Tailor Zhang's tailor shop is located in his house, three low brick and wood buildings, dilapidated and old, located in a very remote corner of this street, no side houses, no yards, no faucets and cement pools under the faucets, not even a kitchen and toilet, only a simple grass shed next to the room, with a briquette stove at the bottom.

The one who opened the door was a middle-aged woman, with a thin figure, looking at Qi Shufang defensively, "What's the matter?"

"This is a tailor, right? I'm going to ask him to make clothes. Qi Shufang raised the burden in her hand, she didn't understand the other party's attitude, but it was not difficult to understand when she thought that this was an era of rumors.

The middle-aged woman's expression widened, and she turned her head to the inside and said, "Lao Zhang, I came to you to make clothes." ”

"Which one?" The middle-aged man, who was thinner than the middle-aged woman, walked out, glanced at the burden in Qi Shufang's hand, and after asking what clothes he was making, he didn't take the burden, nor did he invite Qi Shufang to enter the door, but said kindly: "Comrade Qi, you can bring the material back, leave me an address, and I will go to your house with my wife to make it for you in a while." ”

Qi Shufang was surprised: "Go to my house?"

Tailor Zhang smiled, "The materials you brought are very valuable, and they are not insured in our home, so we dare not bear the responsibility for damage, and I have not joined the manual production cooperative, so it has always been a door-to-door service." ”

Ye Cuicui didn't tell herself!

Qi Shufang left the address with a strange heart, left Zhang's house with the material, and asked Ye Cuicui what was going on, Ye Cuicui patted her forehead, "Oops, I forgot to tell you, Tailor Zhang is a door-to-door worker." You either have to take care of the two of them for two meals at noon and at night, or you have to pay two catties of food stamps a day, and you have to pay your salary, eight cents a day. ”

"What should I do if I am lazy?" The members of the production team often work slowly, and the work that can be done in half a day usually takes one or two days, Qi Shufang is worried that the tailor Zhang who provides door-to-door service will also do the same.

Ye Cuicui smiled: "Don't worry! They are not this kind of people, if they are lazy, who will find them to make clothes in the future?"

Qi Shufang continued to ask: "How can you calculate the salary for making only one piece of clothing? It will definitely take less than a day. ”

"It's on a per-piece basis. I sew and mend all the clothes in our house, and I never look for a tailor, you make me think about it. Oh, I remember, if Tailor Zhang's family makes cotton clothes, it costs one dollar a piece, a shirt is two cents a piece, and a gown and pants are three cents a piece. Let me tell you, it is not cost-effective to calculate by piece, Tailor Zhang's family has a sewing machine, and the two of them are busy working together, and they can make seven or eight single clothes, or three or four cotton clothes a day. Ye Cuicui told her carefully.

Qi Shufang now fully understood, and asked what a manual production cooperative is.

Ye Cuicui replied: "Well, I really know that after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the social and economic organizations voluntarily united by handicraft workers and other social workers belong to the collective ownership system, and the state calls on such handicraft workers to join them, such as tailors, blacksmiths, carpenters, coopers, etc., which are rarely heard of now." ”

I've seen it again.

Qi Shufang said she understood, thanked her, and then said goodbye.

Back to his home, after half an hour, Tailor Zhang and his wife carried the sewing machine and carried all kinds of tools over, according to Qi Shufang's meaning, the sewing machine was placed in the east room, the head of the machine was hidden in the stomach, in the form of a writing table, as a cutting table, his wife quickly took out scissors, needles and threads, clothes and other things.

Qi Shufang felt that the sewing machine was narrow and small, so she left Teacher Lin in the west side room and moved the bookcase that was later moved to the east side room and put it next to the sewing machine, and the desk was wiped clean.

Tailor Zhang's wife's expression softened a lot, revealing a hint of a smile, "I knew that I had this, so I wouldn't move the sewing machine." ”

"Why?" Qi Shufang couldn't help but ask, facing an industry she didn't understand, she became a curious baby.

"Cotton clothes are all by hand. Materials such as cotton cloth, foreign cloth, khaki cloth, and labor cloth can be sewn together with a sewing machine to cut out the face and lining according to the appearance of the clothes, and the cotton is directly waddled in the interlayer and then sewn together. You can't do that with something like silk, the teeth of the sewing machine will break the silk. Zhang's tailor's wife explained.

Qi Shufang smiled: "Don't forget that the lining I prepared is all cotton, and I can definitely use a sewing machine." ”

"I've really forgotten! Look at my brain, I've been forgetting things lately. Tailor Zhang's wife smiled embarrassedly, turned her head to look at the clothes on the case, "How many cotton clothes do you make?"

"I want to make myself two padded jackets and two pairs of padded pants for the winter. The material is here, you see what is missing. Qi Shufang opened the bag and placed the satin, silk cotton and cotton cloth on the bookcase in turn, with a brilliant luster, like a rainbow.

Tailor Zhang and his wife have been doing this business for many years, naturally they have seen good materials, seeing these things, they did not show a surprised look, Tailor Zhang picked up the big red cloud brocade that Qi Shufang planned to make a jacket face, looked at it carefully, and gently stroked his finger belly for a moment, "This is Ruifuxiang's cloud brocade, good material, and silk is also a good mulberry silk." What style do you want to do?" motioned to his wife to show her what the clothes looked like.

The so-called clothes look like an old picture book, which is torn off from the cover of a magazine and then bound into a book.

Qi Shufang flipped through the pages, the characters on the cover of the magazine were wearing all kinds of clothes, the first page was a girl wearing a straw hat wearing a broken red flower shirt on a white background, the second page was a young woman wearing dark blue suspenders, the third page was a young man wearing a tweed coat and pushing a bicycle, and the fourth page was a middle-aged man wearing a Mao suit, and the words "dual-purpose shirt", "overalls", "camel hair coat", "Zhongshan suit" and other words were marked with a pen in the corner, followed by collars, pockets, cuffs and other styles.

"I don't know much about cotton pants, you look at it. Cotton jacket, just make a big jacket with a standing collar and a placket, and make a small jacket with a standing collar placket with a plum blossom buckle. She didn't need a too fashionable style, the original owner's old padded jacket was a stand-up collar placket with a lute buckle, and the army padded jacket was a placket, with open buttonhole buttons.

In addition to this cloud brocade, the material of the peach bottom colorful silk is also used to make cotton jackets, and a piece of pine elastic ink silk and a piece of dark green jacquard brocade in the mouth of the tailor Zhang are used to make the face of cotton pants.

The jacquard brocade came from Chen Ning, who gave the silk from his family's collection, and Qi Shufang bought four horses and cut one piece to make clothes.

The lining of the cotton jacket is uniformly made of foundation floral muslin, and the lining of the cotton pants is uniformly made of white floral muslin, which Qi Shufang cleaned and dried after buying it.

Tailor Zhang asked her how much silk cotton is used for a cotton jacket, Qi Shufang said: "I bought ten catties of silk cotton, first tighten these two cotton clothes, the amount of each cotton clothes is about one catty, do you think it is appropriate? ”

"Suitable. Tailor Zhang knew it in his heart, and asked again: "Do you use the thread you prepared yourself, or do you use ours?"

"What do you mean?" Qi Shufang looked puzzled.

Tailor Zhang Zhengse said: "The silk you prepare is colored, if you make clothes, you need to use red thread for red satin, and green thread for green satin, if you use white thread, it will not look good if the stitches are exposed." You prepare the line yourself, we use it directly, just right, if you don't prepare, use ours, you have to make up the line ticket to us. ”

Qi Shufang was momentarily stunned, "Do you have to prepare the thread yourself to make clothes?"

Tailor Zhang nodded.

"I ...... I didn't prepare a line, I thought I would use yours directly, so I had a cable ticket in my hand. Qi Shufang was in a hurry, couldn't she make clothes? No, she had been ready for a long time, and she was about to kick the door.

Zhang's tailor's wife couldn't help but say: "You are so sloppy? I see that you have prepared a lot of materials, why did you forget the thread? Fortunately, Lao Zhang has saved a lot of colored threads, and I am worried that the thread at your house is not enough, so I brought it over." Use the thread we brought, you can use the cloth ticket to get the line ticket, and the cloth ticket can also buy the line when you get it to the department store. You should have a cloth ticket, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll get it. Almost thinking that the clothes couldn't be made, Qi Shufang hurriedly found the scraps of cloth tickets she had saved and asked them to choose the number that would be offset with the line tickets.

Tailor Zhang accepted the cloth ticket, and his wife took a tape measure to measure Qi Shufang's size, and they were busy separately.

It's not easy to find a tailor to make clothes, Qi Shufang sighed.

Zhang's tailor's wife recorded the size, and Zhang's tailor spread the fabric on the case, painted the pink line and then cut out the sleeves, placket and placket, etc., when he used red and green threads to sew the face of the jacket and pants and the face of the jacket collar with her own hands, her wife used a sewing machine to sew the cotton cloth lining, and sewed the plum blossom plate buckle and pipa buckle with satin rags.

Qi Shufang leaned against the door frame and looked at it for a while, then picked up the album, looked through it carefully, and fell in love with the cargo pants worn by the young woman, and the double-breasted tweed Lenin suit.

"Master Zhang, when you finish making cotton clothes, make me two more clothes, I think the overalls pants are good, I must make one. ”

The least rustic style of pants is probably cargo pants.

This is Qi Shufang's thoughts after reading the album.

"Okay. "To do this business, it has always been more to do more, Tailor Zhang readily agreed, "If you make cargo pants, it is best to use labor cloth, the fabric is crisp and good-looking." ”

Qi Shufang said with a smile: "I happen to have labor cloth at home. ”

It's because the fabric is thick and stiff, she doesn't have the time or patience to do it herself, so she keeps it, and together with Mu Xuexun sent her a few pieces of good fabric, Qi Shufang took it to the east side room together, explaining the clothes she needs to make, and Tailor Zhang's wife wrote down what materials and what clothes in the notebook, and in the end, there were six clothes. In addition, the two cotton clothes that are being made and Qi Shufang wants to use the remaining silk cotton to make a cotton shoulder for herself and her husband, which is enough for the two of them to work for several days.

Tailor Zhang's wife was very happy, and her smile suddenly became vivid.

It's been a long time since anyone asked them to make clothes, most of the food stamps at home are taken to school for the three children, and the other part is subsidized to both parents, if there is no Qi Shufang today, the two of them will be cut off in two or three days, so seeing Qi Shufang preparing to cook, she whispered: "Comrade Shufang, let's go home for dinner, can you give food or food stamps?"

Qi Shufang was stunned: "You don't eat at my house?"

Zhang's tailor's wife told her family's situation again, "Lao Zhang and I have no jobs, and we only have 21 catties of grain a month according to the ration. However, Lao Zhang's parents and I were old and sick, and our children lived in the school, so we had to take care of each of them. We have more than a pound of sorghum noodles left in our house, if you give grain or food stamps, I will exchange it for a few catties of sweet potatoes and come back, and the two of us can last a few more days. ”

Although everyone said that they had to take care of a few full meals when they invited someone to work, when she used to go to make clothes for people with her husband, the meals they ate were all clear soup and little water, which was not cost-effective at all, and she was worried that Qi Shufang would also cook such meals for them.

Two catties of food is different, save a little, enough for the two of them to eat for a day or two.

Qi Shufang didn't know that Tailor Zhang's wife thought so much, she hoped that Tailor Zhang and his wife would make clothes for themselves seriously, buy back the sewing machine themselves in the future, and learn how to make clothes from them, so she smiled and said: "You and Master Zhang make clothes for me with your heart, I will take care of your meal at noon, and then give you ten catties of sweet potatoes and five cents a piece, how about it?"

Tailor Zhang's wife couldn't believe her ears, "Are you serious?"

"Really. "There's no need to deceive them, isn't it?

Tailor Zhang's wife thanked her again and again, and Tailor Zhang said next to her: "You just give us a dollar." Food is more important than money, we eat your meal, collect ten catties of sweet potatoes, and then charge a piece of five wages is too much. ”

"Lao Zhang is right, Comrade Shufang, if you are willing to give sweet potatoes, we are already grateful. ”

Qi Shufang saw that they insisted on this, so she agreed to come down and was happy to save five cents.

She stewed a half-dry hare at noon, fried a plate of shredded radish and a plate of hot and sour cabbage, mixed a dish of shredded mustard greens with red pepper, the staple food was corn porridge with three-fold noodles rolls, looking at the table full of meals, Zhang's tailor's wife had red eyes, and immediately apologized to Qi Shufang, saying that she spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

"We can't eat such a sumptuous meal during the New Year!" Tailor Zhang's wife wiped her tears.

"Please, make your clothes, and feed you no matter what. Master Zhang, Sister Zhao, eat it while it's hot. Qi Shufang wanted to say that when she learned that they were paid by the day, she also used to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, afraid that they would be lazy, but she still swallowed the words to her lips, she didn't have Zhao Hongying's honesty.

Zhao Hongying is the name of Zhang's tailor's wife, I didn't say it before, and now I sue Qi Shufang.

After eating and drinking, Tailor Zhang and Zhao Hongying burst out with unprecedented motivation, and before they were ready to go home at six o'clock in the afternoon, they not only made two cotton clothes, but also made the pink threads of other clothes.

Every time they make a cotton coat, they let Qi Shufang check it by herself, except for the lining is sewn with a sewing machine, the rest is all by hand, and the board is upright, especially exquisite, and there are almost no traces of stitches on the surface of the jacket and trousers.

Qi Shufang took it to the bedroom, took off her coat, put on a cotton coat and tried it on, it was very fitting, soft and comfortable.

It's a little better than the clothes you bought, because it's made according to your own size, and it's close to you everywhere, and although the clothes you buy have a variety of styles, there must be something that doesn't fit in the size.

When He Jianguo came home from work, after eating, she tried on clothes for He Jianguo to see.

"Good-looking! What a white and handsome little daughter-in-law!" He Jianguo smiled with admiration in his eyes, and continued: "It's a pity that when we got married, you didn't wear such a beautiful red cotton jacket." ”

When he got married at that time, he never thought that there would be such a prosperous day now.

Staring at his wife's face, He Jianguo's heart was full of happiness, glad that he liked her at a glance, regardless of his sister-in-law's muttering behind his back that the bride price was too heavy, he was said to value the skin and did not regret it, he only really understood his wife after getting along after marriage, his character is as beautiful as his appearance, if he misses it, he will regret three lives.

"Can the days at that time be compared with now? The days are getting better and better!" Qi Shufang glanced at him, and was about to take off the cotton jacket, but now in autumn, it was not the time to wear cotton clothes, but he was stopped by He Jianguo.

"Don't take it off, let me see it again. ”

The black hair, the pretty face, the ruddy lips, the white and tender skin, and the red cotton jacket with a standing collar and placket did not pinch the waist, but still revealed a slender waist that could be held with one hand. The powder is too white, and Shi Zhu is too red. The eyebrows are like green feathers, the muscles are like snow, the waist is like bundles, and the teeth are like shellfish. Yan Ran smiled, confused Yang City, and fascinated Cai. ”

He Jianguo couldn't help but moan softly.

Qi Shufang had also read this article, covered her mouth and smiled: "Where is there any Yang City here? Where is there Xia Cai?" When she laughed, her eyes were rippling with water, clear to the bottom, and between the flows, the waves were rippling.

"There is no Yangcheng, there is no Xia Cai, there is me!"

"Shh

Qi Shufang took off her padded jacket, wearing only a floral shirt on her body, her curves were exposed, and her face was smiling, but she didn't expect Yan Sù Gang to be just like He Jianguo, and she was also quite interesting!

Qi Shufang thought as she hung it in the closet.

When He Jianguo was not at home, she occasionally went to the scrap yard, collected a few pieces of old furniture and some old wood, drew a simple pattern of clothes and supports by herself, selected camphor wood with aroma and insect repellent and mildew-proof, and asked a carpenter to make thirty tripods, the three corners were polished very smooth, the top corner drilled through the iron hook, and the wooden sticks were inlaid horizontally in each wardrobe to hang clothes.

She is now almost convinced that the camphor wood is really good for insect repellent and mildew prevention, and she is preparing to collect some more camphor wood to build a large wardrobe and a bookcase.

He Jianguo looked at the row of clothes hanging in the closet, he only bought a few pieces, which looked very pitiful, and the new clothes were all from Qi Shufang, and then recalled that when he was not at home, Qi Shufang was out of the hall, entered the kitchen, hunted and farmed, and he could eat meat every day and stain his wife's light, he couldn't help but sigh, and joked: "Shufang, you are so powerful, I don't know what I should do." "With such a capable wife, he is very stressed!

Moreover, my wife is so beautiful.

Although they dare not advertise the beauty of beauty outside, what man doesn't want to marry a beauty?

Qi Shufang turned around, put her arms around his neck, stood on tiptoe, pressed her forehead against his forehead, kissed him on the mouth, and laughed: "Fool, how can I have a child alone without you?"

"Have a baby, okay, let's go have a baby now!"

He Jianguo had a smile in his eyes, picked her up with his backhand, and ran impatiently to the shelf bed.

By the time the clouds stopped and the rain had subsided, more than an hour had passed.

Qi Shufang pillowed He Jianguo's arm and listened to him tell interesting stories during work, as well as the names and origins of colleagues, character and temperament, and family members who inquired about him. He works in the municipal government, the secretary of the municipal party committee and other bosses live in the compound of the municipal party committee, some colleagues live in the dormitory, and some colleagues are scattered in all corners of Gupeng City, the closest to their home is only across the street.

Of course, Qi Shufang agreed, no matter what time it is, lady diplomacy is very important. Although she doesn't want to take credit, she must admit that He Jianguo can come back safely, the Mu family is really helpful, and her work has become smooth, which is also a blessing for the Mu family. If you want to deal with the Mu family in the future, you have to come forward yourself.

She took He Jianguo's words to heart word by word, and suddenly interrupted: "Wait, what is the name of Deputy Secretary He's daughter?"

"It's called He Shengnan, didn't I sue you? Comrade He Shengnan works in the Railway Bureau, and Deputy Secretary He's brother-in-law Cao Yunshan is the deputy director of the Railway Bureau, what's wrong?"

"The announcer on our train is called He Shengnan, I heard that she has a very hard backstage, she has been a broadcaster since she took office, she has never done other work, she usually cleans, and Sister Wang often arranges easier work for her. However, I didn't expect her backstage to be so hard. Qi Shufang was very surprised, she really didn't see that He Shengnan was so big.

He Jianguo sighed, "If the Railway Bureau does not have a person with the same name and surname as her, then your colleague should be the daughter of Deputy Secretary He." Listening to the private discussions of colleagues in the unit, Deputy Secretary He only has such a daughter, who is regarded as a pearl in the palm of his hand, and named him He Shengnan, which shows his expectations for his daughter. Deputy Secretary He's wife, Cao Yunhai, is also a woman who does not let her eyebrows, and she has never relied on Deputy Secretary He, who used to be the first female tractor driver in our Gupeng City, and is now a bus driver with a first-class salary. ”

Qi Shufang admires her so much that she admires professional women, especially those who earn job opportunities by their own efforts, not men, such as Cao Yunhai and Sister Wang.

Qi Shufang was ashamed of herself, because her job opportunity was given by others.

"What is the situation of Secretary Jiang's family?" Deputy Secretary He is the deputy, Secretary Jiang is positive, He Jianguo is now giving Secretary Jiang a hand, the scope of work is particularly wide, the handling of daily affairs has to be managed by clerks, the organization and implementation of meetings, the arrangement of health and vehicle issues, and the most important thing is the management of documents, sending, receiving, circulating, sorting, preservation, etc., as well as the role of connecting internal and external, upper and lower affairs. Of course, he is not the only clerk, he has not yet reached the level of managing Wen Jiàn.

"Secretary Jiang ......" He Jianguo in the dark, a trace of inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, "I only know that Secretary Jiang is a native of Qingdao, Shandong, and has three sons and a daughter, the eldest son Jiang Xiuchun is in the army, and the second son Jiang Xiuxia is in politics, originally employed in Guangdong Province, and later transferred to Shanghai, the third in line is his daughter Jiang Xiuqiu, an accountant in a factory in Jinan City, Jiang Xiudong is the youngest, is Secretary Jiang's old son, fifteen years old this year, still studying in Qingdao, Secretary Jiang's wife accompanies him to live in Qingdao. ”

Qi Shufang waved her hand, "Secretary Jiang's family is not here with us, so we can't get in touch with it for the time being, what about the others? I have inquired, there are many large and small cadres in the municipal party committee team. ”

"I didn't inquire comprehensively, but I told you everything I did. ”

He Jianguo told her everything he knew, and when he first joined the office of the municipal party committee, he had worked for less than a month, and he already understood how intricate it was.

After listening to this, Qi Shufang asked, "Do you know anything about the situation of troops in our vicinity?"

"The military and politics are separated, and I just joined the company, so I don't know. Why do you ask this?"

"Didn't I tell you that I went to Shanghai to visit the Mu family this time? Xue Xun's cousin is near us, saying that he is receiving training, I think it should be military, but he didn't say it clearly. "I saved Xu Shaowen at the beginning, and he was Mu Xuexun's cousin, this matter must be remembered, remembered.

He Jianguo said with a smile: "You don't need to ask, maybe you will meet if you are destined." I have inquired about the Mu family, and the Mu family you have met is very remarkable. ”

Of course it's amazing, standing tall in this stormy era, can it be an ordinary person?

Qi Shufang could only put this sentence in her heart.

According to Mu Xuexun, she realized that the Mu family should be neutral, but because it was too neutral, it was inevitable that some people in power would be offended. Mu Xuexun moved to Shanghai with her mother, with the meaning of recuperation and the meaning of avoiding trouble, and it is very likely that they will become the target of others if they stay in Beijing.

She didn't have to hide her guess from He Jianguo, and whispered it to him.

"That said, we need to be mindful of the impact. He Jianguo pondered for a moment and said.

"A must. We strive not to leave anyone with a lever to attack us. ”

"Hmm. ”

Qi Shufang suddenly said: "Jianguo, you work in the office of the municipal party committee, as your partner, what do I need to pay attention to? I am making so many new clothes now, will it be artificially a capitalist way of life to wear on my body? Will it affect you?" Although she understands some truths, she is not clear about the specific situation.

Just imagine, most cadres have a work attitude of putting others before themselves, pursuing frugality, abandoning luxury, cadres wearing patched clothes abound, and they wear new clothes every day to go in and out.

Moreover, she has not experienced officialdom, has no sensitivity to respond, and many things are being explored.

After listening to this, He Jianguo laughed and laughed out loud.

"Laugh, what are you laughing at?" Qi Shufang glared at him, with a straight face, she was very serious.

"I'm happy, Shufang. He Jianguo moved her face and kissed her fiercely, chirping, "You can think of this, it shows that you have put me in your heart and have always paid attention to the influence." How fortunate I am to marry such a wife as you, I think I must have cultivated the blessing of three lives and three lives. ”

His eyebrows and eyes were all smiling, but it was a pity that Qi Shufang didn't release his spiritual power and couldn't see it.

"You're my husband, I'm your wife, aren't you in my heart? Isn't that what I'm supposed to do? Don't kiss it! It makes me salivate!" Licking around like a puppy, it's so embarrassing.

Qi Shufang pretended to be disgusted, but in fact, her heart was very sweet, "I asked you, you haven't answered yet! If it will affect your future in the municipal party committee office, I will wear new clothes for you at home when they are made, and wear old clothes every day when I go out, anyway, I am a staff member, and I work for three or four days in a row, so there is no need to wear too well." I don't want to attract the hat of a capitalist lifestyle. She remembers this very clearly, some black-hearted people just can't see others doing well.

"No, you don't. ”

"No, no, no? I'm worried that I'm going to get in trouble by dressing too luxuriously. ”

"You really don't need to be so cautious. ”

He Jianguo reached out and gently stroked her smooth back, as if touching the warm fragrant nephrite, "I have seen the clothes and fabrics you bought, the styles and colors are in line with the world, even if we dress a little better and eat better, as long as it does not exceed the convention, you don't wear red and green clothes outside, don't wear strange clothes such as bragi, and don't wear jewelry, it's fine." Both of us are employees, and there is no burden on the family, and it is common sense for two people to live and wear better things, and no one can find faults. ”

After saying these few words, He Jianguo thought of Professor Jin's teachings and said slowly: "We don't have to be mavericks, and we don't need to be oblivious to everyone. If we dress in tatters and put on a bitter face, we will be said to be hypocritical! You must know that there are characters with all kinds of ideas, and we cannot satisfy everyone, so it is better to abide by the golden mean. ”

You can still wear new clothes, you can wear a watch, that's great.

Qi Shufang is very happy, she is a girl, but she really doesn't want to wronged herself in this regard.

"The golden mean? I see. Don't worry, I'm not going to wear fancy clothes, do you see me wear them? The clothes I make now are all in the more common styles, only the cotton jacket and cotton pants are worn inside, and the beautiful satin and silk cotton are used. I've planned to wear these two cotton clothes only at home, and I'll wear the old cotton jacket and old cotton pants you bought for me when I go out. ”

Qi Shufang snapped her fingers, "In terms of life, I don't go into the black market, I don't speculate, I want to buy old furniture and old books, I always go to the scrap yard, and occasionally I don't let anyone find out about private transactions, so I won't do it in the future." Since you said that I sent wild boars to Director Mao's family, I have never done this kind of thing again, and then they are all personal contacts, I send things to his family, and his family also gives me things back, and the friendship is getting better and better. Except for this, you have to pay attention to it later, there shouldn't be anything else, right?"

He Jianguo praised and said: "No, you think very thoughtfully." ”

Early the next morning, Qi Shufang woke up on the radio broadcast, and listened in a daze for a while before opening her eyes.

He Jianguo's exercise has finally taken effect, which is gratifying.

Pursed his lips triumphantly, He Jianguo listened to the radio while bringing up the washing water, and the toothpaste was squeezed on the toothbrush, "Shufang, get up and eat." ”

Qi Shufang got dressed, looked at him wearing old work clothes, patched his knees, and said strangely: "Today is not the weekend, why are you wearing this clothes? "Good face is the tradition of the Chinese, most of them pay attention to pomp, no matter how poor the family is, you must wear the best clothes when you go out, often store good clothes, and usually wear torn clothes. Qi Shufang also likes to dress up He Jianguo, so that she can show her ability as a good wife and mother.

"You brush your teeth, I'll comb your hair. He Jianguo handed her the water-filled enamel jar and the toothbrush stained with toothpaste, walked around behind her, and braided a braid, "Yesterday, Secretary Jiang said that today, except for the staff who stayed in the office of the municipal party committee, everyone else went to the countryside with him to work, and I won't leave you with the bicycle." I did the math, and now the farm is not over, either rubbing corn on the cob, or planting the next crop of wheat, or removing the rice. ”

"Go to the countryside, you have now been transferred to the administrative level, and you still have to go to the countryside to work?" Qi Shufang turned her head with a mouth full of foam.

"Every summer and autumn when the farmers are busy, most of the cadres will go to the countryside and take the lead!" Although it is inevitable that some cadres are acting like this, because the state has educated them well, more people are concerned about the people. ”

After she finished brushing her teeth and washing her face, He Jianguo served the prepared breakfast.

After he left for work, Tailor Zhang and Zhao Hongying had not yet arrived, and Qi Shufang was a little bored, and she couldn't start cleaning if she wanted to. Every time I go home, I will find that He Jianguo cleans his home, especially the furniture, which is not dusty, although He Jianguo's reason is that the mahogany furniture is not wiped often, and it is difficult to clean up if there is too much dust.

She fiddled with the bedside radio, which had three buttons, like piano keys, for high, mid and low tones, and she minimized the sound of the broadcast.

After I bought this radio, I put it in my bedroom, and when I listened to the radio, I turned the sound to a low and medium range so that outsiders could not hear it.

Listening to the radio content with information of the times, Qi Shufang calculated in her heart that she had her own goals, and if she hadn't told He Jianguo, she would definitely unswervingly move forward with her goals.

Since this is the case, there are many things that you have to pay attention to, not only for He Jianguo, but also for yourself.

Tailor Zhang and his wife arrived quickly, they didn't take the sewing machine with them yesterday, they came directly today. Qi Shufang immediately had the spirit, observed their method of using sewing machines, the method of making clothes, and then handed over He Jianguo's size to them. Taking advantage of the fact that there is fabric at home, the silk cotton left over after making a shoulder is also a cotton coat for He Jianguo, and the silk cotton clothes are really good, which is beneficial to the body.

After making his cotton clothes, there were still more than two catties of silk cotton left, Qi Shufang put it away, and was ready to wait for the baby to have a baby in the future, and make a small cotton jacket or a small quilt for the baby.

Little baby, I don't want to come yet, I'm going to kill her.

Tailor Zhang and Zhao Hongying's clothes were done quickly and well, and before Qi Shufang went to work, she just finished all the clothes, checked them, settled the wages, carried the newly obtained five catties of sweet potatoes, and the two of them carried the sewing machine, and left with a thousand thanks.

As soon as they arrived at the door, a neighbor came to tell them: "Tomorrow the grain store will supply sweet potatoes!

Zhao Hongying hurriedly asked, "When will the supply start?"

"It's still eight o'clock when the door opens, and it's right to go to the queue early! As before, sweet potatoes are supplied according to the grain book, and five catties of sweet potatoes have to pay one catty of food stamps. The announcement said that small households with less than four people can buy five catties of sweet potatoes with grain stamps, five or more people including five people can buy 10 catties of grain stamps, seven or more people including seven people can buy 15 catties of grain stamps, and so on with more than nine people! I have to go home, we have 10 people in my family, and we can receive 100 catties of sweet potatoes, so I have to prepare food stamps and get 20 catties of food stamps!"

Looking at the distant back of her neighbor, Zhao Hongying's lips trembled, "Dad, how can you supply sweet potatoes in advance this year?" I still think about supplying sweet potatoes at the beginning of next month, and we happen to have food stamps. Now, we don't have a pound of food stamps in our hands! We haven't received all the food quota in the grain book, but we don't have food stamps! We have a family of five and can buy 50 catties of sweet potatoes!"

Tailor Zhang was silent.

After a long time, he gritted his teeth, "I'll borrow it!" ”

Putting down the sewing machine and cutting tools, Zhang Tailor went out without looking back, found several neighbors, begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother, and borrowed two catties of food stamps with great difficulty. Not enough, not enough at all, but people borrow it is a favor, and if you don't borrow, you can't say that people are bad. Do you really want to miss this opportunity? Tailor Zhang raised his head in despair and found that he had unknowingly arrived at He Jianguo's door, and Qi Shufang, who had locked the door, was wearing a tweed coat and was preparing to go to work with daily necessities.

"Master Zhang, what's the matter?" "It's not been an hour since I left, right? Why did you come here again?" "Did you forget something?" I'll open the door for you, I'm going to work, and I'm not at home for the next few days. ”

Tailor Zhang bit his mouth, was ruthless, closed his eyes, and cheekily said his request.

"Still eight catties of food stamps?" Qi Shufang was surprised, she hadn't gotten the news of the grain store's supply of sweet potatoes, seeing Tailor Zhang nodding cautiously, she thought for a while, "It just so happens that I passed by your door at work, I will go to your door and pretend to talk to Sister Hongying to you, there are a lot of people here, let people see it, they all come to borrow it, I don't have so many food stamps." ”

She and He Jianguo are not short of food for the time being, except for paying food stamps for eating in canteens and restaurants at work, they usually eat and store grain at home, and they buy rice and noodles on time every month, so there is a lot of food stamps left, and they are planning to wait for all the new grain to be brought back on the market.

Eight catties of food stamps is a small meaning for her.

Holding the hard-won food stamps, Tailor Zhang and Zhao Hongying were warm in their hearts, this is to solve their urgent need, miss this sweet potato supply, and miss it this year. They really don't know where to start with their gratitude to Qi Shufang, from now on, whenever someone gossips about Qi Shufang behind their backs, even if they have already returned all the borrowed food stamps, Zhao Hongying will seriously defend Qi Shufang, so that Qi Shufang will officially integrate into the local residents, this is the later story.