People these days are tough and reckless, with little sense of safety.
As long as they could get back to the forest farm, some people would even hitch a ride on a train, let alone take a trolley.
And so, the group sat on the cart, laughing and joking, without realizing anything was amiss.
Around 1:30 p.m., the same trolley returned to the forest farm and stopped at the small train station. Everyone got off the trolley with their belongings and went home.
None of them had eaten lunch yet, and everyone was hungry. They didn't have the energy to chat anymore, so they all went their separate ways home.
At this time, most families have finished eating, and those going to work or school are going about their business.
Only the elderly, with nothing to do, would sit in the shade of the trees, chatting in small groups.
The Sheng brothers brought back a lot of things, carrying large and small bags, especially the radio, which was packed neatly in a cardboard box.
Many people on the road saw it and came over to watch the spectacle.
"Oh my, Xiping, did you two buy a radio? What brand is it? How much did it cost?"
Someone with sharp eyes noticed the words on the cardboard box and immediately asked questions.
"Ah, yes, I bought a radio. It'll be more convenient to listen to the radio at night."
The box clearly displayed "Chunlan Brand Radio," so what else was there to hide? Sheng Xiping had no choice but to openly admit it.
"Xiping, your family is really something now. You've bought a sewing machine, and now you've added a radio. All you need is a bicycle, right?"
"Well, the key is that our forest farm hasn't built any roads, so we can't ride bicycles, and that's why we didn't buy one."
Sheng Xiping does want to buy one, but he has nowhere to ride it. He'll wait a few years until the highway is completed, then he can buy a bicycle, which will make it more convenient to go out and run errands.
"Oh my, that's really great. Your family is the first in our forest farm to buy a radio."
"From now on, we'll all come to your house to listen to the radio," someone suddenly said.
"Yes, yes, yes, from now on we'll all listen to the radio at your house. Don't kick us out if you don't like it." The others chimed in.
"How could we? We're overjoyed that our aunties and grandmas are coming to our house, how could we possibly kick them out?" Sheng Xiping laughed as soon as he heard that.
We all live in the same forest farm, and apart from a few individuals, we get along quite well. It's just a radio; people come over to our house, sit for a while, and listen to the radio, what else is there to say?
Even if others don't go, the Sheng family has to listen, right?
The Sheng brothers hadn't eaten lunch and were starving; they didn't have time to chat with these people.
After saying a few words, he hurried home.
"Mom, we're back! Look what we bought this time!" Sheng Xi'an called out as soon as they arrived at their front door.
In the yard, several dogs had already heard the footsteps and were now all coming out of their kennels, wagging their tails at Sheng Xiping and his brother.
Sheng Xiping was holding a radio and had no time to pay attention to the dog. The two brothers went straight into the house.
In the east room, Zhang Shuzhen was doing needlework.
Sheng Xinhua takes a nap at this time every day, and Zhang Shuzhen takes advantage of the time while her grandson is sleeping to do some fine work.
When Sheng Xinhua was awake, Zhang Shuzhen dared not do needlework, for fear that the child would cause trouble and prick her or something.
"Your little nephew is sleeping, why are you shouting?"
Hearing her son's movements, Zhang Shuzhen put on her shoes and went to the outer room, where she met the two brothers who had just left.
Looking at the two brothers' bags and bundles, it was clear they had more stuff than when they left home.
"Oh my god, you two brought the whole store back? How much stuff did you buy?"
Before leaving, Zhang Shuzhen did indeed instruct that if she came across anything good, she should buy it and bring it back.
But she didn't expect that the Sheng brothers could buy so much. How much money must they have spent?
"Big brother, what's that box you're carrying?" Zhang Shuzhen asked hurriedly when she saw her son carrying a rather large box.
"Mom, my brother bought a radio. Now we can listen to the radio when we eat dinner, instead of having to listen to the loudspeaker at the forest farm so we can hear it clearly," Sheng Xi'an said to his mother happily.
"A radio? Oh my, that's a good thing. I haven't heard of anyone in our forest farm buying one."
"Hurry up and put them inside, they're quite heavy to carry. Um, have you two eaten yet? Shall I get you something to eat?"
Zhang Shuzhen was quite happy when she heard it was a radio.
She heard from others that the radio was just a small box from which people could speak.
The headquarters had a radio station specifically for listening to the radio and staying informed about national events.
Of course, no matter how good the radio is, it's not as important as my son.
At this hour, the two children must have rushed back without eating, so Zhang Shuzhen hurriedly prepared some food for them to have a little something to eat.
In July, the weather is hot, so we don't usually cook much at noon. We usually cook more food in the morning, eat cold food at noon, and cook again in the evening.
So there wasn't much at home right now, so Zhang Shuzhen could only dust off a stack of pancakes and then go to the vegetable garden to pick some scallions, lettuce, radishes, and the like.
The two brothers rolled up lettuce, scallions, and soybean paste in pancakes and ate a simple meal with warm water from a thermos.
After finishing his meal, Sheng Xiping took out all the items he had bought, and then reported the remaining money to the relevant authorities.
Of all these items, the radio was the biggest expense; including the ticket, it cost over 150 yuan.
All the remaining items together cost less than a hundred yuan.
After the accounts were settled, Sheng Xiping took out the remaining four thousand yuan, deducted the share for Sheng Xi'an and Sheng Xikang, and gave half of the rest to his family, while Zhang Shuzhen gave the other half to Sheng Xiping.
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