Chapter 110: 2 jin is not enough, at least 3 jin
Old Lady Liu came to the Shen family this time to tell her daughter that she had found a good marriage for Shen Xue, and to take some food home.
Last year, her husband, two sons, and grandson did not work much. The strong laborers in the family did not earn much work points, but they had more food to eat. The work points she and her daughter-in-law earned were not enough to eat.
The daughters could only rely on the food they brought back from their husband's family to support their own family.
She thought that the eldest daughter could better subsidize her parents' family after she had separated from the family.
Who knew that after the division of the family property, they would deduct more and more, and now they even made up a lie that the key to the food cabinet was taken away by the son-in-law.
In every family, it is the wife who manages the food. Why would the son-in-law take care of such trivial matters?
"Liu Pandi, how can you be so cruel? Don't you know what life is like at home? Your own in-laws eat and drink well and live a comfortable life.
Your father and I had to live on coarse food and tighten our belts every day. We had no other choice but to ask you for food, but you refused to give it to us.
Do you still have your maternal family in your heart? Do you still have me and your father in your heart? If I had known you were so heartless, I should have drowned you in a piss bucket when I gave birth to you."
Being pointed at and scolded by her mother, Liu Pandi felt sad and guilty, "Mom, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but Xiangxi took the key away, and I can't open the food cabinet.
You go back first today, and I'll take the food home as soon as I get the key, okay?
Can I take 20 kilograms of cornmeal and half a kilogram of white flour home when the time comes?"
Old Lady Liu snorted, "Twenty kilograms is not enough to eat, at least thirty kilograms, and buy two kilograms of meat to take back. Your nephew is going to get married, and as an aunt, you have to help out. Give him twenty yuan."
If she gave so much food and money to her family, her husband might divorce her. Liu Pandi dared not agree to something that was impossible.
"Mom, I can only give you 20 kilograms of cornmeal and half a kilogram of flour, no more."
Even if she only brought back 20 kilograms of cornmeal and half a kilogram of white flour, her husband would be angry with her for a while, but that was her mother's home, and she couldn't just watch her old mother and father starve.
Old Lady Liu reluctantly agreed, "Okay, there's only half a bag of food left at home, you have to take the food back as soon as possible.
By the way, I will come the day after tomorrow and take Xiaoxue to meet Gousheng. Please keep an eye on her and don’t let her run away and do anything wild. Gousheng is a handsome and hardworking young man. He is in his prime and all the girls in the surrounding area want to marry him.
If Xiaoxue could marry him, she would be lucky. She wouldn't have to do anything in the future and would just have to take care of the kids at home."
Shen Xue is a pretty girl, and any man would like her, not to mention an old bachelor like Cheng Gousheng who dreams of getting married.
As soon as he saw Shen Xue, he probably wanted to take her home to be his wife. So she found a beautiful wife for Cheng Gousheng. She is Shen Xue's biological grandmother, so Cheng Gousheng has to agree to any request she makes!
She had inquired and found out that Cheng Gousheng had saved a lot of money over the years.
Liu Pandi just wanted her mother to come home quickly. "I'll keep an eye on her. I won't even let her go out the day after tomorrow."
After finally sending her mother back, Liu Pandi turned around and saw her daughter coming out from behind the door, looking at her with resentful eyes. Liu Pandi was shocked.
"Xiaoxue, weren't you sleeping in the room? When did you come out?"
Shen Xue laughed sarcastically, "Mom, you are really my dear mother. You knew that the old hag had bad intentions, but you still forced me to see her.
You really want to marry me off, right? Fine, I'll go out and find you a good son-in-law."
Liu Pan was about to say something when Shen Xue ran out.
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Shen Shuyu didn't know that Old Lady Liu was so quick to find a "good man" for Shen Xue. She was currently trading with Scar Brother in an abandoned house.
She was very busy these days. She pedaled her bicycle until it started smoking in order to find a safe place to trade.
The wall of this abandoned house was very high, and the weeds inside the house were taller than her.
Shen Shuyu didn't care about the weeds. She came out of the house early and took out the prepared food from the space.
At the appointed time, Scar Brother and a group of his followers arrived at the transaction location on time.
After receiving the code, Shen Shuyu opened the gate. Scar Brother smiled and said polite words to Shen Shuyu.
I looked around calmly and saw a lot of footprints of different sizes. I listened to the noises in the house. It was quiet. I guessed that Xiao Su's friend's brothers moved the goods in and left.
Shen Shuyu wanted to go home early, so he pointed to the house at the back and said, "Brother Scar, the food you want is ready. It's inside."
Scar and several of his brothers entered the house, opened the bags one by one, and carefully checked whether there was any problem with the food. After checking, he raised his hand and a brother brought up a scale.
After counting the weight, they found that it was two or three pounds more than the agreed weight. Scar Brother's smile became more sincere.
"Xiao Su, your brother is good at dealing with me. If you need my scar in the future, just let me know."
Scar gave a look, and the little brother next to him ran out and came back a few minutes later with a big bag on his shoulder.
The younger brother put the bag in front of Shen Shuyu, and Scar said, "Brother Xiao Su, you helped me to promote such a big business. I thank you. I recently got a batch of cloth from the south. The colors are bright. You can take it back to make a few sets of clothes for your sister-in-law."
Shen Shuyu refused several times before finally accepting it. Scar Brother paid for the goods. Shen Shuyu counted the money and found it was not a penny less, but even fifty yuan more. He thought that this big brother was also very considerate.
"Brother Xiao Su, next time if your friend can get some food, you have to say a few good words for me."
"It's easy to talk about."
Putting the money in his pocket, Shen Shuyu carried the bag of cloth at his feet and left the abandoned house.
Scar Brother had a younger brother who couldn't figure it out, so he asked the boss, "Boss, were we too nice to that guy? The fabrics we gave him were worth at least 80 yuan."
Scar kicked his younger brother and said, "What do you know? In this day and age, whoever has food in his hands is the boss. We can't see his friend, so we have to flatter him.
We gave him enough benefits, and he was happy. When his friends have something good, the first person they think of is us."
The younger brother flattered him, "Boss, you are wise, no wonder you are the boss."
"Get out of here, move the food away quickly."
Shen Shuyu entered the space, took off her disguise, and rode her bicycle home humming a little tune.
As soon as she arrived at the entrance of the village, she saw Gu Jiandong running towards her with a bright smile, "Shu Yu, you are finally back. I missed you so much."
As soon as Shen Shuyu got off the bicycle, Gu Jiandong forcefully embraced her.
He hugged her too tightly, Shen Shuyu felt like she was about to be suffocated by him, "Cough cough! Cough cough! Gu...Jiandong, let me go!"
Noticing something strange about Shen Shuyu, Gu Jiandong let go of her hand blankly, "Shuyu, why is your face red?"