vstars Chapter 227 Buying a Radio
Chapter 227 Buying a Radio
After leaving the commune, Liu Jingxue rode her bicycle to the town.
When she was not far from the town, she put away her bicycle, put on her backpack, put ten pounds of wild boar meat, two pheasants and two rabbits in the backpack, and then walked towards the post office.
Before entering the post office, she shook off the snow on her body.
Coming to the counter where Sister Jin was in charge, Liu Jingxue pulled down her scarf and greeted Sister Jin, who was knitting a sweater inside, "Sister Jin."
Sister Jin looked up when she heard the voice and saw that it was her. She said in surprise, "Sister, you are here.
I told you that you would come to pick up the package in the next few days, but I didn't expect you to come here today in the snow."
Liu Jingxue pointed to the backpack behind her, and Sister Jin understood instantly.
She quickly stood up, walked around the counter, and pulled Liu Jingxue to an empty room behind the post office.
"Sister, what good things did you bring today?" Sister Jin asked impatiently as she entered the house.
"Our village's hunting team went into the mountains and got a lot of prey.
I divided some of them and used money to buy some more. As soon as I got them, I quickly divided some of them and sent them to you, Sister Jin.
There are ten catties of wild boar meat, two pheasants weighing six catties, and two hares weighing eight catties."
When Sister Jin heard this, she was immediately happy.
The meat I exchanged last time was given all to my husband’s family because I had told my mother-in-law about it before, and my own family didn’t get any.
I had told my sister before that I wanted to get some meat for my parents' home, and she promised to bring it to me as soon as she came to the city, but she never came.
We finally made it through today, so we have to eat all this meat.
And since I didn't tell my mother-in-law before, I can give half of the meat to my parents' home.
A family gets five pounds of wild boar meat, a pheasant, and a wild rabbit.
"Girl, I want all this meat.
The prices of pheasants and rabbits are still the same as before. Without tickets, pheasants are one dollar per pound, and rabbits are one dollar and three dollars per pound.
Even without a ticket, wild boar meat costs one dollar per pound.
See if it works."
Liu Jingxue had no objection to this, "Okay."
"Girl, I have collected some wine tickets, kerosene tickets, oil tickets, and toilet paper tickets these days, but they are not worth anything like these."
Sister Jin remembered the radio ticket she had gotten, and asked Liu Jingxue in a low voice, "Sister, do you want the radio ticket?"
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she suddenly woke up. Yes, how could she forget that she had three radios stored in her space.
I will stay at home for the next few months. I can go into the space to practice, make medicine, watch movies and TV, but how can I kill time in the cowshed?
The four of us were staring at each other.
Why didn’t I think of giving them a radio to help them pass the time?
After a while, heavy snow blocked the road and no one went to their place, so they could just stay at home and listen to the radio to pass the time.
Sister Jin saw that Liu Jingxue was stunned and didn't respond after she asked a question, so she called out to her several times.
"Girl, girl, can you hear me?
Radio tickets, do you want them?"
Liu Jingxue was brought back to her senses by Sister Jin's call. She was about to say no, but stopped herself.
Although she bought the radio from a nostalgia store, she didn't know whether that model of radio was available during this period.
It would not be a good idea to just take it out like this.
She asked Sister Jin, "Sister Jin, what brand of radio is it now, and how much does it cost?"
"They are usually Shanghai or Red Star brands, and they cost 40 to 50 yuan each."
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she thought, okay, the star receiver she had stockpiled was of the Red Light brand, which was probably a brand that was released later.
It seems that I still can't save the radio ticket and the money to buy the radio.
Thinking of this, she quickly said to Sister Jin, "Sister Jin, I want the radio ticket."
When Sister Jin heard this, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Girl, all this meat is worth 26 yuan.
I'll give you five cigarette tickets, six taels of kerosene tickets, two toilet paper tickets, and one radio ticket.
I'll give you another 16 yuan."
"no problem."
"Girl, wait here for me. I'll go get the money and tickets, and then get two bags to pack my things." Sister Jin said to Liu Jingxue.
This is a post office, and they have bags for people to send things, but they are not free, you have to buy them.
Sister Jin ran to the counter to get the money and exchanged it for two bags.
He also brought a knife to cut the meat.
After the payment and goods were settled, Liu Jingxue helped Sister Jin divide the 10 kilograms of meat into two halves and put them into two bags.
A pheasant and a hare were released on the other side.
Sister Jin was carrying two bags and said to Liu Jingxue, "Come on, sister, take your package."
After receiving the package, Liu Jingxue put the big package into the backpack, put it on her back, said goodbye to Sister Jin, and walked out of the post office fully armed.
Liu Jingxue found an empty corner, put the backpack and the package into the space, and walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative.
Perhaps because of the snow, the supply and marketing cooperative had no customers.
Several counter clerks gathered together, roasting charcoal and chatting about gossip.
When they saw Liu Jingxue walk into the supply and marketing cooperative, several people ignored her.
Liu Jingxue was prepared for the attitudes of the sales clerks because of what she had read, so she was not very angry.
Anyway, no matter how arrogant these people are, they won’t be able to remain arrogant for many more years.
Liu Jingxue came to the counter selling radios, and the sales clerks were still sitting there without moving.
Seeing Liu Jingxue stop at the counter selling radios, the salesperson facing Liu Jingxue pushed the person on the right.
"I stopped at your counter. Do you want to go take a look?"
After being reminded by his colleague, the man turned his head and glanced at Liu Jingxue.
"It's okay. Eight out of ten people who go to my counter don't come to buy anything, they just come to look.
He often asked me to show him this and that, but after a long time, he didn't buy anything.
There is no need to greet everyone who comes.”
"If you can't afford it, don't just look at it. No matter how long you look at it, it will never become yours." After speaking to the colleague, the man shouted at this in annoyance.
These words were obviously meant for Liu Jingxue.
Liu Jingxue also heard the conversation this person had just had with his colleague.
Therefore, she didn't take her attitude towards herself to heart.
She took out the money and put it on the counter. "Colleague, what radios do you have here? Please introduce them to me."
The man was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "Do you really want to buy it?"
Seeing that she had already taken out her money, the man was still suspicious. Liu Jingxue said unhappily,
"Why would I run out here in the snow if I didn't buy it? Wouldn't it be nice to just stay at home and warm myself by the fire?"
When the man heard it, he immediately reacted.
Yes, it’s so cold outside. Unless you are a fool, no one would go out of his way to take her for a walk in such weather.
She quickly stood up and walked over.
Seeing the money on the counter, she immediately explained, "Hello, comrade.
We have two types of radios, one is Red Star brand and the other is Shanghai brand.
The Red Star one is 45 yuan, and the Shanghai one is 48 yuan.
Comrade, which one do you want?"
"Which of these two is better?" Liu Jingxue didn't quite understand, so she asked her directly.
The salesperson said honestly, "They are similar.
But the Red Star ones sell better, after all, they are several dollars cheaper.”
Liu Jingxue thought for a moment and said, "Then you can get me a Red Star brand one.
This one uses batteries, right? Can you give me a few more pairs? Five pairs, please."
"OK, no problem."
The salesperson quickly wrote out the ticket and handed it to Liu Jingxue.
"A Red Star radio and five pairs of batteries, 49 cents in total."
Liu Jingxue paid the bill readily and put the radio, batteries and receipts into her bag.
He then ran to the daily necessities counter, ready to exchange the cigarette coupons, toilet paper coupons, and kerosene coupons he had just obtained for real items.
Because she had made the move to buy a radio, the clerk at the daily necessities counter saw her coming and hurried over to greet her.
After buying the things, Liu Jingxue put them into the bag she had taken out earlier and walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative.
After walking to a deserted place, put all the things into the space.