She is at best a pretty girl, and cannot compare with her second sister who is gentle and lovely. However, she looks more like a little white lotus than Yang Chunyan.
Su Chunjiao might have felt their gazes, so she turned around and saw them. She walked towards them with a smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes and looked very fake.
"Song Zhiqing, long time no see. I heard you're pregnant. Congratulations!"
Although Song Tangcheng doesn't like Su Chunjiao, she has learned the skill of saying one thing to one person and another thing to another since she was a child.
"Thank you, Su Zhiqing. It's been so long since we last met. Your skin seems to have become much whiter!"
Song Tangcheng hadn't forgotten. She had been married to the Cheng family for over a year and still hadn't gotten pregnant. This man had been making up stories about her behind her back, saying she had health problems and couldn't get pregnant.
If she didn't know that she was healthy and was using normal contraception, she would have suspected that there was really something wrong with her body if she hadn't kept discussing this.
When Su Chunjiao heard her words, her smiling face froze. Ever since the last quarrel, she had been forced to work in the fields by her mother-in-law and the old lady. It had not been long since then, and she felt that her skin had become darker and rougher.
She originally wanted to ask her husband to buy her a bottle of cold cream, but the money her husband had was in the hands of her mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law had never given her a good face since that incident.
Now Song Tangcheng says that she is whiter, isn’t this a mockery of her?
But now in public in Datong, she couldn't do anything and could only continue to smile and speak.
"Really? I feel relieved with Song Zhiqing's words. Oh, right, these two must be Xiao Song Zhiqing and Su Tao Zhiqing, right?"
"Yes, this is my sister. Oh, by the way, I just realized that you and Su Tao have the same last name. It seems that Taotao can also be called Little Su Zhiqing from now on."
"Then I'll call you Little Su Zhiqing from now on. Hello, Su Zhiqing, my name is Su Tao."
"Hello, Su Zhiqing. My name is Song Tanglan. It's my first time meeting Su Zhiqing. You are indeed a beautiful woman!"
Song Tanglan naturally disliked this woman. Although she didn't know what happened between her and her second sister, she would not embarrass her second sister for the sake of outsiders. At this time, she did not forget to agree with her second sister's words.
It turns out that what women hate most is being told that they are old and dark.
Su Chunjiao's originally bright smile could no longer be maintained.
If she hadn't suppressed her emotions in order to avoid exposing the image she had been maintaining, she might have revealed her flaws.
Su Chunjiao smiled on the surface, but in her heart she had already cursed the three people in front of her thousands of times.
This Song Tanglan is indeed as annoying as her cousin said. This bitch Song Tangcheng actually got pregnant before her. She got angry just thinking about it.
But she knew that now was not the time to make things awkward. She had promised her cousin that she would make her look bad after she had dealt with her own problems. Besides, she couldn't embarrass herself in front of so many people.
"You two educated youth are very good-looking. Your skin is so soft and tender. I envy you! Oh, I have to go help you. My mother-in-law will be worried if she can't find me. I'll be leaving now. You three educated youth can talk later when you have time!"
After saying that, he turned and left, leaving three people with embarrassed faces. In the end, it was Su Tao who spoke up and broke the deadlock.
"Is there something wrong with Su Zhiqing's brain? We didn't call her home. Is there anything we need her help with?"
"I don't know. Maybe she imagines she is very busy!" Song Tanglan was already used to Su Tao's blunt words. She just found an excuse to cover up the unpleasantness just now.
Song Tangcheng nodded helplessly in response to the two little girls' questions and answers.
Compared to the laughter and chatter when they were collecting food, the three of them were chatting happily here.
Song Tanglan was afraid that her second sister would get tired from standing all the time, so she asked Xiaohu to replace her from time to time to continue queuing, while Song Tangcheng was arranged to rest under a tree nearby.
Fortunately, they arrived not too late, and the people in front of them moved quickly, so they soon got to the front of the line.
The first one to be calculated is Su Tao’s. They only worked in the countryside for 28 days this time, and Su Tao got full work points almost every day.
They had just arrived in the countryside and did not receive any food rations, only the work points they earned.
"Su Tao, 224 work points, is there any problem?"
Su Tao had already calculated his work points and nodded directly.
"Should we exchange all of it for coarse grains, or in proportion?" The person who spoke was the team's accountant, who was checking the record book with me at that moment.
Although he was not the one to be replaced, Song Tanglan also listened carefully.
Song Tanglan quickly calculated in his mind which exchange method was more cost-effective. If he exchanged based on proportion, he would use 30% of his work points to exchange for fine grains and the remaining 70% to exchange for coarse grains.
But most people in the team would not do this. Each household has a large population, and there are children. The little ones will eat their parents out of money.
If they were to exchange the work points they earned throughout the year for so much fine grain, they would starve before the end of the year, so most people exchanged them for coarse grains, or only a dozen pounds of fine grain to improve their meals.
However, Song Tanglan calculated that if work points were not used to exchange for fine grains, it would cost 60 cents per pound. If work points were used, it would only be 40 cents per pound.
By this calculation, it is more cost-effective to exchange work points.
But thinking about my meager work points, I guess I can't exchange them for much fine grain.
Just as she was daydreaming, Su Tao in front of her made a decision.
"It's exchanged in proportion."
"Okay." After saying that, the accountant took out an abacus and calculated quickly.
When Song Tanglan heard her decision, she couldn't help but nod in agreement. This exchange was indeed the most cost-effective. However, looking at Su Tao's confused expression, it seemed that she was just lucky.
"A total of 6.5 jin (approximately 100 catties) of fine grain and 42 jin (approximately 100 catties) of coarse grain. Take the sack and go over there to weigh the grain."
"Thank you, Accountant Zhang." Su Tao thanked him politely and took the sack to the place where the grain was weighed.
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