Chapter 224 Lies
Even though it is almost the sixth month of the lunar calendar, which is considered the hottest summer, it is still a bit cool in the morning.
It's already dawn at five in the morning.
Those who have to go to work have already carried their hoes to work in the fields. They come back at seven o'clock to have breakfast, and then continue to work until eleven o'clock.
Now that the busy farming season is over, I can take a nap in the afternoon and go back to work in the fields at three o’clock in the afternoon.
Chu Hong and Chu Dan got up very early. They had breakfast at five o'clock and set off at half past five when the sun had not yet risen.
It was just after six when they arrived in the city. The city government had not started work yet, so the two sisters took the vegetables they had picked that morning to Grandpa He's house.
When Grandma He saw the sisters coming, she smiled and took their hands and said, "You haven't been here for a long time. Come in and sit down. Have you had breakfast yet? Come and have some steamed buns."
Grandpa He looked at the basket of vegetables and smiled, "Oh, you sent us so many vegetables? Fortunately, I haven't gone to buy vegetables yet."
Even though the two sisters said they had already had breakfast at home, the He family still pulled them to sit down and eat together.
Chu Dan couldn't refuse, so he took the steamed buns that Grandma He handed to him and said with a smile: "It's just some home-cooked dishes from our private plot. I hope Grandpa and Grandma don't mind."
He Chunyan also handed a steamed bun to Chu Hong and asked with a smile: "When will your relatives get the defective cloth? Zhigang just came back from there yesterday?"
What she was wearing was the defective cloth that her own mother picked out for her last time, a light blue cotton cloth with floral patterns. It was comfortable and beautiful to wear, and most importantly, it was cheap.
She wore it to work, and many of her colleagues asked her where she bought the fabric.
Next time she has the chance, she will definitely buy some for some of her good colleagues.
Isn't interpersonal relationship all about give and take?
Chu Hong also smiled and said, "We have to wait until the second half of the year. My aunt also hired a lot of people to help buy it secretly."
"I don't dare to buy any more in the short term, otherwise it will be too eye-catching."
The main reason is that she still has money in her hands, so of course she is unwilling to take risks.
Therefore, Chu Hong wrote a letter last time to thank them for their kindness and told them to wait until thick cloth was available and buy some for herself if it was convenient. If the situation was not right, she should not buy any more as safety was more important.
He Chunyan also nodded and agreed: "You are right, it is better to be careful."
He Chunyan's husband also asked in a low voice: "I heard that you have a breeding farm over there? When will you have eggs to sell?"
Chu Hong hesitated and said, "We have to wait until September at least, right?"
He took the opportunity to say to them, "We country folk are usually frugal, saving eggs to exchange for soy sauce and needles and thread, but it was a busy farming season some time ago, so no matter how frugal we were, we would still fry a few eggs."
"Eggs are not available now. We have to wait until the middle of next month."
After Chu Dan came in, she looked around and didn't see He Zhigang. She didn't ask any more questions, so she just looked at her sister.
Chu Hong could only help by asking, "Zhigang has been to Anshi again? Then he can rest for a day or two, right?"
Grandma He glanced at the sisters, smiled kindly, and said in a gentle tone: "That's right, his sister is also on summer vacation, and she is staying at their own home. Why don't you go over and play when you are free?"
Chu Hong also heard that He Zhigang's sister initially worked at a bus company.
Now bus drivers and conductors can be considered good jobs.
But nowadays the buses are often crowded, and his sister felt it was too hard, so she used her connections to get a job as a teacher at the staff primary school near the steel plant.
It’s not easy to be a university teacher nowadays. If you are not careful, you will be sent to the countryside.
In contrast, primary school teachers have a more relaxed time, their teaching workload is not heavy, and they also have winter and summer vacations.
The two sisters ate a steamed bun and left the He family on the pretext of going to a meeting at the Women's Federation.
Chu Dan was a little excited: "Sister, I also went to high school. If I get together with him, can the He family get me to be a teacher in an elementary school?"
"I don't know either." Looking at her ambitious sister, Chu Hong didn't pour cold water on her: "If you want to see him, I'm going to the Women's Federation for a meeting later. It will take nearly two hours. You can go find him."
Chu Dan blushed and agreed: "Okay, I'll go say hello."
But before that, the two sisters went to the meat stall of the supply and marketing cooperative to buy pork offal.
It’s not that they don’t want to eat meat, but they don’t have meat coupons.
Even the bones and pig's trotters were long gone, leaving only the pig's offal.
Everyone dislikes the strong smell of pig offal, and no one wants to clean it up in such hot weather.
It's too time-consuming, troublesome and laborious.
Chu Hong bought all the pig hearts and lungs.
Anyway, we have a lot of family members, so we don’t have to worry about not having anyone to deal with.
Besides, pig offal is cheap, so my grandparents won’t feel too bad about it.
Afterwards, Chu Hong went to the Women's Federation for a meeting, and Chu Dan rode his bicycle to the He family to find He Zhigang.
She came at this time on purpose. Uncle He and Aunt He were at work, and she could also have a chat with He Zhigang.
Thinking that his sister was also at home, he hesitated for a moment and then went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a watermelon.
Watermelons are just coming on the market now, and at eight cents a pound, it’s not cheap. A watermelon weighing more than six pounds costs more than fifty cents.
Chu Dan came to He's house and knocked on the door.
The door opened quickly, and a young girl with twin ponytails, wearing a white shirt and a blue skirt, asked as soon as she saw her: "Who are you? Who are you looking for?"
Chu Dan smiled sweetly: "My name is Chu Dan, you are Comrade He Xiulian, right? I'm looking for Comrade He Zhigang, is he at home?"
He Xiulian also knew about Chu Dan's existence from her mother, so she forced a smile when she heard it: "You came at an unfortunate time. My brother just left the house, saying that he was going to have breakfast with his friends and would go to the mall later. How about you go to the mall and wait for him?"
Chu Dan felt unhappy when he saw that she was blocking the door and had no intention of letting him in.
She obviously didn't welcome her, so there was no need for her to try to please her.
She still carried the watermelon that she had intended to give away and put it in the bicycle basket, but she still smiled and said, "Okay, sorry to bother you. Bye."
After she left, He Xiu Lian immediately closed the door and returned to the living room.
He Zhigang went to his master's house last night and drank some white wine. He woke up late today and sat lazily on the sofa: "Who is it?"
He Xiulian lied without changing her expression: "It was Hui, the girl next door, who asked me to go shopping in the mall."
After that, she leaned over to him and whispered, "Brother, will you accompany us to the mall?"
She thought of Chu Dan wearing a loose white shirt, baggy green pants, and cloth shoes, which really looked a bit rustic.
Besides, how could a country girl be worthy of her brother who worked in a transport team?
She suspected that the woman would really go to the mall to find her brother, so she wanted her to see her brother shopping in the mall with another lesbian.
This way she will definitely give up.
Even if she had no self-awareness and quarreled with her brother, it would just be a good opportunity for her brother to give up on her.
Suddenly I admired myself and felt that I was very smart.
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