"It was your sister-in-law and I who made the mistake yesterday. You can use this chicken to nourish your body. Your father and I are old, and we just want a harmonious family. Just live your life well. Your father and I will definitely help you if we can in the future."
Su Li refused for a moment, "Mom, you can take this chicken and keep it for laying eggs! You and Dad can eat it to replenish your body, I won't eat it. As long as my sister-in-law doesn't come to cause trouble for me, I won't rush to quarrel with her, don't worry."
After listening to Su Li's words, Xie's mother felt that it made sense. Su Li had already made a lot of concessions. If it were in the past, she would have asked her brothers from her natal family to come and support her.
"Just take it if I give it to you. You're still injured. Go early and take care of the kids. I'm going to work now."
Su Li felt sad as she watched Xie's mother's back become more and more hunched.
"Mom, are we still going to the city?" Hu Zi asked
Su Li took a deep breath and said, "Let's go," then she put the chicken in the yard, locked the door, and set off with the child.
Su Li and her sons were walking quickly on the road. The children often did farm work, so although they were thin, they were obviously more energetic than Su Li. Plus, it was their first time in the county town, so the children were inexplicably excited.
Su Li couldn't do that. She either drove or took a taxi when she went out. She had never traveled such a long distance before. Space had a car, but if she took it out in broad daylight, it would be scary. Oh! She had to rely on her own No. 11 bus! Anyway, she had to take a break when she was tired because she had several children to take care of.
There was a rumbling sound. Su Li saw the tractor and almost jumped up with excitement.
He walked a few steps quickly and waved his hand, "Brother, can you give us a ride? We are going to the county town."
"Hey! Isn't this Zhengchuan's family? What are they doing with these kids?" He had heard about the big drama at the Xie family yesterday. Today Su Li took these kids out. Could it be that she was going to sell the children?
Su Li looked at the bearded elder brother with a look of disdain and smiled awkwardly.
"That's right! The weather is getting colder and colder. I want to go to the county town to buy some cloth to make some thick clothes for the children."
The bearded man looked at the joy on the children's faces and thought about Xie Zhengchuan who had sacrificed himself. He had watched the children grow up. This Su Li was acting like a mother.
After parking the car, he said, "Zhengchuan called me Fifth Uncle, and you don't recognize me. From now on, you should take good care of the child and raise him to adulthood. That's the right thing to do."
Su Li watched Uncle Wu carry the children into the car, and then climb onto the back of the tractor. She smiled and said, "Uncle Wu, I almost didn't recognize you."
"I'm going to the county town to buy fertilizer. It's on my way. You guys can just come with me."
The tractor was very bumpy, and when it encountered a larger pothole, Su Li felt like she was bouncing all over. Along the way, Su Li held on to the clothes of the kids tightly, fearing that they would be bounced out.
After eating a mouthful of dirt, they finally arrived at the county town. After agreeing with their fifth uncle on the waiting place in Mi Village, Su Li started to walk around with the children.
Actually, there was nothing much to see. It was still the planned economy era, and there were no private shops on the streets. Unless you went to a black market, if you wanted to buy things openly, you had to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives.
When Su Li brought the children to the largest supply and marketing cooperative in the county, it was so crowded that the kids couldn't squeeze in at all. There was no choice, so Su Li asked Tiedan and the others to wait for her at the door. They were not to pay attention to any strangers who spoke to them, and to run inside immediately if anything happened.
Su Li finally got in and saw the colorful cloth on the counter.
Su Li was a little disgusted, but she also knew that cloth of these colors was very fashionable in this era.
"Comrade, how much do you sell this piece of royal blue cloth and this piece of black cloth for?"
These two batches of cloth are just right for Xie's mother and Su's mother to make winter clothes and cotton shoes. The cloth that the kids asked for looks quite thick, but she needs some space. Baoya is such a lovely girl, and she needs to dress her up well.
The salesperson Zhou Lian glanced at Su Li lazily and didn't even bother to pay attention to her. Didn't he see that she was busy?
He was wearing flashy clothes and it was obvious at first glance that he was not a good person.
Su Li took a look at the fifty or eighty thousand yuan that Zhou Lian was showing off, and didn't care what the customer in front of the counter wanted to buy. She chatted with the person next to her and blew on her fingernails.
Su Li was a little speechless. He patted the counter and said loudly, "Comrade, can you hear me?"
Zhou Lian covered his ears impatiently.
"Why are you shouting so loudly? Country people have no manners. Why are you shouting in this place? Peasants are still peasants," Zhou Lian said to Su Li with sarcasm.
"Heh! Little girl, be careful with your words. What's wrong with being a peasant? If you weren't peasants, what would you city people eat? Fairy spirits!
After all, they are civil servants, but they discriminate against the peasant class. Everything on the door says "Serve the People". Does that mean the peasants are not the people?"
After hearing what Su Li said, the customers around looked at Zhou Lian with a different look in their eyes. That is, these sales clerks ignored them all the time, and they were so cautious when buying things.
Seeing the unfriendly faces of the masses, Zhou Lian and a few others' expressions changed. If they were accused of discriminating against the peasant class, they would definitely be punished, and they might even lose their jobs and even implicate their families.
"Comrade, I... I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing. I didn't discriminate against the peasant class. I just had a bad attitude. I will definitely correct it in the future." Zhou Lian had no choice but to soften his attitude and apologize to Su Li. The other girls also quickly smiled and helped the guests in front of them get things and pay the bills. Their attitudes improved a lot.
Su Li looked at Zhou Lian with a half-smile. This was because of her tough attitude. If an ordinary country person were to face what she said, he would be so inferior that he would die.
At this time, the older salesmen came over and said to Su Li, "Comrade, please forgive me. Xiao Zhou was wrong. I will report this to the leader. Do you want these two batches of cloth? I'll get them for you to see.
You can't be in a bad mood when you go out shopping, right? My name is Wang Hong, when you come to buy things in the future, just come to me, I will definitely prepare everything for you."
Wang Hong saw that Su Li was dressed fashionably and looked pretty. Especially when she heard Su Li asking for two pieces of cloth, she hurriedly and attentively gave them to Su Li. After all, there were not many people who asked for two pieces of cloth right away. In that era, everyone had a fixed amount of cloth coupons. It was obvious that this girl was not an ordinary person.
"Comrade, you have a good eye. These two colors are the best sellers. Two pieces of cloth together cost 16.5 yuan. Do you have a ticket? If you don't have a ticket, it will cost 5 yuan more."
Su Li really didn't have that much time to tangle with Zhou Lian, "Comrade, if you don't have a ticket, pack it up for me!"
"Comrade, you are a straightforward person. I have some scraps of cloth here. You can use them to mend clothes or make shoes."
Wang Hong is also a smart person. This girl is so generous when it comes to spending money, unlike others who are stingy and hesitate to spend a little or two. It will do her no harm to make friends with such a person.
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