"Mom, I want to eat sugar cane." A little boy pulled on a young woman's pants and begged.

"We'll eat it when we get home. Aren't you afraid of being snatched away by bad guys when you eat it here?" The young woman glared at her son and hugged the basket containing five sections of sugar cane tightly.

The mother and son walked out of the department store and met a middle-aged uncle. The uncle immediately smiled when he saw the sugar cane in the basket, turned around and followed the mother and son down the steps.

"Hello, eldest sister, your child is so beautiful." Chen Dongfeng's old face smiled like a chrysanthemum.

Wu Xiangmei was secretly happy when her son was praised. She reached out and grabbed her son's shoulders and said, "Comrade, is something wrong?"

"Sister, this is like this. My child is crying and wanting to eat sugar cane. Unfortunately, I don't have fruit tickets. I want to exchange wheat for sugar cane with you." Chen Dongfeng spoke with a smile.

Sugar cane is snacks and wheat is food. No one would complain that there is too much food at home these days.

Wu Xiangmei was a little moved but also hesitant. Chen Dongfeng didn't have any wheat.

"My food is in that alley. Sister, don't worry, I will never let you suffer." Chen Dongfeng spoke in the gentlest tone.

Wu Xiangmei hesitated for a moment and nodded, then took her son's hand and followed him to the alley. There were people everywhere near the department store and she was not afraid of the other party causing trouble.

There was a jeep parked in the alley. Chen Dongfeng opened the door and took out a bag of wheat. He scooped a bowl of wheat into a porcelain bowl and said, "You will never suffer a loss if you exchange a bowl of wheat for a piece of sugar cane."

The big bowl is really not a disadvantage. People who can drive a jeep these days are people with status. Wu Xiangmei gritted her teeth and took out two sugar canes from the basket.

The sugarcane knots are short, with brown flesh wrapped around the black skin of the cane.

Chen Dongfeng scooped two bowls of wheat into her basket, took the sugar cane and said with a smile, "Sister, please change the remaining three."

"Wow--"

The little boy cried loudly after losing two sugar canes. Wu Xiangmei was so frightened that she quickly pulled her son away, thinking that the unlucky boy deserved a beating.

Chen Dongfeng rolled his eyes and opened the car door, stretched out his hand and handed two sugar canes to Zhao Erlian, "Brother Erlian, that bitch still has three more sugar canes."

Zhao Erlian looked at his watch and it was already ten o'clock noon. "Brother Dongyu, get out of the car and help Brother Dongfeng do something. I'll go to the transportation office to do something."

The young man in the car, Chen Dongyu, hurriedly got out of the car. He and Chen Dongfeng were cousins. The two brothers had been hanging out in the black market in the southern suburbs. They were caught by Zhao Erlian early this morning.

Chen Dongfeng continued to go to the department store to wait for people with sugar cane, while Chen Dongyu stayed in the alley looking at the grain bags.

Zhao Erlian parked his car at the entrance of the department store, walked into the department store and came to the fruit area.

He Meixiu at the fruit counter quietly handed him a piece of paper and a ten-pound fruit ticket. The paper recorded the address of the sugarcane buyer. The fruit ticket was exchanged with the customer for wheat.

"Aunt He, please help me weigh ten kilograms of sugar cane." Zhao Erlian handed her the fruit ticket again, took out his wallet and took out four yuan.

He Meixiu weighed the sugar cane as quickly as possible, and Zhao Erlian put the note in his pocket and left carrying ten kilograms of sugar cane.

When she passed the food counter, she was stopped by Liu Yue'e, "Erlian, why are you buying so much sugar cane? You'll get angry if you eat too much of it."

"Brother Erlian, give me one and I'll help you eat it." Xue Ling stretched out her hands with a playful look on her face.

Zhao Erlian was instantly embarrassed, "Um... I'm sorry, sister Xiaoling, this is the sugar cane I bought for someone else. I'll treat you to dinner another day."

"Hmph, second brother is a stingy man. Mom, let's ignore him." Xue Ling held her head high with a look of arrogance.

Liu Yue'e was amused, "Second Company, go and get busy, don't be like your sister."

Zhao Erlian, who was granted amnesty, left quickly, saying to his heart, "My brother-in-law, please discipline your sister. This girl will definitely not be able to get married in the future because of her trouble."

He left the department store and drove to the third pharmaceutical factory in the provincial capital. He found the warehouse manager Jiang Bida in the drug warehouse and drove with him to his home.

"Lao Jiang, is your wife really good at growing sugar cane?" Zhao Erlian threw him a cigarette.

"She knows how to grow sugar cane. Her hometown is in the southernmost province. I met her when I went to Burma to fight Japanese invaders. Later she came back to live with me." Jiang Bida replied weakly.

"It turns out that Brother Jiang also served in the expeditionary force, which is amazing." Zhao Erlian drove to the courtyard of the Third Pharmaceutical Factory and parked the car at the gate and waited.

About twenty minutes later, Jiang Bida led a middle-aged woman into the car. The woman was as short as a potato, and she indeed looked like a southerner.

"Brother Erlian, this is my lover Ma Dongmei, her hometown is in Guangxi Province." Jiang Bida said with a smile.

"Hello, cousin Erlian." Ma Dongmei was a little cautious, fearing that her rags would stain the jeep.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Ma. Brother Jiang will accept the things at your feet." Zhao Erlian sounded like an old cousin when he heard Ma Dongmei's accent.

There was a basket at Jiang Bida's feet, filled with golden wheat, with two packs of cigarettes and a bottle of liquor embedded in the wheat.

The couple smiled happily. Jiang Bida took off his shirt and covered the carrier, got out of the car and ran home with the carrier in his arms.

Not long after, he got into the car with an empty basket. Zhao Erlian first sent Jiang Bida to the Third Pharmaceutical Factory, and then took Ma Dongmei to the transportation department.

He asked Ma Dongmei to wait in the car, walked quickly to Xue Ming's office, took out a pack of White Rabbit toffee and put it on the table, "Brother-in-law, I only found eight taels of toffee. This stuff is really hard to find." .”

"Second brother, thank you for your hard work." Xue Ming was very happy. These toffees were enough for his son to eat for a few days.

"Brother-in-law, I bought more than ten kilograms of sugar cane and found someone who knows how to grow sugar cane. She is waiting in the car." Zhao Erlian said and gave He Meixiu's note to Xue Ming.

The note contained a list of people to buy sugar cane in the department store. Xue Ming stood up and put the note in his pocket.

The two brothers left the office and came to the jeep. Zhao Erlian was the driver. Xue Ming opened the door and sat in the back with Ma Dongmei.

"Hello, eldest sister, my name is Xue Ming, what is your name?"

"Hello, comrade, my name is Ma Dongmei."

"What kind of plum is Ma?"

"Ma Dongmei."

"Oh! Sister Dongmei, thank you for your hard work. Your name is so nice." Xue Ming praised her.

Zhao Erlian drove to the textile factory. Ma Dongmei, who was already nervous about riding in the car, was even more nervous now. I thought that Mr. Xue was really handsome and could attract a lot of big girls in our province of Guizhou.

When he arrived at the textile factory, Xue Ming got off the car and looked for Li Chuanying. He gave her 8 taels of milk candy, "The child must not lack sugar in his pocket. You tell him to eat candy immediately if he feels uncomfortable."

"I know." Li Chuanying looked at Xue Ming's back with red eyes and couldn't let go for a long time.

Half an hour later, the jeep stopped at the family yard of the First Iron Foundry. Xue Ming took out the note and looked at Wu Xiangmei's address, "Second brother, Sister Dongmei, please wait for me."

She opened the door and got out of the car and found Wu Xiangmei's house according to the address. She bought five sugar canes at the department store, two of which were on the jeep. Xue Ming wanted the remaining three.

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