60s: I have a store

Chapter 90 Can I make a request?

Zhou Yimin put away the corn cakes and shoveled the goose stewed with potatoes into the bowl, leaving only the soup and some potatoes and meat.

Not much potatoes or meat.

It was still the same old routine. Zhou Zhiming and his friends would fill a bowl of rice, pour a spoonful of this soup on it, and add a few potatoes and two pieces of goose meat.

Even so, Zhou Zhiming and his friends had their mouths full of oil and were very satisfied. They hoped that such days could continue forever.

It's not like they haven't eaten meat before, but it's nothing like what Zhou Yimin cooked. They thought, the dishes in those restaurants are just like this, right?
"Even if Uncle Sixteen doesn't work as a buyer, he can still live well as a cook."

"Yeah! This is better than the ones in the restaurant."

"You talk as if you've eaten at a restaurant."

……

Inside the house, the brother and sister Lai Cai and Lai Fang were only concerned with eating and didn't even want to talk.

Uncle Zhou Xuqiang was the same. He bit some bones into pieces and didn't even spit them out. Goose bones are thinner, lighter, and harder. Even dogs probably dislike them.

He still drank two small cups of sweet potato wine.

He basically drank all of the sweet potato wine that the old man had treasured.

Now, the old man has better wine, all brought back by Zhou Yimin, so naturally he doesn't like sweet potato. She used to be Xiao Tiantian, but now she is Mrs. Niu.

Zhou Yimin gave the stewed goose meat to his grandparents and asked them to eat more.

Lai Fu was eating at school and no one called him.

Since he was in school, he shouldn't be treated specially. Of course, they would also leave some for Lai Fu so that he could catch up after school.

Every time Auntie San eats this kind of delicious food, she will resist the urge to take more. If the children eat more, people won't say anything, but they, the adults, can't be shameless.

To be honest, she was very satisfied as long as she could eat corn cakes, and her life was better than many women in the village.

After advising her several times, Zhou Yimin no longer paid any attention and just let her do what she wanted!

After just a few bites, Qianqian started to make a fuss, so Aunt San had to put down her bowl and chopsticks and go change the girl's diaper or something.

There are diapers in the store, but Zhou Yimin doesn't dare to take them out, so let it be! It's a bit troublesome for Aunt San, but looking at her, she seems to be used to being busy.

After eating, there was still a lot left.

Zhou Yimin had a small appetite and couldn't eat too much, while Laifang and Laicai were children. Grandpa and grandma, uncle and aunt also tried to eat less.

Otherwise, how could this 10-pound goose not be finished?
So I prepared to save the rest for dinner.

In fact, for the old man and his family, this kind of life can be called a god-like life, and they really don’t ask for meat every meal.

Not long after we cleared the dishes, the old men and women in the village came to listen to the radio. There was a lack of entertainment in the village.

Now that there is a radio in the village, it finally brings some spiritual needs to the boring lives of these elderly people.

In order not to disturb their grandson's nap, the old man and the old woman took the radio to the jujube tree outside to listen, and naturally no one had any objections.

It was almost three o'clock when Zhou Yimin woke up. He took a stroll around the village and then went to school to eavesdrop on a class.

At this time, students dare not be distracted while listening to the class, because the teacher will really slap their palms.

There's no point going home and complaining, your family might beat you even more severely.

"Yimin, if possible, please help me get some used teaching materials back from the city." Principal Zhou Zhigao requested.

The number of children sent here exceeded his expectations, resulting in a shortage of textbooks. Now some children have to share one book. Yesterday he went to the school in Red Star Commune to ask, but they didn't have any extra ones.

So he could only ask Zhou Yimin for help.

Zhou Yimin nodded: "Okay, what grade? What version?"

He only needs to go back to the courtyard to collect them, and he can collect a lot of them. However, he doesn't know whether the versions will be consistent.

Although the current textbook versions are not like those in later generations, each region may have different versions, and even different schools in the same region may use different textbooks.

He went back to collect the teaching materials he had used before, which might be outdated versions, so he had to ask clearly.

Zhou Zhigao took out his textbook: "Take a look."

Zhou Yimin flipped through the pages and read a few pages.

I have to say that the teaching materials at that time were really good, especially the illustrations, which were well drawn and very much in line with our Chinese aesthetic standards.

That's right. This period is very sensitive and not many people dare to tamper with textbooks openly. Once discovered, the consequence is not just drinking three cups of wine as punishment, but actually eating peanuts.

For example, if a ointment flag appeared in a textbook, it would not be a big deal in later generations. But today.

Zhou Yimin thought about it and said, "I might as well collect some from each grade. Anything else?"

In addition, he also planned to bring back a solar cooker for the school, as well as a thermos. He just noticed that there was only one thermos in the entire school, and it was brought by Teacher Gao from home.

"The rest is not needed for now."

After asking Zhou Yimin for help, Zhou Zhigao hurried back to the classroom to continue teaching. The naughty children became good kids in school, and no one dared to get angry.

The teacher will punish every troublemaker.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

get out of class has ended.

Zhou Zhigao's daughter rang the "bell" for the end of get out of class, which was actually a metal plate hanging at the door of the teacher's "office".

"Uncle Sixteen, have some hot water." Zhou Zhigao's daughter Xiaolan brought a cup of hot water.

She is very grateful to Zhou Yimin.

Yesterday, the man who had proposed marriage came again. When he learned that Xiaolan was a teacher, he became more enthusiastic and offered more money for the bride price. However, her family did not agree and declined.

"Thank you." Zhou Yimin didn't think much about it. He took it and drank it to avoid others thinking that he was disgusted.

"Uncle Sixteen, can I make a request?"

Zhou Yimin was stunned. It turns out that this cup of hot water is not free.

"You say." He didn't mind.

"Can you bring back some worn-out clothes? Several students don't have any pants to change into." Xiaolan said.

As long as there are old clothes, she can help to change them and patch them up so that they can at least be worn. A child who was only a few years old had only one pair of pants. Today, he tore a big piece of it while playing and was crying.

The reason he cried was, on the one hand, that he only had that pair of pants; on the other hand, he was afraid of being beaten by his family.

In the end, she sewed it.

"Okay, the day after tomorrow! I may not come back tomorrow."

How could Zhou Yimin have the nerve to refuse such a request?
Later, he saw Zhou Zhigao cutting the hair of some boys with long hair during the break. Zhou Yimin couldn't help but sigh that it was not easy to be a teacher in the countryside.

One helps students sew clothes, and the other helps students cut hair. They are really both father and mother.

In the evening, Zhou Yimin cooked for his grandparents, then took his grandmother on a bicycle to the Red Star Commune. Because the old man was sitting behind him, Zhou Yimin rode slowly so that his grandmother could hold him tightly.

Not only that, but something was also placed on the back seat.

The old lady was so happy!

(End of this chapter)