Chapter 52: Husband and wife, brother and sister
"Xiaoying, what a coincidence." Song Enli saw a thoughtful-looking young man beside her, and couldn't help but joke in a low voice, "What are you?" β
Yang Chaoying's face turned red to the root of her ears, and she stammered even when she spoke, "Yes, yes...... By the way, Sister Hongqi, I haven't told you that you were in a hurry last time, I got married on the 15th of this month, and when the time comes, you remember to come, our family lives in the family building of the steel plant. β
When she saw that there was also a man beside Song Enli, she couldn't help but think of those pieces of cloth, so she asked, "Is this your brother, Sister Hongqi?" β
Xiao Heping's face darkened: What kind of eyesight is this girl......
Or Yang Chaoying's object, Li Limin, reacted quickly, and secretly pulled her sleeve, "What are you talking about, at first glance, it's your brother-in-law, do you think they are husband and wife?" β
It's a little bit like it, after all, they are all good-looking, but Yang Chaoying is just a brother and sister.
Yang Chaoying hurriedly changed her words embarrassedly, "Brother-in-law is good." β
Xiao Heping's face returned to normal at this time, and he nodded at her, "Hello." β
Well, I can't say it anyway.
Song Eun-ri simply didn't explain.
Yang Chaoying said again: "Brother-in-law is also here." β
Xiao Heping said yes.
"Xiaoying, you are also here to buy a bicycle?" After the four of them got to know each other, Song Enli saw that Li Limin was pondering the cars on the side, so he asked more.
"It's not, he has a big golden deer bicycle ticket in his hand that is about to expire, and he can't make enough money and industrial coupons, so he can only wait for May Day to see if there are any discounts."
"How many do you have?"
Yang Chaoying replied to her helplessly, "Eighty yuan, two industrial coupons." β
It's too bad, and it's not appropriate to help.
Song Enli dragged her aside and discussed with her in a low voice, "Otherwise, you lend me your bicycle ticket first, and then I will give you a new one, of course, I won't take yours for nothing, and then give you a three-foot flower cloth as compensation, do you think it's okay?" β
What does this say!
Yang Chaoying took out the bicycle ticket and gave it to her at the moment, "Sister Hongqi, don't mention compensation, I have already taken advantage of you last time, and you also gave me such a beautiful pillow towel, you can take this bicycle ticket first, we can't buy it now, and it will expire if it expires." β
"Then you discuss it with your partner?"
"What are you discussing, can you buy it yet? I'm in charge of this, you go buy it quickly, we should also go to the counter over there to buy candy, there is not much supply today, if you don't grab it, it will be gone! β
Song Enli thanked her, and said that when she got married, she would make a congratulatory gift with the flower cloth, and Yang Chaoying thanked her embarrassedly.
With a bicycle ticket, buying a bicycle is a breeze, Xiao Heping's military ID card was taken out, and he was immediately exchanged for the salute of the female saleswoman.
"Hello chief, a total of 120 yuan for 17 industrial coupons!" It's loud!
I have to say that the military plot of people in this era has reached an unprecedented height!
The two followed to the counter to pay, Song Enli watched the salesman issue the ticket curiously, clamped it on the wooden board hanging overhead, and flew from one end to the other with a wire, and then flew back with a "boom".
In the end, he took out the money ticket to settle the bill, and Xiao Heping had given the remaining thirty yuan, an industrial coupon, and a red flag bicycle ticket.
Song Enli asked him, "How much money do you have on you?" β
"A hundred." When I came back, I thought about bringing her to buy something, so I thought about it a little more.
Song Enli was not satisfied, and stretched out his hand to him, "Pay another seventy, and in the future, you will carry less money on your body, and the rest of the remaining thirty will be sent back." β
"Okay."
It was still early to buy a bicycle, and there happened to be a discount, so Song Enli simply joined the queue, bought a ten-foot gray woven foreign cloth with the expired cloth ticket given by Wang Xiuying, bought four bottles of alabaster, and spent eight yuan seven to buy an iron-shelled hot water bottle with the word "happy" printed in red, and removed several industrial coupons.
As for the origin of the industrial voucher, Song Enli explained to Xiao Heping that he borrowed it from Yang Chaoying, and it would be returned together with the bicycle ticket at that time.
Because the pastries and candies are limited, there are only three or two frames, and some people are reluctant to buy more, so she didn't buy much, just a pound of Jiang rice noodles and a pound of biscuits, and half a pound of hard fruit candy, a total of three yuan and one pound of six taels of food stamps.
Song Enli knew that Xiao Tiezhu was good at tobacco and alcohol, but he was reluctant to spend money, so he bought him three packs of two cents and one pack of seaside, two bottles of Jingzhi Baigan one by one, and bought three packs of cigarettes and two bottles of wine for Wang Baosheng as they were, which was both a thank you and a filial piety.
In fact, she could have bought better, but she was afraid that the two of them would be distressed, but fortunately, these two things were already good things that could support the faΓ§ade.
There were two bottles of Moutai on the glass counter where the wine was placed, and Song Enli's eyes lit up the moment he saw it, and he asked the salesman, "Hello, how do you sell this wine?" β
"Today, with the work card of the unit, you can limit the purchase of one bottle, eight yuan, but our supply and marketing cooperatives have a total of two bottles, so one person can only buy one bottle."
"What if you don't have a work permit?" One bottle wasn't enough, she wanted both.
The three-year famine led to a sharp decline in the production of Moutai, and because the output was very small, the ones that survived in later generations were also extremely rare, so the rarity of Moutai in the late fifties and early sixties far exceeded that of other eras, and the highest price was even 2 million for a single bottle!
"A special drink ticket is required." Xiao Heping saw it in the team next door and handed over his work card, "Buy a bottle first, if you like it, I'll go back to the army to get you a ticket." β
Song Enli happily took it, "Then you must remember." β
"Hmm."
I bought these things, and it cost less than fifty yuan in total, but if I put it in the ordinary worker's house, I can't figure it out, and the family's income for a month or two is more than enough to survive!
This is also the reason why Moutai doesn't want tickets but no one cares, one word "expensive".
Of course, this money was paid by Song Enli, because Xiao Heping was thirty.
Coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, the two of them pushed a bicycle, and the front and back of the car were full of things.
Xiao Heping originally wanted to take Song Enli to the state-run restaurant for dinner, but she refused, firstly, it was inconvenient to come to so many things, and secondly, she was really not hungry at this time.
So the two went to the grocery store again, this pork has been sold out, fortunately, Xiao Heping met the master who sells pork, and finally bought the only remaining barrel bone and two pig knuckles, without asking for tickets, and spent a total of two cents.
These things are not popular because they have no oil or meat, so the price is very low, and of course you have to have an acquaintance to buy them.
After buying these, I was going to go home.
Song Enli saw the mille-feuille bottom on Xiao Heping's feet, and suddenly thought about something, left him and his two bicycles at the door of the grocery store, and said that he would come back immediately after doing something.
She ran non-stop to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought him a pair of pull-back shoes of the same style as her feet, passed by the bicycle, simply gritted her teeth and bought the red flag, ready to give it to Xiao Heping again when she had the opportunity to give it to Xiao Heping in the future, as long as he didn't borrow it.
In this way, in addition to the 200 yuan and tickets given by Xiao Heping, she only had more than 200 yuan left, and she only left a dozen odd pieces in her pocket, and the rest were put into the space with the Hongqi bicycle.
Xiao Heping was so happy that he put on new shoes on the way home.
Although the big golden deer bought was twenty-six, Song Enli still didn't dare to ride, so the two pushed it all the way back, chatting and walking, like pressing the road, but felt that time passed too quickly, and they arrived home after a while.
As soon as the brand-new bicycle entered the village, it attracted the attention of the members working in the roadside fields, and they all stopped their work to look strange, and when the two of them entered the house, Wang Xiuying also got the news and ran back with a hoe.
Before he had time to rejoice, Zhao Chunlan's son next door ran in with a smirk, blowing two big snot bubbles, baring his big teeth, "Hey, hey, Hongqi, you can be counted as coming back Hongqi, my mother wants to tell me kiss, I'll marry you, Hongqi......"
Xiao Heping and Wang Xiuying's faces instantly turned black like the bottom of a pot.
"Get out of here, you want to go crazy, you go to your own yard!" Without waiting for the old son to speak, Wang Xiuying had already taken out the posture of fighting with Widow Liu, picked up the broom and went out to pick people up.
Zhao Dasha was so shocked that he cried, and simply sat on the ground and rolled around, "I don't, I don't, I want to marry Hongqi, I want to have a child with her!" β