Chapter 211 Fighting to go to the supply and marketing cooperative
Chapter 211 Fighting to go to the supply and marketing cooperative
Yao Hua didn't understand what everyone was laughing at.
Li Xiu'e touched his head and said, "You will probably know when you are ten years older."
After hearing what Grandma Jinbao said, Yao Hua became even more confused. He took Jinbao's hand and asked her if she understood?
Little Jinbao lowered his head and pretended to be stupid.
Worried that Yao Hua would find out if she lied about it, she covered her stomach and said, "Hungry..."
"What did Jin Bao say?" Li Xiu'e picked up the little girl on the ground, "Are you hungry?"
"A little hungry."
"The porridge at noon must be too thin and you haven't eaten enough. Hey, the rice you brought back from your mother is almost gone. What should I do?"
Hearing her mother-in-law say "rice", Zhao Fengzhu swallowed her saliva and said, "It would be nice to be able to drink porridge. I haven't eaten rice in I don't know how many days."
Jinbao, this little girl, is really blessed amidst all the blessings. She is so pampered by everyone and even eats porridge and noodles every day, yet she still has the nerve to say she is hungry.
"Why are you so sore?" Zhang Guilan said to Zhao Fengzhu, "That is the rice prepared by Jinbao's parents for her. It only weighs five kilograms. She has been eating it for almost two months."
"Who said I was sour? I just said that casually, and I didn't mean anything else."
After Zhao Fengzhu finished speaking, she snorted and rolled her eyes, too lazy to talk to her sister-in-law any more.
Zhang Guilan also felt that talking to her was boring. Her tone just now was clearly sour and she still refused to admit it.
Thinking that all the rice, noodles and snacks stored in his suitcase were almost gone, Yao Hua said, "I want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in town to buy some rice tomorrow."
"tomorrow?"
"Well, I heard that after we come down from the mountain, we can hire a donkey cart to take us to town by paying money, right?" Yao Hua asked.
Li Xiu'e nodded, "Yes, but it takes two hours by donkey cart."
When they went back to the village from the town, they rode in a donkey cart. The bumpy road was so bumpy that their bones were about to fall apart.
Living in such a big mountain, the most inconvenient thing is to go to town.
One person has to pay 20 cents per person to take a donkey cart, which is equivalent to four eggs. Most people walk there to save money. They set off before dawn and come back at one or two in the morning, which is very hard work.
Although Su Daqiang was lazy, he had never taken a donkey cart to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. Every time he went back and forth, his shoes would wear out several holes, which he had to patch again and again with rags.
"Auntie, can Uncle Su come with me tomorrow?" Yao Hua asked Zhang Guilan.
Su Daqiang is unemployed. After moving to a new home, he is reluctant to spend money. He is always worried that the money will be lost as soon as he uses it. In the past few days, his wife has ordered him to pick wild vegetables in the mountains.
Instead of working in the production team, he chose to go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables without saying a word.
Zhang Guilan did not expect that Yao Hua would ask Gouzi Daddy to go to the supply and marketing cooperative with him, and was stunned for a moment.
"Don't worry, we're not going on foot, we're going together in a donkey cart. I'll pay for the donkey cart. Uncle Su can help me carry some things, and I can pay him a little."
"What? Pay?"
Not only Zhang Guilan, but also Zhao Fengzhu was also surprised.
Yao Hua nodded, "Yes, he spent a day accompanying me to the town and helped me carry my things. Of course I have to pay him."
After saying this, he thought for a while, "The production team's salary ranges from 2 cents to 80 cents a day. I'll pick the middle number. How about 50 cents?"
Zhang Guilan's eyes lit up for a moment.
Worried that she heard wrong, she pursed her lips and asked, "How much? Five...fifty cents?"
"Oh, yes."
Hearing Yao Hua's affirmative answer, Zhang Guilan was so happy that she waved her hands and said: "Fifty cents is too much, why is this so embarrassing? No need fifty cents, just three cents, three cents is enough!"
A day's hard work in the production team only earns 20 to 30 cents, and you may not be able to get it, but you can earn 30 cents by taking a donkey cart to the supply and marketing cooperative, which is a huge amount of money.
She had thought before that the daily necessities at home were about to be used up, and the eggs had been stored for so many days, and there was a whole big bag, and she was thinking about letting Gouzi Daddy go to the supply and marketing cooperative.
Thinking of this, Zhang Guilan was about to agree, but she didn't expect Zhao Fengzhu to approach Yao Hua first.
She spoke in a flattering tone, with a smile on her face, "Hua Hua, shall I ask Jinbao and her second uncle to go with you? It doesn't cost 30 cents, just 20 cents!"
After she finished speaking, Zhang Guilan hit her shoulder hard with her arm and pushed her away from Yao Hua.
"Ah!" Zhao Fengzhu exclaimed, turned around and cursed, "Why are you pushing me?"
"I'm just asking you what you want to do?" Zhang Guilan said angrily, "Yao Hua already told Gouzi Daddy to go to the supply and marketing cooperative with him, why are you interrupting?"
"Sister-in-law, your house didn't cost a penny to build. Now you still have more than 20 yuan. There are still chickens at home that can lay eggs every day. What about my house? There is nothing left."
Speaking of this, Zhao Fengzhu's eyes turned red and she choked up and said: "The production team doesn't know what's going on now. There are no sweet potatoes anymore. I have such a big belly. I don't have to eat it, but the child in my belly has to eat it."
Ah, woo woo..."
The most disgusting thing about Zhang Guilan is how she is pretending to cry.
"Your house cost more than twenty yuan to build. You had to hire someone to build it yourself. I didn't force you to spend the money. What does it have to do with me?"
Li Xiu'e felt a headache every time she heard her two daughters-in-law quarreling. Most of the time, she was too lazy to help them and just let the two of them quarrel.
But this time she felt that the eldest daughter-in-law was obviously more reasonable.
"My mother-in-law had to carry mud and dirt every day when I was building a house. I was tired for so many days. Fengzhu, you didn't do any work. You should have spent the money."
Li Xiu'e then added: "Besides, Erzhuang has a job in the production team. How can he accompany Huahua to town tomorrow? I must ask Daqiang to accompany him."
Zhang Guilan nodded vigorously, "Yes, Hua Hua must have thought that my family Daqiang was out of work, so she went to him. I don't know what Fengzhu was messing with, and she had to compete with my family for everything."
Seeing her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law working together to target her, Zhao Fengzhu felt particularly aggrieved.
"Mom, why do you think about your eldest brother and sister-in-law's family for all your good things? You don't think about my family. It's obvious that my family needs those two cents even more now."
Li Xiu'e rubbed her forehead.
Seeing the second daughter-in-law crying non-stop, she shook her head helplessly and sighed, "Stop crying! What's there to cry about?"
"I feel wronged. I am almost seven months pregnant and have never eaten anything delicious. I want Erzhuang to earn an extra twenty cents, but you are not willing to..."
"Oh, you can't become rich if you have two cents more, and you can't starve to death if you have two cents less. What's the point of worrying about such a trivial matter?"
Zhao Fengzhu sniffed, "I almost vomited after eating the sweet potatoes at home. I also want Erzhuang to get some money in exchange for some rice."
"We divided 26 yuan before we separated. You should have some money left after building the house. Tomorrow you give the money to Gouzi Daddy and ask him to buy some rice for you to eat."
After Li Xiu'e finished speaking, her eldest daughter-in-law smiled and echoed: "Yes, Fengzhu, you should have a few dollars left, right? A pound of rice is 16 cents. If you want to eat it, you can buy ten pounds."
Zhao Fengzhu shouted angrily: "You're a 16-pound ghost! How dare you give me those ten kilograms of food stamps?"