Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

When Lin Qingyan arrived in the yard, she found Ye Yi and Wang Lanlan in Ye Yi's room, chatting with the door open.

"Why didn't you call me?" Lin Qingyan looked at the time. It was already past 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

"Why didn't I call you? I went to your room and knocked on the door, but there was no response. It was Ye Yi who said you might be asleep, so I didn't call you anymore." Wang Lanlan rolled her eyes at her.

Dissatisfied, he said, "I've been here for more than an hour, and you're such a sleepyhead. If what you say doesn't satisfy me, then just wait."

Lin Qingyan smiled and nodded at her, "Don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you."

After taking a look at the quiet courtyard, he said to Ye Yi and Wang Lanlan, "Come on, come sit in my room. The kang in my room is warm."

After they entered the house, Lin Qingyan poured each of them a glass of water. The water in the space was boiled and placed in a thermos.

"Lin Qingyan, the water here tastes better." It was the first time for Wang Lanlan to drink water here.

"Yeah, I think so too. They are all water from the same well, but the water boiled by Qingyan or the porridge she cooks tastes better than the ones I make myself."

Ye Yi nodded in agreement while drinking water.

"You guys come to my place to get free food and drinks, you don't have to do anything yourself. When you are in a good mood, everything tastes good. Even plain water tastes like it has sugar in it.

Because you don't have to boil or pour water yourself, I'll pour it for you. Of course it feels sweet." Lin Qingyan smiled and found an excuse for them.

After thinking about it, they agreed that as long as it wasn't made by themselves, it would taste good.

"Tell me, where did you buy the fabric for this jacket? Can you help me get it?" Wang Lanlan finished drinking the water in the cup before getting straight to the point.

"Not only can we get you the fabric, we can also get you the entire jacket. You don't even have to make it yourself."

Ye Yi thought that what she bought was a ready-made jacket and she didn't need to make it herself at all.

"What do you mean?" Wang Lanlan was puzzled.

"This jacket is a ready-made garment. You don't need to cut it yourself and put cotton in it," Lin Qingyan explained.

"Ah? This coat is ready-made? It was made in a factory? Which factory?"

"This was brought by a relative from far away. The clothing factory in our county doesn't make this kind of thing yet."

When Wang Lanlan heard this, her eyes flickered. She thought about the time she had been to her relatives' home in the county town and visited the supply and marketing cooperative several times, but she had never seen this kind of ready-made jacket.

So he said, "I haven't seen this kind of clothes in the county supply and marketing cooperative, and I haven't seen anyone wearing this kind of clothes when I go out of the county. How many of these clothes can you get?"

Lin Qingyan smiled when she heard her question. She knew that Wang Lanlan was smart and courageous, and it would be a good idea to let her and Ye Yi work together.

"I can still get some of this ready-made clothing, as well as the hair accessories I sold today. There are more hair accessories, and the cost of ready-made clothing is high, so there are relatively fewer of them."

"Then can I take some from you and sell it to other people?" Wang Lanlan asked carefully.

"I called you over here because I'm going to tell you this. I'll give Ye Yi 2 cents for each hair accessory. As for how much she can sell it for, that's her business. If she sells it for a higher price, she'll make more money."

Lin Qingyan paused here and continued to say to Wang Lanlan:

"It's the same for you. I'm quite busy and don't have much time to go to the market to accompany Ye Yi to sell. I hope you can accompany her so that you two can have someone to take care of you. Is that okay with you?"

Only then did Ye Yi understand what Lin Qingyan meant and felt a little moved.

Wang Lanlan thought about it and nodded.

"Okay, my parents might be worried if I'm alone, and they'll feel more at ease if Ye Yi accompanies me. How many hair accessories can you get?"

"As much as you can sell, I can get as much as you can, not only hair accessories, but also scarves and gloves."

As Lin Qingyan spoke, she took the scarf and gloves that she had placed on the kang and handed them to Wang Lanlan.

Wang Lanlan looked at the scarf and gloves.

"The quality is much better than the supply and marketing cooperative. There is no problem selling it. The main thing is that it will definitely sell. What is the price of this scarf, gloves, and cotton jacket?"

"A set of cotton-padded jackets is 12 yuan, a scarf is 3 yuan, and gloves are 2 yuan. These are the prices given to you. As for how much you can sell it for, it's up to you."

"Really? This scarf is only 3 yuan?"

Wang Lanlan's eyes lit up. This was much cheaper than the one sold at the supply and marketing cooperative. Not only were the scarves sold at the supply and marketing cooperative ugly, but they also only cost 5 yuan each. As long as they took them out to sell, they would definitely be sold out.

But think about the current market. Individual buying and selling is not allowed. Selling a small amount occasionally is okay, but selling multiple times will be considered speculation.

Her father was very clear about this policy. Farmers were allowed to sell their own vegetables or eggs, but the price could not be higher than that of the supply and marketing cooperatives, otherwise it would be considered speculation.

If you sell things that are not your own property, it will definitely be considered as speculation as long as someone reports it.

Wang Lanlan was a little frustrated when she thought about it. "These are not produced by our family. If we sell them, they will easily be considered as speculation. Oh! I don't know when we can trade them honestly."

"That day will come." Lin Qingyan replied affirmatively.

"In fact, it's okay to sell these things occasionally, or exchange them with others for material things. You can also exchange them directly for material things instead of selling them, and then use these materials to exchange for what you want."

Lin Qingyan thought for a moment and continued,

"Don't go to the small markets on weekdays. Go when the big markets come. Going twice a month is enough."

Ye Yi calculated the money she earned this morning. If she went there twice a month, it would be enough for an ordinary worker's monthly salary.

So I said to Wang Lanlan, "I think this is fine. I can go there twice by myself, or go to the county town once more. This way, I can go there two or three times a month. It's not too tiring, and the money I earn is enough for my daily expenses."

Wang Lanlan was thinking about whether she could go to the black market, but she didn't say it out loud to scare them.

So he said, "Okay, I think so too. We can also go to the county town, like a factory staff quarters. They are not short of money, but they are short of materials. We can try going to the staff quarters then."

Lin Qingyan is very optimistic about Wang Lanlan, who is smart and courageous. Ye Yi needs to exercise her courage, so it would be best for the two of them to work together.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Wang Lanlan ask: "Qingyan, when can you get your things?"

Lin Qingyan thought for a while and said, "A few days, a few days is enough."

I may not have enough time to go to the modern wholesale market today, so I can only go there tomorrow. The main thing is that I need to sell some things so that I can have money to buy things at the wholesale market.

I was thinking about what to sell, but I was a little anxious. I would go to the space to see which ones could be sold for money.

The three of them chatted for a while, and decided that they had to wait for Lin Qingyan to get the things before they could take the next step, and then they dispersed.

Lin Qingyan saw them off before locking the door and entering the space to see if there was anything she could take back to the modern world to sell for money.