After Xu An and Xu Mo fell asleep, Xu Ning put a few cabbages in the space, and took some dried wild vegetables and mushrooms.
I plan to mail the things tomorrow, find a place to take them out and send them to the old couple. I saw the chestnuts in the kitchen and filled half a bag in the space.
Xu Ning went to the post office to mail the package, then rode his bicycle to Grandpa Wang's place.
Xu Ning knocked on the door twice and stood there waiting. It was Grandpa Wang who opened the door. When he saw Xu Ning, he smiled and said, "It's you, little girl. Come in."
Grandma Wang also came out of the house and invited Xu Ning to come in.
"Grandpa Wang, Grandma Wang, my name is Xu Ning, you can just call me by my name from now on.
I brought you some vegetables today, and some chestnuts I picked up in the mountains."
After saying that, he took out the cabbage and dried vegetables from the backpack, as well as half a bag of chestnuts tied to the bicycle.
"Peel the chestnuts and put them in the porridge. Soak the dried vegetables and mushrooms in water and cook them into soup. The dried vegetables can also be chopped up and used to make dumplings."
Grandma Wang poured a glass of water into Xu Ning's hand and said, "Thank you, kid. It must have taken a lot of effort to make these things."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "Grandma Wang, I grew the cabbage myself, dug the wild vegetables from the mountain, and picked up the mushrooms and chestnuts from the mountain. They are not worth much.
I have a lot of cabbage at home. You can pickle the cabbage I brought this time and I will bring some fresh cabbage next time."
Xu Ning saw several bundles of firewood in the yard and asked, "Grandpa Wang, where did you get this firewood? You only burn firewood in winter, not coal? Don't you have coal tickets in the city?"
Grandpa Wang sighed and said, "I have issued coal tickets, but not much. When I have nothing to do, I will go outside the city to collect some firewood for the winter."
Grandma Wang also said, "Things have improved a lot in the past two years. The current director of the shoe factory is a retired soldier.
After learning about our situation, when the shoe factory distributed these benefits, we old couple could also receive some, and they also asked the street authorities not to make things difficult for us.
In the past, we not only had to sweep two streets, but also clean the toilets on this street. Now we are only allowed to sweep this street, and we are not allowed to clean the toilets either."
The old couple both said that the factory director was a good man.
Xu Ning thought to himself, you two elders are also good people.
When Xu Ning left, he said to the two elders, "Grandpa Wang, Grandma Wang, I will send you some food and provisions in a while."
"We have a supply of food every month, and these will last us for a long time. The weather is getting colder, so don't come here," the old couple said to Xu Ning as they saw him out. Xu Ning responded with a smile.
Xu Ning found an empty alley and took out 20 sheets.
After thinking about it, she took out two military coats. After what happened to Lin Miao, she felt that it was too risky for her to sell them. After all, she didn't know the other person's character.
If you encounter a vicious person who likes to take advantage of others, not only will you not get the money, but you will also be unsafe.
But Su Hongying was different. She worked for the supply and marketing cooperative, so if she gave it to others, others would think it was something she got from the cooperative.
Su Hongying had been waiting for Xu Ning these past two days. Seeing her locking her bicycle at the door, she immediately came out of the counter and said, "Xiao Ning, don't lock your bicycle. Come home with me."
Xu Ning pushed the cart and walked home with Su Hongying. Her home was not far from the supply and marketing cooperative, and it only took seven or eight minutes to walk there.
Su Hongying closed the door, and Xu Ning took out the bed sheet from the backpack. Su Hongying took a look at it and handed the money to Xu Ning, saying, "Xiao Ning, this is 360 yuan, count it."
Xu Ning took the money from her and said, "What are you counting? How can I not trust Sister Hongying? Sister, this time my friend came over and brought not only bed sheets but also a few military coats. Do you want some?"
Su Hongying immediately said happily, "Yes, you do. Don't you know that the two military coats last time were kept by the leader of your brother-in-law's factory? If there is one that was not grabbed,
You blame your brother-in-law for not telling him. Your brother-in-law wanted to keep one for himself but he couldn't. Girl, how many pieces did your friend bring? ”
"He can only give me two this time. If Sister Hongying wants more, I will see if I can ask him to get a few more next time," and then he took out two military coats from the backpack and showed them to Su Hongying.
Su Hongying took a look and left the two military coats behind. She then took out the wool from the closet and said,
"Xiao Ning, this is the wool you asked me to save last time. It weighs six kilograms.
And this coal note was approved by your brother-in-law’s boss. It’s 1,000 kilograms. Because you don’t need a ticket, the price is higher. Just find a car to go to the coal station to get it.”
Xu Ning took the coal and wool and said with a smile, "It's good that we can buy them now. It doesn't matter if they are a little more expensive. Thank you, Sister Hongying, and thank my brother-in-law for me."
Su Hongying went to work after giving instructions, and Xu Ning rode his bicycle to the old couple again.
She planned to take 500 kilograms of the 1,000 kilograms of coal, and let Grandpa Wang take the rest back to burn.
There were still a lot of coal briquettes left from the ones Lu Xiaotang made for her last year. These 500 kilograms were enough for them to use this year.
Xu Ning saw Grandpa Wang sweeping the floor at the entrance of the alley.
I got off my bike and said to him, "Grandpa Wang, my relative gave me 1,000 gold coal tickets.
I still have some from last year, I don't need that much, find a cart and go with me to bring some back."
Grandpa Wang was both happy and worried, "Girl, you gave it to us, how can you have enough for yourself?"
Xu Ning replied with a smile, "Grandpa Wang, I have enough firewood at home to heat the kang. I'm going to buy some coal to burn the stove. It won't take much. It's different in your city. There's less firewood. It's hard to get through the winter without coal."
Grandpa Wang went back and pulled a cart, and followed Xu Ning to pull coal. Xu Ning handed over the note and asked them to fill up his cart first, and then ask Old Chen to come over and help pull hers back.
Before leaving, Grandpa Wang said to Xu Ning gratefully, "Thank you, little girl."
Xu Ning waved his hand and said with a smile, "Grandpa Wang, please don't be polite. Let's go back quickly. When you have time, go outside the city to pick up some firewood to keep the kang warm in winter."
Grandpa Wang wiped his tears and pulled the cart of coal back. Xu Ning went to find Old Chen and asked him to help pull the coal back.
After school, Xu An saw Xu Ning winding woolen yarn and a pile of coal outside, and asked, "Sister, are we still making coal briquettes this year?"
Xu Ning fiddled with the yarn in his hand and replied, "It's convenient to make coal briquettes. Tomorrow is Sunday, so help me at home. I think we can finish it in one day."
Xu Ning took out the remaining wool from last time, and added the six kilograms of wool he bought today, which was enough to make a sweater for Grandpa Qi, his parents, Uncle Lu, and Aunt Lu.
She put the wool in a backpack and asked Xu An to take it to the cowshed, so that her mother and Aunt Lu could knit it when they had nothing to do.
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