Qiangzi felt that he hadn't eaten stir-fried vegetables for about half a month. The shed he lived in was not allowed to cook for fear of danger, so he could only light a stove outside to heat some water. But electric stoves also burn coal, and he wanted to save even that money, so he shamelessly asked for some hot water. When he went out, he would at most spend a few cents to buy steamed buns to eat slowly.
Or you can soak it in hot water and add some salt to make it taste good, but most of the time you just eat steamed buns and drink cold water. Pickles are cheap but they cost money, and if you don't eat you won't have the energy to work, and you don't want to spend any money at all.
Xie Yunshu didn't see any expression. Anyway, he didn't want to be moved by doing these things. It was just something that happened conveniently.
A portion of mung bean sprouts costs less than a dime, and she can earn back the money by buying a box of them. Besides, didn't Qiangzi buy two steamed buns for herself? It's not a loss, so...
She got on the tricycle and put on thick gloves: "Go back and eat quickly, the food is still hot!"
Facing the wind, Xie Yunshu didn't feel that cold, it was warm inside! The profit from selling lunch boxes was higher than she thought. Today, sixty servings of food, including steamed buns and rice, sold for a total of thirty yuan and eighty cents.
The ducks she bought were 1.9 yuan each, so the total cost for six ducks was 11.4 yuan. The cost of green bean sprouts and tofu skin was 2.8 yuan. The steamed buns and rice totaled 6.1 yuan, plus Aunt Zhao's salary...
After working hard today, she earned a full ten dollars!
At the end of 1986, what does ten yuan mean? It is equivalent to half a month's salary for an ordinary worker in a packaging factory, a week's salary for a great doctor like Lu Zhixing, and a month's living expenses for an ordinary family.
When passing by the shopping mall, Xie Yunshu stopped the tricycle. There was still a month to go, and today she was going to buy Mingcheng the best and most fashionable down jacket, and her mother a pure wool knee-length woolen coat, and she was also going to replace the broken chairs at home with soft sofas like the ones at the Lu family...
As for herself?
Xie Yunshu tilted his head and thought for a long time. It was enough to buy a bottle of vanishing cream. He also had to save money for Mingcheng to go to college and get married!
Outside the tube-shaped building where the packaging factory was located was an alley. Opposite lived people from Haicheng as well, but most of them were old men and women. Around two in the afternoon, it was the best time to bask in the sun.
Xie Yunshu had a few large bones, a half-sized bag of seaweed, and forty large beans on her tricycle. She rode her tricycle past the alley and greeted them with a smile, "Grandpa and grandma are basking in the sun!"
"Hey, it's Yunshu!"
"You bought so many things, haven't you eaten yet?"
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She was very kind and would greet everyone she met, but this kindness disappeared immediately when she arrived at the tube building.
Lu Xueting learned from someone's "inadvertent" conversation that Xie Yunshu had moved all the TVs from her brother's house back to her mother's house. That day, she ran to the tube building to find Xie Yunshu to argue with him.
"Xie Yunshu, get out here! You shameless woman, return my brother's TV to me!" She was wearing the most popular ivory wool coat and a hat of the same color on her head. She looked like a lady from Haicheng's upper class society.
Unfortunately, the way she spoke was far from elegant and dignified. She looked angry, cunning and cruel, which was inconsistent with her exquisite outfit.
The workers in the tube building all went to work, and only some elderly women were at home cleaning or doing odd jobs. When they heard the noise, they all stuck their heads out, but no one said anything... Last night, everyone went to Xie Yunshu's house to watch TV and understood more about why Xie Yunshu wanted to divorce.
Now suddenly a woman came to the door, and everyone was muttering in their hearts, could this be the woman Lu Zhixing kept outside? This woman is too shameless, she made the couple want to divorce, and she dared to come to the door to scold?
Li Fenlan knew Lu Xueting. The eldest daughter of the Lu family looked down on their family from the beginning. At that time, her daughter had just gotten married. She had an inherent inferiority complex when facing her in-laws, and was afraid that her daughter would not live well because of her.
So she had always been tolerant and evasive towards Lu Xueting's arrogant attitude. Even when Ming Cheng couldn't stand it and wanted to fight back, she stopped him.
She has always been a coward, so it is not difficult for her to endure it for the sake of the child.
But now, Li Fenlan stood in front of Lu Xueting without backing down: "Ms. Lu, your brother owes my daughter money. If you want the TV, please go back and ask 놛 to pay the money back as soon as possible, and then sign the divorce application!"
Lu Xueting couldn't believe her ears. She paused, looked at the shabby middle-aged woman in front of her, and finally sneered with contempt: "What kind of mother gives birth to what kind of daughter! You married my brother for money, right? You are also a capable person. You even sold your own daughter to get into our Lu family!"
Owe money? Her brother supported Xie Yunshu and let her live in the family compound, but she was not satisfied. She dared to ask for a divorce and ask for money? It turned out that people who climbed up from the lower class were all despicable in their bones! How could she be like Sister Xinyue, who, despite experiencing such a terrible thing as 깊, still supported herself and worked as a glorious nurse in the hospital!
Sister Xinyue is a real new woman. People like Xie Yunshu can only cling to men to survive all their lives!
Li Fenlan bit her lip tightly. She stared at Lu Xueting with her shoulders slightly hunched. Even her hands were rubbing the corners of her clothes nervously. But she still spoke firmly and slowly: "Ms. Lu, you have to apologize to my daughter. She is not that kind of person!"
"No? If not, why did you move my brother's TV?" Lu Xueting hugged her shoulders and looked down at her, without any respect for her elders: "You still have the nerve to ask me to apologize, how can you sell my daughter and habits, have you forgotten who you are? Oh, I forgot, your husband died quite early, I'm afraid you..."
"ah!"
She didn't say the rest of the words. She screamed and tightly protected her hair: "Let go! Let go! Xie Yunshu, you lunatic!"
Xie Yunshu grabbed her hair expressionlessly, and without hesitation, slapped Lu Xueting's delicate face hard: "Who asked you to come here and make a scene? Lu Xueting, have I ever told you that I like to slap people the most when I'm angry?"
Lu Xueting felt like her entire scalp was about to be pulled off. She was half-dragged on the ground, but she couldn't break free at all. She could only kick her legs wildly and cry out sharply: "Let me go, Xie Yunshu, you bitch! I will make my brother divorce you! Ah, it hurts! Xie Yunshu, you bitch!"
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