Chapter 99 Buying Seafood
"What's wrong with you two?"
Su Xiaoxiao looked at the two little brothers who looked like eggplants hit by frost and couldn't help but speak.
Su Jianwu's mouth sank. "Wang Erzi from the next village bought a radio, and the students all went to his house to listen to storytelling after school. We wanted to go too, but Wang Erzi laughed at us for being poor and wouldn't let us."
"People need dignity, trees need bark. If you're not allowed to listen, we won't listen. Look at how useless you two are."
Liu Cuilan looked as if she was disappointed with her child.
"But we both want to listen to it. Many of our classmates have gone to listen to it, but we haven't."
Su Jianwen also echoed: "These days, people are talking about "Water Margin". I heard that there are 108 heroes in it. It's very exciting."
"Mom, can we buy a radio?"
Su Jianwu suddenly looked at Liu Cuilan with sparkling eyes, his eyes full of desire.
Liu Cuilan glared at him and said, "What are the conditions of Wang Erzi's family? What are our conditions? And you two are dreaming of a radio?"
My mother refused without hesitation. With her family's financial situation, they were lucky to have enough to eat a full meal. How could they have the spare money to buy a luxury item like a radio?
The two little brothers' eyes, which had just lit up, dimmed in an instant.
Recently, the class has been discussing the stories in "Water Margin", but they have never listened to it once and have been completely excluded from the small group in the class.
The two of them were at the age when they wanted to be strong, and they both felt very aggrieved.
Today I shamelessly wanted to go to Wang Erzi's house to listen to the radio, but I was kicked out on the spot. I lost all my dignity and face.
The two of them immediately hung their heads and eyes, looking even more listless than when they came back just now.
Su Xiaoxiao slapped each of them on the head: "Isn't it just a radio? What's the big deal? When the electricity in our village is installed one day, Third Sister will buy you a TV."
"TV set?"
When Su Jianwu heard this, his eyes lit up again.
Su Jianwen was more rational: "Third sister, please stop fooling us. We can't even afford a radio with our family conditions, so how can we possibly afford a TV?"
You have to know that a TV costs five or six hundred yuan, which is more than ten times the price of a radio, and you also need a TV ticket to buy it.
Their eldest brother and second brother have been working for such a long time and have never received TV ticket. The third sister has only been working at the department store for a few days, so how could she possibly get a TV ticket?
Even if there is, the family doesn't have that much money.
Five or six hundred yuan is their family’s income for several years.
Even Liu Cuilan felt that her daughter was bragging: "Okay, Third Brother, stop teasing them. Hurry up and clear the table and eat."
Su Xiaoxiao could actually understand her family's attitude.
After all, a black and white TV was a luxury in that era. No one in their entire village had a TV, and even radios were rare.
Forget it, let’s wait until the power is turned on.
The TV she bought had actually been kept in the small warehouse, but she hadn't taken it out because it had no power.
While the family was sitting together for dinner, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered something very important and hurriedly said to Liu Cuilan, "Mom, the department store will be receiving a batch of seafood tomorrow. Should we buy some?"
Liu Cuilan paused with her chopsticks when she heard this: "Why didn't you tell me about this good news earlier?"
Seafood is a rarity for people in inland areas like them, and they can only buy it a few times a year. The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, so they have to buy some in preparation.
She didn't even bother to eat and went into the house to get the money.
After a while, she returned with the money and stuffed it into Su Xiaoxiao's hand: "Look and buy some. When you pickle them, you can eat them until the New Year."
Su Xiaoxiao originally wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, she accepted the money note. At this time, she had not received her salary yet, so she still had to take money from her family.
As the saying goes, wealth should not be exposed. Unless it is a critical moment, she still has to hide some of the money in her hands before giving it out.
Otherwise, if they knew she was rich, her cheap grandparents and second aunt's family would definitely come to her house and cry poor.
The next morning, Su Xiaoxiao rode her bicycle and took a sack to the department store.
Last night, when she was out for a walk after dinner, she told a few familiar aunts and sisters that the department store had seafood available, and they all asked her to help buy some.
Su Xiaoxiao was naturally happy to do this kind of thing. After all, as long as she helped out, she could get a lot of gold coins in rebates.
As soon as she parked the car, she saw a queue of people buying seafood from afar.
Many people had heard the rumor that there would be seafood available today, and a long queue formed in front of the department store early in the morning.
Seafood is a rare item that is only available a few times a year, so there are so many people who want to buy it now.
Su Xiaoxiao herself is a salesperson at the grocery counter, so it is naturally easier for her to set something aside than for the salespeople at other counters.
As soon as she entered the door, Huang Mei came up to her very attentively: "Xiaoxiao, I heard that your grocery counter will be receiving some seafood today. Can you save some yellow croaker and hairtail for me?"
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and everyone wants to buy some seafood to take home so that they can put it on the table when guests come over to their house and feel proud.
Su Xiaoxiao had a good impression of Huang Mei and agreed without hesitation. After all, it was a convenient thing for her and she could also get rebates, which could be said to be a perfect deal.
Huang Mei saw that she agreed, and her face was full of gratitude: "Xiaoxiao, thank you for your help. I will receive some defective fabrics in a couple of days, and I will also save some nice patterns for you."
Su Xiaoxiao didn't expect there would be such a pleasant surprise. What she lacked most now was fabric.
At this moment, only food and home appliances are open in the mall. For other items, you can only buy them if someone sells them in the game world.
She immediately thanked Huang Mei very sincerely: "Thank you, Teacher Huang."
"Why call me Teacher Huang? The training is over. We are all colleagues now. From now on, just call me Sister Huang."
Huang Mei became even warmer to Su Xiaoxiao because of this incident.
As she spoke, she stuffed another bright yellow orange into Su Xiaoxiao's mouth and said, "Xiaoxiao, this orange is so sweet. Take it back and eat it."
Su Xiaoxiao was embarrassed to accept her things for free, so she groped in her pocket and took out a few hawthorn cakes and stuffed them into her pocket: "Sister Huang, these hawthorn cakes are for you."
The smile on Huang Mei's face instantly became warmer. This girl is really sensible.
After collecting the items with a smile, the two chatted lively for a while and then went back to their respective counters.
The department store was about to open, and Su Xiaoxiao hurried back to her counter, stood there, and was about to welcome the first wave of customers when a mocking voice suddenly came from the side.
"Tsk, the last shift was like buying supplies. He's really a country bumpkin who's never seen anything good. He gets so excited over a little seafood."
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