After rebirth, I still experienced a mess

60 Are You Still Superstitious?

The person in charge was very enthusiastic and said that the school also needed bean products, tea and snacks to do the work. Xiao Wei said: "For now, I will only buy these two things, and I may buy other things in the future."

"No problem. The school provides meals for thousands of people every day, so why would they care about you?"

Xiao Wei immediately suggested: "I need to cut the meat into pieces of about 200 grams and take them back to my hometown. The rest will be for my family during the New Year. If they want to eat it, they can just soak it in water and steam it. The main reason is that we don't have bacon and pickled mustard greens. We usually have to go to town to buy meat, and there is no refrigeration equipment, which is very inconvenient."

The person in charge readily agreed: "How can you carry several hundred kilograms?"

"Someone from home will come to pick me up in the next few days."

"I mean, it's two miles from where I am to where you sleep."

"I have a bicycle and can do several trips."

"How about this, you confirm the quantity you want to buy, take my approval slip and go to the accountant to pay. Bring me the receipt, and I'll have the master weigh and cut it, and then bring it to your house on a cart tomorrow afternoon. This will save you from making multiple trips."

"Thank you very much."

"It's okay. We're helping each other."

The person in charge smiled, and his smile was somewhat meaningful.

The price on the bill was 90 cents per pound, 5 cents less than Xiaowei's bargaining price. Xiaowei bought 300 pounds of air-dried bacon and 150 pounds of pickled mustard greens. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy more, it was that he didn't have enough money.

She had to keep twenty or thirty dollars on her and not spend it all.

Seeing the densely packed small wine jars inside and outside the house, the person in charge laughed secretly and did not ask any further questions. Xiao Wei had undoubtedly become famous for this matter.

The person in charge winked at Xiao Wei and said, "I brought a scale. Do you want to check the weight?"

How could Xiao Wei not know: "No need. I still don't trust you."

Together they moved the small sack to the table in the living room. Xiao Wei took out a paper bag of tea and snacks and sent the deliveryman away. The person in charge whispered mysteriously, "The little girl is really sensible. She even knows how to pay hush money."

Xiao Wei smiled and said, "It's at least several dozen kilograms over the limit. I'm not blind."

"The little girl is fine. I'll leave the child to you."

"Leave it to me. Happy cooperation."

It took another four days to mix the salted pork and pickled mustard greens, filling the eighteen jars in the pit, with an extra fifty or sixty kilograms. I filled another jar and placed it next to the living room. The remaining ten or twenty kilograms were put into a small sack to take home.

First, plug the mouth of the jar with hay, then cover it with mud to seal it, use fire to dry the mud, then fill the gaps between the jars with hay prepared for burning, cover the top with a thin layer of soil, and finally put the bricks back to restore it to its original appearance.

Clean it up and take a look. Don't feel relieved if you can't see any problems.

All this can be done without anyone noticing.

In order to prevent the neighbors from becoming suspicious, Xiao Wei specifically called Guixiu, Wenyan, and their young relatives over one after another, and had them play around at home for three or four days, creating the illusion that her family had come to pick her up.

Living conditions were relatively affluent at that time, and others would never dream that Xiao Wei would hide food.

It was the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and my godfather's wedding day was approaching. I picked a sunny day, packed some simple clothes, and prepared to ride my bike home the next day.

Unexpectedly, Shi Mingsong came to find him on his bike that afternoon and said that Haitao and his friends had been to the town twice and he didn't come because he was afraid of missing them: "I know you are busy making money."

Xiao Wei pretended to be helpless: "I can't help it. I'm too poor to bear it."

During these three months, Shi Mingsong, Qian Xiuwen and Haitao kept writing to each other, each of them recounting their campus life and anecdotes, often writing at length. Xiaowei was very careful with her words and did not include a trace of ambiguity.

It's not that she hasn't considered her lifelong affairs, but she feels that these people are not suitable. They will all enter the officialdom in the future, and will be stained beyond recognition by the big dye vat of society. But she just wants to lie down, eat and wait for death happily.

The philosophy of life is not in the same space.

Guixiu asked in a low voice: "Is this your boyfriend?"

"No. In the same town."

"You must be kidding. He must be interested in you."

"It's impossible for us."

"I think they are a good match. It's you who looks down on them, right?"

"I'm still young, there's no rush."

Guixiu came with her boyfriend. The two boys were stunned at first, then hugged each other and laughed.

Guixiu's boyfriend actually went to the same school as Shi Mingsong, and was one year older than him. They had known each other for a long time at the hometown association. The boyfriend blamed Shi Mingsong for not telling him earlier: "You said you didn't have a partner, but you hid it very well. You should be punished."

Xiao Wei couldn't help but sigh, this world is really small: "We are really not that kind of relationship."

Guixiu rubbed Xiaowei's hair and said, "Okay. Isn't it enough that we trust you?"

The boyfriend smiled and said, "Anyway, we have dinner tonight. It would be unjust if we don't kill Shi Mingsong."

Guixiu laughed: "Xiao Wei is such a rich man, but he still cares about our meal. He should be punished with something else."

The boyfriend agreed: "Then I'll punish you two by making you kiss right there and then, to make us jealous."

Xiao Wei and Shi Mingsong were pushed together by the two men, and Shi Mingsong really kissed Xiao Wei on the forehead.

The four young men were making trouble again, but unexpectedly, Shi Mingsong sprained his ankle without paying attention. Fortunately, he came from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, so he corrected the ankle himself and applied ointment.

After dinner, after finally sending the two lively elements away, Shi Mingsong insisted on going to the hotel, and Xiao Wei did not stop him.

When Guixiu and her boyfriend arrived, Xiaowei and Shi Mingsong had already tied some simple clothes to the car and collected the key to Xiaowei's house. Guixiu whispered, "I might borrow your room for a while."

Xiao Wei understood: "Just use it, just don't break the bed. Help me set off two firecrackers during the New Year."

"Fuck. No big deal. You're still superstitious."

"No. Consider it a congratulation to yourself."

My godfather bought a piece of residential land on the edge of town, built four main rooms, two side rooms, and a kitchen, and enclosed a yard for the wedding.

Xiaowei is already in school, so it is not appropriate for her to live in the cooperative.

This was Xiao Wei's request in the letter, asking him to sell the two silver ingots, regardless of whether it was enough or not, and to borrow more from a few people.

As expected, the godfather did not sell the silver ingot, saying that it was Xiaowei's dowry and could not be touched: "Just focus on studying, don't worry, we all have salaries and will pay it back slowly."

Shi You and his godfather's youngest daughter Yin Ling is already attending primary school in town. Their families have a lot of financial burdens, and Xiao Wei doesn't want them to be burdened with too much debt.

It seems that I have to find a way to make money. And I have to do it as soon as possible. If I have my own house, how can I not store some food?

But this requires money, a lot of money. It must be solved in the near future.

Fortunately, Haitao and his group came over the next day. They had already planned the itinerary, but Xiaowei was too worried about money to worry about it: "My godfather has a lot of wedding plans that haven't been settled yet. It's definitely not possible during the New Year. Let's talk about it after the New Year."

Haitao said, "Then go play in the city for a few days. The girls are missing you like crazy."

Xiao Wei suddenly had an idea: "Then let's go after dinner. It's a good opportunity to prepare some dowry for Sister Jiang."