Chapter 377: Debt
"Okay, babies are babies, they are all babies."
Lu Yuanzheng touched Erbao's hair and looked at Dabao with a warm smile.
At that time, in front of outsiders, his smile always seemed a bit pretentious, but now he was smiling sincerely.
The two children are fair and cute, just like little kids. They are really well raised.
The girl's eyebrows and eyes are like her daughter's, and the boy's lips are like his daughter's.
Twins look very similar at first glance, but people who know them well can tell the difference at a glance.
For example, Lu Yuanzheng.
He had been taking care of his daughter for more than ten years, and now when he looks at his grandson and granddaughter, he can easily tell them apart.
As time goes by, my daughter's childhood memories are no longer as clear as before.
Lu Yuanzheng felt an unspeakable regret in his heart.
Looking at his grandchildren who were related to his daughter by blood and looked like her, there seemed to be a voice in his heart saying that he owed them, making him want to love them and love them more.
It seems that this will fill the missing part of my daughter...
After two days of traveling and carrying two children, Lu Miao was really exhausted.
Physical fatigue suppressed his desire to eat. Lu Miao ate half a bowl of noodles with soybean paste, then washed up and went upstairs to sleep.
Originally, it was planned to bring the eldest and second child upstairs together, but when Tang Mei saw that the children were not crying, she told them to play downstairs and keep warm by the stove.
Lu Miao thought it was okay, so he went upstairs by himself.
Fu Jingyou had a big appetite. After finishing his own bowl of noodles with soybean sauce, he swept away the remaining ones from Lu Miao.
Tang Mei said there was more food in the pot and served him another bowl, but he finished it all.
After washing up and going upstairs, my wife was already asleep in the room.
There is no stove on the second floor, and the temperature is obviously lower than that on the first floor.
Lu Miao huddled in the quilt, curled up into a ball, and it looked like he hadn't warmed up yet.
Fu Jingyou took off his military coat and put it on the quilt, then lifted the corner of the quilt and lay down in it.
Men are naturally hot-bodied. In the past, when it was cold, Lu Miao loved to sleep close to him. This time, as soon as he lay down, she snuggled into his arms like a little animal.
"Cover yourself tightly, there's wind..."
Fu Jingyou understood and pulled her into his arms.
He tucked the quilt behind her neck and adjusted his posture to tuck her cold feet between her legs.
The person in my arms let out a long sigh and fell into a deep sleep.
Fu Jingyou hugged her and patted her gently, then warmed the quilt and dozed off for two hours.
When he woke up again, he touched Lu Miao's warm feet, carefully lifted the quilt, put on his clothes, and went downstairs.
They arrived in Beijing at around ten in the morning. After taking a nap, they came down from upstairs. The clock on the long cabinet on the first floor showed exactly a quarter past two.
Dabao and Erbao have already fallen asleep.
They were sleeping upstairs, and Tang Mei didn't disturb them. To make it warmer, Tang Mei took the child to her room to sleep.
The eldest and second child are like their mother. They don’t like to wear thick clothes indoors. It’s better to wear one layer to avoid catching a cold when going out.
Tang Mei was sitting in the living room picking out dried beans from the New Year. Fu Jingyou sat over and asked directly:
"Aunt, does your family have any industrial coupons? I'll exchange two with you."
Before going to Beijing, Fu Jingyou brought the regional food coupons, cloth coupons, non-staple food coupons, etc.
All that can be replaced with nationally accepted ones have been replaced.
Things like industrial bonds and foreign exchange coupons were limited to regional use and not nationwide, so he took them to the black market and cashed them out.
He now has a lot of miscellaneous bills in his hand, but he really doesn't have any industrial bonds or foreign exchange coupons.
"I just arrived. What do you need industrial vouchers for?"
"It's awfully cold upstairs. I'm thinking of going out and buying a stove."
Fu Jingyou did not hide anything and told the truth.
"Look at me, I was so focused on making my bed that I forgot about this!"
Tang Mei paused, reacted, and suddenly became serious.
"Industrial coupons, you want to buy a charcoal stove? That one isn't good..."
Tang Mei pointed to the chimney stove in the living room and said, "Let's install one like this. This one doesn't produce smoke, heats up quickly, and doesn't interfere with boiling water or anything like that."
As she spoke, she wanted to tell Lu Yuanzheng about this.
"Aunt, there's no need to bother."
Fu Jingyou quickly stopped her.
"It's already spring, so it won't be cold for many days. Just buy a charcoal stove and you'll be fine. This will save you the trouble of breaking open the wall and causing trouble."
Later, when the weather gets warmer, the chimney stove will be basically idle.
The most important thing is that this is the Lu family, and Fu Jingyou doesn't want to make too much of a fuss.
If this were his own home, he would definitely not be afraid of trouble and would let his wife and daughter come as they pleased.
The same goes for the coal stove. You light it up in the yard downstairs and then carry it upstairs, but there's not much smoke.
This is how we got here in the south in the past.
"Okay then...your dad gave you a few before the New Year. We have a lot of stuff at home, and I can't spend the coupons if I keep them. I'm just giving them to you."
Fu Jingyou was firm in his attitude and had a righteous idea, so Tang Mei had to give up and stood up to give him the industrial voucher.
"We're family, so we shouldn't have different opinions. You're a filial child, and you really love Xiaobao. From now on, everything in this house is yours. Don't talk about exchanging things anymore. It makes people sad."
“…”
Fu Jingyou was silent for a moment, then nodded gently, "Yes."
Tang Mei gave him three industrial coupons and pointed him in the direction of Donghua City Street.
It is said that there is a state-run grocery market over there.
There are retail outlets for stoves, coal and the like.
"Go up the main street and there's a market sign just before you turn the corner."
"good."
Fu Jingyou walked in the direction Tang Mei pointed for more than ten minutes, and sure enough, he saw a road sign on the right side of the road with the words "Donghua City Grocery Market" written in black brush.
There are quite a few people coming and going at the intersection.
Fu Jingyou put his hands in his coat pockets and turned into the alley to take a look.
Although it is called an alley, the space inside is actually very large. Above the head, there are sheds supported by iron frames, which are more than ten meters high.
There are many things, including those selling vegetables, meat, and non-staple food, as well as those repairing bicycles and clocks, and so on.
Fu Jingyou walked and looked, and he probably understood that this place was called "Grocery Market" because it was a non-staple food station and a farmers' market.
There are also state-owned units such as repair stations, all concentrated together.
It is cold in the north, and you can't see anything else in the market except cabbage, sweet potatoes and potatoes.
There were a few thin strips of meat on the butcher shop, and they weren't very fresh, as you would expect.
Meat is a scarce commodity. Whenever it is delivered, it will be snapped up. If no one is selling it, it means it is really not that good anymore.
Passing by the poultry area, there were several chickens and ducks kept in cages inside the stalls.
Maybe it was because of the cold weather and their limited range of activities, the chickens and ducks looked sickly.
Fu Jingyou looked along the way and soon found a coal retail outlet.
There are also stoves, which are sold together.
You don't need a ticket to buy coal here.
People in the city center generally have coal supply certificates. They can buy honeycomb coal at five cents per pound with the certificates.
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