Qian Shulan bought the ready-made clothes directly from the department store. Although Li Chunhua can make clothes, her craftsmanship is not as delicate as that made by machines. You can still see traces of it in many places. In addition, in order to make the clothes adapt to the growth of the child, she would specially enlarge the clothes, just like a child wearing adult clothes, which looks particularly funny and not good-looking at all.
When they were in junior high school, the two children probably didn't care about the gap between the rich and the poor. After all, their junior high school classmates were from the same town and their family conditions were not much different. But it was not the same for technical secondary schools. Most of them could only be afforded by children from well-off families. Qian Shulan was worried that the two children would be looked down upon by their classmates and develop an inferiority complex.
She had experienced this feeling for a long time. Later, she worked part-time to earn money and slowly regained her confidence. She didn't want her two children to go through this as it would undermine their self-confidence.
Qian Shulan picked out white, double-breasted, long-sleeved shirts for Zhengguo and Xiaomaolu, but the pants were a little different: Zhengguo's was black, and Xiaomaolu's was khaki.
Zhengguo has a chubby build, and the black and white combination makes him look very energetic. The little donkey has fair skin, and he looks particularly gentle in khaki pants.
"You can wear this dress when you go to school. It's a bit too hot now." After paying the money and tickets, Qian Shulan took Zhengguo's hand and walked to other counters.
Jungkook nodded heavily, "Okay."
Qian Shulan originally wanted to buy something else in the department store, but she soon discovered that something was wrong.
"Little girl, I need a roll of toilet paper. Could you please give it to me?" Qian Shulan said, pointing to the counter behind the salesperson.
The salesperson didn't even raise his eyelids and continued to lean on the glass cabinet with a listless look.
The salespeople of this era are all arrogant, so Qian Shulan had to say it again, "Little girl, I want..."
Without waiting for Qian Shulan to finish her repetition, the salesperson straightened up, glared at her, and said angrily, "Are you done yet? Today's goods have been sold out. Come early tomorrow."
Qian Shulan was a little puzzled, "What does that mean? There is a purchase limit on toilet paper too?" Didn't they say there was a purchase limit on sugar? Why is there a purchase limit on toilet paper too? Oh! Could it be that the purchase limit is because all the trees have been cut down? It seems very likely.
The salesperson took a look at her and saw that she had no patches on her body and looked energetic. He originally thought she was from the city. But now that she only knew a little, he guessed that she was not from the city. His face was even more disdainful and his tone was a bit aggressive. "Why else? There is a purchase limit. There was a notice posted at the door a long time ago." She suddenly thought of something and slapped her mouth. "Look at what I said. You can't read. You are such a country bumpkin! You are so old and you actually came to the county town to embarrass yourself!"
Qian Shulan stared at her blankly. The salesperson's voice became lower and lower, and when she saw that the other person's eyes didn't even move, she took a step back in fear.
The old people of this era have suffered too much, so there is a kind of sadness on their faces. In addition, her original face was full of wrinkles, inverted triangle eyes, dark red skin, and eyes like deep wells full of coldness. She suddenly made this strange movement, as if she had seen something shameful, making people's scalp numb at a glance.
The saleswoman was only a young girl in her twenties, and she was timid. She was so scared by Qian Shulan that she stepped back a few steps, swallowed her saliva, and struggled, "Don't look at me like that anymore, or I'll sue you!"
Qian Shulan raised the corners of her lips and smiled at her mockingly, "Look at your courage. I don't know how many bad things you have done in the past. You don't know how to be a good person. If you dare to look down on us country people again, be careful of me..."
After saying that, he took Zhengguo and turned away. The salesman and others walked a long way away before patting their chests in fear. Who is this person? Why is his look so scary
But what did she say just now? What will she do if you dare to look down on country people again? Is she here to take my life
The salesman shuddered.
"Grandma? Why did you scare that sister?" Zhengguo didn't expect his grandma to have such a mean side. He was almost scared.
Qian Shulan raised her lips and said with a smile, "Who told her to be so foul-mouthed. If I scold her, people will probably say I'm taking advantage of my age, so I'll just scare her."
Zhengguo laughed, scratched his head, and whispered to Qian Shulan, "Grandma, where are we going?"
Qian Shulan glanced at the sky and said, "Go home and cook. Your aunt will be back from get off work soon."
Zhengguo was stunned for a moment, "Aren't we going to see Fourth Uncle, Fifth Uncle and Aunt?" Third Uncle is out driving today so he must be away.
Qian Shulan waved her hand, "No need, they are probably going to get off work soon at this time. If we go, we probably won't be able to meet them. Let's go tomorrow, we still need to transfer our household registration."
Zhengguo said oh.
Soon they both arrived home.
Zhengguo was still helping Qian Shulan to make fire.
I'll cook less this time because the weather is too hot and there's no refrigerator, so the food will go bad overnight.
Qian Shulan only fried a plate of shredded potatoes and lettuce with peppers.
The staple food is still white rice.
Jiang Yuying came back soon, and her colleagues came back with her.
"Godmother, this is my colleague. I brought her back to exchange for food."
Qian Shulan hurried over to help.
Two people carried a sack of grain and divided it into two parts, each taking half.
The bag opening is buckled onto the back seat of each bicycle.
"Godmother, you guys eat first! No need to wait for me!" Jiang Yuying reminded before leaving.
Qian Shulan nodded, saved some food for Jiang Yuying, and then ate with Zhengguo.
After dinner, Qian Shulan boiled some hot water and asked Zhengguo to take a bath first.
She began to prepare for the evening performance.
She definitely couldn't appear in front of Director Chen at the same time alone, so she had to appear one after the other.
But she couldn't wear fairy clothes this time, so she could only wear clothes that were slightly younger. Unfortunately, she didn't have any in her space, so she could only borrow from Jiang Yuying.
After Zhengguo finished taking a shower, Jiang Yuying also came back.
After coming in, Jiang Yuying gave the difference to Qian Shulan.
After Qian Shulan took the money, she immediately said to her, "Yuying, I want to borrow your clothes to measure my size so that I can prepare new clothes for your wedding."
Jiang Yuying was a little embarrassed, "Godmother, why don't I buy it myself? It's a bit too much to ask you to do it. Your production team is so busy."
Qian Shulan waved her hands, "I didn't make it, Chunhua did it. She's free." She thought for a moment and said, "Can your family wear your clothes for a few days?"
Jiang Yuying didn't have a mysophobia, so she said without thinking, "Sure! Wear whatever you want."
Then he went back to his room to find clothes for Qian Shulan.
Qian Shulan looked at her hips, which were a little wide due to childbirth, and then looked at Jiang Yuying's thin body. After thinking for a while, she said, "Help me find some wider pants. It would be best if they were elastic."
Jiang Yuying nodded, "Okay!"
Finally found a set of white shirt and blue pants.
The main thing is that this outfit is not too conspicuous and the style is very ordinary. Director Chen should not be able to recognize that this is Jiang Yuying's clothes.
Qian Shulan glanced at the sky and said, "Yuying, I have something to do outside. You and Zhengguo should stay home first."
Jiang Yuying was a little surprised. "Godmother, it's so late. It will be dangerous for you to go out alone. I will go with you."
Qian Shulan waved her hand, "No, no!"
After saying that, he took the flashlight and went straight out of the Jiang family.
Jiang Yuying took Zhengguo, who had been looking back with his head tilted, back to the main room.
Qian Shulan arrived at the alley. There was light inside. Qian Shulan knocked on the wall and asked, "Director Chen, are you there?"
Someone inside responded three times.
This was the signal they had agreed upon.
Qian Shulan calmed down a little and walked inside.
Director Chen also had a flashlight in his hand. He shone it specifically behind Qian Shulan and asked in surprise, "She's not here?"
Qian Shulan waved her hands quickly, "No, no!" She coughed dryly, "You also know that people in this business are cautious. I'll help her check the goods first, and if there's no problem, she'll come over."
Director Chen had known all the gangsters before, all of them would move to another place at the slightest sign of trouble. You couldn't even ask about their family background and address, or they would cut off contact with you at any time.
Director Chen didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Instead, he nodded in understanding.
He put the things he brought on the ground, and Qian Shulan immediately shone the flashlight on them.
I saw a small linen bag containing a few silver coins, an old silver bracelet and a silver hairpin.
Qian Shulan was slightly disappointed. There were too few things. She couldn't help but sigh. However, this kind of rural area was also a poor county in the past, so there shouldn't be anything valuable.
"Time is tight, this is all I can prepare." Director Chen heard her sigh and was a little worried that she would not help him, so he hurriedly explained.
"Okay." Qian Shulan nodded without comment. "This silver dollar is one dollar and fifty cents each, so four of them is six dollars. I'll give you three dollars and fifty cents for this silver bracelet and one dollar for the silver hairpin. The total is eleven dollars and fifty cents." She took out some money from her pocket and handed it to him.
Director Chen took it hurriedly, obviously not expecting it to be sold at such a high price.
But he was just surprised for a moment, and didn't feel too much. It was useless to sell this thing at such a high price, and he couldn't get so much, so he could only give up. He asked tentatively, "What about the food?"
"You just wait here, she will be here soon. By the way, how much food do you want? She has rice, flour and cornmeal."
When Director Chen heard there were so many kinds of fine grains, he was overjoyed and said, "I want 1,000 kilograms of each of the three kinds."
Qian Shulan didn't expect his appetite to be so big. After thinking for a while, she quoted a fair price, "Rice is 48 cents, flour is 36 cents, and corn is 33 cents. Are you sure you want so much?"
This was three times the price of the supply and marketing cooperative! But the food coupons on the black market were already two yuan per pound, plus the supply and marketing cooperative's selling price, it was even more expensive than this, so he nodded in agreement immediately.
"Okay!" Qian Shulan turned off the flashlight as she walked out of the alley.
Then she flashed into the space, took a beauty pill, and changed into the borrowed clothes. She let her hair down, and this time she didn't have time to put on makeup, so she just put a headband on it.
There is no need to change shoes, since cloth shoes these days all look the same.
After Qian Shulan had packed up, she flashed out of the space, moved the food to the wall at the entrance of the alley, and then walked into the alley.
Director Chen was surprised to see a young girl across from him. Because it was dark, he didn't look closely, but asked anxiously, "Aunt Qian said you can provide food, is that true?"
Qian Shulan hummed and asked him, "Where's the money?"
Director Chen patted his shoulder bag. It was very thick inside, and it was obvious that there was a lot of money.
Qian Shulan nodded and said, "Come with me."
The two of them reached the edge of the alley. Qian Shulan shone the flashlight at the place where the grain was piled. So much grain was a bit too eye-catching. Director Chen opened one of the bags and found that it was really rice. He finally felt relieved.
Director Chen was worried that someone might come over soon, so he immediately took off his bag, counted the money quickly, and handed it to Qian Shulan.
Stacks of big black tens, ten in a group, each held together by a bill.
After taking the money, Qian Shulan said, "You can ask your friends to help you. I'm going back first. If you need anything in the future, remember to ask Aunt to contact me."
Director Chen nodded.
Qian Shulan walked out of the alley and was almost at Jiang's house when the effect of the medicine finally wore off. She looked around and found that there was no one else. She immediately went to a place with shadows, flashed into the space, changed her clothes and came out.
When they arrived at Jiang's house, Jiang Yuying came out quickly, looking pale and very anxious, "Godmother, Zhengguo is missing!"
It was as if a bolt of lightning struck Qian Shulan's forehead, shocking her so much that she was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses, she grabbed Jiang Yuying's arm and asked anxiously, "What's going on?"
"I was taking a shower just now, and when I came out, I found that Zhengguo was missing." Jiang Yuying was so anxious that she was running around in circles. She had called for him for a long time but couldn't find him. She searched the room and the yard but couldn't find him. She didn't dare to go out to look for him, for fear that her godmother would come back and not find her.
Qian Shulan's head was buzzing. She rubbed her temples and began to think about what happened today. Nothing unusual! She immediately said to Jiang Yuying, "Let's shout nearby first! Maybe he was attracted by something."
Jiang Yuying immediately nodded in agreement.
So the two of them locked the door, turned on their flashlights and started shouting towards the intersection.
The two walked along four roads for half an hour each but still couldn't find Zhengguo. Qian Shulan had a bad feeling.
This was Zhengguo's first time in the county, where could he go? He couldn't find anyone else!
Wang Shouzhi, who was the closest? That was unlikely, because he worked at the Water Conservancy Bureau! He also had Xiaodie to take care of, so it was impossible for him to come here without any complaints.
It was even more impossible since the others were so far away.
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