Chapter 27 I wish she were my granddaughter
The vegetable vendor auntie received the vegetable ticket and snorted, "I'm only doing this because of that young girl. Don't come next time if you don't have a vegetable ticket, so as not to waste my time!"
The old lady was furious, but she was in the wrong; she couldn't blame anyone else for losing the ticket.
She looked down at the little girl who had come to her rescue, "Thank you, Nannan. Whose child are you? Um, Grandma can't just take your ticket for nothing. How about I give you money? I'll give you double?"
“Okay.” Sang Zhizhi, carrying the shopping basket, smiled and her eyes curved into crescents. “If Grandma goes to visit her son, buying just these groceries probably won’t be enough. I have some extra coupons on hand, how about I give them to you?”
These days, she has saved a lot of food coupons by using the vegetables and fruits in the space.
Since the food coupons will just expire anyway, it's better to give them to people who need them. She can save money, and Grandma can buy more food.
"Really? That's wonderful! Thank you so much, my sweet little girl!"
Sure enough, the old lady's eyes lit up instantly when she heard that she still had tickets in her hand.
Nowadays, every household has a fixed amount of grain and cloth coupons. Many people have money but can't buy food. This little baby looks fair and cute, and looks like a child from a wealthy family who doesn't lack food or clothing.
If I could actually get a ticket, that would be an incredibly wonderful thing.
However... tickets are more precious than money, and this little kid is trying to help me; I can't let him suffer a loss...
The old lady thought for a moment, then took out a handkerchief from her pocket, opened it, and took out two ten-yuan bills.
"Grandma knows that grain coupons are very valuable everywhere. How about we do what we just agreed on? Grandma will give you double the value of the coupons. What do you think?"
Sang Zhizhi checked and found that she had exactly ten jin of food coupons.
"Yes, no problem!"
She nodded and readily handed the ticket to the old lady.
After taking the money, Zhizhi carefully checked its authenticity before putting it into her bulging little pocket.
She waved, "Grandma, I'll be going now, goodbye!"
Sang Zhizhi skillfully took the money and went to the daily necessities store to make purchases.
Old-fashioned sponge cake, sugar-coated cookies, oh oh! And peach shortbread sprinkled with nuts!
These days, food is made with high-quality ingredients, fragrant, sweet, and tender. Every bite makes you feel incredibly happy.
She also picked out several cans of luncheon meat, canned yellow peaches, and a lot of sunflower seeds and nuts that the shop had stocked up for the fall and winter seasons, and bought them all.
Zhizhi bought things several times, inside and out. By the time she left the supply and marketing cooperative, her small hands could barely carry all those things.
She carried the food to the willow tree, and after finding no one around, she quickly stuffed all the supplies into her spatial storage.
When she finished putting down the last item, she saw a familiar figure walking towards her from afar.
"Nannan, why haven't you left yet?"
The old lady was carrying a good piece of pork ribs and was on her way to her son's house when she bumped into Zhizhi again.
Seeing the little girl standing alone under the willow tree, carrying a vegetable basket and lost in thought, she assumed she couldn't carry it and quickly came over to help.
"How could your parents bear to let you carry so many groceries back by yourself? Where do you live? Let Grandma help you carry them!"
"No need, Zhizhi can manage on her own!"
Sang Zhizhi wiped the sweat from her forehead, her smile bright and cheerful.
The old lady loved the baby cub even more.
She thought to herself, "How wonderful it would be if this were my granddaughter?"
Seeing that Zhizhi was really going to carry it herself, she quickly said, "Since we're going the same way, Grandma will walk with you, and we can each carry it in one hand, okay?"
Sang Zhizhi originally wanted to refuse, but seeing the old lady's sincere and cheerful expression, she couldn't refuse and simply nodded.
"Thank you for your help, Grandma. Let's go now, Mom is waiting for Zhizhi to come home!"
"Your mother must be a good person to raise such a sensible and filial child. If it weren't for Grandma having to discipline her son, she would definitely want to get to know your mother."
Two figures, one old and one young, slowly walked towards the military dependents' compound.
When they reached the entrance of the military dependents' home, Sang Zhizhi stopped and said, "Grandma, I've arrived. I won't trouble you any further."
A soft, childlike voice slowly rang out as she squatted down and took a fresh cabbage and a tomato from her basket, handing them to the old woman.
"Thank you, Grandma, for helping me carry my things. This is for you; this tomato is really sweet!"
The old lady's eyes lit up instantly. "You live here too? What a coincidence!"
Her son lives here too. She'll definitely have to find out whose child he is later; he's just too adorable.
"Okay, I'll go first then, bye-bye~"
The little one smiled sweetly and, not wanting to refuse his grandmother, simply stuffed the vegetables into her pocket.
She skipped and hopped back into the yard, carrying her own vegetable basket.
The old lady watched her little darling's departing figure, feeling even happier, but as she watched, her smile suddenly froze on her face.
Wait... ...the house she went into looks like An Chao's house?
... ...
"Mom, I'm home!"
As soon as Sang Zhizhi pushed open the courtyard gate, she suddenly bumped into an old man sitting on a stool by the door, smoking a pipe.
The older brother and the younger brother stood side by side in the courtyard, their faces showing great tension.
She slowed her pace and approached cautiously. "Excuse me, Grandpa, what's going on...?"
Zhenwei quickly pulled Xiaozhizhi over, covered her ears and whispered, "This is our grandpa. He heard that Dad got married and just threw a huge tantrum in the yard. Don't go over there, or he might hit you on the head with his pipe!"
No sooner had the whisper been finished than Xiao Zhenwei cried out in pain.
He covered his head with both hands; it was obvious that his grandfather's pipe had just hit him on the head.
Seeing the old man's fierce appearance, Sang Zhizhi immediately shielded the young man behind her, glaring at him with her big, round eyes.
"Why did you hit my brother! He didn't do anything wrong!"
"Zhizhi!"
"Zhizhi!"
Gan Su and Zhenwei immediately called out to her in a panic.
The two little boys both looked scared, clearly disillusioned with their grandfather's habit of constantly hitting them on the head.
They are now afraid that if Zhizhi talks back to her grandfather like that, she will be the next one to get beaten.
Hearing this little girl challenge him, Jiang Huiqing immediately glared at her and retorted, "What business is it of yours if I'm disciplining my grandson?"
He glanced at the little girl sideways. She looked just like that New Year picture doll. She must be the bastard child brought by the widow that Anchao married.
"Where did your mother go? Tell her to come back and you two pack your things and get out. The Jiang family doesn't welcome you. Get out, all of you get out!"
When the fierce-looking grandfather opened his mouth to curse, he revealed a set of yellowish-brown teeth, and his eyes were so wide they almost popped out. He looked like a fierce and intimidating person.
Sang Zhizhi was so frightened that she stood there stunned.
She pouted, her eyes brimming with tears.
Seeing Mei Bao's appearance, Jiang Gansu clenched his fists tightly, and despite his fear, he still stepped forward.
"Grandpa, Mom and Dad have already registered their marriage and gotten their marriage certificate. We are a family now. You can't kick them out!"
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