Chapter 12

The one she crushed just now was in this backpack.

Xu Leshu picked up a fitness pill: “So this is my beginner’s gift pack?”

[Yes, host, the hair growth pill you just wasted is worth 500 points. 】

Xu Leshu paused and looked at the brown debris in the trash can in disbelief.

“This tiny brown mud pill, whose effect we don’t even know yet, is worth 500 points. You are charging such a high price, aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning?”

[Pooh, whoever is bidding a random price, everything produced by our system is excellent. 】

[After taking this hair growth pill, no matter how dry, yellow, split, and dull your hair is, in half a month you will slowly find that your hair becomes darker, smoother, and more lustrous, and the fine hair will become bigger, and the whole hair will look thick and smooth like silk. 】

While listening to the system’s voice, Xu Leshu lifted her hair and took a look.

The hair looks black with yellow, feels dry to the touch, and has split ends.

Looking at the place for the hair growth pills in the backpack, there was only one pill that she had crushed and swept into the trash can.

Xu Leshu kicked the trash can into the table and looked at it calmly.

“Give me another hair growth pill.”

【……】

When the system heard her shameless face, it was speechless for a moment.

【No. 】

Xu Leshu raised her eyes and looked at it calmly: “That was your fault just now, not mine, so you have to compensate me with another one.”

“You didn’t explain the value and price of this pill clearly.”

…

Xu Leshu swallowed it with the water on the table.

When she woke up the next day, it was already noon and breakfast was placed on the table for her.

A boiled egg, a bowl of vegetable and minced meat porridge, and half a plate of stir-fried potatoes with green peppers.

After eating, I sat on the sofa and took out the book given by the system, a low-cost clothing design book.

The first hair band, each one is carefully marked with instructions on how to make it, and the steps are clear and concise.

There are many kinds of hair bands, including cloth ones, bow ones, crocheted ones, silk scarf ones, ones with sparkling diamonds, ones with a small decoration, and dozens of other styles.

The same goes for hairpins. These things are not difficult to make, the cost is low, and the profit is decent.

With her current capital, she has no choice but to set up a stall first.

At the dinner table in the evening, Xu Leshu looked at Ma Jinmei.

“Mom, does your textile factory have any unwanted scraps of cloth? Can you bring some back?”

Everyone looked at her with a little doubt, especially Ma Jinmei.

Her daughter, who usually never touched a needle, now asked her for a piece of cloth.

“Yes, I do, but I can’t take much. If I take more, I’ll have to pay.”

Xu Leshu nodded: “Take it back first, and buy it later when it’s useful.”

Old Mrs. Xu scooped most of the egg custard into her bowl and said, “Nannan, what do you want to do with the scraps of cloth? If you want a hairband, grandma will buy it for you tomorrow.”

Xu Leshu shook her head and scooped half of the egg custard into her bowl.

“I’m not buying it. I thought that the holiday is over two months now and it would be boring to lie at home every day, so I decided to make some hairbands to sell and earn some pocket money.”

“This is speculation, it’s not allowed.” Ma Jinmei blurted out without thinking.

“If you get caught, not only will you not be able to go to college, but your father and I will also be implicated in our jobs.”

Xu Leshu looked up at the excited Ma Jinmei and put down her bowl and chopsticks.

“Mom, in December of 1978, After internal reform and opening up. ”

“It’s already 1984, and cloth doesn’t even require coupons anymore. It’s obvious that all the people out there are self-employed.”

“Then he looked at the braised meat in her bowl and said, “Even the braised meat you are eating now was bought from a small stall run by an individual business owner. Although they are still using meat coupons, they can open a shop on their own. Do you think this is speculation?” ”

“Since this braised pork stall opened, I have never seen anyone from higher up arrest the owner.”

Xu Leshu picked up the chopsticks and ate the braised meat: “Or do you think I’m embarrassing you by doing this?”

Ma Jinmei’s face froze as she looked at the meat in the bowl. Yes, she had forgotten that things were different now.

“Nannan, don’t take your mother’s words seriously. She hasn’t recovered from her trance yet and is just worried that something might happen to you.”

Xu Leshu turned her head to look at the old lady who was talking to Ma Jinmei. This was the first time the old lady was on Ma Jinmei’s side.

A dusty memory suddenly appeared, and Xu Leshu’s eyes relaxed a lot when she looked at Ma Jinmei.

Yes, Ma Jinmei’s younger brother came to visit his sister who was in confinement after giving birth, as Ma Jinmei had no milk after giving birth.

Since she didn’t have the milk powder coupons, her brother risked his life to buy milk powder on the black market, but was caught when he came out.

At that time, Uncle Ma was arrested and beaten severely, and his leg was broken.

Because the buyer ran away quickly and was not caught, Uncle Ma insisted that the things belonged to him and he was just passing by. In the end, there was no evidence and his family paid a sum of money to bail him out, so he escaped.

There was solid evidence that one of the people arrested was not only sent to the most arduous farm for reform, but his family members also lost their jobs.

Although Uncle Ma has been released, he cannot carry heavy objects due to the delay in treatment of his legs, and his legs hurt whenever it rains or is cold.

Xu Leshu scooped a spoonful of egg custard for her and her tone softened.

“Don’t worry, Mom. Things are different now. The furniture store across from the department store has only been open for a year. The clothes and food they wear are all very good. I heard they are even planning to buy a car, and it has four wheels.”

“Car?” Shitou widened his eyes in surprise and looked at his second sister.

Xu Leshu nodded affirmatively: “Yes, the car.”

“How much does that cost?”

“It must be at least tens of thousands of yuan.” Xu Leshu thought about the current prices.

Shitou was so shocked that his chopsticks dropped to the ground: “Ten thousand yuan household.”

Old Mrs. Xu was also surprised, because the owner of the furniture store used to be a worker in a machinery factory.

At first, everyone said he was crazy and wanted to sell his stable job to become a self-employed person.

I didn’t expect that I would have to buy a car in such a short time. I need to make a lot of money.

Xu Leshu looked at Xu’s father’s thoughtful expression, picked up her bowl and chopsticks and continued eating.

The next day, when Xu Leshu woke up, she saw the old lady coming in with a basket of vegetables, with a look of surprise on her face.

“Nannan, what you said is indeed true. Just now when I was buying groceries, I went to see the Song Family Furniture Store. It was only this morning, and I saw a lot of people going to that store. Some people even bought a dressing table on the spot.”

“Tsk tsk, this is really making money.”

Xu Leshu walked into the bathroom with a smile, and saw that her hair had become much smoother, darker and shinier than before. It seemed that the pill was indeed effective.

Old Mrs. Xu was sitting on a chair picking beans with a vegetable bowl in her hand, when she saw her granddaughter looking at her hair with a smug look on her face.

“Nannan, why do I feel like your hair has become darker and brighter?”

“It’s all thanks to grandma who has taken good care of me during this period. After eating so many nourishing foods, my hair must be shiny.”

Xu Leshu came out after washing up and sat down next to Old Lady Xu.