Volume 1 Chapter 162 Going to the City to Buy Things
Every time Pan Yue woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, she would see Sheng Wanze sitting motionless on the bed, staring at her belly.
She was almost scared to death. Why was this man not sleeping in the middle of the night and staring at her belly?
If you don’t know, you might think he was trying to kill for money.
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After Sheng Wanyan sent the letter, she also bought some stamps for collection.
He reached into his backpack and took out the materials he had translated this month.
"Hello, please send it to the Kyoto newspaper office for me."
The post office clerk nodded and helped her pack it.
She wrote a letter to the Kyoto newspaper a month ago, asking them to send any books that needed translation there.
I don't know if it has been sent. I just happened to be in the city, so I asked about it.
"Are there any packages of evening tobacco?"
"Wait a minute, I'll go look for it."
The post office courier searched for her package among a pile of packages on the ground, and it took him a while to find her package.
"It's been here for a week, and I thought no one came to claim it."
It was the first time that the post office staff saw someone who didn't come to pick up the package.
"I'm sorry, I just came here with the army two days ago, so I haven't had time yet."
When the post office staff heard that she was a soldier's wife who came to join the army, they immediately became very enthusiastic.
"Are you a military wife?"
Sheng Wanyan nodded. People of this era have a special admiration for soldiers and naturally have a better impression of military wives.
"No wonder, it turns out you just came to join the army."
"It's okay. I'll keep all the packages for you in the future."
The post office staff patted their chests, expressing their professionalism.
"Thank you. This is wedding candy for you."
Sheng Wanyan took out three candies from her pocket and handed them to her. When the post office staff heard that they were wedding candies, they accepted them.
You know what, this was the first time she received wedding candy from a military wife, it was so sweet.
After taking the package, Sheng Wanyan found a deserted place and entered the space.
The first thing she did was to open the package, and inside it were indeed books that needed to be translated and sent to her by a Kyoto newspaper.
A total of three books were sent, and all three were books related to firearms.
Sheng Wanyan frowned when she saw this. It was not difficult for her to tell from these books that the country was working hard on scientific research.
Especially in terms of weapons, it is far behind other countries.
Therefore, the country now needs a large number of translation talents to translate and crack some foreign technologies.
But there is no one in Kyoto who can translate books on firearms?
How come such an important book was sent to her?
Sheng Wanyan thought about it and figured it out.
Some things might be more appropriately done by people who are not at the center of power.
Sheng Wanyan didn't worry about it too much. After all, she was only responsible for translation and other things were not her business.
Sheng Wanyan put the books away and went to the warehouse to prepare the things she would take back.
She had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and use the receipts in her hand. Besides, most of the soldiers came to the city to buy things.
If she suddenly returned with a large basket of things on her back, but no one had seen her at the supply and marketing cooperative, wouldn't that arouse suspicion?
So she had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to prevent others from finding any evidence against her.
Sheng Wanyan took out 5 kilograms of pork, 10 kilograms of pork fat, two fish, two ribs and a pig's trotter from the warehouse.
There are also 20 eggs, 10 kilograms of rice, 5 green peppers, 5 eggplants, and 3 cucumbers.
Then take out 5 kilograms of cabbage, five tomatoes, 10 potatoes, and 2 kilograms of tofu.
There are also some medicinal ingredients for making soup, such as red dates, wolfberries, and angelica, which are common and inconspicuous.
After she finished buying things at the supply and marketing cooperative, she would take out some of these things and put them in her backpack to fill it up.
This way, everyone can see what she buys, and the family can eat better during this period, and no one will suspect anything.
Moreover, she will need to entertain Gu Tingxiao's comrades the day after tomorrow, and if she tells others about it, no one will think she is living a capitalist life.
Even if everyone wants to make trouble for her, she has the capital to live a good life.
At worst, we can just take out the translator’s salary and make everyone shut up.
Sheng Wanyan prepared her things and left the space to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. When she got there, she saw many military wives who were traveling with her.
Sheng Wanyan immediately ran to queue up to buy meat and spent all the meat coupons she had.
The second place to go is to buy coarse grains. After all, it is impossible for the family to eat fine grains all the time.
If he keeps eating, even if others haven't started to get suspicious, Gu Tingxiao would already be suspicious.
And sometimes it is good to eat some coarse grains. In later generations, people even think that coarse grains are good for the body.
It is very suitable for breakfast. Eating corn and sweet potato porridge is also very comfortable.
Sheng Wanyan also wanted to buy two jars for pickling kimchi, as she really loved pickled foods.
But this thing is quite big, so I have to give up and buy it next time.
There weren't many things in the supply and marketing cooperative, so Sheng Wanyan went there to buy two kilograms of pastries and six large bags of ordinary candies.
This is just right for distributing wedding candies to everyone. Ten pieces will be enough for each family, which is perfect.
The rest will be given to the children who come to my house the day after tomorrow to sweeten their mouths.
Sheng Wanyan brought a lot of cloth coupons and cotton coupons with her, so her sofa cushions would require a lot of cloth and cotton.
She can start making the sofa cushions when she goes home tonight, and after washing them, she can use them when the furniture arrives tomorrow.
Sheng Wanyan also bought a lot of things at the supply and marketing cooperative, which were mainly for everyone to see.
After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, I took out some things from the space and filled the backpack.
I looked at the time and it was already half past two, so I set off to gather at the drop-off point.
When she came to Ice City, she had no plans to go to the black market, so she didn't want to spend time asking where the black market was.
But she could go to the scrap yard here and wait until her bike arrives before she comes there herself.
Sheng Wanyan carried a backpack to the gathering point, and everyone had already arrived.
Once in the car, the military wives began gossiping about what each had bought.
Among them, the backpack containing Sheng Wanyan was the fullest, and it was covered with a black cloth.
This is the black cloth that Sheng Wanyan took out from the space, just to prevent the military wives from staring at her things.
"Captain Gu's wife... you bought too much, didn't you?"
When everyone saw such a full box of stuff, they became very curious, after all, it would cost a lot of money to see it.
Captain Gu’s wife is really a spendthrift. She’s spending money like this right after they just started living together. I wonder if she can pay it back in the future.
"I just came to the family compound, and there is nothing at home."
"My old Gu's comrades-in-arms will have dinner at home in a few days. I bought them all for them."
It was the first time that Sheng Wanyan called Gu Tingxiao like this in public, not to mention it was quite embarrassing to call her own man like this.
But the first time is strange the second time is familiar, everyone calls it like this, there is nothing to be shy about.
When everyone heard her words, they thought about it and felt that it made sense. After all, it was a rare opportunity to come to the city, so shouldn’t they buy more to prepare?
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