Chapter 56: Borrowing Grain Trouble

The next morning, Shen Ruoqing brought the hairpin to Song Feifei.

When Song Feifei saw it, she liked it very much and put on the hairpin immediately. She didn't want to take advantage of Shen Ruoqing, so she stuffed fifty cents into Shen Ruoqing's pocket.

This beautiful hair flower made Song Feifei get the attention of almost all the girls in the class, and they all gathered around Song Feifei to discuss it. After learning that the hair flower was brought by Shen Ruoqing, several beauty-conscious girls immediately went to Shen Ruoqing.

"I'm sorry, I only have this pair. If I give it to Feifei, I won't have any left." Shen Ruoqing smiled and declined. Private transactions were not allowed. Giving Song Feifei a pair was out of friendship. If she sold it to other girls casually, who knows who would report her.

However, this also gave Shen Ruoqing some ideas. It seems that this type of small decoration is very popular among these little girls. Maybe he can do this business in the future.

Seeing that all her glory was snatched away by Song Feifei, Liu Xinyi suppressed her unhappiness and her resentment towards Shen Ruoqing deepened.

The final exam ended quickly on this day.

Shen Ruoqing felt that he had done well in the exam. The difficulty of the final exam was much lower than that of the joint entrance exam, so it was no problem for him to get first place. Shen Hansong, who came out, also looked relaxed. It seemed that Shen Hansong had done well in the exam.

"Ruoqing, don't forget to go to the movies together tomorrow!" Song Feifei waved to Shen Ruoqing and left the school.

Shen Ruoqing waited for a while, and after all the little kids in the house came out, they walked home together.

"Aunt, you are so amazing. The review questions you taught me last night appeared on the test today." Shen Hansong said.

The school will be on holiday after the exam, and you can go to collect your transcript in a few days.

Shen Ruoqing looked at the expressions of the little kids at home. Only Shen Yue and Shen Hanwu looked a little ugly, and Shen Yun looked a little nervous. The expressions of the others were all fine.

Shen Hanwen came over and said, "Aunt, we finally finished the exam. Should we celebrate? Or you can tell grandma that we can have dumpling soup tonight."

Shen Ruoqing thought for a while and said, "It's not impossible." She hadn't eaten dumpling soup for a long time.

When Shen Ruoqing got home and hadn't even opened her mouth yet, she discovered that there were guests at home.

It’s Cui Zhaodi who is here.

Cui Zhaodi came to borrow grain.

The harvests of several nearby production teams were poor, and Wang's parents said they had run out of food, so they hoped that Old Lady Ji could lend them 200 kilograms of grain.

Old Mrs. Ji said with a long face: "My dear mother-in-law, every household is short of food these days. You asked for 200 kilograms of food. How can we have so much surplus food to lend to you? Every household doesn't have enough food."

Cui Zhaodi didn't buy it. She was obviously prepared. "I believe other families are short of food, but your family is definitely not. Everyone knows that your son is very successful. I heard that you made two new sets of clothes for the children. You even exchanged food for bicycle tickets. If your family didn't have surplus food, would you dare to do that? Also, your family has so many chickens and ducks. If you didn't have food, would you dare to raise so many chickens and ducks? Mother-in-law, our family is really short of food, otherwise I wouldn't have the nerve to ask for this. I'm not asking for it in vain. I'll pay it back after the summer harvest next year."

Old Mrs. Ji looked back at Wang, who shrank her neck in fear.

This second son's wife can't keep her mouth shut. She tells everything. Now Cui Zhaodi is bringing up these things. If she doesn't borrow the grain, won't she be waiting to be criticized?

"These are all rumors from outside. To make new clothes, my fourth son happened to exchange some cotton and cloth coupons that were about to expire with his colleagues. It would be a waste if they weren't used. Besides, we haven't replaced our cotton-padded jackets for many years, and the old ones are no longer warm. There are many people in the family, so we can only replace them for the children, and the adults have no share. It's because we still raise a few chickens and ducks, and food is tight, but we rely on the chicken butts bank to exchange some for household expenses. There is really no surplus food at home, but since you are here, I can only grit my teeth and tighten my belt and give you some. But two hundred kilograms is definitely not enough. There are so many people in the family, so I can only lend you twenty kilograms of sweet potatoes."

"Twenty kilograms of sweet potatoes? What's that? Mother-in-law, your family can afford to exchange fine grains for train tickets, but you're giving me twenty kilograms of sweet potatoes to get rid of? That doesn't make sense."

"Mom, please lend me some food. Don't we still have food at home? I've checked the cellar. Just lend me some." Wang said in a low voice, shrinking her head.

"What grain is there? Don't you know how many kilograms of grain we got in the autumn harvest?" Old Lady Ji glared at Wang. If Wang dared to tell anyone that her family exchanged vegetables for grain, she would let the second son divorce her! Besides, when did she dare to go to the cellar to check the grain?

"My dear relatives, my daughter has already told me that you have food at home. It would be inappropriate to fool me with 20 kilograms of sweet potatoes, right?" Cui Zhaodi had a look of confidence.

"Aunt Cui, do you think our family is a wealthy landlord? Where can we get so much food? Okay, Aunt Cui, you don't believe me, right? Come, follow me, I'll take you to our cellar." Shen Ruoqing immediately walked towards the cellar. She had the key to the cellar.

"Good boy!" Old Mrs. Ji called out and followed.

Cui Zhaodi looked at Shen Ruoqing doubtfully as he opened the lock and went in alone.

"Why don't you come in? Come in and take a look." Shen Ruoqing turned his head and stuck it out and said.

“Just take a look!” Cui Zhaodi felt that her daughter would not lie to her. Although she didn’t know where the Shen family got the food, since Wang said there was food, then there must be food.

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As a result, everyone who came in was dumbfounded. There was food in the cellar, but it was all coarse grains, and not a lot of it. There were only about 20 to 30 kilograms of cornmeal.

"Where did the food go?" Wang screamed.

Old Mrs. Ji was also shocked for a moment, but she quickly calmed down. She thought Shen Ruoqing must have hidden the food in advance: "Mother-in-law, I've told you that our family doesn't have much surplus food. Do you believe it now? I also know that your family is in trouble. How about this, I'll lend you 30 kilograms of sweet potatoes. This can't be more. You've seen what our family is like. I still need to rely on these foods until next summer's harvest."

"Even so, thirty kilograms of sweet potatoes are too little..." Cui Zhaodi gritted her teeth. She was unwilling to just get thirty kilograms of sweet potatoes.

Old Lady Ji's face darkened. "What else do you want? You've seen the situation of our family. It's just superficial. The thirty kilograms of food was saved by me tightening my belt from the mouths of my family. If you don't want it, then send me away!"

In the end, Cui Zhaodi had no choice but to take thirty kilograms of sweet potatoes and leave the Shen family.

"Mom, is it true that we have no food to eat?" Mrs. Du became uneasy.

"I clearly saw a lot of cornmeal here last time, how come there is only this little left?" Wang murmured. She couldn't have seen it wrong.

(End of this chapter)