Early that morning, Shen Yao disguised herself as a 30-year-old sister, changed into patched clothes, and rode her bicycle to the county town.
Today is the 23rd day of the 11th lunar month, and tomorrow is the Little New Year. At this time, everyone must be thinking about buying meat for the festival. So, she prepared to go to the county town to sell the prey she had hunted last time.
When she reached the edge of the county town, she first put the bicycle into the space, then took out a cart from the space, put a lot of food and prey on it, and then she pushed the cart to the textile factory compound.
Shen Yao stood outside Zhang Xiuhe's yard and knocked on her door, "Knock! Knock! Knock!"
Zhang Xiuhe happened to be resting at home today. She wondered in her heart who was knocking on her door so early in the morning, but she still answered, "Who is it? Wait a minute."
Zhang Xiuhe opened the door and saw the girl outside. Her eyes lit up. "Girl, it's you. Come in and sit down!"
She thought it was some naughty kid who was causing trouble, but she didn't expect it to be the girl who sold food. It seemed that she could buy a lot of food today, so she wouldn't have to worry about celebrating the festival tomorrow.
"Sister Zhang, I didn't expect you to be at home today. I thought I had made a wasted trip."
Shen Yao followed Zhang Xiuhe into the yard. She parked the cart in the yard first, then turned around and greeted Zhang Xiuhe.
Zhang Xiuhe was very happy when she saw the cart full of things. It seemed that this girl had brought a lot of things today, so she had to buy more.
"Sister, you haven't been here for a long time. I have been looking forward to seeing you for a long time." She was still worrying about the festival tomorrow morning. It was difficult to buy things on the black market now. Now that her sister came, she felt relieved.
Shen Yao smiled at Zhang Xiuhe and said, "Sister Zhang, the festival is coming soon, so I rushed to bring you the things. There are a lot of things this time. See if anyone in the family compound wants them."
She knew that Zhang Xiuhe was a wealthy woman. After all, her husband was the deputy director of the factory, and Zhang Xiuhe herself was also the director of the workshop. The combined salary of the two was quite high.
Zhang Xiuhe didn't want to call people first. That group of people was like bandits. If they all came, how could she rob them? "Sister, what do you have this time?"
Shen Yao also knew the group of people in the family compound. When they saw the food, they all scrambled for it and no one gave way to anyone else. She walked over and removed the straw on the cart, and the things piled on it were exposed.
"This time, we have 80 kilograms of rice and white flour, 30 kilograms of corn flour and black flour, 200 eggs, and some pheasants, rabbits, pork, fish, and soybean oil."
When Zhang Xiuhe heard that there were so many things, her eyes widened and she couldn't stop smiling. This girl is so amazing that she could get a lot of food and meat at one time.
"Sister, please weigh out 20 catties of rice and flour for me, 40 eggs, three pheasants and three rabbits, five catties of pork, two large fat fish, and two catties of soybean oil for me."
Zhang Xiuhe was not polite. She didn't even want the coarse grains when there were fine grains to buy, leaving them for the group of women to snatch. She also bought more meat so that she could take some back for both families' parents in the afternoon.
She quickly ran into the house, got a bag of food and a bottle of oil, and asked Shen Yao to help her weigh the food.
Shen Yao saw that the other party had taken out all the bags and started to fill them with food for her. She thought to herself that this elder sister really had no shortage of money. She didn't even look at the coarse grains and only wanted the fine grains.
After Shen Yao prepared what the other party wanted, she began to calculate the bill. "Sister Zhang, rice and flour are two hundred, eggs are twelve, pork is thirty, soybean oil is seven yuan per catty, which is fourteen, pheasants and rabbits are five yuan each, which is thirty, and the fish are five catties each, which is three yuan each, which is six yuan. The total is two hundred and seventy-eight yuan."
Zhang Xiuhe counted the money in her mind and went to the house to get the money. Although she felt sorry for the money, there was nothing she could do about it. This was the situation everywhere now. If she was reluctant to spend money to buy food, she would just go hungry.
"Sister, please order first. I'll call someone to distribute the food." Zhang Xiuhe handed the money to Shen Yao and walked quickly to the back of the family compound.
Shen Yao still trusted Zhang Xiuhe, so she just threw the money into the space. She didn't want to spend time counting every time, which would make her exhausted.
Within a few minutes, five or six women swarmed in, running as if they were in a race, all trying to get ahead and buy more food.
"Where are all the things..."
"Where's the girl selling food..."
When Shen Yao saw the women running in, she didn't know what to say. There was really no need to run so fast. There were still a lot of things piled on the cart, and it was not like there was no points left.
"Big sister, please help me weigh 10 kilograms of rice, 10 kilograms of flour, and 10 kilograms of cornmeal..."
"Sister, I want five pounds of rice and flour, and two pounds of meat..."
After seeing off that group of scary big sisters, Shen Yao heaved a sigh of relief. She really couldn't handle it. They were too scary. Each one of them was as difficult to deal with as a fight.
"Girl, you must be tired. Drink some water quickly." Zhang Xiuhe handed the other party a glass of sugar water with a smile. She knew that group of women. They were all very powerful and it was impossible for ordinary people to compete with them.
"Thank you, Sister Zhang! By the way, Sister Zhang, I want to ask you something. Do you know where there are houses for sale in the city?"
Shen Yao took the cup and drank a few sips of water. She still had no place to live, and Zhang Xiuhe lived in the city, so it would definitely be right to ask her.
School will almost start after the Chinese New Year, so she has to buy a house first so that she doesn't have to live in the dormitory after school starts. She really can't stand that kind of environment.
Besides, if I live in the dormitory, I won’t be able to enter the space, and it will be very difficult to practice.
Zhang Xiuhe didn't expect the other party to want to buy it, but she did have a house to sell, which belonged to her eldest uncle. The house was not bad. "Sister, I don't know how big you want to buy? I just know a house with three main rooms, a utility room, a kitchen and a yard."
Shen Yao felt it was not bad. Although the house was not very big, she would only live there for half a year before going to another city to study. So this kind of house was just right, and she would not live here permanently anyway.
So she asked about the price: "Sister Zhang, how much is this house for?"
"Sister, I'm not going to hide it from you. This house belongs to my eldest uncle. He said he would sell it for 400 yuan."
Zhang Xiuhe didn't want to hide the truth from the other party. After all, she wanted to buy food from her elder sister for a long time, so she didn't dare to ask for an exorbitant price.
Shen Yao thought that the price was not expensive, but she had to see the specific situation of the house before making a decision. Otherwise, if she was not satisfied, it would be a big loss.
"Sister Zhang, can we go and look at the house first? If it's suitable, we can decide on it."
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