Chapter 74 Going to Town to Buy Vegetables
Family Courtyard
After Lin Qingqing sent Aunt Wang away, Xiaomei came over.
"The army is a place where people are reasonable. That woman is shameless. She deserves to be transferred out of the army."
Lin Qingqing smiled: "Other people's affairs have nothing to do with us, we just need to live our own lives."
Xiaomei: Nods.
After she cleaned the bluestone slab, she sat down next to Lin Qingqing with her notebook to discuss the dinner party for tomorrow.
Xiaomei first counted the number of people: twenty people from Eagle Claw, eight sisters-in-law, one person from the political commissar's family, two people from the leader's family, and three of themselves. Those children did not count.
"Sister, I counted thirty-four people in total. It would be just right for us to set up two tables."
Lin Qingqing nodded. The yard was just big enough for two tables. "Mrs. Xu from Zhang Liang's family said she'd arrange the tables and dishes. We can go buy groceries tomorrow morning."
"Sister, how many dishes should we cook?"
"Let's make eight dishes for the table. What dishes do you think are suitable?"
Xiaomei ran back to the house and took out the tickets that were about to expire. She counted them and found that there were five kilograms of meat tickets, two fish tickets, three tofu tickets, one vermicelli ticket, and two wine tickets.
"Sister, let's use up all these things that are about to expire. We can make eight dishes: braised pork with eggplant, braised pork with potatoes, stewed fish, fried tofu, cabbage and vermicelli, stir-fried shredded pork with beans, stir-fried loofah with eggs, and cold cucumber salad. We can also steam some white flour buns."
Lin Qingqing nodded: "Let's have another sweet soup." People here like to drink sweet soup. Just buy some lotus root powder and lotus seeds, put them in a pot and cook them.
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Xiaomei wrote down all the dishes and also made a shopping list for tomorrow.
At this time, Zhang Liang's wife Xu Xiuhong came and took Xiaomei to the private plot to see the land allocated by the army to Song Yiyuan.
Lin Qingqing had no experience in farming, so she left the task of growing vegetables to Xiaomei.
Although the original body grew up in the countryside, he never went to the fields and didn't even know what a hoe was.
Xiaomei made an appointment with Xu Xiuhong in the morning.
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The next morning, Xiaomei got up before dawn, watered the ground in the yard, and then went to make breakfast.
She served a portion to Song Yiyuan first and waited for her sister to get up and eat together.
Around 7 o'clock, Lin Qingqing got up, had breakfast with Xiaomei, and then rode his bike to the town.
After what happened yesterday, almost all the sisters-in-law in the family compound now know that the beautiful woman they are looking at is Song Yiyuan’s wife, and they all greet her warmly.
"Team Leader Song's wife, are you out shopping?"
"Let's go to the next town to buy some household supplies."
"Oh, Team Leader Song's wife is out so early. Is she going to town? Bring me back a bag of salt."
"Tuo."
They were like strangers yesterday, but today they are as warm and friendly as old neighbors. People in the 1970s are typically enthusiastic and outgoing.
The second time she went to the town, Xiaomei rode her bicycle very familiarly and arrived in the town in less than half an hour.
In addition to buying groceries today, Lin Qingqing also wanted to use the cloth coupons, shoe coupons, and sugar coupons that were about to expire.
When the post office sends a telegram to your home, mail these things to Xi'an City.
They first went to the supply and marketing department and bought four feet of thick cloth, two pairs of shoes, one pair for Lin Yu and Lin Yu, two cans of malted milk, and five bottles of canned fruit.
The two of them found a post office and first sent a telegram to their family to express their safety. Lin Qingqing then wrote a letter, detailing her situation in the army. Lin Li must have been concerned about how she was doing.
The letter was mailed together with the purchased items.
After finishing all that, the two of them went to the state-owned food station. It was so crowded that morning. Xiaomei rushed into the crowd, money in hand. At first, the staff at the food station were reluctant to sell her five pounds of meat. But when they heard that Xiaomei was a military dependent and that there was a wedding at home, they readily gave her five pounds of meat.
Seeing that no one wanted the pig offal, Xiaomei spent five taels of silver to buy a set. She had a lot of green peppers at home, which were perfect for stir-frying.
People in the village who cannot afford meat will buy this pig offal to eat.
When the two came out of the food station, their hands were full of things again.
After loading the things onto the trailer, Xiaomei took Lin Qingqing for a ride around the town.
This town is called Hongxing Town. It is not very big and you can ride a bicycle around the town in about ten minutes. In addition to a supply and marketing store, there is also a food station. The food station only slaughters one pig a day and it will be sold out before 11 o'clock.
There wasn't much to see in the town, so the two of them walked around and then headed back to the army.
It was just before 9 o'clock when I got home, and the sisters-in-law in the family compound were all out playing.
There is a big pine tree at the entrance of the military compound. When the sisters-in-law have nothing to do, they will bring their babies to the tree to chat and pass the time. Some people also come to pick vegetables. They see everyone coming in and out.
Seeing Lin Qingqing and her friend coming back on their bikes with a cart full of stuff, the sisters-in-law all glanced at them.
"Didn't I see Team Leader Song's wife going out the day before yesterday? Is she out shopping again today?"
Honghua Zhengtu was also there. She explained, "Team Leader Song is inviting everyone in the team to dinner tonight. If his wife doesn't go to buy groceries, what's going to be cooked?"
The sister-in-law who was speaking in front choked and stopped talking.
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