Chapter 6 Competition between Popsicles and Ice Powder
Floral cotton is breathable, wear-resistant and good-looking. It is a hot commodity in this era.
The market price of one foot of floral cloth is about two dollars and fifty cents. Six feet of cloth to make a piece of floral clothing costs fifteen dollars.
You also need cloth coupons to buy it!
Li Lan did not use the cloth to make new clothes for herself, but sold the cloth to Wang Guiying, the only tailor in the village.
First, she couldn't bear to do it. Second, she was afraid that Su Tang would snatch it away after it was sewn into clothes. Why not just exchange it for money and hide it quietly? Who would know?
Wang Guiying knew that Li Lan was afraid of her mother-in-law, and that there must be something fishy about her selling cloth secretly, so she tried her best to lower the price.
After the two fought for N rounds, the deal was settled at ten dollars.
Li Lan was in a very good mood with ten yuan in her pocket. She spent 12 cents to buy six popsicles and sent them to the field.
Old Mrs. Mu and her colleagues were feeling very hot while working, so the couple and their four brothers just happened to eat popsicles to cool off.
The villagers who worked together were envious.
"The eldest brother's wife is so filial. She even bought you popsicles."
"Not only did he buy it for his parents-in-law and husband, but also for his brothers-in-law. What a nice person!"
“…”
Li Lan was overjoyed by the compliment: "No, no, it's what we should do as a family."
Mu Jingyun and Mu Jingzhou said nothing.
They knew whether the eldest sister-in-law was virtuous or not. They had only eaten this one popsicle in two years.
"Fifth Brother, find a virtuous woman like your sister-in-law in the future. Don't find someone who is pretty but useless." Old Lady Mu hinted.
Mu Jingrong slurped the popsicle and thought to himself: I want to find someone like my second sister-in-law who cooks delicious food!
Mu Jingyuan felt sorry for the money and quietly asked Li Lan: "Are you crazy today?"
"I sold the floral cloth that Su Tang gave me before." Li Lan made the sign of the cross.
Mu Jingyuan suddenly stopped feeling distressed.
It's not a big deal to spend a dime out of ten dollars. But next year, when a child is born, there will be one more mouth to feed, so it's better to save some money.
"Don't buy it in the future. It's not fair for the whole family to eat only ours. If you want to eat something, eat it quietly in the house." Mu Jingyuan instructed.
Li Lan nodded in agreement.
"Oh, are you eating popsicles? Did your sister-in-law buy them for you?" Su Tang and Yu Miaomiao "arrived late".
One person held the tin pot and the other held the bowl.
The two beautiful new brides had good looks, fair skin, and walked in a graceful and elegant manner (they were not used to walking on the stalks of the fields, so they had to stagger), which made them very eye-catching.
Being virtuous is not enough compared to being beautiful.
Especially the unmarried young men in the village, they all stared at them intently.
Mu Jingyun immediately ran up to the field and declared his sovereignty: "Wife, why are you and my third brother's wife here too?"
"We made some ice jelly to help you cool down." Yu Miaomiao handed the antimony pot to Mu Jingyun.
A pot full of ice jelly mixed with brown sugar water, crystal clear. It makes you salivate in the hot weather.
Mu Jingyun's eyes were full of surprise: "Wife, you are so capable."
"That's right." Yu Miaomiao also felt that she was very capable for being able to find ice jelly seeds in this era of extreme material scarcity.
Mu Jingyun invited his family to drink ice jelly. Each person had a bowl, and they could get more after finishing it.
The group of people who had just praised Li Lan for her virtue were envious again. They all began to praise Yu Miaomiao with envy: "Old Mu, how come your daughters-in-law are so sensible?"
"She is so beautiful and virtuous. Is your Mu family's ancestors' graves full of smoke?"
“…”
Li Lan felt uneasy.
She is virtuous, and those two are beautiful and virtuous.
She lost...
Before going to the fields, Old Man Mu was angry that his two daughters-in-law didn't work, but now he was praised and smiled: "My son of the Mu family has good taste and knows how to choose people."
"Good family traditions are passed down from generation to generation," added Mrs. Mu.
The implication is: She is a good mother-in-law and does a good job of disciplining her children.
Everyone became even more envious.
"If I had known that my sister-in-law would buy popsicles, I would have saved the ice jelly for tomorrow." Su Tang smiled, looking harmless.
Li Lan, who was already feeling guilty, became frightened when she saw her appearance and prepared to run away.
"Sister-in-law."
Sure enough, even though the roll call is late, it will never be missed!
"Sister-in-law, where are our popsicles?" Su Tang stretched out her slender white hand.
Li Lan wanted to spit at her!
All he does every day is ask for things with his palm raised up. How shameless!
"Sister-in-law, didn't you buy ours?" Yu Miaomiao also asked.
She is a cool and aloof beauty. She doesn’t speak as softly as Su Tang, but in a cool and “freezing” way.
Li Lan did not buy theirs.
They all ganged up on her to bully her, and now they want to eat her popsicles?
But she couldn't admit it with so many people watching her in the field. She said, "I came to the field first, in case the popsicles melted. I'll bring them back to you when I get home."
"Then let's go together later." Yu Miaomiao's eyes moved down and landed on Li Lan's trouser pocket.
Li Lan's heart tightened and she subconsciously covered her pockets.
Yu Miaomiao: The target has been locked...
Su Tang received the signal from her sister, smiled sweetly and asked Mu Jingzhou, "Third brother, is it sweet?"
"sweet."
Mu Jingzhou looked at her with his heart beating fast, and for a moment he didn't know whether it was the sweetness of the soup or the sweetness of the person.
"Which is better, mung bean soup or popsicles?"
“Mung bean soup!”
Mu Jingzhou made his choice without hesitation.
Su Tang was very satisfied: "Third brother, I have discussed it with my second sister-in-law. Although we can't work, we can do the logistics work. From now on, I will make mung bean soup every day to relieve your heat."
Mu Jingzhou has been single for twenty-three years. When has he ever been cared for by a woman like this?
A faint smile appeared on his habitually tense handsome face: "Okay."
"The brown sugar for making ice jelly today was bought by my second sister-in-law, and my second brother gave her five dollars." Su Tang's watery eyes twinkled.
Mu Jingzhou suddenly realized: It has been two days since they got married, and he still hasn't given his wife any money!
I felt my trouser pocket and found only two cents, which I couldn't afford.
So he said, "Our money is under the pillow, please move the board away."
Su Tang opened her eyes wide, unable to believe that Mu Jingzhou would just hand over his family fortune to her like that!
It must be just where he kept his pocket money, it definitely couldn't be all of it.
Su Tang's heart beat faster and she couldn't wait to go home to verify her idea!
"Old Mu's daughter-in-law, if you don't want to work, go back! Now that you are here, no one wants to work anymore."
Not knowing who was complaining, Mu Jingzhou looked back.
Yes, they had all gone to bed! Both men and women were looking in their direction.
And, don't look at his wife.
A sense of crisis suddenly emerged in my heart, and I stuffed the bowl to Su Tang: "Go back!"
"Okay!"
Su Tang held the bowl, Yu Miaomiao carried the pot, and Li Lan walked at the back, dawdling.
Su Tang and Yu Miaomiao stood on the roadside and waited for a while before they saw her.
"Sister-in-law, let's go buy some popsicles." Su Tang shouted.
Li Lan wanted to give them money so she could buy the popsicles herself, but she was afraid they would see how much money she had, so she went to buy popsicles together.
Unexpectedly, Su Tang actually took the most expensive milk popsicle!
Five cents a stick!
Li Lan was reluctant to give it up: "Third sister-in-law, let's change to the glutinous rice flavor, that's delicious."
"No, I like this one." Su Tang tore off the wrapping paper and took a bite first as a sign of respect.
Seeing this, Yu Miaomiao said, "I want milk too."
Li Lan: ………
What a sin! Two popsicles only cost one cent!
"Sister-in-law, please give me money!" Su Tang said while eating.
Li Lan turned her back and quietly touched the money.
Suddenly my elbow was hit from behind.
"Sister-in-law, be careful!" Yu Miaomiao quickly grabbed her hand.
Crash - almost all the money in the trouser pocket was shaken out and fell to the ground.
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