Chapter 101 I advise you to be kind

The old lady pointed at the middle-aged woman and her hand trembled: "Thank you for speaking well for you. I bought some candies with great difficulty, and I only brought a little for my eldest grandson. Your bastard ruined it all."

The middle-aged woman's face changed when she was about to apologize: "Who are you scolding? Your child is the bastard. You deserve it. Who told you not to put your things away? You are so old and don't understand this?"

Liu Qingqing saw that this person seemed to be unreasonable, so she pulled Fu Meili: "Go call the flight attendant."

She watched the situation from here.

The old lady's chest was heaving with anger, and she raised her hand to hit the woman in the face.

The woman had just been beaten by her son and had no choice but to dodge quickly this time.

"Since you are old, I won't fight back. Just consider it as my son's debt for eating your candy. If you still don't make sense, I won't give in."

The old lady covered her chest as if she was furious, and rushed forward again.

The woman stretched out her hand to push, but was slapped down by Liu Qingqing.

The hand was so strong that she gritted her teeth in pain, and the woman quickly covered her arm.

Although the old lady was meddling in other people's business and wanted to be generous to others.

Liu Qingqing still stepped forward to help.

Quarrel is a small matter, but if the old lady is really hurt, she will be in trouble at this age.

At this time, most people have this mentality, always wanting to persuade others to be kind, but they can't stand it when it comes to themselves.

The old lady didn't expect Liu Qingqing to help, and she felt a little frustrated: "Miss, I was too talkative just now, I'm sorry, but thank you."

At this time, the flight attendant was also called by Fu Meili.

Before he could ask, Liu Qingqing quickly told him the whole story and the sequel, then turned around and asked: "Do you two agree?"

The woman hurriedly interrupted: "My son is young and ignorant..."

The flight attendant's eyebrows wrinkled into a "川" shape: "Be quiet."

The woman was very unconvinced and pulled her son. At this time, she had already offended two families, and if she made trouble again, she would incur public anger.

This "case" is also easy to judge, and anyone with a discerning eye can see who is right and who is wrong.

It's just that the parties involved are not very reasonable.

After learning about the lost items of Liu Qingqing and the old lady.

The attendant immediately asked the woman to compensate.

The woman wailed: "How can I have so much money! I have to take care of a child alone..."

His child also shrank to the back when he saw the attendant in uniform, and dared not show off anymore.

Liu Qingqing didn't buy her trick, and looked at the other party: "It's okay if you don't have money, just sell the ticket to the hard seat compartment in the front, and it will almost compensate us."

The attendant smiled secretly in his heart, and agreed: "Maybe you don't have enough money, you can use your pile of things to pawn them."

The woman said anxiously: "Then how can I go home."

"Get off at the next stop, there is a phone in the waiting room, ask your family to pick you up."

The woman scanned the people around her, and no one was going to speak for her.

Reluctantly, she paid eight yuan to Fu Meili, muttering, "What a piece of crap, it's more expensive than a thermos, and you're not kidding me for such a small thing."

No one paid attention to her nagging, and she shut up because she felt bored.

It would be troublesome to get to the old lady.

Milk candies are a hot item in Lincheng, and she asked her neighbor in the transport team to buy them at a higher price.

She left some for the children at home, and this handful was for the children of Chang Feng's eldest son.

It's hard to buy even if you have money. ,

And you need a candy ticket.

But the woman thought it was just a handful of milk candies, less than half a pound, and she was generous to give one yuan.

The old lady started to argue again: "Can it be calculated like this? I finally brought such a handful to my grandson..."

The flight attendant also felt it was difficult to deal with. After coordinating for a long time, he let the old lady accept the other party's 1.5 yuan and a 2-liang grain ticket.

As for the sugar ticket, the woman insisted that she didn't have it. If she asked for it again, she would throw it away.

The old lady had no choice but to take the money and sort out her things angrily, staring at the kid fiercely, and he was not allowed to get close to her bed again.

The flight attendant looked at the fragments on the ground and pointed at the woman: "Pick up these porcelain pieces first. If you stab someone, you will have to pay for it."

When she heard that she had to pay for it, the woman squatted down to pick it up.

Because of the little boy's dirty "act", many people automatically returned to their own seats.

Most of the seats in the corridor were empty.

Liu Qingqing and Fu Meili changed seats and sat down.

The journey was supposed to take five hours, but in fact, five hours had passed and they were still hearing the "bang" sound on the train.

Delays were the most common situation at this time.

It would be surprising if the train arrived on time.

Chapter 102 Arrival

Fu Meili came over quietly: "That child will be enough for his mother to drink a pot of wine in the future."

Liu Qingqing agreed with this view.

"It's all my own habit. I will regret it sooner or later."

Habits kill children. The child is already seven or eight years old, and he still has the habit of stealing other people's things. It's too late to correct it.

Fu Meili shook her head: "If my brother dared to hit the elders, he would have been slapped by my father."

She suddenly realized that her naughty brother was cute.

Liu Qingqing smiled: "I haven't met your brother yet, and you never mentioned him before."

Thinking of the chatterbox brother, Fu Meili had a headache: "He's nine years old this year, and he always makes trouble at home. I don't like to pay attention to him. But this is really a difference. Compared with that one, my brother is a hundred times better. I'll take him to play with you when I get back."

Brothers and sisters with a big age difference always have some conflicts when they are young.

After sitting for more than seven hours, the train is finally coming to the station.

The two of them didn't have much to pack. The small bag was not big, and they didn't take anything out. They could just carry it on their backs and go.

Before getting off the train, Liu Qingqing saw from the window that there was a crowd of people waiting outside.

Liu Qingqing was a little hesitant when she saw this situation: "Don't worry about anything else for a while, I'll pull you down, otherwise we may not be able to get down easily."

Fu Meili grabbed her backpack and nodded nervously: "This is too scary, what should we do when we go back?"

The attendant next to her also nodded, turned around and shouted to the people who were going to get off at this stop: "I will open the door immediately after the car stops, and you can get off."

He also had to hide inside quickly, otherwise he would be taken down and could not get back on.

Liu Qingqing stared at the attendant's hand, and the attendant moved before the car stopped.

As soon as the door opened, Liu Qingqing took advantage of the fact that there were not too many people around and rushed down in one step.

The people who got off with them also squeezed that exit.

The crowd on the bus rushed up.

Another chaos.

Liu Qingqing pulled Fu Meili away from the crowd, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Oh, she only came out this time.

She won't come next time.

Fu Meili's uncle's house is also here, but she doesn't plan to go.

Fu Meili is familiar with Lincheng and has been here many times before.

The two of them took the introduction letter for business trips and opened a room in the guesthouse.

The waiter's attitude was not bad. He told them about the hot water supply and a series of situations without asking.

They were supposed to arrive at noon, but now it was delayed to the afternoon. The two of them were hungry and went straight to the state-owned hotel.

Because it was not meal time, there were not many people inside.

After sitting in the car all the way, they didn't want to eat anything greasy.

Liu Qingqing took out her money and ordered two bowls of mixed noodles and a plate of scrambled eggs.

"I'll pay for your meals for the next few days."

Fu Meili laughed and didn't argue with her: "Okay, then I'll eat as much as I can and make you rich."

After leaving the hotel, Fu Meili was already impatient to go to the department store in Lincheng.

It was also a supply and marketing cooperative, but the one in Wuning was directly named the supply and marketing cooperative. As for other food items, there was only a food store.

It was different in Lincheng. The supply and marketing cooperative was called a department store, and the one next to it was called a food store. The scale was larger than that of the Wuning supply and marketing cooperative.

The threshold was also much higher, really high, with several steps at the door.

After entering the gate, rows of people were also seen.

But the two who had been to the train station said that this was a small scene.

There were fewer people in the ready-made clothing area where Fu Meili wanted to buy, but there were still seven or eight people around to make her selection.

Now that the special period is not halfway through, the colors and styles of clothes are relatively simple.

People's clothes are basically dark colors such as green, gray and black.

Especially military green, which is the main color at this time. Even the department stores in Lincheng are like this, all dark colors.

The main theme is a hard and simple style.

The two looked around for a while, but there was nothing to choose. Liu Qingqing pointed to a dark green coat and showed it to her: "What do you think of that one?"

Fu Meili looked in the direction of her finger, and saw a lapel tweed coat. The fabric was pretty good, but she shook her head after looking at it: "I don't like this color."

Liu Qingqing thought it was pretty good: "Then I'll try it."

The style is still the current style, and it is not very good-looking compared to the styles in the 1980s.

But it has a slightly slim waistline, which is better than other straight styles.

Fu Meili nodded: "Okay, I'll take a look at the others."

Chapter 103 Department Store

Even in a provincial capital, there aren't too many styles.

After choosing for a while, the people in front of her had almost left.

Liu Qingqing pointed at the dark green coat and said, "Can you take that coat down for me?"

The salesperson was stunned by the address. She usually saw people who were either big sisters, comrades, or big sisters, but she had never seen such a sweet address.

She raised her eyelids and took a look at the two people in front of her.

They were dressed quite sleekly and looked good.

She looked like she was only about 20 years old, but she called her a 40-year-old sister.

The unpleasant mood she had felt because there were so many people and she was busy these days was relieved a lot.

She nodded, picked up the clothes rack, and hooked down the clothes Liu Qingqing pointed to.

"I think the size is about the same, you can try it on." Usually she rarely lets people try it on.

Liu Qingqing took it with a smile: "Sister, your service attitude is really good, it's worthy of being a department store in the provincial capital. The salespersons are different from our supply and marketing cooperatives. I have to learn from you and tell my comrades when I go back."

The salesperson smiled even more brightly after being praised by Liu Qingqing: "Sister, you are too flattering."

He thought about the meaning of Liu Qingqing's words again: "Why? Sister, you are also... I am a salesperson. "

Liu Qingqing: "I can't compare with my sister. I am a buyer of the Wuning Supply and Marketing Cooperative in Yiping. Excuse me, what is your surname, sister?"

"Oh, sister, you are too polite. What's the name? My name is Liu Shaohua. You can just call me Sister Liu."

Although Liu Shaohua has never heard of Wuning, Yiping is not a big city and cannot be compared with their Lincheng.

But buyers and salespeople are still different. Buyers have more money and are the best of the best.

Liu Shaohua is still willing to make friends with such people.

Liu Qingqing is an old pole climber, and she quickly took her hand: "My name is Liu Qingqing. I just felt that you are kind. I didn't expect that you and my cousin have the same surname. No wonder you hit it off right away. It shows that we are destined to be together."

She doesn't have a cousin named Liu, but a technician named Liu was born in her family.

"Oh, that's a coincidence." Liu Shaohua was coaxed and was happy. He admired this talent in his heart. No wonder he could enter the purchasing department of the supply and marketing cooperative at such a young age.

Liu Qingqing chattered, but she didn't stop looking at the coat in her hand.

After trying it on, she asked the price and decided to buy it.

"This one looks good on you, girl." Liu Shaohua nodded and praised.

Liu Qingqing also nodded: "Then please Sister Liu, please issue the invoice. I want this one."

Liu Shaohua smiled and picked up the invoice book. The coat cost more than 100 yuan. Without thinking too much, the purchasing department really kept people.

While waiting for the cashier to handle the formalities, Liu Qingqing continued to chat with her.

"Sister Liu, I came here with a mission this time. The director of our supply and marketing cooperative sent me to our big city to learn and learn. Can you introduce me to the director of our purchasing department later?" He took out the letter of introduction and work permit.

Liu Shaohua took it and looked at it carefully: "Okay, I'll take you there in a while."

Liu Shaohua smiled and asked: "She also works in the supply and marketing cooperative?"

Liu Qingqing shook her head, and before Liu Shaohua's eyes changed, she explained: "Meili works in the grain station."

As Liu Qingqing and Liu Shaohua chatted enthusiastically, Fu Meili's choice difficulties were also well served.

No matter which one she pointed to, Liu Shaohua would take it for her to see.

In fact, it was not just because Liu Qingqing could talk.

The two people in front of her were both her peers and people of the same class.

Even if they were from a small place, she was willing to give them face because they had a good attitude.

While the two chatted, they would occasionally comment on Fu Meili.

After Fu Meili chose a brown coat and paid for it, Liu Shaohua took the two of them upstairs.

Chapter 104: Wild Boar

Along the way, Liu Qingqing asked Liu Shaohua about Director Ge.

Liu Shaohua didn't know much about Director Ge.

But as a salesperson, she liked to gossip with colleagues.

She picked out the things that everyone knew and didn't affect her and told Liu Qingqing.

That is, her usual personality, attitude towards people, etc.

Liu Qingqing listened and prepared the way of dialogue in her heart.

"Sister Liu, please take Meili back for a while. I will come to you after I report my work to Director Ge."

Liu Shaohua smiled. He hadn't even seen him yet, but he was reporting his work.

"Okay, don't worry."

Director Ge of the Purchasing Department looked about the same age as Director Li.

He just has an M-shaped bald head.

Unlike other people with bald heads, he doesn't grow his hair long to cover it up. Instead, he cuts his hair short, revealing his shiny scalp.

Such a seemingly rigid person can be the leader of the purchasing department.

He is definitely not a stubborn person.

Director Ge was stunned at first and then puzzled by the idea of Wuning Supply and Marketing Cooperative coming to learn.

I have never heard of any subordinate region suddenly sending people to learn.

"In theory, we are all brother units. I warmly welcome your supply and marketing cooperative to send people here. However, we are busy with affairs before the New Year, and we have not received any notice from the leaders above. It is not easy for us to teach privately..."

Liu Qingqing nodded repeatedly: "Our director's action was too sudden. Director Ge, don't blame our Director Li for trying to find a cure. It's mainly my fault. I bought too much roe deer meat, hare meat, and wild boar meat..."

Director Ge quickly stopped the person: "Young comrade, sit down and talk slowly."

Liu Qingqing said a few polite words and sat opposite Director Ge as he said.

"You said there is game? How come your supply and marketing cooperative can have extra." Director Ge felt that it was not credible. Nowadays, buying something depends on robbing. At the non-staple food store, there are fights every day because of not being able to buy meat.

Liu Qingqing nodded: "Director Ge may not know that our place is a small place, but there are not as many old people as in Lincheng. I was shocked when I entered the department store just now. There are so many products and so many varieties. Director Ge, you are really amazing. If we put it in our supply and marketing cooperative, we can't buy it all. Besides, the wild animal meat is lean meat, and the people don't like it very much."

Director Ge pondered for a while and asked: "What does your director mean? Want to supply us?"

"Director, you are really sharp. Nothing can be hidden from you. No wonder the salesperson in front of you gave you a thumbs up when he mentioned you." Liu Qingqing nodded with admiration.

Director Ge...

There are many people who flatter him, but there is really no one who flatters him so directly.

Liu Qingqing believes that I am not embarrassed, but others are embarrassed.

Anyway, she didn't care since she didn't know anyone here.

Director Ge was very interested in the various meats Liu Qingqing mentioned. What was the most lacking thing during the Chinese New Year? Meat.

People who usually couldn't bear to eat or drink, no matter whether they were working during the Chinese New Year or not, had to cut a little to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

What's more, people like them, who had good family conditions, wanted to eat something new in addition to eating enough and eating well.

He had eaten game a few times, but it was not common in Lincheng. He missed the taste.

However, although he was in a hurry, the purchase could not be realized immediately. There were still many problems in the middle, and the supply and marketing cooperative could not help for a while.

But it didn't matter to him. Even after the first month of the lunar year, pork and mutton were always in short supply.

The two discussed the details for a while, and Liu Qingqing left the office with the approval slip.

The approval slip from Director Ge only represented a letter of intent for the future, and it might not be a success.

She had to go back to Director Li to report again. This matter was not something that a small buyer like her could make the final decision on.

Liu Qingqing's move was not a sudden whim.

During the Chinese New Year, because the amount of pork supplied by the meat processing plant was good, there was indeed a lot of game left in the grocery store.

Every family wanted to squeeze some pork fat, and the oil residue could be used to make dumplings, which was a good deal. Few people bought this dry and lean meat.

Normally, when I go to Mantun, I process the prey I catch, cut it up, and hand it over to Liu Qingqing.

The last time I went hiking, Liu Qingqing found that the prey caught in winter was basically alive and not seriously injured.

She asked the village chief to sell the live ones to her directly, on the pretext that it was fresh.

After that, she also collected some live ones.

Including a small male wild boar. The village would not keep adult wild boars alive, but the little wild boars were not harmful, so she kept them.

After the space livestock robot mated, the piglets born from wild boars and domestic pigs had the characteristics of both.

She got a lot of domestic pork, but it couldn't be sold.

That was all purchased and distributed by the meat processing factory.

This will be enough, and she can also bring it out.

As for hares, pheasants, and roe deer, these things are rare.

The scale is not large at present, but she believes that after the two directors have discussed it, she will have enough scale.

Then it will be just right to purchase from Mantun and mix it in.

Chapter 105 Filling the Small Coffers

A robot can replace three people. The meat of her big fat pigs and big fat sheep has already filled her storage room.

I am afraid that she will have to eat for many years even if she tries hard.

Recently, the breeding quantity has been reduced.

Now that a new member has been replaced, there is no need to keep this short and fat guy idle.

As for whether the wild one can be domesticated.

It is not certain at present, at least the old sow at home has already given birth to piglets.

Even if the others cannot survive, the hybrid pigs will be fine.

She stared at it for a few days, and the situation was not bad.

Back to Liu Shaohua's counter in the department store, Fu Meili did not go anywhere and was waiting for her patiently.

Liu Qingqing waved the strip in her hand, folded it and put it in her pocket (space).

Liu Shaohua really didn't expect that she would be appreciated by Director Ge after being there for such a while.

Director Ge is a very unreasonable person, and he doesn't say a word to his buyers.

When she thought of this, her enthusiasm returned to her face again: "Girls, what else do you want to buy?"

Liu Qingqing: "Sister Lao Liu is still thinking about it, Meili."

Fu Meili joined in at the right time: "Sister Liu, I want to buy some face cream."

Wuning also has it, but the category is single, not as good as this one.

Liu Shaohua glanced at the people stacked at the skincare counter: "You two wait here, I'll take you there when there are fewer people."

Fu Meili quickly imitated Liu Qingqing and said a bunch of words of thanks.

Liu Qingqing gave her a look, "You learn quickly."

Some people came to look at clothes from time to time. Liu Shaohua's attitude was average. If they were dressed well, he would raise his eyelids and let them take them down to see.

If they were dressed ordinary or had patches, he would not even say a word.

Liu Qingqing frowned silently. This was part of the reason why the supply and marketing cooperatives gradually withdrew from the historical stage. The waiters thought they had a stable job and always treated customers better than others.

In the era of unified planning and unified marketing, people couldn't buy things anywhere else, so they had no choice but to curry favor with them, or even swallow their anger and spend money to be looked down upon.

When individuals appear, with the same price and better service, no one will come to suffer this kind of humiliation.

She and Fu Meili were not idle either. During this time, she wrote down all the things Fu Meili wanted to buy on a note so that she wouldn't forget it later.

After the customer who bought ready-made clothes left, Liu Shaohua saw a list of product names written by Liu Qingqing, and his eyes sparkled: "Sister, your handwriting is very good."

Liu Qingqing said, "I learned this at the cashier."

Liu Shaohua was stunned: "Sister, have you ever been a cashier?"

"Yes, I was really busy at that time. I took this order and didn't take care of that order."

"Sister, you are really capable!" She originally thought that so many things were too troublesome and didn't want to get involved.

Liu Qingqing smiled and said, "Before get off work ends in Wuning, a few acquaintances always come to buy things when no one is around. I wonder if this is the case in our department store."

Liu Shaohua originally wanted to squeeze in for her, but since the other party said so and was willing to wait, it would be easier for her.

"Yes, yes." She raised her wrist to check the time: "We have to wait for more than half an hour."

Liu Qingqing and her partner were not in a hurry. If they lined up normally, it would not be their turn until dark.

They chatted with Liu Shaohua casually. When someone came to look at clothes, Liu Qingqing automatically turned into a salesperson to help pick up the goods and issue invoices.

Liu Shaohua was relieved and said politely: "Sister, you are really efficient. I will save a lot of time if you are here for a while."

After chatting for a while, the time was almost up.

The people in the department store were slowly cleared out.

Liu Shaohua took the two of them to quickly shuttle between the counters and quickly bought everything.

Liu Qingqing saw some brands that Wuning didn't have, and couldn't help but buy some too.

Wait until the bags prepared by the two were full.

After thanking Liu Shaohua, she said goodbye.

"I was planning to spend two days shopping." Fu Meili happily carried a large package. She bought all the things she had been reluctant to buy before, or had not bought because she had money.

"Thanks to you, Qingqing." Fu Meili freed one hand, hugged her and said a lot of good things happily.

Liu Qingqing smiled and said, "There's nothing to do tomorrow. Is there anything fun here? Let's go around."

"There's a children's park with a children's train, or we can go to the zoo, or we can go to Songjiang to play slides..."

Liu Qingqing looked at her excited little face and was speechless. Listening to these suggestions, what the hell are they.

Chapter 106 Going Home

I couldn't persuade Fu Meili after all.

I went to all the places she had been thinking about.

In this era of travel difficulties, there is never a shortage of people traveling.

Liu Qingqing admired the scenery in front of her and regretted that she couldn't take pictures as a souvenir.

Before going home, Fu Meili went to her uncle's house.

It would be wrong not to go and take a look after coming here.

She brought some canned food and snacks bought from the supply and marketing cooperative and asked Liu Qingqing to go with her.

Liu Qingqing didn't go with her. It was too disgusting to go there for a meal when she was not familiar with the place.

"You can go by yourself. I'll go to the train station to check the tickets." There were no berths for the two of them to sit in when they returned.

"No need to queue up, it's freezing cold, I'll ask my uncle to find someone to buy two tickets for us." Fu Meili shook her head. Although her uncle didn't have a ticket seller relative like Xu Fangqing, he could still buy hard seats.

Liu Qingqing nodded after thinking about it. When she bought her own tickets, it was already the era of online ticket purchase. Although it was also very competitive, it was still better than the real-life version.

After Fu Meili left, she also went to the state-owned hotel to start ordering and packing.

She ordered a few of the good dishes she had eaten in the past two days to take away.

Especially the fried bamboo shoots with bacon.

Logically speaking, they almost don't have bamboo shoots for sale here, let alone in the middle of winter.

I don't know how the state-owned hotel in Lincheng buys the food.

In order to have this taste again in the future, she ordered two servings.

There was also beef stew with potatoes. Although it tasted good, the most important thing was that the cows at this time were the main labor force in the village.

It was too late to treasure them, so there was no reason to kill them for meat.

Under normal circumstances, beef was not available for purchase.

Facing the curious eyes of the waiter, Liu Qingqing packed the dishes and took them away.

On the way, she thought about other dishes and would buy them at dinner time.

...

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Qingqing and Fu Meili got on the train back to Wuning.

It might be because the next day was New Year's Eve, and there were obviously fewer people on the road at this time.

There was no more climbing in from the window.

To be honest, Liu Qingqing was really scared by that scene, and was really worried about a stampede...

When the two got on the bus and found seats, they found that someone was sitting there. Liu Qingqing showed the words on the ticket to the other party: "Comrade, the seat is ours."

The two young people stood up neatly: "Okay, comrades, you sit down."

No unpleasant things happened.

Liu Qingqing and her partner didn't bring much stuff, but they were all good things, just bought.

Even the coats, the two of them were afraid of getting dirty, so they were also packed into a woven bag.

She looked under the seat, which was already filled with things, and then looked up at the shelf, and there was still some space.

"Meili, pass it to me." She took off her shoes and stood on the chair, picked up her bag, lifted it up and stuffed it, and placed it neatly.

Then he turned around and took the two from Fu Meili.

"Oh, you are quite skilled, sister." The middle-aged man opposite gave a thumbs up.

He had just stood up to help the two girls.

Unexpectedly, this guy was much faster than him.

Liu Qingqing clapped her hands, put on her shoes and sat down: "Well, what's the use of stretching your hands? It's all learned in the village."

"Oh, sister is an educated youth?"

"No, my family has been poor farmers for eight generations, so I am a villager." Liu Qingqing raised her head proudly when she said "poor farmers for eight generations".

The people around them looked at them less.

The eyes staring at the two people's luggage were also withdrawn.

The journey was safe and sound, and it took six hours and twenty-three minutes to get to Wuning.

Still late.

After arriving home, Liu Qingqing did not rest. She put on gloves, rode her bike, and headed straight for Taoshan Village.

Liu Qingqing did not ride a bike much this winter. Not only did her hands freeze, but the roads were also bad, with either snow or ice. If she was not careful, she would fall. At this time, it had nothing to do with strength.

But she had to give the New Year's gift before the New Year. She couldn't get away on New Year's Eve.

Although there was no holiday during the Spring Festival, each factory had its own Spring Festival activities, summarizing the achievements of the year, plus performances singing the revolutionary spirit.

As for the gifts, she brought a piece of pork and a bottle of white wine to the Song family.

First we went to Old Song's house. Mother Song was so happy to see the things. A few days before the New Year, she had just received the pension money sent back by her second son from the team from the village chief.

She glanced at the other piece of meat on the handlebars. Seeing that they were about the same size, she was even happier.

One hundred yuan, every household would be jealous.

Liu Qingqing went into the house and exchanged a few words with Mother Song. She heard that there was no expression here. She thought it was good. One hundred yuan bought a year of stability, and it was sent to the village. Everyone in the village knew about it. Everyone had to give a thumbs up to the couple and could not find fault with her.

Father Song stroked the bottle of white wine, his mouth never closing: "Don't spend money next time, this bottle costs several yuan!"

Liu Qingqing smiled: "It's once a year, Dad, you keep it and drink it slowly."

Father Song smiled and took out a flour bag: "Hey, take some dried fish with you when you leave. These are all caught by me in the summer and dried. They are very delicious when stewed with soybean paste."

Chapter 107 New Year Gift

Liu Qingqing looked through the bag that Song's father had opened. It was half a bag of dried small fish, which was quite a lot.

After thinking about "her temper", she didn't say anything.

"Okay, I like small fish sauce."

Song's mother...

It's all meat, who doesn't like it.

Her bright face just now also drooped a lot.

Liu Qingqing took it as soon as she saw it. She tied the mouth of the bag with a rope and rode to Liu's house without waiting any longer.

Old Lady Liu's smile was much more sincere than Song's mother's, and her words were more pleasant: "Oh my old lady, I'm looking forward to your return during the New Year. Is it frozen in this cold weather? Come on, come to the stove and roast it."

Liu Qingqing handed the meat to her, and took out a bottle of Friendship Cream, clam oil, shampoo and soap from her pocket: "I went to Lincheng a few days ago and bought them there."

Mother Liu took them in front of her one by one and looked at them: "Oh, Lincheng Supply and Marketing Cooperative?"

"What supply and marketing cooperative? Lincheng is a department store. Listen to the name, isn't it grand?"

Mother Liu: "What do you mean by grand? Hmm, it sounds grand."

Liu Qingqing was speechless for a moment, but it didn't matter, and Mother Liu could understand what she meant.

There was no generation gap in their conversation.

Liu's mother's yard had changed again. In addition to the fence that separated it from the second son's house, there was another fence for the first son's house.

"Is this a quarrel?"

Old lady Liu crossed her legs and said, "No, the second son's wife is always complaining about me for just dividing their house. I can criticize her, but I have a child. If I scold her, I will be the one who suffers."

Liu Qingqing squinted her eyes. Who dared to say that the old lady was not good? The old lady in her family was the best old lady, the kind that could not be picked out in the whole village.

Seeing the old lady's admiring eyes, Liu's mother put down her feet: "Ahem, I tell you, don't be like her in the future, and don't teach any good children. This person doesn't blame her parents for poverty, is not as filial as her brothers, doesn't blame men for hardship, and doesn't get angry at her children. If you can think more positively, you will live a happier life than anyone else."

"You are quite good at it, and you have a lot of tricks." Liu Qingqing felt a little jealous, and she didn't know if it was because of the fire.

She took out a hundred yuan from her pocket: "Mom, just know it in your heart, don't show it off."

Liu's mother didn't take it, and pushed it back.

"Just take the things, give me money, I don't spend much money in the village."

Liu Qingqing said angrily: "Just take it if you give it to me. The chairman said that daughters and sons are the same. The Song family has pensions, but our Liu family doesn't?"

Liu's mother smiled and folded it carefully, and was about to put it in her trouser pocket.

Liu Qingqing interrupted her quickly: "Madam, don't put it in here, it's easy to get sick."

"What disease?" Liu's mother looked puzzled.

"Gynecological disease." Liu Qingqing told her the consequences of the disease in detail.

Frightened, Liu's mother turned her underwear over and over: "Then I have to take them all out, oh my god."

Liu Qingqing: "..."

The New Year at this time is quiet, with only the sound of talking in every household.

All "feudal customs", such as setting off firecrackers, burning incense and worshipping Buddha, dragon and lion dances, and kowtowing to greet the New Year, are not allowed.

Eating and drinking lavishly, and having fun at home are not allowed.

Only Spring Festival couplets can be posted, but the content is different.

On the way to the unit, Liu Qingqing was overwhelmed by slogan-type Spring Festival couplets such as "Don't stop fighting on the 30th, and continue working on the first day of the new year", "Learn from the hard struggle of Daqing people, follow the Dazhai Road and be self-reliant", "Don't forget the class suffering, remember the blood and tears", etc.

The supply and marketing cooperative requires everyone to give a program. Liu Qingqing adheres to the principle of not making mistakes and not being out of the spotlight.

She and Xu Hui and others organized a poetry recitation program.

On the day of New Year's Eve, few people came to the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperative was also a vacuum.

Liu Qingqing first went to Director Li to report the situation of the trip to Lincheng.

After giving him the approval slip, the rest was not the responsibility of a temporary employee like her. If she was too busy with too many things, she would not be liked by the leaders.

Director Li nodded with satisfaction: "Xiao Liu performed well."

After leaving the office, Liu Qingqing went to meet her friends. Those particularly active comrades were already waiting anxiously.

Sun Yingxia and the other two were squeezed behind a counter and muttered words. When they saw her, they greeted her repeatedly: "Qingqing, you are finally back. We have rehearsed several times. Come on, let's practice again."

"Sorry, sorry. Come on, let's practice."

Chapter 108 New Year

The Song family spent this year in a very quiet way.

In previous years, Song's father was still a little annoyed by the children's quarrels.

The trivialities between the eldest and second daughters-in-law.

The old woman's nagging.

This year, it was really quiet.

Other people's families were noisy, but in his family, it was either sobbing or crying.

He frowned: "Just hold it back, it's New Year's Day."

Ever since her eldest son passed away, Tian Cuixiang complained about everything for a while and went crazy at any time.

But after a while, Song Jingchun became more and more annoyed and didn't want to go home after work.

Until Tian Cuixiang found him and the youngest daughter-in-law of the old Zhao family in the village, Widow Xu, standing and talking together.

The little flame in her heart was ignited.

She rushed up and beat the two of them.

She said that Song Jingchun had problems during this period. His only son was gone, and he was being scolded as a family with no one in the village.

He was not in a hurry, and he didn't want to have another child with her.

It turned out that he was looking for a place to attract bees and butterflies.

Widow Xu just came out to look for her son to go home, and she asked a question when she met Old Song.

The two of them didn't even say three sentences, and they were in trouble.

She was not someone to be trifled with, so she turned around and rushed back to her husband's house.

Although she was a widow, her husband's family protected her and her mother. She gave birth to a male child for the young Zhao who died early.

Soon, all the men and women of the old Zhao family came to the Song family's house. The women went up to beat him, and the men watched.

Whenever the Song family made any move, the men of the Zhao family would also take action.

Song's father came out and wanted to mediate, but the old Zhao family was right, and they had many sons and daughters-in-law.

It was not until the village chief came and scolded the old Zhao family that it was over.

Tian Cuixiang was not beaten seriously.

The women of the Zhao family pinched her chest and crotch. It was really painful, but nothing could be seen from the outside, and she could not take off her clothes for others to see.

Song Jingchun was so annoyed that Tian Cuixiang was looking for trouble. There was nothing wrong between the two of them. She made such a fuss. Who knows how bad people would say about her outside.

Tian Cuixiang was beaten and felt angry and regretful.

She didn't think so much at the time. Who knew that the young widow was looking for her child?

Now not only did she suffer a loss, but her man also left her.

After everyone left, Song Jingchun didn't go into the house to see her. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. He hid in the quilt and cried for most of the night.

The usually unreasonable daughter-in-law suddenly cried like a little daughter-in-law.

Song Jingchun felt a little bit sorry. He also felt that her son's death had stimulated her and was really pitiful.

So he patted her softly and comforted her.

Something suddenly flashed through Tian Cuixiang's mind.

From then on, she seemed to have mastered some secret code.

She cried for a while for no reason, she found out.

Her man just fell for it.

The previous crying was annoying, but the quiet sobbing was pitiful.

Song's father cast a glance at his eldest daughter-in-law who peed as soon as she entered the house before she said a few words. She didn't live a good life, and even made the two daughters timid.

"Big brother, come in with me."

Song Jingchun hurriedly followed his father into the inner room.

As soon as Song's father entered the room, he grabbed something on the cabinet and wanted to throw it at his son, but he felt something wrong.

He silently put the small teacup back.

It was heartbreaking to break this thing, and the old woman had to blame him.

"Big brother, take good care of your wife. Whose family is peeing during the New Year? Do you want to be well for the whole year? I'm telling you, if you can't take care of her, you can spend the New Year at your own home next year, don't come here to bring bad luck to me."

Song Jingchun was also a little tired and irritable. He cried for half a year, and he couldn't stand it.

"I know, Dad."

Song's father paused and reminded: "Hurry up and have another one. This shouldn't be said during the New Year, but people should always look forward. Your mother and I didn't just have you two brothers at that time..."

Song Jingchun lowered his head and responded.

Song's father didn't say anything more. A good New Year was ruined by these people.

He walked out with his hands behind his back, and even glanced at the crowd in the main hall. Out of sight, out of mind, he walked out of the front door leisurely.

Chapter 109 Recalling the bitter past and thinking of the sweet future

Liu Qingqing had to blend in with the passionate recitation of Xu Hui and others.

She had to blend in!

Behind the counters around her were people who had gathered together to practice in advance, and they were all as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

Liu Qingqing also silently encouraged herself in her heart, and then recited a sentence in a high-pitched voice behind Yu Cailian.

She received affirmative looks from the three people.

After reading it once, Sun Yingxia clapped her hands: "Very good, very good, Qingqing, you should invest more emotion."

Liu Qingqing: ...

She has forced out all the enthusiasm in her cells.

The canteen of the supply and marketing cooperative, which usually has good meals, has become simple during the New Year period.

The staple food is all mixed grain noodles, and the dishes are all replaced with cabbage, potatoes and sauerkraut with a light soup, without any fishy smell.

According to the above spirit, it is not allowed to eat and drink too much at home during the New Year. Since it is not allowed at home, the unit cannot make those overly "corrupt" good food.

However, the food in the canteen is not good, so fewer people eat.

It is said that every family is not allowed to eat and drink too much, and who doesn't prepare some things that they are reluctant to eat during the New Year.

In other words, everyone eats quietly at home, and no one talks nonsense when they go out.

Don't think that you can get away with not eating in the canteen.

Whether it is a unit in the city or a commune in the village, people will be organized to eat "remembering the bitterness and thinking of the sweetness".

Use wild vegetables, tree roots, corn paste, dried sweet potatoes and other things to cook porridge.

Try to make it unpalatable.

The purpose is to make everyone remember the "evil old society" and love the new society.

Liu Qingqing spent the last New Year at the scrap collection station. It was really happy at that time. There was no such activity.

The scrap station was managed by Director Li, and there was no employee cafeteria of its own. Director Li also let it go.

All employees went to the cafeteria and took their lunch boxes to get the "recalling bitterness and thinking of sweetness" one by one.

After Liu Qingqing and Xu Hui finished playing, they found a corner and squeezed together. These girls couldn't eat either. At this time, no one dared to complain or say a word. They all buried their heads in the bowls and tried to be a quail.

Chen Ai Dang, the green tea, couldn't stop her mouth when she received the meal. She made a speech of nostalgia and encouraged everyone to have another bowl.

Liu Qingqing thought that it was just the wrong time, otherwise she would be put in a sack for such a day.

She glanced at the little sisters next to her, and followed them to keep a similar speed, slowly putting the things in the bowl into the space.

Not for anything else, but because she was afraid that she would vomit if she forced herself to drink it.

That would be a disaster.

She is a typical dirty player. She burps in disgust when she sees her mother mixing leftovers for the dog.

She was already holding back when she saw the bowl of food in front of her. For this, she didn't even eat breakfast.

After Chen Ai-dang's boast, some people really fell for it. The comrades who were encouraged came to the stage to receive food again, and while "cheers", they mobilized the crowd below to learn from them.

Liu Qingqing even heard the sound of someone gritting his teeth next to her.

After the difficult meal, the female comrades in the supply and marketing cooperative were happiest to put on makeup.

This is not allowed and dared to be done at ordinary times.

But in such activities, you can put on makeup openly.

Liu Qingqing stared at her pale face, red mouth, and slightly dark eyebrows, and sighed silently.

What to do, just get along with others!

Anyway, the situation around is similar. The eldest brother should not laugh at the second brother, and no one should dislike anyone.

And they thought Sun Yingxia was pretty...

Leaders of all ranks came to the stage to criticize and self-criticize one after another, and finally concluded that "all members of the revolutionary team should care for each other, love each other, and help each other."

After the crowd was excited and shouted "Long live the Chairman...", the program singing the revolutionary spirit began.

Chapter 110 Your thoughts, my thoughts

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu Qingqing waved goodbye to other colleagues who were not on the same route. Many of them were reluctant to remove their makeup and went home with a pale face after get off work.

Liu Qingqing removed her makeup as soon as she finished work and glanced at Xu Hui who was in the same direction as her.

Oh, I can't bear to look at it.

The snow around her was shining with white light, which reflected on her face with a unique flavor.

Before she took a few steps, the person walking in front of her made Liu Qingqing pause.

Oh my!

She always forgot about this person. Usually she would remember that she was a married person when she received a remittance, a letter, or returned to Taoshan Village.

"When did you come back?" Liu Qingqing waved first.

It seems that she had written a letter saying that she would be back for the New Year.

Song Jinglin took the bag from her hand: "I just got home this afternoon."

Xu Hui was confused, looked sideways at her, and then looked at the person who was walking over.

Liu Qingqing hurriedly introduced: "This is my wife, Song Jinglin. Jinglin, this is Xu Hui from our supply and marketing cooperative."

"Hello, hello, I often hear Qingqing talk about you, but this is the first time I meet you. So, you two can chat. Qingqing, I'm leaving first. See you at work tomorrow." Xu Hui spoke quickly, greeted her and walked away quickly.

Song Jinglin pursed his lips and suppressed the corners of his mouth. His wife mentioned him everywhere to others. She must be missing him, right?

"Xu Hui, please go slowly on the way." Liu Qingqing pondered for a while. It seems that she didn't mention it much. She just used his name when she first entered the supply and marketing cooperative to ward off bad peach blossoms.

Xu Hui's "often" made her very embarrassed.

The two walked home one after the other. Song Jinglin's mind was full of how lonely his wife was here alone and how much she missed him.

Seeing that they were almost at the door of the house, he looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he took his wife's hand and walked home.

Liu Qingqing was a little confused about his train of thought. The atmosphere around the two of them just now seemed to be in a cold war.

How could they be so passionate and unrestrained as soon as they arrived at the door?

However, the little hand was not held for a few seconds. When they arrived at the door, Liu Qingqing shook her arm: "Open the door."

What are you doing standing outside the door in this dead cold weather?

Song Jinglin took the order and rushed to unlock the door.

He was about to reach out again after entering the yard, but his wife said, "Lock the door."

...

"Have you come back to eat? Are you hungry?" Liu Qingqing asked as she walked into the house.

"No."

Liu Qingqing didn't care about him. He was not hungry, but she was hungry.

Oh my God, he had to eat coarse food and shout slogans on the stage.

It was so frustrating.

Originally, I was planning to come back for a good meal. There were so many delicious foods in the space. I was a little eager to try it out.

However, when this troublesome person came back, I could only pick up the things that were visible at home.

It has to be made now (へ╬)

Fortunately, she usually puts a lot of ingredients outside, and she really doesn't want to spend too much effort. Liu Qingqing flipped through the pot under the window and decided to cook dumplings.

It's fast, not laborious, and suitable for the occasion.

Song Jinglin stared at his wife's back, and the happiness in his heart was about to overflow.

Look, look at this wife, how virtuous, how much she cares about him.

He said he was not hungry, but his wife still cooked dumplings for him.

Song Jinglin quickly went to get firewood and lit the pot and stove.

Different contents were played in the two minds.

One was chattering, and the other was bubbling with happiness.

The dumplings were still stuffed with roe deer meat as before. Song Jinglin's eyes lit up after taking the first bite: "It's delicious."

"It's what I wrote to you about, the roe deer meat collected from Mantun." Liu Qingqing would reply to the other party when she received the letter and remittance. There was nothing to write. She usually sent the trivial work content to her and treated it as a diary.

Speaking of the letter, Song Jinglin's heart softened. To say that he didn't have any feelings for this daughter-in-law at the beginning, the total number of words they had said to each other was no more than ten fingers.

When he came back from visiting relatives last year, he saw that she lived seriously and worked actively. He admired her and was satisfied with this daughter-in-law.

Whether it was her conversation or her attitude towards people, he thought she was very good.

Besides, ahem, my wife is not bad looking, and we are also very harmonious.

Those days at home were more comfortable, free and comfortable than ever before.

After returning to the team, the two of them gradually contacted each other. Song Jinglin sensed from the words of his wife that she wanted to share her life with him, and he was delighted.

After seeing the way couples in the village and the team get along with each other, Song Jinglin felt more comfortable with his wife in the few days he spent with her.

Liu Qingqing thought that she would have to have that thing in the evening, so she didn't use any mashed garlic for dipping.

Pour a little vinegar and two drops of sesame oil, and it would be good to eat with it.

If the garlic smell was so strong that I couldn't brush it off, I would be disgusted.