As soon as Zhang Guilan got out of bed, Luo Jijun couldn't lie down anymore. He was not used to going to bed before dark. Looking at his wife who had gone to the West Room, he rubbed his head, got up and went to the kitchen. There were leftover stewed cabbage and rice for lunch.

Others turned on the stove, Luo Jijun heated up the food and went to ask Zhang Guilan to eat.

Zhang Guilan dismissed him saying he was not hungry. The door was locked inside and Luo Jijun could not get in. He thought Zhang Guilan was still angry and did not call her again. Zhang Guilan in the room was cutting the cloth he bought.

Underwear, she had thought about it. If she could earn a little before going home, she would collect the money for the mung bean cake tomorrow, and she would not do the mung bean cake business again.

The cotton cloth he bought was almost cut, and only the last piece was left in his hand. Zhang Guilan cut it off with just a few scissors. Finally, he packed up the things and took out the shoe upper.

The weather is getting warmer, and cotton-padded shoes can no longer be worn. Zhang Guilan made herself a pair of single shoes. The soles are purchased ready-made. She only needs to make the uppers. After tracing the shape and cutting it out, all that is left is the paste.

The shoe uppers were sticky, and it was getting dark outside, so Zhang Guilan packed up her things and came out.

The one-hundred-watt light bulb was on in the living room. The door to the east room was closed and there was no light inside. Zhang Guilan guessed that Luo Jijun was asleep, so he went to the kitchen to grab some noodles, turned on the stove and made paste. After finishing, he sat in the living room.

Glue the uppers.

In her previous life, the shoes were made by her family members before she got married, and they were all bought after she got married. Fortunately, Zhang Guilan still remembered the steps. Although they are single shoes, the uppers should not be too thin, otherwise they will be worn out after being worn, and she can wear a pair of shoes.

Not for a few days.

The outside of the shoe upper is made of black velvet, and the inside is made of floral fabric left over from making underwear. I glued four layers and put the shoe upper on the table. I thought I would buy a sewing machine in the city if I couldn't do it tomorrow. After all, this was

The edges of the shoe uppers also need to be wrapped with white cloth strips, and the insoles held together with the soles also need to be wrapped with white cloth strips. These are all done with a sewing machine, as well as small underwear at home.

, and you can’t always borrow it from someone else’s house.

With a decision made in her mind, Zhang Guilan returned to the east room. The quilts had been changed, and they were all covered by Luo Jijun before. She didn't take off her clothes, she just pulled off the quilt and lay down.

The next day, I was woken up by the army's wake-up call, so I couldn't fall asleep. There was a party at home tomorrow, and a sewing machine was added, so Zhang Guilan got up. Now she didn't need to wear a coat, she wore a coat underneath.

I wore a big sweater with an altered blue khaki coat on top and a pair of black trousers on the bottom. I put on my cotton shoes and went to catch the bus. I didn't even eat breakfast.

At Xiaoqiaotou, I met Jiang Zhi. Jiang Zhi also looked embarrassed when he saw Zhang Guilan, "Sister-in-law is going to the city? Xiaojun has a fever. I'll take him to the city to have a look."

As if afraid that Zhang Guilan would misunderstand, he hurriedly explained.

Little did he know that his lie would be exposed as soon as he opened his mouth.

There is an infirmary in the accompanying team, and the military doctors there are more experienced than those in the city hospitals. Moreover, the family members do not have to spend money for medical treatment. The conditions of the Li family are not good to begin with, let alone spend the unjust money in the city. Let’s take a look.

Li Jun in Jiang Zhi's arms didn't look like he was sick.

Zhang Guilan did not criticize her, but smiled lightly and said, "The child is young, so it is right to go to the city for a checkup."

Jiang Zhi smiled shyly.

In the past, her appearance made Zhang Guilan want to take more care of her, but after that incident, she only felt that Jiang Zhi's appearance was too fake, and she felt very bored after seeing it.

The bus came, and there were empty seats everywhere. Tomorrow was Saturday, and there were no people going to work in the city. There was no one in the bus. Except for those who had serious business and wanted to go to the city, there was no one there.

Zhang Guilan saw Jiang Zhi carrying the child and walking inside, so she simply chose a seat in the front and sat down. The road was still dirt, so sitting in the front would make it less bumpy, and she didn't have to look at Jiang Zhi's appearance.

After Jiang Zhi sat down, she lowered her head to talk to her son in her arms. It wasn't until the car started to move that she secretly raised her head and glanced ahead. After lowering her head, she bit her lower lip slightly. All the people in the compound had better conditions than her family. She

She couldn't enter those circles, and she didn't dare to offend anyone, so she didn't dare to express her stance that day and just ran away.

After returning home, Jiang Zhi kept avoiding Zhang Guilan, even though she wanted to go into town to buy some rice today, she didn't dare to ask Zhang Guilan if she wanted to go into town, but she didn't want to bump into her, which would embarrass her for a while.

The army also distributes rice to each family every month, but the amount is not much, only twenty kilograms, which is not enough to eat. It is just a subsidy for one person. Seeing that there is only one week left until next month, the Li family's rice is gone.

It cost two yuan to take the bus back and forth, and Jiang Zhi was reluctant to bear it at first, but after the last time she went to the city, she couldn't forget it in her heart. This time she decided to go to the city again.

Rice now costs 40 cents per catty. Counting the five yuan he earned last time and the five yuan left at home, Jiang Zhi brought ten yuan into the city and felt confident.

I forgot to think about Zhang Guilan sitting in front of me.

After getting off the car, looking at the flow of people coming and going, Jiang Zhi turned around and caught up with Zhang Guilan in front of him, "Sister-in-law, where are you going?"

Originally Jiang Zhi wanted to go together, but then he remembered that he had said that he was here to take the child to see a doctor, so he did not say the following words.

"I still have some uncollected bills. I'm going to the market to go shopping, so I won't accompany you to the hospital." Zhang Guilan didn't criticize.

Jiang Zhi smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm leaving."

While holding the child, Jiang Zhi pulled off the floral cloth clothes on his body. Although he came with Zhang Guilan last time, he always followed Zhang Guilan. Jiang Zhi didn't remember the way. In the end, after walking a few steps, he found that he couldn't find it anywhere.

Not going anywhere, I could only take a few steps to inquire about it, and I felt completely like a countryman entering the city in an awkward predicament.

Zhang Guilan went to the market first and collected the last bill. At first, there were more than 240 kilograms of mung beans. After removing the worn flour, he made 220 kilograms of mung bean cake. After deducting the fare and the money for hiring people to do the work, Zhang Guilan went to the market first.

Only two hundred dollars were saved. There was still the capital invested earlier, plus the one hundred dollars saved in the fold, and there were more than seventy yuan left in his pocket. Zhang Guilan saved another hundred dollars, leaving less than

For two hundred yuan, I went to the supply and marketing building.

Nowadays, most people who look at sewing machines are people who are getting married. Among the major wedding items, the sewing machine is the first one, followed by the bicycle. Zhang Guilan is not well-dressed, and no salesperson pays attention to her. She only introduces it to others.

Zhang Guilan didn't care, and finally settled on a Butterfly sewing machine, which cost 128 yuan. She negotiated the price without giving a cent, but she could find someone to help her take it to the bus. Zhang Guilan also

I paid the money, but none of the people who were looking at the sewing machine bought it, but Zhang Guilan didn't wear it that well, so she bought it. The salesperson didn't look down on Zhang Guilan as before, and even gave Zhang Guilan a box of sewing machine thread.

, Zhang Guilan was happy that this saved money.

After the porter put the sewing machine box on the bus and let the bus driver watch it, Zhang Guilan went back to the market and bought four kilograms of white flour, which now cost seventy cents a kilogram. She also bought five kilograms of meat, which cost

Four yuan and fifty cents, and eggs are now nine cents each. Zhang Guilan bought twenty, and bought ten eggs and got one for free, which is twenty-two. The old lady selling eggs also gave Zhang Guilan the small bamboo basket containing the eggs.

Finally, she bought two more pieces of silver carp and five heads of Chinese cabbage. Zhang Guilan carried her things back to the bus. After struggling all day, she didn't even have time to eat anything. She was so hungry that she didn't feel hungry anymore. She just waited.

We'll have dinner together when we get home later.

Seeing that it was almost time, Zhang Guilan glanced at the car, but did not see Jiang Zhi. She looked away calmly. After a while, she saw Jiang Zhi carrying the child into the car with sweat on his face.

It was so cold in the winter that I was sweating. It was obvious that I came back in a hurry. I was still out of breath after getting in the car. When I saw Zhang Guilan, I smiled and said hello, "Sister-in-law."

Zhang Guilan nodded, "Xiaojun is asleep?"

Jiang Zhi sat down under another seat across the street from Zhang Guilan, "No, this kid got up early in the morning and couldn't help but fall asleep at this time. Have you finished your sister-in-law's business?"

"Yeah, I don't have anything to buy." People started to come on the road one after another, because tomorrow is the weekend, some people who work in the city also went home today, and some others had been waiting for the bus for a long time but never came in.

When the bus finally drove away, it was half full.

Zhang Guilan and Jiang Zhi didn't talk during the whole journey. When the bus came to a stop at the entrance of the compound, Zhang Guilan first moved the vegetables he bought outside the car, and then took out the sewing machine from Bei Shuang. It took a lot of effort.

strength.

"Sister-in-law, what's inside such a big cardboard box?" Jiang Zhi looked up carefully. She didn't recognize it, but she recognized the small painting of a sewing machine on the cardboard box and couldn't help but whisper, "Sister-in-law,

You bought a sewing machine, it costs several hundred, right? Not many people in our town can afford it, let alone the people in the village."

Jiang Zhi sighed and was a little jealous. This was a big deal. People bought it as soon as they were told. But looking at his own home, it was difficult to even have enough to eat. They were both human beings, but there was such a huge difference.

Zhang Guilan smiled and didn't explain. She just asked the little soldier at the door to come over and help, and then moved the things back home. After sending the people away with the little soldier, Zhang Guilan took all the vegetables he bought to the balcony. At this time

There is no need to worry about freezing, and the temperature is just right, so there is no need to worry about damage. I change my clothes and wash my face before I have time to work on the sewing machine.

As soon as she opened the cardboard box outside, she heard someone knocking on the door. Zhang Guilan smoothed her hair, got up and opened the door. She was slightly startled when she saw the person standing outside the door.

"Sister-in-law, this girl said she is Camp Commander Luo's sister." The little soldier stepped forward to ask.

Before Zhang Guilan could speak, Luo Haiying handed the bag directly to Zhang Guilan, turned around and thanked the little soldier who sent her, "Comrade, thank you, this is my brother's house."

Seeing that Zhang Guilan didn't say anything, the little soldier took the things again, nodded and turned to go downstairs.

It was only then that Zhang Guilan came to her senses and stepped aside to make way, "Haiying is here, come in quickly."

However, her heart sank. She and this sister-in-law had never dealt with each other. During the few months she stayed at Luo's house, this sister-in-law had not spoken to her. So she dragged Milan to her room all day long, and the two of them

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