked: "How much does it cost per foot?"
The salesperson glanced at her and said, "The good ones are 1.51 feet, and the cotton ones here are 40 cents per foot."
At this time, Jiang Xinyu had already stirred up a storm in her heart.
The shirt she was wearing was made of fabric sent back by her fourth aunt. At that time, she only knew that good fabrics were expensive, but she didn’t expect them to be so expensive. Now it seems that the original owner’s fourth aunt was not a stingy person!
Jiang Xinyu's face was still stable. She touched the cotton cloth next to her. It was beige and had small light blue flowers printed on it. "I'll pull this nine feet apart."
It should be enough to make a floral skirt.
None of the colors and patterns of these fabrics satisfied her, so now she could only choose the general among the short ones.
After taking out the cloth ticket and giving her another three and a half yuan, her savings suddenly shrank significantly.
She originally wanted to buy a piece of cloth for Chen Yi, but when she thought that the cloth was so expensive, she gave up.
It's enough for a man to wear clean clothes. There is no need to change into new clothes. Jiang Xinyu did not feel it was unconscionable to think like this.
After leaving the department store, Zhang Yanyan hesitated to speak. Jiang looked at the constipated expression on her face and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhang Yanyan still couldn't hold it in, "Why are you so rich?"
The money in her pocket was still the lucky money saved during the New Year. At most, she could buy some hair oil and a few candies, but she couldn't bear to part with anything else.
"The five yuan rewarded at the last commendation meeting will be spent by me soon."
Zhang Yanyan was convinced by her, and she would pull off a piece of cloth that cost just a few dollars.
The two of them returned to the bookstore. The long queue at the door was still waiting. Jiang Yuzhu and others had changed shifts and had three hours of rest.
Jiang Yuzhu left one watermelon in the bookstore and planned to share it with the bookstore staff when she got off work in the evening.
The three of them arrived at her dormitory all the way. The dormitory was naturally not large, with four beds inside and a table in the middle. Everyone else was working at this moment, and no one else was there.
"Little sister, what are you two doing here today?"
Jiang Yuzhu opened the lunch box brought from the canteen, revealing the stir-fried pork with beans inside, and then opened the stir-fried frog that Jiang Xinyu brought from home, "You two must not have eaten either, so we just happened to have some together."
There is a full box of fried beans and meat, enough for three girls to eat, and there are also three large flower rolls, which are plenty, and this is Zhang Yanyan's portion.
Zhang Yanyan was a little embarrassed, but Jiang Xinyu directly stuffed the chopsticks into her hands.
When Jiang Yuzhu heard that the two men were here to inquire about recruitment opportunities, she didn't even have the heart to attack them.
She went to the city and got a job, so she naturally inquired about her little sister, but this job opportunity was not so easy to get.
Even for locals in the county, not everyone has a job. Even if the textile and machinery factories in the county recruit workers from outside, job opportunities will not go to people who have nothing to do with the factories.
To sum it up in one sentence, if you don’t have a way, don’t expect a job opportunity.
After dinner, Jiang Yuzhu simply took the two of them to the textile factory. Li Lei was working in the textile factory. After asking the gatekeeper to call people out, Li Lei was surprised to see several people.
After Jiang Yuzhu finished explaining his intention, Li Lei said: "We haven't even hired temporary workers in the past few months. When there is news, I will tell you as soon as possible."
Notices are notices, job opportunities are extremely slim, but I won’t say this to hurt a few people.
Jiang Yuzhu didn't want to offend the two of them before taking them to the textile factory. Today's visit couldn't be in vain.
After separating from Li Lei, Jiang Yuzhu took the two of them around the county again. When she left, she told the two of them: "You two should go back early. It's difficult to walk back to the town in the dark."
Jiang Xinyu didn't have much hope for today, but she was very happy to come to the county for a tour.
Sitting on the bus, Zhang Yanyan sighed, "My parents told me not to mess around, but I refused to do so. After I got here, I realized that I don't even know where to recruit workers, so how can I work in the city?"
Jiang Xinyu is in a good mood.
If she can't work in the county town in the future, then she will make pig soap and mung bean cakes to earn money secretly. She can earn a lot in a month. The bad thing is that she doesn't join the union and is criticized by the villagers. She has to squat on the fence when doing business.
risk.
But she would rather be talked about than go to work.
The setting sun was brilliant, the sky was dyed crimson, the houses were covered with a layer of golden light, and the remaining warmth of the setting sun made people's faces feel hot.
"It's not too late for you to come to my house for a drink and then go back." Zhang Yanyan invited.
Jiang Xinyu blocked the skylight with her hands, "I still have to find my partner, and I have to leave now."
Zhang Yanyan said: "Just wait, I will come out right away."
She ate a meal of meaty vegetables and white flour rolls at noon, and kept thinking that taking advantage of others was not a good habit.
After Zhang Yanyan entered the house, she quickly asked her grandma for a one-pound food stamp, and put some plums in a cloth bag.
"Hold on, hold on, how dare I take advantage of you."
Jiang Xinyu waved to her after accepting it.
Chen Yi said in the morning that she would come to see him when she came back from the county, and they would go back together. He didn't have to go to the countryside to watch a movie today, so he was quite free.
"Comrade Xiao Jiang, are you here to wait for Xiao Chen?" A middle-aged gay man wearing glasses asked when he saw Jiang Xinyu.
Jiang Xinyu nodded, "It's me, uncle. Isn't Chen Yi here?"
The gay man said: "Lao Zhang suddenly fainted today. Xiao Chen and others sent him to the health team. The health team could not find anything wrong with him, and several people sent him to the county hospital. He has not come back yet. Xiao Chen
When Chen left, he said that if you come, he will let you ride your bicycle back to the group first without waiting for him."
Jiang Xinyu nodded, thanked him and rode her bicycle towards the brigade.
At this moment of delay, the sunset had already set halfway down the mountain. It was like a piece of luminous egg yolk was missing hanging on the horizon. The forest was covered with a layer of golden light. Riding against the sunset, Jiang Xinyu's eyes were narrowed in pain.
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Halfway there, she felt a slight discomfort in her lower abdomen and wanted to solve her physical problem. She looked around and tipped the bicycle in the forest belt.
As she was heading into the woods, a man who had been hiding in the forest belt and following her quickly stopped hiding his footsteps and looked back in her direction, with a confused look in his eyes, and followed her.
He had followed her through the forest belt many times, and today he ran faster than she rode a bike. He wanted to pretend to be faint and lie down in the grass on the roadside in front of her to lure her in, but he never wanted her to go into the forest belt by herself.
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Chapter completed!