Chapter 32: Man’s damn desire to win and lose

"Who says it's not true? We thought people's lives would be better if the market was liberalized. Vegetable growers did make a lot of money in the first half of this year. But in the second half, too many people grew vegetables, and nothing is worth much. Good beans cost only two cents a pound, but we may not be able to sell them. The warehouse next door only has half of the vegetables left from yesterday's harvest."

Li Jian looked helpless.

Their vegetable stalls also need to make a profit. Vegetable prices are cheap nowadays, so even if they sell double the vegetables they harvest, they still won’t make much money.

Not to mention that the vegetable farmers have too many vegetables, which are sold in piles at the night market, so the sales of the vegetable station have been greatly reduced.

Lin Chuxia did not discuss the current vegetable prices with him anymore. She bought 5 kilograms of leeks, 5 kilograms of celery and 10 kilograms of green onions. Before leaving, she gave Li Jian a bag of meat buns.

The meat bun was hot in Li Jian's hand. 5 jin of leeks, 5 jin of celery, and 10 jin of green onions didn't cost much in total, not to mention that he had some plans in mind.

Lin Chuxia didn't know how she got promoted, but she knew in her heart that giving him a discount on vegetables was not really a favor.

Lin Chuxia didn't care and asked him to help taste the food and give her some suggestions so that she could make further improvements.

Now that things had come to this, Li Jian couldn't refuse any longer. He thought that they would have to work together in the future, so at worst he could give a bigger discount on the vegetable prices.

After leaving the vegetable market, Lin Chuxia went to the butcher shop and took out the 5 kilograms of meat that she had ordered in advance.

In this season, there are no refrigerators, so all the meat and vegetables have to be bought and sold on the same day, and not even the buns can be left over.

After buying the things, she went home and first picked vegetables and chopped meat. When Qin's mother was not busy, she would help her pick vegetables, and even Xiao Zhuangzhuang was used to helping her.

Every time she steamed buns, the little one would be busy running around, either helping to add firewood or helping to get things. He would also puff out his little cheeks and praise her for the delicious buns she made.

With the little guy around, Lin Chuxia never feels lonely when doing things, and that cute little appearance can also provide her with full emotional value.

Human babies are indeed the cutest.

Mother Qin looked at her tenderly. While picking leeks, she said with a smile, "Yangyang has been at work for half a month. I don't know if he can come back for the New Year. Did he tell you that if he's not busy at home, he'd like you to go over there and take a look? I heard that family members can stay there for a few days. If she gets pregnant, Zhuangzhuang will have a companion."

Lin Chuxia didn't understand the first half of the sentence, but her face turned very embarrassed at the end.

So whether Qin Yang came back or she went to his unit, it was just to sow seeds.

Although Lin Chuxia likes children, she has never thought about her and Qin Yang's children.

In her previous life, she fell into the water and was injured and diagnosed as infertile. However, before she fell into the water, she and Li Guangyuan had been married for more than a year and had not conceived a child.

She and Qin Yang didn't take any measures during their wedding days. She just got her period the day before yesterday, so her attitude towards having children was to just let things take their course.

"Mom, my business is just starting now, so there's no rush to have a child."

Lin Chuxia was afraid that her mother-in-law would be anxious, so she could only comfort her in this way.

Mother Qin was open-minded. "Business can be done anytime. I can still move now. When you have a child, I will take care of it for you. You can go back to do your business. It won't affect anything. Besides, Yangyang has a salary. Even if you don't do business and make money, he can still support you. He is a man, and he should make money to support the family."

Zhuangzhuang blinked his big eyes curiously, "Aunt, do you have a little brother? But I want a little sister. My dad has always told my mom to give me a little sister, but she hasn't been born yet. It must be that my mom is too stupid. Aunt, you are so smart, can you give me a little sister?"

Mother Qin smiled and pointed at Zhuangzhuang's forehead with her finger, "If you want a little sister, ask your mother to give birth to one for you. Your aunt may not want a daughter."

Nowadays, family planning is becoming more and more strict, and Qin Yang is still working. What if he is really not allowed to have only one child? It would be better to have a son.

Lin Chuxia didn’t know what the old man was thinking, she just thought Zhuangzhuang was cute and quirky.

As the few people were talking, a bicycle bell rang loudly outside the courtyard gate. "Lin Chuxia, there's a letter for you."

"It must be Yangyang's letter," Qin's mother said with a smile. Qin Yang would send money home every month. The postman was responsible for delivering letters to this area. He knew it was the Qin family's address as soon as he saw it, and he would deliver it directly to the doorstep every time.

Lin Chuxia quickly washed her hands and went out to get the letter. In addition to the letter, there was also a remittance slip.

Lin Chuxia took a look at the amount on the screen and saw a black line on one end: 60 yuan.

Didn't this guy spend money? He only left three dollars and sent the rest to her, but she felt a little touched.

In both of her lives, people had asked her for money, but they were afraid that if it was too little, no matter how much she gave, it would never satisfy those vampires.

Now there is someone who thinks about her everywhere and would rather live a tight life than let her suffer.

Even though she now has a steamed bun business and doesn't need the 60 yuan, she still feels that the money is heavy in her hand.

"Go and read the letter first. We will finish picking the leeks soon, so don't start any more," Qin's mother urged Lin Chuxia to go into the house.

Lin Chuxia couldn't deny her good intentions. If she wasn't interested in the letter, the old lady might think too much. She just said, "Okay, thank you, Mom."

I entered the room, put the remittance slip aside, and opened the letter directly. It was a thin piece of paper with more than half a page of writing on it.

Qin Yang's handwriting is very beautiful, just like him, strong and powerful, and every stroke is full of power.

It starts with her name, Lin Chuxia.

Lin Chuxia smiled silently and read the contents of the letter. It was all about his basic daily life at work and the bland food in the cafeteria. He said that her fried meat sauce and chili oil were delicious and that his colleagues liked them very much. Finally, he looked forward to receiving a letter.

Lin Chuxia folded the letter and tapped lightly on the table with her fingers.

This letter seems simple, just describing his daily life, but it is not simple if you think about it carefully.

With a "puff", Lin Chuxia laughed softly this time.

This man is indeed a bit childish.

This letter generally has three points:
1. He not only wanted her to write back to him, but also wanted her to write to him more often.

2. He wanted her to send him food.

3. If possible, he even hopes that she will visit him.

This man has this damn desire to win. What has stimulated him again, or is he trying to compete with some colleague?

Lin Chuxia found a cookie box and put the letter and remittance slip away.

My eldest brother and sister-in-law didn't come back at noon. The beans and eggplants in the fields have been harvested in the past few days, and the couple went to the fields to pick vegetables early in the morning. Even Qin's father has been helping them these days.

In the first two days, we went directly to the vegetable station to deliver the vegetables after picking them. But in the past two days, because the prices were not good, my brother and sister-in-law did not go to the vegetable station to deliver the vegetables. Instead, they directly took the vegetables to the night market to set up a stall.

Lin Chuxia started steaming buns after lunch. There were still three big steamers of meat buns, and another steamer each of leek-stuffed buns and celery-stuffed buns.

When the big steamer was placed on top of the small steamer, there were 25 steamers in total. Add the stove, kettle and other things, and it filled up a whole cart.

The road was difficult to walk on after the rain, so Lin Chuxia walked very carefully. When she arrived at the train station a little later than usual, she saw that the place where she usually set up her stall had already been occupied by someone else.

(End of this chapter)

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