When Jiang Yue arrived at the county town, she first sent Ningning to kindergarten. The teacher met Ningning at the door, helped carry her schoolbag, held Ningning's hand lovingly, and said to Jiang Yue, "Gu Ning's mother, your child is really well taught! Since Gu Ning came, we teachers have been much less worried. She is really a good helper for us! She is polite, knows many words, and can tell stories. All the children like her!"
Hearing the teacher praising Ningning, Jiang Yue was delighted and smiled from ear to ear. She quickly flattered him, "The teachers are great. Ningning's living habits have improved since she started kindergarten!"
The teacher was very pleased to hear this and said with a smile: "Our kindergarten will hold a parent meeting in a while. I would like to invite you to give us a speech and tell us how you usually educate Gu Ning at home. Is that okay?"
Of course Jiang Yue agreed to this matter immediately, "Yes! Yes!"
After waving goodbye to Ningning and the teacher, Jiang Yue went to the clothing store first. The store was already open, Aunt Yang was sweeping the floor, and Yang Cuiling was moving the goods that had been received in the warehouse and room at the back last night to the store in front one by one.
Jiang Yue went over to help and asked about what happened last night.
"It was very quiet last night, Hu Zi didn't even cry out!" said Yang Cuiling.
"We still can't let our guard down! The arsonist might be waiting and watching, waiting for us to let our guard down! Auntie, Cuiling, even though Huzi is here, you should be more alert when you sleep these few nights!" Jiang Yue warned.
She went to the two warehouses again. Before she left last night, Gu Ye had blocked the windows with something, so it was difficult to see inside from the outside. Today, Gu Ye said he would bring bricks to seal the back windows later.
Seeing that everything was normal, Jiang Yue was slightly relieved.
As the saying goes: I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, I'm afraid of thieves thinking about it!
They can't rest easy until the arsonist is caught, fearing that the arsonist will come back at any time.
But life still has to go on. They can't live in fear every day just because of such a thief. This is too torturous for their mentality.
Now we have done what we should do. If that thief really dares to come again, he will be punished for it!
"Auntie, Cuiling, I'm going to the vegetable market. Do you want to take anything? I'll buy it all!" Jiang Yue picked up the vegetable basket.
"No, no! We have vegetables at home!" Aunt Yang said quickly.
"Auntie, you and Cuiling can't eat pickled vegetables every day. It's bad for your health. You should eat more fresh vegetables!" Jiang Yue has told Auntie Yang more than once to eat less pickled vegetables, but the living habits of the older generation are really hard to change.
When Aunt Yang and Yang Cuiling moved here, there were more than a dozen jars of pickled vegetables in their luggage, which shocked Jiang Yue.
Although Jiang Yue also pickles vegetables, she only cuts a little when eating porridge to adjust the taste, or stir-fries meatballs with pickled mustard greens or stir-fried pickled beans with minced meat. She tries to eat less at other times.
But she saw that Aunt Yang and Yang Cuiling ate pickles as the main dish every day. There must be pickles on the table for breakfast, lunch and dinner, either pickled cowpeas or sour beans. They have been eating pickled mustard greens from last year to this year and have not finished them yet.
Every time Jiang Yue saw them eating pickles, she felt like she was eating salt and it was choking.
"Then I'll bring some for you too!" Jiang Yue went out carrying a basket of vegetables.
December is already winter, and there are very few fresh vegetables in the market. They are either radishes or potatoes and cabbages, which are easy to store. Many families start to stock up on cabbages as soon as winter comes. Jiang Yue's family also stocked up a lot, but she still insisted on going to the market every day because she wanted to buy meat.
If you are lucky, you can sometimes buy some fresh vegetables grown in greenhouses.
Jiang Yue came to buy meat every day. The auntie at the butcher shop was very familiar with her. When it was Jiang Yue's turn, the auntie took out a large piece of pork from under the chopping board.
"Xiao Jiang, the day before yesterday you asked me to save the front leg meat for you. I'm saving it for you!" The old lady patted the pork with the back of the knife.
"Thank you, Auntie!" Jiang Yue took out the meat coupons and money. This big piece of meat weighed about three kilograms, enough for her family to eat for two days.
"We have some pork ribs today. Do you want to take some back and make some soup? The weather is getting cold, and making some pork rib soup can keep you warm!" said the aunt with a smile.
"Of course we have to have it!" Jiang Yue weighed seven pounds of pork bones, and the vegetable basket was already heavy.
Jiang Yue had just left the meat stall when the customer in line behind her asked the pork seller with envy and jealousy, "Who is this woman? How can she buy so much meat at once? Where did she get so many meat coupons?"
"You don't even know her? She's the first self-employed person in our county, the owner of a trendy clothing store! She's made a fortune from her business, so she has ways to exchange for sex tickets! Unlike us, we can only wait for the company to give us money!"
"Oh, it's her!"
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. The two men at the back of the line looked in the direction Jiang Yue left.
Jiang Yue walked around the market and lost interest when she saw that all they were selling were cabbages, potatoes, onions, etc. She bought some ginger from a small stall, weighed out a few pieces of tofu and dried bean curd, then pushed her bike back.
When they arrived outside the vegetable market, two men saw Jiang Yue, winked at each other, and walked towards her.
"Comrade, do you want a meat ticket?" One of the thinner men asked Jiang Yue in a low voice.
"Meat tickets?" The vegetable market was crowded with people coming and going. Jiang Yue did not notice that the two men were coming towards her. When she first saw them coming, she just thought they were going to the front. She did not expect that the two men would come to her and ask her if she wanted a meat ticket.
"No, thank you!" Jiang Yue had meat coupons in her hand, which were enough for her family to eat. She really didn't need to spend extra money to buy meat coupons.
Besides, these two guys are sneaky, who knows if they are scammers.
Jiang Yue pushed her bicycle and was about to leave, but the two men did not give up and continued to sell to Jiang Yue, "Comrade, we really have meat coupons, only one dollar and fifty cents per pound!"
"I really don't need it! Thank you!" Jiang Yue was a little impatient. Why were these two people staring at her to sell her sex tickets?
"Comrade, don't you believe us? We really have hostages in our hands! If you don't believe me, just look!" the tall and dark man said anxiously, and he reached into his pocket, took out a stack of bills, shook them in front of Jiang Yue, and quickly stuffed them back into his pocket.
Jiang Yue: “…” It was shaking too fast and she couldn’t see anything clearly.
"Comrade, I really don't need a hostage ticket. Otherwise, why don't you ask someone else?" Jiang Yue was now very alert. These two people kept pestering her, and she began to feel nervous.
Fortunately, this is a vegetable market. She comes here to buy vegetables every day, and many of the stall owners are familiar to her. Jiang Yue immediately waved and greeted the salesperson at a nearby grocery store, "Sister Wang! Give me a bottle of vinegar!"
When the two men saw Jiang Yue enter the grocery store, they left in disappointment.
"Sister Wang, have you seen those two people?" Jiang Yue asked Wang Juan, a salesperson at the grocery store, in a low voice after they left. "They kept pestering me and insisted that I buy their meat coupons! Where did they get so many meat coupons that they can still sell them?"
"I've seen them! They've been hanging around nearby these two days. Jiang Yue, don't be fooled. I suspect they have counterfeit bills! This is illegal!" Wang Juan reminded Jiang Yue.
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