PDLP Chapter 225 Discussions in the Family Courtyard
Chapter 225 Discussions in the Family Courtyard
There are several factories in the east of Yu County, but none of them are large in scale and their profits are not high, so this factory family compound was built together with several factories, and does not belong to a single factory. Employees from several factories and their families also live in the family compound in batches.
Every household was busy early in the morning, but today, the residents in the family compound found that some female workers behaved strangely and looked towards the convenience store outside the yard from time to time.
For example, while cooking, he would stick his head out to take a look, with his long neck stretched out like a giraffe; when he was halfway through washing clothes, he would hear some noise and run out grabbing a handful of wet soap.
Some people even went straight to the convenience store to chat, and there were quite a few of them.
Did the store get some new cheap stuff today? Otherwise, why would the female workers be so efficient?
Moreover, the greetings these female workers gave each other were not the usual ones: "Have you eaten?" or "What did you have for breakfast?"
But get together and ask,
'What vegetables did you buy?'
'Do you think he will deliver food today? Is he lying?'
'Are the vegetables you buy fresh enough?'
This left other people in the family compound completely confused and at a loss as to what was going on.
What is going on?
The vegetables were not good, and the supply and marketing cooperatives did not sell vegetables so early in the morning. Their intuition told them that they were being excluded. Before these residents had time to react, the family members of the female workers could not stand it anymore.
Inside a family's room, a man put down his chopsticks and shouted, "Look, what's so good about this place? You can't even eat in peace. Look at these vegetables, they're so yellow and bitter, and you don't even know to pick them."
As he said this, he lowered his head and made two "Puh" sounds, spraying saliva, rice grains and vegetable scraps all over the table.
This mess made the female worker Zhang Chunhong so angry that she threw the bowl in her hand with a bang and yelled back:
"Eat, eat, eat. You only know how to eat. Who am I looking around for? It's so that we can have fresh food at home! It's so that we don't have to eat these yellow, stale vegetables!"
Zhang Chunhong is very confident. She has a job and a salary. She is not someone who relies on men to make a living. Who dares to throw a tantrum at her? It doesn't matter what life is like!
Besides, she was doing this for her own family, so that her family could have a good meal. It would be fine if this man didn't understand, but he even scolded her?
When Zhang Chunhong got angry, her husband immediately softened and said uncomfortably, "The vegetables are not fresh. Why don't you skip work in the morning and buy them at the supply and marketing cooperative when it opens?"
"It's easy for you to skip work, but why don't you do it?" After the scolding started, it was not so easy for Zhang Chunhong to control her temper. Besides, in the eyes of the man, she was giving in, but in her eyes, she was just adding fuel to the fire.
When women are strong, men become weak. The man said weakly, "What's the point of me skipping work? I don't know how to buy groceries."
"No? Can't you learn it yourself? You are still working to earn money, but after get off work, I have to take care of all the big and small things at home, and you just lie there like a big boss. What's wrong? Are you still a landlord who needs my service?"
Zhang Chunhong kept yelling and yelling, and the whole room was as quiet as a chicken. Adults and children didn't dare to make a sound, for fear that they would be beaten if she yelled too much.
Seeing that Zhang Chunhong was like an angry dinosaur and was still cursing, the sound of a tractor "da da da" came from outside the yard.
At the same time, the sound of hurried talking and walking came from all over the family compound, and it seemed that people were walking out of the compound.
In Zhang Chunhong's home, her husband and children seemed to be dazzled and noticed that the woman who was angry and swearing just now had a smile on her face. They immediately got up and walked out of the house.
This look is exactly like going to see the laughter of a lover.
The man, who had been shrinking his neck, was so angry that he felt a little jealous. He immediately stood up and followed Zhang Chunhong's footsteps aggressively.
He wants to see what good things are out there!
Following all the way to the outside of the family compound, Zhang Chunhong's man Qiu Jun discovered that something was wrong?
Why did so many female workers in the family compound run outside the yard, all with smiles on their faces? Could it be that this lover is a public lover?
It was not until Qiu Jun followed the crowd and arrived at the convenience store at the entrance of the family compound that he heard Jiang Hongxia shouting at the top of her voice.
"Dear workers, please don't be anxious. Everyone line up and come one by one in order. Those who bought vegetables yesterday and paid for them should line up. Those who didn't pay should not line up! Those who want to buy vegetables can come later when there are fewer people. Now is the time to pick up the vegetables!"
After all, they were all factory workers, so there was still basic order. As soon as they heard what Jiang Hongxia said, people immediately lined up spontaneously, one after another, and the line immediately became very long.
Qiu Jun stretched his neck to move forward, but someone pulled him back and shouted angrily, "Why are you moving forward? Just queue up to get the food."
Qiu Jun was confused when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by taking vegetables? Is it the government distributing supplies for free? Or are there any new products?"
After saying this, he frowned. This didn't make sense. Even if there were new products, they were from the supply and marketing cooperative or department store. What did it have to do with Jiang Hongxia's small shop?
Could it be some kind of community welfare?
The female worker who held him back muttered, "What good things are you thinking? Just buy vegetables from yesterday's group purchase. If you buy something, queue up here to get it. If you don't buy anything, leave."
"Group purchasing of groceries?" Qiu Jun scratched his head. He seemed to have vaguely heard his wife mention it yesterday, but he didn't take it to heart.
Now he was full of doubts, "What is group buying of vegetables? Isn't it just a matter of paying for the vegetables and receiving the goods? Do we need to order them the next day in advance? Isn't Jiang Hongxia just a small shop selling groceries? Why is she selling vegetables as well?"
"Hey, just wait in line and ask slowly."
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The others ignored Qiu Jun's confusion.
Lan Xin and her friends packed the vegetables and drove a tractor all the way to the city long ago. The vegetables from the two group-buying locations were separated in baskets so there was no need to worry about taking the wrong ones.
Arriving at Jiang Hongxia's group-buying spot, Lan Xin and Aunt Pang took down the dishes and the list belonging to this group-buying spot. Lan Xin also brought her pot of tea eggs.
Xie Shaowu, Xie Yaozu and another aunt drove the tractor to another group buying point.
While Lan Xin and Aunt Pang were sorting the vegetables, the female workers who had bought the vegetables yesterday heard the noise and gathered here.
After having them line up and tell their names when buying vegetables, Lan Xin and the others found her name on the list, quickly picked up the vegetables for her, and asked her to sign her name in the blank space next to it, and that was it.
Lan Xin and the others started to serve the next customer who was buying vegetables. The female worker who had just received the vegetables also looked surprised.
Her eyes fell on the bundle of eggplants and lettuce in her hands. The eggplants were firm and looked fresh, while the lettuce was so tender that you could squeeze out water from it, with small water droplets hanging on it.
She hasn't bought such fresh vegetables in a long time!