"Oh, his aunt is here."
When Aunt Miao saw Wang Yanli, she greeted her out of courtesy.
Wang Yanli steeled herself and tentatively walked towards her sister-in-law, taking each step with trepidation.
They were afraid Lin Mo might suddenly react.
If I were yelled at and chased away by him in front of so many people, I would be incredibly embarrassed.
"Busy, oh my, this is a good idea, I can watch TV and earn some money from handicrafts at the same time."
"Oh my, the captain is here too! Oh my, Chen Xiaobao is so big now, he must be five years old by now!"
Wang Yanli skillfully used her social skills to her advantage, actively striking up conversations and getting close to people.
But his eyes were secretly darting towards Lin Mo.
Lin Mo had already seen her and could tell what she was panicking about.
That's just how villages are, full of trivial neighborhood disputes.
However, the scale doesn't matter. Once you start arguing, it becomes a heated argument, with endless insults and verbal abuse.
Lin Mo didn't have time to pay attention to her. After all, he lived in the village and didn't care about social etiquette, but his mother did.
"Village Chief, I have to go pick up Carpenter Su. We agreed to meet at eight o'clock, and it's already twelve o'clock." After finishing his work, Lin Mo noticed that the village chief was whispering to someone.
They were probably exchanging information about how many kilograms of pine cones they had harvested.
"Old Zhu, how many more kilograms can your family produce?" The village chief held a notebook in his hand, recording the kilograms of pine nuts from each family one by one.
"It's not so easy to pick up any these days. There aren't many anywhere. I can only pick up a dozen or so sacks at most in a day, unlike before when I could pick up any sacks easily and make several trips a day to bring home dozens of sacks."
"Ten sacks can yield about 40 jin (20 catties), and we estimate that we can yield about 100 jin (50 kg) more at home."
"That's about right." The village chief nodded and noted down the number.
"Hey, village chief," Old Zhu said, scratching his head with a worried expression.
"The coal in the supply and marketing cooperative is sold out. Is there any other place where we can buy coal?"
"Oh dear, it's not just coal, but meat and rice too, they won't let us buy more, and they won't give us grain coupons anymore." Old Miao chimed in at the right moment, saying that he had wanted to stock up on some supplies at home, but the supply and marketing cooperative refused to sell them to him.
As the three of them discussed the matter, they cast resentful glances at Chen Gang, because he was the one who wouldn't sell.
Chen Gang overheard the murmurs and immediately turned around to shout that he was innocent:
"That's a quota planned by the county. If your family buys more, other families won't be able to buy any."
"It's not that I don't want to sell you enough; it's that I don't have enough."
Solving the problem of the village's lack of resources is quite urgent, because nothing can be done in winter, and everyone's coats are tattered and old, freezing solid after just a few steps outside.
It's not that people are lazy, it's just that winter is too cold.
Lin Mo listened quietly from the side, and as he listened, he had an idea—
Our store is right here, isn't it?
It's okay if you don't know what to stock.
Why don't we just let the villagers tell us what they need, and then we can buy it all together from the county?
However, there is another problem: transportation.
It's completely unrealistic to expect a sidecar to haul back so much stuff.
We need to... buy a car?
It's expensive!
Let's be more realistic and stick with donkeys.
Seeing that the village chief was busy with statistics, and since he wasn't using his sidecar anymore, let's go pick up carpenter Su from the hospital first.
Take Xiaoxiao with you, stroll around the county with her, and then take Su the carpenter home.
hey-hey.
The sidecar came rumbling to Su the carpenter's house.
Lin Mo jumped out of the car and had just reached the gate when he saw that the gate was open. Suddenly, with a loud "bang," the gate was slammed shut from the inside.
"Don't mess with our daughter! She's covered in a bear-like mess and hasn't even cleaned herself up!"
Lin Mo then remembered that Jiang Ying had thrown mud at him yesterday, and Aunt Su was still upset about it, looking at Lin Mo with disdain every time she saw him.
"Oh dear, I'm perfectly clean. That tattered shoe deliberately threw dirty water on me. How could you possibly believe that tattered shoe?"
"Aunt Su? You actually believe that slut but not us?"
"Then we'll be so heartbroken."
Lin Mo patiently spoke for a while outside the courtyard gate.
A short while later, Su Xiaoxiao opened the door from the inside, looking nervous.
"Lin Mo, I'm sorry, my mother calmed down on her own after a while, please don't take it to heart."
“You bought me a lot of books. I read them at home. When my mother sees me reading, she realizes that I am serious about taking the college entrance exam, and her anger subsides more quickly.”
Su Xiaoxiao has a very pleasant voice; listening to her speak always gives me a subtle feeling of excitement.
Wanting to hear her talk a little longer, Su Xiaoxiao went inside.
When she came out again, she shoved a big thing into Lin Mo's hand: a pair of snow-white fur boots.
Oh my, they're made of leather, the leather surface is soft and tough, and the sole is yellow rubber.
only……
"this……"
Sending us shoes is not a very good omen.
But when he looked down at his old army green cloth shoes, he realized that going to them would be bad luck.
Even Xiaoxiao noticed our shoes!
hey-hey.
“Our rabbit has come down from its burrow. It’s made of rabbit fur. Try it on and see if it fits.” Su Xiaoxiao always looked shy and never raised her head fully when talking to him.
She looked shy and bashful.
"They fit perfectly, they definitely fit perfectly!" Lin Mo happily kicked off his old cloth shoes and put on the new ones.
Oh my, the soles are lined with rabbit fur, they're sturdy and soft.
The ankles are also covered in rabbit fur, making them warm and cozy as soon as you put them on.
It turns out that marrying a virtuous wife makes life so comfortable, and all that comfort comes from the meticulous care she provides.
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