She thought about going to the provincial capital to check out the situation. Firstly, the provincial capital was no better than the county town, and the chances of making money would be greater. Secondly, Gu Xingdong's reply before the visit also urged her to visit relatives, but she couldn't let go of the business in her hands, so she kept putting it off.
, now that the family is separated, she can move more freely.
Chen Lishu did it as soon as she thought of it. She took the time to tell Li Xiulan and Gu Shoufu that she wanted to visit relatives in the provincial capital. Who knew that the old couple agreed very quickly as soon as she started talking.
"It's been almost three months since Xingdong left. I originally wanted to ask you when he was going to come. His army is not far away. It's only a day's train ride away. There's nothing to worry about at home. You can go."
Li Xiulan said.
"Mom, do you want to come with me?" It could be heard from her words that Li Xiulan also missed Gu Xingdong, and Chen Lishu couldn't help but suggest.
Li Xiulan really wanted to go and see it, but she had a big family at home, pigs and chickens to take care of, and team work to do. Besides, train tickets were not cheap, and it would take a lot of time to go back and forth.
Think about it and forget it.
"I won't go there. It's noisy in that part of the city. I still get motion sickness after going back and forth, but I don't want to cause trouble for myself."
Seeing what she said, Chen Lishu had no choice but to give up.
If you want to visit relatives now, you can't go just by carrying a bag. Chen Lishu still has to make a lot of preparations. First of all, she needs to write a letter to Gu Xingdong telling him the approximate time that she will go, otherwise she will go there in vain.
It was all in vain.
While waiting for the reply, Chen Lishu was not idle. She took the time to go back to Chen's house and told her about her trip to the provincial capital to visit relatives. On the way, she gave Wu Chunmei the money from the two previous sales of her hair.
"That's a provincial capital. Can you go there alone? You've never been far away in your life. You have to pay attention to your safety when you go out by yourself. Don't quarrel with others on the way. I heard that Huazi is very good. Go there.
As soon as you were patted on the head and body, you followed them obediently. In the first two years, there was a village not far from here, what was it called..."
"Xiaolin Village." Chen Manyun couldn't help but remind him.
"Yes, there was a child in Xiaolin Village who went to the city with the adults. He was seven or eight years old, but he was lost when he met a flower photographer. The adults cried so much that they couldn't find him after all these years."
Wu Chunmei couldn't help but sigh as she spoke.
"Mom, don't worry, I won't talk to anyone else. Besides, I've already written a letter to Xingdong. Someone will pick me up when I get off the train. I guarantee I won't lose it."
When Wu Chunmei heard that someone was picking up the phone, she felt relieved.
"Come here again before you leave. I'll ask your dad to go to the mountains to hunt two more rabbits and pheasants to bring to my uncle. A lot of vegetables have come down from the private plot. I will prepare some eight-treasure dishes to bring to my uncle."
"Mom, he has good food in the army, and he also has meat to eat. Rabbits, pheasants, etc. are so heavy. It's hard to pack them away. Why don't you just bring them with you?"
Ever since Mrs. Chen's incident, Chen Mandun hasn't gone to the mountains to buy condoms anymore. Now he's eating at home and others can't say anything.
"If his army has meat to eat, can it be rabbit and pheasant meat? He has to change his taste." Wu Chunmei glared at her: "Before I leave, I asked your dad to clean it up and wrap it in salt. It won't last long in hot weather, so you can just cook it when you get there.
Give it to him."
Seeing her insistence, Chen Lishu couldn't tell where she could cook in the dormitory, so she nodded in agreement.
In the Gu family, Li Xiulan was busy making shoes for her son Gu Xingdong on the kang. Although there were specially issued shoes for the army, they were not as comfortable as the mille-feuille soles at home. She thought that when Gu Xingdong rested, she would put on the shoes she made herself.
You can relax along with it.
"Mom, sister-in-law and sister-in-law, I will also be in the hairdressing business in the future. You can do it for me, and I will give you three cents just like the third brother and sister."
"Second sister-in-law, the school has final exams recently and I have to study and don't have time." Gu Xingping refused directly.
She wants to make money, but it depends on who does it. If it weren't for Liu Yuemin's selfishness, there would be no need to separate the family.
"The third daughter-in-law is going to the army, and I have to be busy packing the things for the third daughter. Let's talk about it later." Li Xiulan kept moving her hands as she spoke, and the rope made a squeaking sound when she pulled hard.
After being rejected by two people in a row, Liu Yuemin's originally smiling face became a little confused, and her eyes fell on Zhang Qin's face. Before she could say anything, Zhang Qin said directly: "The person who recently asked your elder brother to help him build a house
"More, the three children are so tight that I have to keep an eye on them, so..."
Although I didn’t say the next words, I still refused.
The second child's family robbed the third child's business, and the family was originally divided because of this matter. If she joins in now because of the money, then who will she become.
Besides, she is usually the first thing that comes to mind when the three younger siblings do something good. Although she earns commissions, Chen Lishu never cares about gains and losses and always gives extra money. She made the two new clothes Gu Hong made this year.
, the food at home is almost always empty-handed every time I go to town. Just like the child's father said, she can't add insult to injury right now.
Liu Yuemin looked at the three of them, her face turning blue and white, and finally she turned around angrily and went back to her room.
When Chen Lishu came back, she saw Liu Yuemin leaving angrily and raised her eyebrows without saying anything.
"Mom, sister-in-law, I'm going to town tomorrow. Do you have anything you want to buy? I'll bring it back with you."
Anyway, everyone knew that she was going to visit relatives, so Chen Lishu simply went to ask for a long leave from the team.
"Last time, the fourth child left in a hurry, so he only brought a change of clothes and a pair of shoes for walking. I'll pack them for him later, so you can take them with him tomorrow." Li Xiulan raised her head and said.
"Okay." Chen Lishu nodded.
"Third brother and sister, when you go, help me go to the store to buy some large handkerchiefs that don't require cloth tickets. These two little boys, Gu Zhao and Gu Song, look like they have teeth on their bodies. I can't even make clothes."
All year round, there are only about ten feet of cloth tickets. In addition to clothes and bedding, there are also cloth tickets. The children are growing fast, and wearing clothes is like eating clothes. Zhang Qin has no choice but to buy a few free handkerchiefs to fight for them.
Make a sleeveless vest for the two children.
"Okay." Chen Lishu nodded in agreement. But something suddenly came to her mind, and that was the 'fake collar' that became popular from Shanghai.
A shirt requires a lot of fabric and a lot of fabric stamps, and once worn for many years, the collar becomes seriously worn, and losing a piece of clothing is too distressing, so some fastidious people invented the 'fake collar'.
The ‘fake collar’ not only satisfies people’s need for beauty, but also solves the dilemma of shortage of money and cloth. Wearing the ‘fake collar’ in spring and autumn, with a coat or a sweetheart-collar sweater on top, is absolutely beautiful, fashionable and economical.
But as far as she knows, there seems to be no one selling "fake collars" in town. Maybe she can give it a try.