Hard times have room

Chapter 11 The First Pot of Gold

"Drinking water?" Wang Jiandang put down the basket behind his back and flipped through it. He found that he didn't bring water hyacinth. He patted his head and said regretfully, "Paulin, I forgot to bring water in a hurry. Dad will take you to the street to find it. The family is begging for water to drink.”

Of course Pauline knew that she didn't bring water with her when she went out this time, but she thought that it might be an excuse, so she didn't remind her dad.

At this time, it is a very common and normal thing to beg someone for saliva when going out.

"Dad, I'll go by myself, how about going to that aunt's house?" Pauline pointed to a small courtyard with large bricks and tiles next to her, and said, looking at her aunt who was picking up the vegetables she cherished.

This aunt looks like she's only fifty years old, and she looks inconspicuous, just like an ordinary aunt with deep wrinkles on her face, but she looks very refreshing on the whole, because her dress is very clean and tidy.

The hair is neatly combed, pinned to the side with a small comb, the clothes also look new, and the washing is even more clean, looking very neat.

In other words, just looking at her clothes, she was very different from those aunts in the village and towns in the past. Paulin felt that she was very similar to those old aunts in the village of Paulin's previous life.

At this time, the vegetable pickers in the yard seemed to have noticed something and looked up outside the yard, as if they wanted to hear what people outside were saying.

Wang Jiandang also noticed the sight of his aunt in the courtyard. After thinking about it, it would be better if he was a big man outside, so as not to be misunderstood: "Okay, come out after drinking, I will wait for you outside."

Paulin walked into the yard with the basket on her back, moved her lips, and said slowly, "Auntie, I forgot to bring water, can I ask for a drink at your house?"

Aunt Qin smiled, put down the dish in her hand, and said, "what's the matter, I'll go scoop up the water, you wait a moment."

After Aunt Qin finished speaking, she turned around and entered the small kitchen on the far left.

When she came out, she handed the scoop to Paulin, who took the water in her hand and stuffed a large handful of dried mushrooms in her own hands into Aunt Qin's hands.

"Auntie, you are a good person. You can take this mushroom and add a dish to the house at noon." After Pauline finished speaking, she drank water eagerly.

"This, if you take it back, it's just a sip of water. Auntie can still ask for something from you." After Aunt Qin finished speaking, she pushed the thing in her hand towards Baolin.

"Auntie, this mushroom was picked up on the mountain. It's not worth anything. I still have a lot of them at home. This time, my mother was sick at home. The doctor said that I was exhausted and had to take supplements. My uncle's house will see if I can exchange this for some nutritional supplements for my mother to eat." Pauline didn't take it back, and her eyes turned red at the right time when she talked about her mother.

"By the way, auntie, my dad is still outside, and he hasn't had water in the morning. Can I take out the rest of the water for him to drink?"

"Is it enough? I'll go and scoop up another scoop." After speaking, he took the water scoop, and after a while, he scooped up a scoop full of water and handed it to Pauline.

"Hey, thank you Auntie." Pauline turned around and walked out of the yard.

"Dad, it's been so long, you've been thirsty too. This is the water from that aunt's house, drink it up." Paulin handed the water to Wang Jiandang, looking at the white skin on her father's lips. I vaguely regret that I didn't bring water. Anyway, selling things is nothing, so why should I let my family suffer first.

"Hey, I'll drink it now." Wang Jiandang looked at the sensible and filial daughter, and the well water in his mouth felt sweeter than sugar water.

After Wang Jiandang finished drinking, Pauline returned to the yard with the water ladle.

When Aunt Qin saw the little girl who looked a little thin and went out with a scoop to bring water to her father, she felt uncomfortable. What a lot of filial children.

After thinking about it, my entire family can eat to work, go to school, and go to school. The salary and income at home are pretty good, but there is a shortage of food and vegetables. Now everything in the city is planned to be supplied. Tickets to buy things, the idea of ​​distribution is not enough, a family of people.

Seeing Paulin's return, Aunt Qin hesitated for a while, but still said: "Daughter, just now Aunt saw that your mushrooms are good. Aunt's family is full of people. Why don't you go out and tell your father to see if these mushrooms can be eaten? Exchange with my aunt?"

"Auntie is not a loss to you, so I will replace it with brown sugar."

Hearing this, Pauline's eyes lit up: "Auntie, is it true? It can be exchanged. I don't need to ask my dad, I can make the decision. This time our father and daughter asked for leave to come to the city because the family had no money and no votes. Change some nutritional supplements and go back to supplement my mother."

"By the way, auntie, my dad still has something in the basket, do you want it?" Paulin put down the basket and opened it for Aunt Qin to check.

"Yes, you can bring it in together!"

"Okay, thank you auntie."

After walking out of the dean, Pauline came to her father again. After thinking about it, she still told the truth. She couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.

"Dad, the aunt in there just said that my mushrooms are good, and I want to replace it with brown sugar. I think it is much better to exchange brown sugar than to sell a buying station. My aunt is a good person, so let's exchange it with her." Pauline pinched the corner of her clothes and hesitated. said.

When Wang Jiandang heard the words, he didn't react at first, but it took two or three seconds to understand what his daughter was talking about, wasn't he asking for saliva!Why did you change something.

After thinking about it, I didn't bring many things in the back basket, just a pound of mushrooms and three catties of bamboo shoots and bamboo shoots. It would cost seven or eight cents to sell to a buying station. If I can exchange half a catty of brown sugar, the girl can change it if she wants. I haven't bought her candy for a long time.

Mushrooms are the shiitake mushrooms baked in winter and the pine mushrooms that were dried some time ago, and there are not many.

"Okay, let's change it, it's not much anyway, here it is, I'll wait for you here." Wang Jiandang thought about it without fussing, and gave the basket to Paulin readily.

Of course, when Pauline saw that her father didn't plan to get involved, she took some private goods into the back basket and secretly put two pounds of dried mushrooms in her own space.

"Auntie, take a look at these too." Pauline put down her dad's back basket too, so that someone could check it.

"Okay, these mushroom shoots are quite fresh."

Aunt Qin looked at the things, and packed it upside down in her own back basket. She turned around and went back to the house to take out two packets of brown sugar and gave it to Baolin: "How about these two packets of brown sugar in exchange for your mushrooms? One bag per pound, take it, As for sugar, my aunt's family has it."

Aunt Qin's eldest son is the director of the county sugar factory, and there is no shortage of sugar in her family.

She flipped the mushrooms with her hands just now. There are three or four pounds of mushrooms, plus three or four pounds of bamboo shoots. Two pounds of brown sugar is not a loss. Tickets, the price is also high, how can this be good, grab two handfuls, soak one, cut and fry, it is a dish, with these dry goods, the family will not be nervous about cooking for a month.

Seeing her relaxed tone, Pauline knew that her family was not short of sugar, and the price was right. For sugar, the cheapest bulk sugar in the supply and marketing agency costs 5 cents a pound, and a ticket is required. Brown sugar is more expensive and costs a piece per catty.

The mushroom bamboo shoots are sold at the acquisition station for about 2 yuan, but this time it is not for the acquisition station. Although the price is not comparable to the black market, it is at least better than the acquisition station. Therefore, this price is appropriate, and both parties get their own a wanted.

Of course, if Paulin had a ticket, she wouldn't think about coming to the county to change things.

"Of course, it just happens that my mother needs to supplement nutrition, thank you aunt." Paulin took the brown sugar and put it on the basket. After thanking her repeatedly, she walked out of the yard.

I'm so tired, I have to pretend, I have to act, I have to lie, and the result is only two packets of brown sugar, so I still use so many mushroom shoots for it. Forget it, let's think about whether there are other ways to make money to exchange things.

(End of this chapter)