Reborn as a widow in the 70s

When Lu Aiguo and the others returned home, two flatbed tricycles and the guys from the furniture store were already waiting at the door.

When they left, they locked the courtyard door outside for fear that bad guys might get in.

Lu Aiguo took out the key and opened the door, and then began to direct the clerks in the furniture store and the tricycle master to move things inside.

Song Xiuxiu took Miaomiao in first, and found that the four children were working very seriously with disgraced faces.

The house has been basically cleaned, and several children are cleaning up the yard.

Seeing that his mother was very satisfied with the results of their labor, Xiao Shitou hurriedly came to her, stretched out his little hand and said, "Mom, where is our gift!"

Song Xiuxiu smiled and patted his little hand, saying, "Don't worry, I can't do without you!"

"After Dad moves all the furniture in, I will take you to buy gifts."

"it is good!"

Xiao Shitou responded crisply.

Seeing Zhao Xuewen put down his broom and go to help lift the furniture, Song Xiuxiu quickly stopped him: "Xuewen, please don't go over. Don't touch you again when I turn around to lift the furniture."

"You take your brothers and sisters and wash your faces. I will take you out in a moment!"

"Row!"

After Zhao Xuewen finished answering, he went to get a basin to draw water.

Song Xiuxiu directed everyone to arrange the furniture according to her own ideas.

After cleaning up, several children also cleaned up.

After Lu Aiguo paid the tricycle master and sent him away, Song Xiuxiu said, "I saw a noodle shop at the entrance of the alley just now. Let's go have something to eat!"

Lu Aiguo looked at the time, it was almost one o'clock, and nodded in agreement.

Song Xiuxiu led the children in front, while Lu Aiguo was responsible for locking the door and cleaning up the aftermath.

On the way, Song Xiuxiu found that several children were not in high spirits, so she asked what was going on.

"Mom, you lied to us and said you had gifts for us, but there was nothing!"

Song Xiuxiu said with a smile: "I can't get that gift by myself, so you need to get it yourself!"

Hearing this, the children all looked at her with curious eyes.

"Mom, what on earth is it!" Yaya asked anxiously.

Song Xiuxiu raised her finger and pointed to the supply and marketing cooperative in front of her: "It's the soda in the supply and marketing cooperative!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several children were so surprised that they screamed, and even the usually calm Zhao Xuewen had a look of joy on his face.

This cannot be blamed on the lack of knowledge of a few children. Nowadays, soda is regarded as a luxury product in the lives of ordinary people. Although there is no shortage of food and clothing in the military compounds in the Northeast, they are located in remote locations after all, and many things in big cities cannot be distributed there at all.

So this is the first time for the children to drink soda, and it is also the first time for Song Xiuxiu to drink it.

Song Xiuxiu gave Zhao Xuewen two dollars and asked him to take his younger brothers and sisters to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy soda. She and Lu Aiguo went to a noodle shop first.

Several children happily followed Zhao Xuewen into the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Auntie, we want seven bottles of soda!"

Zhao Xuewen said politely.

Seeing a half-year-old child and four younger children coming to buy soda drinks and asking for seven bottles at a time, the staff of the supply and marketing cooperative thought they were here to cause trouble, so they said angrily.

"Go, go, let's play, don't you see I'm busy right now?"

The reason why the salesperson has this attitude is because in this era when the average salary is 36 yuan, how can ordinary people afford to buy seven bottles of soda at once, let alone a group of children.

Zhao Xuewen was not annoyed by the salesperson's attitude, but continued to patiently repeat what he had just said.

"Auntie, we want seven bottles of soda, I'm not kidding!"

As he spoke, he handed over the two dollars in his hand.

The salesperson continued after seeing the money in his hand.

"It's two cents a bottle. There's a five-cent deposit on the bottle. I'll give you the money when you return the bottle. The total is one dollar and seventy-five cents."

After saying that, he took the money from Zhao Xuewen's hand and said while making change: "We have agreed in advance that if your adults come over to make trouble, we will not refund the money!"

Zhao Xuewen knew that the other party had misunderstood him as a child who stole the family's money, so he explained seriously: "Auntie, don't worry, we are here to buy soda. The adults in the family know."

Although the salesperson was skeptical about his words, she still handed him the soda and change.

Zhao Xuewen gave one bottle to each of his younger brothers and sisters. He was afraid that Miaomiao would break it if she was young, so he asked Yaya to hold it for her, while he kept the remaining three bottles himself.

After getting the soda, Xiao Shitou jumped up and down and ran out, Miaomiao followed him closely, and the remaining few people walked out amidst everyone's envious and questioning eyes.

Seeing them walking away, a little girl about four or five years old in the supply and marketing cooperative tugged on the corner of the clothes of a boy next to her and said enviously: "Brother, their family is really rich! They can buy seven bottles of soda at once."

The young man looked down at his sister who was full of envy for others, and asked: "Do you want to drink!"

Hearing this, the little girl lowered her head and said nothing.

The young man didn't understand what she meant, so he raised his head and said to the salesperson at the counter: "Auntie, give me two bottles of soda!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the little girl immediately raised her head and shook her head at the salesperson: "Auntie, we don't want soda, we buy meat!"

Then the little girl turned to the boy and said, "Brother, Aunt Zhou asked us to buy half a catty of meat and a catty of salt for the fifty cents. We can't spend it carelessly."

The young man said nonchalantly: "What are you afraid of? I will spend my father's money to buy whatever I want, and she won't have to worry about it!"

As she was about to buy a soda, the little girl saw that the situation was not good and immediately said: "Brother, today is my mistress's first birthday. Aunt Zhou said she would make pork braised noodles tonight. Let's drink this soda later!"

"Her son's birthday is none of my business, girl, you don't have to be afraid, I have my brother for everything!"

The boy patted his chest and said.

"Brother, I don't drink soda anymore. I beg you, please don't buy it. Otherwise, if your father finds out, he will beat you again!" the little girl said with a cry.

That young man is a stubborn person, and the more he behaves like this, the more he refuses to bow his head.

"If he wants to hit me, let him do it. Anyway, he has a wife and children now, and he already dislikes us."

After saying that, he slapped the fifty cents on the counter very proudly, and then shouted to the salesperson: "Bring me two bottles of orange soda!"

When an old woman next to her saw this, she yelled, "Shunzi, you should be like this. As long as you act up, your stepmother won't dare to bully you!"

……

After the children came back, Song Xiuxiu had already ordered noodles, including cold noodles and noodles with fried sauce. She put whatever she liked into her bowl.

Song Xiuxiu knew that Yaya had difficulty choosing, so she could avoid a lot of unnecessary entanglement and anxiety.

Zhao Xuewen handed the soda to Song Xiuxiu's hand. When he first touched the glass bottle, it was ice cold. Coupled with the orange liquid with tiny bubbles inside, it made people feel cool and relieved from the heat.

Lu Aiguo opened the soda for them. Little Shitou couldn't wait to raise his head and took a big sip. The cold liquid, with irritation and sweetness to the mouth, flowed down the throat into the stomach, instantly removing all the food on his body. The fatigue and heat were all gone.

As soon as the little stone let out a comfortable sigh, a stream of gas began to flow out from bottom to top, followed by the sound of hiccups.

"If you drink too quickly, you will feel uncomfortable. Drink slowly!"

Lu Aiguo said in a deep voice.

With Xiao Shitou's negative example, several children obediently started to drink.

Seeing how cautious they were, Little Shitou sneered and said, "Soda is only enjoyable if you drink it in large gulps!"

After saying that, he raised his head and took another big mouthful...