Chapter 81 Going to the Fourth Brother's House
It took only three or four days for everyone to dig up all the kudzu roots. After digging up the kudzu roots, the hearts of Dashitou Village were at ease. The kudzu field was indeed very large, and everyone, including the educated youth, was given hundreds of kilograms of kudzu roots. When digging kudzu roots in the deep mountains, they also encountered wild boars. The strong laborers of Dashitou Village were all there, and they were armed with weapons. With a large number of people, seeing a wild boar was like seeing free meat dangling in front of them. Everyone was very brave and killed three wild boars and shared some meat. Now, the villagers praised Liu Xinyi as a lucky star.
Captain Tang also rewarded Liu Xinyi with 200 centimeters, a few industrial coupons and ten yuan, and the Liu family got the most wild boar meat. This was the first time that money was used as a reward in the village, which made Ji Meihua very proud. She showed off at the door of Old Lady Ji that day, saying that with these industrial coupons, she could buy an iron pot. Old Lady Ji had to pour a basin of urine at the door to drive Ji Meihua away.
"This Ji Meihua, it's just a small reward, but she's so proud. Didn't she just get a few industrial coupons and an iron pot? She acts like everyone has those things." Old Mrs. Ji was in a bad mood, and she got angry when she saw Ji Meihua's proud look.
The Shen family does have an iron pot. Last time, Shen Xiangbei gave them a bunch of colorful bills, which included a lot of industrial coupons. The next day, Shen Ruoqing bought the iron pot and took it home.
At that time, when she got a new iron pot, Old Lady Ji didn't show off in the village, thinking that she should be low-key. Unexpectedly, Ji Meihua showed off the iron pot here before she even bought it. If she had known earlier, she should have gone to her house and had a good talk with her old sister when she bought the iron pot. Thinking of this, Old Lady Ji regretted it so much. If it weren't for Guaibao stopping her from showing off, she would have told the whole village about it. Would Ji Meihua still have the nerve to show off in front of her? "Mom, why should we be angry? They just haven't seen these things very often, so they treasure them so much and want everyone in the world to know about them. Our family is not like our fourth brother, who is so promising that he bought two iron pots. It's enough for us to live a good life behind closed doors."
Shen Xiangbei's industrial coupons were not enough, so Shen Ruoqing had to supplement the money to buy two iron pots. However, she was afraid of being exposed, so she didn't let Old Lady Ji show off.
"Guaibao is right. Let Ji Meihua be arrogant for a while. Humph." Old Mrs. Ji snorted proudly. The Shen family is not short of food now. Thinking of the two precious iron pots, Old Mrs. Ji rarely thought of her little son.
"We have enough food at home. There are so many kudzu roots that will just sit there for no reason. Let's give some to the fourth child. We can also give him some of the lettuce and cucumbers at home."
Shen Xiangbei has been working hard to pay back the money in the past few months. Old Lady Ji still feels very good about her youngest son. She has paid back another 100 yuan in the past few months, and she also knows to send bills and other things home. It turns out that although the fourth son is filial, he always has his own little thoughts and is very cunning. Maybe because he lent him money and grain, Shen Xiangbei was grateful to Old Lady Ji and Shen Ruoqing, and sent all the good things to the old Shen family.
Shen Ruoqing sat on the tractor with a bamboo basket on her back. Her basket only contained some fresh vegetables, and kudzu root was in another basket. Old Lady Ji wanted to come along, but was persuaded by Shen Ruoqing. She planned to stay at her fourth brother's house for one night.
When they arrived at the tube-shaped building where Shen Xiangbei lived, Shen Xiangxi helped carry the things upstairs.
"Knock knock."
There was a knock on the door, and the person who opened the door was Su Jieru's younger brother Su Qiang.
Su Qiang saw Shen Ruoqing and the other person and turned around and shouted inside: "Brother-in-law, your brother and sister are here."
Shen Xiangbei heard the noise and came out, while Shen Ruoqing and Shen Xiangxi entered the house.
"Fourth brother, mom asked us to bring you something." Shen Ruoqing put down the bamboo basket after entering the house and took out something. Su Qiang I looked at it with interest at first, but when I saw that it was some agricultural products, I lost interest, felt a little disdainful, and turned back to my room.
Niu Baozhu, Su Qiang's new wife in his room, saw Su Qiang coming back and asked, "Who's here?"
"Who else could it be? My brother-in-law's poor relative, bringing some worthless agricultural products."
"I'll go take a look."
Shen Xiangbei was quite happy to see his younger sister and third brother coming. He asked them to sit down and poured them a glass of sugar water.
"Oh, this is Ruoqing, right? She's really pretty. This blouse looks really nice. Is it made of Dacron? It really suits you." Niu Baozhu was a little jealous when she saw Shen Ruoqing's clothes. Didn't Su Qiang say that she was a poor relative? How could she still afford Dacron?
"Thank you Sister Baozhu for the compliment." Shen Ruoqing thanked her obediently. When Niu Baozhu and Su Qiang got married, Old Lady Ji brought her to the wedding banquet, so she recognized Niu Baozhu.
"Fourth brother, these are vegetables grown by ourselves, and there are also these kudzu roots. You can make kudzu powder yourself. It is good for the body, especially for the elderly. You can let my sister-in-law's parents eat more." Old Mrs. Ji did not let Shen Ruoqing bring mushrooms, eggs, and meat. Old Mrs. Ji felt that having these things was enough, and the mushrooms and eggs could be sold for money.
"Kuang root, this thing is good!" Shen Xiangbei said, "The dishes at home are also good. I like eating our dishes the most. I don't know why our dishes are better than those bought outside. They look so fresh. My father-in-law likes it too."
"Fourth brother, I want to stay at your house for two more days." Shen Ruoqing glanced at Niu Baozhu, who looked a little reluctant.
"You must be welcome. Fourth brother will ask your fourth sister-in-law to buy a pound of meat tomorrow." Shen Xiangbei has loved his younger sister since she was a child, but as this little sister grew up, Mrs. Ji's demands became more and more excessive. In the difficult years in the past few years, she came to ask for money every now and then. Shen Xiangbei also had to consider his own family. But Mrs. Ji was willing to lend him money and food, which made Shen Xiangbei feel ashamed. Now he has made up his mind to be good to his younger sister. So after he became the section chief, he gave all his bills to the Shen family.
"Fourth brother, please take good care of my younger sister. I will go back first as I have things to do in the team." Shen Xiangxi finished drinking the sugar water, wiped his mouth, stood up and was about to leave.
After Shen Xiangxi left, Niu Baozhu felt bored and went back to her room.
Shen Ruoqing looked around, "Where's Rongrong?"
"Rongrong is practicing calligraphy in the room. Rongrong, your aunt is here to play!"
When Shen Rongrong heard this, she happily threw down the copybook and walked over: "Aunt! Rongrong missed you."
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"Good boy Rongrong." Shen Ruoqing took out two White Rabbit candies from his pocket, "For you."
"My aunt is so nice." Shen Rongrong narrowed her eyes and smiled.
"Fourth brother, I'm going out for a walk to see if there are any new clothes in the department store." Shen Ruoqing said.
"Okay, don't leave yet. I'll get you some money."
"No need, Fourth Brother. Mom already gave me money when I came out." Shen Ruoqing did not take Shen Xiangbei's money.
After leaving the building, Shen Ruoqing went to the grain station first. The people at the grain station saw her as a little girl coming here to buy grain, and said, "Little girl, there is no grain left at the grain station now, it's all sold out."
Hearing this, Shen Ruoqing paused. No wonder there was no one here. It wasn't even the summer harvest yet, and the grain station was out of food?
(End of this chapter)