The old lady made a few "tsk tsk tsk" sounds. She couldn't stand such a weak man!
"Uncle, let's go buy some meat quickly, or it will be gone if we go too late."
Wen Sihe had seen enough of the joke and shouted quickly.
Meng Xiuyuan snorted twice and said, "For the sake of the meat, I won't argue with a junior like you!"
By the time the two arrived at the state-owned meat processing plant, there was already a long line in front of them.
The old lady who had been sitting next to Meng Xiuyuan on the ox cart also came along.
She looked at Wen Sihe with a smile and said, "Little Wen Zhiqing, you guys are here to buy meat too."
Wen Sihe smiled and said, "Yes, my grandparents, uncle and aunt are here. No matter how difficult and hard life is at home, I have to cook a good meal for them..."
The old lady had a sympathetic look on her face. Before this, someone in the village had started to shout, "Xiao Wen, the educated youth, brought so much money with him when he went to the countryside, and he used it all to buy these betrothal gifts.
It's really a bargain for the Lu family kid. Oh, it would be great if you could give me so much money!"
"Is this true? Can a dowry cost so much?"
"Of course not. It's several hundred yuan. Even if your family loves their daughter, they can't give her so much money to go to the countryside, right?"
"They are both very extravagant. I heard that they don't have much money at home. They even went to the brigade to borrow food some time ago..."
As soon as this matter spread in the village, those who were originally jealous of Lu Zhiye and had other thoughts suddenly began to gloat over his misfortune!
When the lady heard what Wen Sihe said, she nodded repeatedly: "Yes, it's not easy for this relative to come.
Look at your uncle's brand new clothes, wow, what great material.
It's obviously different from the clothes in our village. It's rare to find such materials in the county supply and marketing cooperative, right?"
Upon hearing the compliment, Meng Xiuyuan immediately straightened his back and secretly smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes.
But the lady's next words made him unable to stand still.
"This relative came all the way here, and seeing how miserable you are, he didn't even bother to help.
There is still a month before the grain is distributed. If you just spend your money on meat, how are you going to survive in the future?"
The old lady looked at Meng Xiuyuan with a sidelong look. It is said that the more city people live, the more stingy they are! This is really true!
Her insinuating words made Meng Xiuyuan feel very embarrassed.
He looked at Wen Sihe, wanting her to say a few words. After all, he was not good at dealing with this country woman!
But this look was terrible, Wen Sihe lowered her head, her eyes red, and said, "Auntie, that's not what I meant.
We can't just rely on others for help, we have to stand on our own feet.
My uncle and his family are not having a good time either..."
"Oh, thinking back to when my husband's brother's family was almost starving to death, our own family wasn't doing well either.
The whole family tightened their belts and saved a little food to keep themselves alive.
Your uncle is better off than we were back then, right? He even lets you pay for the meat."
Wen Sihe did not respond. What if the old man brought it up again and she was exposed? How embarrassing would that be?
He just rubbed the corners of his clothes with his hands, lowered his head and said nothing.
Meng Xiuyuan was not a very smart guy to begin with. When provoked by the old lady, he immediately stiffened his neck and took out a few dollars from the cloth bag on the chest of his shirt.
"Take this! Buy all the meat!"
Wen Sihe quickly stretched out her little hand to take it, then climbed up the pole that the old lady handed her, and looked at Meng Xiuyuan timidly.
"But grandpa said that he wants to eat white flour steamed buns for lunch instead of black steamed buns. There is no food left at home, what should we do...~"
For a moment, several people's eyes fell on Meng Xiuyuan. Meng Xiuyuan could only pretend to be generous and took out three more dollars from his pocket with pain.
Wuuuu, Lianxin will scold me again later... No, no, Lianxin must not know about this.
Meng Xiuyuan pretended to be profound and said, "You use all this to buy meat and grain, so don't tell your aunt and the others, lest they worry about you having a hard time."
Wen Sihe smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. He quickly pointed to a big tree not far away and said, "Uncle, go there and rest for a while. I'll buy some meat, and you can come back and get it..."
After hearing the first half of the sentence, he thought that Wen Sihe did the right thing, but the second half made Meng Xiuyuan just walk away!
Wen Sihe looked at Meng Xiuyuan, who was sitting under a big tree with a sullen look on his face, and smiled so hard that his teeth were showing.
People around her thought that she was only happy because someone paid for her meat and food.
For a moment, a feeling of envy and bitterness came over me: When will they have a relative in the city to help them?
Wen Sihe took out two White Rabbit candies from his pocket and quietly put them into the old lady's hand.
The two exchanged glances: Next time something like this happens, call me!
Wen Sihe: Definitely, definitely.
The team was moving forward slowly. The autumn harvest had recently been completed in all the brigades, and all the men, women and children in the families were exhausted.
Most people wanted to use their meat coupons to buy some meat to nourish their families. Grain distribution was about to begin anyway.
There is no need to calculate food and drink like before.
So the line in front of the meat processing plant is extremely long.
When the photo was taken of Wen Sihe, she asked for five pounds of meat, which frightened the lady next to her. She quickly said, "What's the matter, little Wen Zhiqing, are you not going to have a family?
Even though your uncle paid for it, you should keep some of it, right?"
Wen Sihe's pale face was full of embarrassment: "Auntie, I want to make some buns and take them when my uncle and the others leave."
The old lady didn't know what to say for a moment, she just lamented that the elders of Lu Zhiye's family passed away early.
Otherwise, with such a filial granddaughter-in-law, what would you have to worry about?
The butcher hardly needs to weigh the meat. He can get an approximate estimate by just scratching it with a knife and weighing it in his hand.
Seeing that Wen Sihe was so filial, I specially got her a piece of fat and lean meat!
Wen Sihe thanked him repeatedly, and the lady next to her took the lead in picking a piece of fat.
"I want this, two pounds!"
Wen Sihe looked at the old lady's hand. The lean meat was only the width of a finger, and the rest was all fat. The people around were looking at her with envy.
Suddenly I felt more touched by the people of this era.
"Xiao Wen, you still have to buy food, I'll leave first."
"Oh, okay, drive slowly!"
Wen Sihe responded crisply, carrying the meat and walking under the tree.
She put the meat into Meng Xiuyuan's backpack, clapped her hands and said, "Uncle, let's go buy some food."
Meng Xiuyuan looked at the white pork, and the depression in his heart dissipated a little. He nodded slightly and said, "Let's go."
When buying food, Wen Sihe spent all the money Meng Xiuyuan gave her, and also put in a lot of her own money.
I bought a total of twenty kilograms, ten kilograms of white flour and ten kilograms of mixed grain flour.
When he looked at the plump rice grains beside him, he quickly looked at Meng Xiuyuan and said, "Uncle, aunt and the others like to eat rice, right? Do you want to..."
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