Chapter 290 Auntie Wang

One steamed egg with scallops and one fried tofu.

The staple food was five taels of rice.

When she was about to leave, she happened to meet Second Brother Liu. The two siblings hadn't seen each other for a while.

Brother Liu said excitedly, "Little sister, come and get some food?"

Liu Yinyin nodded and cut to the chase: "I'm working at the supply and marketing cooperative now and don't have time to cook for myself. Second brother, if you need to buy anything, just come back and tell me."

Brother Liu didn't know about this yet, and asked in surprise: "You went to work? Where's Yanyan?"

Liu Yinyin said frankly: "I asked another military wife to help me take care of my children..."

Second Brother Liu was still in a daze. Liu Yinyin said a few words to him and then left in a hurry.

Having to work and take care of children at the same time, it is indeed a bit busy for Liu Yinyin.

However, this is also good. Having something to do makes life fulfilling.

When they arrived at Xu Zhenzhen's house, Liu Yinyin gave her a piece of pork belly wrapped in oil paper.

This was what the two of them agreed on yesterday. The supply and marketing cooperative needs to have pork and vegetables available.

Liu Yinyin would save one copy for Xu Zhenzhen so that she wouldn't have to queue.

After starting work at the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu Yinyin found out that the cooperative only supplied pork once a week, and the exact time was uncertain.

Whether you can buy it depends on luck.

Xu Zhenzhen gave the money and the receipt to Liu Yinyin and said happily, "We haven't eaten pork for a long time at home. Today we can finally satisfy our craving."

Working in the supply and marketing cooperative makes it convenient to buy things. Just for this reason, Xu Zhenzhen is happy to help Liu Yinyin take care of the children.

Liu Yinyin took Gu Yanyan out of the house and said to her, "Sister Zhenzhen, I won't send Yanyan over this afternoon. The supply and marketing cooperative is not busy this afternoon, and I can still handle it while taking care of the children."

She had already discussed this matter with Zheng Qiangwei this morning, except for the two of them.

The other four sales clerks in the supply and marketing cooperative would bring their children there from time to time, as long as it didn't affect their work.

The supply and marketing cooperative is only busy for two hours in the morning. The rest of the time, everyone can do their own things when they have time.

Liu Yinyin saw it all in the morning. When they had nothing to do, there were people who dozed off while knitting.

Manager Jiang saw it but turned a blind eye and didn't do anything about it.

So, Liu Yinyin decided to take the kid there to play in the afternoon.

Without even going home, Liu Yinyin rode her bicycle directly back to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Zheng Qiangwei is so idle that she is dozing off at the moment.

Hearing someone coming in, he was startled. After seeing that it was Liu Yinyin and Gu Yanyan, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I was scared to death..."

It’s not good to have too little time at work. What if you fall asleep and something in the store is stolen?

Losing money is a small matter, but if you lose your job because of this, the impact will be very bad.

Liu Yinyin handed the food to her: "What are you afraid of? You are not the only one in the store."

There are a total of six sales clerks in the supply and marketing cooperative. In addition to them, there is a newcomer, Jiang Bailing, the niece of Manager Jiang.

The other three were old employees of the supply and marketing cooperative, and they were all villagers on the island.

One of them was called Luo Xiaoqiu, 25 years old, and was said to be the daughter of the village chief of a nearby fishing village.

There were two older people, a boy and a girl. The girl was Aunt Wang, who was responsible for selling and killing fish.

The man is Uncle Zhuang, who is responsible for selling pork, chicken, duck and goose meat.

At this moment, there were four people in the supply and marketing cooperative: Liu Yinyin, Zheng Qiangwei, Luo Xiaoqiu and Aunt Wang.

Jiang Bailing and Uncle Zhuang are not here, and they probably won't come this afternoon.

Zheng Qiangwei stuffed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts into Gu Yanyan's pocket.

Gu Yanyan touched his bulging pockets and grinned, "Thank you, pretty auntie..."

"Oh my." Zheng Qiangwei praised with a smile, "Our Yanyan is so cute."

Liu Yinyin smiled and urged, "Hurry up and eat, it's getting cold."

The two of them moved a small table and placed it behind the counter.

Liu Yinyin held the lunch box and did not separate. The two of them ate together with their child.

Liu Yinyin scooped half a bowl of steamed egg with scallops and was about to give it to Gu Yanyan when a figure suddenly appeared beside her.

Liu Yinyin was stunned for a moment, then greeted: "...Auntie Wang."

Aunt Wang came up with her stool and lunch box.

The supply and marketing cooperative had few employees, so there was no canteen and the employees had to solve their own food problems.

Aunt Wang's meals were what she brought from home: corn porridge, a small bowl of fish and shrimp sauce, and a salted duck egg.

Seeing the food on the table, Auntie Wang couldn't help but exclaimed: "Do you officers and their families have white rice and steamed buns to eat every day?"

Not everyone can afford fine grains these days.

For ordinary villagers, it was good enough to have coarse food to eat.

Aunt Wang's husband is the village party secretary, and he has a job, so their family conditions are pretty good.

But they could only eat fine grains during festivals.

Liu Yinyin said awkwardly: "......Not really, I just eat whatever is available in the cafeteria."

Auntie Wang said with a sigh: "The families of cadres are different. They don't even have to cook for themselves. They can just go to the cafeteria to get food and dishes."

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Zheng Rose: “…”

The two of them didn't say anything else, and for a moment, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

Aunt Wang seemed to realize that she had said something wrong. She said, "I don't mean anything else. I just envy you. By the way..."

Looking around, Auntie Wang said a little embarrassedly: "Auntie wants to ask you, there should be a lot of unmarried guys in the army, right?"

Zheng Qiangwei asked in confusion: "Auntie, why are you asking about this?"

Liu Yinyin seemed to have guessed something. She asked, "Auntie Wang, how old is your daughter?"

Aunt Wang blushed and said slowly, "Well...my daughter is nineteen this year."

Zheng Qiangwei finally understood what was going on. Aunt Wang asked this because she wanted to find a partner for her daughter in the army.

Neither Liu Yinyin nor Zheng Qiangwei had ever acted as a matchmaker, so they looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a while, Liu Yinyin said, "Auntie Wang, we have to find out about this matter as well."

"Yes." Zheng Qiangwei agreed, "Auntie Wang, why don't you tell me first, what kind of person do you want to find for your daughter? And...what does your daughter do?"

She originally wanted to ask, what does Lady Wang's daughter look like?

After thinking about it, I decided to give up. A mother will never mind an ugly son. In Aunt Wang's eyes, her daughter must be good in every way.

Aunt Wang said quickly, "I don't have any requirements, as long as he is a good person. My daughter doesn't have a job, and usually helps with housework at home."

"However, my daughter is very hardworking and she cooks well. If I hadn't said yes to her father, there would be many young men in the village who would like to marry her."

It's just that she and her husband have high standards and don't want to find a son-in-law for their daughter who makes a living by fishing. Not only is the work of fishermen hard, it is also very dangerous.