The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Zhu Xiaomin sighed: "Many of us educated youths have been here for five or six years, and their cotton-padded clothes are already worn out. Even Chen Xudong and the others, even though they only came here last year, their cotton-padded clothes are also old. They can take advantage of the fact that they have received some money this year. Replace with new ones.”

Yan Yimin thought about it and murmured: "This seventy meters costs eighty-four yuan. Even if it is the cheapest, it is only two yuan short."

Zhu Xiaomin asked: "Isn't there any cheaper one? It doesn't matter if the color is different. Anyway, if you wear it inside or there are flaws, there are many of us, so we can avoid it as much as possible."

Yan Yimin thought carefully for a while, then suddenly slapped the table and said: "There is a batch. In the summer, the warehouse leaked and soaked in water. We didn't find it, but it turned out to be moldy..."

"How many? How much? Can I take a look first?" Zhu Xiaomin's eyes lit up.

Yan Yimin thought for a while, opened the door and called a staff member over and said, "Ask the people in the warehouse to see how many cotton cloths were soaked in water in the summer batch. If it's serious, bring one over."

The staff member agreed and ran away. After a while, he came over with a roll of cloth and handed over a list: "Secretary, there are twenty-three pieces of fine cotton in this batch of cloth, including eleven pieces of plain weave and twelve pieces of twill. There are also six pieces of polyester and seven pieces of cheesecloth, which are the most severely soaked." As he said that, he put the cheesecloth in his hand on the table.

Zhu Xiaomin was a little surprised when she saw that the cloth was wrinkled and rolled up into a ball casually, with one piece deep and one shallow. "Why does it look like this?"

Yan Yimin sighed: "After I discovered it, I shook it out and dried it, but when the cloth got wet, it faded and became moldy. After it was dried, it was difficult to roll it back, and it ended up like this."

Looking at it this way, this roll of cloth looks like a pile of garbage.

This is what happens under a planned economy. Everything is rationed and distributed equally. There is no competition, so there is no positive thing. It is said that there is a shortage of materials, but there are also human factors in the shortage of materials.

Nowadays, the staff of supply and marketing cooperatives have a stable job, so they don't pay much attention to their work. As long as it is not placed on the counter, no one will think of checking the warehouse when the heavy rain comes, causing unnecessary waste.

Zhu Xiaomin sighed inwardly, then pulled a layer of cloth and stretched it out, and saw that it was covered with mildew spots, with a patch every two or three inches at most. She said regretfully: "This is really serious."

Yan Yimin smiled bitterly: "It was discovered too late. If it was just a small amount, President Xiangyi could still sell it. But now, no one will buy it even if it is discounted. We can only clear the warehouse at the end of the year and send it to the shoe factory."

If you send it to a shoe factory, it will only be able to make linings, not uppers.

But usually, old cloth or rags are used for lining.

"It's such a pity." Zhu Xiaomin looked at the list in his hand and asked carefully, "How much can it cost if I send it to a shoe factory?"

Yan Yimin was helpless: "Send it to the shoe factory to collect it as scrap cloth, one pound or two cents."

The staff next to me also looked distressed: "One pound or two cents, that's cloth. They don't want polyester, so they can only give it away for free."

In terms of weight?

Zhu Xiaomin asked: "Don't you want to post tickets?"

The staff sighed: "It takes a long time to talk about just two cents, how can I get a cloth ticket?"

Zhu Xiaomin's eyes lit up: "Then... how about I give you a pound and fifty cents and sell it to me?"

"Fifty cents per catty?" Yan Yimin was surprised, pointed at the cloth and said, "Buy this?"

Zhu Xiaomin nodded immediately: "Yes, buy this."

Yan Yimin shook his head: "These are all mold spots. Not only do they not look good, they also smell."

"Let's wash up and wear it ourselves anyway." Zhu Xiaomin said immediately.

Sounds better than being sent for lining.

Yan Yimin asked: "Seventy meters?"

A piece of cloth is four feet long, one foot ten feet long, which is just over thirteen meters, and seventy meters long is less than six pieces.

Zhu Xiaomin immediately shook his head: "If you sell it, I will take it, and you don't have to worry about it anymore."

"Both of them?" At this time, the staff was no longer calm and looked at Yan Yimin with shining eyes.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "Let's clean up and change the bedding. Anyway, we can use it ourselves and no one will look at it."

Yan Yimin: "..."

This is a big deal.

Look at the list in your hand and do some calculations in your mind.

Today's cloths are all small-sized, and each piece of cloth weighs about eight to ten kilograms. This is thirty-six pieces of cloth. Calculated in this way, it costs almost one hundred and eighty yuan.

This is much better than sending it to a shoe factory.

Yan Yimin's heart was already pounding, but he still reminded him: "Zhu Zhiqing, this is not a small sum. You...we can't return it if you buy it. Are you sure you want it?"

You must know that she is not just buying it for herself, but for the entire educated youth.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded immediately and quickly added: "It can't be counted as a ticket."

Yan Yimin smiled and nodded: "Okay, it doesn't count as a ticket." He said to the staff, "Go and help issue a ticket."

Zhu Xiaomin hurriedly said: "There is also cotton, help me open fifty pounds."

I bought a lot of cotton.

The staff member was speechless, nodded, and hurriedly hugged the cloth and went out, running very fast, for fear that she would regret it.

This batch of cloth is a difficult task for the supply and marketing cooperative.

Yan Yimin breathed a sigh of relief and looked at her with a strange look.

Zhu Xiaomin was very happy. When she saw Chen Xudong coming in, she immediately waved: "How much are the eggs today? Give them to me first."

Chen Xudong was stunned: "I haven't received it yet, what do you want to buy?"

Zhu Xiaomin blinked: "Of course it's a good thing." She looked him up and down again, "How much money do you have on you?"

Chen Xudong turned around in his pocket: "One dollar and six cents."

Zhu Xiaomin: "..."

We just divided the money, you are not poor.

Yan Yimin couldn't help laughing: "It doesn't matter. I don't have enough money to issue an IOU. Just ask Chen Zhiqing to bring it next time."

This is too easy to talk about.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded immediately. When he saw the staff coming back with the order, he said with a smile: "Then let's go weigh the cloth." He called Yan Yimin to go out.

Chen Xudong was confused: "What's the weight? Isn't the cotton weighed?" He followed her outside.

When I came here, I heard her say that she wanted to buy cotton and go home. Did she forget to bring the money?

But when he followed him out, he saw several staff moving a lot of messy moldy cloths out of the warehouse, and smelled the pungent musty smell. He was dumbfounded: "Xiao...Xiaomin, You...why did you buy this?"

Zhu Xiaomin giggled: "This is cheap, let's buy it back and use it slowly." As he spoke, he went to the warehouse door and took a look inside. He saw bundles of wool tied up near the door, " Hey" asked, "Is this wool pure wool or blended?"

Yan Yimin followed and asked strangely: "Pure hair?"

"It is thread spun from pure wool." Zhu Xiaomin explained.

Yan Yimin shook his head: "Only blended and acrylic."

Zhu Xiaomin said "Oh" and lost interest.