The next morning, Xu Xiangyang was thinking of going out to find an excuse to bring back coal when he saw Qian Wenqing pushing a tricycle.
"Why did you come so early?" He looked at the tricycle curiously. Could this person be delivering something to him?
Qian Wenqing was exhausted, but the matter had to be done. He smiled and said, "Brother Xu, I noticed you don't have any coal for cooking. I happen to have a lot, so I'll bring some over for you. You can use it for now, and you can get reimbursed from your workplace next month, since your household registration is with your workplace anyway."
This incident made Qian Wenqing truly grateful to Xu Xiangyang. If it weren't for him, the two of them would probably have been killed.
You have to understand, that's a deserted place, nobody goes there normally. By the time their family finds them, they'll probably be nothing but ashes.
Therefore, Qian Wenqing felt grateful to Xu Xiangyang and always wanted to help him with anything.
Last time I came here with Wang Xiumin, I saw that Xu Xiangyang didn't have any coal yet. Now that he's been discharged from the hospital yesterday, they brought it over early this morning.
"I'll push it in first." Qian Wenqing told him to open the door, and then pushed the cart inside himself.
Xu Xiangyang didn't refuse. He said that small things were fine, and they could take it slow later.
Wang Xiumin was overjoyed to see these things. She had thought that people in the city also needed firewood, but there was nowhere to collect firewood here.
"Xiao Qian, you're too kind. Haven't eaten yet? Come, come, I just bought some soy milk and fried dough sticks, they smell delicious, have some with me." She invited Qian Wenqing to sit at the table and then brought over new bowls and chopsticks.
Qian Wenqing hadn't eaten yet, but seeing the family's hospitality, he sat down to eat with them.
Xu Xiangyang had been thinking of going out to take a look, but he had already eaten, so he sat down to wait.
After finishing his meal, he said to Wang Xiumin and her husband, "Xiao Qian and I are going out for a stroll. You can stay home or go out for a walk, it's up to you."
Wang Xiumin had been wandering around for the past few days, so she nodded in response and went to tidy up the table.
After Qian Wenqing went out with him, he asked, "Brother Xu, where are we going for a stroll?"
There's not much to do around here, but staying home all the time is boring too.
Xu Xiangyang smiled but didn't reply. Instead, he asked, "What do you think is valuable now?"
What things are valuable?
Qian Wenqing was taken aback by his abrupt question, "Grain? Meat? Anyway, food is quite expensive."
In his eyes, these things are hot commodities, and it's too much trouble for some people to buy them.
Xu Xiangyang thought he was right. These days, filling one's stomach is the most important thing; nothing else matters.
"You're right, food is indeed important," he replied abruptly.
Qian Wenqing was completely bewildered, having no idea what Xu Xiangyang meant.
The two wandered around outside for a long time, buying a lot of things before going back.
Qian Wenqing was just a lackey; the main problem was that Xu Xiangyang's arm wasn't fully healed and was still in a sling.
Back home, Qian Wenqing was completely exhausted and complained, "Brother Xu, you just asked me to help you carry your things, right?"
Along the way, Xu Xiangyang bought whatever he saw; of course, he just looked at things without tickets.
Anyway, he saw all this stuff and it cost him almost a hundred.
Qian Wenqing felt that this was what shopping should be like; usually, when they went to department stores, they would just browse around.
"Why did you buy so much stuff?" Wang Xiumin, whose hands were still covered in flour, came over to take a look when she heard the noise.
Xu Xiangyang said with a smile, "I just go out to buy things whenever I have time. Otherwise, it would be too much trouble to go out every day."
Is it really that hard to buy things?
Wang Xiumin was speechless after hearing this. Who would complain about spending money and going through the trouble?
Anyway, she had never seen one; such a person probably doesn't even exist.
At noon, Wang Xiumin made cabbage and pork dumplings, and Qian Wenqing, as the bag carrier, naturally wanted to freeload.
After eating and drinking his fill, Qian Wenqing patted his stomach and said, "Brother Xu, putting everything else aside, just looking at the food at your place, I'd want to come over here for a free meal every day."
Of course, he was just joking. How could he possibly come over for meals every day?
He's often taken advantage of others for meals and drinks, so he feels embarrassed to keep coming over.
In the evening, Xu Xiangyang sorted out the things he had bought. Most of what he bought today was food, and he had almost used up all the coupons he could.
I kept the remaining two jin of meat coupons for a treat, and used the rest of the coupons to buy canned goods and some meat from butcher shops.
"Why did you buy so much stuff?" Wang Xiumin sighed, feeling that her child had no sense of budgeting.
Xu Xiangyang thought for a moment and said to her, "Mom, why don't you two stay here? My salary is enough for the three of us to eat and drink, and we can even save some money."
Actually, he had mentioned this to Xu Guangtian before, but it seemed that he couldn't make the decision.
Wang Xiumin sighed. Xu Guangtian had told her about this, but they hadn't made a decision yet.
The main reason is that she doesn't want to be a burden on her child. Also, if she gives birth after the New Year, there will be another mouth to feed, and she will have to rely on her son in the future, which will be too tiring for him.
"Forget it, it's good that you have the intention." She said with relief, "Your father and I have work points from the production team, so we just need to go to work every day. We can just sit here doing nothing. We're still so young, it's not time for us to retire yet."
Although she was also worried about her child and wanted to stay here, she also had to consider the actual situation.
This time, Xu Xiangyang had an accident and was hospitalized, and it was so frightening. To be honest, she was really worried about him.
But living here means two more mouths to feed, and we have to spend money on food and supplies every day.
They don't have urban household registration, and they don't even have food rations. How are they supposed to survive?
Xu Xiangyang has his own space, so of course he wouldn't care about these things. But seeing his mother like this, he couldn't say much.
Since she knew she would have to come after giving birth, he didn't try to persuade her to come again.
As for why she came to give birth, Xu Xiangyang thought that Wang Xiumin was already over thirty years old, and the current medical conditions were not good. What if there were problems during childbirth?
That was the end of it, and no one brought it up again.
After staying there for a few more days, the couple packed their things and prepared to go home.
Xu Xiangyang originally wanted to keep them for a few days, but it was spring planting season, and if they didn't go back soon, they really wouldn't get any work points.
There was no other way, so Xu Xiangyang prepared a lot of things for them to take back.
"I might go home in the next two months, but if I see that all this food is still there, I won't go back." He threatened, afraid that the two of them wouldn't be willing to eat it.
Actually, Xu Xiangyang was overthinking things. Xu Guangtian himself could have eaten all the good stuff.
After seeing the couple off, Xu Xiangyang was now completely free of work.
However, there was still one thing he hadn't resolved, namely the matter of Feng Jiunian.
The two had made a transaction a month ago and haven't been in contact since.
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