The couple didn't wait long at the door of the hotel when the old man came over with a purchase certificate for a sewing machine.
"Thanks, uncle."
After Chen Xianglan reached out to take the ticket, she quickly said: "Uncle, this is my second son Li Shiqiang. He often goes to the mountains to hunt. If you want any meat in the future, just tell my son."
"hehe..."
The old man smiled, looked at Li Shiqiang and said, "Is your son so powerful? He can give me whatever meat I want?"
"Of course, old man, do you know about yellow tigers? Not long ago, my son shot one, right..."
Just when Chen Xianglan was about to continue bragging about his son, Li Shiqiang pulled her sleeve immediately and said: "Mom, what kind of skill is your son? Do you really think that the guys in the mountains don't have eyes?" You can fight whatever you want. Even Mr. Chen has never said such a thing."
"Then Mr. Chen was not as powerful as you when he was your age!" Chen Xianglan glared and said again.
Anyway, from her perspective as a mother, her son is no worse than others. He beat both the yellow tiger and the blind bear.
"That's right, that's right. To have such ability at this age is already very impressive."
The old man smiled again and said to Li Shiqiang: "My surname is Chen, just call me Mr. Chen."
"Ah! Uncle Chen, we are still the same family!" Chen Xianglan said with surprise on her face.
"Then we are really destined! It's early in the morning and the supply and marketing cooperative hasn't opened yet, so why don't you come in and sit with me first?"
"Okay, Uncle Chen. My son and I haven't eaten yet, so we were planning to have a bowl of oil tea in your shop."
"Okay, then you guys come in and sit down, and I'll get it for you."
After establishing a family relationship, the two parties became familiar with each other again.
The old man even made oil tea for the couple immediately after opening the shop.
The Camellia oleifera in Bashan is a unique snack, not the kind of tea you usually drink, and it is not the same thing as the Camellia oleifera in the north.
A bowl of hot white rice paste is sprinkled with finely chopped yellow fried strips, and then topped with chili oil, diced mustard, chopped peanuts, and soybeans. Just the look of it makes people feel appetizing.
After taking a sip with a spoon, it feels fragrant, crispy and spicy in your mouth.
Just a spoonful of hot oil tea made Li Shiqiang wake up instantly, and he was no longer tired from last night.
After he finished a whole bowl of oil tea, a thin layer of sweat started to flow from his forehead, which was both spicy and hot.
"call..."
"It's so delicious!" Li Shiqiang took a few breaths and said to Mr. Chen who just walked out.
"Oh, it's delicious. I'll eat more in the future."
After the old man said with a smile, he explained: "I'm going to be busy opening the store and preparing things. You can go and do your own business. Just remember to bring me the venison."
"Got it!"
Li Shiqiang nodded, took out his money and food stamps and paid for two bowls of camellia.
Mr. Chen didn't say anything and took the money.
After all, this is a state-owned hotel, not a private one.
Mr. Chen is just a master chef.
...
After leaving the hotel and getting on the trolley, Chen Xianglan asked again: "Er baby, what are we going to do next?"
Li Shiqiang also sat on the carriage and thought for a while, and then said: "The old man hasn't arrived yet. Let's wait until the old man arrives before going to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell things, and then buy three big items. For now, let's go find him first. Brother Wang, see if you can get a bicycle ticket, and then go to Uncle Zhou's house to ask."
"Okay, Erwa, I'll listen to you."
Chen Xianglan nodded and said, "If you, old man, don't come for a long time, we will wait until the end to buy three big items together."
"Got it!"
Li Shiqiang waved the cattle rope and immediately drove the cattle cart to a factory.
Brother Wang, who worked in the factory before, told him that when he came to the county town, he could go directly to the factory to get a ticket from him.
After asking the security guard at the door to say something, Brother Wang, wearing work clothes, quickly came to the factory gate.
As soon as he saw the person, Brother Wang immediately shouted enthusiastically: "Brother, I've been waiting for you for several days, why are you here now?"
"Haha, there are a lot of things going on in the mountains and it's quite busy. As for the bicycle tickets, I don't know, Brother Wang..."
"I've prepared it for you a long time ago!"
Brother Wang smiled and immediately took out the bicycle ticket from his pocket.
When Li Shiqiang saw that two of the three major items had already collected enough tickets, he immediately showed joy. He quickly returned to the cart, carrying the deer legs he brought from home and said, "Brother Wang, this is I caught it from the mountains yesterday, take it back and give it to your sister-in-law to try."
"Okay! Then I'm welcome."
After Brother Wang handed over the bicycle ticket in his hand, he took the deer leg.
"Brother, I'm still at work, so I'll leave first."
"I want it."
After a few words of greeting, Li Shiqiang took the bicycle ticket back to the oxcart, handed it to Chen Xianglan and said: "Mom, I only need a ticket to buy a watch!"
"well!"
Looking at the bicycle ticket, Chen Xianglan was very happy. She patted his shoulder and said, "Er baby, you are going to get married soon."
Good things were about to happen, and Li Shiqiang couldn't help but feel a little excited, and immediately drove the bullock cart to the government compound where he was going to be last.
Having the experience of selling meat in the government compound last time, the people in the guard room let them in without asking any questions.
But when he went to knock on the door of Uncle Zhou's house, no one opened the door for a long time.
"Little comrade, which one are you looking for?"
"Ma'am, I'm looking for Uncle Zhou and Mother Lu. Aren't they at home?"
A middle-aged woman who stuck her head out from the next door smiled and said, "You're late. Your Uncle Zhou has been transferred to the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and her lover has followed him."
"Transferred!?"
Li Shiqiang stared, completely unexpected.
But after realizing it, he still thought about it.
When Uncle Zhou bought the mountain muntjac whip from him, he told him that it was for gifting others, and later he anxiously asked him if he wanted the whip as a gift.
If you think about it this way, Uncle Zhou used these whips to transfer to the city bureau.
The reason why Uncle Zhou was transferred so quickly was probably because of his connections.
So in the end, it was because of him that he failed to get the final ticket to buy the watch from Uncle Zhou.
"well..."
Li Shiqiang couldn't help but sigh, turned and went downstairs.
"Er baby, what's going on? Can't your uncle Zhou's family get tickets?"
"Uncle Zhou was transferred to the city and no longer lives here."
When Chen Xianglan heard this, she immediately looked shocked and asked hurriedly: "What should we do with the tickets we want?"
"I have no choice but to try my luck in the black market."
Fortunately, they got sewing tickets from Uncle Chen, otherwise they would have been short of two tickets in a row.
Li Shiqiang shook his head and drove the bullock cart out of the government compound.
