All the way here, Sister-in-law Gu’s mouth was dry, and her throat hurt from repeatedly answering questions.
Dundun, who usually didn’t like talking, thoughtfully handed Sister-in-law Gu the military canteen he was carrying.
He was used to listening to his mother’s words, carrying a canteen when going out to replenish water anyti.
The thirsty Sister-in-law Gu quickly praised him a few tis, took a few sips of water, and continued to handle the endless questions from everyone, all about the real and fake mbers of the Gu Family and whether to continue caring for the Gu i and Gu Min sisters.
As Sister-in-law Gu tirelessly repeated her previous answers, Gu i and Gu Min’s hearts slowly settled.
Grandma said so before she left, and now Aunt says the sa thing. Does it an they really don’t have to return to their parents and suffer? Gu i was a bit older and more sensible. She wasn’t afraid of hardship, she could do laundry and cook. She was just afraid that their mother would pressure them to dedicate their whole lives to the Shen Family n, with no freedom in their future studies, life, and marriage, making them like walking corpses.
Feng Qingxue and the three sisters went their separate ways to buy the things they needed, while Lu Erxiong rushed with his mother and brother towards the at stall.
Feng Qingxue stumbled, "We don’t have any at Tickets this month!"
"You don’t need tickets for buying two taels of at, and if the three of us buy separately, we can get half a pound!" Lu Erxiong liked to wander around. When Feng Qingxue was working, he would co to the food store with Cheng Baoguo and his wife or Sister-in-law Gu, and he had already figured things out.
For eating, Lu Erxiong specifically asked the three of them to line up separately, with others in between.
The old lady and the young woman in line between them looked very familiar because Feng Qingxue frequently visited the food store, she just couldn’t call out their nas and randomly called them Aunt and Younger Sister.
They all heard what Lu Erxiong said, and the old lady teased Erxiong, "Do you want a at Ticket from ?"
Lu Erxiong’s eyes lit up, and he imdiately turned around, looking up at her, his desire was evident to anyone, his little hand grabbing the old lady’s age-spotted hand, "Grandma, can’t your family finish it?"
In his impression, many people would give their own family’s at Tickets and Sugar Tickets to others, most wouldn’t buy it and let it go to waste.
Feng Qingxue also knew this, she just didn’t know how Erxiong was so aware of it.
With a larger family, the at Ticket supply was naturally more, but the burden was also heavier. The money for one pound of at could buy several pounds of grain. Grain was the staple food, not at, and saving the money for at to buy grain was the ultimate choice for many families. As a result, at Tickets were left over, with so given to relatives and friends in need, and so directly sold on the black market.
The old lady laughed and said, "Yes, my family’s at Tickets can’t be used up."
Her son had twelve children, eight biological and four adopted, all were orphans of martyrs, the oldest was seventeen, the youngest six. Including her, her son, and daughter-in-law, there were fifteen in the family. When pork supply was sufficient, each person got a pound and a half per month, and when scarce, one pound. Even if it was one pound each, their family had a supply of fifteen pounds a month, especially since her son’s rank was high, it was more than a pound.
Half-grown boys eat so much that they impoverish their fathers. Their family didn’t dare to eat at openly. At most, they bought five or six pounds a month, held a feast every ten days or so, and naturally, the at Tickets were surplus. They couldn’t sell them privately, usually gifting them to close relatives and friends who needed them.
Lu Erxiong stuck half his body out of the line, looking at Feng Qingxue who was behind them, "Mom!"
"Grandma is just teasing you!" Feng Qingxue wasn’t going to spoil him by actually asking for at Tickets from people. Besides, eating at every day isn’t healthy. The reason she let Erxiong drag them over was to buy a few taels of at to make minced at and stead eggs at ho, to prevent Zhuangzhuang from being envious when everyone else ate seafood, especially since Zhuangzhuang’s appetite has always been not very good.
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