After Qian Shulan said goodbye to Jiang Yuying, she threw the lunch box into the space and started walking towards the east of the city.
These days, she has exchanged for about 300 kilograms of fine noodles.
She didn't know what was going on, but she couldn't even buy a single grain ticket. Qian Shulan wondered if the stone was not worth reselling because she didn't think the grain tickets would make much money.
She thought that when she got to the grain and oil store in the east of the city, maybe she could find other scalpers.
During these days of wandering around the city, Qian Shulan came up with a pattern. If you want a certain kind of ticket, go around the place where that item is sold. Maybe the scalper is hiding somewhere. So, even though she only had ten kilograms of food coupons, she still went to the east of the city.
It is much easier to resell food coupons than to resell grains because a coupon is easy to carry. If you carry grains into the city, you may encounter militia on the way. If it is fine grains, they will confiscate them. It is not worth it.
When she arrived at the grain and oil store in the east of the city, Qian Shulan did not go in. Instead, she turned a corner and looked for someone in the nearby alley.
She guessed correctly. Not long after she walked in, she saw a middle-aged man hiding in the alley smoking.
Qian Shulan's eyes flashed and she walked over carefully. The alley was overgrown with weeds and had many thorns, so she had to be careful to avoid them.
When she came up to him, Qian Shulan asked quietly, "Do you want to sell food coupons?"
The middle-aged man looked at her sideways, and seeing that the old lady was very old, she should not be from the public security brigade, so he immediately took out the ticket.
Unlike Zhang Shitou, this man had many kinds of tickets: meat tickets, bean product tickets, oil tickets, cloth tickets, cotton tickets, soap tickets, sewing ticket tickets, coal briquettes tickets, etc. He had them all.
Qian Shulan asked for two kilograms of meat coupons. She wanted this coupon mainly because it was not easy to buy meat on the black market. I don't know if it was because the public security brigade was too diligent, but the black market in the city was not active, and the things she could buy were very limited. Among them, meat was the least, and the most was eggs. She could buy about fifty eggs almost every day.
She didn't need oil coupons. Because the land in Wangjia Village was barren, most of the land was planted with soybeans in the second half of the year. There was also an oil mill in the village, so there was no shortage of oil.
She asked for eighty feet of cloth coupons. Fifteen feet could make a set of clothes for an adult, so she could make at least five sets.
The original body was very bad to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter. Their clothes were all patched up, and she felt that it was a bit too much. Except for Sun Daqin, Li Chunhua and Zhou Xuemei didn't have new clothes. Zhou Xuemei was better off. Her mother was the head of her family. She took pity on her only daughter and made her a new dress last year. But Li Chunhua was much more miserable. Her family was not helpful, so she could only pick up the old clothes left by men.
You can get two soap tickets. It is necessary to pay attention to hygiene.
I wanted a sewing ticket, but it cost thirty yuan. Qian Shulan thought that money should be spent wisely, so she didn't buy it. Anyway, she didn't have that many clothes to make. There was no need to buy it.
She did buy a lot of coal briquettes. Why? Because the Great Leap Forward and Steel Production was coming, and trees would be cut down on a large scale. The mountains would be closed for afforestation for a long time. Trees were not allowed to be cut down in the countryside. The supply of coal briquettes in the city would also decrease accordingly. Once the supply could not keep up, the price of coal briquettes on the black market would increase. It would be useful for her to buy more. Anyway, if she didn't buy them, these coal briquettes would eventually be wasted on the iron burning business, so she might as well buy them.
Qian Shulan bought all the remaining food coupons, a total of 120 kilograms of fine grain coupons and 100 kilograms of coarse grain coupons.
Finally, she asked curiously, "Why don't you have a watch ticket?"
There are no industrial coupons now, but there are no watch tickets either. Isn’t that too strange
The scalper was stunned for a moment and looked at her in surprise. "The watch is a foreign product, so no ticket is needed."
Now it was Qian Shulan's turn to wonder, "Are there no domestic watches?"
The scalper shook his head with certainty, "No"
Qian Shulan then realized that China had not yet started mass production of watches, so naturally there were no watch tickets.
Qian Shulan looked down at her old clothes and thought she should buy herself a new set of clothes first.
To be honest, even if she was poor when she was a child, she had never worn clothes with so many patches. They were even worse than the beggars she had seen in her previous life.
The original body was cruel to herself, but she couldn't. She would not wrong herself and leave all the good things to those excellent children.
So, after buying the ticket, she immediately went to the department store to buy herself a new set of clothes. In order to make the clothes more durable, she specially chose a work cloth with a stronger material. She also chose a sweatshirt made of fine cotton to wear inside so that it would not prick her skin.
The rest of the fabric was torn up and taken back to her family to make it. If she didn't know how to make clothes, and she couldn't wait, she wouldn't buy ready-made clothes at all, because the price was too expensive.
A set of clothes needs fifteen feet, and her clothes cost six dollars and twenty cents. One foot of denim costs twenty-six cents, and fifteen feet costs three dollars and ninety cents. It cost two dollars and thirty cents for the labor. Even if she hired a tailor, it would only cost one dollar and eighty cents. Hers was more than twice as expensive as others.
However, tailors in the city were very popular and one had to wait in long queues to make clothes. It could take ten days or half a month to have a piece of clothing made, and she couldn't wait that long.
New clothes need to be washed before they can be worn. After washing the clothes, Qian Shulan hung them out to dry in the yard. Fortunately, Jiang Yuying's house was a private house, so she didn't have to worry about people stealing them when she hung them out in the yard.
When she finished washing the clothes and was about to light the fire to cook, she suddenly heard a quarrel next door again.
Qian Shulan listened carefully and found that it was the mother-in-law next door who was scolding her daughter-in-law again. Qian Shulan didn't want to get involved.
The main thing was that Liu Lanhua was old and was very harsh to her daughter-in-law Chen Ming'e who came from the countryside. She always asked her daughter-in-law to do this and that, and the daughter-in-law was always under her control, like a spinning top.
Every morning, Chen Ming'e had to get up at 4 o'clock to buy groceries and cook. After her husband went to work, she had to wash clothes, clean and paste paper boxes. It was very hard. Liu Lanhua sat in the yard with a long bamboo pole in her hand, staring at Chen Ming'e while she worked. If there was anything that made her dissatisfied, she would start hitting Chen Ming'e with the bamboo pole, and she would not forget to scold her loudly while hitting her.
At first, when Qian Shulan saw this, she felt sorry for her and tried to persuade her. However, Liu Lanhua agreed to it in front of her, but when it was night, the old woman tortured Chen Ming'e even more severely, beating her until she screamed. Qian Shulan did not dare to persuade her anymore.
Qian Shulan sighed and was about to turn around and go back into the house. Suddenly she heard a water truck passing by the door. She hurriedly went out with the bucket.
There is no running water in the city now. Water is delivered by people from the Water Conservancy Bureau, and you have to pay one dollar every month.
The water truck was parked at the entrance of the alley. Qian Shulan filled a bucket with water and was about to pass the next door when a figure suddenly jumped out and almost knocked her to the ground. The figure seemed to know that he had caused trouble, and hurriedly apologized and ran away.
Qian Shulan rubbed her old waist and looked at the bucket that had been knocked over on the ground. Most of the water in it had spilled. She became a little angry.
However, seeing the daughter-in-law desperately trying to escape, Qian Shulan temporarily suppressed her dissatisfaction. Perhaps the other party was in a hurry. She was about to pick up the bucket again when she heard footsteps coming from the yard.
Liu Lanhua's feet trembled as she walked. After running a short distance, they began to hurt. She leaned against the wall and gasped for breath. When she saw Qian Shulan, Liu Lanhua's face was obviously a little flustered, and she disappeared in the blink of an eye. She smiled and greeted Qian Shulan, "Old sister, have you seen my daughter-in-law?"
Qian Shulan frowned, not knowing what Liu Lanhua was doing. However, she had long been dissatisfied with Liu Lanhua's behavior. She was always bullying people, just like a landlord in the old society. So she pretended to be a little dizzy, rubbed her forehead, and shouted in shock, "You said it was your daughter-in-law who ran out just now?" She pointed to the water on the ground, "Look, she knocked over my bucket. What do you think we should do..." to compensate
Seeing that she seemed to want to blackmail her, Liu Lanhua turned around and ran home. Qian Shulan shook her head helplessly. This old lady was really unreasonable. Even if she really wanted her to pay, it was such a small amount of water, so why would she run away? It was strange that she was so stingy. Qian Shulan carried the bucket back to the yard.
When she finished cooking and was about to eat, she suddenly heard a fight next door. Qian Shulan didn't want to watch the fight at first.
But you can't hide from the excitement just because you want to. Unfortunately, Qian Shulan had to be a witness and testify.
Qian Shulan looked at the middle-aged woman in front of the courtyard gate, who was about ten years younger than her. She had short hair cut to the ears, which was known as the "female cadre hairstyle" of that era. She was wearing a blue Zhongshan suit and had her hands behind her back, looking like a leader.
Qian Shulan didn't quite understand what this meant.
Seeing that the old lady didn't seem to understand, the middle-aged woman repeated, "Comrade, I am Zhou Shengnan, the street women's director. Chen Yue'e sued Comrade Liu Lanhua for being feudal at home and bullying her daughter-in-law. Excuse me, do you know? Or have you heard that Comrade Liu Lanhua beat Comrade Chen Yue'e?"
Qian Shulan glanced at the red armband on her shoulder and suddenly understood. She turned her head to look at the two people behind her.
Chen Yue'e was staring at her nervously, as if she was waiting for her verdict, looking forward to it and concentrating. The same was true for Liu Lanhua, and even when Qian Shulan looked at her, Liu Lanhua blinked at her. Qian Shulan naturally understood the suggestive gesture, but she was not prepared to tolerate it.
Qian Shulan nodded and said, "I heard it."
Zhou Shengnan nodded and made two notes in the notebook.
Liu Lanhua, who was behind him, rushed forward like a mad dog. "What are you talking about, you damn bitch! When did I ever beat up that bitch?"
Qian Shulan pretended to be very scared and hid behind Zhou Shengnan.
Zhou Shengnan glanced sharply at Liu Lanhua, scaring her so much that she quickly stepped back.
The two women standing next to her came to their senses and hurriedly restrained her.
Zhou Shengnan asked Qian Shulan other questions, such as the time period of the beating, how long it lasted, who knew about it, etc.
Qian Shulan answered all her questions one by one. During this time, Liu Lanhua kept staring at her with her creepy dark eyes, as if she was a wolf that had been hungry for a long time and wanted to tear her to pieces when it saw her prey.
Qian Shulan had a clear conscience. She ignored her burning gaze and answered all of Zhou Shengnan's questions.
Zhou Shengnan was very satisfied with her answer. Before leaving, she shook her hand and said with a smile, "Thank you Comrade Qian for your help."
Qian Shulan waved her hand.
When Zhou Shengnan and his men took Liu Lanhua away, Qian Shulan stopped Chen Yue'e who was about to turn around and leave.
Just now, Chen Yue'e had been looking at her with gratitude while she told the truth. Her eyes were full of tears and she kept wiping them until her eye sockets were almost red.
Before leaving, Chen Yue'e bowed to her at a 90-degree angle, and Qian Shulan was moved with sympathy and reminded her, "Have you ever thought about what your man would do if he knew that you had sued his mother?"
Chen Yue'e was obviously frightened by her words. Then her face turned pale, her body began to tremble, and her teeth kept chattering. It was obvious that she was extremely scared.
Seeing that she looked frightened to death, Qian Shulan hurried forward to support her.
However, Qian Shulan accidentally touched the scar on her arm, and Chen Yue'e hissed in pain.
The sound of writing scared Qian Shulan so much that she dared not move.
"If you want to live a good life, you'd better sue your man as well. Then you can take over your man's job."
After Qian Shulan said this, she stared at Chen Yue'e's eyes, and she clearly felt that Chen Yue'e's eyes widened for a moment.
Qian Shulan let go of her arm and said, "This is your only chance of survival. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't see the sun tomorrow."
Before, when Qian Shulan went to mediate a fight, she saw her husband standing next to her mother-in-law without saying a word.
She seriously suspected that the man who beat Chen Yue'e so hard that she screamed in pain at night was Chen Yue'e's man.
Qian Shulan sighed, and without waiting for Chen Yue'e's reaction, she turned around, went into the yard and closed the door.
Outside the door, Chen Yue'e seemed to be stiff for a long time before she moved.
When she reached the door of her house, her eyes were somewhat hesitant.
Should I sue or not
Suddenly, she saw Jiang Yuying coming home from get off work. She was so beautiful and confident.
Although the other party does not have children, he is very happy and cheerful every day.
Anyway, she had already sued her mother-in-law for treason, so adding more charges wouldn't hurt.
Chen Yue'e immediately changed direction and walked towards the street office.
So, at night, when Chen Yue'e's husband returned home, he was stopped by Zhou Shengnan and her men. Then there was another round of wrangling.
Qian Shulan was once again called as a witness.
The question was changed to whether she had seen Liu Chuanjun beating Chen Yue'e. Qian Shulan didn't know whether she should lie or not.
But Jiang Yuying, who was standing next to her, nodded confidently, "I have seen it, more than once."
Liu Chuanjun also wanted to kick like his mother did. However, the person who was pressing him was well prepared and didn't let him move at all.
Soon, Liu Chuanjun and Liu Lanhua were imprisoned as bad elements of feudalism.
Chen Yue'e divorced Liu Chuanjun immediately.
Her daughter Liu Fanglin also severed ties with her father and grandmother.
Originally, Chen Yue'e, a divorced woman, was not qualified to take over Liu Chuanjun's job. But she spent a lot of money to find someone to help her and took over.
The money Liu Chuanjun had saved for half his life finally fell into her hands.
Qian Shulan soon understood why Jiang Yuying wanted to help Chen Yue'e.
Jiang Yuying took Liu Fanglin's hand and introduced her to Qian Shulan with a smile, "This is my adopted little sister. She is in elementary school now."
Liu Fanglin was very grateful to Qian Shulan. She held her hand and thanked her emotionally, "Aunt Qian, if it weren't for your help this time, my mother might not have succeeded. You are our family's savior. I will definitely repay you in the future."
Before, Chen Yue'e had approached many people to testify for her, but the neighbors were afraid of offending the Liu family and refused to testify. Only Qian Shulan was willing to speak a fair word for her mother. It is not an exaggeration to say that she was a benefactor.
Qian Shulan was a little embarrassed and waved her hands, "I'm just telling the truth. I don't deserve the title of 'lifesaver'."
Liu Fanglin wiped her eyes and felt a little sad. Usually, when the neighbors saw her, they would comfort her and tell her to be more considerate of her mother and help her mother with the housework. But when they needed their help, they all started to pretend to be deaf and dumb, for fear of getting their family involved. They were really unkind. Oh, I was so stupid. Usually, I even gave candies to their children. You know, she herself couldn't bear to eat them. She sighed quietly, "People in this world are all seeking benefits and avoiding harm. There are only a few people like Aunt Qian who are willing to speak up for justice."
Jiang Yuying took her hand and patted it soothingly.
Liu Fanglin, however, acted like a little adult, with a somewhat helpless tone, "I have advised my mother many times before, but every time she complained about her miserable life. Now, she has finally taken this step, which surprises me."
Chen Yue'e, who had been in a daze the whole time, covered her face and cried, "It was all your grandma's fault. She wanted your dad to divorce me and marry a new wife so that he could have a son. I was so angry that I went to the director of women's affairs."
The three of them were shocked and looked at each other. So, did these two people deserve it
When Qian Shulan returned to her room and lay on the bed, she realized that this era was different from her previous life.
It turns out that people like Liu Lanhua and Liu Chuanjun who bully their daughters-in-law can be sentenced to prison. The criminal law is very severe, and they were sentenced to six years.
Suddenly, an idea flashed through Qian Shulan's mind. Before, when she lived in the family quarters of the cotton mill, Li Caiying always pretended to be a fool and provoked her. Did she also want her to beat her up and then report her to the street office
Qian Shulan suddenly sat up from the bed. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was possible.
She slammed the table! She was so angry! This woman not only had a distorted outlook on life, but also had a very vicious heart! What the hell was she trying to reform?!
But then she thought again, maybe she was overthinking it? Maybe Li Caiying was just a foolish girl without a brain, not as scheming as she thought. Then she was wrongly accusing Li Caiying
Although Qian Shulan comforted herself in this way, the thoughts in her heart kept lingering in her mind and could not be shaken off.
Qian Shulan went to several grain and oil stores before she sold all the grain coupons she had.
Not only that, the next day, she also wore new clothes and exchanged fine grains for coarse grains.
After staying in the city for a few days, she finally understood that the food distributed in the city was divided into coarse grains and fine grains in proportion. You can't have all fine grains, nor can you have all coarse grains.
In order to get more coarse grains, Qian Shulan exchanged her rice for coarse grains with others.
Because rice is not grown in the north, many people do not eat rice all year round. However, rice has high nutritional value.
For example, eating rice is a must for pregnant women. The protein and B vitamins in it can promote the development of the bones of the fetal brain. The fresh water compounds and cellulose help pregnant women digest and absorb, and it is also an important food for treating constipation.
For example, for babies, after raw rice is cooked into porridge, rice porridge and rice soup have the effects of invigorating qi and moistening dryness, which are beneficial to the development and health of babies, stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, aid digestion, and promote the absorption of fat. It prompts the casein in milk powder to form loose and soft small clots, making it easy to digest and absorb. Therefore, it is ideal to use rice soup to make milk powder or give it to babies as a supplementary diet.
Although people of this era do not know this knowledge, everyone knows that rice is a precious commodity. After all, the price of rice in the grain and oil store is there. In many people's minds, good things are equivalent to expensive things. Those who can afford it naturally want to eat something good.
Qian Shulan walked to the family housing area in the south of the city. She didn't dare to take too much at a time, so she only took 10 jin in a bag. She leaned against the wall at the entrance of the alley, took a winnowing basket, poured the rice into it and began to winnow. After a while, she pretended to be very tired and rested by pounding her waist.
She dared to do this, so even if there were people who had their eyes on her bag of rice, they would not dare to snatch it openly.
You should know that public security was still good in those days, and there were often security teams patrolling the roads.
When they saw the old lady sitting on the side of the road to rest, they just thought she was sitting outside picking up stones from the rice, and they didn't think she was a profiteer.
This is also the habitual thinking of people. They think that with the old lady's physique, if she is caught on the spot trading with others, she will have nowhere to run. If she is caught, she will definitely be courting death.
What's more, the old lady was dressed so neatly and was a very generous person. When she saw them, she smiled and greeted them. She seemed very amiable and not like those timid old ladies in the country.
If someone wanted rice, they would come over to take a look, and if they were tempted, they would ask the price. Qian Shulan would give them a black market price of 30 cents per pound.
Those who can ask the price are those who can afford it. So she sold three bags in one afternoon. However, sometimes people complain that it is too expensive, but Qian Shulan does not get angry. Instead, she asks the other party if they have anything to exchange with her.
When the other party saw that they could exchange, they were tempted and brought the extra things at home to exchange.
Qian Shulan stayed there until three o'clock in the afternoon and watched a row of security teams go away. After they had gone far away, she opened the rice bag again. Just as she was about to pour the rice into the winnowing basket, suddenly a young man came over pulling a bicycle.
He squatted down, lowered his head, and whispered to Qian Shulan, "Grandma, how much is this rice?"
When Qian Shulan looked up, she saw a young man in his twenties, with a crew cut, thick eyebrows, big eyes, regular features, tanned skin, and a very energetic look. But strangely, the skin exposed on his wrists and neck was very white. This young man didn't look like a soldier, and Qian Shulan guessed that he might be doing outdoor work.
Qian Shulan narrowed her eyes and said, "Young man, you are mistaken. This rice is not for sale."
Unexpectedly, the young man came over with a smile and whispered, "Grandma, please stop pretending. I was just in the alley across the street and saw you sell three times."
Qian Shulan's heart skipped a beat, but luckily every time she took something, she would go to the alley nearby instead of conjuring it out of thin air.
Thinking of this, Qian Shulan said with a smile, "I don't sell anything. If you have anything, you can exchange it with me."
The young man was stunned for a moment, then began to understand.
He guessed that every time the old lady went into the alley to exchange things with others, she would come out with nothing in her hands except a small sack of rice. There must be someone inside to help her.
"Okay, what do you want to change?"
"All coarse grains, potatoes, radishes, and cabbages are fine." Now it's April, and those who can't finish the food will leave some. She thought for a moment and said, "Pens, ballpoint pens, pencils, and paper are all fine." Qian Shulan really wanted to buy these industrial products so that she could exchange them with those immortal cultivators, but she was not from the city and didn't have coupons, so she couldn't buy them.
The young man thought for a moment and said, "I have two ballpoint pens, pencils and paper that I have not used up at home. I will go to the department store to buy some and bring them back to you later." He glanced at the bag and asked, "Do you have any more rice? I want some more."
Qian Shulan nodded, "And"
The young man agreed on a time with her and left in a hurry.
By the time the young man came over on time, Qian Shulan had already sold several bags.
Qian Shulan looked at the basket in front of his bicycle, which contained many things she needed.
Afraid that the security team would come, he immediately pointed to the alley next to him.
The young man immediately followed her in. When they reached the corner of the alley, he saw a bag of rice at her feet, which weighed about 100 kilograms.
Qian Shulan didn't have a scale, so she just estimated it. This 100 kilograms, no more, no less. The young man tied up the bike, came over and shook it, and he thought it was about right.
They first calculated the price. The rice was 30 cents per pound, which was a little more expensive than the black market price, but it was high-quality rice, so the price was naturally higher. The young man had no objection.
He laid out what he had brought.
A brand new Yongchuan 941 imitation celluloid fountain pen, with a dark green celluloid pattern that looks very textured. This kind of fountain pen costs 9 yuan in department stores and you need a ticket to buy it. He also brought a box of black ink.
Two white plastic ballpoint pens produced by Shanghai Fenghua Ballpoint Pen Factory and a box of ten blue ballpoint pen refills.
He had a lot of pencils, about thirty in total, and tied ten into a bundle, tightly with rubber bands.
There is also some rice paper, which is soft and tough, as smooth as jade. It is obviously top-quality product. Judging from its thickness, it should be able to hold two pieces.
The young man untied a sack from the back seat of the car, which contained about thirty pounds of carrots and twenty pounds of cabbage.
Qian Shulan estimated the weight and paid him according to the black market price. They both paid according to the black market price, which was fair. The young man had no objection.
After the two men finished the transaction, the young man put the rice on the back seat of the car and tied it up with a rope.
Qian Shulan waited until he left before putting the things into the space and leaving the alley.
She definitely won't come to this street again next time.
After returning home, Qian Shulan immediately opened the mall. She posted a task to sell surprise gifts. The price was relatively low, only ten gold coins.
Although it costs ten gold coins to post a task, you can get five gold coins if you get a good review. Plus, the inventory can be increased to 200. It's not a loss.
At first, Qian Shulan thought that the system would lose money by doing this. After all, if the buyer gave two good reviews, the cost of publishing the product would be recovered. But later, she thought again. It's a fart loss. These gold coins are only virtual and cannot be directly exchanged with the system. For the system, these gold coins are just numbers.
After the release, Qian Shulan started tapping No. 153 to ask if she wanted it.
No. 153 took the photo because she described it so well. Qian Shulan gave her a ballpoint pen, two ballpoint pen refills and five pencils, and even a piece of high-quality rice paper.
No. 153 saw such a good pen and paper and immediately gave her a thumbs up. Qian Shulan got five more gold coins, bringing the total to 35.
Looking at the five gold coins, Qian Shulan guessed that this mall should have the same rules as Taobao Mall, that the same buyer can only give a good review once for the same item. Therefore, even if No. 153 buys again and gives her a good review, the gold coins will not increase.
Qian Shulan touched her chin and thought it was such a pity.
"Do you have anything else? This thing is pretty good. I didn't expect your world could produce something so interesting."
Qian Shulan smiled with some pride. People in the world of cultivating immortals are busy cultivating immortals, so how can they have time to develop industry? However, when she thought of the high-tech things in the future, Qian Shulan felt a little sorry. Those things were made more sophisticatedly. This one is still too backward.
"And a fountain pen, 20 gold coins are needed." This thing is not easy for her to buy, and selling it for 20 gold coins is not expensive. No. 153 felt a little pity. She had to use her current gold coins to buy immortal cultivation tools, so she couldn't waste it. So she could only suppress her desire and give it up.
Qian Shulan could understand that. If no one bid, she would sell it to No. 153 for ten gold coins. After all, she would get to know him.
Two days later, Qian Shulan was ready to notify Wang Shouzhi to go to the Grain and Oil Bureau to hand in the task. It was agreed that the task should be completed within ten days. Now two days have passed, and she is afraid that Wang Shouzhi might be away on a business trip, which would be troublesome.
Yes, after much consideration, she finally decided to leave the job to Wang Shouzhi. The other sons stayed at home, and although life was a bit hard, it was still comfortable. But Wang Shouzhi was not like that.
So, Qian Shulan came to see him during the weekend.
Well, she specially arranged it for Sunday, and she had a little idea, thinking that Li Caiying would be at home on that day. Then, she would come to her house, maybe she could dampen Li Caiying's arrogance and make her stop looking down on others all day long.
Today is the weekend, the sky is clear, there are a few light white clouds floating in the sky, the wind blows softly on people's faces like a mother's palm. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and you can smell the faint fragrance of flowers. This is the smell of apples.
Liuguan County is rich in apples and cherries. In the past, these two fruits were well-known throughout the country, and their prices were one-third more expensive than those produced in other places. Although Liuguan County is not as famous as it is in later generations, every household grows these two fruit trees.
Qian Shulan thought about whether she knew how to grow fruit, but sadly, she only knew how to eat it but not how to grow it. The only thing she knew was that apples could be protected from pests by putting them in transparent bags.
However, plastic bags are hard to buy these days and are very expensive. Few people are willing to spend money to buy them.
Qian Shulan sighed and quickened her pace.
On the way, Qian Shulan met many people holding bags and running towards the grain and oil store. Grain was collected on the last Sunday of the month, and no one would wait after the deadline, so the grain and oil store was full of people in front of it early in the morning.
Qian Shulan was afraid that Wang Shouzhi would go out early to collect food, so she went out after breakfast before seven o'clock.
Jiang Yuying left more than half an hour earlier than her. Today, their grain and oil store had to distribute food to the residents of the street, so they had to work a whole day. Qian Shulan thought that after she finished her work, she could still bring food to Jiang Yuying.
Because it was close, just a few steps away, she reached the cotton mill’s family quarters in less than five minutes.
Although it was very early, she still met several old men and women in the yard.
When they saw her, these people were slightly surprised.
Qian Shulan smiled at them. After all, they had lived in the same courtyard for several days. Even if Qian Shulan couldn't call out their names, she knew their faces well, and greeting them was also a courtesy.
She carried her things and walked straight to the middle door in the first row.
When she arrived at the door, Qian Shulan raised her hand and was about to knock when she suddenly heard a strange sound coming from inside.
Qian Shulan was stunned for a moment, then she leaned over to the door with her ear tilted, listening carefully to the sounds inside. Then her face turned red and she felt a little uncomfortable.
In broad daylight, it's so...
Well, she has never had a boyfriend, so she doesn't know what love means.
Qian Shulan blushed a little uncomfortably. Fortunately, she didn't knock on the door, otherwise it would be embarrassing.
When she was about to retract her foot and think about coming back later, she suddenly heard Li Caiying's voice coming from inside. The voice was so coquettish that Qian Shulan's hair stood on end.
Suddenly, a name made Qian Shulan jump. She clearly heard that the name Li Caiying called was "Brother Chen".
Qian Shulan's eyes widened in disbelief. She had never expected that Li Caiying would be so shameless. Not only did she have an affair, she also brought a man home...
Qian Shulan was so angry that she was about to kick the door open, but suddenly stopped.
If she went in now, this matter would become known to everyone, and Wang Shouzhi would be pointed at and criticized, and his self-esteem would be trampled underfoot.
Cuckolding concerns a man’s reputation for his entire life.
From the original body's memory, such a thing had happened before.
There was a family in the village whose wife ran away with someone else. The whole family was pointed at and criticized. The man felt very ashamed. He was originally a cheerful person, but he became suspicious all day long, always suspecting that others were whispering about him and saying something wrong about him. If it were just that, it would be fine, but he took his anger out on his children. He treated the child left by the wife very badly, beating him at every turn and scolding him from time to time. The villagers would try to persuade him at first, but his temper became worse and worse, and he would not listen to anything, so they stopped persuading him.
Qian Shulan felt that Wang Shouzhi was very similar to that man.
Wang Shouzhi worked like a slave for Li Caiying for so many years and never let anyone know his situation. It is clear that he not only has a strong self-esteem, but also cares a lot about face.
They were both introverted, had strong self-esteem, and valued face above all else. Qian Shulan felt that she could not take the risk.
Besides, Wang Shouzhi has been suppressed for so long. If something like this happens again, his mental state will be impaired.
She can teach someone who can't tell right from wrong, but she can't teach someone who is mentally retarded, because she's not a psychiatrist. So, she can't bring this up.
Qian Shulan's clenched fists slowly loosened, and she retracted her foot that was about to kick the door, but she could not retract that cold gaze.
Although she couldn't take the initiative to expose this matter, Li Caiying's bullying of Wang Shouzhi was simply too vicious. What was the difference between her doing this and forcing Wang Shouzhi to die
After the two divorce, she will definitely destroy Li Caiying's reputation, pluck all the feathers off her body, and let her taste the humiliation.
Author's words: This chapter explains why the heroine gave the job to Wang Shouzhi in the first place. As mentioned before, Wang Shouzhi is a little abnormal. He lives a very depressed life.
The reason why the heroine didn't give the job to the eldest brother is that although his filial piety value is high, his right and wrong value is only 1. If the job is given to him, the style of the painting will be as follows:
Leader: You go to a certain place to negotiate a thousand kilograms of rice.
The eldest son: My mother said rice is too expensive, corn is more cost-effective. Let’s buy corn, blah blah…
Leader: Since you listen to your mother so much, why don’t you go back to your mother
I hope the little angels can understand this explanation!