The next day, Zhou Xiang saw the ugly fake ring he had knitted on Ling Ran's finger, and he held back his laughter as he went to take a car with Ling Ran.

Ling Ran thought the fake ring was pretty nice, considering that it was knitted by his sister herself!

When they arrived in the county town, the two went directly to the scrap yard to buy various furniture, and dragged five carts of old furniture to the Water Conservancy Bureau.

This time, the three adjacent courtyards are in the back row, the row that the gang of six once bought.

The furniture was bought according to the two courtyards. After it was arranged, the two men left a cart driver with them to go to the department store, the supply and marketing cooperative and the grain station to buy bedding, sheets, quilt covers, all the items for the kitchen, and rice, flour and oil.

I asked the cart driver again if he would still take on jobs. He earned several dollars in just half a day, so he must be willing to take on jobs.

Then let's go to the Coal Construction Company. I heard that we were going to buy coal, and the cart driver was also happy. At worst, he could go home and wash the cart frame. This time, the two children gave him five dollars, and they just needed him to help queue up and receive coal from the coal machine.

After entering the coal construction company, Ling Ran and the cart driver went to the coal yard to get invoices and line up. Zhou Xiang went straight to Old Man Zhou's residence, "Brother?"

Zhou Xiang saw Zhou Niao fetching water and immediately went over to help. "Where's Grandpa?"

"Sister, you're here? Where were you during the New Year? I missed you."

Zhou Niao's straightforward words made Zhou Xiang's eyes red. "I'm here to pick you up. Will you come with me?"

"Follow!" Zhou Niao nodded vigorously. "Wherever my sister tells me to go, I'll go."

"Okay, take the water to the pot room, and we'll go look for Grandpa together."

Zhou Niao did the work happily, came over and took his sister's hand, "Come on, I'll take you to find grandpa."

Old Man Zhou's room was still as dark as it was in his previous two lives. "Grandpa, I'm here to see you."

"Think about it!" Old Man Zhou sat up from the bed, "Why didn't you come during the New Year?"

"Before the New Year, Ling Ran and I went to help Old Man Ling. I want to take my eldest brother away today. He won't live here anymore. Ling Ran has plans for him."

Old Man Zhou's cloudy eyes carefully examined his little granddaughter, who looked different from before. "What can Ling Ran arrange for Niao Niao to do?"

"A job I can handle, with food and lodging provided, and ten dollars a month."

Zhou Xiang's tone was very serious, and Old Man Zhou clearly heard the dissatisfaction. Was he dissatisfied with the fact that he was raising his grandson on the surface, but still had to pay for his food? "But what about Niao Niao's illness?"

"It's okay. He's not the only one there. It's a good working environment. He's well fed and won't be beaten or scolded at will."

Old man Zhou stopped trying to persuade her. If he continued, who knew what his granddaughter was going to imply. "Then go clean up!"

"Thank you, Grandpa."

Zhou Xiang took his brother's hand and said, "Let's go, brother. I'll take you to find a job where you can earn money and not get scolded."

"Yeah! Let's go pack our things."

Zhou wanted to help sort out the clothes. He didn't want the clothes that were too short, so he rummaged through them and only took two sets of wearable autumn clothes and trousers. The cotton in the quilt was all clumped up, and the mattress was too hard.

"Brother, we don't want these anymore. There are new ones over there. The clothes are too short. Buy new ones."

"Listen to my sister."

Zhou Niao, carrying a small cloth bag, followed her sister into Old Man Zhou's room.

"Grandpa, I'll leave everything in Big Brother's room to you. I'll just take two sets of long-sleeved shirts and long johns that are still wearable. We're leaving now. Thank you for taking care of Big Brother over the years. Goodbye!"

Without replying to Old Man Zhou, Zhou Xiang took his elder brother away.

Old man Zhou thought about it and went to Zhou Niao's room. When he saw the tattered things on the bed, he felt like something hit his heart and it hurt a lot.

They found Ling Ran in the coal yard. The two of them had already started loading coal onto the coal machine. "So soon? Another name?"

"Of course!" Ling Ran responded as a matter of course. If he didn't mention his grandfather's name, he wouldn't be able to get in line even after dark.

Zhou Niao thought his sister had brought him here to work, so he reached out to take the coal, but Zhou Xiang held him back, "Brother, you don't have to work today."

"Okay." Zhou Niao stood obediently beside her sister.

"Ling Ran, I'll take my elder brother to buy clothes first, and then go directly back to the Water Conservancy Bureau." Zhou Xiang didn't want to waste time here.

"Yeah! I'll buy some egg cakes and fried dough twists for big brother."

"knew."

It was a long walk, but Zhou Niao followed his sister silently. When they arrived at the department store, he held his sister back and refused to let her in, saying, "It's expensive."

"Don't worry. The boy who was receiving the coal just now is called Ling Ran. He's very rich. He's the one who hired you to work, and he's the one who asked me to take you clothes shopping. Didn't you hear him ask me to buy you an egg cake?"

Zhou Niao had nothing to refute and followed his sister into the department store. Once there, he couldn't hold his sister's hand. He tried to stop her, but his sister didn't move her hands or mouth, and just asked the salesperson to take it or that.

After buying a travel bag of clothes, his sister dragged him to the first floor to buy an enamel basin with a lid. It was so expensive! His sister slapped the money and bills on the counter and said, "Buy! I bought these for my own use. They are very useful."

Okay! Zhou Niao stopped talking.

In the supply and marketing cooperative, there were a pound of various snacks, such as egg cakes, twisted dough sticks, peach cakes, sesame cakes, snow dumplings, etc., and two pounds each of White Rabbit and fruit candies.

A pound! There are so many, but Grandpa only buys half a pound each time, and only one kind.

As for candy! It took him a long time to get half a piece, and only after he washed clothes for his cousins ​​did they give it to him because they were happy.

After taking his eldest brother out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhou Xiang waved his hand and a cart came over. "Take some people to the Water Conservancy Bureau."

Zhou Niao sat on the cart curiously, looking around and sizing up the frame, "Sister, I didn't know riding on a cart is so comfortable!"

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