Chapter 33: Grabbing the Buns
Wang Yuanchao picked up his things, found a deserted place, and took out a large iron pot with two handles, a large aluminum pot for boiling water, a set of bowls and chopsticks, a kitchen knife, a chopping board, several bags of milk powder, a small bag of brown sugar, a small bag of white sugar, a small bag of fruit candy, a small bag of White Rabbit milk candy, some peach cakes, egg cakes and other pastries.
He put the bowls, chopsticks, kitchen knives, candies and pastries into a bamboo basket and carried it on his back. Then, holding a large iron pot with two handles in one hand and a large aluminum pot for boiling water in the other, he headed towards the ox cart.
After a few steps, they were almost at the ox cart. Wang Yuanchao took another piece of oil paper and wrapped two meat buns in the space.
He put the bamboo basket, the large iron pot and the large aluminum pot on the ox cart, handed the buns to Uncle Liu and said:
"Uncle Liu, I just bought these buns from the state-owned restaurant. I guessed you didn't eat anything for lunch, so I brought them for you. Eat them quickly."
When Uncle Liu saw this, he quickly declined, saying, "Hey, you kid, why are you so loose? I eat two meals a day, I'm used to it.
This is top-quality white flour, you can't eat it like this, kid, put it away quickly, how can you give away such a precious thing? Put it away quickly, I don't want it."
Wang Yuanchao felt helpless when he saw this.
People these days are really simple. If you want to give some food to someone else, you have to say something nice. So he continued, "Uncle Liu, I bought this especially for you. I've already spent the money. Now the weather is so hot, and food doesn't last long. If you don't eat it, the buns will go bad. Isn't that a waste?
Come, Uncle Liu, take it and eat it quickly."
Uncle Liu refused to accept it no matter what, and Wang Yuanchao wanted to give it to him again, so the two of them started to refuse on the ox cart.
Suddenly, a loud voice came from the side of the two of them and said:
"Hey, this is a delicious white bread. What are you pushing? It just so happens that I didn't eat anything for lunch. If you don't want it, then give it to me."
Wang Yuanchao was not paying attention when the meat bun in his hand was snatched away by the loudmouth.
Wang Yuanchao looked up and saw that it was Aunt Taohua who had come to the commune with him in the ox cart in the morning.
Wang Yuanchao felt a little embarrassed when he saw this. They were all from the same village, so he couldn't favor one over the other. He could only smile bitterly and said:
"Aunt Taohua, these two buns are what I brought for Uncle Liu from the state-owned restaurant. He hasn't had lunch either, so how about you and Uncle Liu each have one?"
"Oh my, the old man is about to go into the coffin, it would be a waste to give him such a good thing to eat. It just so happens that my precious grandson at home has been craving for meat recently. I will take the other one back for my precious grandson to eat."
Wang Yuanchao was stunned when he heard Aunt Taohua's shameless words, but Wang Yuanchao didn't tolerate this person. He pointed at Aunt Taohua and said:
"Aunt Taohua, you can't be like this. I brought these two buns for Uncle Liu, but now you want to take them away. This is unreasonable. If you want to do this, I will have to ask you for money.
A meat bun costs 8 cents each, two meat buns cost 16 cents, and there is one or two taels of meat ticket.
If you want to bring it to your grandson, you can. Just give me the money and I won’t say anything.”
"Hey, kid, how can you be so stingy? It's just two meat buns. Why are you fussing over it with your aunt?"
"It's easy for you to say that. How precious is food now? How many times a year can people afford to eat white flour? It's just two meat buns. You are older than me, I am talking to you in a reasonable way and according to the rules. I hope you don't act like a hooligan with me, otherwise I will take back the two meat buns."
"What? Do you dare to snatch things from me, or what?"
At this time, Uncle Liu felt very sorry. It was Wang Yuanchao who bought the white bread because he was afraid that he would be hungry.
But it turned out to be a big trouble for Wang Yuanchao. So Uncle Liu jumped off the ox cart and
With a dark face, he ran a few steps to Aunt Taohua, grabbed the oil-paper bag and tried to snatch it away, pulling Aunt Taohua to the ground, and got the bag back.
"Aunt Taohua, these buns were originally bought for me by Baby out of kindness. You are so bold as to snatch them from me.
Wawa is kind enough to give you a bun to eat.
You dare to push your luck. Only your family members are human beings, but I, an old man, am not a human being, right?"
Aunt Taohua supported herself on the ground with her hands. Although she fell down, she was not injured. When she saw that the buns she had just got were snatched back by Uncle Liu, her heart ached so much that it felt like bleeding. So she sat down on the ground, kicked the sky with her feet, rolled around and made a scene.
"Oh, everyone, come and see, two grown men are bullying a woman, these two are really bad people, these two beasts are bullying the old, weak and disabled.
Someone, come and take a look, someone is bullying the old, weak, sick and disabled women, oh my god, this is unjust. "
Wang Yuanchao was a little dumbfounded by Aunt Taohua's actions. He didn't expect it at all. How could this person be so shameless? But the uncle is your uncle, and he didn't tolerate it at all. He said directly:
"Jia Taohua, if you want to make trouble with me like this, you can just walk back by yourself later. You won't be welcome in my ox cart anymore."
When Aunt Taohua heard this, she stared at Uncle Liu with wide eyes. She stopped rolling around and wailing. She stood up, pointed at Uncle Liu's nose, and said angrily:
"What? You, Mr. Liu, the ox cart is the collective property of our brigade and a tool for serving the people. When did it become your personal tool?
Are you trying to occupy the team's public property?"
Uncle Liu didn't give in at all. He held the meat bun in his arms and said:
"Jia Taohua, you're trying to steal something and you're trying to get it right, right? You think that if you take my meat buns, they will be yours?
This is a personal grudge between us. Don't give me any big lectures. If you have the ability, ask the branch secretary and the team leader to get someone to pull the ox cart.
Otherwise, you'd better not make trouble with me. You'll be finished if I don't do it."
To be honest, these days, both men and women have great strength and endurance.
Aunt Taohua is not afraid of walking, but now the road is full of mud. If she walks back, she will have no shoes left on her feet.
The shoes on Aunt Taohua's feet are an important asset of the family, and she can't bear to let them get worn out.
Aunt Taohua rolled her eyes and said, "Mr. Liu, Wang Zhiqing just said that we can each have one of these two buns, but they are not all yours.
These are what Wang Zhiqing bought with his own money. How could you snatch both of them away? Aren’t you bullying an honest man?
Hurry up, give me the other bun, and we can each eat one."
(End of this chapter)
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