Chapter 23 Heartfelt
Several people returned to the department store.
There are only two short-distance commuter trains a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. It’s not time to go home yet.
With nothing to do, the other three people just wandered around the department store.
Because of Cheng Hui, everyone was very polite to them, and no one would roll their eyes at them if they just looked without buying.
The three of them were puzzled. Was this Cheng Hui's purpose in trying to please them?
Cheng Hui went to find Li Fang again.
"Sister Fang, who has egg tickets? I want to buy a few pounds of eggs." Cheng Hui asked bluntly.
She was so casual that Sister Li became Sister Fang again, and Li Fang was even happier.
"Do you want to buy eggs? How many? As gifts or for yourself?" Li Fang asked in a low voice.
Cheng Hui heard that this was not simply a matter of egg coupons. She said, "Isn't it inconvenient to buy too much at once? I want to buy 7 or 8 kilograms for myself first. My child is growing meat at this time, so I will give her some supplements."
Of course you can’t say that you bought them for production. A food factory doesn’t even have seven or eight kilograms of eggs? It's a joke!
Even she, the deputy factory director, is worthless.
Li Fang is also a mother, and she knows what it feels like to be pregnant. Of course, she will eat whatever is good for the child.
"If you're eating it yourself, is it okay if the egg shell is a little cracked?" Li Fang asked, fearing that because she was a young lady, she wouldn't be able to accept a cracked egg.
"It's just that the skin is broken. Is it not fresh? I'm afraid I'll get a stomachache." Cheng Hui said.
Li Fang laughed: "Look at you, you don't know the sufferings of the world. Where can you find overnight eggs? The eggs will just fall from the chicken's butt into the people's rice pot!"
This is an exaggeration, but it's almost true.
Now a household is supplied with 1 kilogram of eggs per month, sometimes more and sometimes less. It is the owner of a household registration book, not a person.
For a household registration book with more than 10 people, the quota of eggs is only 2 kilograms per month.
Anyway, there are few eggs and many people, so the supply cannot meet the demand.
Every time eggs arrive at the grocery store, they are bought out immediately.
The chicken farm does not store eggs, but supplies eggs to various departments every day.
Some units that are short of eggs even stay at the chicken farms and pick up the next one! I’m afraid that someone else will snatch it away.
A pastry factory like theirs that relies on eggs for its survival would really die without eggs.
Guo Dajun also went to beg, but he had no money and no formalities, so people ignored him. They didn’t even give him an eggshell, and even asked him if he wanted chicken manure.
Cheng Hui smiled: "As long as the eggs are not rotten, they don't matter even if they have shells! I am not picky anymore."
This means that you were very picky before?
Li Fang took a look at her belly and was extremely curious. What on earth had happened to her? Has your family fallen into poverty?
Cheng Hui felt that it was time to reveal some information, otherwise these people would make wild guesses and who knows what rumors would spread.
This simple-minded elder sister is just the right person to act as a mouthpiece.
She suddenly approached Li Fang and whispered, "Sister Fang and I hit it off right away. It's okay to tell you the truth, but it's a little embarrassing...
"I was actually an educated youth who came here last year. Not long after I arrived, I fell into the pond of our production team. I was rescued by a soldier who was on holiday."
Her face turned red and she said, “If it weren’t for him, I would be dead. To repay him, I will marry him and stay here.
"Otherwise I should go home now. My dad got really mad at me because of this."
Not every educated youth could not return to the city after they came down. They had to stay until 1976 or after the college entrance examination was resumed.
Some people with connections returned to the city after a few months.
In 1973, the policy was relaxed and a large number of educated youth returned to the city.
"You you you..." Li Fang looked at Cheng Hui and didn't know what to say to her!
What era is it now? Is it still popular to repay someone for saving your life by giving yourself to them?
Cheng Hui looked up, blinked her sparkling eyes, and blushed shyly.
Li Fang immediately understood, it seemed like it was more than just a life-saving favor...
"Is that boy handsome?" she asked.
"Yeah!" Cheng Hui nodded shyly.
Li Fang understood now.
She is also a woman, she was young once, and she would blush and her heart would beat fast when she saw a handsome boy.
When she looked at Cheng Hui, her eyes were suddenly filled with sympathy and pity.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that this “young lady” from Beijing is eloquent and smart, but she is a girl after all. She foolishly abandoned her family for love and married a poor boy...
Hard times are yet to come!
But I'm already married and have children, it's too late to say anything.
Moreover, people told her their true feelings, which meant they really didn't treat her as an outsider!
Li Fang immediately said, "There's a Xiao Wang in the logistics department. His uncle is the manager of a grocery store. You only need six or seven kilograms of eggs. It's absolutely fine!"
She blinked and said, "They are just broken eggs, don't worry, they are not broken badly!"
Good eggs should be sold normally, but broken eggs can be kept for operation. Should they be sold to employees as welfare or as favors?...
In her previous life, Cheng Hui had only heard of these twists and turns but had never experienced them, because by the time she realized that she had to use any means necessary to strengthen herself, the eggs had already been bought casually.
"Thank you so much, Sister Fang, for your guidance! But I'm not familiar with this Xiao Wang..." Cheng Hui said.
Li Fang had already come out from the counter and took her hand and walked upstairs: "Come on, I'll take you to find him. This Xiao Wang is the brother of my aunt's cousin, so he is also my cousin. I have good words!"
Cheng Hui looked at her and smiled sweetly.
Li Fang suddenly became more curious about who her husband was, how could such a beautiful woman fall in love with him and praise his good looks!
The two of them arrived at the purchasing department's office, and Li Fang called out, "Wang Bin, come out for a moment."
Wang Bin looked back and saw that it was his cousin who had turned around. Standing next to her was today's celebrity, Axian Xiaocheng. He immediately came out with a smile.
"Cousin, what's up?"
It’s not something shameful. Among all the employees in the department store, who hasn’t bought “broken eggs” from Wang Bin?
"I want to buy 10 kilograms of broken eggs! Pick the good ones." Li Fang whispered while standing in the corridor.
"Oh." Wang Bin glanced at Cheng Hui and said, "10 kilograms of broken eggs is a small matter. At this point, I wonder if there are still so many."
He could tell at a glance that it was actually Cheng Hui who wanted the eggs, and his cousin said this so that he could not refuse.
He didn't want to refuse, this little Cheng was really pleasing to the eye!
Unfortunately, he is married and the other person is also married, so there is no hope.
"I don't care. Even if you have to dig out eggs from a chicken's butt, you have to dig out 10 kilograms of eggs for me today! I want it now!" Li Fang said.
If it was before Cheng Hui told her the "secret", she could only act as a matchmaker, but she could not guarantee when she could buy it.
It’s different now. People are so sincere to her, she can’t do anything wrong!
"Okay, okay, I'm scared of you. I'm going to dig it out for you right now."
Wang Bin went back to the office, got his clothes and walked out without asking for money or ticket.
Before leaving, he looked at Cheng Hui with admiration.
What kind of magic potion did he give his cousin? We just met, right? Isn't she his long lost cousin? !
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