Jia's daughter-in-law of Zhen Hanzi's family

Chapter 69 Complaining

Zhen Youqin naturally knew that there must be cotton in the black market, but the price must be lower than that in the supply and marketing cooperatives, but Li Weihong divided up the money that Lao Lai and the others lost, because the hospital spent a total of more than 30 yuan, and he also took it for Jia. When it reached more than 20 yuan, thinking that cotton is a necessity, I went with it.

There is indeed cotton in the black market, but everyone said that this year because of the weather and pests, the cotton production has been greatly reduced, and the price is of course not cheap.

In the past, it was not cheap to buy in the supply and marketing cooperatives, it cost more than one yuan and one catty, but it has risen to two yuan and eighty in the black market.

Zhen Youqin felt distressed when he heard that, this is really doubled, but when he thought of leaving the house without any cotton at home, he gritted his teeth and only bought ten catties.

In any case, the new quilt in the new house is enough, but the old quilt can be used to make up for the quilt.

In addition, I will buy the quilts of my younger brothers and sisters after I get money from selling charcoal.

There are many good things in the black market, but the prices are extremely expensive, Zhen Youqin was reluctant to buy them after asking the price.

I simply took the cotton I bought, went out to get some grass and corn poles to feed the cows, and waited for them to come out by the way.

After all, he was very uneasy in this place where someone would come to investigate at any time.

Li Weihong and Cui Xiucheng came back together, but they seemed to be buying things in the black market without money. Not only were they carrying a large package on their backs, but their hands were also full.

Although Zhen Youqin was very envious and envious of them having money in their pockets and being able to buy whatever they wanted, his face was very calm: "This is not a place to stay for a long time, you guys hurry up and get in the car and sit down, let's get out of here."

"Okay," Li Weihong was strong and fast, first he put all the things he bought on the bullock cart, and stretched out his hand to pull Cui Xiucheng into the cart: "You can go, please go to the post office to see if you can." ?"

"Okay!" Zhen Youqin also wanted to see if there were any good letters in the post office.

In fact, he was also very conflicted in his heart. He hoped that his family would care about her, but he was also worried that her family would oppose him marrying her.

After all, in the village, he also heard from the naughty aunt that among the four female educated youths who came over, only Jia Zhiqing was a fool. It's been a rough day.

In the end, I can only comfort myself, counting the days, now Jia Haohao's family may not be able to receive the letter she sent.

Zhen Dagang, who works at the post office, saw them and said that there were only Li Weihong's parcels and letters in the post office.

When Zhen Youqin heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and from the bottom of his heart, he hoped that the well-delivered letters would arrive in their hands slowly.

Although it was a bit despicable to think this way, he really prayed to God and worshiped Buddha in secret, hoping that he and he would get married well before they knew about it, so as not to cause complications.

Along the way, the three of them discussed the high prices of goods in the black market, but they didn't feel deserted.

"By the way," Li Weihong said first, "You and Haohao are getting married, and I don't know what to buy. This bag of cotton wool is my congratulatory gift. You can bring it back later, so that others won't see it and talk too much."

Cui Xiucheng also echoed: "Thanks to you for saving us earlier, I thought you were going to move to a new house, and there is always enough bedding. This bag of cotton wool is also a congratulatory gift."

"No, it's too expensive." Zhen Youqin rebuffed straight away: "I also took the money earlier, I took your kindness first, I really can't accept it."

Now when they get married, those who drink wedding wine and presents are given one or two yuan according to the distance.

But he had only bought cotton himself, and knowing the price, each of them would need at least [-] yuan as a gift, which was too much money, how could he accept it?

Li Weihong stared at his back in dissatisfaction: "Why not accept it, Haohao and I are like sisters (Haohao: I don't think so), and my life is so worthless?"

She spoke so sharply that there was no room for anyone to interrupt: "If you don't accept it now, when you get married, I will personally deliver it to your door and see if you accept it."

When Zhen Youqin thought that others brought one yuan or two yuan, or food and vegetables, to the banquet, but the two of them each had a large bag of cotton, how could this embarrass others?
Cui Xiucheng couldn't help smiling: "Haha, Yuqin, in fact, all the lesbians in the educated youth class are getting married this year, and we are really embarrassed to favor one over another on the surface."

With self-deprecation: "The main reason is that my wallet does not allow me to treat people equally."

"However, we really appreciate you, so why don't you give us a chance to express our gratitude?"

Zhen Youqin sincerely admired him for his eloquence, otherwise how could he make the gift so hard to refuse?

He couldn't refuse, so he could only thank you: "Then I would like to thank you all, and if there is anything I can help in the future, please don't let anyone else see you."

Cui Xiucheng said happily: "Haha, of course, I think we can be regarded as life and death friends, right?"

……

Autumn harvest is the harvest season. Sorghum, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, all kinds of beans and all crops must be harvested quickly. Everyone is very busy these days.

Jia Haohao has been assigned to dig sweet potatoes for the past two days, and his hands are sore, but he still has to worry about what will happen to this bastard Zhen Xiaoer.

When she got off work in the afternoon, she hurriedly picked up half a load of sweet potatoes left by the family and went to the warehouse. After recording her work points, she hurried to the new house.

"Okay, you're back." Zhen Youqin was on a business trip today, and received full work points for picking up people. When he came back, he was busy tinkering with charcoal. Seeing that Jia was coming, he hurriedly poured a cup of tea for her in the clay pot: "Mr. Sit down and drink some water, are you tired?"

Jiahao sat down on a bamboo stool with a backrest and poured an enamel mug of warm tea, then asked anxiously, "Will Xiao Er come back tomorrow?"

"Don't worry, he will be fine." To be honest, Zhen Youqin was not as worried as she was: "Lao Lai and the others were injured, I went to the hospital to inquire, and there are four other people living in the hospital. Even if we are at home, we are short-staffed, Xiaoer is more slippery than a loach, so nothing will happen."

Jia Hao listened to what he said made sense, so he was relieved a lot, and then he had the energy to ask: "Did Li Weihong and the others bring him back?"

Seeing him nodding, he got up and said, "Then I'll go back and see them first."

"Wait a minute." Zhen Youqin called to her, and told her about the cotton they gave: "I really couldn't refuse, so I accepted them all, so that I can make three new quilts, and I can make two or three extra quilts." A cotton coat?"

Jia Haohao went to see the cotton wool with him. Inside, two girls and three girls were peeling cotton seeds, and Xiaoqi was lying in the cotton pile and sleeping soundly. They all smiled and greeted her when they saw her coming.

Only now did she know that the cotton wasn't bought for quilting. The cottonseed had to be sorted out and someone had to flick it before getting it back for quilting.

"This is really delicate work." Jiahao felt that he had no patience, and couldn't help but praise them: "It's fortunate that you two are here, otherwise I would be worried that I would have nothing to do with cotton."

"We don't farm the fields at home, so what kind of work is this?" Zhen Erniu was embarrassed by her praise, but in fact, she didn't need eyes to do this work, and she could peel out the cotton seeds inside by holding a handful of cotton.

"That's right," Zhen Sanniu also smiled at her cleverly: "Sister, it's hard work for you to go to the fields to earn work points. I will go to the fields with you next year and leave all the work at home to the second sister."

Jia Haohao secretly praised the 11-year-old girl for being able to talk, not only expressing that she could not eat rice, but also pointing out that Er Niu would do the housework.

She understood that the little girl was still worried that her sister-in-law, who hadn't entered the door, would dislike them.

Thinking of being her age, thinking about eating, drinking and having fun, she shook her head helplessly: "How can you work at such a young age? Next year, I will go to school with Xiao Er."

Zhen Sanniu said with a bitter face: "Now you are not allowed to go to high school, you are not allowed to go to college, and you are not assigned work. What's the use of studying?"

"This is only temporary. Now everyone is not going to high school to go to college. After a few years, there will be a shortage of intellectuals. At that time, the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination will resume, and work will naturally be assigned."

Jia Hao said earnestly: "Besides, there is a lot of useful knowledge in the book, and you will know it in the future."

Although she persuaded them in this way, in fact, she didn't want to touch books anymore.

She has read books for more than 30 years in her two lifetimes, and now she just wants to eat and drink well. As for reading, let them work hard, right?

Whether Zhen Erniu and Sanniu listened to it, Jia Haohao didn't know, but Zhen Youqin really listened to it, and planned to send Zhen Xiaoer to study next year.

When he sent Jia away, he still reminded her in a low voice: "I know that you have good intentions in letting them study, but the situation is unstable now, so you should not say what you said earlier when you are outside."

If someone heard her say that there would be a shortage of intellectuals after a few years, he was worried that someone who hated her would make a fuss and label her ###.

"I remember." She whispered mysteriously: "Xiao Qi told me that the college entrance examination will resume within ten years, and if there is a college student in the family, it will definitely be a diploma with high gold content."

The speaker had no intention, but the listener had intention, Zhen Youqin listened to it in his heart.

……

Zhen Xiaoer went to Hejiatun on the morning of September 9, and it was already noon on September 26 when Jia Haohao saw him.

He obviously had a cold, sniffed his nose from time to time, saw Jia Haohao coming in, and smiled triumphantly at her: "Sister, I found a big secret, hahaha..."

After Jia Haohao went back to the educated youth spot and had lunch, he came to the new house to see if he was back. Now that he had returned with a full beard and tail, he was finally relieved: "I have a cold, take medicine." Is it gone?"

Zhen Erniu hurriedly said: "I boiled ginger water for him just after he came back. It won't get better after a while, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't have a fever."

Zhen Xiaoer, who considered himself a man, blushed with embarrassment when they discussed his runny nose: "I'm fine, I'm fine at all."

Then, he sucked his nose uncontrollably, and said with a blushing face, "I followed He Yougen to Jianshan Mountain, only to find that they secretly raised some pigs, sheep and ducks in the mountain depression. I remember the way and know how. Come on, when shall we go?"

"No hurry." Zhen Youqin, who had been watching them talking, finally said, "We'll talk about it after we've been busy for a while. If something happens now, our goals, which are in conflict with them, are too big."

Jia Haohao now wants to salivate whenever he hears meat: "Hey, if only we could eat all of that."

Zhen Youqin's eyes flashed, and he began to calculate this matter in his heart.

It's not easy to get all of them, but it shouldn't be a big problem to get some before #报告.

……

By the end of the autumn harvest, it was already the middle of October in the Gregorian calendar and the end of August in the lunar calendar. The weather in the morning and evening was already chilly, and the sun at noon was not strong enough.

Coupled with the fact that it is raining today, everyone can finally stay at home and rest for a while.

Jia took a good look in the mirror and couldn't bear to look any longer.

God, although I wanted to be thinner, I didn't want to make myself black?

Moreover, his white and tender hands have become rough now, and there is even a thin layer of calluses on the palms of the hands.

Xiao Qi took the opportunity to hold the mirror with two front paws, looked left and right, but still felt something was wrong: "Okay, are you sure I'm a tiger?"

Xiao Qi can be considered a knowledgeable cat now. He has seen almost all the black cats, tabby cats, white cats and mixed-haired cats in the village, but he still thinks that he is a unique little... tiger?

He always felt that he was a bit like a cat, but even though he ate and drank well in the past 20 days, he still didn't grow much.

"Oh, cats and tigers are both cats, isn't it normal for you to look like a cat?"

Every time he hears this question, Jia Haohao's heart shudders, and he quickly coaxes him: "Besides, it's a good thing you look like a cat, otherwise I would be worried that you would be snatched away."

Xiao Qi also felt that what she said was reasonable, and stared at her with disgust: "You still say, you haven't earned a few gold coins these days, and I'm going to starve to death by you."

Jia Hao put his hands on his forehead, and he himself felt very sad: "I saw people with big bellies carrying burdens, and I rushed to pick them up too; seeing children falling down, I didn't dislike them for dirtying them up. Help me up, but in this broken place, no one is making noise every day, what can I do? I feel very sad too?"

"Anyway, I did all the good things I could do."

"But when couples are fighting, I don't dare to join in the fun? If that sentence is not well said, maybe I will be hit by someone's mixed doubles."

"Besides, the old people here walk like flying, and they can't fall when they walk. Maybe I'm not as strong as them..."

Xiaoqi heard Jia Haohao's complaints, and felt that what she said was quite reasonable: "That's right, your small body is really useless."

Although this is the truth, Jia listened carefully, and still panicked in his heart. He stared at him angrily and said, "Then how do we earn gold coins now? This is a major issue related to our rations."

Xiaoqi fell silent, thinking, this is related to your rations, but not including me.

These days, Zhen Xiaoer treats himself very well. He exchanged grilled fish and shrimp, sparrows and voles, and fish soup constantly. He felt that he could still hold on to this kind of life for a while.

(End of this chapter)