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Ye Fangfei couldn't believe that Aunt Ye's family was truly short on kitchen knives. Even if they were lacking, her own household was filled with workers, so they certainly wouldn't be short on industrial supplies. Aunt Ye was simply trying to take advantage of her.
Ye Fangfei wasn't foolish; she knew better than to indulge Aunt Ye. If she agreed this time, there would surely be even more demands next time. Since she would eventually have to offend her anyway, it was better not to agree from the start.
Zhi could get a connection at the metal factory, but getting it without a ticket would cost significantly more than buying one at the department store.
"Aunt, are you sure you want it? If you do, I can have Zhi talk to them," Ye Fangfei said.
"How could it be expensive? Didn't Zhi say he could help us get it from the metal factory?" Aunt Ye replied, puzzled.
Upon hearing this, Ye Fangfei realized that Aunt Ye was indeed trying to take advantage of her. Someone must have let it slip that they could get knives from the factory.
"They did give us two knives, but I need one for my own family and gave the other to my mom. I really don't have any extra to spare for you," Ye Fangfei explained.
"But didn't you just buy a new knife for your kitchen? It can't have broken already!" Aunt Ye insisted. "Why not lend me that one for now?"
Even though she had mentally prepared herself, Ye Fangfei was still taken aback by Aunt Ye's audacity. If she had been more timid, she might have just given in.
But Ye Fangfei wasn't timid; she feigned surprise and said, "Aunt, how did you know my knife hasn't broken yet?"
"It's not like I'm using two knives just for this reason," she continued. "I don't want to use the same knife for both raw and cooked food."
"This new one is specifically for cutting cooked food," she added.
Aunt Ye hadn't expected this reasoning and thought Ye Fangfei was being overly particular. "Isn't it all the same when cutting? Why do you need two knives?"
"Of course it's not the same! If you cut raw food first and then cooked food with the same knife, bacteria can easily spread," Ye Fangfei explained.
"This isn't just me being picky; I've gotten used to having separate knives for raw and cooked food at home. Not just knives—our cutting boards are separate too."
It turned out that they didn't have any extra kitchen knives at home and had to make do with what they had.
Now that they have a home, they certainly want to make it nice.
Aunt Ye noticed that Ye Fangfei wasn't budging, and she felt helpless. After all, it was someone else's stuff; she couldn't just take it by force, could she? She muttered under her breath, "What a fuss over nothing. I've never heard of anyone needing two pairs of scissors."
Ye Fangfei ignored her, letting her grumble on. It didn't matter; she wouldn't let Aunt Ye take advantage of her.
When Aunt Ye said this, everyone in the room heard it, including Ye Fanghua's husband, Zhao Dali. He had just been chatting with Tang Zhi, his brother-in-law, and learned that he was a truck driver who traveled all over the country. That alone made him envious.
He never expected Tang Zhi to be so resourceful, managing to get things without needing tickets. It seemed he needed to get Ye Fanghua to build a connection with this sister-in-law.
Not to mention, if he could get his hands on some items without tickets—whether for personal use or to sell—it would be quite beneficial. He had heard that this aunt worked in a textile factory and that his sister-in-law was employed at a department store.
Relatives like these could easily provide something that couldn't be found in the countryside. The more Zhao Dali thought about it, the more excited he became, wishing he could go over and connect with Uncle Er's family right away.
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