Liu Sanbao was only in his fifties, wearing a pair of large glass glasses, with a smiling face that made him seem very approachable.

At first glance, this person is always smiling, making it difficult to feel angry.

Zhang Yun looked at Liu Sanbao. Since even a director like Liu Sanbao had lowered his stance, he had no interest in dwelling on Wang Lanzhi.

"Hello, Director, I need to buy a large amount of goods today. Thank you for your help."

Zhang Yun also spoke with a smile, no longer displaying the murderous look he had just given.

"Okay, I'll serve you personally. Just tell me what you want to buy."

Liu Sanbao said with a smile.

Zhang Yun immediately pointed to the three colors of fabric behind the counter.

"Director, I have 15 feet of cloth ration coupons. Give me 5 feet of that red polka-dot fabric, 4 feet of that light gray fabric, and 6 feet of that diamond-patterned fabric."

The red floral fabric can be used to make a top or a dress, and when worn by Han Xuemei, it will surely accentuate her beautiful figure.

Zhang Yun intended to change Han Xuemei's simple attire and get her to accept these fashionable clothes.

Zhang Yun intended the light gray fabric for her father, Zhang Zhongli. This fabric was used to make Zhongshan suits, which exuded a very cadre-like demeanor.

After all, Zhang Zhongli would need a decent formal suit when Zhang Yun and Han Xuemei held their wedding.

Zhang Yun planned to give the diamond-patterned fabric to her mother and two younger sisters, as they also needed to get a new set of clothes.

With more than twenty days until the wedding, Zhang Yun was confident that she could use this time to exchange for more fabric coupons, buy more new fabric, and sew more clothes for her family.

"Okay, I'll cut it for you right away."

Liu Sanbao said with a smile, then turned around and gestured for Wang Lanzhi to cut the fabric.

At this moment, Liu Sanbao, who had turned around, lost his smile and became very stern. His eyes, like those of a fierce tiger, were extremely intimidating as he stared at Wang Lanzhi.

Sure enough, when Wang Lanzhi saw Liu Sanbao's look, she didn't dare to say a word and obediently went to cut the fabric.

In the blink of an eye, Liu Sanbao turned around again, putting on a smiling face once more.

Zhang Yun then pushed over 100 jin of grain coupons and said with a smile, "Director, here are 100 jin of grain coupons. Please help me make arrangements for them as well."

The grain in the supply and marketing cooperative was sold in 100-jin bags. People who needed less would unseal the bags and sell them separately. But someone like Zhang Yun, who had 100-jin grain coupons, could simply bring out a whole bag of rice.

"Ok."

Liu Sanbao picked up all the grain coupons, waved his hand, and a helper responsible for moving grain ran over, took the grain coupons, and immediately went to the warehouse in the backyard to move grain.

Zhang Yun then pushed the kerosene coupon over.

"I'll have to trouble you again, Director. Here are 15 jin of kerosene coupons."

Liu Sanbao's face twitched, clearly surprised by the number, but he quickly put on a smile again.

"Kerosene comes in 5-jin bottles, so I'll give you three bottles."

Liu Sanbao said with a smile, and immediately waved his hand. Another helper ran over, took the kerosene coupon, and went to the shelf behind the counter to get the goods.

At this moment, Zhang Yun asked very seriously, "Director, I want to buy a bicycle, but I don't have a bicycle ticket. Is there any way to buy a bicycle?"

Liu Sanbao replied very quickly: "If there are no bicycle tickets, then you can only buy a no-name brand bicycle."

"Phoenix, Forever, and Flying Pigeon are three major bicycle brands that require a ticket to purchase. Other brands can be bought as long as you have money."

Zhang Yun's eyes lit up after hearing this; this was great!

In this era, people still idolize branded goods.

In that era, bicycles were equivalent to BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi in later times—symbols of wealth and status. Therefore, even if a no-name brand bicycle could be ridden for a long time, people only trusted these three major brands. Even though bicycle tickets were hard to come by, people would try every means to obtain them.

But Zhang Yun didn't have that concern. He had a spiritual spring space. Even if it was a cheap bicycle, he could upgrade it several levels by consuming acceleration points.

Zhang Yun believed that with the acceleration boost from the Spirit Spring Space, this cheap bicycle would be able to run for decades without any problems.

"Director, could you take me to see some off-brand bicycles?"

Zhang Yun immediately urged them on.

"Sure, go to the general merchandise counter, and I'll take you to the back warehouse where you can pick one out yourself."

Liu Sanbao replied happily.

These bicycles are not easy to sell. Qushui Commune is located in southern Hunan, nestled among mountains with poor transportation. People rely on earning work points to make a living, so they have no spare money to buy such a luxury as a bicycle.

That year, the supply and marketing cooperative sold only three brand-name bicycles, and ten other no-name bicycles had been sitting in the warehouse for two years and might rust if they weren't sold soon.

Now that Zhang Yun is actually offering to buy a no-name brand bicycle, Liu Sanbao is secretly delighted.

Before long, Liu Sanbao led Zhang Yun into the warehouse, where there were shelves of all sizes, and more than a dozen bicycles were displayed together, which was very eye-catching.

"Young man, all the bicycles in the warehouse are here. Those no-name brand bicycles don't have labels. Pick one yourself."

Liu Sanbao gave an introduction.

Zhang Yun looked at the ten miscellaneous bicycles and immediately took a liking to one. It was a women's bicycle, unlike the 28-inch bicycles where you had to fold your legs back to sit on the leather seat. Instead, there was no crossbar in the middle of the frame, so you could just pass your legs through the middle to sit on the leather seat.

"Sir, how much is this bicycle?"

Zhang Yun took out the bicycle he had his eye on and asked with a smile.

"This bicycle is only 145 yuan."

Liu Sanbao replied immediately.

This is the normal price.

If it's a bicycle from one of the three major brands, you need to pay at least 170 yuan in cash in addition to the bicycle ticket to take it away.

"Okay, I'll buy it."

This supply and marketing cooperative charges a fixed price and has no habit of bargaining, so Zhang Yun certainly wouldn't waste his breath, nor was it necessary.

So Zhang Yun pushed his bicycle to the counter and took out 15 ten-yuan bills.

The sales clerk at the general merchandise counter immediately gave him 5 yuan in change.

After receiving the money, Zhang Yun first took the bicycle to the lobby and placed it against the wall. Then he went to the general merchandise counter.

Liu Sanbao was still waiting there, greeting him with a smile once again.

"Young man, what other items do you need?"

Zhang Yun placed the remaining 55 yuan in cash on the counter and said with a smile, "Director, I need two large red flower patterned washbasins, 10 towels, 5 cans of malted milk powder, two bags of Dongfanghong tooth powder, two flashlights with 10 large batteries, two kerosene lamps, and a fountain pen with ink."

"Director, can you help me calculate how much all of this will cost in total?"

Liu Sanbao immediately instructed the sales clerk to fetch the goods.

The sales clerk in charge of the general merchandise counter placed the items Zhang Yun had mentioned in front of the counter one by one, and then quickly calculated the amount using an abacus.

"Total 35.6 yuan."

"That's what the salesperson said softly."

There is still nearly 20 yuan left.

Zhang Yun has decided to spend all 200 yuan.

Then Zhang Yun smiled and said, "Director, please tell the clerk at the tobacco and liquor counter to give me a carton of Big Red Flower brand cigarettes. I'll use the rest of the money to buy candy."

These 'Big Red Flower' cigarettes are produced by the Changsha Cigarette Factory. Because they are produced within the province, cigarette coupons are not required. If you want to buy cigarettes from other provinces, you need to present cigarette coupons.

Zhang Yun didn't buy the cigarettes for himself; he was giving them to the brigade leader, Zhang Youwei.

After all, if you hire someone to act as a matchmaker, you should always give them a thank-you gift.

Upon hearing this, Liu Sanbao laughed even more heartily, this time with a genuine smile.

This time, Zhang Yun can truly be considered the supply and marketing cooperative's number one buyer.

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