After coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Ma Xiaojuan came over mysteriously and said, "Su Mo, let's go to the scrap collection station."
Su Mo's eyes flashed and she asked, "What are you doing there?"
Seeing that there was no one around, Ma Xiaojuan whispered: "Go and see if there is anything to pick up."
Her father found several small yellow croakers at the scrap collection station, although they were of no use at this time. But her father said that gold is hard currency and it will always be useful.
That is to say, she only dared to say this to Su Mo, but not to others.
Su Mo thought to herself, sure enough!
After she came here, she never thought about the scrapyard because she felt that there would be smart people in every era. There are really good things, but they have been stolen long ago.
She didn't think she was a very lucky person, so she didn't try her luck.
Moreover, Qingxi County is not a wealthy place. After more than ten years of semi-colonial rule, the good things have been looted long ago, and the rest was probably confiscated at the beginning of the movement.
However, since Ma Xiaojuan wants to go, she just goes with her. Maybe the God of Luck is possessed and she actually finds something good?
The two asked a passing comrade about the location of the scrap collection station. When I got there, I grabbed a few candies for the old man looking after the door and asked him to help look after the bicycle.
The two of them went inside and rummaged around until they came out hungry. Naturally, they found nothing.
Ma Xiaojuan said she was looking for books and spent 20 cents to buy some used books.
The old man at the gate had seen this kind of people so many times that he didn't even look at them.
Do you really think the scrapyard is a treasure trove? There are so many good things to find, and he is not blind. If there is really good stuff, how can he release it?
In order to get this position, he gave him a lot of gifts.
Ma Xiaojuan was a little downcast, "It seems that I have no luck."
Su Mo smiled and said, "Those things are hard to come by."
"Yes." Ma Xiaojuan said, "Let's go, I told you to go to a state-owned restaurant for a big dinner, let's go now."
The two arrived at the state-owned hotel. Ma Xiaojuan was very generous and ordered a braised pork, stir-fried vegetables, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and two bowls of rice. Seeing there was mutton soup, I also ordered a bowl.
It cost four yuan in total.
The portions of the dishes here in the Northeast are so large that two people can almost walk on the wall after eating.
Ma Xiaojuan stroked her full belly and sighed: "It would be great if I could eat like this every day."
"What a family, you still eat like this every day." Su Mo said with a smile, "You, save your money and don't buy anything you don't need."
She saw that Ma Xiaojuan was also a spendthrift and could buy whatever she wanted.
When she was reading novels, she read too much about how her parents had financial support at the beginning, but then no more. Those educated youths would not end well.
Ma Xiaojuan is her friend and she doesn't want her to be like this. Although Ma Xiaojuan's parents seem to love her very much, they can't say much about human nature, so it's better to save some money for them.
Ma Xiaojuan nodded, "I know."
"I heard that our commune is good and has been developing the collective economy. I am also thinking about finding an opportunity next year to see if I can take the exam to become a worker. If I have an income, I don't have to rely on my family all the time."
Ma Xiaojuan also understood. She took the initiative to go to the countryside, and her family felt ashamed of her, so they were happy to give her money. But her family has many children, and if she is given a long time, the other brothers and sisters will have some objections.
"Yeah. Let's see if there are any job opportunities next year?" Su Mo said. She just knew how to plan.
The two of them rode around the county town for a while, took a look at the scenery of the county town, and then rode back.
When passing by the commune office building, Su Mo saw the back of Geng Changqing hurriedly walking in. Thinking about receiving so many gifts from others when I got married, and picking up a lot of wild goods myself, I decided to bring some wild goods to visit her tomorrow.
It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when Su Mo got home. As usual, Su Mo took care of the vegetable plot, watered it, and put the dried hazel mushrooms and weeds into sacks in the house.
Hazelnut mushrooms and wild vegetables can be almost dried if they are dried too much, which will affect the taste.
After finishing it, Su Mo went back to her room, took out the wool she bought before, and was about to start knitting a sweater for Lu Changzheng.
Taking out a pile of miscellaneous books from the space, Su Mo found the book called "100 Ways to Knit a Sweater". After putting the other books back into the space, Su Mo took the book and began to study it seriously.
In the end, I decided to knit a simple and elegant diamond-shaped checkered pattern. This pattern is not too fancy and looks better than a simple plain knitting. It is not difficult and is suitable for a beginner like her.
Based on the recommendations in the book and according to Lu Changzheng's figure, Su Mo started with roughly 280 stitches and knitted a small section, preparing to compete with Brother Lu in the evening, who had a similar figure to Lu Changzheng.
While there was still time, Su Mo went to get another backpack and sorted out the things she was going to give to her parents in the next two days.
I took 5 kilograms of cornmeal first, about 2 kilograms of white flour, and about 2 kilograms of rice. The rice and white flour used were prepared by Lu Changzheng before. Compared with the current ones, the ones in her space are much whiter. The situation of the cowshed is still unclear, so I will use the local ones first.
Then he packed a piece of soap, a roll of paper towels, a toothpaste, a pack of matches, and two toothbrushes. I also got a small bottle of oil, which contained about 1 jin, and I also packed half a jin of salt.
The soy sauce stir-fry is too fragrant, so I won’t give it to you for now. We’ll wait and see what happens later.
After arranging the things in the backpack, putting Su Tingqian's cotton clothes on top, and covering it with a piece of coarse cloth, Su Mo put the backpack into the space. When waiting to go, just take it out and carry it on your back when you are almost at the bullpen.
After finishing it, Su Mo saw that it was getting late, and it was estimated that Lu Xingjun should go home. So I grabbed a handful of candies, took the newly knitted sweater sample, and prepared to go over and compare.
When Su Mo arrived, Liu Yuzhi was cooking. Su Mo looked over and smiled: "Sister-in-law, where are you cooking?"
Liu Yuzhi was a little surprised when he saw it was Su Mo, "Third brother and sister, why are you here? Come in and sit down."
The layout of their house is similar to that of Su Mo's, with a living room in the middle and a kitchen + living room.
"Where are the children?" Su Mo went in and asked without seeing the children.
"Da Ya and Er Ya went to wash the vegetables, and the three boys went to play somewhere and haven't come back yet."
Su Mo took out a handful of candies from her pocket and gave them to Liu Yuzhi: "Sister-in-law, these candies are for the children to sweeten their mouths."
Liu Yuzhi accepted it with a smile, "It's fine if you come. Bring whatever candy you want. You don't have to spoil the child. Don't bring it next time."
"Huh? Where is eldest brother? He's not back either?"
"I've been busy dealing with the matter of handing over public food these past few days. I guess it will be late. What? Do you have anything to do with him?"
"Yeah. I want to knit a sweater for Chang Zheng, but I'm afraid the knitting will be too narrow. I think they are about the same size, so I want to compare with the older brother."
"What kind of thread? How many stitches did you make?"
"Medium thick thread, 280 stitches." Su Mo said.
"That's enough. I just knitted one for your eldest brother two years ago. It was also made of medium-thick thread and took 270 stitches. Long March is a bit stronger than your eldest brother, so 280 stitches is enough. This part of the body is not in the way, mainly the shoulders. When the position of the cuffs is reached, you can come to your big brother to compare." Liu Yuzhi said.
"Okay, thank you, sister-in-law." The problem was solved easily, and Su Mo was very happy.
"Thank you. It's just a matter of asking between the sisters, but you still bring a lot of candies."
"Candy is for the children." Su Mo waved her hand, "Sister-in-law, you are busy, I will go back to cook."
After saying that, he left.
