Chapter 85

They were exhausted yesterday, so today they mainly rested and strolled around.

It was almost noon when they left.

They came to the state-owned restaurant and ordered a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a plate of shredded potatoes, a plate of cabbage and tofu soup, and four steamed buns made of two-grain flour. It can be said that it was very light.

They ate too well yesterday, so they planned to eat vegetarian food for the next two days. In this era, there are only a few people who live like them. Thanks to Wei Jianguo’s frugality, they haven’t spent much money for so many years.

Not to mention, the chefs in the state-owned restaurant were very good at that time. They fried shredded potatoes very refreshingly, and the sour, sweet and spicy flavors were well matched. Song Shuqian liked it as soon as she took a bite.

After dinner, the two strolled to the trust store, which was Song Shuqian’s request. She heard from someone that she could buy some old items here, so she wanted to see what they had and what the prices were.

It would also be good to have a general understanding of the things in the treasure gourd.

At that time, the trust store was a unique existence, a bit like the pawnshop in the past. It has two modes, one is consignment, after the sale, the trust store takes a commission; the other is that the trust store directly purchases, and the price of the subsequent sale has nothing to do with the owner of the item.

There is only one clerk in the store, an old man.

Song Shuqian strolled around the store and found that the items here are quite complete, including second-hand clothes, quilts, furniture and other daily necessities, as well as luxury goods such as watches, cameras, and radios.

The most interesting are the old items, which are all very small.

She fell in love with a jade hairpin, which is not a very precious jade, but Xiuyan jade, all white. The only finishing touch is the cat carved on it, which is very vivid.

Song Shuqian doesn’t know how many better ones are in her space, but she can’t take them out. This one has formal procedures to buy it. If she is checked, she doesn’t have to worry, it is sold by the official.

“Uncle, how much is this?”

The old man said weakly, “90 cents.”

Song Shuqian bought it without bargaining. In her opinion, it is simply too cheap. If she is not worried about bringing trouble to herself, she wants to buy everything here.

In fact, 90 cents is not cheap at all.

In this era, pork is 0.52 yuan per pound, and vegetables are two cents per pound.

Anyway, in Wei Jianguo’s opinion, this hairpin is very expensive.

“Jianguo, do you think anyone buys the things sold in the trust store? The clothes are all worn by others.” Song Shuqian has never lacked money since she came to this era. The only crisis she encountered was resolved with her marriage to Wei Jianguo.

In addition, Tiantian, who she usually plays with, is also a person who does not treat herself badly.

I really didn’t think of wearing other people’s clothes.

Wei Jianguo whispered to her about his childhood life, “At that time in our village, the family had only one pair of cotton pants in winter. Whoever went out wore it, and those who didn’t go out stayed at home. The conditions of the people in our family compound were relatively good, and there was at least one wage earner in the family. Even so, the older children were too small to wear them, so they were altered and given to their younger brothers and sisters.

By the time the youngest wore them, the clothes were no longer presentable. Everyone had new clothes for three years, old clothes for three years, and mended clothes for another three years.

One reason was that cloth coupons were rare, and the other was that there was no money.”

“Then why didn’t they buy defective cloth? This doesn’t require coupons.” She was talking about the old city, where almost every family had a worker.

Wei Jianguo quietly squeezed her hand, “It’s easy for you to buy defective cloth because your clothes are elegant and you can tell at a glance that you are not from an ordinary family. The salesperson wants to make friends with you, so he is willing to give you some benefits. Plus the White Rabbit that you secretly gave to others, those are not cheap.

Ordinary people can’t afford defective cloth, and these things are divided by the salesperson.

This is also the reason why the salesperson’s job is very tough. The eight major members, salesperson, driver, telephone operator, projectionist, hygienist, broadcaster, butcher, and grain management office staff, whoever has one of them in their family will be honored by the family.”

Song Shuqian… she still knows too little.

“So how was your childhood?” After being married for so long, Wei Jianguo rarely mentioned his family. Song Shuqian was afraid that it would touch on his sad things, so she didn’t mention it on her own.

Today, the conversation has come to this point, and she wants to ask.

Wei Jianguo was stunned for a moment. He didn’t expect Song Shuqian to ask this. He said, “I lived a good life when I was very young. My parents had me a year after they got married. In the village, if there was no movement in the belly after a month of marriage, the woman would be induced to give birth. My birth was what my parents looked forward to, and

I lived a good life at that time. After my mother passed away, life was not so good. My stepmother came into the family and didn’t like me, but everyone in our village was surnamed Wei, so we were united and didn’t allow outsiders to bully Wei children.

My aunt and the elder sister would watch over me when they had nothing to do, so it was not bad, at least I was not treated harshly with food. It’s just that my family didn’t talk to me or pay any attention to me.

Later, my stepmother had her own children. There were only so many things at home, and if I ate more, others would eat less, so they began to deduct my food rations. I was young at that time, and if they didn’t give me food, I would eat it secretly, and I was beaten a lot for this.

When I got older, I knew I was not welcome at home.

The old hunter in the village was my third uncle from the same clan. He lived alone, and he felt sorry for me and often took me to school. He also taught me hunting and the ways of the world.

With the prey from the mountains, I never went hungry again.

My family just ignored me, as if I didn’t exist, and never stole my things.

After my third uncle passed away, I hunted and saved money.

When I was sixteen, the army came to recruit soldiers, and I followed the army.

Before leaving, I found the clan leader and told the villagers how I had lived for so many years. Everyone in the village knew that everyone was poor, and only my third uncle helped me. I asked to be adopted by my third uncle as his son.

The village didn’t want to, but my grandfather had done a favor to the village, so I asked them if they were worthy of my grandfather for watching me being bullied by that family for so many years. My father didn’t want to, so I asked him if he still remembered what he promised my mother before he died.

Anyway, after a lot of trouble, I was successfully adopted out.

It was said to the outside world that my father disliked me and took the initiative to break off the relationship with me, which saved his face. “

Song Shuqian felt a pain in her heart. She couldn’t imagine how a child could live alone.

That kind of indifference from the whole family could drive a person crazy.

Holding Wei Jianguo’s big hand, Song Shuxi said, “In the future, you have me and two lovely children. We are a family.”

The hand being held tightened.

“Okay, from now on, we will be a family and stay together forever.” Wei Jianguo said firmly.

It’s great that he has a family. He

has a wife who loves him very much, and two children.

Although Song Shuxi never said she loved him, Wei Jianguo still felt her love for him in life.

Wei Jianguo himself didn’t realize that he was in a bad mood, but Song Shuqian noticed it and was willing to accompany him to relax. How could Wei Jianguo not be moved by this?

He didn’t realize it at first, but later Song Shuqian’s occasional caution and deliberateness made him discover the clues.

But he pretended not to know and enjoyed this concern.