The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 75 - 73 Good Stuff_2

Chapter 75: Chapter 73: Good Stuff_2

Chapter 75 -73: Good Stuff_2

The scenes from her memory had once again become reality.

She found an empty spot and put down her bamboo basket.

It wasn’t long before an elderly lady came over, quietly asking, “Young man, what goods do you have?”

“Auntie, I have fine grains, do you need any?”

The lady brightened up and hurriedly asked, “Yes, what do you have?”

Xue Jianian said, “Rice, white flour, millet, and also five jin of pork.”

“How much for the rice, and the white flour?”

“Rice is sixty-seven cents per jin, flour is thirty cents per jin, millet is a bit more expensive, ninety-eight cents per jin, pork is one yuan and twenty cents per jin. Rice and flour require tickets, I’ll take any household goods tickets, don’t need other tickets.”

Upon hearing the prices, the lady thought it over and said, “I want five jin of rice and six jin of flour.”

Xue Jianian nodded, took out a large measuring cup, “Did you bring your own bag?”

“I did.”

Two liang was half a jin; after letting the lady check, he filled her bag with five jin of rice and six jin of flour.

In total, it was five yuan and fifteen cents, plus she got a towel ticket and a soap ticket.

After the lady left, Xue Jianian’s lips curled into a smile, and he tucked the money into his pocket.

Lu Jingqiu knew her dad was almost back, and because she hadn’t bought any meat from the farmers’ market recently, she came here to check it out after work.

Having just heard this young man mention he had pork, she approached him once the lady had left and quietly asked, “Comrade, how do you sell your pork?”

Upon seeing Lu Jingqiu, Xue Jianian said indifferently, “Pork is one yuan and twenty cents per jin, no tickets required.”

Lu Jingqiu hesitated for a moment, as it was twenty cents more expensive than the farmers’ market, “Can I take a look?”

Xue Jianian pulled aside the cloth on top of the bamboo basket, revealing several delicate pieces of streaky pork. Lu Jingqiu, delighted, said, “I’ll take two jin.”

Xue Jianian nodded, picked out a strip for her, “These are all pre-weighed, one strip per jin.”

Lu Jingqiu nodded, holding her basket, and asked him to place it directly inside, then she took out two yuan and handed it to him.

Upon seeing his stock of millet, she asked, “How much millet do you have?”

“Five jin.”

Lu Jingqiu then took out four yuan and ninety cents from her pocket and handed it to him, “I’ll take it all.”

Xue Jianian waited until Lu Jingqiu was far away before chuckling to himself, delighted: Quite generous, not bad at all.

Since a bamboo basket couldn’t hold much, she had to make three trips that afternoon to sell all the goods she had brought; although things sold quickly, she didn’t dare to be too aggressive, to avoid attracting attention.

Earning forty to fifty yuan in one day, she was already quite satisfied.

Over the past few days, she had accumulated over two hundred yuan.

The most important thing now was to move out of the hostel and find a place to settle down.

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After returning home, Lu Jingqiu began to salt and preserve the two jin of meat. In this weather, the meat couldn’t be left out.

She took the millet she bought and gave two jin to her aunt.

This millet was a rarity, encountering it once a year would be the ultimate stroke of luck. Today she had been fortunate.

Calculating the time, her dad and Jiang Nanzhou should be returning in the next few days.

After coming back from her aunt’s house, Lu Jingqiu felt around in the chicken coop in the yard but didn’t find anything.

Xiao Shun told her that the chickens should be able to lay eggs this month.

“Hua Hua, the chicks aren’t pulling their weight, let’s wait a bit longer. If both of them start laying, you’ll be free of the egg issue from now on.”

“Meow…”

“Hua Hua, have you been catching mice to eat again recently? Your belly’s so big. Be good, you can’t go around eating mice from now on. Every household is putting down mouse poison.”

As Lu Jingqiu spoke to Hua Hua, she was scooping poop for Hua Hua in the sandbox.

She took her duties as a poop-scooping officer seriously, cleaning the sandbox every two days and adding fresh sand every two months.

When Lu Jingqiu dumped out the cat poop, she specifically took a detour to Aunt Liu’s house to check on their Ah Fu.

Aunt Liu’s house was much bigger than theirs, a two-story building.

As for why Uncle Liu used to have such a nice house allotted to him, that was all thanks to Grandpa Liu. It was originally provided by the military for the old general, Grandpa Liu, to live out his retirement. Later on, after Grandpa Liu had passed away, Grandma Liu was still around, so the house wasn’t taken back.

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Uncle Liu happened to be in the local military, deciding to have the whole family live there permanently.

Now Grandma Liu could hardly get out of bed and didn’t go out much.

Because of the buns incident this morning, Lu Jingqiu felt a bit guilty, so she brought over four apples. When she entered the yard, she called out for Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu responded from the kitchen window, “Xiao Qiu, have you eaten yet?”

“I have, I came across a fruit vendor today and bought some for Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin to try.”

“Xiao Qiu, why be so formal with your sister-in-law? With you and me going back and forth like this, how am I supposed to deal with you if something comes up in the future?”

“It’s just what neighbors do, looking out for each other. That’s how we get along so well. Auntie, where’s Ah Fu?”

“Ah Fu? I have no idea where he’s run off to again. Not like your Hua Hua, who barely goes out.”

“Hua Hua’s timid, and I’m afraid it won’t find its way back if it runs off.”

“Our neighborhood should be familiar to it, but I’m afraid it won’t want to come back. Ah Fu knows to come back because Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin pamper it with tasty food every day. It won’t find the same outside; it’ll just go hungry if it doesn’t return.”

“Where are Xiao Shun and Xiao Yin?”

“Aren’t they on summer vacation? I have no idea where they’ve run off to play. You mentioned submitting to the newspapers yesterday; they’re probably out bragging to the other kids about it by now.”

“The summer break is the happiest time of the year for kids. Auntie, I’m planning to go and fetch a couple of bags of sand this Sunday; do you want to come along?”

“Sure, call me when you’re going. I’ll get Old Zhang’s wooden cart, and I’ll fetch two bags too. Ah Fu has learned to use the sandbox from your Hua Hua in just a month; it’s quite convenient.”

“Alright, I’ll call you when it’s time. I should be going back now.”

“Sure, come over when you have time.”

“Alright, I will.”

The thought of summer vacation suddenly filled Lu Jingqiu with inspiration.

She planned to draw a children’s summer paradise with a sandy beach and a swimming pool, depicting kids swimming together.

She decided to submit it to the West City Daily and thought about illustrating some of the daily activities in the compound as well.

When inspiration struck, it couldn’t be delayed; it would be forgotten if put off.

She painted straight through until after ten at night.

Just when she was about to go to bed, there was a sudden noise at the door.

Lu Jingqiu glimpsed through the window and her eyes lit up with joy, “Dad.”

She called out and hurriedly got out of bed to run downstairs.