Chapter 30

Buying Supplies at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative for Going Down to the Countryside

Leaving the state-owned restaurant.

Tie Lanyan took the bus to the textile factory.

She had to sell her father’s job, which was also a source of income.

Tie Lanyan went directly to the textile factory leader and explained her intention.

The leader was a little surprised: “Are you sure you want to sell your job? You’re a girl, life is difficult for you, why don’t I help you get a desk job?”

Tie Lanyan declined his kindness, saying that she was going down to the countryside tomorrow and wouldn’t need the job anymore.

Hearing this, the leader became excited:

“Comrade Lanyan, why are you going down to the countryside? Is someone forcing you? Tell me and I’ll help you!”

Tie Lanyan: “Don’t worry, it’s my own decision, I want to contribute to our country.”

She had dealt with her enemies herself, she didn’t need anyone else’s help.

The leader wanted to persuade her again: “Lanyan, your father was also a friend of mine when he was alive, if you have any difficulties, tell me.”

Tie Lanyan shook her head: “Uncle, really, there’s nothing wrong, don’t worry.”

Since she said that, the leader didn’t insist anymore.

“Alright, your father’s job can be sold for 1,000 yuan according to market prices, if you agree, I’ll give you the money first, and then I’ll arrange it for someone else.”

……

Leaving the textile factory, Tie Lanyan went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Since she was going down to the countryside, she naturally had to buy some things.

The supply and marketing cooperative was also keeping up with the times, they even had a set of ten essentials for going down to the countryside, and they didn’t need tickets.

But buyers had to show proof of going down to the countryside.

This was to prevent those who deliberately took advantage of the situation from buying a lot of things, which would prevent those who needed them from buying them.

The ten essentials were all daily necessities, packed in a large net bag, including:

Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, towel, enamel cup, thermos, enamel basin, flashlight, sewing kit, toilet paper.

Tie Lanyan had these things in her space, after all, she had emptied several houses.

But Tie Lanyan still bought a brand new set, for backup, after all, she wasn’t short of money.

Tie Lanyan also bought some sanitary napkins.

Sanitary napkins in those days were made of cotton, they could be washed and reused, and when they were worn out, they were thrown away, which was considered good.

Rural women sewed their own menstrual pads, and put wood ash in them to absorb blood.

Tie Lanyan couldn’t stand that, so she had to buy more sanitary napkins.

She had found hundreds of bolts of cloth at Deputy Director Zhang’s house, so she could sew new ones when she ran out.

Besides daily necessities, Tie Lanyan also bought some commonly used tools.

Things like pliers, hammers, wrenches, screwdrivers, tape measures, etc., all required industrial coupons.

Tie Lanyan had a lot of coupons, so she bought one of each.

The counter uncle curiously asked her why she bought so many, Tie Lanyan lied a little, saying that she needed them to repair bicycles and so on.

Actually, these tools looked like they could be used for killing…

Ahem, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue.

They were very useful for repairing bicycles, and she happened to have a bicycle in her space.

Tie Lanyan then went to buy some snacks.

Peanuts and melon seeds for watching the excitement were a must, they were the essence of eating melon seeds.

There were also Great White Rabbit milk candies, fruit hard candies, nougat, bubble gum, and other sweet treats.

Then there were some pastries, sponge cakes, puffed rice candy, white sugar cakes, she bought ten or so pounds of each, so she could eat them whenever she got hungry.

She had almost finished the malted milk that she had taken from Zhang Cui’s house, so Tie Lanyan bought 5 more bottles.

This was considered a tonic, it was sweet and fragrant, just like milk, and it could also fill you up.

Finally, she bought some kitchen seasonings, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, chili sauce, etc.

For this trip to the supply and marketing cooperative, Tie Lanyan spent about 100 yuan.

When she got home, she put the things in her space and started to organize all her assets.

After deducting what she had spent these days, plus the 1,000 yuan from selling her job, she had about 20,000 yuan left.

A ten-thousand-yuan household in the 70s was quite impressive.

But Tie Lanyan wasn’t satisfied.

She wanted to buy several sets of courtyard houses to live in when she came back, she had to make more money.

Tie Lanyan’s eyes fell on the black land outside the courtyard.

In a short period of time, the various grains growing on the black land had grown well, and they would be ripe in about a month and a half.

By then, she would have already gone down to the countryside.

She would go to the black market in the county and sell the grain, and her small vault would be overflowing.

Food: The grain she bought from the black market, plus what she had looted from three families, was enough for her to eat for a month.

Daily necessities were not a problem, she had just bought so much from the supply and marketing cooperative, plus what she had looted from her space, it would last for several months.

Finally, there was her treasure trove, the Treasure House.

It was filled with all kinds of gold, silver, jewels, jade, antiques, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, banknotes, stamps, Moutai, etc., that she had gotten from the black market, the scrap yard, trading, and looting.

Tie Lanyan would go for a stroll whenever she had nothing to do.

These were all her future capital, worth billions, she was so happy!

If she had the chance, she would hoard more, until her space was full.

No one would ever have too much money.

She, who had been poor for so long, was even more greedy.

Tie Lanyan spent two hours tidying up her space again.

She categorized everything, arranged all the furniture and decorations, and everything looked neat and tidy, very cozy.

After finishing all this, Tie Lanyan went to the kitchen and started making meat buns.

She still had a lot of pork left, so she chopped it all into mince and made meat buns.

Anyway, it was in a preservation state in her space, it wouldn’t go bad no matter how long she kept it, she could just heat it up when she wanted to eat it.

Tie Lanyan made a total of 100 big meat buns.

It was dark outside, and she was hungry, so she decided to have meat buns for dinner.

The buns had thin skins and large fillings, one bite was full of meaty flavor, tender and juicy.

Tie Lanyan couldn’t control herself, she ate a whole 6 big meat buns.

After finishing, she drank a cup of malted milk, and then she felt refreshed.

She rested for a while, and Tie Lanyan continued to work.

While braising the beef ribs, Tie Lanyan didn’t idle, she packed her luggage for the train ride down to the countryside.

A large net bag, inside was the set of ten essentials, this was for people to see.

A leather briefcase, inside were clothes and a few bottles of orange canned fruit.

There were also 2 aluminum lunch boxes, one with 5 meat buns, and the other with 4 boiled eggs and a few pieces of sponge cake.

This was Tie Lanyan’s daily food intake.

It was hot now, so she didn’t dare to bring anything else.

She could eat from her space later or buy a boxed meal on the train.

Finally, Tie Lanyan cut herself a thick fringe and put on a pair of black-rimmed glasses without lenses.

In the mirror, a girl with a braided bun, carrying a green canvas bag, appeared. (As shown in the picture)

Hmm, not bad!

Simple and plain, it didn’t look aggressive at all.

She had gained some weight and was prettier now.

She didn’t want to be treated differently when she went down to the countryside, so it was better to be low-key.

Playing dumb, developing secretly, let’s go!