Rebirth in the 60s: A Path to Counterattack
Chapter 35 - 035. Young couple shopping (Collected 600+)

Chapter 35: 035. Young couple shopping (Collected 600+)

The eldest brother from the Liu family meant well, thinking of giving his brother and Sister Shuzhen more opportunities to interact, to increase their understanding and feelings for each other. Lian Hai not only supported this with both hands but also thoughtfully pulled his brother into a corner and stuffed twenty yuan and ten jin of food coupons into his hands. After all, if you’re accompanying your future wife shopping, it’s not right to let the woman spend all the money, right?

Besides, there are many things needed for a wedding, and the styles in the provincial city are far more than those in the village or town, and the prices are cheaper too!

Even though you can’t buy anything without coupons even if you have money, it’s better to be prepared.

The foolish younger brother’s future wife talk made Lianshan blush, but he ultimately didn’t refuse his brother’s good intentions. He only said that he considered it a loan, and he would return it the next day; he can’t be buying things for his wife with his brother’s money. Wasn’t his mouth blocked using his own words, alive and well by his brother? Lian Hai shook his head and laughed; indeed, when a man reaches the age of marriage! With good news in sight, even the eldest brother has become much more cheerful.

After feeling the adorable price of the era with a ten-cent meat bun, Shuzhen, with more than three hundred yuan in her pocket, felt like a tycoon, charging into the XX Province Supply and Marketing Mall with her brother Lianshan, with a shopping spree mindset.

The homespun clothes on her were too plain; she had to buy two more sets of brighter ones. After all, for a wedding, shouldn’t one wear red clothes for some joy?

Radios were only a little over thirty yuan each. Bringing one back to listen to anytime to stay informed about national affairs!

Phoenix brand bicycles were 155 yuan each. Having one would certainly make life more convenient, and people would no longer laugh at her and her brother Lianshan’s marriage but envy it instead.

A Swallow brand sewing machine was only 137. Buying it would not only make sewing and such easier, but she might even earn some pocket money with it. After all, in her past life, she was famously skilled in making clothes, embroidery, and the like. With many future classic popular styles in mind, unlike those heroines in rebirth novels selling design styles or even opening clothing factories to rake in money and all that’s nonsense. Helping out the folks in town and earning a little hard-earned money is not out of the question.

These purchases would add dignity to the wedding and greatly facilitate her life, possibly even earn a little profit. Though buying them would leave her a bit short-handed, Shuzhen decided to accept it. After all, with special abilities in her hand, she wouldn’t starve her and her husband, would she?

Just as she was mentally prepared and excitedly expressed her desire to buy to the sales clerk, she was met with a massive roll of the eyes: No coupons, why are you asking nonsense without coupons?

Shuzhen was lost for words. Could she say she was used to the tune of everything being worry-free with money in hand, and hadn’t fully adapted back to the era where even a box of matches required coupons?

After walking all over the entire two-story mall, there were hardly any items that didn’t need coupons. It was Lianshan who took the chance when there was no one around and asked the fabric counter’s sales clerk if they could use national food coupons to buy some fabric instead since they didn’t have fabric coupons. Suddenly, Shuzhen saw the female sales clerk’s eyes light up brightly, her face flushed with excitement.

National food coupons, after all, contain oil coupons within them!

Though the female sales clerk worked in the supply and marketing mall with a decent salary, she couldn’t support her two thirteen-year-old twin brothers whose stomachs seemed like bottomless pits, consuming whatever food they had. A month’s ration would be gone in 20 days for sure, and they had to clandestinely procure the rest from the free market. The prices were high, and the risk was significant.

At the end of the month again, with the food supply declared exhausted once more, the rumors tightened, scaring the family from even daring to go to the free market. They managed on two thin porridge meals a day, hoping the next month would come soon to rescue their growling stomachs. At such a moment, Lianshan and Shuzhen appeared, willing to exchange national food coupons for industrial coupons, fabric coupons, and the like, no wonder the young sales clerk was overjoyed!

After repeatedly confirming Lianshan and Shuzhen’s intention, she quickly asked a colleague from the next counter to watch her counter for a while and whisked Lianshan and Shuzhen to her family home to see her parents.

Of course, this visiting relatives thing was just a cover. The woman named Xue Guohong mainly intended to take Shuzhen to her home to get various coupons. The family consisted of more than a dozen people, and with her and Saozi working at the mall, they could buy a lot of defective or discounted items, leaving quite a number of surplus coupons. Quickly gathering them to exchange with the couple for food coupons was much better than letting them gather dust or giving them away for free, right?

Two ounces of food coupons for one yard of fabric coupons, one pound of food coupons for an industrial coupon. Most delightful was that this Miss Xue even had a bicycle coupon that had made Shuzhen envious for a long time but had to give up due to the lack of coupons, this was like a pillow coming just when you need to sleep!

Upon learning that the young lady already had a bicycle and kept the coupon to give a favor to family or friends, Shuzhen immediately pulled out a ten-jin national food coupon without hesitation. Oh my, Xue Guohong was so happy that she couldn’t see her eyes when she smiled, right?

It’s not just for exchanging for a bicycle coupon, fabric coupons, industrial coupons, soap coupons, salt coupons, sugar coupons, all this totaling thirty jin of national food coupons, she could at least exchange for half a pound of oil! After eating plain boiled vegetables for several days, the craving worms in her stomach were already clamoring for a revolution, okay? Now, with this extra 30 jin of flying grain and the oil contained in it, it would surely smoothly see the entire family through to next month in comfort!

What’s even better is that she didn’t spend a single penny, only using fabric coupons, industrial coupons, and the like that were not very useful at home. This was truly, as Sister Shuzhen said, a mutual benefit, helping each other.

Absolutely a win-win!

Using things that hadn’t been much use to them to exchange for something that was quite necessary for each of them, Shuzhen and Xue Guohong both felt the deal was worthwhile, and were full of joy feeling they’d struck a big bargain. Both were extremely satisfied with the deal and exchanged contact information, agreeing to keep in touch regularly in the future. Of course, Shuzhen thought that having more friends gave her more ways forward, and judging by the Xue family’s address and the four bicycles lined up at the door, they were definitely not ordinary folks. Not to mention, periodically sending some local produce to this ’cousin’ and getting some scarce coupons in return was no question.

On the other hand, Xue Guohong was completely impressed and tempted by the 30 jin of national food coupons they casually brought out to trade, willingly wanting to maintain a good relationship with Shuzhen, who, although came from a rural background, obviously had significant connections. Not hoping for much, even if only to have such three or two exchanges in times of crisis like this would be great!

As for the long distance between Liu Jia Village and the provincial capital? No problem, her cousin was a long-distance bus driver traveling from the provincial city to N City. With such a reliable and convenient middleman, what couldn’t be done?

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