"Let's take this one. Let's sign a document." Dong Chunhua was always quick and decisive in her work. She picked the room facing the sun and well ventilated that belonged to the Zhou brothers at first sight.

This room is not only spacious and bright, but also has a small balcony. Dong Chunhua immediately decided to buy it.

"No, that's my son's room." Mother Zhou stood at the door and glared at Dong Chunhua.

"Auntie, don't make a fuss. Whoever pays for the room gets to keep it. Big brother, come over here and try to persuade them."

Lin Weiwan looked at Zhou Weidong, who was standing at the stairs with a gloomy face.

"Weidong, take out another dollar and we'll keep this room." Chen Suyun just wanted to keep the room first. As for the money, she would keep it with Lin Weiwan for the time being. It was still early before they could go home, and she would have to take the money back sooner or later.

"Mom, I didn't bring that much money back, and the remaining money is still used to pay for household expenses. Otherwise, let's go downstairs and study it first."

Zhou Weidong saved more than 1,600 yuan during his five years in the army. Now if he spent it like this, he would have nothing left for his wife.

The document was signed with the mother and daughter of the Wang family, and Wang Fuduo, as the director of the neighborhood committee, directly served as the notary, witnessed the signing and stamped the document.

After collecting six yuan, Lin Weiwan followed the Wang family upstairs, "Uncle Wang, I'll trouble you to carve out a room from the upstairs. Please tell me the cost and I'll give it to you."

"Why are you being so polite to me, girl? You can help uncle solve a big problem. Don't worry, I'll find someone to fix it in a while."

Wang Fuduo was naturally happy that Lin Weiwan rented out the house and solved the housing problem.

Both parties left satisfied, leaving the Zhou family alone in the living room to rage.

Lin Weiwan rode his bicycle in a dead end alley and tied two large bamboo frames to the bicycle. Today he had made an appointment with Uncle Hu to go to the meat processing factory to get meat.

In the small Curry at the back door, Hu Guang weighed pieces of freshly slaughtered pork and put them into Lin Weiwan's bamboo basket.

"Xiao Wan, the weather is hot. Take the meat back and process it as soon as possible. It will take too long for you to do it alone. Otherwise, go to my house and find your aunt and ask her to help you marinate it."

Hu Guang picked up four large pieces of lard and two strips of fat and put them into the bamboo basket. "You can boil the lard into ash oil when you go back and put it in a jar. It's good for cooking."

Lin Weiwan looked at the whole piece of fat. After cutting a pig, only two pieces of fat were obtained. Uncle Hu gave him four pieces. These were from two pigs. The fat was even more shiny with fat.

At that time, every family dared to cook with only a little bit of oil, and they used food very carefully. If they wanted to buy meat, they had to wait in line to get some fat.

"Thank you, Uncle Hu. How are your elder and second brothers doing in the army? When will they come back for vacation?"

Lin Weiwan was thinking about what to give Uncle Hu.

"Those two brats forgot about home once they joined the army. It's good enough if they send a letter once every two months. They're still not as thoughtful and caring as you girls. Your aunt is always thinking about you at home."

Hu Guang pouted and said his son was careless, but his back straightened immediately, looking quite proud.

"Okay, that's all, 148 jin. Regardless of fat or thin, just 80 cents." Hu Guang quickly added the jin.

As he said this, he stuffed a few large bones and a whole pig liver into Lin Weiwan's bamboo basket and said, "Take this back to nourish your body. Your hometown will probably be close to the autumn harvest. Don't work so hard. Your own health is the most important thing."

Lin Weiwan took out two large reunion tickets and a thick stack of meat coupons from her bag and handed them to Hu Guang.

"Uncle Hu, thank you for helping me so much again."

Then he took out two boxes of tea from his bulging bag and said, "Uncle Hu, take these two boxes of tea back with you. It's inconvenient for me to carry them with me."

Lin Weiwan stuffed two 100-gram boxes of tea into Hu Guang's arms and closed the bamboo frame of the bicycle.

Hu Guang put the money away, took out one-third of the meat tickets from the dozen and stuffed it into Lin Weiwan.

"Keep this with you, I'll take care of the rest. You can't do anything in your hometown without tickets. These are the cotton and sugar tickets your aunt bought these two days. Keep them with you, don't lose them. Don't show off your wealth in the countryside. If you have any problems, take out your little red book, it will be useful. If you encounter any problems, send me a telegram. At the very least, you still have two brothers who are in the army."

Hu Guang took out a piece of silk from his trouser pocket, which contained the receipt his wife had given him that morning. He gave Lin Weiwan instructions like an old father.

Looking at the receipts in the box and listening to Uncle Hu's worried words, Lin Weiwan's eyes and nose turned red, "Uncle Hu..."

After leaving the meat processing factory, Lin Weiwan pushed his bicycle. The weight of the pork on the bicycle made the tyres unsteady.

Quickly find a dead end and put all the meat and the bamboo basket into the space.

He also carried out a large bamboo basket from the space, which contained a bunch of empty bottles and cans and two large oil bottles.

I also put some black makeup on myself in the space to change my appearance.

Lin Weiwan rode his bicycle to the nearest grocery store. After entering the store, he stood in a long line in front of the counter with a bamboo basket on his back. He reached into his bag and took out the Zhou family grocery book.

I am going to buy all the groceries I have bought this month, eggs, sesame oil, and so on.

"Comrade, I want to buy seven eggs, sesame oil, soybean oil, and rapeseed oil today?"

Lin Weiwan put the side dish on the counter.

"Why are you buying so much? If you buy so much, the comrades behind you may not be able to buy much."

Fu Qiuyan is only two years older than Lin Weiwan, and she looked at Lin Weiwan in a bad mood. It would be a headache if she couldn't buy it later and they quarreled again.

"Comrade, my brother and I signed up for the military service. My elder brother was in the army and asked for leave. Mom prepared to make more food for us to take away, so she bought more."

Lin Weiwan explained openly that the aunts who originally had opinions were not unhappy at all, but secretly observed Lin Weiwan.

"So that's how it is. Please wait a moment, I'll get the goods for you." After hearing what Lin Weiwan said, Fu Qiuyan lost all her hostility and instead secretly glanced at Lin Weiwan a few times.

I don't know what this girl's brother looks like while she is in the army, and whether he has married.

Lin Weiwan handed the small bamboo basket to Qiuyan and waited for her to pick up the eggs.

Take out the money and ticket. It takes eight days to buy seven pounds of eggs, which is already a month's supply. If you want to buy more, you have to wait until the beginning of next month.

Lin Weiwan handed a few empty bottles and small oil drums to Qiuyan, and bought three and a half catties of rapeseed oil (half a catty per month), five catties of rapeseed oil, three and a half ounces of sesame oil, five catties of vermicelli, five catties of wide flour, and two catties of sugar.

At another counter, Lin Weiwan bought peppercorns, aniseed, cinnamon, star anise, bay leaves, salt, MSG, and two bottles of soy sauce and two bottles of vinegar.

They didn't collect until all the Zhou family's rations were used up.