Chapter 340: Snatch

Liu Yinyin was helpless.

Since the big market, not many people come to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things.

When it was almost time to get off work, Auntie Wang asked Liu Yinyin, "Do you want to bring some fish home to eat today?"

The seafood ban period has ended. In the past few days, the supply of seafood by the supply and marketing cooperatives has increased day by day, and sometimes it cannot be sold out in a day.

"No need, auntie. We have fish at home." Liu Yinyin said with a smile.

We did get a lot of fish last time we gathered together. Liu Yinyin dried them and stored them. They were enough to eat for a long time.

Auntie Wang sighed as she looked at the big fish in the basin. Suddenly she thought of something and asked, "By the way, my sister's family sent me a bag of tea. Yinyin, do you want to exchange some?"

Knowing that Liu Yinyin's family is well-off and willing to spend money on her, whenever Aunt Wang has any fresh food, she will ask Liu Yinyin first if she wants it.

Of course, most of the time, Liu Yinyin would buy it.

Tea?

The price of tea at that time was not cheap. Liu Yinyin's family didn't really like to drink tea. They would only make two cups of tea to entertain guests occasionally...

Thinking about it, Liu Yinyin was not very interested and asked casually: "Auntie, how do you change the tea leaves?"

Aunt Wang sighed and said, "It's not a very good thing. My sister's husband's family specializes in producing tea. Some of the poor quality ones can't be sold, so they can only keep them for themselves."

In fact, Aunt Wang has tasted both good and bad tea, and she can't tell the difference.

But, they are rich people who are particular about tea. They only drink the tenderest part of the tea leaves.

Aunt Wang didn't understand this, but the tea leaves her younger sister sent were not old leaves.

"It's actually quite good to drink. If you want to exchange it for two kilograms of flour, I'll give you half a bag, which should be about five or six kilograms."

People at home are not used to drinking tea. In the countryside, we usually entertain guests with sugar water.

A bag of tea is too much to finish.

In the past, Aunt Wang would have given it away as a gift.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

One liang is equivalent to ten yuan, and most people buy tea leaves at one or two yuan.

Five or six pounds...Auntie Wang is really generous.

It only costs two kilograms of flour, it's almost like giving it away for free.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Auntie, I'll give you two kilograms of flour and twenty eggs."

Liu Yinyin still wants some tea leaves, but she can sell them to the system.

Opportunities are rare, and tea leaves are relatively durable. Stock up some at home, you may need it in the future, and it’s not expensive anyway.

"Okay." Aunt Wang said happily. No wonder she liked to do business with Liu Yinyin.

Unlike others, she doesn't like to take advantage of others.

After work, I went to the nursery to pick up Gu Yanyan and took him home for lunch.

There was food at home today, so Liu Yinyin didn't get any food from the cafeteria and only bought five taels of rice.

After returning home, Liu Yinyin cut a pound of pork and made a dish of stir-fried pork with celery.

I also stir-fried some greens and fried some pork fat to eat in the evening.

After dinner, I sent Gu Yanyan to the nursery.

Liu Yinyin doesn't have to go to work this afternoon, so she plans to pack some food and send it back home while she has some free time.

It just so happened that Gu Cheng was not at home at the moment, so it was convenient for her to smuggle more food out of the system.

Harvesting in autumn is very hard work. Mr. and Mrs. Liu are getting older, so I have to send them more good things to help them replenish their bodies.

Liu Yinyin packed ten kilograms of flour, ten kilograms of rice, a one-kilogram bag of dried abalone, a one-kilogram bag of dried shrimps, a bag of brown sugar, and a bag of dried fruit.

There are also two pieces of cloth for Mrs. Liu and Huang Xiaoyue.

The fabric is for making clothes for nephews and nieces.

In the past few months, Huang Xiaoyue has sent her many things...

Liu Yinyin thought about it, then packed a bag of dried scallops and a bag of millet for Huang Xiaoyue.

The package was very big, and Liu Yinyin wrote a letter and stuffed it inside.

Then I rode my bike to the post office to mail something.

In the evening, Aunt Wang specially brought her half a bag of tea.

It was agreed upon in the morning, and Liu Yinyin gave her two kilograms of flour and twenty eggs.

Aunt Wang smiled and said, "Haicao is back today. She is pregnant. These good things can just help her replenish her body..."

Liu Yinyin was shocked when she heard this: "...Auntie, Haicao has a child?"

Haicao has only been married for a month, this speed is really fast.

"Yes, but the baby is still young." Aunt Wang smiled so much that wrinkles appeared in her eyes.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Congratulations, auntie."

Aunt Wang waved her hands and said, "Yinyin, I have something else I want to ask you for help with. Haicao is pregnant, and I want to collect some fabric to make two new sets of clothes for my grandson."

"However, I don't have enough cloth coupons on hand. If you have extra cloth coupons, I will buy them from you."

As for other things, Liu Yinyin may not have them.

But the tickets...Liu Yinyin really saved a lot of tickets, including cloth tickets, meat tickets, sugar tickets and so on.

Just this afternoon, she stuffed a stack of receipts into a package and sent it back home.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Auntie, when Gu Cheng and I get our salary subsidy next month, I'll give you the cloth coupons, okay?"

She often made new clothes, so in the eyes of outsiders, she should not have many cloth coupons on hand.

"Any time."

Haicao is still young, so there is no rush to make clothes for her.

It's the autumn harvest season.

Although the people on the island did not farm, they harvested food as quickly as possible.

The higher-ups will also arrange for villagers on the island to go to other places to help with the harvest.

Of course, participation is voluntary, and there will be corresponding compensation if you go.

In any case, without land there is no food, and the people on the island need to exchange food with others.

Going to other places to help with harvesting is also one of their ways to obtain food.

At this time, everyone is calling for hard work, and although participation is voluntary, most people will still actively sign up.

People from family courtyards and supply and marketing cooperatives can also participate.

Moreover, Liu Yinyin heard from old employees of the supply and marketing cooperative that Manager Jiang wanted to gain a good reputation.

Every year, a person is assigned to participate in the harvesting.

There are more employees in the supply and marketing cooperative this year. I heard that two people will be assigned, a new employee and an old employee.

Moreover, Manager Jiang did not confuse public and private matters and directly arranged for his own niece Jiang Bailing to participate in the robbery.

There is nothing that can be done about it, or perhaps Manager Jiang has no other choice.

Among the three new employees, Zheng Qiangwei definitely cannot go because she is pregnant.

Liu Yinyin couldn't leave either, and had to go outside the island to help with the harvest, which would take several days.

Liu Yinyin has a child. Who will take care of the child if she leaves?

Therefore, Jiang Bailing is the most suitable candidate.

As soon as the news came out, Jiang Bailing hurried to find Liu Yinyin.

"Sister Yinyin, last time I asked you to find out about Teacher Qiu, how is your inquiry going?"

Working in the fields was so tiring that Jiang Bailing wanted to avoid this robbery by pretending to find a partner.