Chapter 33 Trouble
However, life is other people's life, and Ning Xuan didn't take the Zhou family's division of property to heart, because if it were her, she would also be willing to divide the family property.
Now that it's getting cold, the brigade has started its holiday. Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia both want to go to the commune to visit and buy some things while the roads are still convenient.
They invited Liang Qingqing and the others to go together, and the group of them rode an oxcart to the commune.
Most of the educated youth in the educated youth compound would take advantage of their rest time to go to the commune's state-run restaurant to improve their meals if they had some savings. After all, it was too difficult to buy meat, so it was easier to eat at a restaurant.
Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia, on the other hand, rarely went to the state-run restaurants for better meals because the food there was better. As a result, they didn't come to the commune very often.
"Jiajia, what are you planning to buy?" Ning Xuan asked Xu Jiajia.
Xu Jiajia thought for a moment, "Actually, there's nothing in particular I want to buy. I just haven't been out in a long time, so I'll just browse around for a bit."
"I'm about the same. Let's browse around first, and maybe we'll decide what to buy." Ning Xuan nodded.
At that time, whether it was a supply and marketing cooperative or a department store, the area you could actually shop in was only so small, far from the bustling atmosphere and numerous shops of later multi-story shopping malls.
Now they just walk from counter to counter, stopping to look at things that interest them, but they don't necessarily buy them.
When I got to the fabric section, there were quite a few people gathered around, but everyone was buying things quickly, mainly because the sales staff were quite aggressive, urging those who weren't buying to move aside.
So Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia waited in line outside for a while before they could see what was happening inside the counter. By then, most of the people had already left.
Xu Jiajia spotted the red yarn immediately. The color was beautiful, and she wanted to buy it to knit herself a scarf. There was also a gray one next to it, and she also wanted to knit one for Zhou Zhipeng and Lu Xun, who had accompanied her to the countryside.
So Xu Jiajia pointed to the yarn and said to the salesperson, "Comrade, I want 2 liang of this red yarn and 6 liang of the gray one."
However, before the sales clerk could speak, a female voice suddenly came from the side. A girl pointed to the red yarn and said to the sales clerk, "I want all of this red yarn. Can you get it for me?"
Xu Jiajia ignored the girl and said, "Could you please take out the two liang I need first?"
The girl in the red coat next to them objected loudly, saying, "I said I want all of these, otherwise it won't be enough for me to knit a sweater, didn't you hear me?"
Xu Jiajia frowned. "There's a first-come, first-served rule when buying things. I was the one who wanted to buy it first." Then she turned to the sales clerk and said, "Could you please take it out for me first?"
As a result, the ticket seller said to Xu Jiajia with difficulty, "I'm sorry, it was indeed the person behind me who bought it first, but she hasn't picked it up yet."
Because the ticket seller had already recognized the girl behind her as the daughter of the G Committee director, she dared not offend her.
Xu Jiajia scoffed, "If she had ordered it in advance or already bought it, why would you even display it?"
Before the ticket seller could explain, she was interrupted, "Why is it taking so long for Xiuying to buy something?"
Upon hearing her brother's voice, Zhang Xiuying turned around and began to complain, "Brother, someone tried to steal the yarn I wanted."
Upon hearing Zhang Qiang's voice, the saleswoman's expression immediately changed, and she quietly signaled to Xu Jiajia and Ning Xuan to leave first.
Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia saw it and guessed that the person coming might be a ticket seller who was not easy to offend. Adhering to the principle of "better to avoid trouble," the two decided to listen to the ticket seller.
But as soon as he turned around, Zhang Xiuying grabbed him, saying, "You two stop right there. I'm the one they're trying to steal the yarn from me."
When Zhang Qiang saw Xu Jiajia, he was stunned. Xu Jiajia's skin, which had been tanned a bit from working, had returned to its original whiteness after a period of rest, so she was quite conspicuous in the crowd.
Xu Jiajia has fair skin and delicate features. She wears two low ponytails on both sides, which makes her look very beautiful.
Zhang Qiang felt his heart racing, so he changed his mind, which was originally intended to stand up for his sister. He scolded Zhang Xiuying: "Nonsense! The items are still in the counter. First come, first served. Since this lady came first, you should buy them for her first."
After speaking with Zhang Xiuying, he turned to Xu Jiajia and said, "This lady, you go first. I haven't seen you in the commune yet. Are you an educated youth from a nearby brigade?"
Xu Jiajia felt uncomfortable because the other person's tone and expression were frivolous, so she didn't answer him.
Ning Xuan also noticed this and guessed that the man was probably not someone to mess with in this area. Since they were currently educated youth in the countryside, even a powerful dragon couldn't suppress a local snake, so they decided not to confront him directly. Anyway, they didn't really need that kind of thing.
So Ning Xuan said to the sales clerk, "Sorry, we're not buying anything." Then she pulled Xu Jiajia and walked out.
Watching Xu Jiajia's retreating figure, Zhang Qiang thought to himself, "This little beauty is quite something. Did she think that just because she didn't tell me, I wouldn't be able to find out?"
Zhang Xiuying looked unhappy. "Brother, others are bullying me, and you're still helping outsiders."
"Alright, I know you too well. Now that no one's competing with you, are you still going to buy it or not? If not, I'm going back." Zhang Qiang said impatiently. He was still anxious to arrange for someone to find out which brigade the pretty girl was from.
Zhang Xiuying got even angrier. "Hmph, I don't want it either! I don't want things that other people don't want; they're bad luck!"
After the two men left, the pale-faced saleswoman finally breathed a sigh of relief. She hadn't dared to speak, fearing they would take their anger out on her and she might lose her job.
Ning Xuan, who had already walked away, said to Xu Jiajia, "Let's try not to come to the commune for a while. I have a way to get yarn. Tell me what color you want, and I'll get it for you later."
Xu Jiajia felt very uncomfortable when she recalled that frivolous and clingy look in his eyes.
"I should have said I didn't want that yarn from the beginning. I didn't think much about it at the time," Xu Jiajia said with some worry.
"Sigh, it's nothing. I didn't think that much at the time. Besides, I still gave it all to her in the end. You wouldn't be so petty, would you?"
As it turns out, some people are just that petty.
Since her father became the director of the G committee, Zhang Xiuying had been fawned over wherever she went, and she hadn't been treated like this in a long time. When she got home, Zhang Xiuying became angrier and angrier, thinking that if she saw that woman again, she would definitely teach her a lesson.
Zhang Qiang had already contacted the few sycophants who usually flattered him and asked them to help him find out about Xu Jiajia.
Ning Xuan and Xu Jiajia, who had returned to the brigade, never expected that such a small matter would cause them so much trouble.
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