The cannon fodder female supporting role stirs up trouble in period literature

Before getting off work at noon, Hua Rendong and Zhao Xiaomei went to the workshop director to ask for an hour's leave. There was not much work at that time, so the workshop director readily approved the leave.

The two of them went to the accounting office together to get their salaries, and Zhao Xiaomei rode her bike out of the machinery factory with Hua Rendong.

It was not until she got on the bicycle that Hua Rendong thought about the bicycle ticket and money Zhou Laiying gave her yesterday. Maybe she should buy a new bicycle.

Or I can wait until Sunday to go to the city and look for the black market, sell the one in the space, and see if I can get some fruits and vegetables that are grown by supernatural powers.

Although there are more than a hundred boxes of treasures in the space, none of them can be sold now. In the future, apart from giving some to Xixi, the rest will be kept as heirlooms. To make money and live a good life, one still has to work hard on his own.

Arriving at the department store, they went straight to the clothing counter on the second floor. As expected, there was a batch of new clothes here, both for men and women, including several so-called bragi dresses. However, the prices were too high, more than a month's salary for one piece.

Zhao Xiaomei wanted to try on every piece she saw, but Hua Jindong didn't like any of them. In her eyes, the clothes at that time could only be described as rustic. Instead of spending money on these, she might as well buy cloth and make them herself.

Let Zhao Xiaomei choose by herself while she strolls around the department store.

As soon as they came down from the second floor, they heard a quarrel coming from the counter selling agricultural and sideline products. They walked over and saw an old lady in the crowd pulling a middle-aged man in a white shirt. The old lady said, "Comrade, just take my eggs. I came from far away. Just give me one cent for each egg."

Someone nearby laughed, "I can see that the old lady's house is quite far away. By the time she got here, the eggs had already hatched into chicks."

After hearing what this person said, those who knew what happened also laughed. Honeysuckle stretched her neck to look into the basket on the old lady's arm: Wow, more than 20 eggs, half of them have hatched chicks.

The middle-aged man was also helpless when the old lady pestered him. "Old lady, why can't I talk to you? Our department store collects eggs, and the eggs you brought are all broken. How can I collect them?"

"Aren't there still some that haven't hatched yet? One cent for two, one cent for two is fine, leader, please be kind, it's not easy for an old lady like me to live with my grandson."

Following the old lady's gaze, Hua Rendong saw a thin, dark boy squatting at her feet. He looked about three or four years old. He was looking at the middle-aged man with a pair of eyes that seemed unusually big because of his thinness.

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and tried to make his expression look less ferocious. "Old lady, please don't embarrass me. Even if the shells haven't broken, how long would it take for the eggs to hatch chicks? Even if I collect them, I will have to throw them away later. I can't bear the loss just because you pity me, right?"

As he was speaking, another chick broke out of its shell, chirping, and the people around him burst into laughter again.

While the old lady was looking helplessly at the chicks in the basket, the middle-aged man broke free from her pull and ran away.

The old lady pursed her lips as if she wanted to cry, but finally she held it back stubbornly. Amid the laughter of everyone, she pulled her little grandson out of the department store.

Seeing that the agricultural and sideline food section not only sold chickens, ducks, fish and meat, but also several kinds of vegetables, Hua Rendong asked, "Do you also accept personal agricultural and sideline products and vegetables?"

The salesperson had just watched a play and was still discussing the unreasonable old lady and her grandson. When Hua Rendong asked, he replied indifferently: "The harvesting of vegetables is not our responsibility. You should go to Director Peng."

Hua Rendeng didn't know who Director Peng was, but thinking about the middle-aged man who had just been pestered by the old lady, it was most likely him.

When she thought of the appearance of the grandparents and grandchildren, Hua Rendong felt sad and wanted to go and see if they had left. If not, she could take their chicks.

When I came out of the department store, I saw the grandparents and grandchildren who had just come out sitting in a corner next to the department store, looking worried.

When I walked over to take a look, I saw that in just a short while, there were more chicks in her basket.

At that time, there were restrictions on the number of chickens a family could raise. In rural areas, a family could not raise more than five chickens, and in cities, no chickens were allowed to be raised. The management in the county was not so strict, but if there were more than three chickens, people from the street would come to deal with it.

Originally eggs could be exchanged for money, but now they have all turned into chicks and cannot be raised. No wonder the grandparents and grandchildren are sitting here worried.

It wasn't that Honeysuckle was completely kind-hearted. When she thought about her empty space, she suddenly thought that maybe she could raise a few chickens in it. Even if she didn't sell them, she could at least eat the meat.

Walking up to the old lady, Honeysuckle asked, "Auntie, how much do you sell this basket of chicks for?"

When the old lady heard someone ask, her dull eyes suddenly brightened up, "Girl, do you want to buy chicks? My chicks are well raised. When they grow up, one can lay an egg in one day. If you want all of them, I can give you a discount."

Seeing Honeysuckle looking at her with a smile, as if waiting for her to make an offer, the old lady pursed her lips, as if she had made a great decision, "How about five cents for each one?"

"Good boy! You really dare to ask for it!" Hua Rendong was shocked by her offer. She just said two for one cent, and now it's five cents each?

The old lady looks so pitiful, but she is not a simple person at all!

Hua Rendong snorted and turned to go into the department store, but the old lady grabbed her clothes from behind and said, "Girl, don't go. If you think it's too expensive, just tell me. I think you have a good eye for it, so I'll give you a discount."

"Auntie, I just saw in the building that your eggs are not even worth a penny. I just wanted to help you because I felt sorry for you two. It's inappropriate for you to raise the price."

After saying that, she tried to pry the old lady's hand open. The old lady was really anxious this time, "Girl, I'm wrong, I won't cheat you, take them all, one cent for each chicken, do you think this price is right? If my family wasn't really broke, I wouldn't have brought my grandson all the way here to sell eggs."

Hua Rendong had no intention of bargaining, but she was a little angry because the old lady wanted to cheat her as soon as she opened her mouth. But now, seeing how pitiful she sounded, she softened her heart and no longer cared about the penny she had agreed to with the middle-aged man.

"Well, count them and I'll take them for every penny."

"Okay, okay, I'll count them right away." The old lady immediately put on a smile and started counting the chickens. Hua Honeysuckle reminded her, "I still have to count them once after you've counted them. Don't try to cheat me again!"

The old lady paused while counting the chickens and said with a smile, "How can that be possible? The little girl took pity on me, and I lied to her. Can I still be considered a human being?"

But the movement of his hands started counting from '1' again.

Indeed, we cannot underestimate anyone.