"How can you eat so much at once?!"
Pei Shujing felt angry and distressed when she saw her daughter's appearance.
Fortunately, there were yeast tablets at home to treat indigestion. Zhang Yumin took five tablets and walked slowly for half an hour before the symptoms subsided.
Both Zhang Hongcheng and Zhang Yumin handed over today's "unexpected gains" to Pei Shujing.
Looking at so much money and tickets, Pei Shujing was surprised and happy.
After hesitating for more than ten minutes, she gritted her teeth and put away the money and tickets.
It was just that several bills that were about to expire made her a little worried.
There were five cloth coupons totaling thirty feet, seven oil coupons totaling three and a half pounds, and a two-year city-issued shoe coupon, which would expire at the end of the month.
She would never watch these precious bills expire without being used.
No one's family is so extravagant.
But this also means that she has to spend a lot of money to match the receipts, and taking so many things home is quite eye-catching...
The two children could buy oil and shoes from the county people's store when the neighbors were not at work, but what she was worried about now was the large number of cloth coupons she had.
Even Zhang Yumin couldn't buy cloth without her.
If I go there on my own on a weekend, with thirty feet of cloth... I'm afraid everyone in the store will stare at me!
"What's there to worry about?"
Zhang Hongcheng was eating rice with the braised pork broth he brought back at noon, and his speech was a little slurred.
"The day after tomorrow, your day off, go to the market and buy five feet of cloth. My sister and I will buy the same amount as you did and bring back thirty feet over several days."
"Besides, the cloth sold in the Red Star Building to the north is exactly the same as that sold in the People's Store. We can even buy them separately."
Pei Shujing then burst out laughing.
"Hongcheng is really quick-witted. Why didn't I think of that?"
Zhang Yumin put down the bowl, feeling rather unconvinced.
"Is he smart? His grades back then were way worse than mine!"
Zhang Hongcheng did not quarrel with his sister.
"I won't argue with you. I find I have a better way to deal with you."
Zhang Yumin snorted.
"Just you?"
Zhang Hongcheng grabbed another piece of greasy braised pork and stuffed it into his mouth.
"I'll use that shoe ticket to buy you a new pair of Liberation Shoes, so that others won't say that our family favors boys over girls."
Pei Shujing smiled and nodded.
Zhang Yumin was stunned for a moment, looked down at the completely white Liberation shoes on her feet, and suddenly felt that the roasted eggplant in her mouth was not fragrant at all.
This guy actually learned to use sugar-coated bullets?
Humph, she continued to eat.
She ate the sugar coating and threw the shell back!
The next morning, Zhang Hongcheng was dragged out of bed by Zhang Yumin in a daze.
"Hurry up! It's too late! There's another long queue in front of the People's Store!"
Although Zhang Yumin said that a pair of new shoes didn't matter, her actions spoke for themselves.
Zhang Yumin covered Zhang Hongcheng's face with a wet towel and rubbed it hard several times.
Zhang Hongcheng, who was half asleep and half awake, was forced to turn on the camera.
The two siblings dressed the same when they went out today.
They were wearing half-worn, patched green clothes and loose green pants, and each of them had a green schoolbag made of homespun cloth embroidered with a red star slung across their shoulders.
But today it was Zhang Yumin who was running in front, pulling Zhang Hongcheng who was yawning all the way.
When he was pulled out of the factory by his sister, he glanced at the wall clock in the guard room.
It’s only half past five…
When it comes to buying things, it turns out that only women have a say.
It only took the two siblings more than ten minutes to reach the gate of the county people's office, but there were at least hundreds of people who had lined up earlier than them.
Zhang Hongcheng was even surprised to find that more than a dozen members from the rural commune were packing up their bedding rolls on the floor.
It was obvious that these people arrived yesterday evening and slept overnight in the corridor in front of the People's Store.
The doors of the People's Store open on time at seven in the morning.
No one cut in line, everyone lined up obediently and looked forward to entering the store.
There is absolutely no scene like the 1980s where thousands of troops were crossing a single-plank bridge.
Zhang Hongcheng looked around but didn't see anyone wearing a red armband or maintaining order.
In this era when honor was above everything else, the crowds of educated youth at the train station and the scenes in the people's shops were completely two extremes.
Full of contradictions, yet exceptionally harmonious.
The sales clerks in the People's Store were loud and not very polite.
This is an inherent characteristic of the times.
Zhang Hongcheng watched with great interest.
Because only by putting yourself in someone else's shoes can you draw practical conclusions.
The poor service of the sales clerks in the People's Store is certainly due to the iron rice bowl mechanism, but it does not appear for no reason.
For example, everyone who goes in to buy something hopes to ask a few more questions, but the people queuing outside are extremely anxious and talking a lot.
Many people were shouting, "Hurry up, people inside!"
Naturally, every salesperson in business bears this pressure.
If sales are slow, you will be criticized by leaders and the masses.
Therefore, an impatient attitude has become one of their magic weapons to speed up the sales process.
At about eight o'clock, the brother and sister finally entered the People's Store.
There were not many people in front of the shoe cabinet, so the service attitude of the salesperson here was pretty good.
After all, those who have tickets and money come to buy new shoes, and you never know which leader is hiding among them.
A pair of new Jiefang shoes costs four yuan and a shoe ticket. For most people whose salary is only a little over twenty yuan, they rarely think of buying new shoes unless it is a festival or a date or visiting friends.
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