Chapter 66: Open Your Eyes and Buy Something
Xiao Man and Ah Gong came out of the same way, and when the ox cart left the courtyard, a group of children followed them to the gate of the courtyard and were called back by the adults. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xiao Man asked Ah Gong: "Our ox cart carries the goods in and out of the car, and no one doubts or talks nonsense?
Ah Gong looked back and whispered: "Where do they dare to talk nonsense? The little children are all demanding to keep their mouths shut! All the people in this big miscellaneous courtyard, and there are many more, all rely on the Sun family to make a living! Otherwise, why would they desperately buy medicinal herbs privately? They have no job, they can't do other work, they have no land and no land, and they can't get by without the Sun family looking for a way to support them!"
Xiao Man nodded knowingly.
Walked forward more than ten meters, Ah Gong led the ox cart into an alley, and entered a large yard, this yard does not look like a resident, it is much dirtier than the previous one, the straw of the reed mat is thrown everywhere, there are a lot of cattle and horses tied under the linoleum shed built against the wall, and the cart frame is stacked in the middle of the yard in a mess, and the grandfather said that this is the backyard of the hotel, specifically to help take care of and feed the cattle and horses, and give some money.
It's four o'clock in the afternoon, anyway, you have to walk at night, Ah Gong wants to leave the ox cart here, and then take Xiao Man to the street for a walk, how can it be regarded as a trip to the city, so I can recognize the way, in Grandma's words: Let Xiao Man open his eyes.
Ah Gong tied the big burden on his back, Xiao Man followed Ah Gong closely, the grandparents and grandchildren pointed all the way, one taught the way and the other humbly remembered, and after a while, they walked to the Workers' Cultural Center.
Ah Gong pointed to the Workers' Cultural Center and said that there is a park inside, a three-story building for the workers in the city to learn culture, and a movie theater, the park is very wide and fun, people with work permits can enter casually, and people like us have to buy tickets to enter.
Xiao Man heard that he was going to buy a ticket, so he took Ah Gong and left.
Walking fifty meters forward, I saw a four-story building, Ah Gong smiled and said: "This is a department store, go in and take a look, Xiao Man will buy whatever Ah Gong wants!"
Xiao Man looked around, there were no idlers in this era, and the city relied on work to eat, and there were few pedestrians on the street, but he was not worried that others would hear them, Xiao Man asked:
"Ah Gong, how much money did you get from selling those medicinal herbs?"
"Eh, little kid, why are you asking this?"
"I want to know, what's the matter?"
Ah Gong was helpless, looked at both sides, and then whispered: "Plus the more than two hundred that were not finished last time, a total of seven hundred and fifty-eight yuan! Ah Gong tied up seven hundred, and took out fifty-eight yuan alone, you have to buy something enough, don't make a noise!"
"Oh, seven hundred, will you give it all to Grandma when you go back?"
"Uh...... Hmmm!"
"Liar! You agreed to lend that Ah Hua 200 yuan!"
Ah Gong said: "How do you know?"
Xiaoman said: "I was behind the door at that time, and I heard it! Also, Liang Xiaoju was with me, and she also heard it! Grandpa, you said that if Liang Xiaoju went back and told her grandma, maybe her grandma would also come to borrow money!"
Ah Gong's face wrinkled: "I have already said it, I sent Xiaoju back last time, and your aunt said that it would cost two hundred yuan!"
"Grandpa, did you agree?"
"I didn't promise to give two hundred, your aunt said that your little cousin had just given birth, and her mother-in-law's confinement was not doing well and her body was broken, and she needed to supplement nutrition, so she asked me to give me fifty yuan to buy chickens and eggs, a few catties of brown sugar or something. That day at the entrance of their village, the pulling and pulling was so ugly that I had to agree!"
"I won't give it if I agree! My little cousin is not in good health and needs to supplement nutrition, and my grandma's eyes can't see and needs surgery! Grandma's money is not enough to save up, who will make up a little to cure grandma's eyes?"
Ah Gong sighed, his face wrinkled, as if he was a few years older in an instant.
Xiao Manla pulled his sleeve and persuaded: "Grandpa, there is a sentence in the movie, 'See people and talk about people, see ghosts and talk nonsense', I think it's very right, he doesn't understand what he talks to ghosts, doesn't he? Talking about credit to ruthless people is also a waste of feelings! The eldest aunt is a ruthless person, she obviously knows that grandma's eyes are not good, what is grandma's hard work to save money for, but she still wants to take money from you, she is unreasonable and inconsiderate, we don't have to keep her word with her, we won't give it to her!"
"Grandpa doesn't want to give it, but your aunt is too good at making trouble, I'm worried that your grandma can't stand her. ”
"Don't be afraid! The door of our courtyard is firmly open, as long as she comes to ask for money, close her out! Grandpa, don't you forget, do you? You have to pay back the 300 yuan from the brigade headquarters, and you signed an IOU!"
Ah Gong's face was solemn: "Yo, it's really! There are still three hundred to be paid back there, and I really forgot about it at this time! As soon as this money is pulled, there will be nothing left! The fifty yuan that your aunt wants, then you won't give it!"
"And Ah Hua ......"
"That is the earlier promise, I have to give! Xiaoman, this is the favor that I and your grandmother should repay! Zhiping's mother, her family used to have a field, and her family was better than our ordinary people, I left my hometown for those years, she more or less helped take care of my father, and when my mother died, she had to tie up a reed mat, and she rushed to buy a thin coffin, a set of shrouds, so that my mother could be buried in the ground with dignity...... Although she also followed your aunt for a while later, making your grandma uncomfortable, she didn't have a bad heart, and your grandma didn't blame her. ”
Xiao Man nodded obediently: "I don't know what happened before, then I will listen to grandpa and grandma!"
Ah Gong smiled and patted her on the back of the head: "Let's go, take you into the department store to open your eyes!"
The first to third floors of the department store, the grandparents and grandchildren walked around, when they came out, Xiao Man carried a grass green canvas satchel, Ah Gong said that this is a schoolbag, other people's families have sewing machines and someone sews a flower cloth schoolbag, girls use it very well, but our family does not have that condition for the time being, so we can only use it.
The shoulder bag is bulging, there are all kinds of things in it, all of them are Xiaoman's, there are several kinds of literary furniture, and the others are hairpins, hair nets, steel wire headbands, and colored glass ribbons...... There is also a string of small handicrafts woven of transparent glue, such as shrimp, small fish, butterflies, dragonflies, etc., which are usually ornaments on the keychain, which are not valuable, but the colors are bright and beautiful, and they are lovely, in this world almost covered by blue, black and gray, these small ornaments can give people a lot of beautiful thoughts.
In her previous life, Xiao Man was very envious of others who could hang such a cute elf on their keychains, but she didn't have the opportunity to have it.
Now, Ah Gong buys her a string of six, whatever she wants!
Xiao Man bought five or six colored glass ribbons, and she didn't necessarily wear them, but she wanted to give them to her friends as gifts.
There are three new toothbrushes and a tube of toothpaste in the bag, Xiao Man is eleven years old and does not have his own toothbrush, so he rinses his mouth with warm water every day.
Two three-section flashlights, Ah Gong said to go back to his house to keep one, and send one to Uncle Mancang, so that he can go to the river at night to watch the fish basket, saving the torch smoke and fire, and the goal is still big.
Uncle Mancang's family is very difficult, there are two elders, and four children are in school, but his wife can't afford to be sick and has been paralyzed in bed for many years, so Uncle Mancang is also very hard.