Chapter 373 Lantern Festival

He carried a basket and a barrel, and brought his two children with him.

"Second sister-in-law." Liu Yinyin said briefly, "Rongwei, the girl who lives next door to me, is pregnant. She wants to find someone to help her with housework. She gets 28 yuan a month."

"See if you can do it?"

"...What?" Mrs. Liu's eyes lit up. "Twenty-eight yuan? Just to do some housework?"

Liu Yinyin hummed: "Help her with washing clothes, cooking, cleaning, and keeping an eye on her, just some housework."

"Yes, I can do it!" Mrs. Liu said hurriedly.

If you have money, would you be unhappy to make it?

Besides, just by doing some housework, I can earn more than 20 yuan a month, which is not much less than that of ordinary workers.

Brother Liu earns about thirty yuan a month.

If she also had a salary...the couple together would make almost sixty yuan a month!

Mrs. Liu suppressed her excitement and said, "Thank you, little sister, for introducing me to such a good job."

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "You can go to her house and ask her later."

She was just helping to make some connections. For other matters, Mrs. Liu had to discuss it with Zheng Qiangwei herself.

As she had to hurry to work, Liu Yinyin didn't stay long and left after she finished her business.

After the New Year, the weather becomes warmer day by day.

Life on the island has returned to normal.

However, maybe I’m short of money. Recently, the supply and marketing cooperatives have supplied a lot of seafood products.

I heard from Auntie Wang that during the last big market on the island, the area that had been previously divided was almost full to the point where there was not enough space for the villagers setting up their stalls.

"Alas." Aunt Wang sighed, "Building this house has emptied our family's savings. We must work hard now."

The only way for villagers on the island to make money is to go fishing.

The money earned can be used to buy food for the family, various household items, and build a house...

In fact, life is not easy. If a natural disaster occurs, it is easy to lose your life.

However, there are still a few months before the sea ban period, so Liu Yinyin is not in a hurry to dry the seafood.

Just buy some fresh food every day.

Today, the supply and marketing cooperative supplied a large number of red shrimps...

It was brought from the sea by fishermen early in the morning.

The red shrimp is still fresh, and the wild production of this thing is not high.

The head is big and the body is small, but the meat is very tender, so among all the shrimps, the price of red shrimp is a bit expensive.

Moreover, red shrimps have big heads and a lot of roe inside, which can be used to make delicious shrimp oil...

It is suitable for cooking porridge and stewing soup, and it is fresh and delicious.

The seafood products supplied by the supply and marketing cooperatives are generally bought by people from family courtyards.

There are still a lot of red shrimps left today.

When she got off work, Liu Yinyin directly bought eight kilograms of dried shrimps.

Buy some more red shrimps and dry them at home. Then send some to Huang Xiaoyue. You can also stock up a kilogram or two for yourself.

Auntie Wang guessed, "Why? Buy it and dry it?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Send some to my hometown."

Auntie Wang sighed and said, "You cadres' families are more conscious than others. You always think of your parents' families when you have good things."

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Aunt Wang was a person who could not keep secrets. She muttered to Liu Yinyin, "Last time, Hai Cao sent two kilograms of pig heads to her family, which really pissed off her in-laws."

Haicao married a good man, but her husband's family is a little narrow-minded.

I wanted to keep an eye on Haicao all the time, for fear that she would dump things back to her parents' home.

Before, Haicao worked for Zheng Qiangwei's family, and all the money she earned was taken away by her in-laws, who said they were afraid that she would spend money recklessly.

After all, aren't you afraid that Haicao will dump things back to her mother's house?

Liu Yinyin smiled faintly. She didn't know what to say about this matter.

On the way back, Liu Yinyin met Xu Zhenzhen.

The nursery hasn’t opened yet, so Xu Zhenzhen doesn’t have to go to work for the time being. When she has nothing to do, she likes to go to the beach to dig up some seafood.

At this moment, I just came back from outside.

Xu Zhenzhen did not go home for the New Year this year because her husband was on a mission and had no time.

After working for a whole afternoon, Xu Zhenzhen didn't find anything at all.

We just experienced a snowstorm, and during this period, many more people went to the beach to catch fish.

Without some experience, you really can't find any seafood.

Fortunately, Xu Zhenzhen was doing this just to kill time, so she wouldn't be disappointed if she didn't gain anything.

Xu Zhenzhen told Liu Yinyin: "After the Lantern Festival, the nursery will open on the 16th day of the first lunar month."

Liu Yinyin nodded: "I'll take Yanyan there then."

These days, she temporarily brought Gu Yanyan to work.

Xu Zhenzhen asked, "Does the supply and marketing cooperative have glutinous rice these days? Also peanuts and sesame seeds. I want to make some glutinous rice balls for my two children for the Lantern Festival."

Liu Yinyin was not sure either: "The supply and marketing cooperative has not had any food supply these days. There should be some by the Lantern Festival. If you want it, I can save a few pounds for you later."

There is no glutinous rice at Liu Yinyin's house, only peanuts and sesame seeds.

If the supply and marketing cooperative delivered glutinous rice, she would buy a few kilograms.

During the Lantern Festival, we have to make some glutinous rice balls.

Xu Zhenzhen naturally wanted it: "Okay, it saves me from having to queue up and not even being able to buy it."

This is the case with popular goods on the island: the supply is small and there are many people buying them, so naturally some people can’t buy them.

Liu Yinyin said as she walked: "I have peanuts and sesame seeds at home. If you need them, just go to my house and get them."

Xu Zhenzhen nodded, thinking of something, and then said, "I heard that another group of soldiers will be stationed on the island soon."

Unlike Liu Yinyin's family's private courtyard, she lives in the family building, where there are many neighbors and she is more informed of various news.

Liu Yinyin had also heard Gu Cheng talk about this matter. The current size of the garrison on the island is a brigade.

After that, the scale should expand a lot.

Originally, when planning the family compound, many houses were built.

To this day, more than half of the houses are still empty.

The family courtyard will surely become more and more lively in the future.

Liu Yinyin told Gu Cheng last night about arranging for Liu Yeye to study in the military school, and also heard a piece of news.

"It says that a new primary school will be built on the island, including both primary and secondary schools. If the villagers on the island are interested, they can also send their children to the school."

The more people came to the Family Court to follow the army, the greater the demand for the school.

The two classrooms that were built temporarily before were definitely not sufficient and not very professional.

So, the higher-ups decided to rebuild a school.

On the one hand, it is to take care of the children of officers who followed the army.

On the other hand, there are actually villagers on the island who want to send their children to school.

This way, some children on the island who want to study will not be unable to do so.

Xu Zhenzhen said happily: "The island will be very lively by then."

Her eldest son will be able to go to primary school soon, and she must be hoping that the teaching conditions on the island will get better and better.