Chapter 18

With the information provided by Su Ling, Chen Jiao did not go to the supply and marketing cooperative first, but went directly to the post office.

After borrowing paper and pen from the post office, she told her family everything about her marriage to Lu Zhengxu and the birth of twins, a boy and a girl, as well as the situation of the Lu family and Lu Zhengxu.

As for Chen Haoyu and Zhang Fangfang, she naturally portrayed herself as the object of being deceived, blinded, threatened and bullied.

Finally, it was explained how much money Chen Haoyu and Zhang Fangfang had borrowed from her over the years. Now that she was in trouble, not only did they not pay it back, they also spread rumors about her everywhere to destroy her reputation.

After she finished writing the letter, she deliberately dropped two drops of water on the letter paper, pretending that they were her sad tears.

Finally, I selected a few IOUs with larger amounts that I had with me and wrote them down together with the letter.

In order to ensure that her letter would arrive before Chen Haoyu and Zhang Fangfang’s letters, she spent extra money to send it by registered mail.

After sending the registered letter, she still felt a little unsafe, so she sent a telegram home.

The fee for sending a telegram is based on the number of words, and the words she can write are limited. She only said one sentence concisely and clearly, “Chen Haoyu and Zhang Fangfang have teamed up to slander my daughter’s reputation. Don’t believe me, mom and dad. Wait for your daughter’s letter.”

After taking double insurance measures, Chen Jiao went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

She was delayed on her way to the post office and was too late when she arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative. The scarce supplies of meat, eggs, sugar, grain, etc. had already been sold out.

Fortunately, she didn’t come here mainly to buy these today.

But electric fans are more in demand than meat, eggs and sugar. If you don’t go through the back door, you not only need money and tickets, but you also have to register and queue up before you can buy one.

Chen Jiao asked the salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative and learned that not only this batch of electric fans had been pre-ordered, but even the next batch had been pre-ordered. If she wanted one, she would just pay the money and get the ticket to register. As for when the goods would arrive, she didn’t know.

Chen Jiao was thinking about looking through the space to see if she could find an old-fashioned electric fan to use first.

Then a young lady wearing a floral shirt and dressed fashionably came over carrying an electric fan.

The female comrade put the electric fan on the counter and said, “Comrade, this is the electric fan we just got yesterday. Look, it’s not working anymore.”

Li Meili’s tone was a little annoyed. This electric fan was something she had managed to buy after getting married, thanks to her uncle who was a clerk in the county committee.

But I didn’t expect that after I got it home and blew it for one night, it stopped spinning.

If someone spoke to the salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative in this tone, the salesperson would probably have given him the cold shoulder.

But when Li Meili came to pick up the electric fan yesterday, she was accompanied by her uncle and they also took the county party committee’s car.

The salesperson didn’t dare to be negligent, and quickly apologized with a smile: “Comrade, I’m really sorry, we didn’t expect the fan to have a problem.

How about this, we will replace it for you when the next batch of goods arrives. ”

Li Meili frowned, “When will the next batch arrive?”

“It will arrive in three days.” The salesperson replied quickly.

Li Meili also knew that electric fans and other items were in short supply, and now that they were broken, there was no other way to deal with them, so she could only agree, “Okay, then you have to choose a good one for me.

If you give me the bad ones again, I won’t be polite to you. ”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry, we will definitely choose a good one for you.”

“Okay, I’ll leave this one here for you. I’ll come back to get a new one in three days.”

Li Meili put down the electric fan and left.

Seeing the salesperson was about to put the electric fan into the warehouse, Chen Jiao quickly asked, “Hey, comrade, are you selling this electric fan?

I want to buy it. ”

The salesperson was stunned for a moment and looked at her suspiciously, “This electric fan is broken and doesn’t work. Why did you buy it?”

Chen Jiao smiled good-temperedly and said, “My husband is a soldier, and he has an old comrade who can repair these things. I’m thinking of buying them back and asking my husband’s comrade to help repair them, so they can still be used.”

In this era, the military and civilians are one family, and supporting the military and their families is not just talk.

Ordinary people have filters for soldiers and their families. When the salesperson heard Chen Jiao’s words, his face became a little friendlier.

He said, “Okay, if you want to buy it, I’ll sell it to you.

Anyway, it’s broken, so I won’t charge you the original price. You don’t need a ticket, and just give me half the money.

But I have to make it clear to you first. When you bought this electric fan, you knew it was broken. If you buy it back and it can’t be repaired, don’t come to us.

No refund or exchange! ”

“Okay, I promise not to ask you for a refund or exchange.” Chen Jiao nodded readily.

An electric fan like this would originally cost an industrial ticket plus thirty-six yuan.

This electric fan does not require a ticket, only half the price, which is 18 yuan.

Chen Jiao went to pay the money and was about to leave with the electric fan.

Passing by a cloth counter, he thought of the two children and Wu Guilan, whose clothes were all patched up, and he couldn’t help but turn back.

Fortunately, when Lu Zhengxu’s comrades sent him back, they not only brought him money, but also tickets, including cloth coupons.

Chen Jiao didn’t have any children at the end of the world, so naturally she wouldn’t collect items for children.

There were clothes in the space that Wu Guilan could wear, but the styles and patterns of those clothes were very different from those of this era and could not be worn.

Nowadays, ordinary cotton cloth costs 2.4 yuan per foot, while the fashionable Dacron costs 8.6 yuan per foot.

Dacron is durable and wear-resistant, but the fabric is relatively stiff. Chen Jiao felt that the clothes made from it would be uncomfortable to wear, so she continued to use cotton cloth.

I picked out a floral one for Nannan, a khaki one for Lu Lingyang, and an indigo one for Wu Guilan.

Wait for the salesperson to measure the cloth for her.

She then remembered that she should buy some more nutritional supplements. The most popular nutritional supplements in this era were malted milk and milk powder.

She did have quite a bit of milk powder in her space, but the packaging was quite different from the current milk powder packaging.

However, you can’t buy milk powder and malted milk whenever you want.

Shen Jiao asked the salesperson and learned that it was sold out.

As for when the next batch will come, no one knows, so she can only ask her to come often and come earlier, maybe she can meet them.

Helplessly, Chen Jiao could only leave with the electric fan and the cloth.

As soon as she walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative, she noticed someone following her.

She didn’t stop, but glanced behind her vigilantly.

Then he observed the surrounding terrain, quickly took two steps into the alley next to him, and quickly found a place to hide.

Just as she hid, she saw a woman in her forties chasing in, “Hey, where’s the person?

I clearly saw him come in, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye. ”

Chen Jiao looked at the woman, and after seeing that she had no accomplices, she stepped out and stopped behind her, and asked directly, “What do you want to do by following me?”