It is not uncommon for a grown-up girl to come home smoothly.
It's not the most difficult time yet.
If only after a while, all kinds of big girls, young wives, middle-aged boys, and milk babies would be able to be "acceptable".
This is not,
Luo Xuan had just returned home, and before he even entered the courtyard gate, he heard bursts of conversation.
yard,
A middle-aged couple was begging Aunt Zhang: "His aunt, your Luo Xuan family, do you want a mother-in-law?"
Aunt Zhang, who is responsible for running the consignment store for Luo Xuan, is trying to persuade them to go home: "I said his uncle and his aunt, you should go back.
Our family, Luo Xuan, is still young and we won’t consider getting married now.”
The man murmured: "You're not young anymore. According to the market situation in the old society, a young master with good financial conditions would have been married long ago..."
Aunt Zhang glared: "What are you talking about? What kind of society is it now? Besides, our family, Luo Xuan, looks like someone who lives in the countryside?
From now on, our family, Luo Xuan, will be eating public food!
Why don't you go and ask around? A while ago, someone in the city wanted to move our Luo Xuan household registration into the city.
It's just that our family, Luo Xuan, is very angry and doesn't want to eat that...sigh, what kind of food is that?"
When Aunt Zhang talks, she always talks about how our Luo Xuan is, and how our Luo Xuan is.
Standing aside, eating a thumb-sized boiled sweet potato, the eldest daughter of Zhang's mother's family was puzzled: Mother, I seem to be your biological child, right?
This is to say,
The father of a child in the world may not necessarily be sure whether his child is his biological child.
But as a mother, you must know this best.
Zhang Dawa was troubled in her heart: As a mother, I usually do business very efficiently!
Very shrewd.
But when it comes to Luo Xuan, why do you feel guilty?
"Auntie, you should take a look at my daughter. She is so handsome!"
The mother-in-law of the old couple spoke up: "Shen, just do it well and tell the message to that young comrade Luo Xuan.
Our family comes from a very clean background.
Our daughter has a good reputation, is decent, and is hard-working...and she also has a big butt. Needless to say, she is fertile..."
The man on the side said cautiously: "The betrothal gift only requires 100 kilograms of fine grains... No, 80% of fine grains or 20% of coarse grains will be fine..."
Aunt Zhang, I don’t know how many times she has discouraged people like them from door-to-door to sell marriage.
Hearing the words,
Aunt Zhang sighed and said: "I said he is his uncle, I'm afraid you don't know! The last time Luo Xuan came to our house Luo Miao was so beautiful, she was like a fairy walking out of a painting!"
She treats our little Xuanxuan, which is called a good person! She also sends money and food stamps.
That's it, our little Xuanxuan is still not happy! What's the use of telling me this now?
Repay 80% of fine grain... Believe it or not, my Xiaoxuan, others repaid 1,000 kilograms of grain. Anyone who wants to send their daughter over has to line up from our Zhengxing brigade to the streets of Hongxing Commune."
"1,000 kilograms of grain?"
The woman muttered: "The only one that can come up with so much food now is the storage room of the production team. But that's public property..."
Luo Xuan at the gate of the courtyard felt that he could no longer listen to it!
This Aunt Zhang first called herself "our family Luo Xuan".
Later it became "Little Xuanxuan".
Until now, Aunt Zhang has cut corners and turned herself into a "Xiao Xuan".
Luo Xuan estimated that if he continued to listen, he might become "Xuan'er" in Aunt Zhang's mouth.
What's more, it is possible that in the end it will become a "son": our son, our son...
"Aunt Zhang, I'm back!"
Luo Xuan said hello, blocking his increasingly shortened name, "Let me introduce to you, this is Miss Ye Wan, and this is Aunt Zhang."
"The one standing there munching sweet potatoes is the eldest son of Mrs. Zhang's family."
"biological."
Luo Xuan added seriously.
This is because Luo Xuan was worried about Miss Ye Wan. He heard Aunt Zhang's words and thought she was his own mother...
"Ah, Luo Xuan is back?"
As soon as Aunt Zhang heard Luo Xuan's voice, a look of joy appeared on her face, "Quickly, sit in the room, the person who came to see you in the past two days... Hey, this is not Ye from the 3rd production team. Late, Aunt Ye?"
Some are happy and some are sad.
When Aunt Zhang saw Luo Xuan, she couldn't help but feel elated.
But the old couple standing in the yard, waiting to sell their daughter, couldn't help but have a look of disappointment on their faces when they saw Miss Ye Wan behind Luo Xuan.
There is still a bit of pain between the eyebrows of this old couple...
well!
It's too late!
This pit in Luoxuan has been taken over first...
Aunt Zhang's consignment store is well run and has a great influence on the entire Zhengxing Brigade, as well as the members of several nearby brigades.
Many members of other brigades even traveled an extra 10 to 8 miles to go to Aunt Zhang's agency store to "deposit" some things.
Or, buy some items they want.
Therefore, Aunt Zhang, who has a wide range of contacts, also knows Miss Ye Wan, the village beauty of Production Team 3.
"Come on, come on, come in and sit down. Don't show your face in the production team."
Aunt Zhang stretched out her hand to grab Luo Xuan and pushed her into the house: "Hey, you don't know. In the past two days, there have been more people visiting to sell your daughter than there are mosquitoes in summer!
It's so bad that I can't even take care of my business, and I just talk about it every day and become this evil person who specializes in breaking up marriages."
Enter the house.
Miss Ye Wan put down the empty basket in her hand, lifted up her sleeves, climbed up and down, and helped Aunt Zhang wipe the counter.
To avoid suspicion.
She didn't dare to go inside the counter to clean the shelves.
I only dared to stand outside the counter and help wipe the large pottery jars containing kerosene, soy sauce, vinegar, salt, and bean paste.
"Aunt Ye, are you hungry?"
Aunt Zhang stood at the counter while keeping accounts in the account book.
While raising his eyelids from time to time, he glanced at Ye Wan, who had been busy without taking a break since he entered the door. "Take one of the fruit candies in the candy bowl and put it in your mouth."
Our Luo Xuan loves sweets the most! You may not know, but he used to have rake disease... Oh, I shouldn't tell you this."
"It's okay, Auntie, I'm still holding on."
Ye Wan reached out and wiped the fine sweat on his forehead.
While working, he said softly: "We farmers don't dare to imitate those delicate girls in other cities. If we don't work for a day, we won't have food for a day."
Aunt Zhang asked her: "As far as I know, there seems to be only one old lady in your family, right?"
When Miss Ye Wan heard this, the rag in her hand obviously stopped for a moment.
His face also turned pale: "She's gone..."
Aunt Zhang was stunned!
The pen he was using to keep accounts also paused in mid-air, "If I remember correctly, your grandma is only in her fifties, right?"
I remember a few months ago, she came to my place to sell 2 handfuls of rapeseed moss and 5 handfuls of pea seedlings.
At that time, I thought her body was in pretty good shape, she spoke and acted quickly, and she was a very smart person."
There was a "squeaking" sound from the friction between the rag in Ye Wan's hand and the large pottery vat.
I heard her say in a voice that was so low that no one could hear her, "She... saved her rations for me. Every day when I eat, my grandma pretends to have eaten.
Later, when I was taking care of my grandma's funeral, I found more than 6 kilograms of cornmeal from under her pillow..."
The current daily food quota is 3 taels and 3 yuan. Ye Wan’s grandma wants to save more than 6 kilograms of cornmeal.
It is conceivable that
How long does it take for her to endure (omit) to save so much food?
"well--"
Aunt Zhang sighed lowly and immediately changed the subject: "Luo Xuan, there are more and more things 'stored' in the consignment store now, and they are getting more and more complicated. What do you think you should do with them?"
The reason why Aunt Zhang wanted to change the subject quickly.
That's because she is worried about the soft-hearted Luo Xuan. After hearing too much of this kind of news, her brain will twitch and she will donate a lot of things again!
Based on Aunt Zhang’s understanding of Luo Xuan: Luo Xuan might actually be able to do this!
But once this hole is opened, there will be no more peace for a minute in the courtyard of this red brick house 24 hours a day...
Those who want to come to beg for something can really queue up from Zhengxing Brigade to Hongxing Street!
Giving kindness to others can bring you a thank you and a feeling of gratitude.
But if there are so many people, even if Luo Xuan is extremely capable, he can't take care of them.
By the time.
If you accidentally ignite everyone's anger, you will be in big trouble!
Don't be afraid of not having it.
I'm afraid some people have it and some people don't.
Gratitude cannot be eaten as food, but the violent anger of the members can really kill people!
Nowadays, members' money is getting tighter and tighter.
What brand-new combs and cotton-padded jackets they used were 80% new?
Even when I got married, the large mirror and the red-painted wooden cabinet that my mother-in-law brought as a gift were all moved to the agency store for "storage".
Everyone hopes to be able to exchange for 35 cents, 5 cents, 8 cents, etc., so that they can buy some food.
only,
The hope is full, but the reality is very skinny.
Even if they finally sold the big wooden cabinet, with only 5 to 8 yuan, they want to go to the frog market to buy 2 or 3 kilograms of grain?
I guess those grain dealers don't even have the desire to open a scale...
Luo Xuan was in the room next to the consignment store. While carefully counting the large pile of sundries, he asked Aunt Zhang: Whose items are these and how much do they plan to sell them for?
and,
Luo Xuan still needs to find out in detail what is the current situation in these people's homes?
For example, if Yang San'er's family is really in trouble, Luo Xuan will take out a few kilograms of food stamps and replace the things he "stored" first.
The situation now is a bit special.
It may not be easy for everyone to take money and go to the frog market.
But if you take the food stamps, go to the food station's store, and make up a little difference, you can still exchange for food at any time.
After asking about the specific circumstances of some members' families, Luo Xuan took out dozens of kilograms of grain and about ten kilograms of food stamps.
The things that the members brought over for "deposit" were replaced.
actually,
Use grain and food stamps to replace the tables, chairs, benches, vases, storage jars, and some jdz porcelain ornaments left over from the folk pot period.
For Luo Xuan, it is of no use.
There cannot be anything of real value in these folk items.
The things these small landowners in the countryside hand out from their homes are almost never high-quality.
And during this period, if you want to buy some antique furniture, porcelain and bronzeware, there are simply a lot of them!
If you don't mention anything else, just pick two inconspicuous things in the "Jian Trash" yard in the county town, and their age will not be too short.
this period,
Whether in cities or rural areas, there are many people in their homes who find these ancient furniture old and ugly, and their styles are not novel enough.
In this atmosphere where everyone is pursuing a new style and a "big" one.
Many people smashed these pieces of furniture without regret and burned them as firewood.
Use precious food and food stamps to replace what others have taken from you.
The reason why I want to do this is just to change my excuse to help my parents and fellow villagers.
It's just that the standard of this aid is not high, as long as it can ensure that they don't go hungry.
The lessons of rising rice and grudges must be guarded against.
Just when Luo Xuan was really weighing: who can help and who cannot.
I only heard the sound of "Gudong" coming from outside!
It turned out to be Miss Ye Wan, who was wiping the counter because of hunger and fatigue.
