"The New Year is coming, of course we need to buy some New Year goods."
"You sure bought quite a few New Year goods, didn’t you?"
However, everyone in the village knew that a few days ago, Educated Youth Yun’s mother had come with a big suitcase in tow.
She usually sends a lot of things through the mail, so this time, she must have brought quite a few industrial coupons, quite a bit of money, and some food, right?
"Xiao Yun, come to my house."
After walking a few steps, Yun Xiaoxiao turned to Li Minghua, "Sister-in-law, I bought several pairs of Liberation shoes, no coupons needed."
This immediately made Li Minghua’s eyes light up, "I’ll go to your house in a bit."
She needed to go back and get some money, and ask her in-laws how many pairs they wanted.
These shoes required industrial coupons, but since they were rural people, not factory workers, buying these shoes was virtually impossible.
Fang Meiyun didn’t know what her sister-in-law had bought, but seeing the basket on her back, she knew the other party must have bought quite a lot of stuff.
"Do you want Liberation shoes, Xiao Yun?"
Of course, Fang Meiyun wanted them, but having them suddenly appear in her house would cause unnecessary trouble.
"Sister-in-law, I don’t want any for now."
Yun Xiaoxiao didn’t press her to take them. Upon knocking on the door, she heard Da Bao and Xiao Bao coming to open it.
Yun Xiaoxiao nodded her head, entered the house with her basket on her back, had Da Bao close the yard gate, and then turned to Fang Meiyun, "Are you really sure you don’t want the shoes? I was lucky this time to get ten pairs; next time I might not be so fortunate."
This caused Fang Meiyun to be tempted.
"I’ll take two pairs, but I don’t have that much money on me."
Seeing that she was interested, Yun Xiaoxiao said, "You can pay me later."
After setting down the basket and lifting the cloth that covered it, the contents were revealed.
"What size do you need?"
Yun Xiaoxiao began placing the goods she had bought at the Cooperative onto the table, before taking out the ten pairs of shoes from the bottom of the basket; there were still quite a few items left inside.
"I still have quite a few things here, do you want any?"
When Fang Meiyun saw the apples and the abundance of New Year goods, she swallowed her surprise; wasn’t this too much?
After looking over them, she then wondered how much all these items would cost.
"I would like a few apples..."
Yun Xiaoxiao handed over the requested items to Fang Meiyun and also calculated the bill.
"Sister-in-law, I’ll bring the money to you in a little while."
After the visitor had left, Yun Xiaoxiao tidied up the items a bit.
"Try this pastry and see how it tastes. Mom saw it and bought some for you to try."
Simple mung bean cakes.
It wouldn’t be good to suddenly bring out something more elaborate.
"Mom, is it expensive?"
"Not expensive. These items can’t be eaten for now; they’re New Year goods."
Da Bao and Xiao Bao didn’t make a fuss; they saw Mom had bought lots and lots of goodies.
They took the goodies and placed them in a chest in their room. Without waiting long, little sister-in-law Li Minghua came over.
"Educated Youth Yun, I’m here."
Yun Xiaoxiao looked at her, "Everything’s right here, go ahead and choose."
Seeing the shoes spread out, each with a size marked, she picked two pairs, choosing one for her father-in-law and for her own man.
"How much is a pair?"
These shoes were supposed to require industrial coupons.
The price was quite steep.
At the Cooperative, they were sold for this price as well.
But buying them from her didn’t require industrial coupons.
After sending her off, Yun Xiaoxiao picked out two pairs in her in-laws’ sizes, grabbed some of the selected New Year goods, "Let’s go, to your grandma’s house; we’ll have lunch over there."