In the evening, the family sat around the table and happily ate dinner.
With her children returning home, Lin Wencui cooked a delicious meal for everyone tonight, and they chatted about interesting things in the countryside while eating.
"Mom and Dad, do you know what? My brother's Farewell Chicken was so delicious! We had it for lunch today, and it was amazing!"
As Sun Zhenghong spoke, he smacked his lips.
Everyone watched Sun Zhenghong's performance with amusement, but Sun Zhengguo keenly noticed that his mother's unfriendly gaze was sweeping towards him.
He thought to himself, "Sun Zhenghong has ruined me."
As expected, Sun Zhengguo's premonition was confirmed, and his mother spoke up.
“My good son, you’re quite capable! If your sister hadn’t told me today, I wouldn’t have known you had this skill. You should prepare a feast of Farewell Chicken for your mother sometime.”
Sun Zhengguo felt ashamed and nodded, saying, "Definitely, definitely."
Sun Zhenghong knew he had caused trouble, so he stuck out his tongue to indicate that he couldn't help him.
After the meal, Lin Wencui went to clear the dishes, while Sun Zhengguo chatted with Sun Dajiang.
"Dad, my classmate said that a planned economy is about to be implemented. What do we need? Let's buy some quickly."
Hearing his son's words, Sun Dajiang frowned and then said.
"Didn't the planned economy already exist since 1953? What's so strange about that?"
“This time it’s different. In 1953 it was only some of the goods. This time it’s all the goods. It’s a comprehensive plan with a very wide scope. Even a needle is included in the plan.”
Before Sun Dajiang could react after Sun Zhengguo finished speaking, Lin Wencui came out after washing the dishes and overheard her son's words, and then said something.
"Son, what do you want to buy? So what if it's a planned economy? Your workplace will issue invoices, right? Are you worried about not being able to buy it?"
Seeing that his mother didn't understand at all, Sun Zhengguo then explained.
"Mom, do you know what 'tickets are hard to come by' means? For example, if a steel mill has thousands of employees, but only issues 10 bicycle tickets a year, how are they distributed?"
After hearing their son's words, Mr. and Mrs. Sun fell silent.
Finally, it was Sun Dajiang who spoke up.
"Tell me, Zhengguo, what are you trying to buy after going through all this trouble tonight?"
“My younger brother and sister are getting older, and it’s not suitable for the three of us to ride one bike, so I’m thinking of buying another one. As for what else we need, you can discuss it with each other.”
Finally, after discussion among the three, they agreed to buy the car. As for the radio and sewing machine, Lin Wencui disagreed, saying that in modern terms, they were not necessities.
After they finished discussing, Sun Zhenghong dragged Sun Zhengguo to play cards. Sun Zhengguo now regretted it, regretting that he shouldn't have taught them in the first place.
So Sun Zhengguo pulled Lin Jiguo along and started giving a live lesson. After Lin Jiguo left, Sun Zhengguo immediately disappeared and went back to his room to collect sweet potatoes.
Inside the space, there was a bumper harvest of sweet potatoes. Half an acre of sweet potatoes yielded more than 2,000 catties. The sweet potato vines were not wasted either, as they were used to feed the pigs.
The vegetables in the space have already been harvested in the second wave. Looking at the supplies in the space, Sun Zhengguo was worried for the first time about having too many supplies. This was somewhat similar to what happened at Versailles.
He mentally withdrew from the space and saw that his younger brother hadn't come; he guessed he was still playing cards. So Sun Zhengguo simply took off his clothes and went to sleep.
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The next morning, after breakfast, Sun Dajiang and his wife were about to go to work when Lin Wencui gave Sun Zhengguo 200 yuan and told them to buy a bicycle themselves.
After Sun Dajiang and his wife left, Sun Zheng'an excitedly asked, "Brother, did you buy this for me?"
Seeing his younger sister pouting and looking unhappy, Sun Zhengguo quickly said something.
"What do you mean by 'bought for you,' 'temporarily for you to use,' or 'anyone can use it'?"
After Sun Zhengguo finished speaking, he winked at his younger brother and glanced in the direction of his sister.
"I'll ride it from now on; it's a gift I bought for myself."
Sun Zheng'an, unwilling to back down, continued to argue stubbornly.
Seeing his younger brother's performance, Sun Zhengguo thought to himself, "What a terrible teammate! I can't carry him!" He then changed the subject.
"We're going to buy a car later. Zheng Hong, what do you want to eat? Your brother will buy it for you."
Sure enough, my younger sister perked up as soon as she heard about food, and then said with a grin.
"Really, the eldest brother is the best, but don't buy it for the second brother, make him pay for his bicycle instead."
Only then did Sun Zheng'an understand what his older brother meant when he gave him a wink—his younger sister was unhappy.
Thinking of this, I gave an awkward laugh, but I didn't care at all.
"Once Xiaoli has a bicycle, she'll be so happy. Who cares about food then?"
Sun Zhengguo couldn't hear his younger brother's thoughts. If he could, he would probably yell "Damn it!" three times and then ask, "Who is Xiaoli?"
The three siblings tidied up the house, locked the door, and rode their bicycles to the department store.
Throughout the journey, the younger sister, of course, did not forget her brother's words, and her mouth never stopped talking until they arrived at the department store.
After arriving at the department store, the three siblings had a clear goal and headed straight for the bicycle section.
Because bicycle production is low now, there aren't many bikes in the store. After looking around, the three of them finally chose a Flying Pigeon.
So they called over a salesperson and asked about the price.
"This Flying Pigeon costs 160 yuan. If you want to buy it, hurry up, there aren't enough to go around."
Listen to that attitude. But Sun Zhengguo is already used to it; it's a characteristic of this era.
As you can see, the words "Customers must not be beaten or scolded at will" are written on the wall.
Sun Zhengguo didn't argue with the salesperson. He paid the money, got the invoice, picked up the car, and left.
After buying the car, the three of them didn't linger. They pushed the car to the police station and waited until the car was registered before riding it to the courtyard house.
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At the entrance of the courtyard house, Jia Zhangshi was chatting with her grandson and the third aunt.
The old lady suddenly saw two bicycles heading towards the courtyard. There were few bicycles these days, so she took a few more glances. But once she started looking, she couldn't take her eyes off them.
"Aren't these the eldest and second sons of the Sun family? Did they buy another car? No, don't they already have a car?"
While the three women were still thinking, the three of them had already arrived at the door.
"Busy, Auntie!"
It wasn't until Sun Zhengguo finished greeting them that the third aunt came to her senses.
"Oh, Zhengguo, you're riding a new bike again."
Before Sun Zhengguo could speak, Sun Zhengan interrupted the third aunt to answer.
“Auntie, this is a new one, it cost 160 yuan, my dad bought it for me.”
The three women were shocked upon hearing this, and thought to themselves.
"The Sun family truly lives up to their reputation as the richest family in the courtyard. They bought the first car in the compound, and now they're buying the second one too. Can't they just shut up for once?"
When Jia Zhangshi saw that the Sun family had bought another bicycle, she felt a mix of emotions and secretly cursed the Sun family's ancestors seven or eight times.
When Sun Zhengguo arrived home and parked his car, at least half the people in the compound knew that the Sun family had bought another car.
At noon, Sun Zhengguo started to tempt people again, taking a piece of antelope meat from his spatial storage and braising it, which immediately filled the courtyard with its aroma.
The deaf old lady in the backyard went to the front yard twice, but returned empty-handed after seeing that Sun Zheng's house was closed.
When Jia Zhangshi smelled the odor, she was so angry that she stomped her feet and cursed at home, wishing she could go to the Sun family and snatch the pot away. Qin Huairu, wanting to avoid the situation, hid away.
Sun Zhengguo was unaware of all this; he was currently teaching his younger siblings.
"Did you hear that? No matter who asks, just say my brother bought it, or you won't get to eat it again."
"Understood." x2
"Hey, don't try to take this from me, it's mine."
I saw the brother and sister fighting over the last piece of meat.
Sun Zhengguo wanted to say something more...
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