After explaining his work at the unit in the morning, Li Bowen rode out of the steel rolling mill.
It is already the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the weather is getting colder and colder, and pedestrians on the street are bundled up tightly.
This is the last purchase before the Chinese New Year.
Li Bowen looked at his space, which was filled with New Year's goods that Wu Lei bought for him, and felt extremely satisfied. Because he no longer has to go to shopping malls and supply and marketing cooperatives to buy, and he doesn’t want to wait in line. There are so many people queuing up to buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative. Some people even wear military coats and hold small ponytails to wait at the door in the early morning. I'm afraid that if I go late, everything in the supply and marketing cooperative will be sold out.
Although the material supply this year has improved compared to the previous two years, it is still very tight. People have saved money, food stamps, and meat stamps for a year, and they all hope to enjoy it during the Chinese New Year, so that their families can have a taste and satisfy their cravings.
But he himself does not have to worry about this problem at all, Wu Lei has already prepared everything for him.
There are many kinds of new year's goods, including melon seeds, peanuts, candy bars, soda drinks, as well as various dry goods such as fungus, mushrooms, day lilies, and even head flowers and red head ropes for several sisters.
Li Bowen carefully selected some items that he thought were most suitable, then organized them and divided them into several parts, so that each family should have some.
We arrived at the village after noon.
Li Bowen opened the door and walked into his home. The first person to greet him was still Chen Qiao, but what was different from the past was that although she had a smile on her face, there was a trace of reluctance and bitterness in her eyes.
After all, any woman will not be in a good mood when she learns that her husband is looking for a new love in the city, even if she is mentally prepared in advance.
Li Bowen also felt guilty. However, this is a reality that he must face sooner or later. At this moment, in front of his grandparents, he could not explain or talk about it. He could only wait for night to fall before making plans.
Chen Qiao is undoubtedly a role model for women in this era. After dinner, the two returned to the room together.
Even though she was unhappy inside, Chen Qiao still silently took care of Li Bowen to wash up, and then started to tidy up himself. Li Bowen took out a small box from his backpack and quietly waited for Chen Qiao to return.
"Why haven't you gone to bed yet? Why are you sitting here waiting for me?" After Chen Qiao poured the water, he entered the room and found Li Bowen sitting by the bed. She walked to Li Bowen and asked softly.
Li Bowen stretched out his hand, pulled Chen Qiao close to him, put his arm around her waist, and let her lean into his arms: "Daughter-in-law, I know you feel uncomfortable, but I don't care about this matter. There is nothing we can do, I am the only male in our family..."
She wanted to continue, but Chen Qiao covered her mouth: "I know, I didn't say anything. , Didn’t we talk about this before we got married?”
"I know, but I'm just afraid that you will feel wronged in your heart!"
"It's okay, as long as you treat me well, I will be satisfied and don't feel wronged!" She said this with tears in her eyes. It still flowed down unconsciously.
Li Bowen gently kissed away the tears on her face: "I will definitely be the same in the future, and I promise there won't be any changes, okay? Look what I brought back for you! ”
Then he opened the box. Inside was a pure gold necklace and a ring.
"Why are you spending that money blindly again?"
"How can you call it a waste of money to buy jewelry for your wife? No one else has this necklace. I just give it to you." You bought it!"
Chen Qiao felt a little happy when he heard that he only had this necklace, which showed that Li Bowen still cared about him very much: "Then wear it for me!" < /p>
Li Bowen gently put the necklace on Chen Qiao's neck, then took out the ring and put it on Chen Qiao's hand.
"So beautiful!" Li Bowen looked at Chen Qiao and said.
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Chen Qiao smiled, his eyes full of happiness and satisfaction.
"I will always wear it!" Chen Qiao said softly.
They hugged each other tightly, enjoying the sweetness and warmth of this moment.
He heard Chen Qiao ask softly again: "What's her name?"
Li Bowen replied: "It's called Yu Li. She also knows about you and wants to talk about the New Year." I’ll come over and see you later, don’t worry, she’s also a sensible person!”
“Do I have to meet you?”
“Of course, you are the eldest sister, no matter who comes in from behind, I have to come to see you, right?"
Chen Qiao reluctantly agreed: "Okay, I'll do whatever you want!"
" I knew my daughter-in-law was the best, come and kiss her!”
After some tenderness, Chen Qiao pushed Li Bowen away: “No, I have just been pregnant for a short period of time, and grandma said that the fetus has not yet settled. , can't have sex. Go to sleep!"
Li Bowen had no choice but to hold her tightly in his arms.
The next day, Li Bowen began to wander around the surrounding villages to collect supplies. There are quite a lot of people who want to change things at this time. After all, no matter how good or bad life is, we still have to celebrate the New Year! You also need some candy stamps, cloth stamps and other items.
Nowadays, people in the surrounding villages basically go to Fox and the others to sell their things. Because there is a steel rolling mill as the backing, it doesn't matter even if someone comes to check. This time Li Bowen brought back a lot of money and tickets, which was enough to meet the villagers' exchange needs.
In just a few days, Li Bowen accumulated a large amount of supplies, mainly eggs, as well as poultry such as chickens, ducks, and geese raised by some villagers.
However, there were so many supplies that he couldn't transport them all by himself, so he had to ask Fox and the others to help drive the carriage and transport them together. At the same time, this is also an opportunity for the fox to become familiar with the transportation process.
When they learned that the fox was about to go to the city to work, Lao Zhu and Er Gouzi showed envy. Seeing this, Li Bowen smiled and said to them: "Don't be greedy. The quota in the factory is limited at present. I will arrange for the fox to go in first. You two will help him collect things at home and sell our grain. When the time comes, Next year or the year after, when the factory recruits workers again, we will arrange for you two to join us!"
Hearing what he said, the two of them immediately said with smiles: "It's okay, we're not in a hurry, we can earn money now anyway! It's quite a lot, and we're experts at collecting things!"
Li Bowen curled his lips in disdain and snorted: "Tch~! If I don't get it for you, you two idiots won't do it! You know how to scold me behind my back, but I still don’t know your moral character!”
The two of them quickly laughed and said, “Hey, hey, how can you, we all know that you are a very loyal person. The official will definitely not forget his brother."
After the handover of the factory was completed, Fox and others transported two more carts of grain from the yard outside the city, so that their families could all live a happy life. Have a prosperous new year.
After the last purchase is over, the remaining days are waiting for the New Year.
Li Bowen just sits idle in the office every day, goes to work on time, goes to the cafeteria for a meal at noon, takes a nap, and then waits to get off work in the afternoon.
On this day, there was still some time before getting off work, Liu Lan suddenly found Li Bowen, pulled him to the corner and asked mysteriously: "Hey, do you want that house or not?"
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"Do you want it? Old Man Ma is looking for you?"
"Well, he came to my house last night and told me that there is a house about the same size as his house. See if you want it! ”