Chapter 54 Tan Chen blames himself
Shang Ruoting listened to people's discussions along the way and finally reached her home.
"Grandma, I'm back."
When Mrs. Shang heard the shouting, she immediately ran out of the house.
The moment she saw Shang Ruoting, she was stunned...
Her thoughts were the same as those of the villagers: "Tingting, is that cotton on your shoulders?"
Others said it was cotton, but Shang Ruoting just thought they were ignorant. How could she not see the difference when she was carrying cotton and grain on her back?
However, when Old Lady Shang said the same thing, she immediately started laughing.
"Hahahaha, milk, the bag is full of cornmeal."
"What? All cornmeal? Such a big bag must weigh at least 100 to 180 kilograms, and you carried it back like this?" Old Mrs. Shang was obviously a little unbelievable.
She was injured and didn't dare to use force. Seeing Shang Ruoting carrying such a heavy thing on her shoulders, she felt heartbroken instantly.
At this moment, she didn't care whether Tan Chen could see her or not, and shouted, "Tan Chen, come out and help Tingting."
In fact, Tan Chen also heard the noise of Shang Ruoting coming back and had already groped his way out.
Although Shang Ruoting didn't feel the things on her body were heavy, she couldn't just stand there and talk to Old Madam Shang, so she had already walked to the kitchen door.
Old Mrs. Shang hurriedly pulled Tan Chen to follow.
"Tan Chen, Tingting is about to put the food down, please help drag some down."
As she spoke, she took Tan Chen's hand and placed it on the bag of grain.
"Tingting, Tan Chen is taking over, put the bag down quickly!"
Tan Chen had already started to lift the bag with force, and Shang Ruoting took advantage of the force Tan Chen used to let the full bag of food slowly slide from her back to the ground.
Shang Ruoting then placed the sundries in her hands on the table beside her.
Tan Chen just felt the weight of the bag of grain, and he felt a little sorry for Shang Ruoting.
Last night, the woman nestled in his arms, and he could feel how thin she was.
How did he carry a bag of grain back from the supply and marketing cooperative with such a thin body?
Thinking of this, Tan Chen couldn't help but blame himself: If I could see with my own eyes, this woman wouldn't have to travel such a long way and carry such a heavy thing back.
Shang Ruoting herself didn't feel tired at all. She put the bag of cornmeal in the place where Old Lady Shang said, and then started to fiddle with the things on the table.
"Grandma, Tan Chen, I bought a few pounds of dates and raisins today. Besides keeping some for ourselves, I plan to give some to Sister Xiao Cui and Aunt Gui Zhen."
"They have helped me these past two days, and I want to show my gratitude."
Although Mrs. Shang didn't have much money, she knew that dates and raisins were not cheap. However, she very much approved of her granddaughter's practice of repaying her gratitude.
"Tingting knows that gratitude is a good thing. Knowing how to repay others' kindness will make them more willing to help you in the future."
Tan Chen reminded: "In addition to these, buy some things for the two captains and send them over when the time comes."
Shang Ruoting knew what Tan Chen was reminding her of: "I know. I didn't buy cigarettes and alcohol at the supply and marketing cooperative. I just wanted to buy them from Aunt Guihua so that she could make some money."
Tan Chen nodded, indicating that he agreed with her idea.
It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon. Normally, there was no need to rush to give those people gifts, but Shang Ruoting was worried that Zou Meihua and Zhang Lanxiang would do something bad to the chicken coop, so the countermeasures she had thought of had to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
So she took two bags of dates and two bags of raisins and went back to the village again, her destination being the convenience store opened by Li Guizhen.
When Li Guizhen saw Shang Ruoting coming over, she was very enthusiastic. Just based on how she dealt with Shang Lichun that day, she liked this girl from the bottom of her heart.
"Ruoting, aren't you busy today?"
Shang Ruoting walked to the counter and said, "Hello, Aunt Guihua. I went to the supply and marketing cooperative this afternoon and just came back."
"Auntie, I want to buy two packs of Moju cigarettes from you. Do you have any in stock?"
She deliberately said that she went to the supply and marketing cooperative and then came here to buy cigarettes, just to let Li Guizhen know that she could obviously buy cigarettes at the supply and marketing cooperative, but ended up coming to her to let her make some money.
Although it's not a big deal, at least it can make Li Guizhen remember some good things about her.
Li Guizhen wanted to show more concern and ask about Old Lady Shang's injuries, but when she heard that Shang Ruoting wanted to buy two packs of Moju cigarettes, she immediately put the inquiry behind her.
"Yes, yes, yes. The goods just arrived yesterday."
She smiled and bent down under the counter to take out two packs of well-packaged Moju cigarettes.
"These are two black chrysanthemums, one hexagon."
Shang Ruoting paid the money without hesitation, and pushed a bag of dates and raisins and a cigarette in front of Li Guizhen.
"Aunt, I bought these dates and raisins at the supply and marketing cooperative just now. You helped me so much the other day, so this is just a small token of my appreciation."
"And these cigarettes are for the captain. He got his face scratched by my aunt yesterday because of me, and he helped me and my grandma get justice. I want to thank him for that."
In fact, Zhao Fa was the team leader, and it was common for him to receive some harmless little gifts, and Li Guizhen was not surprised by this.
However, the gift that Shang Ruoting gave today was more substantial than what those people had given her before, and her words were also very nice.
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