Aunt Lan and President Yu exchanged a glance. This kid is quite perceptive!
Turtle is not uncommon in the village. People think it's hard to cook and doesn't taste good because it's all shell.
However, they didn't know that soft-shelled turtles were a good thing.
Turtle meat is tender, delicious, and nutritious, and has the functions of nourishing yin and kidneys, cooling blood and lowering blood pressure.
Aunt Lan's second daughter-in-law is currently in her postpartum period, so we'll take this turtle home and stew it to help her recover.
It would cost quite a bit of money to buy this outside!
"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you, Xiangdong. Your sister-in-law is in her postpartum period, take this back for her to eat!"
Aunt Lan packed the turtles into a woven bag and threw it into a corner of President Yu's office, planning to pick it up when she got off work.
"Oh, sister-in-law is in postpartum confinement? You'll need to nourish yourself properly. I'll go back and get some black carp and crucian carp to bring over for you tomorrow!"
Li Xiangdong quickly stated that black carp soup can replenish vital energy, while crucian carp soup without salt is commonly used to promote lactation.
Aunt Lan chuckled, "I won't stand on ceremony with you!"
"Why are you being so polite with me!"
Li Xiangdong seized the opportunity and pressed his advantage.
Aside from business relationships, doesn't this involve personal feelings?
After talking for a while, Li Xiangdong said goodbye to the two men and went to the accounting office to collect his money.
Because it was President Yu who personally approved the note, the accountant didn't say anything and just gave him the money.
However, Li Xiangdong did not disregard the accountant's duties simply because of President Yu's relationship with him.
He still respectfully handed the accountant several cigarettes, repeatedly saying, "Thank you, Uncle."
The accountant was quite satisfied; this kid knows how to handle people!
Li Xiangdong put the bucket of fish on the cart and gave Li Yuan two yuan. "Second Uncle, you've worked hard this early in the morning. This is for your trouble. We'll meet at the same time tomorrow. I have some other things to do, so you can push the cart home first!"
Li Yuan originally wanted to refuse, since the steamed buns and mantou he ate this morning cost a lot of money and food coupons!
But Li Xiangdong's attitude was firm, and Li Yuan took the two yuan with trembling hands.
My brother's family has been incredibly good to me!
After saying goodbye to Li Yuan, Li Xiangdong returned to the supply and marketing cooperative to purchase supplies.
The sales clerk had been seeing Li Xiangdong coming and going with the president's wife these past two days, and assumed the two were related, so she was being extra enthusiastic towards him.
"Young man, you want to buy cloth? We have a batch of defective cloth here, originally intended for our internal staff. If you want it, I'll give you a length!"
"Young man, we have a batch of slightly flawed pastry boxes here. There's nothing wrong with them, except the walnut cookies inside are a bit broken! Would you like two boxes?"
"I'll give you the same price for the candy I have here, even if it's from the insider market!"
Li Xiangdong was flattered and overwhelmed by the treatment!
All of this is thanks to the halo that Aunt Lan brought him!
Li Xiangdong spent all the money he had just earned this morning, and even lost thirty yuan!
Fortunately, he had plenty of money in his pocket because he was going to his third sister's house to repay the debt today; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to handle the sudden pampering from the salespeople.
Li Xiangdong left with a full load of purchases, quite happy while buying them, but almost cried as he walked down the street.
It's dozens of miles away!
The sun was blazing, and the dirt road stretched as far as the eye could see. If only there were a car.
Forget about cars for now, getting a bicycle is the most realistic option.
Having gotten in touch with Director Yu and Aunt Lan, I believe I'll be able to buy one if the supply and marketing cooperative gets bicycles.
The front door of my third sister's house was ajar.
Third Sister's mother-in-law was sitting in the courtyard, spinning thread while watching Daxia.
"Daxia! Look who's here!"
Li Xiangdong held a pink and white striped roly-poly doll in his hand and shouted at Daxia.
"Second Uncle! A roly-poly doll!"
Daxia's eyes lit up, and she ran straight towards Li Xiangdong.
Li Xiangdong put down his basket and picked up Daxia in his arms.
Daxia held a roly-poly doll in her hand and kissed Li Xiangdong several times.
Li Xiangdong was amused and laughed heartily, then greeted the old lady again.
Li Xiangdong took out two boxes of pastries and handed them to the old lady.
"Dear mother, I'm always troubling you. I brought you two boxes of peach shortbread and egg cakes. You can have some when you have nothing to do!"
The old lady smiled and said, "I can't accept this, Uncle. You've gone to so much trouble."
"It's no expense, it's just a token of my respect!"
Li Xiangdong also smiled.
He did this to save face for his third sister, Li Ying.
The old lady opened the snack box, first giving Daxia half a soft egg cake, then giving Li Xiangdong a whole piece, and taking half for herself.
The three of them sat in the room leisurely eating snacks, chatting and laughing from time to time.
This is the scene that Li Ying and Hong Shui saw when they returned from the fields.
"What good food have we been eating!" Li Ying said with a smile.
Daxia rushed into her mother's arms and fed her the egg pudding cake that was covered in saliva.
"So sweet! Did you buy it from Xiangdong?"
There were no snacks at home, so my second brother brought them over.
After greeting his sister and brother-in-law, Li Xiangdong got off the kang (a heated brick bed) and took the items out of the basket one by one.
Three feet of white cotton cloth with red floral patterns, a three-pound piece of fatty pork, a bag of White Rabbit milk candy, a can of malted milk powder, a pound of brown sugar, and a pound of rock sugar.
This doesn't even include the two snack boxes I just gave the old lady.
"Did you bring the supply and marketing cooperative here?"
Li Ying's eyes widened in disbelief.
That spendthrift son!
How much money will that cost!
"It's not that exaggerated! It's all for your food and daily use." Li Xiangdong said in a wealthy tone.
Once they found a quiet spot where only the two of them were together, Li Xiangdong handed Li Ying one hundred and twenty yuan.
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