Cheng Qiao smiled. After all, this secret couldn't be hidden. She was not living alone. Besides, she also wanted her future mother-in-law to enjoy some happiness. She couldn't hide it without Li Huan's help.
Li Huan found a sack, put the few things Cheng Qiao specified into the sack, then locked the door and prepared to leave.
Cheng Qiao stretched out his hand, and Li Huan sighed and handed over the key obediently. It seemed that he had to be more careful in the future, otherwise he would let Cheng Qiao in and lose a lot of money.
The two went to the state-owned hotel. Cheng Qiao saw the dishes served today written on the blackboard, including braised pork, radish and lion's head, fried eggs with green onions, tofu, stir-fried vegetables, three delicacies soup, etc.
There were also a lot of staple foods, including rice, noodles, pies, dumplings, and steamed buns. Basically, she had everything she needed. She took out her money and tickets and ordered all the meat dishes and a few vegetables.
She also ordered dumplings, steamed buns, pie and rice, which made the fat waiter look up at her. She was about to curse, but was silenced by Cheng Qiao's next move.
Cheng Qiao looked around and saw that there was no one else except Li Huan. He quickly took out ten White Rabbit toffees from the bag and placed them at the back of the counter.
"Sister, the autumn harvest is coming at home. I want my mother and sister to eat better, so I want to buy more to take home."
The fat waiter was a foodie. When he saw the White Rabbit toffee, his throat twitched. His chubby fleshy hands quickly rolled the toffee into his pocket and put on a smiling face.
"Okay, a total of eight yuan and twenty cents, one catty of meat stamps, two and a half catties of food stamps. If you don't bring enough lunch boxes, you can rent them here with a deposit of five yuan. Do you want them?"
"I want it, thank you sister. When I return the lunch box, I will bring you chicken and cake to eat."
"It's easy to talk about."
Li Huan couldn't help but smile when he saw that Cheng Qiao had established a relationship with the waiter who was worth 258,000 yuan in such a short period of time. His wife was really amazing.
After lunch, Li Huan originally wanted Cheng Qiao to sit in front of the bicycle and take her back to the hospital, but Cheng Qiao refused because it was too arrogant.
At Cheng Qiao's insistence, Li Huan first sent her things back to the village and then returned to the hospital. As for Cheng Qiao, she was basically fine and could slowly walk back to the hospital on her own.
Li Huan nodded helplessly in agreement. He watched Cheng Qiao walking steadily towards the hospital, and then rushed to the village as soon as possible. He wanted to come back as soon as possible to accompany Cheng Qiao.
When Cheng Qiao saw Li Huan leaving, she ran to the supply and marketing cooperative. She wanted to know what the supply and marketing cooperative was selling now, so that she could transfer the items in the grocery store.
There were much fewer people in the supply and marketing cooperative than in the morning. Cheng Qiao walked in and looked at the mostly empty supply and marketing cooperative. He was a little speechless. Is the purchasing power of people nowadays so strong?
Seeing that there were rubber shoes on the cabinet, she quickly walked over, pointed at the rubber shoes and asked if she wanted a ticket. If she asked for a ticket, she couldn't buy it.
The salesperson glanced at Cheng Qiao and was shocked by the thick gauze on her head. This girl was injured and wanted to go out to buy something. There must be a reason to buy it.
"My mother is going to the fields to harvest in the autumn, and I want to help her buy a pair of rubber shoes."
"There are some flaws in this pair. No votes. They are only size 35. I don't know if your mother can wear them."
"I can wear them. My mother's shoes happen to be size 35. Thank you sister."
The salesperson, who was in his thirties, was called sister by a little girl. He couldn't help but feel better. He turned around and took off his rubber shoes, put them in a shoe box, and prepared to issue an invoice with a smile.
"Three dollars and eighty cents, have you brought any money?"
"I brought my sister, I gave you some money, and I'll give you this too."
Cheng Qiao had a pink-blue hairpin in his hand. This was the most popular butterfly hairpin in this era. Each one cost 50 cents.
The salesperson's eyes lit up. She had been thinking about this card for a long time, but she couldn't part with it because it was too expensive. She didn't expect that the little girl in front of her would give it to her so generously.
"My surname is Qiu, and my name is Qiu Min. Come and see me when you have time in the future."
"Well, Sister Qiu, my surname is Cheng and my name is Cheng Qiao. I will come and play with you from now on."
In this way, the two established a revolutionary friendship. Cheng Qiao walked cheerfully, took her rubber shoes and walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative and returned to the ward. She changed into a hospital gown and went to sleep directly.
Seeing Li Huan come back with so many things, Mother Li looked at Li Huan worriedly and didn't know what to say, but Li Huan smiled:
"Mom, this is Cheng Qiao's tribute to you. You and Li Le can eat it. These are Cheng Qiao's dowry. I will send them to the educated youth center when she comes back."
Mother Li's eyes lit up, the Chen family had received the compensation.
"Mom, the Chen family lost 700 yuan. I applied to the village chief for a piece of land, right behind our yard. After the autumn harvest, we asked the villagers to help build a house."
"No, you are not using Cheng Qiao's money like this. Mom doesn't agree."
"Mom, this is what Cheng Qiao means. Our compound is really shabby. If I get married, my eldest brother will not have anywhere to live when he comes back at the end of the year."
Li's mother is silent. There are only two rooms in the main room. She and Li Le share one room. If Li Huan gets married, the eldest son Li Bing will have to sleep in the main room.
"I still have three hundred yuan here. How about you use this money to build a house? I will never allow you to use Cheng Qiao's money. This is the money she earned with her life and the rest of her life."
Li Huan laughed. How could he use Cheng Qiao's money? But now he had to use Cheng Qiao's money, because he didn't have a penny left on him and handed it over to Cheng Qiao.
"Mom, Cheng Qiao will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. You bring the bride price to propose marriage at noon, and I'll go to the field."
Mother Li nodded. When Li Huan comes back tomorrow, she will clean the bicycle and prepare rice and noodles.
The next morning, Li Huan sent Cheng Qiao back to the educated youth camp and went back. Cheng Qiao looked at the empty educated youth camp and quickly tidied up his cabinets and bed.
Han Chunmei was the first to return to the educated youth point. It was her turn to cook today. When she saw Cheng Qiao coming back, she ran over quickly: "Oh my, how is your head now? Does it still hurt?"
Cheng Qiao smiled and nodded. Of course it hurt. There was a hole in his forehead, how could it not hurt?
"This Chen Chunhua, she has the best relationship with Xu Laidi. You have to be careful about her in the future."
"Thank you, Sister Chunmei. As long as her family has money to compensate, I can do it again."
"You girl, what are you talking about? Your skin and flesh are your own. I don't know if the wound will be big after the gauze is removed. Otherwise, your appearance will really be disfigured."
Cheng Qiao nodded, she was not afraid of having her appearance revealed, but she was afraid that Li Huan would be harmed by Xu Laidi again, so the top priority was to deal with Xu Laidi.
"Sister Chunmei, what are you eating today?"
"What else is there to eat, other than adding a little wild vegetables to the cornmeal paste and sticking a few sorghum pancakes on it? Now I don't want to be good, I just want to be full."
