Chapter 13 Returning to My Mother's Home
Sun Erni didn't hide it either, she stretched out her hand and showed it to her, "Here, Xiaobai just paid the living expenses, fifteen yuan, and you guys should pay next month's due, pay it together."
Li Huifen glanced at the money in her mother-in-law's hand and looked at Jiang Xinbai in surprise, but she didn't say anything. As long as their family didn't suffer any loss, it was fine.
"Mom, it's not next month yet. How can we collect money in advance? Besides, Jinqiang hasn't received his salary for last month yet. Let's wait a little longer." After saying this, Li Huifen went straight back to the house, fearing that she would be caught by her mother-in-law and asked for money.
Su Qiuyan was straightforward. She took out ten yuan from the house and handed it to Sun Erni. "Mom, this is our living expenses. Here you are."
Sun Erni took the money and nodded, "When you went to hand in the matchboxes, did you ask when there would be more work?"
Su Qiuyan shook her head and said, "She said she was waiting for notice. There is less and less work now. Oh, by the way, I did twelve thousand this time and was paid ten yuan. Aunt Chen said that the money will be paid in a few days." After saying this, she glanced at Jiang Xinbai.
Jiang Xinbai's eyes lit up, "Wow, mom, you and your sisters-in-law are so amazing, you made ten dollars in one go? Jinsheng only makes twenty-five dollars a month."
She really didn't expect that she could make so much money by sticking matchboxes together. It really opened her eyes.
Sun Erni glanced at her daughter-in-law and quickly explained, "How can we compare like that? We can only earn about 15 yuan a month at most, and we divide the money among the three of us. After working hard for a month, we can only get 5 yuan at most."
Jiang Xinbai reacted immediately after hearing this and slapped his forehead, "Yeah, there are a lot of people doing this."
She immediately put her mind at ease. They didn't earn much to begin with, and if she was included, she wouldn't even get five dollars. Forget it, she didn't want to suffer this hardship. Her eyes were more important.
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On Sunday, Yang Jinsheng woke up as soon as the sky was slightly bright. He reached out and pushed his wife beside him, "Xiaobai, wake up. We have to go back to the village today. Go early, otherwise it will be hot soon."
Jiang Xinbai rubbed his eyes and opened them with difficulty, "Ah, is it dawn yet? Let's get up!"
When Sun Erni heard the noise coming from her youngest son's room, she quickly picked up a few steamed buns, wrapped them in oil paper, and put them in a bamboo basket that had been prepared nearby. These were the gifts for her daughter-in-law when she returned home today.
"Mom, you're up so early too?" Yang Jinsheng yawned and walked out of the room, and saw his mother in the living room.
"That's right. I get up this early every day. I picked up some buns for you and put them in the basket. Eat them while they're hot later." He then glanced at the eldest and second brother's rooms. Seeing that there was no movement, he quickly took out two tickets from his pocket and stuffed them in. "Don't look at it now. Wait until we get out."
Yang Jinsheng understood what she meant and silently pressed his pocket. Hey, mom is always good to me. I must bring back more chestnuts today.
"The third child is going to accompany his younger brother and sister-in-law to their parents' home today. What did mom prepare for them? I want to see if I have forgotten anything."
After Li Huifen came out of the room, she went straight to the bamboo basket on the table, quickly lifted the black cloth on it, and saw two packages of snacks and a hot oil-paper bag at a glance.
Sun Erni rolled her eyes at her eldest daughter-in-law and said, "You are the one who is quick with your hands. Do I need your permission to bring some hot buns to the third brother and his wife?"
Li Huifen blushed and explained quickly: "Mom, that's not what I meant. I'm just worried that you'll miss something!"
Sun Erni also got excited and asked, "Didn't you secretly watch it last night? And you watched it again today. Tell me, what did I miss?"
"This, this, I," Li Huifen thought hard and finally figured it out, "Mom, look at you, you didn't give me the candy ticket, did you? You must weigh half a pound of candy this time, Third Brother, Mom hasn't given it to you yet, right?"
Sun Erni glanced at Li Huifen and said, "You sound nice, but where do I get the candy ticket? I remember the eldest got one last month. How about you give it to the third child first?"
"Ah, this," Li Huifen really wanted to slap herself. Seeing how quick her mouth was, she still had a use for the candy ticket, but she was reluctant to give it to the third brother.
So he said hesitantly, "Look at what mom said. I've already used my card. You don't have one, and neither do I."
"That's not right, sister-in-law. I didn't see you buying candy for our home, and I didn't see Zhenzhen and Ningning eating any candy either. What's wrong? Could it be that your family ate them in your room without telling us? Sister-in-law, I have to say something to you. It's fine that you didn't give us any candy, but why didn't my parents see any candy from you?" Yang Jinsheng saw through it and deliberately teased her.
Li Huifen was anxious, "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I hide it and eat it? I didn't buy it at all."
"Where are the candy tickets? Sister-in-law, if you still have them, please lend them to me. I will return you sooner or later." Yang Jinsheng is also a person who will climb up as soon as he is given a pole. As for when to return them, that will be discussed later.
"I..." Li Huifen was a little reluctant and was about to pretend she didn't hear it and leave. At this time, Yang Jinqiang came over and handed over a candy ticket, "Jinsheng, take it. We don't need it anyway."
Li Huifen quickly reached out to take it back from her husband, "What are you doing? I'm still useful."
Yang Jinsheng quickly took the candy ticket from his elder brother and said with a smile, "Thank you, elder brother. This is really an emergency. I was thinking of paying more for the expensive candy."
"Yang Jinqiang, what are you doing? My mother was just about to ask for a candy ticket. How am I going to explain this to her?" Li Huifen stared at the ticket in her brother-in-law's hand.
"I don't think your mother wants it, but your brother," he said, and then urged Yang Jinsheng, "Third brother, hurry up and leave. It will be hard to walk when it gets hot."
"Okay, okay," Yang Jinsheng responded, pulling Jiang Xinbai, who had just packed up, and hurriedly walked out the door, stopping only when they reached the corner of the street.
"Okay, Xiaobai, just wait here for your second sister and brother-in-law. Let me see what ticket mom just gave you. Oh, it's a candy ticket, half a catty, two tickets together make a catty, and there's also a half-catty candy ticket that my eldest brother just gave me. So, Xiaobai, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy the candy first." Yang Jinsheng said and ran away.
Soon, Yang Jinsheng came running back. In addition to two oil paper bags, he also had a large bag of unknown object that was bleeding.
"Hey, what's in this bag? Why is there blood in it?" Jiang Xinbai frowned.
Yang Jinsheng came over mysteriously, "Of course it's good stuff. I asked my colleague to save a small piece of meat for me, about one pound. When I went to get it just now, there were also two pig hearts, which I took as well. It's just in time to take it to my parents' house."
Hearing that it was meat, Jiang Xinbai's eyes lit up and he smiled, "That's great, my parents will be happy." Although people can raise pigs in the countryside, they are only in the production team. After raising them for a year and slaughtering them, they have to hand in enough pigs for the quota first. Only then can the remaining meat be divided by centimeters. If you want to eat some meat but don't have meat tickets, you can only bear not eating it or be willing to buy expensive meat.
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