The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead
Chapter 127 - 125: Thoughts of Those Around

Chapter 127: Chapter 125: Thoughts of Those Around

At this time, summer was about to pass, and autumn had not yet arrived, so there were no new styles of clothing, but the two of them both bought a pair of small leather shoes.

Luo Xinyue also bought two pounds of woolen yarn. Looking at that deep blue yarn, Lu Jingqiu realized, "Are you knitting a sweater for your Shang Ze?"

Luo Xinyue’s face turned slightly red as she hummed in agreement, "He tutored me awhile back and asked me for a gift. After thinking it over, I decided to knit him a sweater. Jingqiu, aren’t you knitting one for your man? It’s going to get cold soon."

Lu Jingqiu didn’t expect Shang Ze to be so subtly demanding, coaxing his little fiancée for gifts. When she thought of Jiang Nanzhou, it seemed she hadn’t given him anything yet.

She also bought a few pounds of the deep blue, as well as some gray for her father, and got some earthy yellow for herself; she knew many knitting patterns from her previous life.

Seeing that Lu Jingqiu was buying for herself, Luo Xinyue thought for a moment and also got some light purple for herself.

Afterward, Lu Jingqiu went to inquire at the cotton stall, but unfortunately, there was no cotton available at the moment; however, she could place a pre-order, so Lu Jingqiu booked ten pounds of cotton.

Luo Xinyue said, "Are you preparing to make a new quilt?"

This time, it was Lu Jingqiu’s turn to blush as she said, "I’m planning my wedding at the end of the year, preparing the bridal quilt."

"Wow, you’re moving so fast."

"My family is urging me, what about you?"

"Shang Ze would like to get married sooner, but my parents hope to keep me for two more years."

"You grew up together; he’s waited so many years, another two won’t make much difference."

Lu Jingqiu asked Luo Xinyue if she had prepared everything needed for school.

Luo Xinyue said she was already preparing, and Lu Jingqiu took her to the fabric area, where they bought a bedspread of dark pink with faint, dark floral patterns on it. Jingqiu felt it, not silk but quite comfortable to touch, good for a bedsheet or quilt cover.

She planned to go back and make herself a three-piece set. Just that bedspread cost five yuan and eighty cents.

When Lu Jingqiu got home, she wound the yarn into little balls.

Her aunt told her after work that she had managed to get a few pieces of red fabric.

Lu Jingqiu gave her aunt some cloth coupons and said, "Aunt, I ordered ten pounds of cotton at the department store today; they said to come pick it up in ten days."

"Alright, when the time comes, your aunt will make you two quilts. We still have too little cotton; try to get another ten pounds to make a thicker set for the winter."

"Sure, I’ll ask around. Aunt, I made millet porridge today and specially saved a portion for you."

Zhou Lanqin shook her head, "I had eight-treasure porridge at a restaurant today, no room left in my stomach, save it for your dad."

"There’s plenty saved. Take this to your husband."

Zhou Lanqin couldn’t argue, so she took it back home.

Lu Jingqiu sorted out the cotton at home, along with the coarse blue and white checkered fabric her mother had left, and planned to go to the old tailor with Aunt Liu the next day.

She calculated the time; just another week and she would have to report to school.

Water glasses, tea jars, warm pots, washbasins, toothpaste and toothbrushes—she needed to buy a new set of all these.

Lu Jingqiu prepared all the coupons she would need for tomorrow in advance.

When her father came home in the evening, he gave her two more sugar coupons, laughing, "These are what Uncle Du lost in a bet."

Jingqiu smiled, "Dad, Uncle Du has several children as well."

"All his sons are working, and they have plenty of coupons. The other day, I gave him two catties of millet, and he was as happy as can be. In the future, when you come across good things, try to get more. But remember, be careful."

"Yeah, I know."

"Have you packed everything for school? Don’t leave anything out. I’ve been busy these days; you’ll need to get ready yourself. I’ll take you to school on the first day."

"Alright. Dad, I left some millet porridge and pickled vegetables for you, let me bring them over."

"Yeah."

Early the next morning, Aunt Liu called out to her from her yard. Jingqiu quickly got dressed, fried two goose eggs simply, drank a glass of milk, and left the house.

Speaking of which, since she returned, she noticed that the two geese only laid one egg each per day, not two, and the ducks were the same.

Jingqiu figured it was probably because she hadn’t been home recently, her dad was also often out, and her aunt was busy, so they weren’t fed on time.

Nevertheless, they had stored quite a few goose eggs, duck eggs, and chicken eggs at home.

Aunt Liu borrowed Grandpa Wang’s wheelbarrow from the house in front, and the two pushed it over to the old tailor’s not too far away.

The old tailor, seeing that they came to make three pairs of quilts, said, "You might have to wait two days. There are quite a few people making quilts for school and for weddings, and I’m booked for three days."

Jingqiu had thought that quilts could be made in one day, not knowing there would be a queue. It seemed that in the future, she’d need to order quilts in advance.

Aunt Liu didn’t mind and knowing that Jingqiu would be starting school in a few days, quickly said, "Master, my niece needs it for school; it’s for a one-and-a-half meter bed and will be covered with a one-point-eight meter quilt. Can you expedite it for her?"

The master checked his order list, which had four or five out-of-town students coming to pick up their orders tomorrow. He and his wife could only make three or four quilts a day, rushing from morning till night, "I’ll move yours up, but it can’t be done by tomorrow, the day after is the earliest."

"That’s fine."

"Thank you, master."

After they left the cotton, weighed it, stated their requirements, and recorded an order slip, a quilt of one point eight by two meters, whether for bedding or covering, required three yuan, plus two cloth coupons or grain coupons or any variety of food tickets. For the one Jingqiu would use underneath, it was two yuan.

Upon leaving the tailor’s shop, Jingqiu said, "Aunt Liu, I’ve been too careless. I didn’t expect there to be so many people making quilts now."

Aunt Liu tilted her head and smiled at her, "The weather is getting cold soon. Since the autumn harvest season just ended, some units have more grain and cloth coupons. In previous years, we had a lot of weddings around this time. Now, with students starting school, naturally, there are more people making quilts. Xiao Qiu, haven’t you noticed that there are many more people carrying baskets on the streets this past month?"

Jingqiu shook her head, "I haven’t gone out much recently. Aunt Liu, they are quite fast."

"Indeed they are, especially those from municipal services. They have quicker access to news. When there’s any policy change, those at home would know, and there are those who are clever enough to capitalize on the news to make some money. One of our colleagues, whose spouse works at the paper factory, has connections upstairs and gets to know some inside news. She also manages to take sanitary paper from the factory. As soon as the news went out this time, she directly took five hundred rolls. No tickets needed, twenty cents a roll, and there’s also the loose kind, eighty cents a pound. By the way, Xiao Qiu, do you want some? If you do, I can ask for you tomorrow."

"Yes, Aunt Liu, can you buy me ten pounds of the loose kind and ten rolls? I’ll give you the money now." Jingqiu said while taking out ten yuan for Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu accepted the money straightforwardly, "Okay. I’ll bring it to you in a bag tomorrow, she’s actually having us help spread the word." As Aunt Liu spoke, she frowned, "Just look at the factories, especially the ones that make daily necessities and food products. Those who have connections can take things from the factory and sell them to make quite a bit of money."

True enough, no matter the era, there are always people who are quick-witted and quick-acting, following the policies and rarely going wrong.