Chapter 203 New Neighbors (Page 1/2)
Lin Man didn't care about Liao Sijie's love life, but wanted to spend some time with her two children before school started.
Coincidentally, at this time, Huo Qingci had already bought the steamers, steamers and water tanks and brought them home one after another.
So, Lin Man decided to stay at home and steam the rice wine, and then take it out to taste during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
After the rice wine was steamed, she dug out all the sweet potatoes in Huo Qingci's space and dried them into sweet potato chips or sweet potato chips.
Later, Lin Man began drying various dried vegetable products such as dried chilies, dried beans, dried eggplants, and cucumber peels. After all, in this era, the price of vegetables themselves was quite low.
Every time Huo Qingci brought back a big bag of vegetables, Huo Li would always ask where these vegetables came from.
In desperation, Huo Qingci could only explain to him that the vegetables were sent by an old classmate from the countryside, and said that the price of these vegetables in the countryside was more than half cheaper than that in the supply and marketing cooperative.
Since these vegetables only cost one cent to buy one kilogram, Huo Qingci told Huo Li that he only needed to pay one cent to buy two or three kilograms.
Therefore, Huo Li felt that it was very cost-effective to use these cheap vegetables to make dried vegetables. In winter, they could also be used to steam and cook braised pork!
At this time, Lin Man suddenly remembered that her grandfather liked to drink, so she asked Huo Qingci to take out some grapes and bayberries from the space to make fine wine.
Huo Li said that making fruit wine was expensive, but he was still happy when they really made fruit wine for him.
He felt that with his eldest grandson and his family back, his life became more fulfilling, so he just spent the money.
Before he retired, his monthly salary was three or four hundred yuan, and now that he is retired, he still has about two hundred yuan.
He doesn't need to spend any money on a regular basis, so he can give them money if they need it.
Unfortunately, his eldest grandson and his wife usually don't accept his money, so he can only give them red envelopes on his great-grandson's birthday or Chinese New Year.
Lin Man had been busy taking care of the children at home for almost half a month, and school was finally about to start. On the 28th, she returned to school and attended a meeting for the whole morning. In the afternoon, she began to clean up the dormitory assigned to her by the school.
There was nothing in the room except a 1.4-meter wooden bed and a broken desk. The floor was covered with dust, and the walls were covered with cobwebs and there were several geckos crawling around.
Lin Man tied the newly bought broom to a bamboo pole, opened the window, drove out the gecko first, and then cleaned the spider webs.
She took out flour paste from the space and used the newspapers her grandfather didn't want to use to cover the walls. If it were her own house, she would have asked someone to paint it long ago.
With newspapers pasted on the wall, it shouldn't be easy for geckos to climb in, right?
After pasting the newspaper, Lin Man wiped everything that needed to be wiped, took out a simple clothes hanger from the space to hang clothes, and took out a large mahogany box to store pillows, sheets, and bedding.
Thinking that there was nothing on the wooden bed, she went into the space again and took out a straw mat to spread on the bed. She also took out a bucket and a basin for washing clothes. As for the kettle and straw mat, she would go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them.
After two hours, Lin Man finally packed up her dorm room and prepared to lock the door and head to the supply and marketing cooperative. The supply and marketing cooperative was not far from the hospital, and she thought about going there first. She hadn't been to Huo Qingci's workplace in such a long time since she came back.
Lin Man had just locked the door when a woman holding a child walked up to her and said, "Hello, Teacher Lin. I'm Teacher Gao's lover, Yang Tao. We live next door to you."
Lin Man was stunned at first, then she smiled and greeted Yang Tao, "Hello, Comrade Yang Tao."
Nowadays, lesbians like to have flowers, plants, or fruits in their names. If someone is called Yangtao, there must be someone called Yangmei. There are also people called Pingping and Lili.
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"This is my daughter Gao Tingting. She is three years old. Tingting calls me Auntie."
"Hello, Auntie!"
"Hello, Tingting."
Lin Man looked at the little girl's height and was not surprised. She estimated that she was only about 93 centimeters tall and weighed at most 25 or 26 kilograms.
Her little brat will only be three years old next Lunar New Year. He will be at least half a head taller than her and weigh 38 kilograms.
Compared to this, her son is a typical little fat boy. Look how slim the girl is.
Yang Tao said, "Teacher Lin, I heard you gave birth to two sons?"
"Well, my eldest will be three years old on the Lantern Festival, so he should be a few months younger than your daughter. The second child will be one year old on October 21st."
"Your eldest child is seven or eight months younger than our Tingting. My Tingting's birthday is on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. I'm pregnant again now, and I just found out the other day."
"congratulations."
Yang Tao smiled shyly, "My teacher Gao specifically asked me to bring my child to live in the school. Moving here will also make it more convenient for me to do his laundry and cooking."
Lin Man could also see that the couple had a good relationship, which really made her envious, but she also had a good relationship with Huo Qingci.
It was getting late, and Lin Man wanted to visit Huo Qingci's workplace first before going to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Seeing that Teacher Gao's wife had been trying to talk to her, she politely asked, "Comrade Yang Tao, I want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some daily necessities. Do you want to go with me?"
Lin Man thought that Yang Tao would refuse since she had a child with her, so she could leave. However, when Yang Tao heard her invitation to go to the supply and marketing cooperative, she immediately nodded and agreed.
"Really? Then wait for me for a moment. I'll go back and get some money and tickets. Could you please help me look after my daughter?"
Lin Man looked at the little girl who was looking at her timidly, so she took out two oranges from her pocket and handed them to her.
"Xiao Tingting, Auntie will give you some candy. Your mother will be out soon."
She got this candy from the space. She made this orange gummy candy two days ago with fresh orange juice and gelatin. Her son Yining liked it very much, so he ripened all the green oranges in Huo Qingci's space.
Gao Tingting took the candy and said thank you, holding the candy without eating it. When Yang Tao came over, she quickly ran to her and said, "Mom, Auntie, give me some candy."
Yang Tao smiled and said, "Tingting, have you said thank you to Auntie?"
"Thank you, Mom. I'll give you one."
"No, you can eat these two yourself."
Yang Tao took her daughter to Lin Man and said, "You brought candy with you when you went out!"
Of course she wouldn't bring candy with her when she goes out, let alone put candy in her trouser pockets. What if it melts if she's not paying attention?
“Sometimes I put a few candies in my pocket to entertain the kids.”
"I usually buy candy during the Chinese New Year. When it's hot, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a watermelon. What about you, Teacher Lin? What are you going to buy?"
"Buy a kettle and a mat."
"The weather is too hot, and I want to sleep on a bamboo bed. My teacher Gao said that we should have the bamboo bed delivered to us. The room should be able to accommodate two beds."
Lin Man felt that she didn't need to buy a bamboo bed. When the weather was hot, she would rest in the dormitory at noon. She would lock the door and rest in her space. However, the dormitory must be fully equipped with bedding. If outsiders came to her dormitory and found that there was nothing, they would definitely be suspicious.
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