Chapter 12: A Big Purchase at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative

Bai Ruqiao laughed and looked at Zhao Sihai.

“Is there anything you want to buy?”

Zhao Sihai shook his head, reaching out to brush away two blades of grass from her head.

Then he put the canvas bag on her shoulder.

He patted the bag lightly, “Hongjun brought some tickets over just now. It’s what I saved with him before. Buy whatever you want, don’t be stingy.”

As soon as he said that, Bai Ruqiao remembered.

Zhao Sihai usually sent home the tickets for his salary and subsidies.

These Zhao Pozi knew very well, so she couldn’t hide it.

To avoid trouble with the Zhao family, he basically sent everything back.

But the bonuses and tickets he received during this time, as well as the tickets he got through other channels,

He sent them all to Fang Hongjun to keep.

In her previous life, the family was left with nothing but these things to survive on.

If it hadn’t been for the need to raise money to treat his son later, Zhao Sihai wouldn’t have been so eager to go to the black market to sell things.

Bai Ruqiao took out a cloth bag from the canvas bag.

Inside was indeed a stack of tickets, plus the food tickets she had taken back from the Zhao family, there were about a hundred.

Among them were cloth tickets, sugar tickets, meat tickets, oil tickets, industrial coupons, watch tickets, sewing machine tickets, egg tickets, light bulb tickets, daily necessities tickets, and so on.

Food tickets were basically “flying all over the sky,” only a few were provincial tickets.

Seeing these tickets again,

She couldn’t help but think of Zhao Sihai’s words, filled with guilt, from her previous life, “Wife, I will definitely make it up to you with a dowry in the future.”

At that time, he had to sell all the tickets for the sake of his family.

Her nose felt a little sour, but the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

She quickly divided the tickets into several groups and put them in the open bag.

“Okay, let’s go now.”

She turned around and walked over, pressing down on the bicycle, her long legs took a step, and she shouted domineeringly, “Get on, let’s go.”

Bai Ruqiao was about five feet six inches tall.

But her body proportions were good, with a three-to-seven ratio, her legs were particularly long, and she easily reached the ground.

The two girls immediately looked at her with envy.

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The village chief’s family also had a bicycle, but it was a prize, so the village chief cherished it.

Outsiders usually weren’t allowed to ride it unless they had something important to do.

“Then I’ll sit in the back.” Liu Meizi was also very excited.

Bai Ruqiao couldn’t help but laugh, “Okay, get settled and let’s go.”

“Okay, let’s go, let’s go.” Cheng Yueya immediately raised a hand in a charging pose.

Seeing this, Cheng Guodong felt a pang of jealousy. He also wanted to sit on the front handlebars, it looked so cool.

Bai Ruqiao was also in a good mood, she stepped on the pedals and rode off.

But she forgot that she hadn’t ridden a bicycle for decades.

It was also an old-fashioned bicycle, and she didn’t get the hang of the direction and force for a while.

She rode in a wobbly, swaying way.

Cheng Yueya on the front handlebars was so startled that she grabbed the handlebars, and her whole body swayed like a small boat in a storm.

She was so scared that she almost fell onto the handlebars.

Because of her, the handlebars became even harder to control.

Bai Ruqiao hurriedly shouted, “Yueya, don’t grab the handlebars, let go.”

Cheng Yueya wanted to let go, but how could she dare? She was afraid of falling off.

“Little Qiao Jie, don’t shake, I’m going to fall off.”

Bai Ruqiao thought, you’re shaking the handlebars more than I am.

Fang Meizi was also flustered by the two of them, and she was so scared that she hugged Bai Ruqiao’s waist tightly.

Cheng Guodong immediately burst into a mischievous laugh.

Zhao Sihai hadn’t thought about the problem of his wife not knowing how to ride a bike.

Now that he realized it, he was immediately annoyed and hurriedly caught up.

“Qiao Qiao, stop riding, stop quickly.”

Fang Meizi saw Zhao Sihai catching up, and she tried to swallow her saliva in the midst of the swaying.

“Qiao Qiao Jie, why don’t we just walk?”

“It’s okay, I’m just not used to it.” Bai Ruqiao’s competitive spirit was aroused.

I have to tame this iron horse today.

As Zhao Sihai’s voice grew closer, she pushed off with her foot.

The bicycle zipped forward.

Cheng Yueya closed her eyes and screamed in fright.

But the faster speed made it easier to control, and she quickly got the hang of it.

She gradually regained her balance.

She let out a breath and proudly raised a hand to wave at Zhao Sihai, “I’m fine, we’re off.”

Zhao Sihai looked at her with a sweaty face, “Be careful.”

“I know.”

Seeing that the bike was steady, Cheng Yueya looked at the scenery behind her as the wind blew in her face, and she forgot to be afraid.

She immediately spread her arms and shouted, “Ah ah ah… I’m firing!”

“Pfft!” Bai Ruqiao burst out laughing.

She thought she was going to express some emotion.

Fang Meizi in the back seemed to be influenced and started singing a red song.

“We’re on the road, holding high the red flag towards the sun… We’re forging ahead, breaking through thorns and brambles. Forward! Forward!”

“Forward! Forward!” Cheng Yueya also raised her fist and sang along.

Bai Ruqiao couldn’t help but laugh.

The bike rode onto the main road, and people in the fields in the distance heard the laughter and singing, and they couldn’t help but look up.

When they saw who was on the bike, they were left with envy.

Although Zhao Sihai’s family had been separated, it seemed that they were still quite well-off.

Some young men, seeing the three young and beautiful girls singing in the wind, felt a surge of excitement in their chests.

The singing was like wings circling in the clouds.

Someone shouted along, and then several young men sang together.

The fields were filled with the resounding “Forward! Forward!”

It drew a string of silver bell-like laughter from the road, making people feel much happier.

In the field, Lin Qianqian, whose cheeks were flushed red from the sun,

watched the bicycle disappear into the distance, her fingers squeezing the corncob in her hand until it creaked.

Like a venomous snake emerging from the field, she flicked her tongue wildly.

She turned her head and saw Liao Yu’an also staring blankly, a flash of light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

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The supply and marketing cooperative of Zhangmu Commune was built behind the school, and it was quite conspicuous.

It was only a 10-minute bike ride.

As soon as they reached the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, Cheng Yueya and Fang Meizi moved in unison.

They quickly jumped off the bike, turned their heads to look around, and secretly rubbed their butts.

They weren’t as cheerful as before.

The dirt road was nothing like the concrete road of the future, it was bumpy.

They had “enjoyed” it for a while, and they didn’t want to do it again.

Thankfully, they would be riding on a paved road later.

Bai Ruqiao looked at the two girls, their faces pale, and she almost couldn’t help but laugh.

She sent the bike to the parking lot and then called the two girls into the supply and marketing cooperative.

As soon as they entered the supply and marketing cooperative, the two girls immediately regained their cheerful mood.

“There are so many things!” Fang Meizi looked at the rows of floral fabrics behind the counter, her eyes lit up.

Cheng Yueya looked at the food section on the other side, her gaze stuck on the candy, unable to tear herself away.

Bai Ruqiao saw their reactions and smiled, patting the two girls on the shoulders.

“Okay, let’s buy baskets first.”

“I know, the agricultural production materials section is over there, let’s go, let’s go.” Cheng Yueya led the two girls inside.

Most people were basically at work, so there weren’t many people in the supply and marketing cooperative.

The salespersons were either reading books or chatting.

The three of them quickly bought two large baskets and then went straight to the daily necessities section.

The female salesperson behind the counter was holding a handful of melon seeds and cracking them, while reading a comic book, she didn’t even look at them.

Fang Meizi and Cheng Yueya seemed to be used to it.

Bai Ruqiao scanned the items on the shelves and roughly decided what she wanted to buy.

She bent her index finger and tapped on the glass counter.

“Comrade, please give me a bag of detergent, three tubes of toothpaste, three toothbrushes, a box of mosquito coils, a box of matches, a bottle of shampoo…”

She listed over a dozen items, attracting the salesperson’s attention.