Chapter 234: Preparing for the New Year 2
Soon they arrived at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative. Old Lady Shen and her friends had bought some things. They didn't come back with a lot, but they had bought almost everything.
The three brothers Shen Jiabao also showed Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong their new cloth shoes. "Big sister, Jiandong, do you think our new shoes are nice?"
Every year when the Chinese New Year is approaching, Grandma Shen would buy new shoes for her grandson and granddaughter. This year, after the family split up, Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia bought shoes for their sons respectively.
Actually, it is most cost-effective to make cloth shoes by yourself, but I want to make my son happier.
After all, shoes bought with money are different from shoes made by yourself, so Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia gritted their teeth and bought them.
Liu Pandi usually envies her eldest and second sisters-in-law for having sons. Seeing how they grit their teeth to spend money on their sons, she feels a little fortunate that her son is still in her belly.
The cloth shoes are the kind with square toes, black in color. They are very durable. "They look good. My brother looks good in anything he wears."
Gu Jiandong said perfunctorily, "It's okay, it doesn't look as good as me."
Look, this kid is so annoying when he talks.
But Shen Jiabao and the others have gotten used to it. This kid is like this sometimes, always naughty.
Jiabao and the others all have one, and Old Lady Shen also bought a pair for Gu Jiandong. "Jiandong, Grandma Shen also bought you new shoes. Try them on. If they don't fit, we can return them here."
The size of the shoes was bought according to the size that Gu Jiandong wears, so they naturally fit. Gu Jiandong put on the cloth shoes and took two steps. "It fits. The shoes that Grandma Shen bought are comfortable to wear."
Old Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "You are such a good kid who knows how to make Grandma Shen happy."
Gu Jiandong was wearing Liberation shoes today. The three brothers wanted to wear Liberation shoes the most, but these shoes were issued by the army, so they couldn't buy them even if they wanted to, unless they had a family member serving in the army.
Shen Jiaguo asked, "Jiandong, are Jiefang shoes comfortable to wear?"
Gu Jiandong's words were much cuter this time. "If you want to wear it, I'll lend it to you when we get home."
Shen Jiaguo grinned and put his arm around his shoulder, "Jiandong, we really love you for what you have done."
Gu Jiandong: “…”
The three brothers Shen Jiabao wore new shoes to show off to Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong.
They are reluctant to wear them now and want to wait until the Chinese New Year to wear them, taking off their new shoes and putting on their old ones.
"Didn't you say you were going to take Jiandong for a checkup? How come he's back so soon? What did the doctor say? Is the brain injury any better? Has the blood clot that was pressing on the nerve dissipated?"
The eldest granddaughter said that there was hope for Jiandong to get better. Grandma Shen treated Gu Jiandong as her own grandson and always hoped that the child would get better.
She and the old man are both old, and it is unknown how many years they can live. When they are gone, no one can protect and love the children like she and the old man do.
Now that the child has recovered, she no longer worries about these things.
"We didn't go in for the check-up. Gu Jiandong got upset and didn't want to go to the hospital."
When she said this, she looked at Gu Jiandong, who was standing behind Old Man Shen, with his head lowered and his lips pouting, looking very unhappy.
Old Lady Shen couldn't bear to see him like this, "If Jiandong doesn't want to be checked, then we won't check. It will get better naturally when it's time to get better."
Gu Jiandong: “Yes, that’s right.”
It was past one o'clock, and Shen Shuyu wanted to take her grandmother to the state-owned restaurant to eat something good, so she said she wanted to go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner.
Old Lady Shen shook her head. "You and Jiandong are hungry. Just go and eat. We'll wait for you here."
How much would it cost for so many people to eat in a state-owned restaurant? Old Mrs. Shen is reluctant to spend that extra money.
Lian Liu Pandi didn't say anything. She wanted to go, but she had no food coupons. Her mother-in-law was there, and she would definitely not let her take advantage of her eldest niece.
Besides, Shen Shuyu would not let her take advantage of her. If she couldn't take advantage of her, she would just keep quiet, for fear of saying it out loud and causing her mother-in-law's dislike.
No matter how Shen Shuyu tried to persuade the old lady, she refused to go to the state-owned restaurant. She had no choice. No matter how much money she spent, the old lady would not feel sorry, but she was reluctant to spend money on herself.
"Grandma, let's go home."
"My dear, you and Jiandong go and eat. Your aunt and I brought some biscuits."
"Grandma, Gu Jiandong and I are not hungry, let's go home."
"Are you really not hungry?"
"I'm really not hungry."
Riding on a sled is very fast and fun. Shen Shuyu felt that she had only been riding for a while, and in the blink of an eye she arrived home.
Not long after arriving home, little kids like Goudan, Heidan and Shen Jinbao came to play with Gu Jiandong.
Knowing that white radish can pull a sled, they started lining up to ride on the sled, and outside the door were the joyful voices of the children.
As Grandma Shen and the others were putting the things they had bought into order, they felt happy when they heard the laughter of the children.
There are no babies in their family, so the house was always quiet before. But since Jiandong came home, it has become much more lively than usual.
Most of the things were bought by the three daughters-in-law, and Grandma Shen only bought two cans of food.
It’s the canned yellow peaches that Gu Jiandong likes to eat.
Not long after returning, the loudspeaker in the team sounded. It was Shen Erzhu's voice, saying that the New Year pigs would be slaughtered and grain would be distributed tomorrow. He notified everyone to go to the threshing ground tomorrow to line up to get pork and grain.
When the notice came out, the whole family was happy. After a busy year, the happiest day was the day of distributing food and slaughtering the New Year pig.
Even Shen Qiu was calculating how much grain their second branch could get this year, but this girl was not very good at math, and she couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she tried, so she just kept drawing on the snow with a wooden stick.
She would ask her father from time to time, "Dad, am I doing this right?"
Uncle Shen couldn't bear it any longer and said, "My daughter, if you can't calculate, don't do it. It's giving me a headache if you keep nagging me.
The accountant has already calculated the work points. You will know when you look at the accountant's book tomorrow."
Uncle Shen couldn't even figure out the math and didn't know how his daughter got into high school.
He thought so and asked, "How did you get into high school?"
Usually, Uncle Shen only worked and did whatever his parents and wife asked him to do. He didn't care much about his daughter's schooling, so he didn't know how she did on the exams.
Shen Qiu chuckled, "I almost failed the exam, but I was lucky and managed to pass it."
Uncle Shen: “…” Okay, being lucky is also a skill.
Tomorrow they will slaughter the New Year pig and distribute the food. Shen Shuyu and Old Lady Shen said, "Grandma, the team is slaughtering the New Year pig. Let's buy three pounds of spare ribs and three pounds of lean meat tomorrow. We don't have much fine grain at home, so buy some as well."
No one was interested in spare ribs and lean meat. All they wanted was fat meat. The eldest granddaughter wanted to buy so much, but Old Lady Shen didn't agree.
"My dear, just buy one pound of spare ribs and lean meat. There is not much meat in spare ribs, so it is not worth the money. Lean meat has no oil and is not as delicious as fatty meat. When you bite into fatty meat, it is oily and fragrant."
"Nai, the pork rib soup is delicious. I want to drink pork ribs. Stir-fry the lean meat. It's delicious."
"Okay, okay, if you want to buy it, we'll buy it. It's all up to you."