Chapter 63

There were a lot of things to buy this time, so Jia Haohao and the others simply drove the bullock cart to the supply and marketing cooperative first.

It's starting to get cold, and everything else can be delayed, but the bedding must be prepared, so as not to be frozen into a dog.

There are a lot of people coming and going in the town, and the men and women riding bicycles look extraordinarily energetic.

And even if their clothes were patched, most of them were clean and tidy. Compared with the ragged and patched clothes and straw sandals worn by the villagers, they were much more stylish.

Jiahao sat in the car, but his eyes looked around. He saw that there were many people wearing red armbands on the street, and he could meet two people within a dozen meters.

And most of them are young guys, who should be the students who should have gone to high school and college.

She sighed silently. Since she has no ability to change the status quo, it is better to go back to the village and stay there.

At least you can avoid some troubles.

The supply and marketing cooperatives in the town seem to have customers coming and going forever.

Zhen Youqin parked the bullock cart aside, gave the old man watching the cart five cents, and then took out a sign.

He looked at Hao Hao, who was probably wearing the green clothes of the new army, and quietly pulled his gray homespun clothes with several patches, worried that he would embarrass Jia.

Originally, he only had decent unpatched clothes, but when he went to pick them up yesterday, he put them on. Unexpectedly, he got mud all over, and when he came yesterday, he could only wear old clothes.

Seeing his movements, Jiahao felt very uncomfortable, and smiled at him: "By the way, let's go and look at the fabric first. Your second aunt told me that she can make our wedding clothes for us."

"Okay." He touched the money in his trouser pocket. Yesterday he brought all the 80 yuan left at home, hoping to buy something she likes.

It doesn't matter if you use all the money, it was agreed before you came here, out of the 180 yuan they paid, you will get [-] yuan for yourself, and the rest will be divided equally among the four educated youths except for the medical expenses and food expenses used.

And when I go back, I start burning charcoal to make money, so that I can make a fortune before getting married, and the wedding will not be too shabby.

The supply and marketing cooperative is a U-shaped counter, with oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, pots and pans on both sides, which are the necessities of life. Jiahao looked at it while walking: "Remind me to buy pots and seasonings later!"

"Okay!" Seeing sesame cakes, crispy twists, fruit candies, rice cracker candies and biscuits in front of him, he stopped and asked, "What do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you."

Jia Haohao actually didn't want to eat anything, but she felt that she didn't want anything, and he wouldn't be happy, so she pointed at the peanut candy and said in a low voice, "We need to buy peanut candy when we get married, I want to taste it first."

Sure enough, Zhen Youqin was very happy to hear her say this, and immediately went to buy a catty of peanut candy, and also bought crispy twisted doughnuts that cost four cents a piece: "Taste it first, if it tastes good, we will buy it later."

It's not that he doesn't want to buy more, but that he can only buy two catties of candy with the marriage certificate issued by the brigade, and now he can only buy one catty of candy at most.

"It's delicious, it smells like peanuts, and it has a strong milk flavor." Jia Haohao didn't expect that he would be so easily satisfied now, and he would be satisfied with just this peanut candy.

She stuffed another handful of candies into his pocket and urged him: "You have a taste too."

"Okay!" Zhen Youqin felt that when he was with her, his favorite thing to say was yes.

This gave him the feeling that he was calling her name anytime.

Xiao Qi urged in her satchel: "Okay, I want to eat candy too."

Before, he could see but couldn't eat. Now, he can finally taste the taste, so he hopes that he can eat a lot of good food. The only pity is that he is too young to eat a lot of delicious food.

Jiahao took advantage of the opportunity to put the remaining peanut candies in his satchel, and continued shopping with Zhen Youqin. Unfortunately, the variety of snacks is not rich now, and they quickly found a counter selling cloth.

Two salesmen were chatting and knitting at the back of the counter. When they saw them coming, their eyes rolled around the two of them. One of the girls with two braids put away the knitting and said with a smile: "Look at it as you like." ! It’s all freshly made, thick and good material.”

It's already autumn now, and Jia Haohao saw that there were thick fabrics and a few pieces of cyan, dark blue, dark gray and black woolen fabrics, which are definitely considered luxury items in this day and age.

Jiahao smiled at her: "Comrade, how much is that dark blue woolen cloth by one meter?"

"25 yuan per meter, you can make a dress with more than two meters." The saleswoman herself also likes this material, but she works here, and her monthly salary is only more than [-] yuan. Clothes require at least two months' salary, which is really hard to bear.

She saw that this female customer was well dressed, unlike the shabby one with clay legs next to her, so she didn't want to talk to him.

Moreover, she couldn't afford it herself, so she just wanted to see others like herself, greedy.

Jia took a good look at the woolen material, Emma, ​​never thought that she also had things that she could only look at but not buy.

She decisively pointed to another piece of dark blue cloth: "How do you sell that?"

"A piece of [-] meters, plus a foot of cloth ticket." The salesperson wanted to praise her for her good eyesight. This is also her favorite material. Pointing to the Lenin suit on her body, she said flauntingly: "I use this dress It's made of two meters and four cloth, it's made of this material, doesn't it look good?"

"Looks good!" Jia Haohao can bear her petty temper, and thinks that such an emotional person will not stab you in the back: "Then give me ten rice cloth."

The salesperson didn't expect her to be so generous in buying cloth, she was even more lavish than herself, so she couldn't help pouting, and said in a provocative way: "Why are you so bad at living? Look at this piece of cloth, it only costs [-] cents anise One meter, doesn’t it look about the same? You don’t have to worry about buying it back and your adults won’t like it!”

Zhen Youqin hurriedly said: "It's okay, comrade, we want this piece, just let me talk about it."

After speaking, he took out a stack of rolled up money and tickets from his pocket.

Now when you go shopping, you can take out nearly a hundred yuan on your body, which is definitely a big money. Even the salesman who has always disliked him for being a muddy leg looked at him in surprise: "If you don't pay with me, you go to the front counter Pay the money and get the ticket, and then come to get the fabric.”

She didn't know that Zhen Youqin also felt expensive in her heart, but her partner liked it, and she thought about getting married, so she couldn't be stingy.

"Hey, then I'll go right away, thank you comrade."

Seeing that she had pulled the cloth and handed it to him, Jiahao took out two tea eggs from the satchel and quietly handed them to the salesperson. Seeing her resignation, he motioned to the people next to him with his eyes and asked with a smile: "Comrade, may I ask you this?" Is there any defective cloth on the side? Can you sell us some?"

The current machines are more temperamental, and they will give you a strike at every turn. This time there must be pin cloth, and the price is relatively cheap.

But that was the benefit of the factory and salesmen like them, which could be digested internally, so naturally they were not willing to let others take a share.

Moreover, ordinary people would not dare to ask the salesperson like that. Even if someone asked, they would raise their chins and say no politely.

But now Sun Xiang was stuffed with two still warm tea eggs by her, as if holding someone's hand short, so she was embarrassed to refuse, and stared at her and said: "You have bought so much cloth, why do you still want to buy it? ? Will you live your life?"

After finishing speaking, I realized that this was when I wanted to make new clothes. My mother said her own words, but now I used them on her body.

Jia Haohao sold her miserably: "It's the clothes we got married, but my wife is gone, there are many brothers and sisters in the family, and we don't have much money, so I thought it would be best if I could have defective cloth. However, it doesn't matter if you don't, I dared to talk to you only because I saw that you look as good-looking as my sister."

She felt that if her younger sister who had a different father and different mother heard what she said, she would definitely be anxious with herself. After all, this little girl can only be called delicate, but her cheap younger sister is really a big girl. beauty.

Zhen Youqin paid the money and got the ticket and came back to hear what Hao Hao said, so he took a second look at the salesperson, so that if he had the opportunity to see his sister-in-law in the future, he should be able to recognize her, right?
Sun Xiang was also very happy when she heard her words. Few people praised her for being good-looking, especially Jia Haohao was pretty good-looking herself, and her sister would definitely not be ugly.

Therefore, she leaned over the counter and whispered to her: "Then you wait for me here for a while, and I will get you some. It costs about four or five cents a meter, no ticket, what color do you want? Probably How much rice do you need?"

Jia Haohao almost laughed out loud when he heard it, and his smile became even sweeter: "Any color is fine, I absolutely trust your vision, if you can, you can give me 60-80 meters or [-]-[-] meters."

She felt that now she understood why Hong Xia liked to take advantage, and now that she could take advantage, she really felt very happy.

Sun Xiang gave her a supercilious look: "You are really rude!"

"Sister, help me." Jia Haohao looked at her with a begging face: "The five younger brothers and sisters in the family don't even have winter clothes and bedding."

Sun Xiangcai graduated from high school, and his family conditions are good. It was the time when he was very sympathetic, and said angrily: "Forget it, you wait for me at the back door. I can't move so many cloths. You can pick them yourself."

"Thank you, you are really a good person, you have helped me a lot." Jiahao asked Zhen Youqin to look for the back door with the cloth in his arms.

On the contrary, Zhen Youqin didn't expect to be able to buy cloth like this, and felt that his partner was so smart, and looked at her with admiration and indescribable joy.

Anyway, there is an ox cart, Jia thought about the empty home, it was a hard pick.

She is also very sensible. When she came in, she stuffed two handfuls of candy for the warehouse manager, and she came in under the name of Sun Xiang's relatives. They didn't want to embarrass her, but reminded her: "You are almost done, here Don't pick, I heard from your sister that you are married, there is muslin over there, although it is small, it is good for making diapers or underwear for children."

"Oh, thank you, big sister, for reminding me." Jia Haohao, who is not yet married, really didn't think so far, but she also knew that she might not be able to meet her in the future, so she hurriedly shifted her position to pick her up, and took the opportunity to build a good relationship with her: " Eldest sister, it's getting cold, if you don't mind, I'll ask my partner to bring you some charcoal next time, and you can keep it for the fire, or use a brazier to roast a potato or something."

Although the charcoal was not burned, it did not affect her to advertise first, after all, only by casting a wide net can I catch fish.

The eldest sister was very moved when she heard this. Although her job is leisurely, it is also very deserted, and winter is even more difficult. It would be great if there was a brazier.

It wasn't that she didn't have a brazier last year, but it wasn't easy to buy coal or anything, so she could only save a little, but she bumped into it today, so she quickly discussed with her: "Hey, sister, I don't want you for nothing. Can you sell me two loads of charcoal?"

Jia Haohao didn't expect the business to go so smoothly, but he still pretended to be embarrassed: "Then I have to ask my partner, because the hospital needs a lot of charcoal..."

The eldest sister didn't expect that there was a charcoal seller in the family, so she slapped her thigh: "Oh my mother, if you have it, then we can have a lot here."

After all, those who work in their supply and marketing cooperatives are paid, and they will not be reluctant to part with that little money, as long as the winter can be better.

After all, they can't stay in bed in winter, so they have to be willing to spend money if they want to make money.

"That's fine, I'll go and talk to Sun Xiang." Jia Haohao still couldn't bear Sun Xiang's line, wanted to take the opportunity to walk around more, and told her worriedly: "Elder sister, the investigation is now strict, you can't tell this matter Get out."

"Just don't worry, I'm not stupid, we come and go often! You can choose more if you like."

Of course, Jia Haohao would not be polite, and he settled the bill here, good guy, it was all 17 cents per meter, which also cost [-] yuan and [-] cents.

Then I went to the front and bought pots and pans of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, two kettles with bamboo shells, cotton and large and small urns, and left most of the money and tickets in Zhen Youqin's pocket.

When I finally left the supply and marketing cooperative, the ox cart was already full.

Zhen Youqin thought that there were more than five yuan and food stamps left in his pocket, so he asked her: "It's almost time for lunch, can we go to the state-run restaurant?"

Although he felt sorry for the money, this was the first time he went out with her, so he wanted her to eat better.

Before Jia Haohao could speak, Xiao Qi poked out his furry head from his satchel and meowed, "Great, I want to eat fish, it will starve me to death."

Jia Haohao looked embarrassed: "Xiaoqi, it's not that I don't want you to eat, but if someone finds out, I'm worried that I will be taken away##!"

Just kidding, what time is it now, people are just able to make ends meet, if everyone finds out that she feeds cats with fish, will she still be able to live?
Zhen Youqin came up with a good idea: "Then I'll buy three lunch boxes, anyway, I can use them at home in the future."

"That's a good idea." Jia Hao let him look at the car, and ran in to buy it by himself. By the way, he and Sun Xiang whispered a few words about selling charcoal.
Sun Xiang felt that Jia Haohao was really righteous, after all, it was really a good thing for him to look good.

(End of this chapter)

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