Chapter 62: Buying New Year's Goods

Shen Ruoqing has been ignoring Lin Chen for some time. She counted the days and found it a bit strange that Lin Chen hadn't come to her to ask for things in such a long time.

Could it be that he felt guilty after discovering that he knew Wei Shuangshuang when he watched a movie last time?

Lin Chen will graduate from high school next year. If he can't find a job by then, he will have to go to the countryside to work. Lin Chen will definitely not let Wei Shuangshuang pass on this opportunity so easily, or take the initiative? You can't really let Lin Chen get the job.

Shen Ruoqing wondered whether he should go look for Wei Shuangshuang again.

The New Year is approaching, and everything that needs to be prepared at home has to be prepared. Old Lady Ji got up early and took her daughter-in-law to the county town to buy things for the New Year. Naturally, Old Lady Ji also had to take Shen Ruoqing with her on such occasions.

Han had to take care of Shen Xiangdong, and Du was pregnant, so Wang had to come along. Wang thought this was a good time to gain favor with Old Lady Ji, so she put on her new coat and followed Old Lady Ji to the place where they were waiting for the ox cart.

When the ox cart arrived, Old Lady Ji paid the fare and the three of them got on the swaying ox cart.

There are a lot of things to prepare for the Chinese New Year, such as red stickers, biscuits and pastries, dried fruits, eggs, meat and all kinds of New Year goods.

There is no need to prepare eggs and meat, as we have them at home. Just kill a chicken on New Year’s Eve and you can have a prosperous new year.

Other things still need to be purchased.

During this period, the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county are crowded. Some good things that are rarely seen at other times will be available at this time, and there will be a wider variety of canned goods, and some things do not require tickets.

For example, the cheapest candies and snacks don’t require tickets at this time, you can just buy them with cash. Anyway, as long as there is something that doesn’t require a ticket, the queue will be very long.

Shen Ruoqing said that she wanted to buy some small things and asked Old Lady Ji and Wang to go buy them first.

"Mom, let's buy some canned food?" Wang looked at the row of canned food on the counter and felt a little greedy.

"Do you have a canned ticket?" Old Mrs. Ji gave Wang a displeased look.

Wang sighed and said, "Yes, there are no tickets."

By the time Old Mrs. Ji had bought most of the New Year's goods, Shen Ruoqing had also returned from shopping.

Shen Ruoqing came back with a net bag full of things. She put several canned fruits, a box of malted milk, a few packets of cakes, and a bag of sugar into her pocket.

"Hey, sister-in-law, where did you get all these good things?" Wang called out in a low voice. She helped Shen Ruoqing take the net bag and couldn't let go of the canned fruits inside. How come there must be more than twenty things in one net bag?

"My brother gave it to us as a New Year gift."

"Your brother is really good to you. He is very generous to you." There were four canned fruits in Pea, and Wang thought that she should get one.

"Okay, let's go back. Put these things in the basket first and cover it with cloth so that no one can see it." Old Mrs. Ji said.

Wang quickly put the canned food and malted milk on the bottom layer of the bamboo basket, put the cakes and sugar on top, and then put the other things in. The group walked to the place where they were waiting for the ox cart.

Fortunately, they arrived early and there was just enough space on the ox cart for the three of them.

"Wait a minute, wait for me!" Just as the ox cart was about to start, a shout came from behind. The old man driving the ox cart looked back and saw that it was Aunt Qi carrying a large bamboo basket.

"It's full and there's no room left," said the old man on the ox cart.

Aunt Qi's eyes were rolling around. Seeing that Shen Ruoqing didn't carry anything, she pointed at her and said, "Isn't there a girl here who doesn't carry anything? Shen's girl, you don't have anything to carry, so give your seat to me. I'll remember your kindness."

"Why should my darling give up his seat for you? Do you want my darling to walk back? You didn't take the ox cart in the morning, so why should you ask others to give up their seat for you now?" Old Mrs. Ji immediately got angry and started complaining.

"Who says that if you didn't come here by ox cart, you can't go back by ox cart? Everyone came here to buy New Year's goods today. It would be a waste for a little girl like her to sit there without buying anything. I'm old, can't I respect the elderly and love the young? Young people don't need to ride an ox cart. They should just walk more and exercise." Aunt Qi was not afraid of Old Lady Ji. Anyway, the two of them didn't get along well in the village. Aunt Qi had always been good friends with Ji Meihua.

"How can this be true? Everything should be based on first come, first served. Aunt Qi, you can't blame others for being late. It's not that you are right just because you are old. Since you know that you should respect the elderly and love the young, you have to love the young first, then I can respect the elderly." Shen Ruoqing originally wanted to help Aunt Qi bring things back, but now there was no need to do that and he just started to retort.

Aunt Qi was furious and tried to reach out to pull Shen Ruoqing down, but was stopped by Wang and Old Lady Ji.

"If you don't let me get on, I won't let you leave!" Since the New Year's goods were being carried on the back, Aunt Qi simply grabbed the ox cart with her hands.

"Miss Ruoqing, why don't you give your seat to her? Otherwise, none of us can move." Someone on the ox cart advised.

"Why don't you give up your seat to her? Stop pretending to be saints. Can't you give up your seat? Why do you have to let my sweetheart give up her seat?" Old Lady Ji said, "Aren't everyone carrying things? Ruoqing girl didn't carry anything, and she didn't carry anything. She walked very briskly."

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"You can't say that. It was clearly Ruoqing who came first."

Seeing that someone on the ox cart was leaning towards her, Aunt Qi became proud and said, "Girl from the Shen family, hurry up and give up your seat, or no one will be able to leave."

Shen Ruoqing didn't buy it. She quietly held a silver needle in her hand and directly pierced Aunt Qi's hands. In the eyes of others, it was Shen Ruoqing who slapped Aunt Qi's hands. Aunt Qi screamed and loosened her hands.

"Uncle Wu, why don't you hurry up and leave?"

"Oh, oh, okay." Uncle Wu, who was driving the ox cart, came to his senses, whipped the ox cart, and it started moving.

Aunt Qi wanted to quickly grab the ox cart again, but her hands were so painful and numb, so she could only watch the ox cart go away.

"You bitch! Hiss—"

The Chinese New Year is also the best time for black market business. Liu Xinyi bought and sold a lot of things through Dazhu. Although she didn't make as much money as the low-priced grain, she sold mostly daily necessities, but she still made a lot. Liu Xinyi connected with Dazhu, and then Sun Taohua sold it to the nearby village brigade. It was also Sun Taohua's good luck that she was never caught after selling so many times.

Because the big pillar in the middle took a layer of profit, the profit was not that much, but it was enough for Sun Taohua to buy a decent set of clothes. When Sun Taohua stood beside Lin Chen in new clothes and new rubber shoes, Shen Ruoqing thought he was seeing things.

Usually, no one walks on this road, because it is full of potholes. Shen Ruoqing chose to walk this road because he had "picked up" a wild rabbit and wanted to make a pair of rabbit wool gloves for his children at home as a reward. I didn't expect to see this.

"Brother Chen..."

Oh wow, they're holding hands! (End of this chapter)