Chapter 47: Shopping before the Lunar New Year
Because it was snowing and there was snow on the ground, the road to the village was not easy to walk on.
Cheng Jinghao put thick clothes on the front bar of the bicycle and let Lin Momo sit on it while he pushed the bicycle.
"I haven't been to the supply and marketing cooperative for a long time. I have a lot of tickets this time." Lin Momo counted her tickets on her fingers.
It has been snowing recently, so even the food they needed was purchased by Cheng Jinghao from the canteen together with the grain station.
"That's just right, it's today." Cheng Jinghao smiled dotingly.
"Brother Jinghao."
"Hmm?" Cheng Jinghao looked at her.
"Has anyone ever told you that men look handsome when they love women and spend money?" Her eyes were clear and as innocent as a child's. This was the expression she only had when facing Cheng Jinghao.
"Has anyone ever told you that you are beautiful at all times?" His eyes were like a gentle light that penetrated her heart.
"You, where did you learn this?" Lin Momo covered her face. This guy was too good. She felt a little shy.
"Want to learn? I'll teach you tonight." Cheng Jinghao bent down and whispered in her ear.
Sure enough, pig's trotters!
Lin Momo stretched out her hand and pinched his waist, but it was winter and he was wearing a military uniform.
"You can pinch me whenever you want tonight." Seeing her depressed expression when she couldn't pinch me, Cheng Jinghao laughed.
"Cheng Jinghao!" She was so angry that she jumped off the bicycle, pushed him away, and walked forward in the snow wearing the boots given by Cheng's mother.
"Wife, wife, I was wrong." Cheng Jinghao quickly pushed his bicycle and chased after her.
"I was wrong, wife." He walked to Lin Momo.
"Bite you." Lin Momo pouted and glared at Cheng Jinghao.
"Okay, bite me."
"I'll bite you to death."
"If you bite me to death, you'll be a widow." He smiled apologetically.
"Eat candy."
"Okay, have some candy." Cheng Jinghao parked his bike, took out a White Rabbit milk candy from his pocket, opened the packaging and put it in her mouth.
"Are you not angry anymore?" He looked at her cautiously.
Lin Momo held a candy in her mouth and pointed at the bicycle.
"Wife, please take a seat." Cheng Jinghao helped Lin Momo onto the front bar of the bicycle.
“I bought a lot of delicious food.”
"purchase."
“I bought…”
"purchase."
“I bought…”
"purchase......"
“The supply and marketing cooperative doesn’t have one.”
"I'll go home and take you on a tour of the space."
The two of them chatted and joked until they reached the supply and marketing cooperative. As it was near the New Year, there were quite a lot of people there.
"Deputy Captain Cheng, are you here with your wife to buy things?" Most of the military families were already familiar with Lin Momo because of the last time they distributed food.
The two men smiled and greeted each other, then lined up behind them.
Several girls in the supply and marketing cooperative looked at them. They were the educated youth who had been at the gate of the military district’s family compound last time.
"Is this a deputy leader? So young."
"So handsome, is that his wife?"
"The dress she's wearing should be from the 꺶 floor of the Beijing Department Store, right?"
"And those boots are so pretty."
"I wish I could find an officer like this to accompany the army."
"Who wouldn't want to?"
Several people were discussing in a low voice.
Lin Momo took out the lost ticket from her bag without hearing what they said.
Cheng Jinghao, who had been following his wife with his eyes, heard it because of his excellent hearing. He glanced over with a cold look in his eyes.
Several female educated youth were so scared that they immediately shut up.
"What's wrong?" Lin Momo seemed to sense the coldness around him and looked up at him.
"It's okay. Have you decided what to buy?" Cheng Jinghao's eyes immediately became gentle and doting.
"Yeah." Lin Momo nodded without thinking too much.
Several educated youths looked at each other. This expression changed too quickly.
Soon it was Lin Momo and her friends' turn, and she held the ticket in her hand.
"I have two kilograms of brown sugar, one kilogram of white sugar, two kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy, and one kilogram of fruit candy."
"We've just got some cinnamon oil candy. Want some?" the salesperson asked with a smile.
Lin Momo has been here several times and has a lot of tickets in her hands, so she has a good impression of them all.
"One catty." Lin Momo nodded repeatedly. When she was young, she loved eating cinnamon oil candy the most.
"Two kilograms, don't you like to eat it?" Cheng Jinghao said from the side. He saw that there were still some candy coupons.
"Two kilograms then." She smiled sweetly at him.
"There are also two catties of fried dough twists, two catties of melon seeds, two catties of peanuts, two catties of egg cakes, two catties of peach cakes, and one catty of lobster cakes..."
Cheng Jinghao looked at her, a little curious. Where did so many snack tickets come from?
"You gave out a lot of snack tickets this month, and my mom and your mom also sent a lot when they sent things." Lin Momo said, as if she could see his confusion.
"Two bottles of vanishing cream, two bars of soap, a box of matches, a box of saccharin..."
Lin Momo glanced at Cheng Jinghao and said again. "Which cigarettes are not subject to purchase restrictions? Give me some."
"You can buy four packs at the front door today, and there are these." The salesperson took out some more, and there were about two packs in total.
"It's all over." Then he looked at Cheng Jinghao again.
"Smoke less." He said consciously.
Because Cheng Jinghao didn't drink and the supply and marketing cooperative didn't have any Moutai worth collecting, she didn't buy any.
"Get some more red paper and firecrackers." Lin Momo said. She planned to write the couplets herself. Although she had space, they were too ornate.
After paying the ticket and money, Cheng Jinghao put all the things into the backpack, and the couple left the supply and marketing cooperative.
"She bought so many things." The educated youth started discussing again.
"Does the deputy leader get so much allowance and tickets?"
"Hey, you've been here for so long, do you want to buy anything?" The salesperson glanced at a few people.
A military wife couldn't stand it anymore and said to the educated youth.
"Miss Xiao, don't have any bad thoughts. Lin Zhi's family is well-off. His father is a factory director in Beijing. He is also capable and is very popular in our military district family compound."
"It's not wrong to want to get out of trouble, but destroying a military marriage will result in jail time," another military wife also said.
"No, we don't." After all, they were young girls, and they ran out of the supply and marketing cooperative with red faces.
"Alas, it's Chinese New Year, and these girls come here every day, hoping to meet an officer." The salesperson sighed.
"It's not that easy. They don't know how hard we go through." The soldier's wife said, shaking her head.
When I couldn’t join the army before, I hoped that my man would earn more military merits so that I could join the army as soon as possible.
After joining the army, I realized that military merit is not so easy to earn.
"They are at an age where they don't know much." The salesperson sighed.
The soldiers in this military region who have families come here to buy things, just like Cheng Jinghao, who came with his wife. Those who had no family saved their money and tickets and sent them back to their hometowns. There weren't so many people coming to the supply and marketing cooperatives.
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