Chapter 176 Purchasing

on Behalf of Others On the first day of sleeping in Qizhou with the children, Lin Shu didn’t want to be unable to get up in the morning, so she threatened Lu Shaotang at night.

The next day, she woke up at the same time as in her hometown, but she found that people in the city generally woke up late. At this time, except for Lu Shaotang and others who were going to exercise, everyone else was still sleeping.

Lin Shu decisively took a nap, and when she woke up, Lu Shaotang had just bought breakfast and went upstairs.

It was freezing cold outside at the end of the winter solstice, and there was frost and snow on the glass windows, but the family courtyard had heating and the house was warm.

Lu Shaotang helped her get warm water to wash up. Although he knew that her elder sister had told her about the canteen, he said again, "The canteen sells breakfast and lunch. I will buy breakfast for you in the future. If you don't want to cook at noon, we can eat in the canteen. If you get off work early in the evening, I will cook."

Those who don't want to cook can buy more steamed buns and vegetables from the canteen at noon and heat them up for a meal in the evening. Those

who have elderly people at home or whose wives don't work basically cook for themselves.

Lin Shu: "It's so cold, and there's nothing special. We still cook for ourselves."

Although the food in the canteen is cheap, it's not as delicious as what she cooks.

After breakfast, Lu Shaotang went to work, Hou Bo and Hou Ying had to go to school, but little Hou Wei didn't go but followed Panpan and Tiantian.

Pan Pan asked curiously, "Aren't you going to kindergarten today?"

There are kindergartens in the city, and some in the countryside have red-raising classes, while others don't. Anyway, they are places that help parents look after their children.

Little Hou Wei stared at the small wooden gun in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and slowly said, "I am so young and so sensible, I don't cause trouble for adults, so I don't need to go to kindergarten. Only those childish and ignorant children go to kindergarten to be educated by teachers."

Kindergartens are not good, there are bad children, and the teachers are on the side of bad children. He doesn't want to... cause trouble for his family.

Sister Lin: "If you don't want to go, then don't go. It's just right to play with my sister and brother."

In this era, the cancellation of the college entrance examination has a strong destructive effect on educational habits and consistency. Most parents and children are not keen on studying. Unless the family is capable and can arrange a job for their children after they graduate from high school, they will still pay attention to it. Families that cannot arrange a job even if

their children study well and are destined to go to the countryside basically do not pay attention to education. Hou Jianwen himself went to the countryside, and he believed that his children had to go to the countryside too, so he naturally would not force his youngest son to go to kindergarten.

Tiantian and Panpan have never been to school, and they think it is okay. After all, kindergarten is a place to take care of children, not a formal school.

Lin Shu felt something was wrong, so she tested little Hou Wei, "Did someone bully you in kindergarten?"

Little Hou Wei's head shook like a rattle, "Aunt, no, I'm so powerful, who dares to bully me!"

Thinking of her son's naughty appearance in the kindergarten of the original unit, Sister Lin smiled and said, "He is good as long as he doesn't bully others. How could he be bullied?"

When his father-in-law was suspended for investigation, little Hou Wei fought with the children in kindergarten because of this, and he was not afraid at all.

In the morning, Lin Shu was going to go out for a stroll with Sister Lin to get familiar with the nearby state-owned vegetable market, bathhouse, cinema, barber shop, supply and marketing cooperative, etc.

Lin Shu asked her elder sister how it was living here, whether the neighbors were easy to get along with, etc.

Sister Lin smiled and said, "No matter where you are, there are always people who are jealous and say sour things, but there is definitely no one who comes to your house to act arrogantly. Don't worry, we are living well here, all thanks to my brother-in-law." They

didn't need Lu Shaotang to do anything for them. People knew that she was Lu Shaotang's eldest aunt and would give her some face.

After walking around, the two sisters bought some daily necessities and radishes and cabbages, and especially bought some cheap aged broken tea leaves.

There is still a difference between the agency's family compound and the residential compound outside. Many daily necessities here are welfare benefits and do not need to be purchased extra. In addition, there is no need to stock up thousands of kilograms of cabbage in winter. It is also okay to go to the vegetable market every few days to buy it.

When they got home, they started to make tea leaf eggs. After cooking, they were soaked in the boiled sauce. It would be almost done by tomorrow.

While she was busy, a woman's loud voice came from outside, "Comrade Lin Shu, are you home?"

Lin Shu walked to the window, opened it and looked out, and saw three women standing at the gate of No. 8 Courtyard looking out.

She greeted them, "I'm here, two sisters."

She and her eldest sister went downstairs to greet them.

The three women talked to her warmly. One of them was Yang Shumin, and her husband was a cadre of the Public Security Group of the People's Security Group under the Provincial Revolutionary Committee, that is, the head of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. One was Zhang

Ya, and her husband was a cadre of the Propaganda Group under the Political Work Group of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee.

Their husbands all had to cooperate with the work of Lu Shaotang and Chen Yanming's departments, and they had a lot of dealings with them, so when they heard that Lu Ju's family was coming, they came to visit.

The other one was called Chen Huilan, the women's director of the mass work group under the political work group of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee. Knowing that there were new families in the family home, she naturally wanted to get to know them.

They were older than Lin Shu, so they treated each other as sister-in-law and sister-in-law, and they also got to know Sister Lin.

"Congratulations on your move," they said, handing over gifts.

Seeing that they were just daily necessities and food that were not expensive, Lin Shu did not refuse and invited them to sit upstairs.

Chen Huilan still had work to do, so she did not go upstairs. She handed over the gift and left.

Yang Shumin and Zhang Ya had nothing to do, so they happily followed them upstairs to visit. They had been curious about what the upstairs looked like for a long time.

There has been a bad rumor circulating in the family compound. Some gossipy women like to gossip about other couples, especially those who are as good-looking as Lu Shaotang.

They have never met Lin Shu, but they know that Lu Shaotang has a country wife. They guess that she is not only rough-looking, but also must be vulgar, unhygienic, and may even be foul-mouthed.

Others don't have many opportunities to socialize with Lu Shaotang, and the family members are embarrassed to come and inquire directly. Their men have work contacts with Lu Shaotang's unit, which makes it convenient for them to move around.

Most of the contacts in the government compound are between colleagues and people of the same level. People of different levels basically don't move around.

Lu Shaotang's department was newly added to the Revolutionary Committee this year. The nature of their work is quite special and sensitive. Apart from necessary work contacts, they do not interact with people from other departments casually.

People from other departments are basically unwilling to have extra interactions with them unless they have committed a crime, for fear that they will be suspected of being investigated or trying to curry favor with Lu Shaotang.

Now when they see Lin Shu, they find that she is not only very beautiful, but also very elegant in her speech. She doesn't look like a country girl at all, but seems to be more cultured than them. It's

really strange.

Yang Shumin and Zhang Ya looked at each other, and when they entered the house, they were even more amazed. They had never seen a room decorated like this before.

They had no theoretical knowledge of decoration, but from their own perspective, this room was decorated in a warm and elegant way.

They all had the same white lime walls and grass green wall skirts, but they hung a set of curtains, which looked like... tie-dyed?

Oh, why is that closet so unique? Look, it's so tall, it feels like it can be used as a wall directly.

Zhang Ya couldn't help but quietly opened the closet door and took a look. Wow, it's different from the closets she had seen before?

She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Big sister, did you make this cabinet yourself? I saw your eldest sister deliver it to you the other day."

Lin Shu introduced it to them. She wanted to sell a few sets of furniture like this, so she knew how to introduce and sell it and how to impress the other party.

Sure enough, Yang Shumin was moved.

Her house was similar to Lin Shu's, with a large room without partitions. If she built a wall, it would be too crowded, so she put a few pieces of furniture in it, but the line of sight was not well blocked, so she had to draw curtains.

Look at Lin Shu's place, there is a big bed inside, about two meters long and wide, and at the end of the bed is a...kang cabinet? The color is also fresh and elegant, not the common dark red and black.

The inner room is separated by this kind of big cabinet. A row of cabinets is a wall. What's more surprising is that the cabinet has doors on both sides!

It can be used inside and outside.

There are thick shelves inside the cabinet, probably for sound insulation or to make it more solid.

In addition to this unique big cabinet, there is also a unique high and low cabinet. The highest one is a five-compartment cabinet, and the lower ones are four-compartment and three-compartment cabinets. They are well-arranged and beautiful.

There are several vases made of broken jars and bottles in the corner, and they are planted with... orchids?

No, they should be leeks, green onions, garlic and the like.

No matter what they grow, putting potted plants in the house is full of vitality.

Yang Shumin said with a smile, "If we put a pot of chives in our house, people would definitely laugh at us for being unsophisticated, but for a person like our elder sister, let alone chives and garlic, we would think anything is really beautiful and pretty!"

This thing resembles the owner's shape, and it is really beautiful, even more beautiful than the pots of Clivia and orchids in the director's house.

This is just a polite remark, and Lin Shu naturally didn't take it seriously, but she smiled and thanked him.

Yang Shumin was very curious about the row of cabinets, and she kept asking for details, such as where it was made, how much it cost, how long it would take, etc.

Lin Shu introduced them one by one, patiently and considerately, and all of them were selling points that hit the other party's preferences.

Yang Shumin was very tempted by what she heard. It was cheaper than what she bought in the provincial capital, and it was more beautiful and more suitable. She wanted to ask Lin Shu for help, but she felt it was not good to bother someone just after they met, as it would make her look eager to take advantage.

Smelling the fragrant smell in the room, Yang Shumin complimented her appropriately, "Sister, what is so... fragrant? It smells like tea leaves, and how come it also smells like stewed meat?"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "My sister and I are making tea leaf eggs. They are not yet seasoned, but they smell fragrant. They will also smell fragrant when they are eaten tomorrow. I will send some to the two sisters to try."

Zhang Ya wanted to say that she was embarrassed, but Yang Shumin had already rushed to say, "That's great. Thank you in advance."

Lin Shu invited them to have tea.

She didn't brew tea, but homemade health tea. In summer and autumn, she made a lot of health flower tea and fruit tea, including rose buds, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, hawthorn, red dates, etc. that she dried herself, as well as autumn pear paste and hawthorn paste that she made herself.

In the countryside, there is a shortage of materials, so they use local materials and use whatever they have.

Yang Shumin and Zhang Ya both enjoyed the drink, "It's sour and sweet, very rare."

Since they entered the house, they have been exchanging crazy glances. They really should let those women who gossip behind their backs come over and see that although Lu Ju's wife is from the countryside, she is fragrant and sweet, beautiful and exquisite.

This living habit is also quite good. The house is tidy and clean. The adults and children are all neat and pretty. Not to mention the country people, there are few people in the city who are neater and prettier than them.

Lin Shu smiled and said, "If you like, you can add some rock sugar, honey or something. It's a pity that we don't have osmanthus here, otherwise we can make osmanthus honey."

Seeing that the two liked it, she sent them some fruit tea and flower tea.

Chrysanthemum and honeysuckle are both traditional Chinese medicines. They are available in drugstores and hospitals. The price is not cheap. Her own production is limited, so naturally she won't send too much.

This thing is not weighed, and a bag doesn't weigh much.

While chatting, Lin Shu also took the melon seeds she brought from home for them to crack.

The sunflowers planted in the yard are growing better this year than last year, and the production is higher.

The five-spice melon seeds she made were delicious and not irritating. Fang Dihua and Old Man Lu liked to eat a handful every day.

Yang Shumin: "This is delicious. Where did you buy it? I'll go buy some too."

Lin Shu: "I grew this myself. If I had known that my sisters-in-law would like me to grow more, it's a pity that I only have a few pounds. It's almost done."

Yang Shumin: "That's easy. I'll go to the grocery store and buy ten pounds of raw melon seeds and come over to stir-fry with my sister."

Lin Shu agreed naturally.

This different status makes a world of difference in the control and possession of resources.

How can you be so generous and say you want to buy something in the countryside? You have to find ways to collect votes and find connections.

It's different in the family courtyard of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee.

Lin Shu extended the topic at the right time and talked about the situation of the family courtyard, the influential people, the precautions for getting along with each other, etc.

Yang Shumin and Zhang Ya are talkative and love gossip, otherwise they wouldn't have come to Lin Shu to make friends right away.

Zhang Ya: "Big leaders all live in small buildings, so it has nothing to do with us. Most of us are easy to deal with. There are only a few jealous people who like to compare and envy others, but they won't do anything to you in person. Only the Guan family should be kept away from."

Lin Shu and Sister Lin were very curious.

Zhang Ya: "It's nothing, actually. Their little son is about the same age as your two kids, so don't play with them. He's a little bully. He gets annoyed when the kids are playing, and he starts swearing and hitting them. If they fight back, his grandmother will go to their house and get mad. Most people can't stand it, so everyone stays away from his children."

Sister Lin: "With such a sweary attitude, other families will be willing to let her bully them?"

Yang Shumin continued, "She lives in a family compound, and is often seen everywhere. She is uneducated and fierce, so people don't bother with her. Of course, it's also because her deceased husband was a good person, capable and popular. Her eldest daughter is doing well in the army, and her second son works in the Materials Bureau of our Provincial Revolutionary Committee. His position is not high, but he has a car to go in and out."

From what they said, old lady Guan was fierce and good at fighting, and most people could not beat her. Not only did she scold people harshly, she would also hit people at any time. Other women always had the burden of being cadres and their families, and were embarrassed to embarrass themselves.

They also met several times in the family compound. The grandson of the Guan family fought with other children. The old lady Guan made a big fuss and forced the other party to apologize. In the end, it turned out that the grandson of the Guan family hit the other child first.

Of course, there were also children who were beaten by Guan Ze, but the old lady Guan was very fierce.

It was really unreasonable. She had to win anyway.

Everyone knew that they couldn't argue with her, so they simply stayed away from them. Even those with higher positions than the Guan family were afraid that the old lady Guan would conflict with them.

Fortunately, the children were weak and at most pushed and hit a few times, but they would not be hurt. It was no big deal.

As a result, Mrs. Guan got the advantage and still acted nicely. She thought that the family knew they were guilty and therefore did not dare to argue with her. She said something like, "Adults should not argue with children. It is not good to be petty. We should be generous."

Both of them advised Lin Shu and Sister Lin: "Anyway, it is right to stay away from their children."

Their families did not have children in kindergarten, so there was no conflict with the Guan family, but they did see the noise.

Lin Shu: "Thank you, sisters. We will pay attention."

After chatting for a while, the two said goodbye.

On the way, the two exchanged opinions crazily, "She looks so young, not like a mother of two children at all."

"Is she really from the country? How come her skin is so fair? She doesn't have any spots at all. Look at me, I have yellow spots all over my face after I turned 30."

"She is handsome, educated, and can cook. She lives a good life. Director Lu is really... so lucky."

Others envy Lin Shu for having a man like Lu Shaotang who is capable, can make money, and is handsome, but she envies Lu Shaotang for having such a good wife.

Hey, why aren't I a man?

When they were almost home, Zhang Ya asked Yang Shumin, "Why are you so greedy? You have to have someone else's tea leaf eggs. If you want to eat them, just ask how they are made and cook them yourself."

Yang Shumin: "I just wanted to get close to her and ask her to help buy two big cabinets like that. You know our house."

Zhang Ya: "Don't tell me, that big cabinet is really practical. I saw that it is not a big cabinet, but a combination of several parts. The eldest sister said it is called a combination cabinet."

The style is simple and generous, and the workmanship is also good. It is very good.

When Yang Shumin waited for her husband to come back in the evening, she discussed it with him.

Her husband never liked to manage the affairs of the family. As long as the family has money, she would buy it. Anyway, the family really needs it.

The next day, Yang Shumin and Zhang Ya bought raw melon seeds and came to find Lin Shu.

Lu Shaotang and Hou Jianwen went to work, and the children took their tea eggs downstairs to play. Only Lin Shu and her sister were at home.

Yang Shumin: "Big sister, I hope I won't disturb you?"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "There is not much work to do in the city. We are not used to being idle. It's just right that the two sisters are here to liven things up."

If you don't go to work in the city, it's really much easier than in the countryside.

In the countryside, you have to get firewood, fetch water, grow vegetables, and grind. Nothing is easy, and there is no day of leisure.

In the city, there is no trouble with firewood, rice, oil, and salt. As long as you have money and tickets, you can go to the grain and oil store or the vegetable market to buy them. At most, you can cook, wash clothes, and take care of hygiene when you come back.

Now it is just a little troublesome to wash clothes by hand, but isn't there Lu Shaotang at home?

He washes the big clothes and doesn't let her do it by hand. She can only wash small items at most.

Lin Shu took out crystal sugar, salt, cinnamon, bay leaves, star anise, pepper, licorice slices, cumin powder and other spices.

Yang Shumin and Zhang Ya were stunned, "Sister, this...are we frying melon seeds?"

Lin Shu smiled and said, "Yes, without these, how can it taste so sweet?"

Wash the raw melon seeds and soak them for half an hour, then take them out and put them in a pot with seasoning, crystal sugar, salt and water to start cooking, and cook on low heat for half an hour. After the melon seeds have cooled down, drain them and stir-fry over low heat, sprinkle in an appropriate amount of fine salt until they are dry and cooked, and emit a fragrant and sweet flavor.

They taste fragrant and crispy, with five spices, and can be sweet or salty.

When soaking the melon seeds, Lin Shu also let them taste tea eggs.

Both of them were amazed. They had never eaten tea eggs before. The state-owned hotel and canteen didn't make them, so they didn't know how to make them. Of course, they had never eaten them before.

Then they were busy frying the melon seeds, soaking, boiling, and frying them over low heat. It was almost noon when they were busy.

Both of them were a little embarrassed, especially Yang Shumin, who was too embarrassed to ask Lin Shu to help find someone to make the cabinet.

It is not easy to find a carpenter to make furniture in the city. You have to buy wood, provide meals, and pay wages. If you want to buy ready-made furniture, you have to go to a department store, which is expensive. If you want to buy used furniture, you have to go to a trust store, which is actually not cheap either. The key is that none of them are as practical as Lin Shu's.

Lin Shu has seen through Yang Shumin's thoughts. This morning, she ran to the coat cabinet to look, touch, and sigh. Even a fool can understand her thoughts.

Lin Shu took the initiative to say, "Sister Yang, do you want to make a coat cabinet like this? If you want, I can contact the carpenters in my hometown and ask them to go out and collect wood and help you make it."

Yang Shumin's eyes lit up, "Really? Will it be too much trouble for you?"

She knew that carpenters in the countryside were not off-duty and had to work. Making furniture was done in their spare time.

Lin Shu: "They can supplement their family income by doing carpentry work. Many families can barely make ends meet with just work points, and they don't have extra money to buy New Year's goods."

Yang Shumin decisively took it!

Four cabinets combined together form a wall, and the base is wide and sturdy.

She immediately took out money to pay the deposit. With Lu Ju's wife as the middleman, she didn't have to worry about the carpenter. Anyway, she was determined to hire Lu Ju's wife.

Lin Shu calculated the cost of Carpenter Tan. After deducting the wood, they didn't make any money from her. At most, they just earned hard work fees.

In this era, craftsmen earned hard work fees. One yuan a day was good, and two or three yuan was very good. After all, a day's work points were only about 30 cents, and workers in the city only earned one yuan a day.

Lin Shu wanted to make money. After deducting the cost of the wood and the wages of Carpenter Tan, Lin Shu gave Yang Shumin an extra 50 yuan.

She would take 35 yuan and give Carpenter Tan 15 yuan as a profit.

With this little money, she was just giving Yang Shumin a loan. If someone asked Yang Shumin to make a cabinet, she would have to add 65 yuan.

In two years, the plywood combination cabinets that people in the city bought had excessive formaldehyde, ugly shapes, useless functions, and rubbish boards. The prices were very high.

Anyway, whoever bought it would regret it, and basically they would be replaced within a few years.

After the reform and opening up, she had to make at least 150 yuan from this expensive cabinet, because it could be used for decades without breaking.

She also drew a structural diagram for Yang Shumin on the spot, and asked Yang Shumin to modify the internal structure according to her own needs, such as whether she likes to hang clothes or stack them, how many drawers she wants, whether she wants to leave a separate door for quilts, etc.

Yang Shumin was very curious when she saw this kind of designed cabinet for the first time, and she had a lot of fun studying it with Lin Shu.

Finally, they had to cook at noon, and they said goodbye with reluctance.

Lin Shu gave each of them five tea eggs to take back to their families to taste, but the two refused to take them.

Although eggs in the vegetable market are 60 cents a pound, if you buy them on the black market, one egg costs 9 cents.

It is always more expensive in the provincial capital.

Lin Shu smiled and said, "You guys gave me melon seeds, right? Shouldn't I give you a few tea eggs to try?"

Zhang Ya left her more than a pound, and Yang Shumin left almost half. Lin Shu didn't want them to give it to her.

Seeing that Lin Shu really wanted to give it, the two accepted it and left happily.

After seeing the two off, Lin Shu and her elder sister made lunch.

Elder sister Lin was surprised and said, "You sold a set just like that?"

Lin Shu: "We call this sample display and precise sales."

The quantity will not be large, so it depends on word of mouth to attract customers. However, Carpenter Tan's production is not that fast. In this way, if he gets an order every once in a while, Carpenter Tan can earn money to support his family, and she can also make extra money. It's really good.

Lin Shu was not afraid that Yang Shumin would ask the nearby carpenters. The prices of carpenters in the provincial capital were not cheap at all. Those who came to work at home would take their time and require you to serve them with wine and meat. The wages were one and a half to two yuan a day.

It was impossible to order a large cabinet from a carpenter in the city. Carpenters had to work in lumber factories and wood factories. If he dared to make a large wardrobe at home, his company would definitely check if he stole the wood.

Lin Shu gave her a favor.

At this time, Panpan and Tiantian also led Xiao Houwei upstairs. They sold all the tea eggs in two lunch boxes.

Panpan said happily, "1.5 cents each, they sell much faster than in the market!"

Tiantian: "We can't even sell enough."

Little Hou Wei ate the candy Panpan gave him, "I'll go again in the afternoon!"

Panpan regretted not bringing hawthorns with her. If she had made candied haws, they would definitely sell better in the provincial capital. "The kids in the provincial capital are too rich!"

Lin Shu asked them, "Doesn't anyone care if you sell tea leaf eggs?"

She was not afraid that the kids selling a few tea leaf eggs would affect Lu Shaotang or something, but she still wanted to ask.

Tiantian: "No, a lady with a red armband asked us. We said we wanted to buy comic books, so we took out the tea leaf eggs made by my mother to exchange, and they bought it."

Panpan laughed and said, "We sold it to others for 1.5 cents, and gave the lady with a red armband 1.2 cents. They were very happy and bought three each."

After lunch, Lin Shu and her elder sister went to the post office next door to send a telegram to Carpenter Tan, asking them to continue making the floor-to-ceiling cabinet.

The layout of the house in the family courtyard is similar, with a fixed floor height. Yang Shumin decided to have four combination cabinets, which are 3.6 meters high when combined.

When she came back, Lin Shu still sighed to her elder sister that such a large cabinet is not as good as the money Panpan makes from selling tea leaf eggs.

Don't underestimate the profits from running a large volume. It is still very impressive when accumulated little by little. Haven't you seen that the profits of snack stalls are amazing?

After the reform and opening up, it is said that those who research atomic bombs are not as rich as those who sell tea leaf eggs. This is also true.

Even so, she also has to make money from the coat closet. After all, Carpenter Tan also makes money, right? And there is no conflict between selling coat closets and selling tea leaf eggs.

Earning two kinds of money means double happiness!

Because of Zhang Ya and Yang Shumin's initiative to visit, other women in the family compound also began to walk around with Lin Shu intentionally or unintentionally. Some were purely curious, while others did not believe what Yang Shumin and Zhang Ya said. They had preconceived that Lin Shu was vulgar, unhygienic, and took advantage of others, so they always wanted to find clues to prove their judgment.

Lin Shu kept a distance from such people, and if the other party said something unpleasant, she would not be polite.

For example, after lunch, she and her eldest sister went downstairs for a walk, and her eldest sister's neighbor Huang Wei, who was about to go to work, stood on the side of the road and greeted them. Her words were full of discriminatory remarks against the countryside, but she did not want to leave any handle for her discrimination against farmers.

After all, at that time, all the students went to the countryside to work in the production team, and the workers, peasants and soldiers were promoted as one family. It was fine for ordinary people to look down on peasants, but she, a cadre family member, couldn't do that.

"Comrade Lin Shu, people like you from the countryside, will you feel uncomfortable in the city?" She stared at Lin Shu's face, and was a little disappointed that she didn't see the red face of the country people tortured by the cold wind and scorching sun.

If she simply asked herself whether she would feel uncomfortable coming from the countryside to the city, then Lin Shu would tell her her true feelings, but she had to add "people like you". Generally speaking, when chatting, if the other party emphasizes this, it means that they are the kind of people she looks down on.

She smiled and looked at the other party, "Comrade Huang Wei, can you tell me in detail who are these people like us? Otherwise, I don't know if they feel the same as me."

Huang Wei's face froze immediately, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on her face. She seemed a little annoyed, and said hurriedly: "Ah, it's late, I'm different from you. You have nothing to do at home, and you can even take a walk after eating. I have to go to work."

She hurried away.

Looking at her background, Lin Shu sneered.

Sister Lin: "Don't get angry with such people. She is like that. She has been trying to suppress us since we moved here. She is always gloomy. I don't have to go to work. I used to rely on my father-in-law, but now I rely on men. I also have a good brother-in-law.

She is jealous all the time." Lin Shu took her arm and smiled: "Sister, we are happy every day, so that those who are jealous and jealous live in jealousy and discomfort every day. That's what they deserve."

If you don't focus on yourself and stare at others all day, isn't that asking for trouble?

Sister Lin also laughed, "That's right."

They decided to go quietly to see how the three kids were selling tea leaf eggs, but they couldn't find them in the family compound.

Panpan and Tiantian had already discussed that they couldn't sell too many tea leaf eggs in the family compound. Twenty was the maximum. If they sold more, people would probably gossip.

They also found that the family compound of the Provincial Revolutionary Committee was different from other places. Although they were all in the city, it was different from the steel mill, the municipal hospital, the county revolutionary committee, and the county hospital, not to mention Lujiazhuang.

As for why they were different, they didn't know, but they could feel the differences.

The people here had more money, but their eyes were full of thorns.

For example, when they meet a few people, they are less likely to compliment them than in small places, and more likely to ask them where they are from, what their parents do, and where they live.

Some people even ask them where the eggs come from. Of course, they say they brought them from their hometown, and they are reluctant to eat them so they exchange them for money to buy comic books, go to the amusement park, watch movies, buy snacks, etc.

The other party will show a very proud expression.

Some people even say bad things and want to drive them back to the countryside.

Of course, there are also very good people here, such as a child who bought three tea eggs, and an old man who bought five.

This is what my mother said about the big place, the many people, and the many different kinds of people.

They went to the gate of the middle school to sell them, saying that they wanted to sell delicious tea leaf eggs to their brothers and sisters in the countryside who were going to school. They felt so pitiful that they couldn't go to school.

Tea leaf eggs are delicious, the children who sell tea leaf eggs are pretty and well-behaved, and the brothers and sisters in the countryside are so pitiful. Buying a tea leaf egg to eat, you can not only enjoy the food, but also interact with the cute children, and get a sense of accomplishment in helping poor children in the countryside go to school.

Triple happiness!

This tea leaf egg at 1.5 cents is really worth it!

So, the 30 tea leaf eggs that the children brought were quickly sold out.

If it weren't for the fact that it gets cold quickly in winter and they were afraid that the children would have stomachaches, they would have wanted to bring more.

On the way back, Panpan discussed with Tiantian and Xiao Houwei, "Why don't we bring a small charcoal stove out to sell?"

There was a small charcoal stove at home, with a small aluminum pot on it, and tea eggs were heated up. The brothers and sisters would definitely be happy to buy them, and they wouldn't have stomachaches after eating them while they were hot.

"Hey, bad guys! Stop!" Suddenly, a group of six or seven-year-old children ran over and blocked their way.

The leader was a little fat boy, wearing a puffer jacket that no one else had, a pair of green velvet cotton pants, and a pair of children's cotton leather boots.

It was obvious that everything he wore was imported, not domestically produced.

The other kids were similar to Panpan and his friends, except that they were wearing similar clothes. One had a big runny nose, two had blue faces from the cold, and one had ice on his pants and had peed himself. He played all the time without fear of the cold.

Panpan protected Tiantian and Xiao Houwei behind him, "Who are you?"

The fat kid held two bright red candied haws in his hands, chewing them with a crunching sound, and pointed the sharp stick of the candied haws at Panpan, "You are the country bumpkin relative of the bad guys? Hahaha, poor guy, you've never seen a candied haw, right? Kneel down and kowtow to grandpa three times, and grandpa will lick you!"