Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Four + Five + Six (Nutrition...
Chapter 43
As soon as these words fell, the air suddenly became quiet.
It was as if the lively atmosphere around me had been paused.
Jiang Meilan held onto the handle of the cart and stopped. "Meishu, do you know what you're saying?"
Jiang Meishu pursed her lips, her face turning red under the erosion of frost and cold wind.
"I know."
Her voice was so soft and slow, almost as if it could be blown away by the wind. "Sister, I know what I'm talking about."
"After I got along with Lao Liang, every time he asked me to call him Jiang Meilan, I would feel guilty."
Jiang Meishu looked up and asked, "Sister, do you understand what I mean?"
She doesn't have any drastic measures, nor does she have a particularly firm mind.
Repeated internal friction and being stuck in a rut are almost the shortcomings of her character.
Jiang Meishu also knows that this is not good, and she is trying hard to correct it, but these characteristics cannot be changed overnight.
Jiang Meilan is the opposite of her.
Do one look at ten.
Focus on the big and let go of the small.
"Meishu, I shouldn't say this, but if you confess, both you and I will be finished."
The marriage she has now will disappear into thin air.
Similarly, the current progress between my sister and Liang Qiurun will also be broken.
No one likes a liar or a cheater.
she is.
Jiang Meishu is.
So are Liang Qiurun and Shen Zhanlie.
If Jiang Meishu confesses, everyone will be doomed.
This marriage has been a deception from the very beginning.
"Have you thought about the consequences?"
Jiang Meilan asked her, "Shen Zhanlie and I are already husband and wife. I'm not saying I can capture his heart 100%, but 60% is enough."
"Meishu, Shen Zhanlie and I are already a married couple and have obtained a marriage certificate. When he finds out, he'll be furious at best, but he can't do anything to me. As long as I don't divorce him, he can't do anything to me."
"You're different. You and Liang Qiurun have finally come this far, and you're getting married in a few days. Are you sure you want to tell him?"
"The application for going to the countryside will close on the 28th of this month. If you can't get married during this time, then you'll have no choice but to go to the countryside."
"You have to understand that now that we've reached this point, once you confess, there's no turning back."
"Do you understand?"
Jiang Meilan knew her sister's character. Her inherent kindness and overly high sense of morality made her indecisive.
But at this time, she can't be indecisive.
After hearing her words, Jiang Meishu's face quickly turned pale, "Sister."
"Let me tell you, there's no way out for you, Jiang Meishu."
Jiang Meilan's expression suddenly turned cold. "From the moment you promised me, there's no turning back for us."
"Jiang Meishu, think it through."
"Those overly kind, internal conflicts, and guilt feelings have nothing to do with us. What we need to do is survive in this impoverished society."
"It's about living, do you understand Meishu?"
Realizing that her tone was a bit serious, she slowly slowed down her tone at the end.
"Meishu, once the arrow is shot, there's no turning back. You have to understand this."
My sister was just too soft-hearted, that's why I agreed to her outrageous request.
It was precisely because of her soft-heartedness that she felt guilty towards Liang Qiurun.
But there is no other way.
From the moment they chose to exchange, they had no way out.
Jiang Meishu and Jiang Meilan exchanged identities.
They will take over each other's identities and live another life.
Jiang Meishu bit her lips tightly, the pain making her lips more vivid, "Sister, I understand."
She lowered her eyes and her face was as pale as fragile porcelain.
"I was naive."
Seeing her like this, Jiang Meilan couldn't help but put down the cart and gently hugged her, "I'm sorry for you. If I hadn't begged you in the beginning, you wouldn't have agreed to such a harsh request."
"But, from the moment you agreed, you became Jiang Meilan and I became Jiang Meishu. There's no turning back for either of us."
Jiang Meishu pinched her fingers so hard that her fingertips turned white. "I know."
"I'm Jiang Meilan."
What her sister said was true, and so was what her mother said.
And she knows it herself.
But I still held on to a glimmer of hope, thinking there might be another way.
But no.
If there were, she and her sister would not have exchanged identities.
"Shall I take you home?"
It was too cold outside, and Jiang Meilan actually didn't want her sister to go with her.
It takes an hour to walk from my home to the Zhengyangmen Tower.
Jiang Meishu shook her head. "I have nothing to do this morning, and I'm not going to the union. I'll go with you to sell these pots of braised pork offal."
Jiang Meilan was still a little hesitant.
"It's okay, I'm wearing thick clothes."
She was still wearing the red woolen coat that Liang Qiurun had asked Uncle Lin to make for her yesterday. It was windproof and warm.
"New clothes?"
Jiang Meilan raised her hand and touched it. It was good material, the kind of high-quality woolen fabric, and the cut was perfect for her. When she wore it on Jiang Meishu, it looked like it was tailor-made.
Jiang Meishu hummed, "New clothes."
Jiang Meilan was not only not jealous, but also felt a little relieved. "Putting aside his impotence, his financial conditions are really good. Meishu, at least for you at the moment, it's the right thing to do to catch him."
She knew her sister's character and that she couldn't endure hardship, so she just wanted to marry someone with similar conditions to the Jiang family.
She can't survive.
It’s so hard to be someone’s daughter-in-law these days.
But if your financial situation is good, there will be less trouble.
Jiang Meishu hummed, lowered her head, and said with a gentle expression, "Sister, I understand."
Seeing that she had listened, Jiang Meilan breathed a sigh of relief. She murmured, "We can't make this any longer."
She and her sister have managed to maintain this kind of life with great difficulty.
Can't withstand any more storms.
Jiang Meishu accompanied Jiang Meilan in the morning to set up a stall under the Zhengyangmen Tower. After being busy for more than an hour, her hands and feet became cold.
The wind was so strong downstairs at the city gate, and I had to wait for customers. After a while, my face was dry and painful from the blow.
At around eight o'clock, Shen's mother came, and she took turns going back with the other person.
Before leaving, she watched her sister busy in the cold wind, taking the boiling hot braised pork offal from the pot, putting it on the chopping board, chopping it into pieces bit by bit, putting it in the bread, and selling it one after another.
Jiang Meilan doesn't seem to be afraid of the cold.
Not afraid of being tired.
She only had the work at hand, and at this moment, Jiang Meishu sincerely admired her sister.
Her sister is really able to endure hardships.
I get up at three or four in the morning, go out at six, and sell in the cold wind until nine or ten in the morning.
She really can't do it.
She didn't even want to walk the one-hour journey back home.
Finally, in order to be lazy, I spent 1.5 cents to buy a bus ticket, and rode from the Zhengyangmen Tower all the way to Qudeng Hutong before getting off.
Suffering.
It is impossible to endure hardship in this life.
She is the kind of person who doesn't like to suffer no matter what she eats.
When Jiang Meishu returned, the street office official was shouting on a loud speaker, "Take your grocery store books to the department store and queue up at the supply and marketing cooperative to buy cabbage for the winter. Each household is limited to 50 kilograms. First come, first served. No more for the last!"
The loudspeaker shouted three times in a row.
Everyone in the compound quickly moved out.
Some people had food coupons, some had money and tickets, and some had snakeskin bags. They all rushed over almost immediately.
Jiang Meishu had never seen such a scene before. The whole alley was full of people, and she was almost knocked away.
Then, she seemed to have thought of something and ran back in a hurry.
"Mom, are we going to buy some cabbage?"
Wang Limei stayed up all night last night and is now catching up on her sleep in bed.
"What are you buying?"
She was still a little sleepy. She was really old, and after staying up all night, it felt like it would take several days for her body to recover.
"Buy cabbage."
Jiang Meishu said subconsciously, "Everyone outside is shouting about stocking up on winter cabbage. I think everyone forgot to rush out."
After hearing this, Wang Limei instantly came to her senses. She jumped down and put on her pants at the same time, "Why are you saying this now, kid?"
"We must stock up on winter cabbage. If we don't, we won't have any leafy greens in our house during the winter."
"But don't we usually stockpile cabbage a week after the beginning of winter? This year, it's not even the beginning of winter yet, so why are they starting to stockpile it so early?"
How would Jiang Meishu know this?
She's been here less than a month now.
"Go to the drawer and give me the food pack. I'll go find a snakeskin bag."
Jiang Meishu nodded, went to the drawer of the chest of drawers, and took out a palm-sized grocery book, which was a little yellowed.
But this supplementary food is the hope of their whole family!
Whether or not we can eat green leafy vegetables at home from now on depends entirely on this little notebook.
After she took it.
Wang Limei also found the snakeskin bag and dragged Jiang Meishu out, saying, "We need to go early. If we go late, we might miss out on the queue."
There are hundreds of families living in one alley.
I don’t know how many kilograms of cabbage came from the supply and marketing cooperative this time.
These cabbages are stored in quantities of dozens or even hundreds of kilograms.
Unless there are tens of thousands of kilograms of cabbage sent to the capital this time, I'm afraid there won't be enough to go around.
The supply and marketing cooperative is just outside Qudeng Hutong, a few hundred meters away, at the intersection.
It only took three minutes to run over here.
But Jiang Meishu wasted a moment and went back to call someone. When she came again, there was already a long line outside the supply and marketing cooperative.
This is serious.
Jiang Meishu and her friends are probably going to be the last in line, and they don’t know if they can still buy it.
Wang Limei was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and she wanted to cut in line to the front.
Aunt Lotus said to her, "I heard that our supply and marketing cooperative is coming soon. We have a thousand kilograms of cabbage. Judging by the queue, it would be good if you can get ten or eight kilograms."
Upon hearing this.
Wang Limei immediately became anxious. "What should I do? If I miss this opportunity, I'm afraid there won't be even a single leafy vegetable left at home this winter."
The family couldn't afford meat, so they had to rely on these radishes and cabbages to get through the winter.
"Sister Hehua, your husband works at the supply and marketing cooperative. Does he have any internal channels?"
It really does exist.
Aunt Hehua thought that Wang Limei's daughter "Jiang Meilan" would marry the director of the meat processing plant in the future, and she also wanted to establish a good relationship with Wang Limei.
Do her a favor.
So, Aunt Hehua lowered her voice and said, "My husband said that 10,000 kilograms of cabbage have arrived from the department store. Please ask your daughter Meilan to take her grocery store coupon and go to the vegetable stand at the department store to line up."
this--
Wang Limei said subconsciously, "My Meilan is still a child."
In fact, in her heart, Jiang Meishu is just a child, how can she be expected to do anything?
"You're already in your twenties, but you're still a child."
Aunt Hehua sighed, "If you don't let Meilan go to the queue, then you'll just have to wait here. It's very likely that when it's your turn, you can only buy three or five kilograms of cabbage. Let me ask you, how many meals can you eat with that?"
Wang Limei was actually already wavering. She went to see Jiang Meishu, who thought for a moment, "Is it the department store on Jiefang Road?"
"right."
Aunt Lotus said, "That's the largest department store in our capital, and they have many channels for purchasing goods."
When Jiang Meishu heard this, she said to Wang Limei, "Then give me the grocery store. I've been to that department store before, so I'm familiar with it."
Wang Limei was hesitant at first, but she was immediately moved when she heard this.
Aunt Lotus, "Let your Meilan go, otherwise, do you really plan to eat pickled vegetables this winter?"
The cabbage and radishes stored for the winter every year are actually not enough. Basically, even if we eat frugally, by the beginning of the year, we will only have pickles.
Eating pickles can sustain me for a month or so, and by the time spring comes, I'll have green vegetables. But if I don't stock up on winter cabbage, it's only November now, and it will be five months until next April.
There is not a single vegetable to be seen.
Those days were really hard.
"So, Limei, you have to think it over carefully. Let your daughter Meilan go and line up, then you can have the best of both worlds."
Wang Limei was completely shaken. She handed the grocery list to Jiang Meishu and said, "Then hurry up and take a taxi to the department store to queue up."
"See if I can buy some cabbage."
"We'll buy as much as we can. We're desperately short of leafy greens."
This is for the winter, and if you can't eat anything, you will start to feel unwell again.
Jiang Meishu hummed. She held the grocery book and the snakeskin bag in her pocket and said, "I'll take them all. How are you going to buy more while you're queuing here?"
That’s true.
Wang Limei went to see Aunt Hehua.
Aunt Hehua's lover worked at the supply and marketing cooperative. She knew the inside story, so she suggested, "Bring your household registration. The staff at the supply and marketing cooperative all know us old neighbors, so they'll be able to sell you some."
That's fine.
With these words, Jiang Meishu was completely relieved. She stood at the intersection waiting for the bus with her things, and took the bus directly to the department store on Jiefang Road.
At this moment, Wang Limei didn't care that Jiang Meishu was wasting her time on taking the bus for two cents.
It is really most important to buy cabbage first.
It's enough for a family of nine.
Jiang Meishu didn't expect that she had to take several buses in the morning. After she arrived at the Jiefang Road Department Store, she immediately squeezed out of the crowded crowd when she heard the ticket seller's call.
After getting off the bus, she took a deep breath. The dry, cold air entered her nose, and she felt the strange smell in her nasal cavity slowly dissipate.
There were simply too many and too strong smells in the car, which made her a little overwhelmed.
But I can’t take care of these things now.
Walk towards the department store.
Outside the department store, there were crowds of people after the news spread that cabbage was available for purchase at the department store’s vegetable counter.
In just half an hour, a long queue formed.
Shen Mingying came down from upstairs. "Why are there so many people?"
“Almost everyone in East City came here, and even those who couldn’t buy it at the nearby supply and marketing cooperatives came to line up here.”
Shen Mingying looked at the crowd and calculated silently.
"The department store has purchased 10,000 kilograms of cabbage. There must be thousands of people here. Is that enough to go around?"
Is that enough?
Secretary Li doesn't know either.
"This year's snowstorm in Heilongjiang Province caused the cabbage harvest to be early, which also reduced the yield. I guess it won't be enough."
Ten thousand jin may sound like a lot, but this is cabbage for the winter.
Fifty kilograms of food is not enough for each household.
If we really open up the storage, we have to store at least 200 kilograms, but isn't this a shortage of supplies?
This is why there are purchase and storage restrictions.
"Let's do this for now and see how many people haven't bought any." Shen Mingying looked at the sea of heads and pinched her brows. "I'll go up and contact Manager Zhu at the Jinshi Farmers' Market to see if he can get some more cabbage."
She looked at the crowd outside and felt that the ten thousand kilograms of cabbage was just a drop in the bucket.
"Director Li, I'm leaving it to you to maintain order downstairs. Call the security department over. No looting is allowed."
Secretary Li nodded and said, "Chief Shen, don't worry, I promise to complete the task."
As soon as Shen Mingying went up, Jiang Meishu arrived. She looked at the long line and felt a little dizzy.
She subconsciously wanted to ask Shen Mingying for help, but she was not settled with Liang Qiurun yet, so she felt a little embarrassed.
Think of this.
Jiang Meishu stood obediently at the back of the line and started queuing.
After waiting in line for about an hour, it was finally her turn, and there were about seven or eight people in front of her.
But there are not many cabbages left.
When Jiang Meishu heard the news, her heart skipped a beat. "Then there will be no cabbage left. What will we do?"
An older sister asked.
The clerk was a little impatient. "What should I do? You ask me, but I don't know. There are only so many cabbages. How can I make more for you?"
This is how civil servants are these days. They have iron rice bowls, are particularly arrogant, and speak harshly.
Everyone looked at each other.
"I don't care. If I can't buy cabbage today, I won't leave."
"Yes, I'm going to live right in front of the department store. Let's see if you can help us solve the problem."
"If you don't eat green leafy vegetables for a few months, something bad will happen to you."
"I'm just asking you, if anyone of ours dies, do you care?"
The previously calm emotions were instantly ignited like a fuse.
Jiang Meishu didn't say anything, but just stayed beside the eldest sister who was making the most noise.
Office on the second floor.
Shen Mingying was standing behind the window, on the phone with the manager of the Tianjin Farmers' Market. Halfway through the call, she narrowed her eyes and asked, "Xiao Jiang? Why is Xiao Jiang downstairs?"
The other end of the phone said, "Hello, Chief Shen, I didn't hear what you said clearly."
Shen Mingying said, "It's okay, Manager Zhu, you see, we're really short of cabbage here. The people of the entire capital are relying on this cabbage to survive the winter."
"Can you give me another 10,000 kilograms?"
When Manager Zhu heard this, he took a deep breath and said, "I definitely don't have 10,000 kilograms."
"But I can still manage to evenly distribute 3,000 kilograms."
"About five thousand kilograms."
“Section Chief Shen, you also know that we in Jinshi don’t even have enough food for ourselves. The maximum is 4,000 kilograms, which is the limit of our farmers’ market.”
Shen Mingying decided to call it a day. "Five thousand kilograms is five thousand kilograms. On behalf of all the people in the capital, thank you, Manager Zhu."
After hanging up the phone.
Shen Mingying was thinking about Jiang Meishu downstairs, so she made another phone call and asked the neighboring province to send another 2,000 kilograms of cabbage.
She then hung up the phone in a hurry and went downstairs.
However, Shen Mingying stood in the crowd and searched for a long time, but she didn't see Jiang Meishu.
When Shen Mingying thought he was seeing things.
Jiang Meishu appeared in front of her, "Second sister-in-law, are you looking for me?"
The shout was very cordial.
As expected, a man who knows the times is a hero. Jiang Meishu, who has been beaten by society, understands too well the benefits of having an acquaintance to do things for her.
She followed the big sister who was causing trouble, but not only did she not get the problem solved, she was almost caught by the head of the department store security department along with the other party.
Fortunately, Jiang Meishu was quick-witted and reacted quickly, and immediately slipped out, thus escaping the disaster.
As soon as she spoke, Shen Mingying breathed a sigh of relief, "Why are you here?"
"I thought I was seeing things."
Jiang Meishu clasped her hands together and said, "Second sister-in-law, I came to buy cabbage, but I'm late."
Shen Mingying understood the rest without Jiang Meishu explaining. She glanced at the crowd and said, "Director Li, you come and maintain the situation."
"I'll take my brother and sister-in-law to the office."
Secretary Li understood immediately.
They all work in the department store, so who doesn't have a relative? For example, when the department store was selling cabbage this time, the people inside had actually taken out their grocery coupons and bought it according to the quota.
This is what is sold to the outside world.
As the saying goes, the one who is close to the water gets the moon first.
Not only that, Director Li also made a point of remembering Jiang Meishu's appearance. After all, Shen Mingying was a popular figure in the department store, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell.
In less than two years, Shen Mingying will be promoted to the head of the purchasing department.
This is something that will happen sooner or later, so Secretary Li also wants to remember Jiang Meishu's face and give her a favor in the future, which can be regarded as doing a favor to Shen Mingying.
upstairs.
After Shen Mingying brought Jiang Meishu upstairs, she poured her a cup of hot water and asked, "Why didn't you greet me before you came?"
Jiang Meishu held the cup of hot water and felt her body, which had been frozen in the cold wind for an hour and a half, slowly warming up.
She pursed her lips and took a sip before whispering, "I don't want to cause any trouble with you."
At this point, she sighed, "But I didn't expect I would be so unlucky. I'm the sixth one, and there are no more cabbages ahead."
"That older sister was causing trouble, and the security department arrested her. I slipped away quickly and happened to run into you, otherwise I might have been arrested too."
Shen Mingying raised her hand and rubbed her hair. The touch was very good, which made her unable to resist rubbing it again. "Next time you come to the department store, no matter what you want to buy, you can come to me first. We have insider discounts."
At this point, she called out, "Xiao Xu, come here and ask if there are any cabbages left in the warehouse. If there are, please save some for me—"
She went to see Jiang Meishu and asked, "What is the purchase quantity on the grocery list?"
Even if they are from the purchasing department, they have to follow the supply quantity in the food list. Otherwise, if you cut in line or I steal, everything will be a mess in the end.
Jiang Meishu, "Fifty kilograms."
"Our family's supply is fifty kilograms."
"For nine people, each person should eat four and a half kilograms."
When Shen Mingying heard this, she said, "This is too little."
This four and a half kilograms of cabbage supply is not enough to feed a family for three months.
Even if you eat it sparingly, it's a great achievement if you can eat it for a month.
Jiang Meishu frowned slightly and sighed, "There's nothing we can do. They said the cabbage supply is low this year, so they just cut it in half."
"Let me get you these fifty pounds first."
"We'll figure out what to do next."
Jiang Meishu hummed, pursed her lips, and said politely and gratefully, "Thank you, second sister-in-law."
"We are all one family, so we should keep our differences."
After a while, Xiao Xu came over and said, "Chief Shen, there are still some cabbages in the warehouse. We can make up 50 kilograms."
Hearing this, Shen Mingying said directly, "Then I'll take Xiao Jiang over to buy some cabbage."
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from outside, “Section Chief Shen, the general manager asked you to come over for a meeting.”
this--
Shen Mingying couldn't leave.
Jiang Meishu was not an ignorant person. She immediately said, "Just ask Comrade Xu to take me there. Second sister-in-law, you go and take care of your own business."
Shen Mingying was still a little worried.
Jiang Meishu pursed her lips and said, "Second sister-in-law, I'm not a child anymore. I can handle this matter."
Shen Mingying looked at her fair and tender face and said seriously that he was an adult and very reliable.
I can't help but laugh.
"Okay, then let Xiao Xu take you there. Come find me anytime if you have any questions."
Jiang Meishu nodded and followed Xiao Xu to the warehouse.
“Section Chief Shen is so gentle to you.”
On the way over, Xiao Xu couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.
Jiang Meishu was a little surprised, "She is usually very gentle."
"That's not the case."
Xiao Xu said, “If our colleagues in the department store heard you say this, they would definitely not believe you used the word gentle to describe Section Chief Shen.”
Section Chief Shen was like the only lioness in their department store.
She is ruthless and has a bad temper, and she will start a fight if she disagrees with someone.
As a result, no one in the entire department store had not been scolded by Section Chief Shen, except for the gentle and beautiful woman in front of him.
Jiang Meishu really couldn't imagine how the gentle Shen Mingying could become so violent and aggressive.
However, it is not good to speak ill of others behind their backs.
She thought for a moment and added, "I think my second sister-in-law is very good."
Xiao Xu smiled and said nothing, and the two of them arrived at the warehouse.
There was only a small pile of cabbages left in such a large warehouse.
Piled in the corner, it looked rather pathetic.
"Did you bring your food supplement book?"
Xiao Xu asked her.
Jiang Meishu nodded and handed over the food supplement book. Xiao Xu took it and wrote a line at the back, "Buy 50 kilograms of cabbage."
Immediately, a check mark was made at the signature point, and the department store’s seal was stamped on it.
After completing the procedures.
Xiao Xu returned the food pack to Jiang Meishu and said, "Give me your snakeskin bag."
Jiang Meishu nodded and handed it over immediately.
Xiao Xu picked cabbages for her. They were not the kind that were picked in piles outside. The cabbages Xiao Xu picked for her were all better ones, with fewer dead leaves and more green leaves.
Jiang Meishu knew that the other party was doing this for the sake of her second sister-in-law Shen Mingying.
Shen Mingying did it for Liang Qiurun's sake.
Otherwise, she would not have gone to the office on the second floor of the department store today, let alone come to the warehouse of the department store.
I went through the back door and bought the cabbage separately.
Xiao Xu put twenty cabbages in at a time and stacked them tightly.
Soon a snakeskin bag was full.
He carried the bag to the scale beside him and began to weigh it. "It's still three and a half pounds short."
"This bag can't hold any more. I'm getting you a big cabbage. Hold it in your arms."
Jiang Meishu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "Okay."
After she agreed, Xiao Xu immediately picked the largest cabbage from the pile.
He weighed it and found it weighed at least four kilograms.
"The extra ones are just for you. Don't tell anyone."
This is the advantage of working in a department store: occasionally you get a few extra pounds or ounces of something that is not so precious.
They can also take advantage of it themselves.
Jiang Meishu murmured, "Thank you."
The difficult part is how to get the cabbage back home after buying it.
"Our unit has trailers and flatbed trucks. Which one would you like to borrow? But after you borrow it, you need Chief Shen's signature."
Jiang Meishu thought for a moment and asked, "Can I take a look at the car?"
Xiao Xu took her to the warehouse next door to take a look. The cart was the same kind her sister pushed in the morning. Jiang Meishu was not very familiar with this kind of cart. It had two handles and she was not very good at controlling the direction.
That trailer is fine, though.
Jiang Meishu said, "I'll borrow a trailer."
Xiao Xu uttered an "ah," brought over a car borrowing form, asked Jiang Meishu to sign it, and helped her move all the cabbages onto the car.
"Can you try to walk?"
Jiang Meishu tried it, and although it was a bit difficult, she was not standing still.
She said, "It's OK."
Xiao Xu checked the time and said, "Then go out through the back door, not the main door."
Cabbages were not available outside at the time, but Jiang Meishu dragged some cabbages out of the warehouse. If others saw this, they would definitely cause trouble.
Jiang Meishu also understands the twists and turns here.
She immediately said, "I'll go out the back door."
After Xiao Xu sent her out the back door, he couldn't walk anymore. "I have to go back to work. I can't leave my post for too long. Can you drag me back by yourself?"
Even if she couldn't, Jiang Meishu would still be able to do it now. She nodded and said, "Thank you, Director Xu."
The other party waved his hand nonchalantly.
After Jiang Meishu dragged the car out, she tried her best to avoid the crowd in front and walked from the back road.
But it was okay at the beginning.
She was able to control the strength to a point that was just enough to keep herself in control and avoid falling.
But unexpectedly, when they learned that more and more people were rushing to grab the cabbages, people around the department store suddenly rushed over.
With a bang.
Jiang Meishu was hit on the lower back. She groaned and staggered. The pain made her pause and she loosened her grip a little.
Downhill again.
The small trailer was completely out of control and began to rush down.
Jiang Meishu ignored the pain in her lower back. She took a deep breath and reached out to pull the small trailer, but it was downhill and there were things weighing over a hundred pounds on it. The force of the things rushing out was not something Jiang Meishu could hold on to.
Inertia dragged her out with it.
With a plop.
The trailer overturned and the snakeskin bag filled with cabbages fell down. The bag was not tied tightly and the cabbages scattered out.
Downhill again.
Rolling everywhere.
Jiang Meishu was stunned for a moment, her mind went blank, and she subconsciously chased after them to stop them, but she was no match for four people, because it was downhill, and the cabbage rolled in all directions.
She only managed to catch a few, and some she missed and rolled around.
Everyone passing by was looking at her. Jiang Meishu's face was burning hot, and she felt so ashamed that she wanted to pick her toes. However, she still shamelessly asked, "Comrade, please help me stop it."
She really couldn't pick it up by herself.
Moreover, she fell because someone bumped into her. If she hadn't been bumped into by someone, she wouldn't have fallen at all.
When she spoke, everyone hesitated, but when they thought of the long queues of people still lining up to grab the cabbages at the department store, they immediately shook their heads and said, "Pick it up yourself. We don't have time."
No one stopped.
Jiang Meishu could understand, after all, everyone was busy. She took a deep breath, picked up cabbages here and there, but more than twenty cabbages were too many.
It's downhill again, and the flowers are scattered everywhere.
Jiang Meishu was almost crying out of anxiety.
Not far away.
In the car, Liang Qiurun was resting, and Secretary Chen was driving back to the meat processing plant and waiting at the intersection.
Secretary Chen subconsciously looked around and saw a familiar voice. He squinted his eyes and stared at it. After confirming it, he said, "Leader, that seems to be Comrade Jiang."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Qiurun opened his eyes and looked over. Sure enough, he saw Jiang Meishu anxiously rescuing the cabbage that was rolling down in the crowd.
Some people seemed to be in a hurry to go to the department store to grab cabbages.
Almost bumped into her.
Jiang Meishu had no choice. She thought to herself, let it crash, but her cabbage must not fall. This was the only vegetable ration for the whole family for several months.
She reached out, but no one bumped into her.
Jiang Meishu was a little surprised. When she raised her eyes, she saw Liang Qiurun appear in front of her, blocking most of the impact for her.
"The cabbage fell?"
Liang Qiurun asked her while bending down to help pick up the trash.
He came down in a hurry, without wearing his black coat, only a white shirt, and walked back and forth in the cold wind.
Those cabbages that were difficult for Jiang Meishu to hold were difficult to hold when they reached Liang Qiurun, perhaps because of his long arms and legs.
After a while, most of the items were picked up, and even the overturned trailer was pulled out of the half-person-high ditch.
He stood there and piled up all the scattered cabbages.
When he turned around, he saw Jiang Meishu staring at him blankly.
"The cabbage fell, so it fell. As long as you're okay, that's all that matters." Liang Qiurun sighed, raised his hand and tapped her nose, helpless yet gentle. "How could you be so stupid? You're willing to give up your life for cabbage?"
"How are these cabbages more important than you?"
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