Today is market day and the town is very busy.
Even though Song Yue and the others got up early, when they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, there were already more than ten people queuing at the meat stall.
Qian Duoduo ran over to line up without saying a word.
Lin Fangfang helped her mother-in-law out of the car, followed by her third brother's wife.
Hu Zi's mother and Chun Hua's mother supported each other as they got out of the car. After saying hello to Dahai, they entered the supply and marketing cooperative.
On the way here, Song Yue had already given the meat tickets and money tickets to the second son's wife. She could buy as much as she could, as long as the family didn't like the meat.
She, the eldest son's wife, Hu Zi's mother and others went to the place where flowered cloth was sold. When the time came, they met up at the place where rice, flour and oil were sold.
As for the good girl, she naturally acted alone.
There were so many people around, and both Hu Zi's mother and Chun Hua's mother held their purses tightly.
These days, even if a penny is lost or stolen, it can make them feel heartbroken for a while.
After separating from her good sisters, Su Miantang pulled up her face mask, coughed lightly, and then strolled around slowly and purposefully.
She glanced at it when she entered the supply and marketing cooperative, but didn't see the watch.
But I saw Du Kang wine and some loose liquor.
Taking advantage of the fact that most people were busy picking things and no one was rushing to the counter to pay, she went over to ask the salesperson how much the wine was.
"Do you have a drink ticket?"
"No, but I have food stamps."
Su Miantang shook her head. She had basically used the wine coupons she had exchanged on the black market to buy wine. Now there were a bunch of food coupons and other coupons in her space.
The salesperson recognized the other person. This woman had bought a lot of things in their store, so after thinking about it, she said:
"Grain coupons are fine, but the exchange rate is 1:2. One pound of wine for two pounds of grain coupons. Want to exchange?"
"Change it. There's a happy event at home today, and we need to use it to entertain the guests."
Su Miantang thought about it and decided that it was cheaper than the black market price.
Then he took out ten kilograms of food coupons from the space and exchanged them for a bottle of Du Kang and two and a half kilograms of liquor.
After she paid the full amount, the salesperson sold her a plastic wine bottle for loose wine at a low price. After she finished drinking the loose wine, she could use the bottle to get more wine, so she didn't need to buy a wine bottle next time.
The wine was bought, and she did the same thing again, exchanging her food coupons for five kilograms of pastries, with the exchange rate being similar to that for the wine.
It can be seen that it is true that food is the universal currency at all times.
When she finished shopping, her second sister-in-law had already bought the meat and ran over happily to meet her.
"Third sister-in-law, look, I bought some meat!"
Although the people queuing up were all buying meat, most of them only bought two taels of meat, and it was rare to see one jin of meat.
Qian Duoduo bought ten kilograms of meat at a time. Although there was a fixed amount of pork fat, few people were willing to buy it, so she got a bargain.
She used the phrase "There's a happy event in the family" and not only bought meat for herself, but also bought some for her two neighbors. When others heard this, they had nothing to complain about.
"Second sister-in-law is awesome."
Su Miantang also put the wine bottle and jug into the basket she was carrying, and her two sisters-in-law covered the basket with cloth to block the view of others.
Then the two of them went to the place where rice, flour and oil were sold to look for their mother-in-law and good sister.
Song Yue's side made exceptionally smooth progress. She first accompanied Chunhua Niang to carefully select and successfully buy two sets of colorful and soft floral fabrics.
Then, after some intense bargaining with the salesperson, they bought some fabrics with slight defects.
At this moment, Song Yue was very proud and the smile on her face made people feel warm and comfortable like the gentle breeze in spring.
Immediately afterwards, Song Yue, in a good mood, walked straight towards the area where rice, flour and oil were sold, ready to pick out some food needed for life.
After all, when you live your life, you have to be thrifty and never miss any opportunity to take advantage, otherwise you would be a fool.
Although these fabrics have some minor flaws, as long as you use your brain more when making clothes and come up with some clever design methods, you can still wear them appropriately and beautifully.
Although it is now the autumn harvest season, food has not yet been distributed and every household is still living in poverty.
Fortunately, apart from Hu Zi's family, Chun Hua's family and Song Yue's family all have workers, so they are not short of receipts needed to purchase food.
The friendship between the three of them is as deep as that between sisters. Chunhua's mother and Song Yue naturally cannot bear to see Hu Zi's family facing the dilemma of running out of food.
So on the way to the market, the two of them agreed that their two families would provide food coupons, and Hu Zi's family would pay the corresponding money, and they would jointly share a portion of food for Hu Zi's family to use in emergencies.
So, when they happened to come across last year's old grain being sold at a low price, Song Yue and Chunhua Niang immediately became excited and began whispering to each other about how to collect more grain coupons so that they could buy more affordable grain.
Lin Fangfang carried a basket, looked around vigilantly, and protected her mother-in-law.
When Su Miantang and Qian Duoduo came over, they saw Hu Zi's mother carrying food, and Chun Hua's mother and their mother-in-law whispering to each other.
After the three sisters-in-law met, they exchanged glances for a while.
Then they formed a semicircle as if nothing had happened, protecting their elders.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that they were from the same family and village, so they would naturally avoid them.
Seeing how these people were shopping, the salesperson didn't dare to look down on them and answered every question they asked.
In the end, I bought ten kilograms of first-grade rice, twenty kilograms of second-grade rice, thirty kilograms of corn flour, and twenty kilograms of buckwheat flour.
After paying the money and food coupons, Chunhua's mother and Huzi's mother looked at the heavy sacks with worried expressions on their faces, not knowing what to do for a moment.
They wondered in their hearts: What should we do?
Otherwise, why don’t we go ask Dahai for help to load these sacks into the car?
At this moment, as if with telepathy, the clever Su Miantang saw the difficulties of the two aunts at a glance.
She smiled slightly and handed the basket in her hand to one of them without hesitation, her movements light and natural.
Then, a jaw-dropping scene happened——
Under the surprised gaze of everyone, Su Miantang easily lifted two bags full of grain after some operations!
It is worth mentioning that there are some little mysteries here.
It turned out that the bag of first-grade rice was cleverly stuffed into the bag of cornmeal.
The second-grade rice was packed into another larger bag along with the buckwheat noodles.
In this way, from the outside, it looks like there are only two bags weighing about 40 kilograms each.
The weight carried in the left and right hands is the same, a mere 80 kilograms, which is a piece of cake for Su Miantang.
"Oh my goodness! Goodness, Yue Niang, how come I've never heard that your third daughter-in-law has such great strength?"
Chunhua's mother widened her eyes and exclaimed in disbelief.
Hu Zi's mother also echoed: "That's right! No wonder you weren't panicking at all just now, and even asked us to pick as many as possible. I guess you were waiting for us here!"
Song Yue smiled proudly and signaled everyone to leave the supply and marketing cooperative and talk on the way back to the village.
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