The pot has been idle for more than half a year, and a thick layer of ash has accumulated on the upper area, and it can't be brushed at all without brushing hard.

Grandma Gu was brushing it, and when she saw Wei Lan stretching out her hand, she didn't think about slapping it on the back of her hand, "Go over there and wash it!" ”

Wei Lan pouted, aggrieved and honestly went to the side to wash.

In the Gu family, she seems to have become a group pet, don't say that Gu Chao is reluctant to let her work, even Grandma Gu, every time she sees her upside down, she has to nag.

Wei Lan even understood a little that Gu Chao was usually so scared of Grandma.

By the time Wei Lan finished cleaning up, Grandma Gu had already gone to the front yard with the stove.

Wei Lan grabbed her hair and tied it in a loose ponytail, moved a small bench and sat beside Gu Chao, took out her lace-edged pearl bag and began to count the money and votes.

There are scattered tickets for all ages, the total amount of money is forty-two yuan and five cents, the capital is twenty yuan, and the remaining twenty-two yuan and five cents are all earned in this period of time.

"This is our common property!" Wei Lan pinched the money and handed it to Gu Chao, with a bright and clear smile, "Wait for a little more praise, in the future, we can buy a house and land, hire people to work, and just wait to lie down and collect the money when the time comes!" ”

Gu Chao looked at Wei Lan with favor: "Don't go out and say this." ”

"Got it!" Wei Lan snorted softly squeamishly, her eyes rolled, and she said as if she remembered something: "The supply and marketing cooperatives sell hot water kettles, I asked, it costs eight yuan a piece, let's buy one too, right?" ”

With the kettle, the stove and copper pot can be freed up, and when the time comes, you can do something else, such as boiling soup, shabu-shabu or something.

Mutton is cheap and affordable, the soup is a great supplement, and the effect of repelling cold is obvious.

"There's no urgency." Gu Chaodao.

Wei Lan thought about it, and it was right.

Although the weather is cold now, it is not cold time, and the hot water kettle may not be able to be used when it is bought.

Thinking about it this way, she soon put the matter behind her.

Unexpectedly, Gu Chao said that he was not in a hurry to deal with this matter, and when he came back from digging a trench in the commune that afternoon, he came back with a hot water kettle.

The kettle is covered with a rattan cover, which is the most expensive kind bought by the supply and marketing cooperative, costing 12 yuan.

Wei Lan was overjoyed, and when Grandma Gu didn't pay attention, she grabbed Gu Chao's chest with both hands, stood on tiptoe and pecked him on his chin like a dragonfly, "This is a reward!" ”

After saying that, Xi Zizi ran away

On the other hand, Grandma Gu, when she heard the price of the hot water kettle was more than ten yuan, she was distressed, holding the hot water kettle to look up and down, looking left and right, and she was reluctant to let go for a long time.

Grandma Gu disagreed: "The copper pots at home have been washed out, what are you still spending this money for?" ”

A dozen yuan can buy six or seven catties of brown sugar, and you can eat it for half a year.

"There are always times when the stove needs to be watched." Gu Chao explained, "It's still hot in the morning and at night, and I love to drink hot water." ”

Wei Lan glared: I don't mean I don't!

Grandma Gu thought for a while, looked at Wei Lan, and then at the kettle in her hand, and asked for a while, "Then is this one enough?" ”

It doesn't look very big, and it can hold a few jars of hot water.

Wei Lan's chick pecked the rice and nodded, "Enough, enough grandma!" ”

Finally persuaded Grandma Gu, Wei Lan followed Gu Chao into the backyard.

She stepped on the threshold of the kitchen and jumped on Gu Chao's back, strangled Gu Chao's neck with one hand, clenched her fist into a fist with the other, and landed a raindrop-like fist on his back, "Grandma is too old to use money, what do you want to buy next time, the price is lower." ”

The older generation is used to being thrifty, and after so many years of hard life, even if they have money in their hands, they are reluctant to spend it.

(End of chapter)