Chapter 20: For Brothers
The next day, Xu Guangshi borrowed the bicycle of the production team and drove Xu Rujiao to the township.
She wanted to go to the old lady who sold sunflower seeds before and return the white cloth bag to her: "Maybe she still has melon seeds at home." ”
Xu Guangshi walked according to the path she pointed out, and when he heard the words, he said: "The family has so little land for themselves, and they all keep it to grow food, and it is rare for her family to have so much." ”
Xu Rujiao frowned: "When the time comes, ask again, maybe someone you know has also planted." ”
As soon as the two entered the door, they ran into the old lady, and when the old man saw her, he immediately grabbed her: "Ouch girl, I have you here!" O Courage! Dayong ...... Come on, come on, it's the sunflower seeds that this little girl bought before! ”
Xu Rujiao was startled, and when she saw the old lady shouting at the top of her voice, she was stunned for a while: "Auntie, what's wrong?" I gave enough money last time, right? ”
The old lady nodded hurriedly, "Enough, enough, ten yuan!" "Ten dollars, that's a lot of money.
"Then you are ......"
The door slammed open, and a dark-skinned young man came out in a hurry: "Where? Aunt Zhang, you helped me catch it, don't let her run away! ”
Xu Rujiao's heart suddenly mentioned her throat, and Xu Guangshi also chuckled in her heart.
But if you look closely, this man, although he is tall, is wearing patched clothes, and his momentum is completely different from those pickets.
"I didn't expect you to be the one who bought the sunflowers, I thought Aunt Zhang was a liar! Little sister, my name is Zhang Dayong, last time I heard Aunt Zhang say that you still have to buy sunflowers......"
Xu Rujiao breathed a sigh of relief: "I still want to harvest sunflower seeds, do you have them?" If it's big and good, I'm ......."
Zhang Dayong's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly said without waiting for her to finish: "Yes, yes, I'll take you to see!" ”
Zhang Dayong's sunflower seeds are much more than Aunt Zhang's, and half of the room is full, and Xu Rujiao was surprised to see it. Pick out a plate of sunflowers at random, break off a seed from the top and sip it, the seeds inside are full and chewy very fragrant.
"How? Collect? Zhang Dayong was a little nervous, holding two empty pockets in his hands, and his tone was a little dry, "I can give you a cheaper, last year's supply and marketing cooperatives received two cents and two, you just give me two cents, really, not much to ......"
Aunt Zhang also persuaded on the side: "Little girl, if you want it, you want Dayong's child, he is the best!" If it weren't for the news last spring that the top would be harvested, we wouldn't be willing to plant so much, who knew that the supply and marketing cooperatives wouldn't want it, alas......"
The old lady babbled about the incident, and Zhang Dayong had a lot of sad things in the middle.
In previous years, the supply and marketing cooperatives received sunflower seeds, but at the beginning of last year, I didn't know where the news came from, saying that the supply and marketing cooperatives had raised the price of sunflower seeds.
Zhang Dayong is young, and he is willing to contribute, every day after the collective work, he comes back to take care of the sunflowers, and when he is harvested, he is really gratifying like a golden millstone!
But the harvest has been harvested, and I haven't waited for the news of the purchase of the supply and marketing cooperatives, and there is still no letter until the cold winter wax moon, Zhang Dayong is anxious, and Aunt Zhang is even more distressed.
The old lady went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to inquire, and it was because she did not give up to inquire about the news that she met Xu Rujiao.
"Dayong is a good boy, he grew up in a poor family, and when he reaches his age, he can't talk about his daughter-in-law, and the family wants to send her sister-in-law to change relatives, and Dayong refuses to say anything...... I wanted to make some money and talk about my daughter-in-law, but I didn't expect to plant so many sunflowers but people didn't accept them. ”
Aunt Zhang was so worried, she and Zhang Dayong were from their own family, and they could be regarded as having watched the brothers and sisters grow up since childhood, and begged: "Girl, you can help, if Dayong can't get some money back, his sister will be afraid to ...... Alas, the character of the man's family is evil. ”
Zhang Dayong looked at Xu Rujiao, his eyes full of anticipation.
Xu Guangshi was kind-hearted, he couldn't be moved early, he pulled his daughter's arm and said in a low voice: "Otherwise, let's accept this young man." ”
Xu Rujiao looked at the sunflowers and nodded: "Okay, I want it, but I have to trouble you with one more thing......
When the other party heard her words, he immediately raised his eyebrows, and said continuously: "What's the matter?" You say, I can do it for you right away! ”
"I just need sunflower seeds, and you have to rub these sunflower heads and put them in your pocket."
"Don't bother, I'll get it now," Zhang Dayong agreed happily, "It's just that the number is a bit much, I'm afraid I have to get it all done tomorrow, where do you live, I'll send it tomorrow?" ”
Xu Rujiao thought about it and said, "No, I'll come here at noon tomorrow to collect it." She doesn't want too many people to know about selling melon seeds, it's not good to be too ostentatious.
"Okay, I'll make sure I get it for you by noon tomorrow!"
After placing an order, Xu Rujiao was relieved a lot, and told her father that she would go to the grain store and buy some food to go back, anyway, there was a bicycle.
The father and daughter went to the grain store together, Xu Rujiao wanted ten catties of white flour, twenty catties of cornmeal, and five catties of rice, but there were no food stamps, and the grain store was only willing to give them three catties of white flour and five catties of cornmeal.
"Why don't you buy some first?" Xu Guangshi said.
Finally came for a trip, and there were bicycles, Xu Rujiao wanted to buy more back, she looked around the grain store, her eyes swept the corner of the wall, and her eyes lit up, "Dad, you wait for me here for a while, and come back immediately." He left that sentence and ran out.
Xu Guangshi didn't have time to ask anything, so he had to stand where he was and wait for someone to come back.