Seeing that the military wives were so insistent, Lao Xu had no choice but to collect the money as usual, but he was very considerate and prepared oil bottles for them.
This time, Tian Yuzhu picked fewer perilla seeds and only squeezed out a bottle of oil, but she was satisfied!
After filling up the oil, everyone went to the supply and marketing cooperative to see if there was anything they wanted to buy.
Da Hu and Er Hu couldn't help but ask for candy again. Tian Yuzhu instinctively wanted to pay, but Liu Xiaohui held her hand and whispered, "Sister-in-law told us that as long as Feng Chun is here, we can't spend money to buy things for the children. Otherwise, she will spoil us and our own children will be raised by others."
Although being nice to Dahu and Erhu behind their backs is one thing, not wanting Feng Chun to become greedy is another.
Tian Yuzhu nodded and just bought some daily necessities.
The family had run out of rice and noodles, most of which had been donated during the earthquake. She bought ten kilograms of rice and noodles.
After Jin Ju weighed the weight, she was about to put it into her bamboo basket when Zhao Cui immediately snatched it away: "Put it in my basket! My basket is empty."
In fact, I knew Yuzhu was pregnant, so I didn't want her to exert too much effort.
Tian Yuzhu was very grateful: "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Although this little weight is nothing to her, sometimes people should learn to accept other people's kindness appropriately.
Jinju was stunned for a moment, but didn't think much about it.
While Zhao Cui and Wang Xiu Di were looking at a piece of cloth, Tian Yu Zhu quietly asked Jin Ju, "Sister, how is Uncle these days? Is Uncle One-Eyed Dragon taking good care of him?"
"It's great. I didn't expect my dad to listen to him so much. He's slept well for several nights in a row."
Not having to stay up late at night, Jin Ju's complexion also improved a lot: "Yuzhu, how do you think I should thank the one-eyed dragon? Give him two dollars?"
Tian Yuzhu shook her head. "We're all from the same town. It's strange to ask for money for such a small thing. Doesn't that old man like to drink? He'd be happier if you gave him two kilograms of wine than two dollars."
Besides, with One-Eyed Dragon’s current assets, two dollars is no longer attractive to him.
Jin Ju nodded, agreeing with her words: "Then do as you say."
As they were talking, Wang Xiudi and the others waved, "Yuzhu, what do you think of this material?"
The sisters-in-law were holding a piece of cloth with small pink flowers on a white background, and the other was a piece of plain blue indigo cloth.
There are only these two kinds of cloth in the supply and marketing cooperative, so there is not much choice.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to make clothes?" Tian Yuzhu walked over.
"Yes, I'd like you to make me a shirt out of this floral print. The indanthrene can be used for outerwear."
As soon as Wang Xiudi finished speaking, Jinju was surprised: "Yuzhu, you can also make clothes?"
Liu Xiaohui immediately replied, "Not only can she make it, but she does it very well. Tomorrow I'm going to buy some material and ask her to make clothes for my baby. I've never seen that style before when I went to the provincial capital."
"Yuzhu, I'd also like you to make one for my baby. Which color do you think would be best?"
Tian Yuzhu moved the corners of her mouth. Although both fabrics were made of pure cotton, the patterns were not good-looking.
Before she could say anything, Jin Ju said, "Hey, sisters-in-law, it's been so long since the earthquake, and the roads are open now. Why don't you just go to the county department store and look around? I don't even like these two pieces of cloth. They're old styles from last year, and I've been putting them away and can't sell them."
When they heard that it was last year's old style, Wang Xiu Di and the others quickly let go.
It looks like I really need to go to the county town to buy some new fabric.
"Yuzhu, how about we go to the county town tomorrow?"
As the weather was getting hotter day by day, the sisters-in-law all wanted to ask Tian Yuzhu to help make clothes.
She looked so beautiful as a child, and it would be no problem for her to be an adult too.
Tian Yuzhu thought that since she had nothing to do, and she was pregnant, it was time to go to the county town for a pregnancy check-up.
So he nodded and agreed: "Sure, let's go to the county town together tomorrow."
As he was talking, Qin Xu suddenly came to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. His hands were covered with gray mud, and there was a lot of mud on his trouser legs.
He originally wanted Jinju to pour him some water to wash his hands, but he didn't expect Tian Yuzhu and the others to be there too.
Qin Xu greeted him with a smile.
Wang Xiudi raised her voice curiously, "Hey, what happened to you? Did you fall? Why are your hands covered in mud?"
Feng Chun next to her turned her body guiltily. She had been following Tian Yuzhu for some time and was sometimes seen by Qin Xu, but he didn't expose her.
Liu Xiaohui also asked what was going on.
Qin Xu smiled and said, "The lotus pond in town is leaking. It's been leaking since the earthquake, and the leak is getting bigger and bigger. The water is almost gone. Oh, sisters-in-law, the town is organizing a lotus root digging today. They've already dug up quite a few, and they're quite fresh. Would you like to go and weigh them?"
"Really, Comrade Qin Xu, this is really good news."
"We can't eat fresh lotus roots more than twice a year. It's just right. I'll buy two pounds of fresh pork ribs and go home to stew lotus root and pork rib soup." Liu Xiaohui was very happy and turned around to weigh the pork ribs with Jinju.
Tian Yuzhu, Zhao Cui, Wang Xiu Di and others also felt that this was a rare opportunity, so they all stepped forward to ask for the items to be weighed.
This put Feng Chun in a difficult position. She also wanted to weigh herself, but Dahu and Erhu were staring at her with their dark eyes.
But I’m short of money, and if I buy the ribs I won’t be able to eat meat for the second half of the month!
As Feng Chun was struggling, Wang Xiudi turned around and said, "Ah Chun, come here, I'll give you half a catty. I weighed too much."
Zhao Cui also said, "Come, I'll give you half a catty too."
What the two of them gave was enough for Feng Chun's family of three, so Tian Yuzhu and Liu Xiaohui didn't give any more.
Afterwards, Qin Xu took them to the lotus pond and weighed some white and fresh lotus roots. They each gave one to Feng Chun.
Tian Yuzhu handed the lotus root to Dahu and said, "Go home and cook some ribs."
Da Hu smiled happily and said, "Thank you, Auntie."
Feng Chun felt a little embarrassed and had mixed feelings.
However, her evil intentions did not subside, and she was secretly paying attention to the way Qin Xu looked at Tian Yuzhu.
I even thought to myself: If there is nothing else in Qin Xu's eyes, it would be really unacceptable.
At this moment, the staff who was weighing the lotus roots suddenly shouted, "Put it down. This is not a toy. Hey... Lao Huang, you..."
Everyone looked over and saw the crazy Huang Mo appearing out of nowhere, suddenly holding a lotus root in his arms.
You know, this is public property, so the staff naturally stopped him quickly.
Besides, lotus root is still a rare commodity in this era.
But Huang Mo seemed to not understand at all and ran further and further away...
Not long after he ran away, the one-eyed man followed him, panting. He held his waist while running and said, "Oh my god, this guy can run too fast. I can't catch up with him."
As soon as he saw Tian Yuzhu, he was about to call out, "Yu..."
"Uncle, let me help you find Uncle Huang!" Tian Yuzhu interrupted him in time and turned around to hand the bamboo basket to Zhao Cui: "Sisters-in-law, you go back first, I'll help find Uncle Huang and then chase you."
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