After finishing lunch, I checked the time and saw it was almost two o'clock, then walked towards the bullock cart.
When he came to the bullock cart, he saw Uncle Liu sitting there helpless, so he asked, "Liu Shu, have you encountered any difficulty?"
"Hey... wasn't my second daughter-in-law pregnant last month? It was originally a very happy thing, but she has been dizzy since the past few days. Yesterday, she went to the hospital for a checkup and the doctor said it was anemia and malnutrition.
In this era when people don't have enough to eat, how can they pay attention to those things? The doctor said that if the nutrition of the second daughter-in-law cannot be kept up, it will be difficult for her to survive the pregnancy. "
"Uncle Liu, did the doctor tell me what to eat?"
"Eggs, brown sugar water, preferably malted milk if you have money and know-how. You said that even if we country people have money, we don't have the money to buy those things."
"Uncle Liu, I have a way to help you get some brown sugar, but the price is more expensive than that from the supply and marketing cooperative."
Uncle Liu's eyes lit up after hearing this, and then he whispered: "Xiao Xiao, are you telling the truth? I haven't even bought it on the black market before."
"Really, I can go and help you get it now, but Uncle Liu, you have to wait a little longer."
"Okay, okay... As long as we can get brown sugar, don't wait a little longer. Uncle Liu can't wait until tomorrow."
After leaving the bullock cart, I thought that I had not received the subsidy for two months, so I walked towards the post office.
When I came to the post office, the comrade still went through the formalities. He kindly gave me an envelope and said it would be safer to put the money in it.
After thanking the enthusiastic comrade, he left the post office and walked towards the bullock cart.
"Xiaoxiao, why are you back so soon?"
"Uncle, the person was not busy when I went there, so I bought it quickly."
After saying this, he was afraid that Uncle Liu wouldn't believe it, so he used the cover of his backpack to take out a pound of brown sugar wrapped in oil paper from the space, and then handed it to him secretly.
After taking the oil paper bag, Uncle Liu opened a corner and looked at it. The helpless expression on his face disappeared in an instant. He carefully rewrapped the oil paper bag and put it in his pocket, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xiaoxiao, how much does this brown sugar cost?"
The brown sugar from the supply and marketing cooperative costs RMB 1.2 per catty and requires sugar stamps. On the black market, it is estimated to cost about RMB 2.5 per catty without stamps. Let’s pick the middle price.
"Uncle Liu, I bought this for one yuan and eighty pounds free of charge."
"Then what you bought is really cheap. I went to the black market this morning and asked for two and a half yuan per catty, but it was still unavailable."
"I was lucky this time too."
"No matter what, Uncle Liu thanks you. I'll ask your aunt to send the money to your house when I get back."
"good."
Although there is a lot of brown sugar in the space, it doesn't matter even if you give that pound of brown sugar to Uncle Liu, but there is a difference between rice and rice, so it is better to calculate it clearly.
It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when I returned to the village. I said goodbye to Uncle Liu and walked towards home.
After I got home, I took off my backpack and put it away, then went into the kitchen to wash my face, and then went out and walked towards Liu Meihua's house.
You must tell Liu Meihua and Liu Shuyu what you agreed with Secretary Liu in the county today, so that they can do better tomorrow.
"Sister Meihua, are you at home?"
Liu Meihua, who was picking vegetables in the yard, immediately put down the vegetables when she heard Lu Xiaoxiao's voice, then trotted to the courtyard door and opened it.
"Xiaoxiao, did you just come back from the county town?"
"Yes, Sister Meihua, are you free now? I have something to discuss with you and Liu Shuyu."
