Chapter 217 Picking up the Grain Purchase Book
That day, Li Huifen came to Jiang Xinbai's house to exchange salted duck eggs. Before leaving, she looked at Jiang Xinbai's big belly with envy and said, "Xinbai, look at you, you have another child. If you give birth to a son this time, then your position in your parents' hearts will be unshakable."
Jiang Xinbai smiled and touched her belly, and replied: "Sister-in-law, if you are envious, you can have another child. Anyway, you and brother are still young, so why worry about not being able to have children!"
In fact, Li Huifen really wanted to have another child, but she was afraid of giving birth to another girl. Alas, it is the most difficult to be a woman with a child!
"Okay, I'll talk about it later. It's easy for your brother and I to raise two children, but it may not be easy if we add another one."
Jiang Xinbai calculated silently in his mind, thinking that family planning would be implemented in 1982, but it was still quite far away, so there was still time.
"Let's go, let's go. I'm going back first." Li Huifen was also a very impatient person. She took the salted duck eggs and left directly.
"Huh, it's spring already, but it's still a bit cold," Li Huifen put her hands in her pockets, shook her shoulders, and trotted home.
Suddenly, her foot seemed to kick something. She frowned and looked down. Oh, it seemed to be the grain purchase book? Her face lit up with joy. She immediately looked around and found that no one was paying attention here. She squatted down, pretended to tie her shoelaces, quickly picked up the book, and ran home.
When I got home, I closed the door and breathed a long sigh of relief, finally arriving home.
"What are you doing? Is there a dog chasing you?" Yang Jinqiang smiled and looked behind his wife. She was running like a thief.
Li Huifen ignored her husband, only glanced inside the house and asked quietly, "Where are Zhenzhen and Ningning? Aren't they home?"
"They ran out to play with their classmates. What's wrong? Do you have something to do with them?"
"It's okay, what could I possibly need from them?" Li Huifen glanced at her husband, then pulled him to the corner of the wall and whispered, "Jinqiang, I just picked up a grain purchase book on the road. Look, this is it." As she spoke, she took out the book hidden in her arms.
Yang Jinqiang took the grain purchase book, glanced at it, and said, "Where did you pick it up?"
"Didn't I go to Xinbai's house? I saw it on the way back from her house. Do you think we can take the things inside?"
As Li Huifen spoke, her eyes lit up. Don't accuse her of being immoral or anything. It was that person's fault for being so careless. He could lose anything else but the grain purchase book. This time, she could just teach him a lesson.
"I hope it wasn't lost by the third family, haha," Yang Jinqiang said with a laugh.
After hearing what her husband said, Li Huifen quickly took back the grain purchase book, opened it, and laughed, "Hey, it's not the third brother's. Let me see. Oh, there are still two taels of brown sugar that haven't been claimed! There is also a sugar ticket and half a catty of oil ticket. The food rations haven't been claimed yet. Hey, it's a bargain for me..."
Yang Jinqiang looked at his excited wife and reminded her, "Huifen, don't give them all. At least leave some rations for them."
"You know, am I that kind of person?" Li Huifen rolled her eyes at her husband. Although she really wanted to collect all the items on the grain purchase book, she hadn't taken any action yet!
"Let me see where this person lives. It's quite far from us. It doesn't matter if it's farther away. I'll take the brown sugar, white sugar, and oil, and leave the rest alone. Is that okay?" Li Huifen was calculating in her mind how much money it would cost and when to go buy it.
Yang Jinqiang thought for a moment and took the notebook from his wife's hand, saying, "I'll go buy it. I'll borrow the third brother's bicycle. You wait at home."
"Okay. By the way, be careful. How about bringing a scarf with you to cover yourself up?" Li Huifen said as she ran to the inner room and took out a black cotton scarf and wrapped it around Yang Jinqiang's neck.
"Will this be very obvious?" Yang Jinqiang asked worriedly.
Li Huifen waved her hand. "No, no, it's still a little cold today. Some people who are afraid of the cold are still wearing scarves."
"Okay, then I'll go." Yang Jinqiang thought that he would go early and come back early, so he took the money and notebook and left.
Although Li Huifen spoke sternly, she was still worried. What if the person who lost the grain purchase book called the police? Wouldn't her husband be caught red-handed? Would he be criticized? Would his whole family have to go to reform? The more she thought about it, the more scared she became. Her face turned pale. If she had known, she would not have let her husband go. Oh, what a habit of taking advantage of others!
Time passed by minute by minute in Li Huifen's worry. She held her hands nervously, walked around the house, and looked out the door from time to time, hoping to see her husband's face.
"Huifen, are you home?" At this time, a voice came from outside the door.
Li Huifen was startled and immediately took two steps back, reaching out to cover her chest, "Oh, I'm so scared," then she held her chest again, opened the door calmly, and looked outside, "Hey, are you home? It's Lanhua, what's wrong?"
Wu Lanhua looked at Li Huifen curiously and muttered, "Who else could it be but me? I came to you to get the salted duck eggs. Didn't you say you went to your sister-in-law's house to exchange them yesterday? Why didn't you bring them back?"
"Oh, oh, salted duck eggs. Here they are. Just wait." After Li Huifen reacted, she immediately went back to the house and took out ten salted duck eggs and handed them to Wu Lanhua.
Wu Lanhua took the salted duck egg, then looked into the house again and said with a smile: "Are you hiding someone in the house? Haha, the door is closed so tightly in broad daylight."
Li Huifen rolled her eyes at her after hearing this and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Be careful or my Jinqiang will come after you. Don't forget the preserved eggs you mentioned. When will you bring them to me?" Li Huifen had agreed to exchange preserved eggs with Wu Lanhua, ten for ten. They were all made of duck eggs, so no one would suffer a loss.
"Here, wait. I'll get it tomorrow. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going back first."
"We are just in the same yard. Why are you saying hello? I won't talk to you anymore. I need to prepare dinner. Oh, my two girls have gone somewhere again. I'll go look for them first." Li Huifen said as she walked out of the yard. She would be worried at home anyway, so she might as well go outside and take a look.
It was also a coincidence that she had just walked out of the door and saw her husband Yang Jinqiang riding his bike towards her. She was delighted and waved quickly, "Jinqiang, here."
Yang Jinqiang rode his bike to Li Huifen and replied with a smile: "I've bought everything. Let's go in first. I have to return the bike to the third brother later."
"Hey, come on, let's go in first."
"Hey, Jinqiang, you're finally back. Your Huifen has been waiting for you with her eyes wide open! Hmm? What day is today? You bought so many things, sugar, oil. Didn't you already buy the ones for this month? Why are there still some?"
Wu Lanhua looked at Li Huifen and her husband suspiciously.
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