Chapter 27

Hearing her mother agree, Bai Xiuxiu was immediately relieved.

As long as her mother agreed, it would be done.

“Mom, can you also send me more of my sister’s local specialties this year? Don’t worry, I won’t let my sister send them for free.” Bai Xiuxiu continued to ask.

It wasn’t for anything special, she just wanted to eat better!

Having seen the grand scene of the future, she felt that it was necessary to start taking care of her body now!

This wasn’t a time when they could eat one meal and not know where the next one would come from. The future was bright!

So she had to be good to herself now, there was no need to save anything!

Old Lady Wei was heartbroken to hear her daughter ask so pitifully. It must have been that unlucky in-law of hers who was bullying her daughter!

“Alright, Mom will have your sister send them. You should send less things to your sister! She’s still able to make ends meet, but we’re worried about you.” Old Lady Wei felt heartbroken when she thought about her youngest daughter!

No, she had to go back and see her daughter soon.

Bai Xiuxiu had nothing else to say, so she quickly hung up the phone.

She took out fifty cents with a pang of pain.

Phone calls were really expensive!

After paying, Bai Xiuxiu went to the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperative in the county had much more stuff than the one in the commune.

The supply and marketing cooperative was always packed with people.

Bai Xiuxiu went in and went straight to the counter with the pastries: “I want two pounds of sponge cake and four pounds of biscuits.”

Most things here were limited, so Bai Xiuxiu bought the maximum amount allowed.

After all, she had money and tickets.

After the things were weighed, Bai Xiuxiu went to other counters.

She bought two bars of soap. Each bar cost one yuan.

She also bought twenty eggs. Eggs not only required tickets, but they were also expensive! Each one cost a dime.

But she planned to make egg water for the whole family to drink in the morning.

It didn’t hurt to eat anything from her own family!

After buying everything, Bai Xiuxiu went to the cloth counter. The cloth here wasn’t anything new, but that was just right!

Something too new would attract attention.

The fabric for her children was too new!

Bai Xiuxiu spent twenty yuan and bought enough fabric for the whole family to make clothes.

She also spent all her cloth coupons.

In total, she spent ten yuan on food, two yuan on soap, and two yuan on eggs. Plus the fabric, she spent twenty-four yuan in total.

The family’s savings had instantly gone down a lot.

Fortunately, she had managed to get some money back from the Wang family in the past two days.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to spend so much.

After buying everything, Bai Xiuxiu put it all in her cloth bag. This cloth bag was sewn by her mother when she got married!

She said that it was practical for buying things when going out after marriage.

It was indeed very practical, sewn with blue cloth, and it looked good!

After buying everything, she went straight to the state-run restaurant in the county!

She arrived just in time for lunch.

The lunch special today was pork and scallion stuffed buns. Three cents each, unlimited.

Bai Xiuxiu bought twenty of them and took them away.

That six yuan spent, she had spent thirty yuan in total.

It was a pity that apples weren’t available now, otherwise, she could have bought some fruit to bring back.

Bai Xiuxiu, laden with her purchases, got on the bus. When she got home, everyone in the family had finished lunch and gone to work.

The people who went to the mountains hadn’t come back yet.

Liu Xiao’e, who had a head injury, was cooking today.

She was washing dishes when she saw Bai Xiuxiu come back, her face was not good: “Big Sister-in-law, where did you go to live the good life? You didn’t come back for lunch even though it’s past lunchtime. You made us argue for you again.”

Argue?

Bai Xiuxiu was a little strange. What was there to argue about?

“Dad said you went out and didn’t know when you would come back, so he wouldn’t let them keep food for you. Big Brother wouldn’t do anything. Dad scolded Big Brother for a while!” Chen Fang, who was washing clothes, explained.

Bai Xiuxiu frowned.

Her father-in-law probably had a grudge against her and Wang Qinghe, and he was taking this opportunity to make a fuss.

The reason was still about the family’s money being divided with them!

He didn’t care about this kind of thing before.

“Did they keep any food?” Bai Xiuxiu asked Liu Xiao’e.

Based on her experience, they should have kept some.

After all, her husband could do whatever he wanted!

“They did, it’s in the kitchen.” Liu Xiao’e said, her eyes fell on Bai Xiuxiu’s cloth bag: “Big Sister-in-law, where did you go? The bag is so full.”

“To buy medicine.” Bai Xiuxiu said coldly, then put the bag back in her room before going to the kitchen to get food.

Liu Xiao’e didn’t believe a single word! She could smell it. There was a fragrance in Big Sister-in-law’s bag. Big Sister-in-law definitely went out to eat good food.

Bai Xiuxiu was the most greedy person in the family. No one else could do such a selfish thing!

Liu Xiao’e grumbled to Chen Fang unwillingly.

Chen Fang didn’t care, she glanced at her: “Don’t you have money? If you want to eat something, just go buy it yourself.”

Liu Xiao’e: …

She wanted to buy it! She had to save the family’s money for useful things. How could she eat and drink?

Did she think she was Bai Xiuxiu, that glutton?

The Wang family’s lunch was the same as usual, rough rice with salted vegetables. They hadn’t even had any oil or water in the past two days! During the autumn harvest, only the Wang family could do such a thing!

After lunch, Bai Xiuxiu washed the dishes.

Liu Xiao’e came over again, wanting to see if she could get some food from her.

Before she could speak, she heard the door being kicked open.

The three people in the yard were startled.

Before they could ask, Zhao Guifen was carried back.

Her face was bruised and swollen, she looked miserable!

The two young men who carried her back were the two brothers from the Yang family in the west of the village.

Behind them came Zhao Cuihua, covered in dust, and Zhou Jiaojiao, who was still a little bit messed up.

Seeing this, Liu Xiao’e was startled. What, how did she come back lying down?

Chen Fang was also surprised, but when she thought that others were as miserable as she was, and it was her unlucky mother-in-law, she couldn’t help but feel happy!

Zhao Guifen kept yelling in pain, her old face was wrinkled and scary. It was a hot autumn day, and she was sweating profusely from the pain.

“My old waist, I’m dying. Oh, help! Help!” Zhao Guifen kept yelling.

The two Yang brothers who carried her down heard this and also made bitter faces: “Auntie Zhao, you’ve been yelling all the way here. Didn’t Uncle Zhang just check you in the mountains? He said you were fine, just rest for ten days and a half months.

You’re lucky to be alive after being kicked by a wild boar.”

“Wild boar?” Liu Xiao’e screamed.

“What are you yelling about? Are you trying to make me die slower? What are you all standing there for? Quickly take me off this frame! You two, don’t you know I’m still lying down?” Zhao Guifen glared at her daughters-in-law.

If those three unlucky things couldn’t go to the mountains, would she have gone?

If she hadn’t gone, would she have been trampled by a wild boar?

Liu Xiao’e was scared, so she quickly went over to help her.

Zhao Cuihua also went over to help, and together they helped Zhao Guifen back to the house.

Zhou Jiaojiao was concerned about the wild boar: “Brother Yang, we discovered the wild boar. My mother-in-law is also injured. Will we get more meat later?”