Chapter 15: Awkwardness
Xia Meng didn't know that such a scene happened in Lao Dong's house.
She pondered that Qin Wenwen would go to a relative's house in the past two days, and in order to attack her unpreparedness and surprise, she didn't need to rush to find someone.
And her eldest brother and they stayed at Lao Dai's house for one night, came back on the third day of junior high school, and returned to the mountains on the fifth day of junior high school, she must get some food in the space before this.
So after breakfast the next day, Xia Meng went out under the guise of going to play with his classmates.
Xia Xiao thought that her sister was looking for Qin Wenwen, and quietly said that she wanted to go with her, but was successfully persuaded by Xia Meng.
When he walked out of the street at home, Xia Meng found a remote place, cautiously looked back and forth, left and right, and then entered the space.
She went straight to the supermarket.
The corn tortillas and cabbage vermicelli she ate in the morning were very edible without much oil and water in her stomach, but the food at home was limited, so she couldn't bear to eat more after only half full.
Soon, Xia Meng ate roast chicken and small flower rolls, accompanied by a can of Coke, and at the same time satisfied, he sighed, and he didn't know when he could let his mother and them enjoy these good things.
After Xia Meng ate and drank enough, he wiped his mouth and hands and began to do business.
Now there are no plastic bags or anything like that, and everyone brings their own bags and containers for food and shopping.
She took out the cloth bag and noodle bag that she had prepared a long time ago, and filled ten catties of ordinary rice and five catties of white flour.
After that, I deliberately picked a particularly fat pork, and I came with more than ten catties.
She took ten White Rabbit toffee, after all, the future is nothing, and it is a luxury in this era.
These are all added together, and there are a lot of them.
In the past two days, she took advantage of going to the toilet or something, and she also came in for a short time, but she didn't stay long, and now that she has plenty of time, she also has time to tidy up the space.
It was summer when Xia Meng's accident happened, and the mall sold summer and autumn clothes, and there were almost few winter clothes and shoes, only some of them were out of season, and the difference between the style, material and color was too obvious from the sixties.
Nowadays, people use cloth tickets to buy cloth to make their own clothes to wear, and the cloth tickets are enough to make a whole body all year round, and then sew and mend for another three years.
Xia Meng can only improve the food for the time being, and then find an opportunity to go to the black market to exchange for cloth tickets and then study the matter of clothing.
When Xia Meng estimated that the time was almost up, he went home with his things in his arms, and startled Xue Mingyue, who was working in the kitchen.
"What did you buy here?"
Xia Meng panted slightly and said, "It's all good things!" Mom, let's go inside and talk. ”
Xue Mingyue hurriedly wiped her hands with her apron and followed Xia Meng into the east house.
"I went to play with my classmates, but there was no one at her house, and I didn't expect to meet someone selling things near the black market, and I looked, good guy, that must be bought." After Xia Meng finished speaking, he showed his mother everything like a treasure.
"Oh mama! So many goodies! After Xue Mingyue exclaimed excitedly, she didn't think much about it, and began to interrogate how much she spent to buy it.
How could Xia Meng report so finely?
She picked up a big white rabbit and stuffed it into her mother's mouth: "Mom, don't ask, it's suitable anyway." ”
"I don't eat it, you can eat it, Mom doesn't like sugar." Xue Mingyue dodged and didn't.
Xia Mengcai didn't believe it, this lie that her mother didn't like to eat, and she successfully fed it.
Xue Mingyue was holding sugars full of milk, in addition to feeling sweet in her mouth, her heart was also hot.
Seeing that her daughter was not happy to say, she didn't continue to ask.
quickly estimated that pork is now more than seven cents a catty, but you have to ask for a meat ticket, and you may not be able to buy it if you go to the queue early in the morning, and the price of meat on the black market is about two to five a piece. Rice and white flour are many times more expensive on the black market, and it is even more difficult to have the opportunity to buy them.
There is also the White Rabbit Milk Candy, before the Chinese New Year, the family issued a pound of sugar tickets, and it would be good to buy some fruit candy, who would be willing to buy such an expensive one.
The girl bought such things, she must have spent the money given by the eldest and second, and maybe she had to put some of her previous money on it.
She couldn't help but slap Xia Meng on the back: "You kid! Your brother gave you money to keep pocket money, what are you doing when you buy all this and go home! ”
Xia Meng was dressed thickly, and her mother didn't use any strength, so it didn't hurt at all, so she grinned: "Let's eat together when I buy it!" When my eldest brother and the others go back, in addition to the malt milk and canned food sent by my colleagues in the unit, I will also take some fine grains and pork with them. Mom, you should praise me, no wonder I got two dollars for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it's really lucky! ”
Xue Mingyue couldn't cry or laugh, thinking about her daughter, she was really lucky, usually she went to the black market and didn't buy so many good things even if she had money in her hand.
"Well, praise you, my daughter is lucky and blessed! But listen to your mother, your brother will give you money in the future, and keep it for yourself. ”
Xia Meng happily agreed, thinking that he would accept it with an open mind, but he would not change.
After Xia Xiao came back from outside and learned about Xia Meng's feat, he also reacted similarly to Xue Mingyue.
Especially when I thought that she might have been taken the opportunity to go to college, and suffered a great grievance, I felt more and more sorry for my sister's well-behaved and sensible.
Xia Peng and his family of three came back in the afternoon.
As soon as Xia Mengfu looked at his face, he could see that his sister-in-law's face was a little wrong, and the eldest brother seemed to be a little forced to smile.
When Dai Hongye went to Westinghouse with Tong Tong in his arms, his mother followed.
Only the two of them were left in the east room.
Xia Meng asked softly, "Big brother, are you angry?" ”
Xia Peng swallowed melon seeds for a moment, and he shook his hand as if he was fine: "No!" What are you thinking about all day long? ”
Xia Mengcai didn't believe what he said, and secretly guessed what the two of them were doing for the awkward New Year.
My sister's eyes were too perceptive, as if she had seen through him, Xia Peng coughed, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and smeared oil on the soles of his feet.
Xue Mingyue was teasing her granddaughter, and when she saw her eldest son coming in, she had the heart to say that her daughter had bought a lot of things, but after looking at her daughter-in-law's expression, she swallowed the words that came to her mouth again.
After Xue Mingyue left the room, Xia Peng and Dai Hongye took off their disguises.
Xia Peng endured his temper and lowered his voice: "My little sister can see that we are both angry, you pretend to be a little bit for me, I want to quarrel and wait until I return to the forest farm!" ”
When Dai Hongye heard Xia Peng mention his little sister, the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart boiled even more, and he whispered: "Who wants to quarrel with you for the New Year?" Isn't it that you're doing something that's too chilling? Why did you give your little sister so much money this year, and then come to our house and give my sister's children a few cents! ”
Before Xia Meng gave Tong Tong a dollar to press the New Year's money, he was quite happy to wear red leaves. Because she knew that Xia Peng would give her sister-in-law two pieces of money, and now that she has a child at home, one in and one out is equivalent to almost earning it back.
As a result, when she arrived at her parents' house, she found that the amount of money in her husband's pocket was wrong, and she learned the truth after a thorough question.
At that time, her heart trembled with anger.
That's a big unity!
Xia Peng's anger surged, if it weren't for his mother, they were also at home, he would definitely explode directly, he gritted his teeth and whispered: "Why don't you say how many children your sisters' families have together?" A few cents add up to a lot of money! And your brother, who is sixteen, and I also gave it to my brother-in-law! My family only gave my little sister one, she was hospitalized with a head injury before, so why not buy some delicious supplements? Besides, I was the eldest brother, and now I have a salary increase, so why can't I give her more! As for making you so careful? ”