Qi Mengmeng felt that the back figure looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere. She stopped to think carefully and saw that the man looked back at them and walked away.
"Sister-in-law, do you know that person?" Qi Mengmeng pointed at the person who was walking away.
Li Lai Di only took a glance and then looked away: "I think he is from the village, he went to the mountain to collect firewood. He looks a bit old, I don't know him."
Qi Mengmeng nodded and said nothing more. She always felt that the man just now looked like Grandpa Jiang, but she also felt that it was impossible. They had only been back for a day or two, so how could Grandpa Jiang follow them? It was too fast.
Qi Mengmeng was worried and was a little absent-minded when changing the eggs.
"Mengmeng, I want to exchange twenty eggs. There are forty eggs here in total. Is that enough for you?" Li Laidi pulled Qi Mengmeng and asked in a low voice.
"Yes, I'll take them all." Qi Mengmeng nodded, thinking about going back early to ask Gu Guizhi about the Jiang family's situation.
When the other party heard that the two men wanted all forty eggs, his face was full of joy. He put the eggs in their baskets and took out two pickled fish.
"The other day the team distributed fish, and we got two. Do you want some?"
Li Lai Di was a little hesitant. She had already exchanged for eggs and didn't want fish anymore.
Qi Mengmeng said, "Sister-in-law, do you want it? If you don't want it, I'll take it all. It's just right for nourishing the family."
Although pickled fish is not as delicious as fresh fish, fresh fish is hard to buy nowadays, so pickled fish is also good to eat.
When Li Lai Di heard Qi Mengmeng say this, she no longer hesitated and counted out one dollar and twenty cents and handed it to the other party.
Qi Mengmeng guessed that the eggs were probably six cents each, about the same as what you buy at a grocery store.
The two fish together weigh about five pounds. Fresh fish is about RMB 1.5 per pound now, and pickled fish is a little more expensive, about RMB 1.7. Add the eggs, and the total is RMB 9.70.
The man took Qi Mengmeng's money, handed her an egg, and said with a smile, "This egg is a little small, so I'll give it to this comrade. What's your name?"
Li Lai Di smiled and said, "This is our new military wife. You can just call her Xiao Qi."
The other party smiled and explained, "Xiao Qi, my maiden name is Song, you can just call me Sister Song. My chickens lay eggs the most diligently, and my son goes out every day to find bugs for them to eat. My eggs are bigger than those from the supply and marketing cooperative."
When Qi Mengmeng was picking up the eggs just now, she had already seen that the eggs from Song's house were indeed bigger, so she smiled and nodded: "Okay, I will come to Song's house next time I buy eggs."
Mrs. Song nodded with satisfaction. She knew that the families of military families were relatively well-off. Although the price could not be raised by selling eggs to them, it saved the trouble of going to the supply and marketing cooperative. If there were other things at home, she could also sell them to them.
When other people in the village sell eggs, they would like to get a few more cents, but when Mrs. Song sells eggs, she will occasionally give one extra, so Li Lai Di likes to come here to buy eggs the most.
Qi Mengmeng patiently listened to Song Saozi and Li Laidie talking, when suddenly she heard something about being sent down to the countryside and fishing.
She couldn't ask directly about the demotion, but there would be no problem in asking about fishing.
"Sister Song, I just heard you say that the village is going to start fishing?"
"Yes, the weather is going to get cold soon, and the village is going to catch some fish from the reservoir and sell them to the supply and marketing cooperative." Mrs. Song glanced at Qi Mengmeng and said, "People in our village can buy some if they want."
Qi Mengmeng immediately said, "Sister-in-law, when are you going to catch fish in your village? Can you leave a few for me? You know, it's not easy to buy anything in the city right now."
Sister Song smiled and said, "Since you call me sister-in-law, how can I disagree? Just come and change it when the time comes."
Li Lai Di asked curiously, "Isn't it a little early to fish this year?"
"It's a few days early, but not too early." Mrs. Song was very happy to think that she could sell a few fish, and she was willing to explain the doubts of the two people: "There are several educated youths and people who have been sent down to the countryside in the village. The village chief said that he wants to build a house."
Qi Mengmeng's heart moved, and she said casually: "Does your village still build houses for the people who were sent down?"
Mrs. Song waved her hands quickly: "How is that possible? Our village chief is a good person and he won't criticize them. But building houses is impossible. We are building houses for the educated youth. The previous houses were too small."
Qi Mengmeng was now certain that the person she saw under the big elm tree was Grandpa Jiang. She took the opportunity to ask a few more questions and learned that all the people who had been demoted lived in thatched houses not far from the village entrance.
Li Laidie was not interested in these and prepared to go back.
Mrs. Song picked a cucumber for each person to quench their thirst on the road.
Li Lai Di rubbed the cucumber on her hand, took a bite, and nodded: "Sister Song is a hard-working person. She watered the vegetable garden well, and the cucumbers are very crispy."
Qi Mengmeng was thinking about taking a look at the thatched hut where the demobilized personnel lived later, so she just nodded when she heard it. Seeing that Qi Mengmeng didn't eat the cucumber, Li Pandi didn't eat it either, so she just held it in her hand.
When they arrived under the big elm tree at the entrance of the village, Qi Mengmeng slowed down and looked around. She didn't see the thatched house, but she saw Old Man Jiang, who was hunched over and carrying a backpack.
Mr. Jiang walked slowly past the three of them and even glanced at Qi Mengmeng.
Qi Mengmeng: ...Okay, I recognized it.
However, Mr. Jiang did not speak to Qi Mengmeng, and slowly walked away.
Li Lai Di glanced at Mr. Jiang and said in surprise, "This old man, there is nothing in his backpack, what is he looking at?"
Qi Mengmeng almost couldn't hold back her laughter. What else could she see? Let's see hers.
What she didn't know was that since Grandpa Jiang and his wife were sent here yesterday, Grandpa Jiang immediately came to the village entrance with a backpack on his back, hoping to see Gu Guizhi or Qi Mengmeng as soon as possible.
Now seeing Qi Mengmeng, Grandpa Jiang stopped strolling around and went back to the thatched hut with the basket on his back.
The middle-aged man with glasses who lived next door to them saw him and his eyes flashed: "Uncle Jiang, what did you find?"
Mr. Jiang shook his head and said, "I wanted to find some wild vegetables, but I couldn't find any after searching around."
The man with glasses sighed, "It's almost late autumn. I'm afraid we'll have to go to the mountains to look for it. What are we going to do in the future?"
Old Master Jiang also sighed, shook his head and walked into the thatched hut without saying anything.
"Meiling, I saw that girl." Old Master Jiang threw the backpack at the door and walked to the bed.
"Ahem, did you go to see her today?" Zhang Meiling coughed and sat up from the bed, "You are too anxious."
Mr. Jiang first calmed Zhang Meiling down before saying, "I met the girl at the entrance of the village. She saw me. I think she will come again. I will ask her for some medicine then."
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