happy daughter-in-law

Chapter 28 Shopping
The next morning, Shen Yunfang got up early. It was agreed today to go to the county with Dashuan's wife, so she had to finish all the work early.She first went to the production team to feed the sheep, and then went home to start working.

Feed the chickens, water the leeks on the ground, and moisturize the earthworms on the kang.

Westinghouse had already harvested one crop of leeks, but the first crop of leeks was not strong enough. After cutting, she asked her to tie them into four bundles. According to a visual inspection, each bundle weighs about one catty.

Then she sprinkled some plant ash on the leeks, and the leeks that grew now looked much stronger.It is hoped that the production will increase in the second crop.

Between the clusters of leeks, the lettuce she sprinkled also sprouted, but the time was short and it hadn't grown yet.

After cleaning up all these, Shen Yunfang packed firewood in the kang cave. She went out and returned home in the afternoon at the earliest, and she had to add firewood in the middle, otherwise the temperature in the room would drop, and the animals and plants in the room couldn't bear it.So yesterday she begged Mrs. Wang to come over and burn the kang for her at noon.

As for the matter of growing leeks and raising earthworms, the Wang family must know about it.However, after several days of observation and several contacts, she felt that the members of Aunt Wang's family were very nice and not bad people.Besides, after thinking about it, it's not a big deal. Even if the Wang family is unreliable and spreads about her, she can explain it if she is asked to explain it.

Few people should care about a little girl's nonsense.

Besides, she also wants to test the Wang family, no matter what she does, she needs help, not to mention anything else, she can't go anywhere in the winter, but the current situation of her family is really inseparable from people. .So if conditions permit, she also wants to find someone who can help her light the fire.

After tidying up the house, Shen Yunfang tightened the thin padded jacket she was wearing, took a deep breath, and walked into the cold wind.

Because of a snowfall, the entire Gaijiatun was replaced by white, and everything was covered in white.But now Shen Yunfang was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery at all. She walked towards Wang's house step by step against the howling wind.

Dashuan's daughter-in-law had already packed herself up and waited for Shen Yunfang. Seeing Shen Yunfang walking home against the wind from the window, she quickly picked up the padded jacket at hand, talked to her mother-in-law, and opened the door to go out.

"You are here. My appointment with Uncle Yougen is almost here. Come and put on this padded jacket. It will take a long time to get to the county." Dashuan's daughter-in-law came out of the yard and hurriedly took the padded jacket that was still warm in her hand. Put it on Shen Yunfang's body.

Shen Yunfang felt her body gradually warming up, pulled the padded jacket on her body and looked at Dashuan's daughter-in-law, not knowing what to say.

"Oh, what are you looking at? Put it on quickly, or you won't be warm in a while. Let me tell you first, this is not for you. This is my mother-in-law's cotton-padded jacket. I'm afraid you will freeze before you arrive in the county." I'll borrow you to wear it first." Dashuan's daughter-in-law rubbed her ears, took out a scarf from her bag, and wrapped herself up until only her eyes were left.

Then he took out another scarf, and wrapped it around Shen Yunfang like a gourd, "This is my mother-in-law's, don't dislike it."

What do you dislike? Shen Yunfang was very moved, but she immediately thought of something wrong, and hurriedly grabbed Da Shuan's wife who had already walked forward, "Sister-in-law, I have worn aunt's clothes away, so why did auntie go out at noon?" .”

If because of herself, Aunt Wang was frozen again, then her crime would be serious.

"Don't worry, I still have an old ragged padded jacket at home, which isn't very warm, but it's fine for walking these few steps." After Dashuan's wife finished speaking, she pulled her away, "Let's go, Uncle Yougen won't wait for us later gone."

When the two of them walked to the gate of the brigade, they saw a thin old man wearing a worn-out big padded jacket with a small whip in his hand. Behind him was a carriage with several heavily armed women sitting in it.

"Uncle Yougen, here we come." Dashuan's daughter-in-law came up to greet the old man, and then hurriedly pulled Shen Yunfang to find a seat in the carriage and sat down.

Gaijiatun's handlebar-style Shen Yougen saw that everyone was coming, so he raised the small whip in his hand, slapped it in the air, and shouted "drive", and the carriage began to move slowly.

"Dashuan's family, what are you doing here?" The daughters-in-law sitting in the car chatted idlely.

Dashuan's daughter-in-law looked at Shen Yunfang with her eyes, but she didn't know what she meant, so she said openly, "Yunfang girl and I went to the county supply and marketing cooperative to see."

"Yo, what are you going to do?"

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Shen Yunfang was not familiar with the people in the car. After getting in the car, she greeted all of them politely, and got different responses, but they were all equally unenthusiastic.

"Yunfang, you should go to the county too."

Shen Yunfang turned her head quickly when she heard the voice, and saw that it was Shen Yingxue.

She smiled dryly and said, "Yeah, you go too." Isn't this nonsense, it's all on the carriage, if you don't go to the county, what's the point of freezing here?

"These days I'm busy hugging pigweed and going to school, and I don't have time to visit you. A few days ago, I wanted to visit you in the morning and evening, but you weren't at home. What's the matter? You're in good health. Is it?" Shen Yingxue asked with concern.In fact, since the heavy snowfall, the school has been closed, and she has been at home for several days. At the beginning, she also thought about repairing the relationship with Shen Yunfang when she had time, but after thinking about it, she felt unconvinced. It was supposed to be Shen Yunfang who picked her up, why should he pick her up instead now.Now there is no grass on the mountain, and I don't need her anymore, and I don't want to make fun of myself.

"It's not bad, it's just a little bit of vain, and I think it will be stronger after a year or so of rest." Shen Yunfang said perfunctorily.

Shen Yingxue choked for a moment, finally pursed her lips, and changed the subject, "Yunfang, now you don't have to herd the sheep anymore, I'll come and play with you when I'm on vacation."

"Let's talk, I'm also very busy. I don't have much firewood in my house. When it's cold, I'll go to my uncle's house to stay." She is much taller.

Of course Shen Yingxue could tell, she didn't speak, she lowered her head with a sad look.

Shen Yunfang became even less enthusiastic, and after listening to the people next to her for a while, "so-and-so's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are fighting", "so-and-so's family can't eat anymore", etc., she completely withered and shrank. Behind Dashuan's daughter-in-law, he hid his head in the big padded jacket, thinking about his own thoughts.

The other people in the car chatted for a few words and no one spoke. Although it is not the coldest time in winter, sitting in the car for a long time, pouring cold wind into the stomach, everyone has no energy to chat up.

In this way, the carriage traveled for three hours in the cold wind before arriving at the county seat.

After asking Uncle Yougen about the time to go back, Dashuan's daughter-in-law took Shen Yunfang to the supply and marketing cooperative, and Shen Yingxue bit her lip while watching the two of them back.

There are only four main streets in the county, which are distributed in a well, and the supply and marketing cooperative is on one of them.

Dashuan's daughter-in-law walked in front without looking sideways, while Shen Yunfang looked around behind.

"Look, it's just ahead." Dashuan's daughter-in-law pointed to Shen Yunfang, and the supply and marketing cooperative was in front.

Shen Yunfang looked along her fingers, a row of bungalows, which is not bad among a bunch of bungalows.

There are a few large characters written on the wall at the entrance, "grasp the revolution and promote production", which is very characteristic of the times.

After entering the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative, Dashuan's wife directly dragged her to the left.

"Comrade, how much is a catty of cotton?" Dashuan's daughter-in-law basically didn't look sideways, and directly led him to the cotton and cloth counter.

At the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative, three women were chatting around a stove.

After hearing Dashuan's daughter-in-law's words, it was not bad, and he really stood up and walked over alone.

There is nothing to ask, here is only one kind of cotton, and she only has a catty of cotton tickets, so the cloth is a bit picky.But this time it was for making cotton-padded clothes, so in the end the two of them discussed and bought six feet of muslin cloth for the lining of the cotton-padded jacket.

Then Shen Yunfang went around and walked around the entire supply and marketing cooperative, a place that was a bit bigger, and took a look around in less than 10 minutes.

It was similar to the ones on the market, and the price was similar, but this time Shen Yunfang bought the wine bottle, so she made soy sauce, vinegar, kerosene, bought two catties of large-grained salt, two boxes of matches, and asked for no tickets for towels, and gave Picked out two towels by myself.

There is only one at home, and it was left over from her ex. She smelled it, and she couldn't bear to use it on her face, so she bought two when she saw a towel, and when she got home, she wiped her feet with the original one. It's not a waste either.

There is also soap, I have to buy some of this, otherwise the clothes will not be clean.

She didn't feel it when she bought it, but she felt distressed when she settled the bill.

The soy sauce is fifteen cents a catty, which is a bit expensive, but the soy sauce at this time is the real thing, not blended with chemicals.After all, at this time, those chemicals are all high-end items, and after blending, they may be more expensive than serious soy sauce.

Vinegar was eight cents a catty, kerosene was two cents a catty, salt was eight cents a catty, a box of matches was two cents a box, soap was thirty-six cents a catty, plus towels, cotton, and cloth, it cost four and a half cents in total. .

Originally, she wanted to buy a catty of candy for Xiaojuan, but Dashuan's daughter-in-law said she would not let her buy anything, saying that the candy she bought at the market last time was still at home, so she couldn't buy any more.

Shen Yunfang looked at all the belongings in her hand that were less than seven yuan, and she didn't insist.

But even so, he was scolded by Dashuan's wife, who pulled her and whispered, "You don't have to buy so much at once, you can buy it when you run out." Whoever buys salty salt costs two catties, too It's a loser, okay?

Shen Yunfang pretended to be calm and said: "It's okay, anyway, it can't be broken after buying it back, so use it slowly."

Oh my god, she was thinking that it would be best to buy a few months' shares at once, so that she would not have to come back this winter, and the family could not do without people now, so she would suffer less.

Emma, ​​the cold wind outside is so biting, her little face was blown out of the countryside and turned red.

(End of this chapter)