Cheng Zhenzhu looked at Wang Aixiang and smiled. She liked Comrade Wang's straightforward and free-spirited nature; his words were truly amusing...
"Why are you in a daze? If you want something, just say it." Wang Aixiang waved her hand in front of Cheng Zhenzhu.
"Yes. But I won't take it for free. How much does your mattress weigh? New cotton is 80 cents a pound, and yours is about 30% to 40% new. I'll exchange it with you at 20 cents a pound." The price should be about the same.
Wang Aixiang was stunned for a moment, then said, "It's only about five, six, seven, eight, or nine kilograms. Just take one dollar."
She was right. Comrade Cheng Zhenzhu didn't like to take advantage of others, just like her! "But you have to go to my house to get it. I can't do it alone."
"Of course." Cheng Zhenzhu looked at Wang Aixiang's stuffed snakeskin bag and decided to lend a hand. "Can you carry it? Do you want me to help you?"
"Of course they can't lift it!" Wang Aixiang shook her head decisively, taking one look at the two large bags. "Let's not bother with it. Let the men handle the hard work. We'll drag the stuff to the small road ahead. For five cents, we'll find a young man to help carry it for us."
Cheng Zhenzhu listened to Wang Aixiang's practiced thinking and nodded. This was a perceptive and insightful person.
"Then let me help you carry them to the intersection." As she said that, Cheng Zhenzhu lifted the two large bags effortlessly, and also easily handled Wang Aixiang's big snakeskin bag.
"You..." Wang Aixiang was a little speechless when she saw Cheng Zhenzhu's light and graceful movements. "You are really strong."
"Not bad." Cheng Zhenzhu winked and hurried to the intersection. "I still have to go to fluff cotton, so I'll be leaving first."
Wang Aixiang nodded. "Well, go ahead. Thanks!"
"You're welcome." Cheng Zhenzhu turned and went to the old master who was fluffing cotton.
"She's quite impressive..." Wang Aixiang looked at Cheng Zhenzhu's back, quickly knocked on a door, and found a simple-minded young man with patched clothes. "As usual, help me get to where the boat is. Five cents."
"Don't worry, Sister Wang, it's fine." The young man lifted the snakeskin bag and put it on his shoulder, almost deflated. "...Sister Wang, you bought quite a lot today. Didn't you say you were going to join the army? Why did you buy so much?"
Wang Aixiang knew from the young man's eyes that he thought he was spending too much, but she disagreed. "It's not much. I just happened to see some fine grains and grabbed 40 or 50 kilograms. It's barely enough to make three small hamburgers at home..."
"Money is meant to be spent; saving it is meaningless. It's not easy for men to make money outside, and it's not easy for women to take care of the house. If you are so frugal, what's the point of living like this? Xiaojun, don't you agree?"
"Really?" Xie Xiaojun swallowed his saliva. This sister is really scary! Fortunately, he didn't get a wife...
Cheng Zhenzhu finally decided to make four quilts, thinner but larger. After agreeing on a time to pick them up, Cheng Zhenzhu handed over 28 kilograms of cotton to the craftsman, along with two yuan for the workmanship.
Wang Aixiang had seen her buy things, so when they got to the alley, Cheng Zhenzhu took out the New Year's goods she had bought at the supply and marketing cooperative. When they were stacked together, the bags looked quite bulging.
The old alley wasn't particularly close to where the boat was waiting. It took Cheng Zhenzhu seven or eight minutes to get there, but luckily, she happened to catch the boat.
Wang Aixiang saw it, waited for Cheng Zhenzhu to take two steps, and then got on the boat together.
Cheng Zhenzhu found a dry place to put Wang Aixiang's things, and then sat down.
"Comrade Zhenzhu, thank you again. How come you're stronger than those guys?" Wang Aixiang looked at the thin Comrade Cheng in front of her, puzzled. She looked stronger, but not very strong. Her husband said she had a tiger stomach and a kitten's strength...
"I'm not too sure. People on the island said that it was my man who protected me." Cheng Zhenzhu said casually.
Wang Aixiang looked at Cheng Zhenzhu twice and silently sat further away. "Ha, Comrade Zhenzhu, your man is quite good. Unlike my big idiot, he acts like a dead person, leaving me alone to face a group of wolves and tigers. If I weren't capable, this family would have fallen apart sooner or later..."
The two of them came together, and the sight of them carrying large and large bags made everyone on the boat's eyes bulge. As expected, the two losers on the island came together, and their power was extraordinary!
No wonder Wang Aixiang keeps complaining about not having any money. It's a wonder she actually has any! Earlier, Wang Aixiang's mother said she was helping her daughter manage her money, but she ended up taking it all back with interest. She's probably spent it all today... And the Aiqing family is really good at spending money these days. It's different with her family's support. That blue brick house has been renovated to look so classy...
"Then Comrade Wang, I will go home first and come to you in the afternoon to change the mattress?" After getting off the boat, Cheng Zhenzhu said goodbye to Comrade Wang, whom she had just met.
"Okay, I'm lying in the house anyway." Wang Aixiang nodded.
"Mom is back!" Cheng Zhenzhu smiled as she looked at the little kids squatting on the ground in the yard, fiddling with something.
"Mom!" Peng Ertiao turned his head and saw his mother, his eyes lit up.
"Liang, be good and don't cry San Tiao~" Peng San Tiao hugged his thigh happily.
"Mom, we dressed Liu Tiao in three pieces of clothes and fed him half a bowl of egg custard." Peng Yitiao picked up Liu Tiao and said.
Liu Tiao looked at his mother, sniffed, and his eyes were bright black.
"Well, that's good. You've worked hard today, leading your little brother one, two, three times. What should I give you as a reward?"
"Milk!" Peng Ertiao blurted out.
Peng Yitiao had the same idea, and Peng Santiao had already started mooing and shouting "Cow Cow".
Cheng Zhenzhu fulfilled the little ones' wishes, giving each of them a bottle of milk. Then, carrying the six children, she placed the candies, cookies, and glutinous rice noodles she had bought today into the large wardrobe in the room. There were also the canned goods and malted milk that had arrived yesterday. "Here are all our New Year's snacks this year. When Xiaohu comes, you can eat them together..."
"Mom, you are so nice! I love you the most!" Peng Ertiao drank a sip of milk contentedly, smiling.
"I like it to be cool~" Peng San Tiao swallowed a few words and expressed the core content.
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