Chapter 26: Grocery Shopping
Wei Jianguo opened his mouth but still didn't say anything. The money Su Yue gave was a bit high. They were all from the village. Everyone helped each other when something happened, and they only took care of the meal.
Su Yue gave me 70 cents as wages, ugh.
Su Yue paid her wages not because she had a lot of money, but because she looked down upon the wages. We were all simple old farmers, and it was not easy to make some money. Since she had paid for her labor, she should pay her wages.
"Seventy cents a day, and you still have to pay for a meal, is it true?"
"Didn't Wife Wei Heng say that? It's true."
"I wish I were running faster, ugh."
Those who couldn't wait to leave looked at the people who signed up with envy. Seventy cents a day, which is seven yuan for ten days. It takes half a month and twenty days to build a house. It costs more than ten yuan.
He said he also saved one meal of food every day.
"My third daughter-in-law, I have no objection." The uncle who spoke looked excited. He can earn more than ten yuan in more than half a month. What kind of objection can he have to such a good thing?
"Me neither"
"And I"
"..."
Su Yue smiled and said, "That's good. After the noon break today, everyone will gather at the edge of the village to officially start work."
After resting for a while, Su Yue took Xiaobao to the edge of the village. At first glance, the place was full of people, most of whom came to watch the excitement.
Walking to the center, with the sound of crackling firecrackers, Su Yue raised the shovel and shoveled the first piece of soil, which meant that construction could start.
In an instant, twenty-two young and middle-aged men started to move, and the division of labor was clear. The reason why there were twenty-two was because there was also Boss Wei and Brother Wei. They mentioned this to Su Yue from the beginning, and Su Yue put the guards in charge.
The overseer of the house paid him one dollar a day.
It's not easy to get this dollar. The house must be built according to the design drawings given by Su Yue, and the workers must be supervised to prevent cutting corners and being lazy.
The workers were working in full swing, and Su Yue had no time to spare. When she returned to Wei's house, she borrowed a bicycle from Wei Jianguo. She and Xiaobao were going to town.
Riding a large 28-bar bicycle, Xiaobao sat on the horizontal bar in front. Su Yue put a small cushion under his butt while no one was watching, otherwise his little butt would hurt when he got to town.
"Mom, where are you going?"
"Go to town."
"Oh, let's go to town!" Xiaobao nodded slowly.
"What's in town?" In an innocent tone.
Su Yue "..."
"The town is bigger than the village, and there are many delicious and fun places." Su Yue said with a smile. This is Xiaobao's first time going to the town.
"Oh...Mom...baby wants to pee." She said in a sweet voice, as if she was a little embarrassed.
Su Yue: What are you embarrassed about, little one?
He parked his bicycle on the dirt road, took Xiaobao's little arm and put him on the ground, then helped him take off his pants, "Go, slow down."
"thanks Mom."
Su Yue was watching him from a few steps away, but after waiting for five minutes, he still hadn't finished shushing him.
What's wrong? Do you want to poop?
Su Yue stepped forward and took a look, a little speechless. She saw a few ants carrying a small caterpillar into the ant hole. However, the caterpillar was a bit big and couldn't get in. Xiaobao held a small branch.
I wanted to help make the ant nest bigger, but it ended up being a disservice and the ants were scared and fled in all directions.
"Baby, what are you doing?" You stuck your little butt out, and you almost filled the ant nest.
"I, I will help the little ant go home." Xiaobao took the small branch and continued to poke.
Su Yuemo, "Has the little ant gone home?"
"The little ant is gone, but it's gone."
Su Yue: Of course I'm gone. I was scared away by you and didn't even want any food.
"Little Ant will go home when we go to town." Su Yue coaxed.
"Really, is it true, Mom?" Xiaobao turned to look at his mother.
"Really, mom won't lie to you."
"Well, that's easy to cut." Xiaobao put down the small branch reluctantly.
Su Yue put on his pants, put them on the bicycle, and rode towards the town.
When we arrived in the town, the noisy atmosphere hit us, but Xiaobao was dazzled by it, and his eyes looking around couldn't see enough.
"Mom, what is that?"
"It's an umbrella, for rainy days."
"Oh...what is that?"
"It's candied haws, sour and sweet."
"Xiaobao, Xiaobao can eat it, it's sour, sour and sweet."
Su Yue spent 30 cents to buy him a bunch of candied haws. At this time, candied haws were not cheap. Six hawthorns wrapped in sugar were sold for 30 cents. It took half a day's work to put them on top. Even if a child wanted to eat them, even adults would be reluctant to do so.
Buy it. After all, thirty cents can buy you a few taels of meat. It’s no better than eating a few hawthorns. There are a lot of hawthorns on the mountains during the season.
I pushed my bicycle to the meat stall and bought five kilograms of meat. One piece weighed 21 kilograms, with more fat and less lean meat. This is how people like to buy meat nowadays. Fat meat is a dime more expensive than lean meat.
I bought dozens of kilograms of cabbage, radish and green onions, several dozen kilograms of kidney beans after seeing them fresh, and some cabbage and vines. It was probably enough for a meal for more than 20 people, and they would have to come over tomorrow to buy some.
I bought two big bags of rice and flour, and the ones placed at Wei's house were the rations for the two of them, and the food for the workers had to be bought separately.
I bought a lot of miscellaneous things and put them all in the big basket on the back seat of the bicycle. This was tied up by Wei Jianguo when he came to town. He was originally going to let Xiaobao sit in, but Xiaobao refused and insisted on sitting.
On the bicycle bars in front of my mother.
Before leaving, Su Yue went to a clothing store again. Xiaobao forgot to buy his shoes last time he came to town. The soles of the shoes were worn away and the little toes were exposed. They looked pitiful.
After one person bought two pairs, Su Yuecai rode his bicycle back.
After leaving the town, Su Yue found a deserted place and put all her things into the space. The basket of more than 100 kilograms of things couldn't even fit in it.
After riding for an hour, Wei Xiaobao's little mouth started to buzz for an hour. This little guy is really good at talking. I was afraid that he would be thirsty if he talked too much. Su Yue brought him a box of milk in the middle of the ride, and after drinking the carton, he threw the box away.
inside.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, Su Yue took out all the things, including the ones she took from the space. This time she went to town to give her a reason to take out the things in the space.
He took the things directly to Cunyan'er. Wei Laoer set up the big pot at noon. Su Yue was in charge of lunch. This time, he would cook one in the afternoon when work started.
Passing by the village with a lot of things made the villagers jealous. Su Yue has been so generous since he was separated. Seeing so many things, they must be worth a lot of money, and they were all eaten by the workers.
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Huang Xiaozhi, who was in the crowd, also saw it and was extremely jealous. Even now, she still felt that she had a share in the money Su Yue took away. Su Yue spent all her money to buy so many things. She
I feel so distressed.
Chapter completed!