Chapter 44: The Battle of the Supply and Marketing Cooperatives

Song Wei took Heidan to buy things. They were in a small county town, and there was no place to sell ready-made clothes for children, so they had to buy cloth and have someone make clothes for them.

She had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy shoes for the children, and she also had to buy some daily necessities.

The supply and marketing cooperative in the small county town has limited goods, but there are quite a few people coming here to buy things.

Although it is not as crowded as when I came here, it is still not easy to get in.

Song Wei asked Heidan to wait aside, then rolled up his sleeves and rushed into the crowd.

She thought it would be easy to squeeze in with her own strength, but she still underestimated the fighting power of the aunts and grandmas.

"Why are you crowding? Don't you see any old people there?"

"Ouch, who the hell stepped on my shoes?"

"Please make way. My old bones can't stand your squeezing."

In short, all kinds of tricks were used to squeeze in.

Song Wei had just squeezed in a little bit when she was pushed out by the crowd.

Song Wei: …………

She widened her eyes in disbelief that her strength was not enough to succeed.

No, try again! This time she held on tightly to the chassis, trying very hard not to be swept away again.

She kept rushing forward in the crowd with her head down. There were so many people cursing at her, but she ignored them all.

After finally getting inside, Song Wei's hair and clothes were messy.

But she stood steadily at the front, holding the counter at the front desk with one hand and holding the money and tickets with the other, shouting loudly with everyone else.

"Comrade, show me the children's shoes. I want size 23!"

"I also want a kettle."

"Comrade, how much is that cloth per foot?"

She pointed to the blue fabric behind the salesperson.

"That's 5 cents a foot."

"Please give me seven feet, thank you."

She just happened to have a seven-foot cloth coupon, which was given to her by the deputy factory director when she sold the wild boar.

When shopping, no matter how people pushed her from behind or beside her, Song Wei remained steady and did not move.

The salesperson looked at her several times with surprise.

After finally buying everything, Song Wei held the things, took a deep breath, and then squeezed out just like when she came in.

When she got out, she was completely relieved, but her hair was almost as messy as a mess, with frizzles sticking up from all directions.

Heidan immediately ran over with a backpack on his back.

"Sister Song, are you okay?"

Song Wei put everything in the backpack: "I'm fine."

She combed her hair with her fingers and straightened her clothes until they looked less messy before she took Heidan away, this time to the grocery store to buy food.

She used all the food coupons to buy a total of 50 kilograms of flour and 20 kilograms of rice.

If you want corn, you can go to the village and find someone to exchange it with, and you don’t need a ticket.

Finally, she bought some candies, biscuits and other snacks, and used most of the tickets that were about to expire.

After buying everything they wanted, Song Wei and Heidan left the supply and marketing cooperative with their backpacks filled with things.

Heidan seemed very excited, his eyes were shining, especially when he looked down at the shoes on his feet. He looked down at them every two steps, as if he was afraid that his shoes would fly away, so he walked extremely carefully.

This was the first time in Heidan's life that he had his own shoes, and they were new shoes. Song Wei could actually understand his feelings.

But... being so cautious will only waste time.

"Shoes are bought to be worn for walking. There's no need to be so careful with them."

Heidan nodded vigorously. He still felt like he was dreaming.

"Sister Song."

"Um?"

“My new shoes look great.”

Song Wei: What's so good about that?

But she still nodded in response.

"Yeah, it looks good."

"I also have a new pair of shoes. I didn't have any shoes before, but now I have two pairs."

You can hear the happiness just from his tone.

"Sister Song."

"what?"

"You are so good to me. When Heidan grows up, I will definitely treat you even better."

"Okay, then you should eat more and grow up faster."

Song Wei still wanted to go to the black market, but it was not easy to move with so many things.

When they passed by the State-owned Hotel, the aroma wafting from inside immediately made the two of them, one adult and one child, unable to walk.

The two men stood at the door of the state-owned hotel and swallowed hard.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Come on, sister will take you to eat something delicious."

She still has quite a bit of money on her.

Not too many people come to the state-owned restaurant to eat. Meat dishes are the most popular, but there are always very few of them. Today, there is only one meat dish: braised pork. It is rare to get a chance to eat it, so even though meat dishes are relatively expensive, some people are willing to grit their teeth and pay for them.

Song Wei showed her little white teeth to the waiter.

"Hello comrade, I want two portions of braised pork. Do you have steamed buns or steamed bread?"

The waitress was a young girl. Her attitude towards everyone was lukewarm and even a bit arrogant.

In this day and age, having a job is something to be proud of no matter where you go, even if it's just being a waiter in a restaurant.

"There's only one serving of braised pork left, no more. There's no meat buns left, only vegetable buns. Do you have the kind of steamed bun you want?"

Song Wei felt a little sorry, but since there was only one portion left she wanted one too, so she decisively grabbed the last portion of braised pork.

The people behind looked lost and regretful.

A serving of braised pork, ten vegetarian buns and steamed buns, and two vegetarian dishes cost Song Wei three yuan and sixty cents.

It’s a bit expensive, but the portions are quite filling these days.

The two found a table and sat down. Song Wei handed Heidan a large, soft white flour bun, and took one for herself and started eating.

Heidan opened his eyes wide.

I was a little afraid to eat the steamed bun.

"Eat."

She also broke open the steamed bun for Heidan and stuffed some braised pork into it.

Braised pork with steamed buns is so delicious.

Song Wei's cheeks were puffy from eating so much.

Heidan swallowed, opened his mouth and bit down hard.

He was completely conquered after just one bite. He had never eaten anything so delicious before.

The two of them were enjoying their meal so much that the old lady and her grandson at the next table were drooling with envy.

"Grandma, I want to eat meat too. I want to eat braised pork. Please buy me some braised pork!"

The little boy was about four years old, and he was well-fed and sturdy, and it was obvious that he had a good life at home.

In this day and age, if a child can be raised to be so fat, he or she must either be from a wealthy family or be spoiled by the whole family.

This family is clearly the latter.

In families that favor boys over girls, the elderly women will treat the boys in the family as their treasures.

But the shortcomings of such a child are obvious. He is a completely carefree and naughty child.

For example, at this moment the little boy is rolling on the ground and crying in order to eat meat.

The old lady felt so sorry for her that she immediately called her dear grandson and asked to be picked up.

But the child who didn't get to eat the meat was obviously not happy. Even when he rolled on the ground, his eyes were fixed on the meat on Song Wei's table.