Su Dafang waved his hand, "It's okay, it's okay, go quickly. Xiaolong, take your sister to the supply and marketing cooperative. There are many people in the supply and marketing cooperative, so you have to watch your sister and don't run around." Su Dafang asked worriedly.
In his eyes, Su Xue is still a child.
Su Xiaolong nodded, and Su Xue bent down and said to Su Bao'er, who had been quiet, "Bao'er, see you uncle and the police comrades."
Su Baoer raised her little hand and said goodbye obediently.
"Bao'er is so good."
Not only Su Dafang, but even Li Dazhi also felt that Su Baoer was really well-behaved. If there was such a daughter, the old father's heart would definitely be melted by her...
The three siblings left the police station and walked to the supply and marketing cooperative together. Although Su Dafang said to let Su Xiaolong lead the way to Su Xue, there is only one street in this town. As long as Su Xue is not stupid, she can see in the distance.
That big wooden sign hanging outside the red-roofed tile-roofed house.
‘Hongqi Town Supply and Marketing Cooperative.’
On this long street, except for the supply and marketing cooperative, there are no shops open to the public. Apart from the closed doors of every household, there are only those conspicuous large characters painted on the walls.
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They are all quotations from great people. Su Xue once recited them all when she was in school, so they are no stranger to them.
She pulled Su Baoer and walked side by side with Su Xiaolong towards the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative. She accidentally caught a glimpse of Su Xiaolong's slightly wrinkled face, like a little old man.
Su Xue was a little funny, "What's wrong? Are you worried that I don't have any money?"
Su Xiaolong pursed his lips and looked a little serious. He was not worried that Su Xue had no money, he felt that he had no money and was embarrassed.
Su Xiaolong now only has two yuan and eighty cents in his entire body, which he saved from the New Year's money he got from his parents and relatives during the Chinese New Year.
Su Xiaolong, who had taken the initiative to regard himself as the backbone of his family, felt that their family was lacking everything, and two dollars and eighty cents could not buy anything.
Although Su Xue is their biological sister, she has never eaten a grain of rice or taken a dime from the family since she was a child. However, after Su Baozhu took their money and ran away, she came back without any complaints and took on the responsibility.
The responsibility a sister should bear...
She cleverly took the land back and drew clear boundaries with her grandparents and uncle. If it were Su Baozhu, she would never do this.
Although she clamored to clean up Su Xiaohu and despised them for being dirty, her eyes did not reveal the disgust from the bottom of her heart like that woman Su Baozhu did.
She seemed to be doing their best.
Is this the difference between a real sister and a fake sister?
"I said you are young and have a lot to think about." Su Xue smiled and rubbed Su Xiaolong's short hair. "Don't worry, sister, I still have money."
Even though she doesn't have much money in her hands now, and the conditions of their family are visibly miserable, Su Xue has never been the kind of person who feels sorry for herself.
Her grandfather from her adoptive parents taught her since she was a child that as long as people are alive, there is hope, and Su Xue firmly believes that this is indeed the case.
"The book also said that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and it will be straight when the boat reaches the bridge, so there is no need to worry too much in advance."
"The sky won't fall."
Su Xiaolong didn't expect that Su Xue would guess what he was thinking. He raised his head and looked at this sister with some embarrassment, who was somewhat similar to his mother, but always had confidence on his face.
At this moment, he seemed to see sunshine in Su Xue's smile.
"sister……"
He screamed subconsciously.
Su Xue simply agreed, "Hurry up, I have to walk back to clean up the house later!"
After saying that, she picked up Su Baoer and crossed the threshold into the supply and marketing cooperative and started her shopping.
The grain tank in their house is so empty that even the mice are unwilling to visit it, so the first thing they buy must be grain. Fortunately, this is a major grain-producing province, and rice is available, and the price is quite reasonable, only 15 cents per catty.
Su Xue waved her hand and bought thirty kilograms in one go.
When the salesperson from the supply and marketing cooperative heard the number she reported, she raised her head and glanced at her in surprise. Seeing the delicate and fair-skinned Su Xue, who didn't look like she was from the village at first sight, Zhang Qingtian asked one more question.
"Comrade, are you buying this for a relative?"
Since the college entrance examination was resumed last year, the phenomenon of buying things with tickets has become less common. In Hongqi Town, except for some relatively rare items such as soap, which have a per-person purchase amount, there is no quota for food.
Because the underground villages are responsible for the production, once the summer harvest is over, many villagers will sell the idle food at home to the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the supply and marketing cooperatives will not be short of food.
What surprised Zhang Qingtian was that it seemed that the summer harvest was only two or three months away. Once the summer harvest was over, every household would not be short of food. How could the lesbian in front of him still buy so much food?
Even if you buy it for a relative, you cannot buy it like this.
Too much money and nowhere to spend it?
"This lesbian..."
Zhang Qingtian planned to talk to Su Xue, but Su Xue blinked, "What's wrong? Is it a limited purchase?"
"No, comrade, that's it. Although the money is yours, I want to say that the summer grain will be available in a few months. Isn't it a bit too much for you to buy thirty kilograms of rice at once?
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She knew that many people were already dying at this time, but most people just ate some wild vegetables, sweet potatoes, etc. to get through it, and then took care of themselves after the summer harvest.
No one is as generous as Su Xue.
After listening to Zhang Qingtian's words, Su Xue realized that it was not that the other party did not sell her rice, but that she felt that she was spending money a bit lavishly. She sighed, picked up Su Baoer, and pointed to Su Xiaolong on the side.
"There is no way. My parents are gone and my younger brothers and sisters are still very young. We need food to raise them."
Zhang Qingtian saw that Su Baoer was indeed relatively thin, and Su Xiaolong was also as thin as a bamboo pole. She said sadly, "Why don't you buy some cheap brown rice? That one only costs a few cents per catty, cheap, two handfuls of brown rice."
Just boil it with two handfuls of wild vegetables and you can make a meal."
"Brown rice?" Su Xue repeated Zhang Qingtian's words doubtfully.
"Wait a minute." After Zhang Qingtian said that, she turned and left the counter. After a while, she took back a small bag of brown rice weighing about three or four kilograms. She opened the bag and found a musty smell.
"Look, everything is still fine."
Zhang Qingtian waved.
Su Xue poked her head and took a look. The black, green and white rice, as well as the rice with chaff and weeds, exuding a musty smell made her swallow her saliva.
this……
"How to cook this?"
"Go back and wash it. Wash it and put it in the pot to boil. When the rice soup boils, add two handfuls of wild vegetables and a little salt. It's a meal. It doesn't cost much to make you full."
Introduction by Zhang Qingtian.
Su Xue took a breath of cold air.
this……
Regardless of whether the three little guys could eat the brown rice, she couldn't.