Chen Shuning didn't particularly like those gold bars; she piled them up on the ground, thinking that after the reform and opening up, she would find a suitable opportunity to exchange them for money or other things, preferably houses, since houses would be incredibly expensive in Beijing and Shanghai for many years to come.
She was thinking of buying more houses while prices were still low, ideally owning an entire street like some big shot, so she could live the life of a landlady she had always dreamed of.
After taking another satisfying stroll through her treasure trove, Chen Shuning finally realized she was hungry. She glanced at her watch and saw it was already past 1 p.m. Thinking that she had only eaten two lava buns and a bowl of vegetable porridge that morning, it was no wonder she was hungry now.
Too lazy to cook for herself, Chen Shuning left the villa and rode the electric scooter parked in the yard towards the shopping center.
I took the elevator directly to the food court on the thirteenth floor. I realized I hadn't eaten seafood in a long time. It has a strong smell, and it's not convenient to cook it outside at this time of year. So I found a seafood restaurant and enjoyed a delicious seafood feast.
Then he went downstairs to the supermarket to replenish the refrigerator in the villa, which was almost empty from all the seafood he had eaten. He took a shower to wash off the smell of seafood before reluctantly leaving the space and rushing back to the big banyan tree at the entrance of town before the meeting time.
Both oxcarts were still there, and Chen Shuning walked straight towards Grandpa Yang's oxcart without thinking.
Old Yang left early in the morning and didn't see Chen Shuning. He was very happy to see her now. Seeing Chen Shuning coming over, he quickly moved the bamboo basket that he usually kept behind him forward and pointed to the space that was made up, saying, "Girl, come and sit down. There are melon seeds in the basket. Take some and eat them yourself."
"An old friend just brought these over; they're freshly roasted sunflower seeds from this year. I know you like them, and I was thinking of having your Grandma Yang bring you some later. Now that I see you, I'll just take them, saving your Grandma Yang the trouble of making another trip."
Old Yang's family also had more sons than daughters. His only daughter married far away and rarely came back. His sons' families were full of grandsons. So, since she was young, Grandma Yang had always liked soft and gentle girls.
Later, because Chen Shuning often brought food to Old Yang, she gradually became familiar with the elderly couple, and they always treated Chen Shuning like their own granddaughter.
Because Chen Shuning arrived late and cooked for himself, he felt embarrassed to pick vegetables from the private plots of the old educated youth in the front yard, so he always bought vegetables in the village.
Later, when Grandpa Yang found out, he kept having Grandma Yang deliver vegetables to Chen Shuning, and Chen Shuning would also often deliver some of the delicious food he made to the old couple. Over time, their relationship became even better than the original owner's relationship with her own grandparents.
This is also related to the fact that Mr. Chen was not well-liked by the Chen family elders, which led to the second wife's children not being close to the Chen family elders.
So when Old Yang said there were sunflower seeds, Chen Shuning didn't stand on ceremony. After climbing onto the oxcart and settling in, he reached into the bamboo basket, took out a small cloth bag, untied the rope, grabbed a handful, and started cracking them open like a squirrel.
Yang Xiaohong, who had returned earlier, looked on with envy and couldn't help but say sourly, "Chen Shuning, how can you be so shameless? The villagers' lives are not easy. They finally got some food, how can you have the nerve to eat it?"
Yang Xiaohong was reluctant to spend money, so she only bought some necessities such as toothpaste and cotton at the supply and marketing cooperative before returning home.
Because she returned early, she happened to see Old Yangtou's friends from town bringing him melon seeds.
Sunflower seeds don't take up much space and are easy to grow without much care, so people in the village often plant a few in front of or behind their houses to give their children a treat during the winter.
So, among the older educated youth, those who had acquaintances in the village would often receive some snacks, or they would exchange goods for some as treats to satisfy their cravings.
But Yang Xiaohong, a new educated youth, had no acquaintances and was unwilling to trade her things with others, so she could only watch others eat.
So when Yang Xiaohong heard that Old Yang's friend was bringing him some melon seeds, she thought to herself that she should shamelessly ask for some.
She had finally waited for Old Yang to finish chatting with his friend and leave, but before she could even speak, Old Yang put away the cloth bag without even glancing at her.
She had to swallow back the words she had been thinking about for so long. So when she saw that Old Yang gave Chen Shuning the food without her even having to ask, Yang Xiaohong, feeling resentful, naturally had to say a few words.
She just didn't dare offend the villagers, so she only dared to make a few sarcastic remarks about Chen Shuning.
However, Chen Shuning didn't bother to pay any attention to Yang Xiaohong, who was both cowardly and troublesome. He said without even raising his eyelids, "I think you really want to be shameless, but you don't even have the chance to be shameless."
"What's wrong? You're envious of the sunflower seeds Grandpa Yang gave me, but what can you do when you're not popular? You want some but nobody gives you any, so you can only watch with envy."
It wasn't that Old Yang was stingy and couldn't bear to give Yang Xiaohong a few melon seeds; it was just that when he was young, he lied about injuring his leg while hunting in the mountains, and the team took care of him by letting him drive the oxcart. Since he didn't work much normally, he naturally wasn't familiar with Yang Xiaohong, which is why he didn't give her any.
Unexpectedly, this caused Chen Shuning such an unpleasant reaction. He was also unhappy and glared at Yang Xiaohong, saying angrily, "What do you mean by shameless? I can give my things to whomever I want. Who are you to talk nonsense here? You're so young, yet you're like those gossipy old women in the village, so annoying."
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