Lin Sitian looked at the cans and bamboo sieves she had picked out from the scrap yard and sighed silently. These things were not enough.

In this way, Lin Sitian stepped into the supply and marketing cooperative that she rarely stepped into. Xiaolan, a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative, looked at the fair and cute girl who came in today and wanted to get close to her.

So she smiled and asked Lin Sitian who was standing in front of the counter, "Young lady, you don't come to the supply and marketing cooperative very often, right? You look quite unfamiliar here. I can find you anything you need."

Listening to these caring words and looking at the particularly polite salesperson in front of her, Lin Sitian's heart was filled with joy. After all, in this era, being a salesperson in a supply and marketing cooperative was still a very popular job.

This is a stable job and there are many defective products that others cannot buy, so many salespeople are arrogant and look down on others, as if others owe them dozens of dollars.

But the salesperson she met now not only did not say anything sarcastic for other external reasons, but also asked Lin Sitian so politely because this made her feel that the salesperson in front of her was truly a person of great character.

With this in mind, Lin Sitian took out a handful of White Rabbit candies from her pocket, placed them on the counter, handed them to the salesperson in front of her, and said what she wanted with a smile:

"I need a kitchen knife, two towels (for moistening Chinese medicinal materials when preparing them), a small pot (for preparing Chinese medicinal materials), a grinding mill (for crushing medicinal materials), half a pound of mung bean cakes, half a pound of biscuits, and half a pound of fruit candies."

After thinking for a long time, I decided to buy these. After all, I already had the rest of the things. Even the mung bean cakes, biscuits, fruits, hard candies and the like were things I was going to buy and keep to entertain the team leader and others when they came to my yard. It wasn't that I really wanted to eat them.

After hearing that so many things were needed, Xiaolan smiled brightly at Lin Sitian in front of her and said:

"Okay, little girl, wait a moment. I'll go see if I still have the millstone, kitchen knife, or whatever you're looking for. If I do, I'll get it for you. If not, there's nothing I can do. I'll go look for it."

After waiting for a while, I watched the salesperson move the things I wanted to the counter one by one and said with a happy look on his face:

"Little girl, you're lucky today! This is the last kitchen knife. If you come later, it will be gone. And this millstone, usually no one buys it, so there's only one left, and it's almost gathering dust in the corner. The captain said a few days ago that we should take it to another supply and marketing cooperative to see if we can sell it. But you came today. If you come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you won't be able to buy it."

As he spoke, he piled up the things Lin Sitian wanted on the counter neatly, and looked at Lin Sitian in front of him. The salesperson's eyes at this time revealed a look of "little girl, what else do you want?"

Lin Sitian looked at the items piled on the counter and thought about the things she had found at the scrap yard. She thought her bicycle probably couldn't carry so many things, so she politely said to the salesperson in front of her:

"Thank you, sister. That's all. I also found some Wanzi and other things at the scrap yard today. I won't be able to buy more. What's your name, sister? I'll look for you next time I come."

After saying this, he signaled the salesperson in front of him with his eyes to wait a moment and then ran out quickly. While his back was facing him, he quickly transferred a dozen apples from his space into his handbag.

He ran back to the supply and marketing cooperative, and when he got to the salesperson, he took out two apples from his bag and handed them to the salesperson.

Because she felt that the salesperson in front of her was worth making friends with and was also a very good downline, so after just a few words with the salesperson, she wanted to use these apples to test the waters.

Xiaolan looked at the two big apples stuffed in her hands. These apples were big, red and fresh, and they were good products that even the supply and marketing cooperatives couldn't sell.

At this moment, Xiaolan looked at the girl in front of her carefully again, and was surprised to find that although the girl was wearing ordinary clothes, they were clean and tidy, and the clothes were new and not damaged. She also heard that there was a bicycle outside, so she thought her family background was not ordinary.

Thinking about the special nature of her job, she accepted the apple. At worst, she could save some cheap good stuff for the girl next time she came. Thinking of this, she happily took the apple and said:

"Just call me Xiaolan. What's your name, little girl? Next time, if you need anything or need help, come to the supply and marketing cooperative to find me. If I'm not here, you can come to my house. My house is next to the grain bureau in town."

Lin Sitian watched the supply and marketing cooperative in front of her accept the fruit, and responded with a smile:

"Sister Xiaolan, my name is Lin Sitian, and I'm an educated youth who went to the countryside from the Xiangyang Production Brigade."

"Ah, it's the educated youth who went to the countryside. Sister Xiaolin, the educated youth, is telling you that you don't need to dress so well when you go to the countryside to do farm work. I have a few pieces of defective cloth. Do you want them? If you want them, I can get them for you at a discount."

Hearing this, Lin Sitian thought to herself: Sure enough, these two big apples were not given for nothing. The defective cloth was taken out for me. If there was a defective cloth, I could still pull my bicycle.

After all, it would be a bit wasteful to wear the cloth from my own space or the cloth sent to me by my family when doing farm work. The autumn harvest is not far away now, and it is so tiring during the autumn harvest, so it must be very wasteful to wear clothes. So I put away my little thoughts and said to Xiaolan in front of me with a smile:

"Thank you, Sister Xiaolan. This is what I wanted. I definitely want the defective fabric. The autumn harvest is almost here and I was thinking of making a couple of sets of clothes then. And now you told me about the defective fabric. It really seems like we sisters are destined to be together (?ˉ??ˉ??)."

Looking at the playful little girl in front of her, Xiaolan smiled and took out two pieces of defective cloth from under her counter and placed them on the pile of items that Lin Sitian had just bought.

Looking at all the things piled up, and then looking at the little girl standing in front of me, I thought I shouldn't recommend anything else to her. After all, it would be a bit difficult to tie these things on the bicycle and ride back, so I just calculated the amount directly:

"Lin Zhiqing, just buy these today. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't be able to take them back. If there's anything good, I'll save it for you next time and you can come back to buy it. Now let's settle the specific amount."

Lin Sitian followed Xiaonan's words, looked at the counter, then turned back to look at her bicycle and said, "Okay, then Sister Xiaolan, please calculate the exact amount for me or the ticket. I'll come to visit you next time."

Xiaolan, the saleswoman, counted the items while packing them up: "This kitchen knife costs 5 yuan and an industrial ticket, two towels are 3 yuan, the small pot is 1 yuan and an industrial ticket, and the mill is yuan without a ticket.

Mung bean cakes and biscuits cost 1 yuan in total without a ticket, because you only bought half a pound. If you buy a pound next time, you will need a ticket. Fruit candy requires half a candy ticket and 8 cents$_$.

Because the two pieces of cloth had some defects, they didn't need tickets. The total price for the two pieces was 1 yuan. (The prices are fictitious, please don't take them seriously.) The total was 12.8 yuan, along with two industrial tickets and half a sugar ticket.

Looking at the young educated youth in front of him, when he heard that the price was 12 yuan and 8 cents and a ticket, he took out a Great Unity note, two one-yuan notes and a few Mao notes from his bag without hesitation and handed them to the salesperson in front of him, and then took out two industrial tickets and a sugar ticket from his bag.

Xiaolan took the money and put it into the cabinet, and gave half a candy ticket to the educated youth in front of her. Thinking of the educated youth's generosity, she thought of the two big apples he had just given her without hesitation.

At this moment, Xiaolan saw the young educated youth in front of her was about to leave, and she couldn't help but call out to Lin Sitian: "Hey, Xiaolin, come here quickly, I want to tell you something."

Hearing this, Lin Sitian knew that the fish she wanted to catch had been hooked, so she pretended to be unaware and surprised and turned to Xiaolan and said, "Hey, Sister Xiaolan, is there anything else?"

Xiaolan looked around and made sure no one noticed her before she walked out of the counter. She grabbed the educated youth in front of her, walked to the corner of the bus, and asked in a very low voice:

"Sister Lin, do you still have the big apples you just gave me? Can you give me a few more? My mother-in-law has been feeling a little unwell lately, so I want to give her a few more to lick her lips as a show of filial piety."

"Oh, what was I talking about? You called me over, it turns out it's just this little thing, Sister Xiaolan, you are my good sister, I still have eight in my bag, and today I only have ten, I will give them all to you, don't worry, I still have some fruit to eat in this brigade.

I'll give you these eight apples, and don't bother talking about money. We're friends, and I'm thinking next time I have something good, I'll ask you to keep an eye out for it. So, I'll give you 5 cents for these eight apples.

After Lin Sitian finished speaking in a casual manner, she looked at Xiaolan in front of her, wondering what the girl would say about such a great bargain. If she happily accepted it, then this kind of deal would only happen once. But fortunately, the salesperson in front of her did not take advantage of the bargain and refused it outright:

"How can this be? You're only charging less than 1 cents per apple. That's a huge loss! This isn't even as expensive as what our supply and marketing cooperative sells. The quality is even better than what our supply and marketing cooperative sells, and it's even cheaper. Even though we're friends, we can't do this."

After saying that, he pretended to be angry and said, "I can't take advantage of you like this. If you do this to me, Xiaolin, I don't want you anymore."

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