"Pfft, where did this kid learn that?" Li Qinglian chuckled.
In fact, what Qiu Yuling said was not wrong. Her mother had said more than once that Qinglian had married well. Her cousin's husband was a truck driver in a transport team. He had good benefits and high salary. Even her cousin's family benefited from it. She even wanted Qiu Dashan to learn how to drive from this uncle.
It was just because of the famine that happened earlier, so we put it aside and didn’t mention it anymore.
"Second Aunt, listen to me. The state-owned restaurant is right there, and it can't fly away. We finally get together. You can go shopping with my sister Qingju for a while. I'll ask for leave later. We can go home for lunch. After lunch, I'll ask the neighbor to send the sewing machine to your car..."
Everything has been arranged so carefully, what else is there to say? Just obey your orders.
But we can't come here empty-handed.
Li Qingju agreed and asked her cousin to go to work in the morning. She took her mother and niece to go shopping for a while and buy some gifts for the door-to-door delivery.
"Okay, this has delayed us for quite some time. I'll go to the counter first. You guys can come find me later. Now I won't say any more. It'll be noisy when there are too many people..." After Li Qinglian said a few words to settle the matter, she hurriedly squeezed into the counter to work.
"Don't squeeze, there's no place to try it on. If you think it's suitable, I'll take it..." Li Qinglian's temperament is obviously very consistent with the salesgirls of this era, arrogant, impatient, and can switch in a second.
"Then mother, let's go look somewhere else first. Third sister's job is so hard to find even with a lantern." Li Qingju's words were not without envy.
Yes, it’s a good fortune to be able to work in a department store these days.
Qiu Yuling wanted to interrupt her aunt's envy, so she pointed to the meat stall in front and asked, "What are everyone fighting for?"
"By the way, let's go buy some meat and take it with us when we go to their house at noon."
Li Qingju squeezed in. Qiu Yuling was so scared that she put the old lady aside and spread her arms to protect her aunt's belly. Women these days are really fierce. Even with a baby in her belly, she squeezed to the front.
"Comrade, cut me four pounds of fat."
"No more, all cut off. Do you want any thin ones?"
"Yes, thin ones are fine too." Li Qingju didn't dare to hesitate, fearing that if she was a little late, even the thin ones would be gone. She paid the ticket and took out another two dollars and sixty cents. The economy had just recovered this year, so grain and meat were still expensive.
I walked and stopped here and there, and bought four pounds of tofu, which cost me 80 cents, one pound of soy sauce, which cost me 40 cents, and two taels of sugar, which cost me 20 cents.
We went to the place where we bought hairpins and bought a pair of flower hairpins for Qiu Yuling. We paid 38 cents for them, and several people's hands were full of them.
Qiu Yuling asked her old lady with bound feet if she could still walk. In fact, she didn't want to shop anymore. There were only a few things to buy, and the salesgirls and guys all sang loudly about the prices of 250,000 or 80,000 yuan. She was not a masochist, so now that she had everything, she didn't want to rush in and look at them.
"Look again, buy your grandma some malted milk, why didn't I see it?"
Li Qingju found someone who looked easy to talk to and pushed Qiu Yuling forward to inquire.
Qiu Yuling:... "Sister, which counter is the malted milk? I've been looking around for a long time but I can't find it!" She pouted.
"Hey, whose kid is calling me auntie? The malted milk is at the counter next to the snacks in the front, but it might be sold out. But why don't you go check it out?"
"Yeah, thank you, big sister. You are so beautiful. You don't look like an aunt at all."
"Oh, not to mention that this girl is pretty, why is her mouth so sweet? Auntie tells you, turn around and walk straight, and there is the counter on the right when you see the end." The salesgirl was in a rare good mood and was eager to stand up and lead the way.
"Thank you, big sister. You are such a kind person. Please go ahead with your work. I will go there myself." Qiu Yuling scratched her hand, turned around and pulled her dumbfounded aunt and the old lady to the place the salesgirl pointed.
"Sister Yuling, why are you here too?" As soon as Wu Tiejun turned his head, he saw Sister Yuling walking towards him in the crowd, and his face immediately showed joy.
"Sister Yuling, here's something for you. The pea yellow and mung bean cakes here are delicious and sweet." Wu Tiejun grabbed the cloth bag from his grandmother's wrist and started rummaging through it.
"Oh my, little ancestor, turn it over slowly, it's all crushed." Grandma Wu was speechless about her calf who walked with his feet turned outward.
"Here, Sister Yuling, how about it? Come and try it. Is it delicious?"
In her previous life, when Qiu Yuling was a "college student special forces soldier" in Chang'an City, she had eaten pea yellow once. At that time, it was served in a bowl, unlike the one Wu Tiejun gave her now, which was cut into small pieces and was more convenient to eat.
"How is it? Delicious, right?"
"Well, it's delicious, grandma, you try it." Qiu Yuling only broke off a little and fed the rest to her grandma.
When Wu Tiejun heard Sister Yuling say it was delicious, he happily took out another piece and said, "There's also mung bean cake, which is even sweeter. I guarantee you'll like it even more."
"Yeah, it's delicious too, grandma, you try it."
"Grandma will give you some money, go over and buy some for us." Grandma Yuling pulled out a purse from her sleeve, took out a handful of banknotes and a few snack tickets, and stuffed them all at Qiu Yuling.
"Old sister, look how blessed you are. Your daughter is caring and your granddaughter is loving. Unlike my yak calf, it just paddles around all day long."
Grandma Yuling thought of Xing that day and wanted to say something but swallowed it back. She only praised: "Tiejun is also a good boy. He has a clear mind, fights against the strong and supports the weak, and is willing to help others..."
Wu Tiejun, who was accompanying Qiu Yuling to pick out snacks, puffed out his chest unconsciously when he heard this.
Qiu Yuling bought only a little of each kind of snack, just for her grandma and fourth aunt to try. She would learn to make them herself later.
"Brother Tiejun, try this rose cake." In accordance with the diplomatic code of reciprocity, Qiu Yuling gave Wu Tiejun and Grandma Wu two pieces of snacks that his family did not buy.
"This stuff is obviously for women to eat. I am a man as strong as an eagle. How can I eat such a feminine thing..." Qiu Yuling took advantage of the moment when Wu Tiejun opened his mouth wide and spoke nonsense and stuffed the food into his mouth.
He's a man like an eagle, but he's not even a chick!
"Hmm~ Sister Yuning..."
"Let's talk after we finish eating." The snack crumbs were sprayed everywhere.
Wu Tiejun saw the foam from his snacks, which almost splashed onto Yuling's face because of his talking. He was so scared that he quickly covered his mouth. With his round eyes and bulging cheeks, he looked like a little pufferfish.
The silent boy is quite cute, Qiu Yuling thought silently in her heart.
The two old ladies were amused when they saw this scene. It was really like the saying "one thing conquers another" that goes like this.
Grandma Wu smiled so hard that her teeth were showing.
It’s not that there are no good-looking girls in the courtyard, but her eldest grandson is just like that fool, not giving way to anyone. But when he meets the little girl Yuling, the fool knows to give way to her.
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