Chapter 101 Shopping in the Countryside
Chapter 101 Shopping in the Countryside
Time will always heal all wounds. When the leaves turned completely yellow, everyone in Wei Shuqing's family, including Wang's mother, had walked out of the shadow of Mr. Tan's departure.
Encouraged by her aunt and sister-in-law Wei Shuqing and Wang Chenchen, the Queen Mother cut her hair short and bought some bright clothes. She looked several years younger.
She learned from her colleague, Chef Zhu, that someone in the village was selling cabbage grown by himself.
"The cabbage in Xiaoliujia Village doesn't require a ticket, and it's not expensive. You know our family situation. My wife has a rural household registration, and our children also have their mother's household registration. We never have enough food at home, so we have to look for ways to buy it. That's how we found this great place to buy vegetables."
Chef Zhu excitedly shared it with some old colleagues.
He knew that several of his old colleagues were in a similar situation as him, with several mouths to feed at home, but they always had a limited amount of money.
There is a small restaurant at the Queen Mother's home that sells buns and stir-fried dishes, and cabbage is always included.
Upon hearing the good news, the Queen Mother hurried home to discuss it with her family.
"Let's go buy some together. If we can afford it, we can pickle some sauerkraut and make sauerkraut buns!"
She said excitedly that she had already planned how to buy a few large vats.
Mother Wei covered her mouth and laughed. "It's so hard to go to the village, it's a waste to just buy cabbage. How about this, I'll take you to visit the villagers, and we can buy some bacon or something to eat."
She came from a rural background and knew the people in the village. She was happy to sell her agricultural products to people in the city in exchange for some money to supplement her family's income.
When her family lived in the village, they often sold their dried vegetables and dried fish to city people who came to the village to make money.
Hearing this, the Queen Mother opened her eyes wide in surprise: "Really! You can still buy bacon? Will they sell it?!"
If the bacon and other agricultural products could be sold in the village, the cost of the small restaurant could be reduced a lot.
After all, if you don’t have a ticket, you will have to spend a lot of money to buy the raw materials.
Mother Wei nodded: "Of course, as long as you pay, we can sell it, and it's much cheaper than in the city!"
Her words made Wang Mu and Wang Chenchen, two native city dwellers, feel itchy and eager to go to the city to shop right now.
Fortunately, Wang Chenan's mind was still clear and he shook his head helplessly.
Sure enough, shopping is a woman’s nature.
He pointed at the sky outside the window and kindly reminded them, "What time is it now? By the time you get to Xiaoliu Village, it will be midnight. By then, the villagers' homes will be locked, and they won't have anything to sell to you!"
Hearing this, Wang Chenchen curled his lips in disappointment: "I was thinking of buying some bacon and asking Mom to make me some fried bacon with chili peppers tomorrow!"
None of her in-laws like spicy food. Although her mother-in-law intended to prepare some spicy dishes for her, her cooking skills were not satisfactory.
Wang Chenchen can only go back to her parents' home frequently to have a bite to eat.
Wei Shuqing smiled happily. She had no younger sister and treated her sister-in-law Wang Chenchen as her own sister. If her sister wanted to eat bacon, of course she would satisfy her.
"I remember there's still a big piece of bacon that my eldest brother brought. I'll go look for it now and ask Mom to fry it for you tomorrow."
"Ahhhhhhh!" Wang Chenchen happily hugged Wei Shuqing's arm and shook it, "Sister-in-law, you are the best, I love you so much!"
The next day, Yang Liu and Wei Shuhai were responsible for monitoring the business in the store. Wang Chenan took Niu Niu and Niu Niu to the library to read books. The two old ladies and Wei's father, Wei Shuqing, Wang Chenchen, Fang Jing and a group of people went to Xiaoliu Village to shop.
Father Wei rode his cart, Mother Wei and Mother Wang sat on it, and the others rode their bicycles.
Wang Chenchen rarely went to the village, so she was very excited all the way there: "Sister-in-law, do you think this feels like we're going on a picnic?"
"Look, we're a big group!" Wei Shuqing was very supportive and even pointed to the cows on the side of the road to Wang Chenchen, "Look, there are animals over there!"
"We didn't bring any bottles, otherwise we might have been able to buy some milk."
Wang Chenchen's face was full of regret.
This amused the Queen Mother: "My silly girl, those are a group of bulls!"
The laughter of the family echoed on the country road, and the smoke from the village curled up and drifted into the distance.
After Xiao Hu and Qi Zhijun moved out of the Tao family, they had no choice but to pay to live in a guesthouse.
Seeing that the money in his pocket was getting less and less and he couldn't find a suitable new house, Xiao Hu had no choice but to shamelessly find the party secretary of the fire brigade.
Xiao Hu from the previous life later sat in this position.
But in this life, Xiao Hu could only stand in front of the Party Secretary in a humble manner, smiling and saying nice things.
"Captain, could you please let my wife and I stay in the dormitory first? We'll find a house to move out soon!"
The current Party Secretary of the Fire Brigade was previously a brother of Xiao Hu, and his surname is Xie.
Seeing that his old leader asked him for help, Secretary Xie couldn't bear to refuse.
However, if this is actually implemented, it will be quite difficult.
After all, Xiao Hu's lover is a woman, and she can't live with a group of men.
But the conditions don’t allow for a separate dormitory.
Xiao Hu used to be a team leader and obviously knew the situation here very well.
He took the initiative to speak and proposed a countermeasure.
"Don't worry, Secretary Xie, we don't require a separate dormitory. We can just use a cabinet to separate a small room."
Now that things have come to this, it is obviously impossible for Secretary Xie to disagree.
He nodded: "Okay, then I'll inconvenience you and sister-in-law."
However, Secretary Xie's nod did not mean that all the firefighters in the fire brigade agreed. After all, no one wanted to have a member of the opposite sex in their living space.
Even though Xiao Hu brought melon seeds and candies and took the initiative to go to the dormitory to make good friends with them, the soldiers were cold and did not touch the food or pay any attention to Xiao Hu.
Seeing the frighteningly cold atmosphere, Xiao Hu could only take the initiative to speak: "We will be in the same room from now on, so I will inevitably cause you some trouble..."
"If you knew you were going to cause us trouble, you shouldn't have moved in."
"That's right, it's fine if you live in the dormitory alone, but you bring a woman with you. What's going on?"
"They just want to take advantage of the public. How shameless."
"Lover, how many lovers have you had, Captain Xiao?"
The soldiers' ridicule and sarcasm made Xiao Hu wish he could find a hole to crawl into.
But no matter what, he had to stay.
Because he couldn't sleep under the bridge with Qi Zhifang.
Xiao Hu, who originally wanted to ask his colleagues for help in moving the cabinets, completely gave up and could only move the heavy cabinets one by one by himself and put a bunk bed in the small space formed by the cabinets.
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