The woman who said the sour words was confused. "Strange, why do these people follow me every time one of them leaves? Humph, you want to isolate me, but I don't want to bother with you. Don't expect me to call you next time if something new happens."
She has said this more than once or twice, but every time there is something new, she is still happy to call people over to share it together.
People who say sour things are not bad people at heart, they just can't control their mouths. Chen Qiangwei was taking risks when selling things to Aunt Li, so Aunt Li excluded her.
Aunt Li poured Chen Qiangwei a bowl of water and said, "My niece, come inside and sit down. Have a bowl of water to quench your thirst and have a slice of watermelon."
Watching Chen Qiangwei finish her sugar water and eat the watermelon lovingly, Aunt Li asked hurriedly, "Niece, what good things are you having this time?"
Chen Qiangwei took the vegetables and rabbit meat out of the basket, revealing the rice, peanut oil and sesame oil inside.
Aunt Li's eyes lit up. "I want two bottles, no, three bottles of peanut oil, and one bottle of sesame oil. How many pounds is this bag of rice? I want them all, and two rabbits, too. Niece, let me put the things away first, and we'll settle the bill later."
Aunt Li took the things into her room and hid them while she was speaking. If she didn't hide them quickly, when those guys came, it would be like bandits entering the village.
Chen Qiangwei smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. Take your time and put your things away first. What's our relationship? I can't trust myself, but I won't trust you either."
Chen Qiangwei's words pleased Aunt Li, "Hahaha, niece Qiangwei is really good at talking. What she said made me feel comfortable."
Just as Aunt Li hid her things, her old girlfriends came over and said, "Are you home, Aunt Li? I'm out of salt. I want to borrow some from you."
"Old Li, my daughter brought me some food. I'll bring some over for you to try."
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Anyway, there are all kinds of excuses.
Aunt Li closed the door, breathed a sigh of relief, and clapped her hands, "Here I come."
As soon as the door was opened, six aunties and grandmas rushed in, and the last one even considerately locked the door.
"Niece, what good stuff do you have today? I brought all the tickets and money I've saved up recently. You can exchange them however you want."
Chen Qiangwei pointed to the basket and said, "Dear aunties and sisters, today we have rabbit meat, peanut oil, sesame oil, and some vegetables."
The prices are the same as before. A rabbit weighs about 2 jin and costs 2 yuan per rabbit. A bottle of peanut oil weighing 1 jin costs 2 yuan. A bottle of sesame oil weighs 4 liang and costs 1.2 yuan. Green vegetables cost 2 cents per bunch.
(Warm reminder: The price of sesame oil in the 1970s cannot be found online, so don’t worry too much about the price. If anyone knows the price, please let me know in the comments section. Thank you!)
Several aunties and grandmas with extremely strong fighting power pounced on the basket.
"I want three rabbits, two bottles of peanut oil, and one bottle of sesame oil."
"Get lost, you want so much, what are we going to do? Let's see how much our eldest niece brought and then we can split it up."
Seeing their emotions and voices growing louder and louder, Aunt Li quickly reminded them, "Keep your voices down! Be careful not to attract others."
These people paused, and then began to whisper to each other like mosquitoes in a meeting.
Chen Qiangwei was almost amused by these lovely aunts and ladies, but she didn't say anything and let them distribute the things freely. Since she didn't need a ticket for the things she brought, the prices followed the black market price.
The aunties and grandmas who often take the opportunity to buy high-priced grain are familiar with the market conditions and can accept these prices.
Nowadays, every household is short of meat and oil, and the husbands, sons, daughters-in-law, and daughters of these aunts and grannies are more or less formal workers in textile factories, so they don't care about this little money.
Besides, Chen Qiangwei only comes once a month, and this little food will be gone in a few days.
After a while, they finally distributed everything, and everyone had at least one rabbit, a bottle of peanut oil and a bottle of sesame oil.
Chen Qiangwei, "This time I'll only exchange it for cash, no receipts required. Please return the glass bottle to me next month."
After happily giving the money to Chen Qiangwei, these people put the things in a basket, covered it with a curtain and went home. Their son and grandson at home had been clamoring for meat these days.
Next is Aunt Li's place. Rice is 50 cents per pound without a ticket. This bag contains 50 pounds, a total of 25 yuan; 2 pieces of rabbit meat, a total of 4 yuan, three bottles of peanut oil, a total of 6 yuan; sesame oil, 1.2 yuan; five bunches of green vegetables, each bunch per pound, a total of 10 cents; the total is 36.3 yuan.
Chen Qiangwei rounded off the difference for Aunt Li and earned 36 yuan.
This time she brought a total of 12 rabbits, 14 bottles of peanut oil, 7 bottles of sesame oil, 50 kilograms of rice and some vegetables, and earned a total of 85.7 yuan.
Except for the rabbit, everything else was produced in her space. After deducting the 24 yuan for the rabbit, the rest was hers.
Aunt Li tried hard to get Chen Qiangwei to stay for dinner, but Chen Qiangwei declined.
"Auntie, I have to go see Sister Xiang Hong soon. Next time I have time, I will definitely stay and try your cooking."
When Aunt Li heard that you were going to visit her daughter, she stopped trying to persuade you to stay. "Next time, go visit your sister Xiang Hong first, and then come over. You must have a meal at my house, otherwise I will feel embarrassed to take advantage of you again."
There is always a buyer for the things Chen Qiangwei brings, but she always chooses her home as the venue, which gives her face.
Because of this "eldest niece" and the big deal once a month, Aunt Li has become a well-known figure among her old girlfriends. Now, if anyone wants to have something good, they will think of her first.
Aunt Li reluctantly sent Chen Qiangwei to the gate of the family compound.
"Comrade Chen Qiangwei, what a coincidence! I was just looking for you."
Chen Qiangwei looked closely and found that it was Shi Hanquan, the deputy captain of the cannery's transportation department, whom she had rescued a year ago.
"Hello, Master Shi, what are you doing?"
"Come and see my mother-in-law. It's a rare opportunity to meet you, but this gives me the chance to repay you. Please do me a favor. I'll treat you to dinner at the state-owned restaurant at noon."
Shi Hanquan saw that there were many people in the yard and didn't say much. He just said one sentence when he passed by Chen Qiangwei, "Formal employee."
Chen Qiangwei paused, "Okay, thank you, Master Shi."
Aunt Li said, "Niece Qiangwei, you know Old Lady Wang's son-in-law. He's a well-known capable man here."
Chen Qiangwei glanced at the people who were listening attentively and said loudly, "Last year, by chance, I helped Master Shi with a favor. I didn't expect he still remembers it. Auntie, I'm leaving now. I'll come again next time."
Chen Qiangwei first found a secluded place to disguise herself, then walked around and came to a dilapidated house. She started counting from the left side of the door. When she reached the fourteenth brick, she stopped, picked out the green brick, took out a roll of banknotes, and then waved her hand. 20 bags of rice and 5 barrels of peanut oil (10 jin/barrel) suddenly appeared in the house.
Then she left in another direction. An hour after she left, several people came with carts and quickly loaded the things onto the carts and took them away.
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