“Lily, don’t talk if you can’t speak! Yu Tong is kind! What’s the matter with your child? Damn, you don’t have a handle on your mouth!” Fang Cuilan rushed over angrily, wishing she could smash a hole in Zhao Lili’s head with the water glass in her hand.
Zhao Lili shut up resentfully, and only murmured, “That’s right.”
Yu Tong was amused to hear that. She knew that Zhao Lili would not be happy marrying Liu Mingwei, but she never expected that Zhao Lili, who was only about 20 years old this year, was already acting like a shrew.
It seems that a person’s living environment is really important. Zhao Lili is restricted to death by the rules, and it is probably the same in this life. Yu Tong didn’t want to talk to Zhao Lili, after all, she was not from the same road, so she had nothing to say.
She was just about to get up and leave when Liu Mingwei came back. Liu Mingwei’s expression froze immediately after seeing Yu Tong, and he stood still in place. Now he is most afraid of seeing Yu Tong, as long as he thinks of Yu Tong getting rich, but he will spend his whole life nested in this poor village, he will feel remorse so much that he wants to punch himself a few times. Zhao Lili and Yu Tong… Why did he think marrying Zhao Lili was better than marrying Yu Tong? !
There is no way to compare!
Liu Mingwei took a step back in embarrassment, and was about to find an excuse to leave, but Zhao Lili rushed over in two steps, grabbed Liu Mingwei’s forearm, and said coquettishly: “Honey, are you back? How are you doing today, are you tired? Are you tired?” Take a rest, Mom will cook in a while, eat something warm.”
Zhao Lili deliberately showed her happiness in front of Yu Tong. Liu Mingwei didn’t understand what Zhao Lili meant, he took a few steps back in panic, wondering why Zhao Lili was so enthusiastic about him suddenly.
She used to have a cold face or a stinky face, and occasionally got angry, and she still didn’t let Liu Mingwei eat at the table.
Although Liu Mingwei took Zhao Lili to love before the two got married, this was no longer the case after they got married. Liu Mingwei basically entered into the Zhao family, and his life was miserable.
Zhao Lili didn’t care about these things, she forced Liu Mingwei to walk over, and flaunted: “Yu Tong, you are not young anymore, should you find a man? No matter how old you are, you won’t be able to get married. You, you’d better find a man.” Someone who is a few years older than you knows how to love people! Just like my Mingwei.” As she spoke, she gave Liu Mingwei a shy look, which almost gave Liu Mingwei goosebumps.
He looked at Yu Tong anxiously, afraid that she would see his embarrassment.
However, Yu Tong’s attention didn’t seem to be on Zhao Lili and Liu Mingwei. She held the water glass lightly and sipped it until Fang Cuilan came in from the house, “love ? Hehe, you two dont stop arguing all day long. I Don’t expect the two of you to have a good life, let’s have harmony at the very least! Lily, hurry up and cook, don’t bully Ming Wei all the time, he’s been tired outside all day, is it reasonable for you to let him cook every day? As soon as Fang Cuilan finished speaking, Liu Mingwei’s face turned red.
Although Fang Cuilan was kind, her words just exposed Liu Mingwei’s scar. Laundry and cooking are all women’s jobs. Liu Mingwei is usually most afraid of others knowing, let alone the other party is Yu Tong whom he cares about?
At this moment, he just wanted to find a crack in the ground and get in. Zhao Lili’s “happiness” was exposed, and her face was not very good.
She smiled awkwardly, and just about to say something to make amends, Yu Tong stood up, “Auntie, I will leave as soon as the things are delivered, so I won’t bother you, my grandma is still waiting for me at home.”
Fang Cuilan smiled and said : “Okay, go back quickly, don’t let her worry.”
Yu Tong turned and walked out. When Zhao Lili passed by, she smiled slightly and said in a low voice: “Comrade Zhao Lili, your performance is too clumsy. Whether you are doing well or not depends on the state of the two of you. It’s not intentional intimacy or you are living well.” She paused and smiled, “But then again, why are you so obsessed with showing your happiness in front of me? You don’t really think I love your husband, do you?”
She squinted at Liu Mingwei and threw a meaningful ” Huh” in the past.
After finishing speaking, Yu Tong walked away, leaving only two people with red faces. Zhao Lili was ashamed, and Liu Mingwei also felt ashamed. Of course, Zhao Lili couldn’t bear to be gossiped about.
After Yu Tong left, she asked angrily: “Liu Mingwei! You talked to that widow again today. What do you two do? There are so many things to talk about?!”
Liu Mingwei hadn’t recovered from his shame, he was taken aback by Zhao Lili’s shout, and just as he wanted to show weakness and please him, he felt something was wrong. What kind of widow in the east, why talk so much?
Liu Mingwei looked at Zhao Lili’s shrew appearance and felt tired. He couldn’t believe it: “You mean Wang Yan? We just met today, and I asked her how she grows vegetables, and I said a few words. That’s true.”
Zhao Lili said indifferently: “You can’t have contact with women! I won’t allow it! Who knows what you are hiding?!”
Liu Mingwei was physically and mentally exhausted by Zhao Lili’s noise. The longer he was married, the more he felt that he had no common language with the uneducated Zhao Lili. He wanted to leave and find a chance to return to the city, but he didn’t dare to disobey Zhao Dazhu. When will these days end!
Anxiously trying to avoid this topic, his eyes fell on the basket left by Yu Tong, “Mom, what is this?”
Fang Cuilan, who had just delivered Yu Tong off, glanced at it and said indifferently, “Cigarettes for your dad, and a silk scarf for me, and some eggs and food. Tongtong is a good girl, even though she has a good life, and she will not forget the villagers, you are not allowed to embarrass her in the future, you know?!” Liu Mingwei nodded with difficulty.
The cigarettes that Yu Tong sent were Zhonghua cigarettes. The cigarettes are worth a lot of money, and they can be bought anywhere, but now Yu Tong can even get it in Zhonghua? ! What did he miss? !
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At Zhao Dazhu’s house, she didn’t meet anyone she wanted to meet. After Yu Tong left Zhao Dazhu’s house, she didn’t walk a few steps, but met him face to face.
Zhao Dazhu was carrying a hoe and just came back from the field. Seeing Yu Tong, he didn’t have time to wipe off his sweat, so he immediately congratulated, “I heard that you have been admitted to Shanghai City University? That’s great. When are you going to school?!”
“It will take a while “Yu Tong smiled shyly, “I’m just lucky. By the way, Uncle Dazhu, I want to ask, how can we transfer our household registration to the city?”
“In the city? Not many people have transferred in this way. Everyone wants to have a city hukou, so how many people can transfer? But you are different. Aren’t you going to go to university? You can get your hukou in the university first.” Zhao Dazhu said cheerfully, “When you move out of your household registration, you will be the first city resident in our Zhaojia Village!”
Yu Tong smiled even more shyly: “I don’t know if it can be done, I heard that you can only do it when you are in school. If you fall into school, you will have to move back after you graduate.”
Because of this, Yu Tong dared not change her household registration easily. Although people nowadays like urban hukou, Yu Tong knows that when it comes to welfare, rural hukou will be much better in the future. What’s more, once the farm is converted to non-farm, and then returned to the village, it is also non-agricultural, and there will be no land distribution in the future.
Wouldn’t Yu Tong be empty-headed by then?
Yu Tong didn’t understand the rules and regulations of the 1970s, so she asked Zhao Dazhu about his household registration when she wanted to give gifts.
“Don’t be afraid,” Zhao Dazhu said, “you find a unit that can accept your household registration, put your household registration directly in the unit, and you will be a real city resident from now on! Tongtong, you must not forget your roots after entering the city, don’t forget us The most precious thing for a farmer.”
Seeing that Yu Tong’s life was improving day by day, Zhao Dazhu was also a little emotional at the moment, so he spoke more seriously.
However, he also only hoped that Yu Tong would live better, and that nothing would go wrong again, and there was no malice.
Yu Tong knew what Zhao Dazhu meant, and felt a little turbulent in her heart. She nodded emphatically, expressing how much she attached importance to: “Don’t worry, Uncle Dazhu, I will definitely restrain myself in the future and not do excessive things.”
Zhao Dazhu nodded in relief. Nodded, halfway through nodding, then sighed: “Oh, my family, if only They worked half as hard as you ”
Yu Tong and Lin Xianglian stayed in the village for a total of five days. They returned to the county seat, and Lin Xianglian continued to go At work, Yu Tong began to think about going to Shanghai.
It was only reformed in 1978. Yu Tong only knew the approximate time, but did not know when she would be able to trade freely. Her idea of opening a convenience store for Lin Xianglian in Shanghai had to be temporarily stopped.
Lin Xianglian couldn’t follow Yu Tong to Shanghai immediately, Yu Tong had to find out the situation first, and then decide when Lin Xianglian would follow.
So generally speaking, Yu Tong had to stay alone in Shanghai for a long time. Although Shanghai will be a metropolis in the future, and Yu Tong has been there many times, Shanghai in the 1970s is far from the modern Shanghai, and Yu Tong is really looking forward to the past.
The start of school is coming soon, Yu Tong decided to go there early, to find out the environment first.
On the day of departure, Xie Wencheng and several other people came to see Yu Tong off, and Zhu Xiaosu was the most reluctant, “I never thought I would be separated from you now, Tongtong, you must write to me often in the future.” Zhu Xiaosu also was admitted to university, but she didn’t do well in the exam as Yu Tong, and the universities of the two were not in the same city.
“You have to write to me too,” said Lin huan, who was normally carefree, and said sadly, “We finally met in the county town, and we will be separated soon.” She paused for two seconds, and secretly tugged at Yu Tong, ” Come here.” Yu Tong walked over.
Lin huan avoided the others and said in a low voice: “I’ll give you an address, it belongs to my friend, I’ve already said hello to her, you can go find her when you arrive in Shanghai. She has many little sisters, and they all want to bought the small skirt to wear, last time I went back in the clothes you made, they were all envious.”
Seeing that Lin huan was still thinking about hetself, Yu Tong was a little moved.
No matter what she will be like in the future, in this era, Yu Tong thinks it is enough to have so many friends. “Okay, leave it to me, I know.”
“I don’t care about you for nothing,” Lin Huan glanced at Lin Feng secretly, her cheeks flushed, and she asked in a low voice, “Tongtong, next time you go back to your hometown , can you take me with you, I, I want to see it too.”
To see Yu Tong’s hometown? Lin Family Village? Zhaojiacun and Linjiacun are so close, how long has Lin Huan been in Zhaojiacun, what is there to see? Yu Tong followed Lin Huan’s gaze and instantly understood.
Lin Huan has taken a fancy to Lin Feng. Both of them are good people, if they can really be together, Yu Tong will be happy too. But this kind of thing pays attention to letting nature take its course. Yu Tong would only support Lin Huan and would not follow along, she nodded: “Of course, you can do whatever you want. I won’t stop you.”
Lin Huan laughed twice.
After saying goodbye to the others one by one, Yu Tong looked at Xie Wencheng who was standing at the back.
Ever since Yu Tong’s admission letter came, she has been extremely busy, and she has never had time to talk to Xie Wencheng. He has been a troublesolver to herself for so many years, and he will continue to be the one in the future. It is not good not to say goodbye to him.
Thinking of this, Yu Tong walked over and waved her hand in front of his eyes, “What are you thinking? You are so preoccupied, I’m about to leave.”
“It’s nothing, just thinking about it.”
Walking over, he still smiled and said, “Have you packed all your things? Have you brought your water glass? Don’t be thirsty on the way. There is still food. These things are placed outside. We can rest assured that Auntie will send you to the county seat. Find a better guest house to stay at night…”
Hearing Xie Wencheng’s gentle and nagging words, Yu Tong was not bored, but felt warm in het heart.
She couldn’t help laughing: “Why are you like my mother, you’re almost nagging like her.”
Seeing Yu Tong’s serious expression, Xie Wencheng smiled: “In short, you have to take care of yourself. Do you know?”
Yu Tong’s heart skipped a beat. She looked up at Xie Wencheng for a long while, then nodded heavily. Don’t worry, she will be fine.
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It took Yu Tong almost a day to travel from the county seat to Shanghai, taking the train and then changing trains. It was already evening when she and Lin Xianglian arrived in Shanghai, and it was too late to visit the night scene of the big city, so Yu Tong hurriedly found a nice-looking guest house and stayed in it.
It is much more convenient to do things in Shanghai than in the county. Yu Tong had finished washing up. After Lin Xianglian fell asleep, she went into the supermarket to see if she could take something out to explore the location of the black market.
As soon as she entered the supermarket, Yu Tong found that the clothes shelves were missing a lot of clothes, and there were not many clothes on the shelves.
After thinking for a long time, she realized that she had a promotional event two days ago and had no time to replenish the goods, which is why this happened.
Thinking that she had to find Lin Huan’s friend, she hurried to place an order.
“Yes, I want clothes. Oh yes, I also want to print some supermarket leaflets and hire someone to distribute them, can I?”
Leaflets are the most direct way of publicity.
Yu Tong has been thinking about how to increase the turnover recently, and the effect of hiring shop assistants is not as good as before. She has to save money as soon as possible, what if the shop next door is on sale again?
The man was used to Yu Tong’s weird requests, so he replied directly: “Of course, do you want the leaflets in color or black and white? The cost of black and white is low. In addition, it costs about 100 yuan to hire someone to distribute the leaflets a day, so you have to prepare them in advance. ”
No problem, but is there still no shop transfer recently? I have been waiting for a long time.” It feels really uncomfortable to have no place to spend.
The man wondered: “Everyone is doing a good job, why do you have to transfer it? This kind of thing has to wait.” He paused, then changed his focus, “But there are other ways.”
Yu Tong’s eyes lit up: “Is there any other way?”
“Of course, your supermarket is on the first floor. If you want to expand, you don’t have to find other stores, just go to Find a construction team to build the second and third floors. Yes, I’ll sell it to you at a lower price. But the wages of the workers can’t be cheap, they work very hard. What’s more, the number of customers in the store will definitely decrease during the expansion period. This is another building, so I don’t know how much work it will take. .”
Yu Tong could hear her little heart pounding.
Although building the second floor will have some disadvantages, but… She always feel that this is one step closer to her dream of shopping malls!
