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"It would be great if it could be done before the New Year," said Mrs. Jia.

"I'm afraid that's not possible. Lin Xiangdong still has to go to work. He also has to help an old man install the heating system and take care of the deaf old lady. There is definitely not enough time." Qin Huairu explained calmly.

"Can't we be given priority? Look at my family, we have three little kids, while the other two families have only one child." Mother Jia thought to herself.

But Qin Huairu no longer cared about this matter. She still had to do housework, watch the children do their homework, and take care of her younger sister Xiaohuaihua. Mother Jia didn't care about the big and small things at home, and all the burdens fell on her delicate shoulders.

Once upon a time, Qin Huairu dreamed of finding a job and becoming a city dweller. Now, although she has found a job and become a city dweller, she still cannot feel any joy; not only does she have to feed herself, but she also has to take care of her idle husband's family and her children.

If it weren't for Sha Zhu's help, she would have already stepped into the abyss. Even though she was wandering among many men, she still kept her bottom line and didn't lose herself.

Originally, if Qin Huairu could be as decisive as Liu Lan, things would definitely be much easier, but she didn't do that.

At present, the only thing occupying her mind is to earn more money so that her children can have enough food and clothing and she hopes that Lin Xiangdong can also install underground heating for her family.

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Lin Xiangdong took the recommendation letter issued by his company and rode a nearly 90% new bicycle. This bicycle belonged to Nie Aimin. As for him, he rode the bicycle that the factory had equipped for Lin Xiangdong, and the projection equipment was also fixed at the back. Now he was going to go to the countryside with Lin Dong to show the film, so he gave up the best bicycle for Lin Xiangdong to use. If there was no bicycle, they would have to borrow one from others, and if they couldn't find one, they would have to carry the equipment themselves. After all, if you want to learn projection work, you have to work hard, and carrying equipment to the countryside is not a big deal.

When Lin Xiangdong and Nie Aimin went to the countryside to show movies, they would exchange vehicles. In the past few days, Nie Aimin had been enduring the hard work.

About an hour later, the two stopped to rest for a while and then continued on their journey.

After more than an hour, they finally arrived at their destination: a cooperative in the countryside.

As time passed, the steel mill began to take holidays. Among the employees, there were some who were happy, but there were also many who were worried.

After all, it is always necessary to prepare New Year's goods, buy new clothes for children, save some New Year's money, etc., which together require a lot of expenses. In order to make the New Year more comfortable, it is common to cut back on clothing and food afterward.

After the holiday began, the factory planned to screen movies for the employees, which meant that Lin Xiangdong would be busy for a while.

The factory also distributed some cloth purchase vouchers to Lin Xiangdong.

Speaking of which, these cloth purchase receipts are very precious.

In this day and age, being able to wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year is considered a great blessing - this is also the origin of the saying "new clothes are worn for three years, old clothes for another three years, and mending clothes for another three years."

In this era, being able to buy several meters of cloth and sew clothes is an extremely enviable thing.

The number of cloth purchase vouchers provided by the factory this time was enough for Lin Xiangdong to purchase several meters of high-quality cloth - polyester.

Some people may not be familiar with the term polyester, but it is quite precious in this era.

Dacron, a popular material in the 1970s and 1980s, refers to polyester.

Currently, polyester is relatively scarce even in the Gyeonggi region.

So having a few vouchers for buying small amounts of polyester is very valuable.

Therefore, although the factory distributed a small amount and only one meter at a time, this move was considered quite generous.

While arranging to show the movie to the factory workers, Lin Xiangdong was also thinking about asking Li Huaide to collect the debt.

The debtor of a promissory note he held was Li Huaide.

Li Huaide is the official in charge of support for the factory. He does not live in the Lin family's courtyard, but has visited this place before.

When the system gives you the option to collect money from someone, all the people who have visited the courtyard will be recorded.

For permanent residents, the chance of being selected is higher.

For example, someone like Li Huaide who comes occasionally, although on his list, the chance of coming is relatively small.

Although Lin Xiangdong had a lot of IOUs in his hands, only one of them was related to Li Huaide, but the amount he owed was as high as more than 300 yuan, which was considered to be a huge amount.

Asking him to repay the loan directly is not the best way. It would obviously be better if Li Huaide could be induced to repay it on his own.

……

At this moment, Li Huaide is leisurely drinking tea and reading newspaper at home.

At the same time, Lin Xiangdong was playing a classic animation film, "Havoc in Heaven", for his colleagues in the factory.

Suddenly, a sum of money that had not yet been repaid to Lin Xiangdong jumped into Li Huaide's mind.

This was originally the pension that Li Huaide received because of his father's status as a martyr. Li Huaide, who was in urgent need of working capital at the time, borrowed it. However, now he realizes that he seems to have not returned the money to Lin Xiangdong for a long time.

"What happened? I actually forgot to pay back the money for so long!" Li Huaide thought secretly in his heart.

The issue of the pension cannot be taken lightly. He must return it to Lin Xiangdong immediately and pay the corresponding interest, and should choose a higher level of interest.

After all, it's always right to be more generous as a man!

He thought to himself: "The original loan amount is 325 yuan, so I should pay him 350 yuan! No, I should give him 400 yuan!" To him, these extra tens of yuan were not a big number.

Then, Li Huaide took out 40 big black ten (the big black ten refers to the currency unit in circulation at that time) from his private vault at home, put them in his bag and left home for work. Not long after he left the house, Li Huaide returned home and brought some more industrial vouchers (a kind of item that can be exchanged for designated industrial products, such as towels or thermos) with him. This industrial voucher was a new form of exchange that was just issued last month. According to the regulations at that time, a monthly salary of 20 yuan could receive one voucher, and if it was a salary of 40 yuan, he was entitled to receive two, and so on cumulatively.

With this voucher, consumers can obtain daily necessities such as towels, blankets, thread and enamelware without providing additional proof of purchase.

"Oh, Director Li, I'm embarrassed by your behavior."

Lin Xiangdong was polite, but Li Huaide had already handed the cash and industrial coupons to him.

"Okay, I remember your help. It's rare to be able to lend a helping hand in times of difficulty." Li Huaide said with a smile on his face.

Lin Xiangdong only needed to laugh off Li Huaide's words and not take them too seriously; however, he was really excited to suddenly receive four hundred dollars and some industrial coupons.

As a result, Lin Xiangdong felt much more relaxed.

I also earned forty yuan from designing the floor stove for Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady.

There are always some extra benefits to doing carpentry on the side.

In addition to the basic salary of the film projectionist, and the small favors for showing films in the countryside,

Even though he was completely self-reliant, Lin Xiangdong still lived a pretty comfortable life.

After talking for a while, Li Huaide said goodbye and left.

As for Lin Xiangdong, he still needs to stay in the unit to continue showing the movie.

Although he had a ** to help take care of everything, he still felt a little tired; two more screenings were needed today.

As for the debt note, it was of course returned to Li Huaide.

Since he paid off his debt voluntarily and in excess, the system did not set any negative consequences for Li Huaide when he tore up the loan certificate.

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"You must be tired after a busy day!" Lou Xiao'e looked at Lin Xiangdong with concern.

The factory has arranged several movie screenings today. They started in the morning. It was all Lin Xiangdong's job. He was exhausted after a busy day. If his apprentice didn't help him, he would be even more exhausted. There will be more movie screenings tomorrow!

Being a projectionist is very comfortable when you have some free time, but it is also very tiring when you are busy. However, Lin Xiangdong could not complain.

Think about the hard-working spirit of the workers on the front line, which is admirable, day after day, year after year, and they only watch a movie to relax during factory holidays.

"The New Year is coming, let's buy some cloth so we can wear new clothes." Lin Xiangdong said as he took out the cloth coupons he got from the factory.

"Still choose polyester?" Lou Xiao'e was slightly surprised.

This material is actually polyester fiber, which is spun from compounds of organic acids and alcohols. It has the advantages of high strength, durability, good elasticity, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and easy washing. Due to its unique qualities, it is widely loved and has been on the market since the 1940s.

Nowadays, in order to save money, a set of clothes is usually required to be worn for at least a whole year, and it is very common to repair clothes. Polyester is widely used because of its wear resistance and durability.

Even if the family is well-off, it is not always possible to buy polyester, because it also requires cloth coupons, and it can only be purchased with higher-quality cloth coupons.

Even if you use industrial coupons to exchange for cloth, buying a small piece of polyester will consume a considerable amount of industrial coupons. With these cloth coupons in hand, the two of them can exchange for a considerable amount of polyester. Wearing such new clothes during the New Year will definitely attract many people's envious eyes.

While the sky was still slightly bright, Lou Xiao'e and Lin Xiangdong headed straight for the local department store.

Because Lou Xiao'e had worked there for a while, she could find the fabric section with her eyes closed. As a result, she bought a large amount of polyester material at once, almost clearing out the shelves.

There are usually not many of these products, and they are often sold out in the morning. Today they were lucky and used their internal connections.

When I was carrying the purchased packages home, my neighbors' eyes lit up when they saw them.

"Wow, this kid actually bought cloth? It's high-quality Dacron, a good thing that can only be found in big stores!" The three old men whispered aside.

Later, the neighbor's sister-in-law also noticed this.

"Dongzai, you bought so many good ingredients this time!" said the sister-in-law with a smile.