Zhou Chen hid the money, took two steps back and forth, confirmed that there was no problem, and patted Zhou Wanwan's little head, "Nan, we have money!" Let's go, the eldest brother and the second brother will take you to eat well! ”

Zhou Wanwan likes to see the second brother's deterioration so much! She gestured to the town very cooperatively, "Eat something delicious!"

The three brothers and sisters happily set off to eat something delicious.

Yangshugou Township, called the town, is actually only a small street of dozens of meters along the highway, and there are only a few shops on the street. The largest one is the Township Supply and Marketing Cooperative, five large houses that have been opened, lined up on the side streets, which is very majestic.

Next to the supply and marketing cooperatives is the Yangshugou Township Food Station under the County Food Company, which mainly supplies grain, oil and non-staple food for non-agricultural workers working in the township. Since the beginning of this year, this food station has another function, collecting the task pigs handed over by farmers, and the task pigs of more than 10 brigades in the township are inspected and priced here.

Across the road from the food station is the large iron gate of the township government, which is a symbol of majesty here, and many farmers will take a few steps around it when they pass by. The post office is a small one, in the courtyard of the township government. The house of the township police station was also built next to the township government, but another gate was opened, and the yard was still open.

The township middle school and the primary school were built a little apart, with two rows of houses, one row for the middle school and the other for the elementary school, sharing a playground and a gate.

The township health center is an independent four-room house and yard, which is built diagonally opposite the township government.

These are the places on the streets of the entire Yangshugou Township. The three brothers and sisters came to the small street, and there were two destinations, first to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Stepping into the threshold of the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhou Wanwan felt a burst of coolness, and the air was mixed with the complex flavors of soy sauce, vinegar, fruit candy, matches and various goods. There are two large vats at the door, although they are both covered with wooden lids, but when you smell them, you can tell that they are filled with soy sauce and vinegar, and there is an empty vat, which is supposed to be filled with sake and is in a state of long-term shortage.

Then I saw a long wooden counter and a large row of shelves behind the counter. Zhou Wanwan glanced at it and found that the counter was empty, and there were only a few common daily necessities on the shelves behind it, and nothing else. Zhou Wanwan didn't even see a piece of cloth on the counter, that is to say, the fabric is still out of stock now, and the plan of the Zhou Yang brothers to discuss buying her new clothes seems to be unable to be implemented.

Zhou Chen asked several times, "Is there anyone?" Only then did a thin black middle-aged man in a black tunic, come out from behind the shelf. This person knew each other every night, and in her previous life, until she went to college, this person was still working as a salesperson in the township supply and marketing cooperative. It is said that one of his relatives was the leader of the county grain and oil company, and because of his bad legs, he was arranged here to work as a salesman. Everyone has long forgotten his full name, and the people in the whole township call him by his nickname - Liu Cripple.

Liu Cripple is not tall, estimated to be less than 1.7 meters, limped out, looked at the three children standing outside the counter with a gloomy face, and did not speak.

"We're going to buy a small spoon and a pound of fruit candy, the good kind. I also have to buy toothpaste, two toothbrushes, a box of soap, and a hairpin," Zhou Chen turned around and pointed at Zhou Wanwan, "Give it to my sister." ”

Liu Lame glanced at the three children twice, and saw that they were dressed like peasant children from the surrounding villages, but they were rarely dressed neatly and neatly, their eyes were clear and peaceful, and their manners were generous and decent.

"Little spoon doesn't. Fruit candy is nine cents and sixty-one pounds, toothpaste is one hair and eight pounds, toothbrush is one hair and two, soap is two cents, hairpin is one and five pounds," Liu Lame didn't go to get anything, and watched them quote the price first, and the abacus beads in his hand were crisp, "A total of seven cents and three." ”

The meaning of Liu Cripple is obvious, so many things, three rural children, do they have so much money to buy?

Zhou Chen has always been a sensitive child, and he immediately realized the obvious meaning of Liu Cripple, and he felt insulted for a while, and his face turned red.

Zhou Yang and Zhou Wanwan also felt that they were despised, but Zhou Wanwan quickly adjusted their mentality, the current situation, it is estimated that no peasant family in the township can reach a deposit of seven cents, although Liu Cripple's question has the meaning of underestimating people, but it is still understandable.

Although Zhou Yang felt angry, he was not as big as Zhou Chen's reaction, he was older, he had seen and experienced more things than Zhou Chen, and his heart was also calmer than Zhou Chen, so he immediately adjusted. The most important thing is that Zhou Yang still has younger brothers and sisters to comfort, and he has no extra energy to take care of his emotions.

"Little Er, where is our money? Which pocket did you put in? Zhou Yang grabbed Zhou Chen's slightly trembling hand and asked him very gently and slowly.

Zhou Chen's hand stopped shaking after being held firmly by the eldest brother, and when he heard Zhou Yang deliberately slow down his speech and talk to him word by word, his heart settled down at once. He shook his eldest brother's hand back quickly, smiled at his sister worriedly, and then took out the two dollars in his jacket pocket.

Liu Lame took a few closer glances at the two yuan that Zhou Chen had placed on the counter before turning around to get something for them. Only one of each commodity is supplied, there is no room for choice, and there is no need to choose, and it is quickly available. Zhou Chen first picked up the red plexiglass hairpin and put it on Zhou Wanwan's head.

I have to say that aesthetics is sometimes really innate. Zhou Chen just wore it casually, Zhou Wanwan's fluffy and soft little curly hair with a small red hairpin, the cuteness index skyrocketed, and it was really much better than the little braids that Zhou Yang had combed her with a lot of effort a few days ago.

The brothers liked their sister so much that they took turns to kiss each other before stopping. Zhou Wanwan saw her appearance from the glass window of the supply and marketing cooperative, she really looked like a child star in the pictorial in her previous life, especially this little curly hair, and then she was dressed up like this by the second brother, more like Xiulan. Temple.

I have to say that the power of the cute baby is endless, and Liu Cripple, who was described by the villagers as "looking at everyone as if he owes him two dollars" and "he won't take the initiative to take care of his mother when he enters the supply and marketing cooperative", actually took out the key, opened the drawer of the wooden counter, and took out a red hairband from the drawer. The width of the hair is only three or four centimeters, which is a very common glass yarn, transparent and elegant, and it can be said that it is the most desirable thing for girls of all ages in this era.

Brother Zhou Yang's eyes lit up when he saw the headband, this is much better than the one bought by the brigade supply and marketing cooperative, the color is positive, the material is good, and it is a good thing at first glance.

"If you give someone someone else to bring it from the provincial capital, you can only sell it for a foot." Liu Cripple still had a cold face and said with a very expressionless expression.

The brothers quickly nodded and thanked them, one foot is one foot, enough for their sister.

Zhou Chen once again exerted his innate good skills, took the hairband and wrapped it around Zhou Wanwan's head, and with a few finger turns, it was a beautiful bow headband, pure red, which lined Zhou Wanwan's fluffy and sweet curly hair, white and tender skin, and clear and black eyes. Even the unsmiling Liu Cripple looked at it and grinned.

Zhou Chen paid another five cents, and the three brothers and sisters walked out of the supply and marketing cooperatives with their things. Because before leaving, Zhou Wanwan smiled and said sweetly to Liu Cripple, "Thank you, uncle!" Goodbye, Uncle! They got another free cardboard box to stuff their stuff.

The second stop of the three siblings was the township food station. Except for the days at the beginning of the month to sell some grain, the township food station basically has nothing to sell at other times. But occasionally with a bit of luck, you can come across pork or fritters for sale. Of course, this kind of good luck can only happen a few times a month at the beginning of the month, and this has to be a year when the situation is relatively better, and the previous three years have not been met once in a few months.

Everything at the food station is purchased with tickets, and there is no food stamps, meat stamps, oil stamps and other tickets, and they will not be sold to you if you have money, the only exception is fritters. One or two food stamps plus three cents for a fritter, and eight cents a meal if there is no food stamp, which is the only thing that can be bought at the food station without a ticket. Other grains, oils, pork and other things, without a ticket, you will not sell it to you at a price several times higher than the original price. The three brothers and sisters came for the fritters today.

They were lucky, and when they entered the food station, they saw a pile of fried dough sticks stacked on the counter, twenty or thirty sticks. Zhou Yang and Zhou Chen didn't care about him and went directly to the fritters, and Zhou Wanwan turned his neck around and took a general look at the food station.

The township food station has a large yard, which is prepared for the pig harvest at the end of the year, with seven or eight brick houses, painted with white ash on the outside, and the slogan "Insist on one big and two gongs, hold high three red flags" written in red paint.

There are only two rooms open to the public, and on one side of the entrance is a large wooden case, greasy and black, which should be a place to sell pork, but now it is empty.

On the other side is a large cauldron, and next to the pan is also a greasy big case with a colander or something like that, which should be a place to fry fritters. Directly opposite the door is a wooden counter like the supply and marketing cooperative, and the fritters are placed on the counter, yellow and shiny.

The other room was also empty, with only a wooden shelf and a large oil drum, which Zhou Wanwan estimated was the place where grain and oil were sold.

When observing the food station on the evening of the week, the brothers had already begun to discuss buying fritters.

Zhou Yang means to buy two, one for his younger brother and one for his younger sister. Since Zhou Xia betrayed their brother and sister to Mrs. Zhou again, Zhou Yang never mentioned that he wanted to give Zhou Xia food.

Zhou Chen didn't want it, he thought it would be okay to buy one for his sister. My sister is too young, since she was born, she has never eaten a full meal, and every day she sees her frowning and drinking the paste of the Zhou family, he is so distressed.

Zhou Wanwan didn't care what her brothers planned, and she didn't plan to reason with them here, she acted directly.

Zhou Wanwan leaned out half of Zhou Yang's arms to take out Zhou Chen's pocket, Zhou Yang was afraid of falling her, so he hurriedly hugged her and took a step forward, Zhou Chen also wanted to know what his sister was going to do, and asked her to take out the money very cooperatively.

Zhou Chen originally had three yuan and five cents in his pocket, and spent two yuan and two cents and three cents in the township supply and marketing cooperative, and there was still one piece of two cents and seven cents left. Zhou Wanwan thought about it for a while, the brothers who spent too much would definitely feel distressed, and the coming day would be long, so let's spend the rest of the gross tickets today.