Chapter 111 Why don’t you smile if you are happy!
Shen Shuyu: “…” It’s because you strangled me.
I don’t know where this kid learned this from, but recently he always hugs her and touches her head!
Gu Jiandong scratched his head, "Shu Yu, are you unhappy when I hug you?"
He clearly saw that Erni was always very happy when her mother hugged her when she came home. Why was Shu Yu different from Erni?
Shen Shuyu: "Happy!"
Fortunately, the child was stupid and the villagers were tolerant of him. When they saw him hugging themselves, no one thought much about it.
"Why don't you smile if you're happy?"
Shen Shuyu's mouth showed her big white teeth. Seeing her smile, Gu Jiandong also smiled, "Shuyu, you smile so silly."
Shen Shuyu: “…” What should I do if I want to beat the child?
There was a black bag tied to the back seat. Gu Jiandong wanted to know what was inside and immediately wanted to tear the bag apart.
"Gu Jiandong, you can't scratch it. I'll show it to you when we get home."
It was filled with cloth and Shen Shuyu didn't want everyone to see it.
He took Gu Jiandong home, and as soon as he got home, he took off the bag and carried it back into the house.
When Shen Shuyu came in after washing her hands, she saw him half-entering the bag, rummaging around in it for a long time.
Pulling out a piece of light blue cloth, "Shu Yu, I like this piece of cloth, can you give it to me?"
"Okay, take it. There are other colors. You can pick and choose. You can take whatever you like." Shen Shuyu didn't know what Gu Jiandong wanted the cloth for, but that didn't stop her from loving her child.
"No, I just like this one." He took the cloth back to his room, fiddled with it in the kitchen for a while, and came back with a bowl of dumpling soup.
"Shu Yu, this is the dumpling soup that my aunt taught me to make. It's delicious. Come and try it."
The dumpling soup he made looked quite appetizing, and Shen Shuyu was hungry. "Our Gu Jiandong is really good. He can cook anything."
The dumpling soup was still hot and I couldn’t finish it in a short while. I played with the bracelet with Gu Jiandong for a while. The child couldn’t stay at home and ran out to play.
Zhang Cuicui was the first to come back from work. She saw her niece's door was open and put down her farm tools to go over and take a look.
"Shu Yu, you're back."
Her eyes fell on the bag of cloth on the ground, and Zhang Cuicui's eyes widened, "Shu Yu, how come you have so much cloth?"
Before Shen Shuyu had time to put the cloth she had brought back, the bag was turned over by Gu Jiandong. The cloth that had been neatly folded was now in a ball. Shen Shuyu casually glanced at the bag on the ground.
"bought!"
Zhang Cuicui: Who would go out and buy so much cloth? How much would it cost and how many cloth coupons would it cost?
"Shu Yu, can Auntie take a look at these fabrics?"
"can."
With Shen Shuyu's permission, Zhang Cuicui wanted to sit down and take a good look at the fabrics. She looked at her nails, went out and washed her hands carefully. After wiping off the water on her hands, she touched the fabrics.
The bag is half made of Dacron and half of cotton, both of which are black and gray.
The color of Dacron fabric is much brighter and colorful.
Zhang Cuicui couldn't let it go. Even though the fabric wasn't hers, she was happy to touch it.
The sales clerks in the supply and marketing cooperative were all arrogant. Every time she passed by a counter selling fabrics, she didn't dare to touch it even if she liked it.
"Aunt, if you like these fabrics, you can buy them from me."
Zhang Cuicui looked up, "Really...really?"
"Well, no ticket is needed. Just give me two cents more than the price of the supply and marketing cooperative."
"Okay, then I won't be polite to you. Your uncle's pants are so tattered that they can barely cover his buttocks. I have to make him a pair of pants.
Your eldest and second brothers have very rough skin, and their clothes become tattered after only two years of wearing them. It is not good for young men to be without a decent piece of clothing, so you have to make two sets for them to wear..."
Shen Shuyu: You don’t need to tell her that uncle’s pants can’t cover his buttocks.
Zhang Cuicui was picking out fabrics, and Li Caixia also came back, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing in Shu Yu's room?"
As she spoke, she also entered Shen Shuyu's room. Seeing the cloth in her sister-in-law's arms, she was surprised and said, "Sister-in-law, where did you get so much cloth?"
"Shu Yu bought it. She said she could sell it to us without a ticket. She wants two cents more than the price at the supply and marketing cooperative. Do you want it?"
"Yes, I'll go out and wash my hands." Only a fool would want the cloth that didn't require a ticket. She saw that there was also Dacron cloth.
The sisters-in-law were choosing fabrics while thinking about how much to buy. Every piece of fabric was good, and there was nothing to choose from. They just wanted to touch the fabrics more.
These fabrics were good, but Zhang Cuicui was reluctant to spend too much money at once, so she asked for two pieces of black cotton cloth. She estimated that these two pieces of cloth were enough to make two pieces of clothing and two pairs of trousers.
Li Caixia asked for three pieces of Dacron fabric. She planned to make a skirt for Shen Qiu and a set of clothes for herself. As for her husband and son, they didn't need to wear such good clothes. Their clothes could be worn for a few more years after mending them.
Seeing that her sister-in-law only thought about her husband and son, she advised her, "Sister-in-law, you have money, you can buy yourself some clothes. We women should be nicer to ourselves.
This is so rare, Shu Yu brought the cloth back by herself and didn’t need a ticket.”
Zhang Cuicui really likes Dacron fabric, but she is reluctant to spend money to buy it for herself.
"I have clothes to wear."
"You, you only know how to be stingy with yourself."
The two went back to their room, gave money to Shen Shuyu, and each took the selected cloth back to their own room.
After they left, Shen Shuyu closed the door and put the fabric into the closet.
As soon as Old Lady Shen came back, Shen Shuyu called her into the house and showed her the fabric she had brought back.
Seeing so many pieces of fabric, Old Lady Shen's wrinkled face showed no sign of happiness. She asked Shen Shuyu sternly, "My dear, tell me the truth. Did you go to the black market?"
How could Shen Shuyu admit it? She started to talk nonsense, "No, the black market is so dangerous, I dare not go there. Besides, I don't even know where the door to the black market is.
I have a classmate whose uncle specializes in reselling fabrics, and I bought it from her."
Old Lady Shen looked at her eldest granddaughter for a while and found nothing wrong with her, so she believed her.
"Your classmate's uncle is really bold, he dares to do anything speculative.
You are such a fool, there is no need to buy so much fabric even if you want to buy it."
"It's so cheap to buy it, and the fabric won't go bad if it's left alone. I don't have to buy fabric when I want to make new clothes."
"Whatever my eldest granddaughter says is right. Grandma can make you whatever you want to eat tonight." Old Mrs. Shen said a few words to her eldest granddaughter in a reproachful manner and went out to cook.
Just as Mrs. Shen left, Uncle Shen came in to find Shen Shuyu and said he wanted to buy a piece of Dacron fabric for Zhang Cuicui.
Shen Shuyu asked him to pick a color. Uncle Shen picked up a piece of orange cloth at random, put the money on the table and went out.
Most of the money was in cents, and there was a faint smell of stinky salted fish. Shen Shuyu guessed that the money was probably her uncle's private money, and it must have been just taken out of his stinky socks!