It was only ten o'clock when Han Guobin returned home with the truck full of supplies. All the full goods were delivered to the warehouse.
There are four baskets of eggs, each of which weighs dozens of kilograms. This is how much eggs are in these four baskets.
There are also jars of cucumber, tomato pickles.
The children came over and took the tomatoes to eat, even the children from the neighbors on both sides took some.
Chen Rou was still sleeping in the house. Han Guobin kept some for himself and brought the rest to the bun shop himself.
Aunt He, who was at the door with her grandson, saw the truck and came over with her grandson in her arms, saying, "Nephew, where did all this come from?"
"I brought them here on my way back to the village. They're all grown on our own land in the village. Please try them, Auntie." Han Guobin gave her two tomatoes.
"No, no, no." Aunt He said hurriedly.
"Auntie, please help me promote this." Han Guobin stuffed it into her hand and said with a smile, "These don't require tickets."
Aunt He understood what she said and said with a smile, "Okay, you wait."
She took two tomatoes and smiled as she went around the neighbors, saying, "These cucumbers, tomatoes and greens were brought here by truck. Who wants them? No tickets are needed!"
"Don't need a ticket? Where did you get it?" asked the neighbor.
"They've just been brought back from the countryside. They're grown by the villagers themselves. They're very fresh. If you go too late they'll be gone." Aunt He said.
Many neighbors came to take a look, and found it really good, and no tickets were required, so they immediately went home to get their shopping baskets.
Word spread like wildfire, and most of the baskets of cucumbers, tomatoes, and cabbages that Han Guobin brought were sold out.
Han Guobin did not sell the remaining food and directly asked Aunt He to go back and get a vegetable basket.
"I bought vegetables today, you can keep them and sell them." Aunt He said with a smile.
"I'm not selling anymore. Auntie, you've been shouting at me like this, but it won't be long now and it's almost sold out. Auntie, go get the vegetable basket." Han Guobin said.
Aunt He was very happy. She took her grandson back and got the vegetable basket. She gave her some vegetables, cucumbers and four or five tomatoes.
"Will you sell it next time? I'll promote it to you, nephew." Aunt He said with a smile, "I know everyone in this area well. We've been neighbors for decades."
Han Guobin smiled and said, "I will have to ask you again next time I want to sell it to you." Then he asked her, "Auntie, do you have to take care of your grandson?"
"My son and daughter-in-law both have to go to work, and my old man has a job as a gatekeeper. I don't have much to do at home, so why don't I help take care of the children?" Aunt He smiled.
She only has one son, and of course she has three daughters, but they are all married, so she doesn't have to worry about them too much.
"That's great. It will also help the young people." Han Guobin had an idea in mind.
After chatting with Aunt He for a while, Han Guobin drove to the Transportation Department to return the car, and then went home carrying the empty basket.
When he came back, Chen Rou had already woken up and was cooking millet porridge.
"I heard from the boss that you brought a lot of cucumbers, tomatoes and cabbages. Have they all been sold?" Chen Rou asked in surprise when she saw that the basket was empty.
"Aunt He helped with the promotion, and a bunch of people came over. The products were sold out in no time." Han Guobin said with a smile.
Chen Rou asked, "Did you send some to Aunt He?"
"I have." Han Guobin laughed, and then talked about his plan: "Wife, the summer harvest has begun. I think we will be busy soon. I don't know when I can finish my work and come back. If you can't handle it here, can you call someone to help?"
"I have a plan too." Chen Rou nodded.
He is going on a business trip, and he won't be back until around the month. Moreover, he won't be able to rest for long before he has to go on another business trip. The second half of the year is the busiest.
He was not at home and the children were still young, so she could not leave them all at home. Therefore, she planned to find another one at the bun shop.
"I've asked Aunt He. She wants to take care of the grandson, but she doesn't have to be too busy. Ask her to help Guoli in the morning. When it's almost daybreak, you, daughter-in-law, can go over to help and let Aunt He take care of the grandson." Han Guobin said.
Seeing that he had thought of everything for her, Chen Rou smiled and said, "Then I'll talk to Aunt He about it tomorrow."
It was just a few hours, and it wouldn't interfere with her taking care of her grandson, so Aunt He had no reason to refuse.
"Okay, okay, if you trust me, I assure you that there will be absolutely no problem. I am clean and efficient and will not bring shame to your bun shop." Aunt He said happily.
"Just don't complain about the low salary, ma'am." Chen Rou said with a smile.
"Why complain it's too little? We're only busy for a few hours a day. It's enough." Aunt He said with a smile.
Han Guobin was indeed busy. From that day on, their fleet was requisitioned and headed south.
I received the notice from my leader while at work, so I immediately went home and told my family about it.
Chen Rou gave him a few happy endings just in case, and left him alone with the rest.
Han Guobin is on a business trip, but the house is not in a mess at all.
Zhang Jiang would send Han Guoli to see Aunt He every day, and then go to the bun shop with Aunt He to work. At about half past six, Chen Rou would come over with a basket of eggs.
The eggs were brought here to sell. Han Guobin brought back so many eggs that they would not be used up so quickly just by making dumplings. Her third brother would send more eggs in a few days, so there was no need to save them.
Before she came out, the eldest son, Han Hang, had already gotten up and was reciting English while looking after his younger brothers and sisters.
After Chen Rou came over, she took over Han Guoli's job and asked Han Guoli to deliver porridge to Zhang Jiang and Han Hang.
The porridge was cooked here and I took two lunch boxes back with me.
The lunch box was specially bought by Han Guobin. It was a bucket lunch box. It was not rectangular, but it was made of aluminum.
There is a side dish on the lunch box, either fried meat with mushrooms or fried eggs with leeks. The meal is quite good.
"Hurry up and get up to eat. After dinner, Haohao, you and Hanghang go to school together. Yaoyao, you play with Zhouzhou and the others. You take Zhang Jiang over there." Han Guoli said.
Zhang Jiang was brushing his teeth and nodded in agreement.
Han Guoli sent the other one to Han Hang, and Han Hang went to wake up his brother and sister. As for the fourth child, he had not woken up yet and was still sleeping.
Han Guoli came to the bun shop again, drank two bowls of porridge and then helped her second sister-in-law sell buns. As for Aunt He, she had already gone back to take care of her grandson.
Her husband, son, and daughter-in-law are almost all going to work, so she has to take care of her grandson.
Chen Rou and Han Guoli were busy until late at night, and the number of customers gradually decreased. Their bun shop was very famous now, and business was very good. After all, there was only one bun shop.
"Second sister-in-law, please go back first. I guess the fourth child should be getting up soon." Han Guoli said.
Chen Rou also wanted to go back, but she didn't expect to see the second brother Han Zhou with Yaoyao and Chengzi coming over as soon as she left the shop. The second brother was carrying the fourth brother on his back!
Chen Rou came over right away: "How did you get here? How do you know the way?"
"Of course I know the way. I've been here several times." Han Zhou breathed a sigh of relief when the little fourth child was taken over by his mother.
This fourth one may not look big, but it is really heavy. It made him so tired!
"Is the door locked?" Chen Rou asked.
"It must be locked then. Don't worry about me doing the job." Han Zhou said.
The little fourth child, who was held in his mother's arms, looked aggrieved, and then started to look for food.
Chen Rou laughed: "Are you hungry?"
"He must be hungry. I fed him porridge but he refused to drink it and even cried. I had no choice but to carry him over to your mother to feed him." Han Zhou said.
Chen Rou nodded, and went into the shop to feed little Lao Si, avoiding people around.
All the tables in the bun shop have been moved outside, right next to the shop. If anyone wants to eat anything, they eat it there, not in the shop.
The fourth little boy was obviously really hungry. He ate so much in his mother's arms that sweat broke out on his forehead. After he was full, he asked his mother to burp him and then wanted to go out and play.
"You have to quit smoking." Chen Rou said with a smile.
None of his older brothers and sisters drank milk for as long as he did, but his older brothers and sisters were not very addicted to it. Only the little one really liked to drink it.
Han Guoli smiled and said, "When Zhou Zhou goes to school, I will bring him over to sleep here."
Chen Rou nodded. She also planned so. Otherwise, she would be worried about leaving the younger ones at home when her second child went to school.
Soon Aunt He came over with her grandson in her arms. Her grandson was about the same age as the fourth child. Because the older one was a daughter and the younger one was a son, naturally the grandson was still young.
It was great to have children to play with, so Aunt He went home and got a worn-out mat to spread out on the ground, then let them play.
Although Han Guobin is not at home, there is no need to worry about the house, as everything is arranged in an orderly manner.
From that day on, after the eldest son, Han Hang, had breakfast and went to school, the second son, Han Zhou, would bring Yaoyao, Chengzi, and the youngest son to the bun shop to play.
Although the distance was not close, there were only two turns on the road, so it was impossible to stop the second brother, who was very agile.
Brother Chen San is very punctual. If his brother-in-law says three days, it means three days.
And I guess they set out at daybreak. Look, it’s just past 12 o’clock and Brother Chen San came over on his bicycle.
There were two shoulder poles across the back seat, with two baskets tied to them, filled with supplies.
The eggs from Wuhuamen weigh about 30 kilograms and are placed in the basket on the right, while there are even more things in the other basket.
We have tomatoes, cucumbers, green vegetables, cowpeas and beans!
Not only that, there was a chicken coop hanging on the horizontal bar in the front, with two obviously large old hens tied in it. It was obvious that they were too old to lay eggs, so they were sold.
Of course there are also big bags of dried mushrooms.
This bicycle carries a lot of goods.
"Third brother, thank you for your hard work." Chen Rou said with a smile.
"Why bother? I still have a lot of dried mushrooms. I collected them and put them at home. But I can't carry them all here. I thought I'd bring some next time I come. This time I'll take these." Brother Chen San said with a smile.
Chen Rou nodded and said, "It's okay to bring them next time." She asked her third brother, "Whose chickens are these?"
"It's from our third aunt's house. She said it won't lay eggs anymore and she can't bear to eat it, so she asked me to bring it here to sell." said Third Brother Chen.
"Mother Chengzi, is this your third brother from your mother's side?" Aunt He asked, looking at the old hen with shining eyes.
"Yes." Chen Rou smiled and said, "They delivered it specially for me."
"That's great." Aunt He nodded: "How much do you sell this old hen for?"
"Auntie He, do you want to buy it?" Chen Rou said.
"Do you want a meat ticket?" asked Aunt He.
"No meat ticket is needed, but the price will be a bit higher." Chen Rou said.
"How much per pound?" asked Aunt He.
In the city, the price of chicken is the same as that of meat. Without tickets, Chen Rou charges 5 cents per pound. If you count the meat tickets, it's more than 70 cents per pound.
Chen Rou knew very well that in the countryside, a pound of chicken costs 60 cents, so even if she sold it, she wouldn't get much.
"How many pounds does this fat one weigh?" Aunt He pointed at the big hen.
No matter how fat the hens were at that time, they were not as fat as the seven-jin hens in later generations, and there were few that weighed more than five jin.
Aunt He pointed at it, and Brother Chen said, "This one weighs 4.2 jin, and after discarding the hair and blood, there is still 3 jin of meat left. The smaller one weighs 3.7 jin, so the pure meat is 2.6 jin."
"Are you selling chickens?" The old man who was Aunt He's next-door neighbor came over and asked immediately with bright eyes.
"I want this one that weighs 15 pounds and 2 ounces!" Aunt He said without hesitation when she saw him coming.
"Hey, sister-in-law, can you finish such a big one? There are many people in my family, how about you give this big one to me?" said the old man.
"I can't give it up. I have to send some to my nephew's wife." Aunt He waved her hand.
The old man didn't know what to say, so he let the two of them divide the two chickens.
Not only did I share the chickens, but I also bought a lot of fresh eggs when I saw them. The price is still a bit higher, but as I said, you don't need a ticket, as long as you have money you can buy them.
Naturally they were not polite.
The country bumpkin Chen Sange saw the business of his sister's place. There was no need for him to call out, people came in groups of three or four, and before long, most of the goods were sold out.
Brother Chen San was a little dazed.
Chen Rou then remembered and quickly scooped a bowl of soy milk and two buns for her third brother to eat.
"Although I had breakfast this morning, I'm still a little hungry now. So, I'll be rude to you, Third Brother?" Third Brother Chen said with a smile.
"I didn't think of it just now. I should have gotten it for you when you got here." Chen Rou said.
"I've already eaten at home. Don't tell mom if I eat some here, otherwise she will scold me when we get home." Brother Chen San said.
"Okay." Chen Rou smiled.
Brother Chen San was not polite. Eating buns with soy milk was simply a great enjoyment in life.
Before they could do anything, the second oldest, Han Zhou, came over carrying the fourth oldest, Yaoyao and Chengzi.
"Third uncle!" Han Zhou called out and said to his sister, "This is my third uncle from my grandmother's family."
"Third Uncle!" Orange shouted.
"Good boy, have you eaten yet?" asked Brother Chen San.
"We've had porridge at home." Orange Girl said, "But we can still eat some more."
"Come over here if you want to eat more. Your third uncle has to eat by himself." Chen Rou took the fourth child and asked the second child to take his two younger sisters to sit down. She also asked Han Guoli to get them three buns, one for each.
Han Guoli said embarrassedly: "Yaoyao has already eaten, so there is no need."
"That's nothing. Yaoyao is the older sister. She will help my second aunt take care of her younger brothers and sisters in the future, so buns are indispensable." Chen Rou said with a smile.
Zhang Yaoyao's eyes lit up: "Second sister-in-law, I will take good care of Chengzi and Lao Si for you!"
"Look how cute he is?" Chen Rou and Han Guoli said with a smile.
Han Guoli had no choice but to give the three of them three buns to eat.
Han Zhou said: "Yaoyao, it's delicious, right?"
"It's delicious." Zhang Yaoyao nodded.
"It must be delicious. It's only because we are brother and sister, otherwise we would have to charge for it. I cut some tomatoes for Chen Bing and the others because they are small." Han Zhou said.
"Yeah, I know." Zhang Yaoyao ate the bun in small bites and nodded.
"Then when I go to school, if someone bullies Orange, you have to go up and beat them up." Han Zhou said.
"I... I'm afraid I can't beat him." Zhang Yaoyao almost choked.
"Even if we can't get close, we have to beat them. We can't let people think we're scared, or you'll get bullied even harder. Tell me when I get home from school and I'll stop them and start beating them." Han Zhou said.
"Why teach them how to fight, girls?" Brother Chen San said with a smile.
"What should I do? I have to go to school then." Han Zhou said.
"Don't fight with others. If you meet someone who bullies you, don't play with them. Just take the orange and run to find an adult." Brother Chen San said.
"We can't fight, we need to find an adult," said the Orange Girl.
Zhang Yaoyao also nodded quickly. How could she win by fighting with the other person?
"That's fine, but Yaoyao, you can't run away by yourself, okay?" Han Zhou said.
"I...I won't run. I'll bring some orange pieces." Zhang Yaoyao said aggrievedly while eating the bun in small bites.
If she runs away by herself, she will never be able to eat buns again.
"Eat it, it's delicious. Look, you've gained weight now." Han Zhou praised casually, "You're getting prettier too."
"Really?" Zhang Yaoyao asked embarrassedly.
"Yes." Han Zhou nodded: "If you don't believe me, ask Third Aunt."
Han Guoli smiled and said, "I gained some weight after moving out."
Having been suppressed at home for more than ten years, Han Guoli finally understands why people want to separate after getting married. It is so comfortable to live alone after separating!
Eating more or less at home is secondary. The most important thing is to feel comfortable, you know?
She makes all the decisions on her own. Now both she and Zhang Jiang have income. They can't have good food and drink, but they can have enough to eat every day and even white flour dumplings once a week!
So whether it is adults or children, their complexion has improved a lot.
Zhang Yaoyao was very happy.
Han Zhou ignored her and started talking to his third uncle. When everything here was almost done, he let Han Zhou take his third uncle home first.
Chen Rou and Han Guoli cleaned up the bun shop and went home after they were done.
Han Guoli took Yaoyao back, and Chen Rou began to reconcile the accounts with her third brother.
Brother Chen San also brought a notebook, which recorded the things he brought today. For example, the two feather hens were bought by him and his aunt at 60 cents per pound. Of course, 30% of the money was deducted for the feathers and blood.
After bringing it here, he gave it to his sister for 70 cents: "I didn't let you suffer a loss, little sister."
His sister sells it at 5 cents a pound, making a little more than him, but he doesn't mind. After all, his sister has a shop, so it must be much more convenient, and those people seem to be old customers.
You should take advantage of it.
"Nothing wrong." Chen Rou laughed.
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