Looking at the various foods piled high in the space hospital, Chen Xia felt extremely safe and happy, like a squirrel about to hibernate.
This is exactly what it means to “have food in hand and be at ease.”
In the past few days, the family pickled radishes in the morning, pickled cabbages at noon, and steamed radishes with pickles in the evening. Chen Xia got a stomachache just thinking about it.
If you starve to death after rebirth, it will be like wearing Qing clothes but not opposing them, or using an electric drill in your anus, and you will be despised by the rebirth party.
When Chen Xia returned to the university in the evening, he was holding a freshly roasted chicken in his hand, which made his uncle and others scream with excitement.
When I went out to play with Chen Chun during the day, although I feasted my eyes, I didn’t get to eat anything delicious. Every time I looked at those tempting delicacies, I could only drool.
After dinner, Chen Xia called his elder sister to a corner, took out 500 yuan, a pile of food coupons, and a Shanghai brand women's watch.
This made Chen Chun so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, and his expression became serious.
Of course Chen Xia knew what her sister was thinking, which was where such a huge sum of money came from?
To put it bluntly, it is impossible to steal so much money even if you go out to rob people these days. Everyone is struggling, and it is good enough to have a few cents in your pocket when you go out.
So Chen Xia made up a half-truthful excuse:
"Sister, I know what you're worried about, but this money is all earned by me, not Dad's pension."
Chen Chun didn't believe it, but listened to his explanation with a stern face. "Then tell me, what's going on?"
"This year, the harvest in the countryside was good. After the household contract system was implemented, every family had surplus grain, so I teamed up with a high school classmate to buy some grain. My classmate's father drives a truck for his company, and he helped us bring several thousand kilograms of rice to the provincial capital. If we hadn't sold all the rice, we would have money."
"So, you haven't been to Xinhua Bookstore these past two days, and have been selling rice?"
"Hey, that, that..."
Chen Xia thought Chen Chun would turn against him and blame him for not being enterprising and studying hard and instead becoming a speculative peddler.
The air was silent, and the imagined storm did not come. Chen Chun just lowered his head and fiddled with his watch.
After a while, Chen Chun probably figured something out and said:
"I read the newspapers too. The country is only going to become more and more open. If you can find a way to profit from the price difference without stealing or robbing, I won't blame you. Being able to make money is a skill, nothing to be ashamed of. Just be careful in the future and don't show your hand."
Chen Xia was shocked. He never expected that the future Academician Chen would be such an open-minded person.
He originally thought that a college student like Chen Chun, who came from a good family, would look down on small vendors.
In fact, Chen Xia had misjudged all of this. The Jiangnan water town area has been rich in resources since ancient times and has always been the most developed area of commodity economy, which is a natural support for business.
Unlike the conservative regions in the north, people here do not believe that only those who work in government agencies or public institutions can achieve success.
Therefore, Chen Chun does not think there is anything wrong with doing business. According to her simple outlook on life, as long as one does not steal or rob, there is nothing wrong with creating wealth with one's own brain and hands.
If getting rich through hard work is wrong, then what is truth?
Now Chen Xia can use his brain to make money, so that his family can have enough food to eat and live a good life. Nothing can make Chen Chun feel more at ease than this.
If her younger brothers and sisters really had no food to eat and were starving in their hometown, how could she continue to go to school in the big city as if nothing had happened?
She wanted to go to school, especially after her mother died of hepatitis, which was incurable and she became more determined in her belief.
We must study hard, we must find a way to fight hepatitis, and we must not let other children lose their mothers like her.
Chen Chun didn't ask Chen Xia how much money he made, but when they went out to play the next day, the five of them had a big meal at Louwailou by the West Lake. This time, Chen Xia really ordered 10 dishes.
Ordering 10 dishes when dining out has become an obsession for him, as stubborn as obsessive-compulsive disorder.
As the uncle-in-law was eating his meal, he became more determined to cling to this "grandson" in the future. He was more cunning than anyone else. Just based on Chen Xia's generosity today, he knew that Chen Xia was not short of money.
Ten meat dishes and five bottles of soda cost more than 20 yuan, which is half a month's salary for an ordinary worker and half a year's income for a farmer.
In the distant Yuezhou, Chen Yigen always felt a wave of heartache today, forcing him to sit in the field to rest for a while, wondering when Chen Xia and the other three would come back.
After dinner and touring the West Lake, Chen Xia took everyone to the department store, a place even Chen Chun had never been to.
Now she is not the female academician who is a leader in the medical field. How can a 21-year-old girl not like shopping?
Chen Xia let them choose whatever they wanted to buy, and he was only responsible for paying for it.
We're all just country guys, so we're not afraid of them picking out something astronomically expensive. If they do pick out something astronomically expensive, the worst that can happen is we'll just cheat and refuse to buy it. After all, he's just a country guy, who's he afraid of?
In the end, Chen Chun and Chen Qiu each picked out a dress and a pair of small leather shoes. Chen Dong and his uncle also bought a set of clothes. Chen Xia also bought them a pair of Warrior shoes, which are now a very fashionable symbol.
This made Chen Dong and his uncle very excited. They had only seen Huili shoes on the son of the commune leader. They were so envious when they saw others showing off.
In addition, it is impossible not to buy snacks when going to the mall. Several children picked out some White Rabbit milk candies, the leader in the milk candy world. The price of 5 yuan per pound is also shocking, and candy coupons are required.
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