Chapter 45: Being Beaten
But Chu Dan did not forget that her second sister had repeatedly reminded her before she came, asking her to speak less, especially when negotiating prices, and to be mute.
Therefore, he could only keep his head down to avoid being shocked by them discovering him.
Chu Hong hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll listen to you, auntie. But I won't take your money for these lotus root clips today. Otherwise, I won't have the face to take all the tickets you gave me."
In fact, if Aunt He hadn't wanted another thirty kilograms of lotus root clips, she would definitely have charged for it.
But Aunt He's generosity made her realize that there are still people who are not short of money and are willing to spend money.
If there is one such person, there must be many more.
She particularly hoped that the saying "birds of a feather flock together" was true.
Chu Hong was willing to try to establish some friendship with the girl by giving her the lotus root clasps in order to get her to introduce equally generous customers to her in the future.
Anyway, she could earn half of the thirty yuan, so she wouldn't feel bad about spending the money on the two kilograms of lotus root.
Aunt He declined for a while, but seeing that Chu Hong was not here for nothing, she went to her room and got her thirty yuan: "Then I'll give you the money for the thirty kilograms of lotus root first, and bring it to me the day after tomorrow morning, okay?"
Of course she knew that the price was not low, but she was clumsy. Even if she asked someone to do it, she would still have to buy lotus roots and meat, and chop the minced meat, which was a lot of work for her.
Besides, if you ask others to help you make the food, you have to do them a favor and give them a plate, so it’s better to just spend some money.
In addition, when she went to Chu Hong's house before, she saw that although her house was a mud brick house, it was kept clean.
She was willing to buy more food from them.
It really makes her want to eat more.
What's more, the day after tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and I can use the excuse of making more lotus root cakes to add a dish to the leaders' reunion table.
And for the sake of money, Chu Hong of course agreed immediately.
Not to mention New Year’s Eve, even on the first day of the first lunar month, as long as there is money to be earned, her own sister, who is a money-grubber, is willing to give it to her.
When they left, Aunt He gave them a bag of fried dough twists and a bag of hard candy: "Take them to eat on the way. We don't dare to eat candy at our age because we are afraid of getting fat."
Actually, I don’t like hard candies, I only like milk candies.
"And remember to put more meat in the lotus root dumplings you make for Auntie," she reminded him worriedly, "Don't put less meat than today."
Chu Hong agreed immediately: "Don't worry, Auntie, I promise there won't be less meat than today."
Chu Dan rode his bike to a deserted place, then asked worriedly, "Sister, are we asking for too much? We have almost ten kilograms of lotus root, but we only used three or four kilograms of meat."
She was worried: "We don't have to spend any money on those thirty kilograms of lotus root. Will people call us too heartless?"
She seemed to understand a little bit why people were not allowed to conduct transactions privately.
They are definitely afraid that there will be too many unscrupulous vendors, and it is also to protect honest people.
When I think of this, I sigh with guilt and feel uneasy.
Chu Hong's mouth twitched, and she slapped her in the face: "You are out of your mind, how could you not spend money?"
"Ten pounds of lotus root with four pounds of meat on it, that's four dollars. If we didn't have meat at home, it would cost at least six or seven dollars on the black market."
In fact, at most three pounds of meat was used, but in order to fool her, I had to exaggerate it.
"Soybean oil, flour, eggs, and lotus roots all cost three or four yuan."
"Then it will cost at least twenty-four dollars."
Finally, he tricked her: "It will take five people a day to work, and hiring a chef will only cost three to five dollars a day. Can't so many of us be worth more than one chef?"
"Do you think this price is expensive?"
Chu Dan also reacted, with a look of sudden enlightenment on his face: "Yes, if we run out of meat at home, we will have no meat to eat in the future."
As for the lotus roots, if you don't dig up the pond and divide the fish and lotus roots, you have to pay to buy them.
Now Chu Dan no longer felt that he had earned too much dirty money. Instead, he could hardly hide his envy: "People who work in a factory are rich. It would be great if we could work in a factory."
Chu Hong couldn't help but pour cold water on you: "You think too much. An ordinary worker only makes 30 yuan a month. He may have to support a whole family, so life is still tight."
"Unless you can be like Aunt He, she is a leader and her husband is a senior engineer, earning more than 100 yuan a month, you can't afford to spend money so lavishly."
Chu Dan was still very good at comforting himself: "Anyway, it's good that we can make money. Now we can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy me some biscuits, right?"
After this delay, it was already past nine o'clock. The most crowded time in the supply and marketing cooperative had passed, but there were still many people walking around, looking and shopping in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Chu Hong had money and tickets in her hand. She went around the supply and marketing cooperative and spent all the tickets. She also spent nearly twenty yuan and bought everything she needed for the New Year and her daily life.
Chu Dan smiled brightly when he thought about how his second sister spent five dollars and eighty cents to buy him a tin can of Golden Rooster biscuits.
This is premium food, no tickets required.
Ordinary biscuits are only 42 cents a pound, and you need a biscuit ticket.
There is a majestic golden rooster painted on the tin can. It is a very luxurious packaging nowadays. A classmate once gave me a piece of it, but I never thought that I could have a big jar of it.
It’s a big iron can weighing two kilograms. She thinks she can use it for a lifetime.
When the two sisters arrived at Lingshang Village, smoke was already coming out of the chimneys of every household.
Chu Dan was afraid that the Su family would misunderstand that the jar of biscuits was a gift for them, and he was even more afraid that the Su family's grandson would cry and shout for food, so he put the iron can at the bottom of the backpack at the entrance of the village.
Even so, she was still worried in her heart. After getting off the bicycle, she had to carry the backpack herself to feel at ease.
The door of the Su family's courtyard was ajar. When I pushed it open, Chu Hong called out, "Xiao Yu'er, your second aunt is here to see you."
Xiao Yuer quickly ran out of the kitchen, with straw dust on his face. He rushed over and hugged Chu Hong's legs tightly, and did not forget to complain in a low voice: "Second Aunt, grandma was mad at mom yesterday, and dad came back and heard grandma crying, so he was mad at mom too..."
The little girl was still young after all, and she started to cry as she spoke: "Can you take me and my mom back with you, Auntie?"
The five-year-old girl already understands a lot. She knows that her grandparents like her cousin more, and she also understands that her grandmother looks at her with disdain and calls her "money-loser" which is not a nice thing to say.
But I don't understand why my father doesn't like me.
But she is very obedient, and everyone in her grandfather's family likes her.
Seeing my mother wiping her tears, I couldn’t help but remind her: Can we go back to grandma’s house?
But because of this sentence, her father slapped her and said that she was an ungrateful person who could never be tamed.
She cried in pain, and her mother rushed over to hit her father. Finally, her father pushed her away and left.
The little girl had a delicate skin, and after one night, the slap marks on her face turned from red to purple.
Chu Hong couldn't keep the smile on her face. She took out a candy from her pocket, peeled it for her to eat, and gave her the candy wrapper to play with. She picked her up and asked, "Xiao Yu'er, you are so good. Who hit you?"
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