Liang Jinxiu's eyes suddenly lit up. Isn't this Xue Ling's cousin? Half a year ago, at Xue Ling's wedding banquet, she had a crush on this handsome man. Unfortunately, she didn't have the chance to get to know him at that time.

"Hey, Liang Jinxiu, what are you doing here?"

Xue Ling, who came back from doing laundry, made a sudden sound that almost scared Liang Jinxiu out of her soul.

"Hey, Xiaoling, why are you so loud!"

Liang Jinxiu pulled Xue Ling aside like a thief and asked in a low voice: "Is your cousin here again?"

"Yes! Come here to play for two days." Xue Ling said casually.

"Well..., I have something to discuss with you." Liang Jinxiu said with a shy face.

Xue Ling is so smart. She understood it before Liang Jinxiu opened her mouth. Looking at the lunch box in Liang Jinxiu's hand, she instantly had a plan.

"Let me tell you, there is no need to discuss." Xue Ling used a trick of playing hard to get.

"Don't! I haven't said anything yet!"

"I know even if you don't tell me, you want me to set up another thread and let me introduce Xue Qingshan to you on a blind date, right?"

"Yes, yes!" Liang Jinxiu had a silly smile on his face and scratched his head in embarrassment.

"No way!"

"Don't mention it! Look, this lunch box, a portion of minced meat and eggplant, and a portion of stewed beef with potatoes, are all left over from Director Wang's treat. They are all for you!" Liang Jinxiu spent a lot of money in order to get love.

"Such a good food, okay, who can make me feel soft!"

Xue Ling seemed to be ready and said slowly, "You go back first. After dinner, I will find an opportunity to introduce you to someone."

After sending Liang Jinxiu away with a few words, Xue Ling quickly opened the lunch box. The aroma of potatoes mixed with beef hit his face. The potatoes were sweet and soft, and the beef was stewed soft and delicious.

Xue Ling was delighted. Today we had meat to eat. Beef stew with potatoes. You may not be able to eat it only once a year. Just thinking about it makes people drool.

Here, Zhang Qian pushed her bicycle into the courtyard gate and bumped into Xue Ling. She was carrying a heavy lunch box in her hand. When she saw Zhang Qian, she snorted proudly, raised her head and walked home gracefully.

"Hey, Xiao Ling, wait a minute!" Xue Ling stopped and looked at Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian said: "I'm a little short of money recently. Do you have any extra money?"

Xue Ling looked at Zhang Qian with a dumbfounded face, and instantly understood what she meant.

"Are you planning to ask me for money?" Xue Ling looked in disbelief.

Is there any heavenly justice? Is there any royal law? Zhang Qian and her family, who work both jobs and are the richest in the courtyard, are asking for money from a poor widow like her?

Zhang Qian said sincerely: "You don't know, our family recently bought new year's goods, plus giving gifts to leaders and so on, I don't have much money left in my pocket."

Xue Ling was a little surprised and unsure whether Zhang Qian was telling a lie.

"Then how much do you need, I can lend it to you first."

Xue Ling gritted her teeth. After all, Zhang Qian and her family were both working, and their income was the highest in the hospital. She could afford it and would not default on the debt.

"Five dollars!"

"Why don't you go grab it?!" Xue Ling almost jumped up.

Zhang Qian said seriously: "Don't worry, I will pay you back when my salary is due at the end of the month, plus I'll count you a dollar in interest! We are both regular workers in the factory, how can we still owe money and not pay it back? Are you still afraid?"

Why did I default on my debt?"

Xue Lingxin said that this was the truth. Zhang Qian had lived in the courtyard for decades. If word got out that she was being blamed by the widow's family, she would not be able to raise her head as a person in the future. She was not afraid that she would not pay back the money.

Of course, what convinced her the most was the interest on that dollar!

No capital, no profit, only half a month left before the end of the month, 20% interest for nothing!

Anyway, she made a lot of money before and after, and she just saved enough five yuan.

"Okay!" Xue Ling finally made a decision, but still said uneasily, "It's okay to borrow money, but you have to write an IOU!"

"no problem!"

Zhang Qian directly pulled off a piece of paper and wrote clearly.

"Today Zhang Qian owes Xue Ling five yuan, with an interest of one yuan. It is agreed to repay the money at the end of the month. Date: the third day of the first lunar month of 1957."

Xue Ling looked at it carefully and after confirming that it was correct, he carefully put away the IOU, then took out the loose paper notes from his cotton-padded jacket and collected five yuan.

Zhang Qian looked at it thoughtfully. It seemed that Xue Ling's family was rich. She had made a lot of benefits during the New Year period, otherwise she would not have spent money so happily.

It's too small, the layout is too small, I should just borrow a big unity one just now.

After lunch, Zhang Qian pushed her Feige bicycle out of the courtyard, and unexpectedly met Xue Qingshan on the roadside at the entrance of the alley.

"Hey, Qingshan, why are you here without notifying me?"

"I came to see Sister Ling this morning to play!"

Zhang Qian patted the back seat and said, "Get in the car, I'll take you to eat Quanjude roast duck!"

"Before dinner, let's go to the department store first and buy you a new set of clothes, as a thank you gift for the peanuts you gave me last time."

The two of them rode bicycles to the department store on Yong'an Road.

At this time, the place was bustling with people, and the surrounding streets were crowded with cars. Their leather shoes made a crisp sound. These people were brightly dressed. Compared with them, Xue Qingshan felt more and more like a country bumpkin.

After entering the department store, Xue Qingshan followed Zhang Qian's footsteps for fear of getting lost. It looked like Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden, and everything she saw felt novel.

Zhang Qian was also a little amazed. She thought that this era would be poverty-stricken, but she didn't know that this department store had everything. In terms of scale and excitement, it was no less than the CBD shopping malls of later generations.

Clothing and leather shoes, perfume and jewelry, toys and musical instruments, pork, fish and shrimp, etc. are all on display. There are even drums and pianos on display. Many well-dressed parents take their children to choose from, and the sweet music echoes, adding an extra touch of elegance.

"There are also gun sellers."

Zhang Qian took a look at the firearms section. Of course, only air guns are sold here. However, if the bullets are replaced by lead bullets, they can be used for hunting and are quite powerful.

The two entered the clothing store, and Zhang Qian asked: "What suitable clothes are there?"

"There is a new style of genuine jacket, do you want it?"

The so-called fabric is really good, which is actually the English translation of polyester. In later generations, polyester clothes were everywhere, and pure cotton products were the only ones. Now the status of the two is completely reversed.

In this era of "three years for the new, three years for the old, and three more years for sewing and mending", the quality of Deliang's chemical fiber products, which are comfortable to wear, easy to wash and quick-dry, and stronger than cotton, has quickly become the darling of the clothing field. Of course, the most important thing is

The best thing is that you don’t need to spend cloth tickets or industrial coupons to purchase this thing!

In this era, there was no technology to purify chemical fiber from petroleum, so it could only be made from imported chemical fiber. The output was very small. Every time it was unveiled, even if the price was high, it was quickly sold out.


Chapter completed!