Chapter 53 Sweater

It is said that country folk envy city folks for having jobs and getting paid, but city folks are sometimes also jealous of them, because at least they don’t have to worry so much about food.

Liu Yinyin's eyes moved slightly, and she said, "Big sister, if you really want it, I can evenly point it out for you."

When the lady in red heard that there was a chance, she was extremely happy. Of course, she still said, "Take as much as you can give. Who would complain that there is too much meat? No matter how much you buy, it will never be enough."

Liu Yinyin pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I only have five pounds of pork. I have no more. If you want it, I can sell it all to you. I will go back to my parents' house to get some meat. However... it costs one yuan per pound."

Meat costs 80 cents per pound at the supply and marketing cooperative, but you need a meat ticket.

She didn't ask for meat coupons and sold them for one dollar per pound, which wasn't too much.

"Okay!" the lady in red said cheerfully, "One dollar a pound is enough. I'll take them all."

She really didn't think it was expensive. It was five kilograms of pork, enough to feed her family for half a year.

Liu Yinyin raised the corner of her mouth slightly, lifted the coarse cloth covering the basket, revealing a large piece of fat and lean pork belly.

This is the five pounds of pork belly that she just bought through the system using her mind.

Liu Yinyin said softly, "Big sister, neither of us has a scale, but this five pounds of pork belly is definitely the full pound."

The lady in red was staring at the pork belly, unable to move her eyes away. She said without raising her head, "It's okay. I believe you."

Anyone who can collect so many tickets cannot be an ordinary person, so there is no need for them to cheat or deceive others.

Besides, this piece of pork belly does look quite large, even if it is less than five pounds it wouldn't be much different.

The two exchanged money and goods, each got what they wanted, and both were very satisfied.

As soon as the transaction was completed, the two separated quickly like thieves.

Having earned eight yuan in one transaction, Liu Yinyin couldn't help but smile.

Liu Yinyin didn't bother going anywhere else. She just made a few bucks and stopped there.

Her life is good enough now. She has enough food and clothes, and earning some pocket money occasionally is enough. There is no need for her to take risks.

Liu Yinyin hummed a song and walked briskly all the way home.

When she was almost at the doorstep of her home, Liu Yinyin suddenly had an idea and bought two kilograms of spare ribs, two kilograms of shrimps, and two kilograms of squid from the system.

After thinking about it, I added another bag of dried kelp, two bags of melon seeds, eight apples, and eight oranges.

There was really no room left, so Liu Yinyin carried a basket full of things into the house.

"Mom, I'm back..."

"Wow!"

As soon as she entered the door, Liu Yinyin heard Gu Yanyan crying loudly.

It was really strange, Gu Yanyan was not usually a crybaby, even when he was hungry, he would just howl a few times.

I have never heard him cry so sadly.

Liu Yinyin immediately panicked and rushed in.

"Mom, what happened to Yanyan?"

Hearing the lady's voice, Jiang Cuihua, who was coaxing her child to sleep in the room, jumped up and quickly picked up the crying child and handed him to Liu Yinyin.

"Oh, this child must be looking for his mother. He cried several times this morning."

Jiang Cuihua was tortured by Gu Yanyan for the whole morning and was almost heartbroken. She finally managed to coax him into silence. Perhaps because she heard Liu Yinyin coming back, the child burst into tears again.

Liu Yinyin held the child and coaxed him, while Gu Yanyan buried his head in her arms and cried loudly, with tears and snot all over his face.

Liu Yinyin coaxed him and wiped his nose with a handkerchief, saying with a smile: "This time I really hurt his little heart. I never see him shed tears normally."

Most of the time there is just thunder but no rain.

Smelling the familiar scent, Gu Yanyan finally stopped crying, but her little mouth was still twitching as if she had just suffered a great injustice.

"This child is really smart. He can recognize people at such a young age." Jiang Cuihua was speechless for a while.

She had never seen him act like this before when she and Liu Yinyin were at home taking care of the children.

Gu Yanyan didn't know if he understood something, and blew a big bubble at Jiang Cuihua.

Jiang Cuihua: “…”

What a bad kid!

After the confinement period, Gu Yanyan was mostly taken care of by Liu Yinyin. The mother and son had indeed never been separated for such a long time. No wonder the little guy was so sad.

Maybe he was tired from crying, and Gu Yanyan soon fell asleep in his mother's arms.

Liu Yinyin waited until he fell asleep before putting him on the crib.

Came out to sort out the things in the basket, had a pretty good harvest today.

The other items are fine and can be placed in the cabinet, but the spare ribs, shrimps and squid are too big to be finished in one go.

Liu Yinyin kept some food for today and put the rest in a basket hanging outside.

When it’s cold, it won’t take long for the fruit to freeze into lumps if hung outside, making it a natural outdoor “refrigerator”.

When Jiang Cuihua left, Liu Yinyin packed two bags of melon seeds and a pound of shrimps for her.

"Mom, don't you like chatting with people? Go back and grab a handful of melon seeds and put them in your pocket. It's more interesting to chat while eating the seeds."

The two bags of melon seeds were originally bought by Liu Yinyin specifically for Jiang Cuihua to eat.

"......Okay, I'll take the melon seeds, and you can keep the shrimp for yourself." Jiang Cuihua didn't want to always take things from her daughter's house.

"There are more at home." Liu Yinyin stuffed it into her hand directly, "Otherwise, I won't dare to bother you to help me take care of Yanyan in the future."

"What's the big deal? It's okay for me to take care of my grandson." Jiang Cuihua said nonchalantly. She was happy to help the young lady take care of the child.

"That's all, Mom. You help me take care of the children, so it's only right that I give you something in return." The guaziji prawns were all smuggled out of the system by Liu Yinyin, so there was nothing wrong with giving them to her parents' home.

No matter what kind of relatives they are, human relationships can only last long if there is give and take.

Only after saying this did Jiang Cuihua accept the things and leave happily.

Liu Yinyin sighed. People in the countryside like to push gifts back and forth, but she can't handle that and prefers to be straightforward.

In the afternoon, Liu Yinyin knitted a sweater while taking care of the child. Looking back, Cheng had brought a lot of wool, so she knitted two scarves and also knitted a sweater and trousers for the child.

The remaining yarn can be used to make two more garments.

Liu Yinyin prepared to knit two adult tops, of course, not for her and Gu Cheng.

It's the end of the year, and according to custom, New Year's goods must be sent to both families. Liu Yinyin wants to knit a sweater for her father.

But...the wool was obtained by Gu Cheng, and it would be unreasonable not to knit one piece for his family, so Liu Yinyin simply knitted two pieces.

The other one was given to the Gu family. It didn't matter who they gave it to. As long as Liu Yinyin did her job well, it would be fine.

When she was almost done with her work, Liu Yinyin went out to soak some dried kelp.

For dinner, I made kelp and pork ribs soup, spicy squid and stir-fried cabbage, and the staple food was white flour steamed buns.

Her family has a large stock of fine grains, so now they can have a meal of white flour steamed buns or white rice every now and then.

When Gu Cheng came back from get off work today, he brought someone back with him.