Famine Bride: Marry into the best in-laws and win

Xu Manyue thought about it and finally took the eight-cent red hairband. Tomorrow was Shen Qingqing's birthday, and it would be a perfect birthday present for her.

As for Shen Baozhu, she has a lot of hair ties and doesn't need this one.

Just give her two fruit candies when the time comes.

At this time, Meng Xiao walked to Xu Manyue's side and said, "Sister Manyue, what should we do? There is no iron pot or kitchen knife in the supply and marketing cooperative."

During the steel production campaign a few years ago, many iron pots were melted down, making it difficult to buy iron pots now. Even if you have money and tickets, you still need connections and channels to buy one.

The pot in the Shen family was secretly kept by the old lady. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the Shen family to light a fire and cook.

Xu Manyue thought about it and realized that she could buy an iron pot in her system space. The last time she checked, an iron pot cost fifty transformation points, which was not very expensive.

But now is not the place to talk.

She pulled Meng Xiao out of the supply and marketing cooperative, walked to an empty corner, and whispered.

"I have an acquaintance who might have a solution. Are you sure you want to buy an iron pot and a kitchen knife?"

Meng Xiao's eyes lit up instantly, and he held Xu Manyue's hand tightly, "Yes, I want it, thank you Sister Manyue."

"I have the money and the tickets. Let her name her price."

If it wasn't available there, she would have to write to her family and ask them to buy it and send it to her, but that would probably take a month or two before she could cook for herself.

Now that we have someone to help us, it’s naturally great.

Although such private transactions may be more expensive, these are minor matters.

Xu Manyue thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll give it to you when we go to school tomorrow."

A large iron pot would cost at least twenty yuan on the black market without a ticket. If you had an industrial ticket, it would usually cost around twelve yuan at the supply and marketing cooperative.

As for the kitchen knife, it costs about three or four yuan with a ticket, and at least six yuan without a ticket.

Meng Xiao didn't expect it to be so fast. She nodded and said, "Okay, Sister Manyue, I'll wait for you in the dormitory tomorrow."

Xu Manyue glanced at the sky and saw that it was almost afternoon. "Teacher Meng, do you want to buy anything else?"

If I don’t go back now, it will be too late to see the road while riding a bike.

Meng Xiao hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Sister Manyue, tell me... tell me where there is a black market in our area?"

"I want to buy some food."

The little bit of food distributed by the commune is not enough to eat. I want to use money to buy more food from the commune, but they won’t sell it to me. What will I do if the food is finished? I can’t starve to death.

Xu Manyue was a little surprised and looked at her several times.

"This...I don't know either."

She knew where the black market in town was, but she really didn't know where the black market in the county was.

Meng Xiao sighed, "Well, it seems we can only take it one step at a time."

I had originally thought of buying some food and cooking for myself, but unfortunately the food stores were closed, the supply and marketing cooperatives had basically no food, and I couldn't find anything on the black market.

I guess she will really starve after she finishes eating the little food distributed by the commune.

Xu Manyue saw through her thoughts and said, "There's a food store up ahead. I just took a look and it seems there are some mashed potatoes there. Do you want to buy some?"

Nowadays, although potatoes are coarse grains, they are also a rare good thing. They can resist hunger, satisfy hunger, and are easy to preserve.

But at this point, if there is still some left, it must not be very good.

Meng Xiao knew it in his heart, but if he didn't eat potatoes, he would have nothing to eat.

She nodded and said, "Let's go and have a look."

Just as the two of them reached the door of the grocery store, a thin, pale-faced woman with a basket in her hand suddenly rushed in before them. "Comrade, I want all these potatoes."

Xu Manyue looked over and saw that these potatoes were all rotten, small in size, and only weighed about one or two kilograms. They probably didn't intend to sell them, so it was no wonder they had been kept until now.

Meng Xiao took a look, sighed again, and pulled Xu Manyue back, "Forget it, those will probably give you diarrhea if you eat them, and they won't keep for a few days. Let's go."

The two of them had not walked a few steps when the woman holding the vegetable basket also came out.

The basket was still empty, with nothing in it.

The woman's face was extremely pale and thin, her eyes were numb, and she walked forward with a hunched back.

Meng Xiao was puzzled and whispered, "Sister Manyue, don't we have potatoes? Why did she come out empty-handed?"

Xu Manyue shook her head and said, "Those rotten potatoes should not be bought."

"If you're not selling it, why are you putting it on the counter?"

Meng Xiao turned around and looked at the grocery store again. Those one or two pounds of rotten potatoes were still there. The huge grocery store was empty, with only a salesperson sitting there knitting a sweater.

Xu Manyue changed the subject, "It's getting late, we should go back. Is there anything else you want to buy?"

Mentioning this, Meng Xiao shook his head and said, "No, there's nothing good to buy."

She had been in the county town for so long, but apart from eating a steamed bun in a state-owned restaurant, she hadn't bought anything.

How much I expected before coming here, how disappointed I was after arriving.

So the two of them rode their bicycles back. When they arrived at the commune, after Xu Manyue separated from Meng Xiao, she bought a portion of braised pork and ten cornmeal steamed buns from the system space.

When she was about to return to the Shen family, Xu Manyue took these out of the system.

At this time, the old lady and her colleagues had not yet finished work, and only Shen Qingqing and Shen Baozhu were at home.

One of the sisters was chopping wood and the other was sweeping the floor. These days, the two of them got along a little better than before.

"Aunt, you're back?" Shen Baozhu, who was sweeping the yard, was the first to notice that Xu Manyue had returned. She dropped the broom and ran to her happily.

My aunt went to the city today, and I don’t know if she brought back any delicious food.

Thinking of this, Shen Baozhu couldn't help swallowing.

Xu Manyue naturally saw through her little thoughts, so she took out two fruit candies from her pocket and handed them to Shen Baozhu, "Well, take them and eat them. After you finish eating, work hard."

Shen Baozhu's eyes lit up instantly, "Thank you, auntie."

It turned out to be another sweet fruit candy. Including yesterday's, she already had three. She would leave one for her mother, one for her father, and eat the remaining one herself.

Xu Manyue walked up to Shen Qingqing who was chopping wood and handed her the hairband she bought today. "Qingqing, this is for you. It's your birthday tomorrow, so this is a perfect birthday present for you."

Shen Qingqing looked up and saw a beautiful red hairband with a small red stone on it.

This was something she had never seen before, and just by looking at the style she knew it was not cheap.

This was the first time anyone remembered her birthday.

Her eyes instantly turned red, "Aunt San, no need, this must be very expensive."