I have to say that the human touch of this era is much stronger than that of later generations, Xu Qiang has graduated from junior high school for a few years, and he has long cut off contact with Zhou Lili, but he is still so enthusiastic when he meets.

The things were the best for him, and when he handed them to Xu Qiang, he said enthusiastically:

"You wait first, I'll go and apply for a preferential price with our leader."

Xu Qiang hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand: "Oh, no need, no need, if it weren't for you, how could I buy such good things?" I'm going back, let's meet again another day. ”

"Hey, that's done, this is a ticket, you go over there and pay the money."

Zhou Lili didn't insist, and gave the bill in her hand to Xu Qiang, and after Xu Qiang paid the money, there was only one piece left in his pocket.

But it doesn't matter, he has a system, as long as he gets another box of apples for his brother Xu Damao, ten catties of mutton, and a large amount of money.

Out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Yan Jiecheng carried two large bags of things, and Xu Qiang carried a large bag to get home.

I bought some washbasins, washbasin racks, soap, laundry detergent, towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, white noodles, stick noodles, Erhe noodles, millet, rice, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, oil, oil consumption and other daily necessities.

If you want to talk about large items, it is kang mats, kang mats, bed mats, mattresses, kang sheets, bed sheets, quilt covers, cotton quilts, mattresses, pillows, pillow towels and so on.

After Xu Qiang's tidying up, his house is now bare, except for the cabinet and the stove, piled up outside, and placed in the cabinet, as long as it is moldy and hairy, smelly, he cleared it all out.

These days, everyone can't earn much money a month, and they still need tickets to buy things, so it's rare for people to buy so many things at once.

If this is put on others, even if it is married, there is no such new and new, new cotton quilts, cotton mattresses, that are all the dowries of the eldest girl when she gets married.

A new quilt and a five-yuan dowry, the eldest girl can straighten her waist and be a person when she goes to her in-law's house.

If there is such an arrogant mother's family, give the dowry a radio or a sewing machine, the mother-in-law's family will not dare to be angry with the new daughter-in-law.

To get back to the point, when Xu Qiang and Yan Jiecheng entered the courtyard with three bags, Aunt Li, who was sitting at the door with the soles of her shoes, and the three mothers who were rubbing the sheets under the faucet were the first to find out.

"Hey, you two stupid boys, did you buy the entire supply and marketing cooperative?"

The three mothers looked at their son and Xu Qiang in a daze, and they couldn't even take care of washing the sheets.

"Oops!"

I only heard Aunt Li screaming at the door, it turned out that I didn't know that these two boys were pricked into the flesh by needles.

"Three mothers, you can really laugh, do I have the money for so many things in the supply and marketing cooperative?"

Xu Qiang knew that his operation was quite high-profile in the entire courtyard, and high-profile people in these years generally did not end well.

There are more than a dozen households in a yard, everyone is struggling on the food and clothing line, why do you eat and drink spicy food for three days and two days, and look at the white and touch the big?

So, he stopped and began to explain:

"Aunt Li, the third mother, I Xu Qiang used to know what the big guys in this yard were, I went home after drinking last Sunday and fell asleep, and I was woken up by freezing in the middle of the night."

"At that time, I was lying upright on the kang, except for the two of them, I couldn't move anywhere else, and I felt that I couldn't see the sun tomorrow morning."

When Aunt Li and the three mothers heard Xu Qiang say this, they were immediately startled, their faces turned a little whiter, and even Yan Jiecheng, who was standing beside Xu Qiang, was surprised.

Xu Qiang didn't seem to see the faces of these three people at all, and continued to say to himself:

"Who would have thought that my Xu Qiang's life was really big, and I survived until the next day, as soon as the sun came up on the window, the house warmed up, and I was able to move again."

"I was scared at the time, I thought that I would have to live a good life after I woke up, I couldn't be so mixed up anymore, and the wife and children at home were considered serious old men."

"I borrowed ten yuan from my brother, first went to keep the work of the materials department, and then started to clean up my house, which was smellier than the garbage dump, and many things were unusable."

Xu Qiang said this, and pointed to the lump that the three mothers were washing:

"It's so dirty, only the three mothers can wash it, and I don't have a daughter-in-law, so I can't wash it at all, right?"

"As the old saying goes, if the old doesn't go, the new doesn't come, and I, Xu Qiang, can be regarded as a person who has gone through the Hades Palace, buy a new set of things, and start living anew."

"Hey, even if you borrow my brother's money, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay it back for a while."

After the last sentence, the three mothers and Aunt Li couldn't help laughing, Xu Qiang "borrowed" Xu Damao's money, can he repay it one day?

Of course, the reason why Xu Qiang went to great lengths to say so much was to explain why he suddenly changed his appearance, and secondly, to explain why he suddenly changed his appearance and wanted to live a good life.

Otherwise, the contrast between his behavior is too great, and there will be some messy rumors behind his unevenness.

Now that I said it in front of Aunt Li and the three mothers, it was equivalent to telling the old ladies in the yard.

Then, the old men in the yard will soon know about it.

After walking in the palace of Hades, it will change its appearance, and this statement can be accepted by everyone whether it is in the current era or in the future generations.

"Hey, it's not bad if you know that you can change your mistakes!"

The third mother said with a smile, lowered her head and began to rub the black sheets, but her mouth said to Yan Jiecheng:

"Boss, you go and help Qiangzi settle down properly."

"Hey, Mom, I know, don't worry!"

Yan Xie agreed without looking back, and the person had already followed Xu Qiang to the backyard.

Xu Qiang's house is now empty, and the smell in the house is almost gone, but it is as cold as an ice cellar.

There is no way, there is not a single coal at home, there is nothing to make a fire.

Xu Qiang put his things on the single bed at the door, and said to Yan Jiecheng:

"Xie Cheng, you sit down for a while, and I'll make a fire."

As he spoke, he went to Xu Damao's house, brought firewood and coal, and began to make a fire, and when the fire on the stove burned, he went to the inner room to light the stove again.

There was a fire in the front and back, and the cold in the house was quickly dissipated, and the two of them also took out the things they had bought and began to clean up.

First, I went into the back room and spread the newly bought kang mat, which was made of reeds, although it was not as durable as the bamboo kang mat, but it was soft and not so cold in winter.

On the kang mat, Xu Qiang took out the kang mat and began to pave, this kang mat is a bit heavy, it is made of licorice, animal hair, old cloth, and old clothes, although it is a little hard, but people are not lying on it directly.

Xu Qiang pulled one end, Yan Jiecheng pulled one end, pulled the kang mat and laid it out, and began to make the sheets again.

The current bed sheets are all the kind of reflective cotton sheets, which are very beautiful from the eyes of people of this era, but with Xu Qiang's eyes, they are very old.

When the kang was cleaned up neatly, the two old men were sweating on their foreheads, and they were tired, mainly because the temperature in the room had risen.