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Feng Qingxue was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Guests from our country, Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant will not check your work permit to entertain you, just like you entered the Friendship Store."
Although it is the era of planned economy, foreign guests and overseas Chinese have certain preferential treatment.
Isn't that what this Moscow restaurant is like?
When the money coming in from foreign exchange is converted into RMB, the bank will issue a certain amount of overseas remittance vouchers. With the overseas exchange vouchers, many scarce materials such as rice, flour, grain, oil, meat, eggs and imported goods can be purchased outside the planned economy.
Feng Qingxue doesn't know whether this is the case when foreign guests come to China, and it's not easy to ask in detail.
However, she knew that the Friendship Store was established for foreign guests, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, and there were many products that were not even found in department stores.
"Exchange bills? This?" Christine took out a thick stack of exchange bills issued by the capital from her bag. "When we came, my dad told me to go to the bank to exchange francs and euros for RMB, and they exchanged them for me. After the RMB, he gave me a lot of this ticket, and my father said that I can use this ticket and money to go to the Friendship Store to buy things."
Feng Qingxue nodded lightly, "Remittance vouchers are very useful."
Kristin blinked her azure blue eyes, remembering that her father said that this could be used as a gift, and it was a very good gift, very popular, so she returned to her residence and found her foreign exchange certificate.
Looking at the number of remittance vouchers found, Kristin felt a little overwhelmed.
"Helen, can you give me some of your foreign exchange coupons?" Christine stuck her head into the friend's room.
Edward was in Helen's room, she didn't need to go to Edward anymore, a bright smile appeared on her face involuntarily, "And you, Edward, we don't need to buy a lot of things, if you can't use it up, trouble Give me some, I will give it to my friends as a gift. Of course, if you don't have enough, I will go to the bank to exchange RMB and get it back to you."
"Is your friend the beautiful lady you met at the restaurant today?"
Seeing Christine nodding, Edward sighed, "I exchanged a lot of RMB, and then I got a remittance certificate equivalent to the amount of RMB, with a one-year term, and we are leaving in a month, and we can't use it up at all, I don't think my parents would like to use mine, it's so nice of you to give it to your friend as a gift, it helped me out of a big trouble. But I can only give you part of it, because when I go back to China, I need to go Buy some crafts from the Friendship Store to take home."
Helen fiddled with her long wavy golden-brown hair, "China's prices are really too low, I changed more than 10,000 yuan in RMB, and I don't think I can spend it all. Of course, the same is true of foreign exchange certificates, Christine, If you need it, take it! Just like Edward, just leave me a part of it."
Christine hugged them and smiled even brighter, "Thank you, my dear friends, it is the greatest luck in my life to meet you."
"If we don't give it to you, you'll say 'I'm so poor, I don't have a good friend'." Helen squinted at her.
Christine smiled, neither admitting nor denying it.
Edward asked, "Kristen, is that beautiful and elegant lady the one you're looking for? It's incredible to me that you have such a warm attitude."
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Christine nodded heavily, "Yes, she and her son are the people I was entrusted to find by my father. We searched for several days and couldn't find it. We met in the restaurant. It was God's arrangement!"
"Ah, I remembered, the fat baby in the photo!" Helen suddenly realized.
"Yes." Kristin smiled, "I can finally complete the task that my father gave me, but I am very happy to meet the baby's mother, she is a lady who speaks elegantly, has a wide range of knowledge, and has a good mouth. Very beautiful French that has changed my impression of the country in recent days."
Helen rolled her eyes, "You introduce us to her another day!"
"I need Feng's approval for this." Christine said earnestly, "She is very warm and hospitable. She is the one who paid the bill tonight. I think she must be willing to meet you. I won't tell you, I have to go back to my room. Pack up and bring them the gifts my parents gave them in boxes."
The Bernards prepared a lot of gifts for Qingxue mother and son, and filled a suitcase full of them.
Christine prepared a 10,000-denominated remittance bill, put it in a beautiful cardboard box, and tied it with a bow. Because the box could no longer be stuffed into anything, she put it in her bag. After completing the task, she fell asleep.
Feng Qingxue and Christine made an appointment, and brought Xi Bao with Lu Jiang half an hour earlier.
Lu Jiang drove by himself, taking her and Xibao with him.
After parting with Christine last night, the couple reported to the relevant departments overnight. In this sensitive period, they did not dare to take risks. Fortunately, Bernard was a good friend that Xi Bao met in the compound. The chief crossed the bright road in front of him, so he did not have any embarrassment, but instructed them to take good care of foreign friends.
The country has been working hard to establish diplomatic relations with foreign countries, and it was relatively early to establish diplomatic relations with France. Of course, the relationship is better. Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue are devoted to revolution, and they are not particularly pushy people, and they are not taboos from others.
Before coming, the couple specially ordered a whole duck feast with Quanjude to entertain Christine.
The snow had stopped, but the wind was strong and it was still cold.
Christine was still wrapped in that red cotton coat and stood at the door, waving to them when they got off the bus, carrying a Hermès leather bag, pulling a Hermès suitcase, and her baby camera hanging on her chest.
As soon as the three Lu family arrived, they smelled a strong fragrance of perfume.
"Good morning, Christine." Feng Qingxue said hello, bowed her head and said to Xibao: "Xibao, my name is sister, don't you often talk about Nana? Sister Christine is Nana's daughter."
Xibao said hello to Christine in fluent French. Christine opened her eyes in surprise. The handsome and polite boy in front of him was the white and tender fat baby in the photo? Time is really ruthless, turning the cute baby into a boy, but the facial features are so good that she has less regrets.
"Hello, baby!" Kristin gave up the suitcase and rushed over to hug him. "I'm so glad to see you. We must take a photo in the snow and take it back to my parents to show."
"Is Nana okay?" Facing Kristin's enthusiasm, Xi Bao was more concerned about his good friend.
"Okay, very good, he asked me to bring you a lot of gifts."
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Xibao didn't care much about gifts, but he was very happy about the kindness of his friends.
Xibao's popularity is good, I have to admit it.
By the time the car drove home, Christine had become good friends with Xibao, and even corrected Xibao's mispronunciation. After all, he is young and has a lot of homework, so it is inevitable that occasionally mistakes in grammar are inevitable.
Xibao has a cheerful personality. After getting out of the car, he took Christine into the house and said, "Christian, you got up so early, you must not have breakfast, right? It doesn't matter, we asked my brother to cook before we went out. Eight-treasure porridge, green onions Oil cakes, I have two brothers who are very good at cooking, one is named Lu Tianzhi, the other is named Guan Yu, and my real name is Lu Tianmao."
"Wow, you have a lot of family members, and they look good!" Kristin greeted the whole room warmly.
At the same time, she introduced herself to everyone, "Hello, my name is Christine, and my surname is Hermes. I come to your house as a guest, and I hope it will not disturb your life."
Father Lu, the head of the family, said, "No, no, you are welcome, Christine."
He has seen Bernard, and Wang Cuilan has never seen foreigners. They are very calm. In Christine's eyes, they are elegant and grand. Unlike usual, when he walks on the street, he always encounters some people who make a fuss about her.
"Hello, hello, old man, I'm very happy to see you!" Kristin respected the old man very much, took off the camera immediately, went to hug him, and hugged Wang Cuilan, and then went to hug Lu Tian Zhi and Guan Yu, the two hairy boys were so frightened that they stepped back and waved their hands.
"No, no, men and women don't kiss each other!" In fact, he was afraid of being called a hooligan.
Seeing Lu Tianzhi's step back, Kristin was very hurt, "Why? You are so good-looking, you are the most beautiful boys I have ever seen, do you think I am not good-looking?"
"No, no, you're beautiful, you're not bad-looking." Lu Tianzhi replied in French, and under the ear, all the children of the Lu family did not understand a few foreign languages. The best of Lu Tianzhi were French and English. Guan Yu knew a language of English, but he didn't know it very well, because he didn't work very hard, "I mean, the etiquette and customs of our country and your country are different, just shake hands, just shake hands, and hugs will be avoided. Now, only my wife can hug me!" The men of the Lu family had to keep themselves clean.
Christine immediately stretched out her hand, and finally met a Chinese family whose whole family could speak French, which was very cordial.
When Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue came home with the buns they bought, Kristin had already made up with his family. It was the first time the triplets approached foreigners at close range, and their eyes widened.
"Sister, why are your eyes different from mine? Why isn't your hair black?" After Lu Erxiong reacted, he ran to Christine, not afraid of life at all, "Is the camera you put on the table? I saw it in the Friendship Store, but my mother didn't buy it for me, can you play it with me?"
Looking at the little boy who was slightly rounder than the other children in front of him, Kristin bent down and looked at him, "Okay, I'll teach you to play, you have a big yard next door, it's very beautiful, let's take pictures of their gates! "
Feng Qingxue stepped forward and said, "Eat first, then play after eating."
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Chinese people have always been hospitable. Facing foreign friends like Christine, Lu Jia prepared breakfast.
However, the current conditions are limited, and it is impossible to add the word exquisite on the basis of richness.
Feng Qingxue asked Christine about her dietary preferences and taboos yesterday, so eight-treasure porridge, scallion pancakes, boiled eggs, meat and vegetarian buns, scrambled eggs with garlic yellow, hot and sour shredded potatoes, and vinegared cabbage appeared on the table at home. The four kinds of dishes, including strips, onions and fried fungus, are much richer than other people's breakfasts, including most of the old chiefs.
Christine likes to eat onions, and the meat buns specially chose pork and onion fillings.
"No, no, Feng, I think I like this scallion pancake the most!" Kristin held up the scallion pancake that she was holding in her hand, and ate it with a glossy mouth, a crispy taste, and the aroma of wheat, scallion and oil. Staggered together, layer by layer, it is simply delicious, but she disdains the onion she has always liked.
"My brother Tianzhi made it." Xibao said proudly. He also likes to eat scallion pancakes, as well as leek boxes and dumplings.
Kristin looked at Lu Tianzhi admiringly, "You are great!"
Christine was so enthusiastic that Lu Tianzhi felt a little uncomfortable, "Eat more if you like, eat more."
"Thank you! It's delicious, I'll keep eating it!" Christine took a big bite, disregarding her image.
She loves photography, likes outdoor activities, wandering around for a long time, consumes a lot of energy, eats more food, and naturally has a large appetite, and France does not have a planned economy. As a foreigner, you can buy things as you like, and you don't understand the pain of shortage of supplies, so you can eat one at a time.
Under the influence of her good appetite, everyone ate more than usual.
"I'm so full! I'm so full! Lu, can I bring some back to share with my friends when I leave?" Kristin asked Lu Tianzhi while licking her fingers, her big blue eyes full of pleading, and finally she held her hands together. Make a prayer on your chest.
Lu Tianzhi nodded and said, "Of course, I will make another copy when you go back and wrap them in paper."
How embarrassed to give away the leftovers in the morning? To treat foreign guests, we must show the demeanor of a great country.
"By the way, Kristin, how many friends do you have?" Lu Tianzhi was very careful as he heard that the meal-sharing system is common overseas.
"Lu, you're so kind!" Kristin opened her arms and wanted to give Lu Tianzhi a hug, but was avoided by Lu Tianzhi, she shrugged, "Lu, you are too shy, you should learn like Baby, right baby?"
Xibao shrugged her shoulders, "You said my brother Tianzhi was shy."
After dinner, Christine helped to clean up the dishes, and Wang Cuilan stopped her, "You are a guest, we can just come."
"How can I do it? I'm eating, and I didn't make the rice, so I have to clean the dishes." Christine has been used to being self-sufficient since she was a child. She moves very neatly, and her greasy hands still hold the stack of bowls steadily. , asked Lu Tianzhi next to him and said, "Lu, where do you go to wash the dishes? I found that there is no sink in the house."
"Kitchen!" Lu Tianzhi led the way.
Lu Erxiong followed the blind to join in the fun, carrying his bowl of porridge and following behind her ass.
The reason why Lu Erxiong followed Christine was very simple. He was thinking about the camera. Unfortunately, Christine returned to the main room after washing the dishes and opened the suitcase to distribute gifts.
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"Books and stationery from my dad for the baby!"
"A toy from my dad for the baby!"
"Candy and biscuits from my dad for the baby."
"Baby's sister's skirt and dolls, hairpins, Dad said, baby's sister has grown up."
"Baby's other brothers and sisters have toys and candies. My father said that the baby should have other brothers and sisters. Because your country pays attention to having many children and grandchildren, he prepared some gifts. I admire his foresight."
"The belts and wallets are for the baby's grandpa, dad, and other male family members, and there are several of each."
"Wine for your whole family."
"Feng, my father entrusted my mother to prepare perfume, leather bags, silk scarves, little black dresses, jewelry, watches and cosmetics for you. This is every woman's favorite. My mother likes it very much. She thinks you will like it. However, to give some to grandma, because we did not prepare enough and did not prepare grandma's gift, I am so sorry."
Wang Cuilan waved her hands and said with a smile, "I don't want it for Xiaoxue. What do I need these things for at such an old age?" What perfume, cosmetics, silk scarves and skirts do you need?
"However, thank you and your parents." Wang Cuilan said.
Feng Qingxue translated, Christine stuffed a bottle of perfume, a silk scarf and a set of cosmetics to Wang Cuilan, "Beauty does not matter what age, everyone has the right to pursue beauty."
Wang Cuilan had no choice but to accept it and turn around to give it to Feng Qingxue, she really didn't need it anyway.
Kristin took out the gift box containing the foreign exchange coupons from the bag again. "This is also for you, Feng, and my friends and I gave it. My dad said that this is more pleasing than anything."
So many things have been collected, do not care about this small box.
Feng Qingxue said thank you, accepted it calmly, and thought secretly about what kind of gift to bring back to Christine when she left, and how to make Christine feel at home in the next time.
"Okay, my task has been completed, and I have nothing to do. Lu, Baobao, Little Bear, and a beautiful little sister, a cute little brother, and related, let's go out and take pictures together!" Kristin picked up My own camera, "The red gate in the snow is so beautiful, and the painting on it, I want to take a picture of it, we need to take a group photo to commemorate it."
"That's Grandpa Lu's house, we can go in and play!" Xi Bao said.
"Really? Great, I really want to see the interior of such a building, but unfortunately many places can't enter."
Feng Qingxue had to follow her. She was the last one to go out. Before going out, she said to Lu Jiang, "You can make a list of the gifts you received today and hand them in. We can only accept them after approval. Are these things? Do you have to hand it in?"
According to regulations, the gifts exchanged by the heads of state must be nationalized. A large part of the gifts received by the old heads are handled in this way. Only food and other things are distributed to the people around them when they are received. Officials and staff, although they did not reach that high level, but Feng Qingxue was still a little worried, worried that they would be criticized for accepting them.
Many of the gifts Christine brought are very precious. Jewelry watches are quite famous international luxury brands.
Lu Jiang said with a smile: "The report must be called. If you receive the gift privately, you will be punished, but it's not enough to hand it over. It's just a personal gift, not a gift between heads of state. Also, don't we have to prepare a gift in return?"
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"Yes, return gift, you have to get a note, we need to prepare return gift." Feng Qingxue remembered.
Gift porcelain, Fenjiu Moutai, handicrafts, etc. are all good gifts on the scene, and you can't buy them by yourself.
"Leave it all to me. When dealing with foreign friends, the country will not be embarrassed." The Lu family has no overseas relations, but only made a few foreign friends after the founding of the People's Republic of China and after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. The country is very polite to foreign guests.
In fact, sometimes it is very contradictory to think about. (I agree, Too confusing!)
Many people with overseas relations have suffered, but the state has preferentially treated foreign guests, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots in many policies, and issued overseas remittance certificates in order to win foreign exchange. Isn't this contradictory?
I can't think about it, I think too much.
Lu Jiang quickly settled the matter explained by his wife, got the approval note, and could go to the Friendship Store to buy things.
As expected, the relevant departments did not nationalize the gifts Christine gave to the Lu family. They only told Lu Jiang that if they can receive them, they cannot use them, because they are capitalist luxury goods, and socialists cannot be corrupted by capitalism.
Lu Jiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, we know the benefits."
Except for food and books, their family didn't plan to use them. Which perfume, jewelry and silk scarves are not targeted?
Lu Jiang came home with the approval slip. Christine was drinking tea with her family. She and the big and small children in the family were sweating profusely, but they were still elated, as if they had just returned from outside.
In the bedroom of the main house, there was a kang and a brazier. It was very warm in the room, so Kristin generously opened his padded clothes, wearing a black and white cashmere dress, with a necklace hanging around his neck. Wearing a pendant with broken diamonds surrounded by large drop-shaped diamonds, it is very dazzling and dazzling.
Christine herself is good at talking, and her demeanor is graceful, and her whole person shines like a diamond.
Fu Bao was so envious in his heart that he quietly leaned into Feng Qingxue's ear and said, "Mom, Sister Christine is so beautiful. She gave me two beautiful dresses. Can I wear them?"
Skirt, she had her own skirt for the first time.
One is red and one is pink, which is better than the photos taken by others wearing Bragi and cheongsam.
Feng Qingxue embraced her and said earnestly, "No. Fubao, the country does not allow skirts, adults and children can't wear them. You can see that no one wears them outside, right? So, you can't wear them, so that people can see them. , our family is in big trouble."
Seeing her daughter's disappointed expression, Feng Qingxue whispered in her ear, "But you can wear it for your parents to see at night."
The tears that Fubao almost rolled out were taken back at once. SHe was so happy that he pointed to Lu Jiang who came in, "Dad is back, let's go eat quickly. The roast duck that Grandpa Luo invited us to eat is delicious. Sister Christine eat!"
Come back early after dinner, and in the evening, she can wear a beautiful dress.
"Yes! Delicious roast duck!" Kristin got hungry after playing tired, "Roast duck, here I come!"
The family moved to Quanjude, and the whole duck feast was ordered in advance, and the dishes were served soon.
Seeing that the master sliced 108 pieces of duck meat from a duck, his movements were sharp, the knife was flying like a fly, and the light of the knife almost turned into a light and shadow, Christine admired it very much, "Wow, Chinese Kung Fu!"
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Everyone listened and smiled.
Lu Erxiong jumped off his chair and said, "This is Chinese Kung Fu, that's not it!"
Christine immediately said: "Little Bear, you are amazing!"
Lu Erxiong puffed out his chest, very proud.
Feng Qingxue greeted: "Er Xiong, stop the skin, go back to the chair and sit down. Christine, take off the duck rack and cook the soup. You can taste the sliced duck meat first."
After she finished speaking, she gave an example.
It's a pity that Christine can't use chopsticks. Seeing everyone roll the duck meat with lotus leaf cake, she can only hold the lotus leaf cake in one hand and the chopsticks in the other hand in a hurry, because she can't hold the duck with the meat on the plate.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Christine was sweating anxiously after messing up the duck meat on the plate.
"Here!" Lu Tianzhi, who was closest to her, sighed, and handed her the rolled up one.
Seeing this, Feng Qingxue silently took back the duck rolls she had prepared for Christine, and handed it to Dun Dun. Xi Bao and Fu Bao could support themselves. Coming down is Erxiong and Zhuangzhuang.
"Thank you, Lu, you are such a good person!"
In the evening, holding the scallion pancakes wrapped in oil paper, Christine waved to the Lu Jiang family who had brought her back and stood by the car. Almost dancing.
"Helen, Edward, hurry up and enjoy the food, you won't be late if you're late."
Christine shouted, and her companions walked out of her room one after another, gathered in Christine's room, looked at the paper bag on the table curiously, and immediately sniffed, "It smells good!"
"What's delicious?" Helen asked, grabbing a paper bag and opening it.
Christine shared the others with friends, and kept one for himself, "Scallion pancakes, delicious pancakes, I made a new friend, and the pancakes he made, I brought them back as soon as they came out of the pot."
What made Christine the most happy was that Lu Tianzhi included her when he made it, so she could continue to eat it in her mouth.
Edward took a bite, his eyes lit up, "Delicious!"
"Yeah, it's delicious, and the texture is crispy!" Edward's eyes also lit up.
Of course it's delicious. The Lu family uses enough ingredients for cooking, even state-run restaurants can't match it, not to mention they have been eating Western food all the time.
Helen also ate, and saw Christine take off the padded jacket and reveal the necklace around her neck. It was not the Cartier diamond pendant and platinum necklace before, but a green, shiny and translucent plain face plate tied to a red rope.
"Christine, have you changed your necklace pendant?" The sharp-eyed Helen said vaguely.
There is no way to be vague, her mouth is full of scallion pancakes.
Kristin touched the tag, remembering what Feng Qingxue gave her when she gave it to her, she smiled and said: "Yeah, the diamond pendant is too small compared to this, this is a safe and sound card made by Jade to keep you safe. "
Didn't say who sent it or why.
Helen looked at it for a moment, "Better than your diamond pendant."
"I like it very much. It feels especially suitable for my clothes, and it has a good meaning." Christine glanced down and continued to eat her scallion pancakes. What should I do if I want to eat more?
Looking at the scallion pancake that was less than half the size of a palm left, Christine felt that she should continue to be good friends with Lu Tianzhi!
So happy to decide.
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While Christine and his partner were eating scallion pancakes, Lu Jiang and his wife Xibao returned home smoothly.
The gifts Bernard gave them, except for some original books and candies, had to be put on the shelf. He pointed out that the belts and wallets that were given to Lord Lu Jiang were not needed. Father Lu and Brother Lu Tianzhi even took them. If they didn't take it, they let Feng Qingxue keep it for them. Only Fubao was thinking about her dress, and the beautiful doll was not attractive to her.
She didn't like it, but the triplets liked it very much. They rolled on the kang and grabbed the doll and almost got into a fight. In the end, Lu Erxiong and Zhuangzhuang were taught a lesson by Xibao, and the triplets took turns to play. Put the doll in the bed and cuddle it to sleep.
When the younger brother fell asleep and the older brother went to the grandfather's house, Fubao jumped up and rushed into his parents' room.
"Mom, I want to wear a skirt!"
Feng Qingxue was unpacking the gift box and saw a thick stack of foreign exchange coupons with a denomination of 100 yuan. Before she could express her surprise, she was startled by her eager daughter.
"You child, what's the hurry?" Feng Qingxue couldn't help but hit her lightly.
Fu Bao, who climbed onto the kang and knelt down beside her, raised his face with a grin and said impatiently, "Mom, let me try it!"
Lu Jiang came in with the foot-washing water, and when he heard this, he said inexplicably, "My dear girl, what are you trying?"
"Skirts! Two skirts that Bernard gave to Fubao. Seeing the skirts Kristin is wearing, your daughter is so jealous that she can't wait to wear it too."
Fubao immediately said: "Mom said, I can wear it to my parents."
It's all caused by this era. Even the Bragi, which was popular more than ten years ago, can't be worn. Lu Jiang felt very distressed, "Daughter, we're not in a hurry, when you grow up, Mom and Dad will buy you a skirt, let's take a day. Change one, and don't bring the same one every day."
"When will we have to wait?" Fu Bao asked.
Lu Jiang counted the time. After the catastrophe passed, it slowly got better, but if everyone wanted to wear a skirt, it would take until the 1980s. Their family should not be too maverick. "In another six years, Six years later, our Fubao will be in the cardamom age, and wearing a red dress, it must be slim and beautiful like your mother."
"Six years is a long time, I want to wear a red dress now." Christine's parents gave her one.
"Good good!"
Fubao has white skin, black hair, picturesque eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and is as slim as a flower.
"Beautiful, my daughter is beautiful!" Lu Jiang was full of praise, regardless of the fact that the dress was one size larger and wouldn't fit on his daughter's body, he looked back at his wife with her feet in the tub, "Wife, are you right? ?"
Feng Qingxue nodded, "Fubao, are you cold? Hurry up and change it. When the weather warms up, you can wear it for your parents."
"Mom, it's not cold on the kang." Fu Bao was reluctant to take off.
"Daughter, listen to your mother's words, and you can wear beautiful skirts when you grow up."
Fu Bao sighed, obediently changed his clothes, and went to sleep with her in Wang Cuilan's house.
Qingxue dried her feet, and returned to the kang to put the box containing the foreign exchange coupons into the space. Foreign exchange coupons are a good thing. The capital foreign exchange coupons with a denomination of 100 yuan are equivalent to 20 catties of food coupons, 3 catties of oil coupons, and purchase of goods. Twenty coupons, five pounds of non-staple food coupons.
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Christine's gift is very interesting. One hundred 100-yuan remittance coupons can buy a total of 2,000 catties of grain, 300 catties of oil, various commodities equivalent to 2,000 shopping coupons, and 500 catties of non-staple food. Shocked!
Meat, sugar, cakes, eggs, etc. are all non-staple foods.
Two days later, Feng Qingxue went to the Friendship Store to buy things with the approval slip and foreign exchange coupons.
Recently, the school has organized activities such as field training and going deep into the life of workers and peasants. It lasts for ten days and a half months, carrying a blanket and dry food. Needless to say, the people who participated last year came back and complained in the back. Qingxue made an excuse that the children at home were not taken care of and fell ill again, which was quickly approved.
Lu Jiang returned to the army, and the burden of the family was on Feng Qingxue's shoulders. The school had to consider this.
Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu followed Feng Qingxue to help carry things. Looking at the dazzling array of goods in the Friendship Store, he couldn't bear to blink. The handicrafts counter, the tobacco and alcohol counter, the fabric counter, the gold jewelry counter, the watch counter, the imported goods Counters, etc., as well as refrigerators, washing machines, TV sets, radios, bicycles, cosmetics, etc., can't be seen.
"Auntie, what should we buy first?" Lu Tianzhi felt that his eyes were not his own.
Guan Yu did not wait for Feng Qingxue to answer, and whispered: "Auntie, there are a lot of foreigners buying things, why? No, no, the Friendship Store was originally opened for them, of course they can come to buy things, I mean they After spending a lot of time at the imported goods counter, why don't they buy it in their own country?"
Feng Qingxue has experience in visiting Friendship Stores, glanced at the foreigners, and said, "Because it's cheap."
"What?" Both Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu had question marks in their eyes.
Feng Qingxue sighed and explained in a low voice: "Our country's prices are low, and some imported goods are more expensive in their country than in ours, so many foreign guests, when leaving, not only buy our country's unique handicrafts , and don't forget to buy some things that are also imported goods for them to bring back, for example, the French buy Swiss watches."
Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu suddenly became more knowledgeable.
Feng Qingxue walked to the tobacco and alcohol counter and handed the approval note, "Two bottles of Fenjiu, two bottles of Maotai, and two of the best cigarettes."
"Serve the people. Okay!" The salesperson was particularly agile when he saw the big red seal on the approval slip.
After buying the tobacco and alcohol, they put them in Lu Tianzhi's back basket. Feng Qingxue went to the handicraft counter and glanced at the handicrafts on the counter. He couldn't help frowning, "Unity is strength. Is there any gift porcelain from the red official kiln? The best kind."
The salesman shook his head, "Women hold up half the sky. No, no, gift porcelains are all given to foreign dignitaries, not here."
The requirements for gift porcelain are extremely high. It is good to burn a thousand pieces to succeed in a few hundred pieces, so it is impossible to appear in the Friendship Store, because many foreigners will buy ceramics to bring back, where can they be supplied?
Feng Qingxue was right when she thought about it, so she chose the best set of gift china on the counter.
Tobacco and wine, gift porcelain, silk, silk from Hangzhou Silk Factory. Buying a piece of silk is not easy to carry, and cutting it into pieces is not good-looking, then buy a pair of embroidery, Hangzhou silk as the base embroidery.
These are high-priced commodities, and the money spent makes Guan Yu feel distressed.
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Feng Qingxue was used to big hands and feet, and didn't feel it. She turned to the non-staple food counter that sold pastries, candies, candied fruit, and turned around and said to the two nephews: "Come here, buy whichever you like, buy more, and buy dozens of catties, Send some to relatives and friends, and send some to Xiaoyue, she needs to make up for her pregnancy."
When her husband was not around, Feng Qingxue dressed up very simply, with patches of her old clothes.
In the eyes of the salesperson, she looks shabby. After all, she usually contacts either foreigners or senior cadres and their children, and most of them dress better than ordinary people, so she listened to Feng Qingxue's words, Immediately her nostrils turned to the sky and he said, "Do you know what this place is? It's not a place where you villagers came from, and even opened his mouth and said that he would buy dozens of kilograms!"
Country people? Feng Qingxue looked down at herself, then at her two nephews.
Although it is said that they are indeed wearing old clothes from last year, but under the influence of the family, they have a solid foundation and a good temperament. They don't look like honest countrymen, right?
"It's all said to serve the people, what do you say?" Guan Yu's temper came up, and the dialect of his hometown came out.
The sales clerk gave him a sideways look with a look I was right.
"Ayu, who are you? What do you care about with her?" Before Christine left, she planned to come back to buy Beijing Baqi and other specialty foods to take with her, so I bought it for my family and friends and family today. Feng Qingxue slapped a few bridge bills on the counter, "Six pounds of tuckahoe cakes, six pounds of walnut crisps, six pounds of preserved fruit, and six pounds of toffee. About one kilogram of Beijing eight pieces requires six boxes, weighing two pounds. I also need six boxes of the eight pieces of Beijing, and if the overseas remittance coupons are not enough, I will make up for them!"
As soon as she saw the foreign exchange coupons and the Zhang Da Unity on the counter, the salesperson immediately changed her face, and her attitude was much more attentive, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I was in a bad mood just now, so I'll cut the ticket for you."
She took a pair of scissors from under the counter and cut out the non-staple food coupons on the remittance coupons.
The title, denomination, issuing unit, date, etc. are in the middle of the overseas remittance voucher, and food stamps, oil stamps, non-staple food vouchers, shopping vouchers and quantities are printed around them, and personal cutting is invalid.
After buying all the cakes, Feng Qingxue left without looking back and moved to the next position.
Guan Yu said angrily: "Auntie, why don't you let me quarrel with her? I look down on people too, country people, do ordinary country people dare to enter this place? Although we are indeed country people, but when we enter the door, we do not check The work certificate is to check the overseas remittance certificate and approval slip, why don't you think about it?"
Feng Qingxue said indifferently, "What do you care about with a jade bottle of mutton fat and a mouse that looks down on people? Don't you feel ashamed?"
"Yes, I lost my identity!" Lu Tianzhi immediately agreed.
Guan Yu was right when he thought about it, and quickly calmed down, "Auntie, what are we going to buy next?"
"Buy some cloth and cotton, send some to relatives and friends, and also give your brother and sister-in-law wedding clothes and quilts. Tian Jun and Xiaoyue were in the army at the time, and they didn't prepare anything. Your brother can't help but prepare, after all, he is not in the army.." The shopping vouchers on the remittance vouchers can be bought for any kind of goods, including clothes, fabrics, shoes and socks of course.
"Thank you auntie!" Guan Yu was full of gratitude, and before he knew it, his brother was going to marry his sister-in-law.
After buying fabrics and cotton, you can buy shoes and socks, and after buying shoes and socks, you can buy watches. The watches here are cheaper than those in department stores. Taking Shanghai brand watches as an example, a watch in a department store costs 85 yuan, but here it only costs 60 yuan!
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Not only watches, but all items are cheaper than outside.
The same is true of the overseas Chinese store in Shanghai, Feng Qingxue heard from others, a classmate from Shanghai.
According to this situation, it is estimated that it is the same all over the country.
Feng Qingxue first bought Guan Cheng two Shanghai brand watches, one for a man and one for a woman. It's not that they don't want to buy imported watches, but it's more risky to wear imported watches now. One hundred and twenty yuan plus forty shopping coupons." In a few days, I'll buy a piece for both of you, too."
Buying several pieces in one go is sure to frighten the salesperson.
Lu Tianzhi waved his hand, "We don't want it. What do we want that thing for? We'll buy it ourselves when we can make money."
"Yeah, auntie, you don't have to buy it for my sister-in-law, let my brother buy it later."
Feng Qingxue said: "Since your brother came to work in the capital, half of the salary will be handed over to me every month, and the remaining half will be spent on your sister-in-law. It is said that the spending is limited, and most of it is saved because you Sister-in-law is not an extravagant person. Don't worry, everything for his marriage will be bought with his money. "
Otherwise, how dare she be so reckless?
Not only Guancheng, but after Lu Tianjun and Feng Qingyun received their wages, they have been unhurriedly handing over half of their wages to her.
After Lu Tianjun and Jiang Xiaoyue got married, Feng Qingxue refused to accept Lu Tianjun's salary, believing that he had a family and should pay for his own family, but he and Jiang Xiaoyue were not happy, they said they were honoring her, Lu's father, Lu Jiang and the person who raised Lu Tianzhi gave Lu Tianzhi money to marry a daughter-in-law. If Feng Qingxue refused to accept it, Jiang Xiaoyue would have to hand over a month's salary to her.
None of these children are supported in vain, they are very sensible and very filial.
After Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu heard it, they said in unison, "Auntie, when we can make money, we will also give you half of the salary every month. After the spring, find us a job too!"
No matter what they say, they also have high school education. Although they went to school for three days and two days of fishing, they took the final exam.
Among these children, Feng Qingyun joined the army early and did not go to school seriously.
Work? Feng Qingxue patted his forehead, "Negligence, negligence, you are all grown up, it's not so good to always farm at home, reading ten thousand volumes of books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Okay, I will ask someone to introduce you to work."
Based on the personal connections of their husband and wife, they were not worried at all that they would not be able to arrange a job for their nephew.
"Thank you auntie!" The two brothers were overjoyed.
Feng Qingxue put the bought watch into the bag and continued walking. When she passed the gold and silver jewelry counter, she couldn't move. People who have never entered the Friendship Store would never have imagined that gold and silver circulation is not allowed outside. There are gold and silver jewelry counters in Friendship stores or overseas Chinese stores. The craftsmanship is very exquisite, but it is expensive!
Silver is good to say, can gold be cheap? Compared with 12 years ago, the price of gold has risen not a single star.
Thinking of this, Feng Qingxue especially admired the foresight of the old chief. He expected the dollar to depreciate and gold to appreciate.
"Let's go, let's go buy something else." Shopping is addictive, and the wind is light and snow is still unfinished, so he decides to fight other counters.
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I was also rich in the past, but unfortunately I didn't have the votes, so I could only sigh.
However, the remittance certificate sent by Christine is too valuable. It is not money, but it is more valuable than money. It cannot be used for granted and without restraint. Most of the remittance certificates must be returned to Christine..
At this moment, when Feng Qingxue completely forgot to be in the old Moxi restaurant, Christine clearly knew the use of the foreign exchange coupons.
You have to be measured, you have to be measured.
Feng Qingxue told herself this in her heart, so she squeezed the incomplete foreign exchange coupons from which she had cut shopping coupons and non-staple food coupons, and the foreign exchange coupons he did not cut would not move.
When buying non-staple food, I used 50 catties of non-staple food coupons, and Feng Qingxue also bought some candy cakes and the like. A total of 10 overseas exchange coupons were cut, and 80 of the 200 shopping coupons above were used up. Only a few mothers know that because Friendship Store mainly takes care of foreign guests and overseas Chinese, many of the products they think need shopping vouchers to buy do not need shopping vouchers at all, nor do imported goods, so they still have 120 shopping vouchers and all the goods. Food stamps and fuel stamps are available.
Food stamps and oil stamps must be purchased at designated grain and oil stores, and other coupons can only be used in friendship stores or overseas Chinese stores.
"Auntie, what else should we buy?" Lu Tianzhi tightened the straps of the basket.
With space and supplies as the backing, there is no shortage of everything at home. Feng Qingxue just enjoys the shopping process. After listening to his nephew, he said, "Tea! Tea and porcelain are the most representative specialties of our country. Porcelain has already been bought. , there is no tea on the approval slip, let's go buy a few cans of tea, drink it for our family, and give her some when Christine leaves."
Father Lu likes to drink tea, and the group of old people in the family also like it. Unfortunately, when Feng Qingxue prepared supplies in her previous life, there was no tea item. Good tea in this life is expensive and difficult to buy.
The best ones are in the courtyard, and the best ones are in Friendship Stores or Overseas Chinese Stores.
You can buy tea at the level of Lu Jiang, but the old man is very picky. Generally, tea is not used to drinking, and it is better than boiled water.
Tea is not cheap, although coupons are not required, but Feng Qingxue bought six cans and went down with a lot of money.
"Two bottles are given to Christine and her parents, two bottles are kept at home, and two bottles are sent back to their hometown." Feng Qingxue muttered as she put the tea cans in Guan Yu's back basket, and then moved her position.
Guan Yu's eyes were blurred, "Auntie, what do you like? I'll buy it for you."
He was reluctant to spend his own flowers, but he was willing to give flowers to his aunt.
"You?" Feng Qingxue looked at him.
When they bought the watch, they all said no, they had to buy it when they grew up. If they had the money, why not buy it now?
Boys like bicycles, watches and the like, and the two children are no exception.
Because the family's food, clothing, housing, and transportation are well arranged, the children's pocket money is limited, and Feng Qingxue did not give them a large amount of pocket money because Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu became adults one after another.
Unlike Lu Tianjun and Guan Cheng, these two children do not have the hobby of frequenting the black market and the flea market.
Guan Yu took out a gray handkerchief roll from his pocket with a smile, "Brother gave it to me, I've been saving it for nothing, and I also distributed some money for the food distribution after the autumn, and now there are more than 80."
"I have it too. Brother gave it. Auntie, you can buy it." Lu Tianzhi patted his pocket.
Feng Qingxue smiled and said: "You keep your money to spend, don't stare, I will ask you for it when I don't have enough to spend."
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She didn't mean to spend the children's money, and then she still bought things by herself, and the two nephews acted as attendants and were responsible for getting the things.
Seeing them buying like this, the eyes of many salesmen at the counters went straight.
It's not that I haven't seen people who come to the Friendship Store to buy lavishly, but there are few people who buy things like them, most of which are the cheapest daily necessities in the Friendship Store, but some other places except the Friendship Store and Overseas Chinese Store. Valuable and scarce commodities that cannot be sold, such as household appliances, hairspray and the like.
Feng Qingxue doesn't care about other people's opinions, she buys it because she needs it. It's that simple.
Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu couldn't read other people's minds, everything was based on Auntie's lead, Lu Tianzhi put forward his own opinion, "Auntie, I saw a very beautiful cloth on the counter that sells cloth, let's buy a piece for Fubao Let's make clothes, the Chinese New Year is almost here, make two more clothes for Fubao, Fubao must be very happy."
Who does not know about Fubao's love for beauty?
There is only such a well-behaved, obedient and beautiful sister in the family, and as a brother, she should be spoiled.
Feng Qingxue thought of the sadness of her daughter having a skirt but not being able to wear it, and nodded, "Okay, let's go and see."
Because she had already bought the fabrics she needed, she didn't notice what beautiful fabrics were on the counter when she passed by the counter, but Lu Tianzhi was careful and reminded her.
It is woolen fabric, imported from Australia, dyed bright red, pure red.
"Auntie, Auntie, this is beautiful. Let's buy more. Auntie will make a woolen coat, and Fubao will make one." Lu Tianzhi remembered that the woolen coat that Auntie had when they got married was not broken, but it was very old.
The uncle was so careless, he didn't buy new clothes for his aunt, Lu Tianzhi was unhappy and secretly complained about Lu Jiang.
This piece of material is really hard to come by. Feng Qingxue rarely sees such a positive red, such a good material, and immediately won all of them. It cost more than 200 yuan in total, and it was almost 300 yuan. .
"It looks even better when you see it up close!" Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu's eyes were full of amazement.
Feng Qingxue agreed with a smile, not to mention the two children, she also liked it very much, "I bought this material, and the money I brought out today will be almost spent. Let's go back and come back next time."
She was about to take this piece of material back in her arms when suddenly a hand stretched out diagonally, "Mom, I want this piece of material!"
Her voice was delicate and crisp, but her tone was coquettish and domineering.
Feng Qingxue likes this material, and her daughter must also like it. How could it be touched by outsiders? SHe ducked away and looked at the girl who was talking, maybe it was a girl. She was dressed very fashionably. In such a cold day, she didn't wear a padded coat, but a red and blue plaid coat and black woolen trousers, with a revealing neckline. She was wearing a woolen coat and black leather shoes, about eleven or twelve years old.
Seeing this face, Feng Qingxue thought of Wu Zhanling, the facial features are too similar.
Looking up, as expected, the mother in the girl's mouth is Wu Zhanling, and there is an old woman next to her, who is just like an old Wu Zhanling, no need to guess, it must be Du Juan.
Sure enough, after Feng Qingxue dodged, the girl coquettishly said to the old woman, "Grandma, please let her give me the red wool!"
"Okay, my granddaughter deserves the best." Du Juan said with a smile, and said directly to Feng Qingxue: "This comrade, you see that my granddaughter likes this material very much, you can transfer it to us, it will not be here. I've missed you for the price."
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Feng Qingxue listened to Du Juan's words and saw Wu Zhanling, who was startled at first and then relied on her mother without fear of the sky and the earth, smiled slightly, and slowly rejected Du Juan in the triumphant eyes of Wu Zhanling's daughter, " I'm sorry, although we are from the countryside, we really don't lack that few money!"
"Do you know who my grandfather is? If I ask you to transfer a piece of cloth, that's to look up on you!" The girl jumped up in anger, her tone was exactly the same as Wu Zhanling at the time.
Du Juan was rejected by Feng Qingxue, and his face was very ugly, so she did not stop her granddaughter.
Seeing Du Juan who pampered her granddaughter like this, Feng Qingxue didn't want her sister to get involved with Wu Zhanpeng, so she smiled sarcastically and said unceremoniously, "You don't even know who your grandfather is, ask me, this outsider. What are you doing? However, I know that I really don't care that you can look up to it!"
The girl was furious, and Du Juan's unsightly face became even more angry, "What did you say?"
"Comrade Du Juan," Feng Qingxue called out the name, seeing the other person's eyes widened in surprise, she said lightly: "I mean very simply, we bought this material, and we have no obligation to give it to others. "
To say that the relationship is good, or the other party is polite, it is not difficult to make a few feet of material, but the three generations of Du Juanniang are too rude.
Du Juan couldn't help looking directly at her, "Who are you? Do you know me?" Ordinary people don't have the chance to know her.
Du Juan, who thought so, never thought that her husband did not reach the sky in one step, but came out step by step. They also ran around with the army, they were hungry, and they lived in the city, she only remembered. She is the wife of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and only remembers the senior cadres she saw in front of her eyes.
"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that I know what to do and what not to do."
After saying this, Feng Qingxue greeted her two nephews, "Tianzhi, Ayu, go, go home, otherwise Erxiong will have a falling out at home." She quickly brought the material back to make her daughter happy.
"Okay, Auntie!"
The brothers immediately followed, and Lu Tianzhi did not forget to say to her, "Auntie, our sewing machine is in our hometown, and it is so tiring to make clothes. When we get home, we will find a tailor to do it. You make one piece, and Fubao makes one. , the day after the New Year, it will be warm and ready to wear."
"Make one piece for Fubao, and keep the rest. You may not come across such a good material when you marry a wife."
The quality of the satin and woolen fabrics of this era is particularly hard, and they will not break after being stored for decades, and they don't look much different from new ones.
Feng Qingxue didn't consider giving it to Jiang Xiaoyue and Zhong Wenxiu, nor did she consider giving it to Feng Qingyun. They were wearing military uniforms every day, and if they were made for them, they could only be put on the bottom of the box, because red clothes were usually difficult to wear when going out.
"Auntie, you don't want to do it?" Guan Yu frowned. Auntie hasn't made new clothes for several years.
"Now that the country's economy is in difficulty, it's enough to wear some clothes. There's no need to keep pursuing new clothes." Feng Qingxue smiled slightly. Fubao was an exception. It's okay for children to dress brightly. "Your uncle Hu Ping's daughter Ming in the northeast I'm 18 years old this year, and the marriage is only a matter of a year or two, so send her a piece of material and keep it as a new dress for the wedding."
The content and voice of the discussion grew farther and farther away as they left. Wu Zhanling's daughter raised her foot to catch up. She didn't achieve her goal, how could she be reconciled?
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That piece of red wool is so beautiful, Wu Zhanling's daughter has never seen such a beautiful material.
The red and blue plaid on her body is already a rare commodity. The one bought from Shanghai No. 1 Department Store is also the most fashionable style in Shanghai, but when compared with the big red woolen cloth, it immediately falls behind. A world of difference.
When Du Juan saw Feng Qingxue's face and heard what she said, she knew that she was not simple, and frowned slightly, "Zhanling, what are you doing? Don't let Jiaojiao follow."
Wu Zhanling held her daughter Du Jiaojiao before Du Juan reminded her.
"Grandma!" Du Jiao stomped her feet in anger.
"What are you anxious about? Go back and find out who she is. Your grandfather and I will go to the door to ask for it in person. I don't believe that their family will not give your grandfather's face!" Du Juan said very confidently, since her husband became the Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs three years ago, she has been enjoying the life of the stars and the moon, and no one will not give face.
Du Jiaojiao eased her face, "Grandma, you're right, that piece of material is really beautiful."
"Of course it counts." Because his son and daughter-in-law did not allow him to bring his grandson, Du Juan loved this granddaughter very much. Another reason was that his son-in-law Du Jianguo happened to have the same surname as himself, which made him even more close.
The salesperson selling fabrics said weakly: "I still have a piece of red wool here!"
Although it is an imported product, the quantity is not very large, and the number of people who have been assigned to this friendship store is very limited, and it has been taken away by people who are related to it, but it is not only a piece of material.
After listening to the salesperson's words, the salesperson selling ready-to-wear next to him burst out laughing.
Du Juan and Wu Zhanling's mother and daughter's complexions suddenly turned blue and white, extremely ugly.
"Are you still buying it?" The salesman took out the material. The bright red color was exactly the same as the piece that Feng Qingxue bought. "This material is not cheap. It costs at least fifty or sixty yuan to make a coat."
Du Juan sullenly said, "Buy, buy four feet!"
Not to mention how the three of them paid for the coupons, Feng Qingxue and the three had already left the Friendship Store, and Feng Qingxue went straight to the grain and oil store to line up, and asked the two children to take the things they bought home, along with the grain bags and oil drums. .
Ten overseas exchange coupons can buy 200 catties of grain and 30 catties of oil.
Although it was not early in the morning, the queue at the entrance of the grain store was still very long, all of them holding grain containers. Because of the severe cold, many people in thin clothes stomped their feet to keep warm.
Feng Qingxue was hanging behind her, and suddenly she heard a quarrel coming from the front, a male voice and a female voice.
"Damn boy, get out of your way, I'm your own sister-in-law, and your elder sister-in-law is like a mother. Did you treat your mother like this? What happened to me using food stamps to buy things? Should I leave it to you to eat out every day?"
Feng Qingxue took a look, and saw a very tall and thin man tightly holding the food stamps snatched from the middle-aged woman.
"This is my food stamp! You have your food supply, why are you stealing mine?"
The middle-aged woman suddenly became furious, "What steal? Keep your mouth clean!"
This man in his thirties said word by word, "You take away the food stamps that the factory gave me while I'm drunk, you're a thief if you don't ask me!"
"That's because I don't want to see your extravagance and waste, go out to restaurants every day!" The middle-aged woman quibble, "I bought food, and the whole family can eat it, but it's not that I don't give you food!"
As soon as I heard the man go out to restaurants every day, many people pointed at him.
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The middle-aged woman repeated the five words "go down to a restaurant every day" again and again, and most of them were disgusted with the man.
Feng Qingxue did not come to a conclusion immediately, but listened carefully to the discussions of men, women and children in the queue.
If they buy grain from the same grain store, they must all belong to the same street, and naturally they will know each other.
Soon, Feng Qingxue heard someone in front of her speak in a low voice, "Isn't that Shi Guantao? I quarreled with his sister-in-law again. It takes ten days and a half months to quarrel, it's not annoying enough."
"You know them?"
"Why don't you know each other? Their family lives next to our courtyard."
"What happened to the two of them quarreling? It's also a strange story for my sister-in-law and uncle to quarrel."
"If you want me to tell me, if Shi Guantao is cruel, he should drive out his brother and sister-in-law and the whole family to avoid quarreling every day."
"what's up?"
"His sister-in-law Liu Guixiang is greedy! Although we can't understand Shi Guantao's behavior of going out to restaurants every day, but he is an old bachelor who has cold pots and stoves at home, so he can't go out if he doesn't eat in the cafeteria? Anyway, it's not that he has no money or tickets. It's just that his sister-in-law always wants to give Shi Guantao's salary and food stamps to Gongzhong's family to spend, isn't this a resentment?"
"Why don't the family eat together, but also divide you and me?"
The middle-aged woman who knew the situation at Shi Guantao's house shook her head and whispered, "Eat together? It's easy to say, but it's difficult to do. It's not bad that Shi Guantao allows his brother and sister-in-law to live in his own home. Twelve children! Still want to eat his flowers, how can there be such a beautiful thing? Shi Guantao will not marry a wife in the future?"
Hearing this, the person who asked became more and more interested, and couldn't help but continue to ask, and Feng Qingxue also learned about the general situation.
This Shi Guantao was a soldier who changed his career. He was working in a police station and was still a deputy director. He had returned from his career for several years. The salary level was not low and the treatment was good. Many people matched him because his hobby of going out to restaurants every day failed.
Some people advised him to get rid of his gluttony and greed, and to marry a daughter-in-law well, but he didn't change it.
"It looks like he can't change it. I guess he was starving before, and he was thinking about eating and drinking. Because of this, the police station criticized him many times, saying that he would not change after repeated teachings." The middle-aged woman who spoke of this matter sighed. He breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, apart from gluttony and gluttony, Shi Guantao has no other problems, and he is very young. Everyone turns one eye and closes one eye, that is, Gao Sheng has no part in him."
After Shi Guantao grabbed the food stamps, he had already left. His sister-in-law also left the team, but Feng Qingxue listened with relish.
Whether it's in the army compound, in the city, or in the countryside, it seems to be the nature of women to talk things out, and they can always know the secrets of each family from everyone's small talk.
Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu came over with a single-wheeled cart, and when they saw their aunt listening intently, they couldn't help but smile.
In addition to the bags for food and the jars for oil, there was a little boy wrapped up like a bear on the cart.
"Er Xiong? How did you come out?" Feng Qingxue asked in surprise.
"Mom!" Lu Erxiong jumped out of the car, grabbed his mother's shirt, pouted, and said very aggrievedly: "Grandpa and brother took Brother Dundun and Zhuangzhuang out to play, but they didn't take me, they didn't love me at all. !"
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Hearing Lu Erxiong's accusation, Lu Tianzhi couldn't help but said, "Didn't you feel cold and don't want to go out to paint with your sister at home? If you didn't paste paint on your sister's painting, you were afraid of being beaten. , will you come out with us?"
"That's right, Lu Erxiong, you can't lie." Guan Yu said aside.
Lu Erxiong stuck out his tongue and made a face, ignoring Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu, and only acting like a spoiled brat to Feng Qingxue.
"Why did you make trouble for your sister again? You should really let your sister beat you up." Feng Qingxue touched the hat on his head, "and said that your grandfather didn't take you out to play, your brother Tianzhi and your brother Guanyu Didn't I take you out? Stand honestly for me, don't run around, or I won't be able to find you when I look back."
"I know, I know!" Lu Erxiong stood on tiptoe and looked forward, "Mom, mother, it's your turn with one, two, three, four, five, six or seven people. Let's buy food and go home to make rice, okay? I want to eat it. Fried rice, fried rice with eggs."
"Okay!" It's true that the family hasn't eaten fried rice for a long time.
Lu Erxiong's request was met, and his little hand reached into Feng Qingxue's palm and lined up with her.
A young woman in line behind them saw how cute he was, and couldn't help asking, "How old is this child this year? He looks so good."
Feng Qingxue turned her head and smiled, "I just passed my fourth birthday."
"That's five years old, so chubby!" The young woman in the floral gown was full of envy in her eyes.
fat? Feng Qingxue looked down at the bear son.
In fact, after the age of three or four, Dun Dun and Lu Erxiong began to smoke, and Dun Dun lost weight naturally. Just like Xibao at the beginning, Lu Erxiong lost weight a little slower. Who told him to eat more?
Although he is a little fatter than the average child, he is not as fat as he was when he was a child, and his double chin is almost gone.
But in the eyes of others, he is fat, fat is enviable.
Feng Qingxue chatted with the young woman for a short while before it was her turn. She quickly handed over the money and overseas remittance coupons, "100 catties of white flour, 100 catties of rice." It was all refined grains.
The staff of the grain store were very quick, cut out the grain stamps on the overseas remittance vouchers, collected the money and got change, and immediately weighed the grain.
Two hundred catties of grain were packed in four cloth bags, and Lu Tianzhi and Guan Yu were busy stacking them on the trolley. Although they attracted a lot of envious eyes, no one was too surprised, because many people bought grain on a per-household basis. , People with a large population naturally buy a lot of food. Almost the whole family, young and old, is dispatched together to bring hundreds of catties of food home.
I bought grain and oil, but not sanitary oil, but 20 catties of peanut oil and 10 catties of rapeseed oil.
Sanitary oil is cottonseed oil. Soybeans and peanuts are exported for foreign exchange, so oil is so scarce. Seeing them make so much oil makes everyone envious. It takes a family to save for years to make so much oil. .
Lu Tianzhi pushed the cart, and Guan Yu held the food and oil cans on the cart. He saw Christine as soon as he arrived at the door!
Kristin waved to them without looking out at all, "Feng, Lu, I'm here again, but there's no one in your family?"
"No one? How can there be no one?" Isn't Wang Cuilan at home with Fubao?
Feng Qingxue looked at the door, and sure enough, it was General Tie holding the door.
Christine smiled and said: "It's just no one!"
"It is estimated that everyone in the family has gone out to play." Although there are no adults with them, they will not let the children go out, but with adults, it will be different, they will not be detained at home, and Feng Qingxue will open the lock, "I'm sorry, Christine, please come in."
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Kristin is enthusiastic and frank. She regards the Lu family as her good friends. When Feng Qingxue walked into the yard first, she fell behind and approached Lu Tianzhi. While looking at the cart, she whispered: "Lu Tianzhi , is it possible for me to eat scallion pancakes today?"
It can be seen that Lu Tianzhi and Dun Dun have the best temperament in the Lu family, but Dun Dun is too young to cook.
Looking sideways to see Christine's big eyes full of hope, Lu Tianzhi nodded, "You like it so much? I'll make it in a while. The flour we just bought will use the remittance coupon you gave my aunt."
Referring to the overseas remittance certificate, Feng Qingxue said to Christine when she entered the house: "The overseas exchange certificate you sent is too expensive. We spent part of it and did not reject your kindness. You can take the rest back. There are many places. useful."
Kristin shook his head and said, "We don't need it, we won't take it back. We usually eat Western food and don't need remittance coupons. We only use a little when we go to the store to buy things, but many of the things we want to buy don't need this remittance. The coupons, we will go back soon, if we don't use them, we will waste them in vain, and give them to you to make the best use of them."
The last sentence she said in Chinese was that her pronunciation was inaccurate, and it was a bit strange.
"But we don't deserve it, Kristin. Your parents have given us so many precious gifts, and you are giving us such remittance vouchers." It's hard for Feng Qingxue to take it for granted.
"Don't be ashamed, Don't be ashamed, it should be!" Christine waved her hand, her blue sky-like eyes rolled, and then said, "Darling, if you're ashamed, would you please treat me to dinner? Lu's cooking is very good. Eat, scallion pancakes, delicious!"
"It's no problem! Our family welcomes you every day, and we can invite you to dinner every day." Feng Qingxue agreed, "The food I cook is also delicious. Today we make dumplings, and we have a saying called delicious food. But dumplings. When you leave, I'll make scallion pancakes for you to take back for dinner, do you think?"
Christine clapped her hands, "Good good!"
She took out the gifts she brought from her bag, five boxes of brightly colored crayons, obviously for the five children of the Lu family, rather than coming to the door empty-handed, which made the Lu family feel very relieved, including the returned ones. Lu's grandfather and grandson.
When Wang Cuilan and Fu Bao came, Lu Tianzhi was chopping dumplings and Feng Qingxue was mixing noodles.
Seeing this, Wang Cuilan immediately rolled up her sleeves to help.
It is too late to buy meat now, and there is no meat ticket at home. Fortunately, there is still a big bowl of mutton fat and a piece of fat mutton frozen in ice. Feng Qingxue got it back under the guise of the black market two days ago.
Onion and mutton stuffing, full of oil and water.
Feng Qingxue originally wanted to use cabbage and mutton oil slag stuffing, but thinking that Christine likes to eat onions, she temporarily replaced them with onions, and only wrapped dumplings with a little cabbage oil slag stuffing for the children to eat.
Watching the fat dumplings float up and down in the water, Christine's eyes widened.
Boil the water three times until the dumplings are cooked.
Adults and children lined up with bowls. Feng Qingxue took a fence to pick up dumplings. A fence was a big bowl. If the bowl could not fit, they were taken into a plate or an enamel rice bowl.
While busy, Lu Jiang brought people back.
"Qingxue, there are guests at home. I bought a few kinds of cooked vegetables and steamed bread and biscuits. What do you cook at home?"
Hearing Lu Jiang's words, Feng Qingxue was stunned for a moment, and handed over the job of catching dumplings to Lu Tianzhi. When she walked out of the kitchen, she saw Lu Jiang and Shi Guantao entering side by side, followed by the guards carrying lunch boxes.
Chapter 1499 The old promise 4
Seeing Shi Guantao, Feng Qingxue was taken aback.
"Comrade Shi Guantao?" She blurted out and saw the surprised eyes of Lu Jiang and Shi Guantao.
A trace of doubt flashed in Lu Jiang's eyes, "Do you know Comrade Shi Guantao?"
Feng Qingxue nodded and said, "I was queuing up to buy food today, and I saw Comrade Shi Guantao by chance, and I also learned about Comrade Shi Guantao's former occupation and current occupation from other people's mouths."
When Shi Guantao heard this, he said embarrassedly, "Let my sister-in-law see a joke."
"What's the joke in the family? Hurry up, please come in the house. It's better to come early than to come by coincidence. The dumplings are just out of the pot, and they are eaten while they are hot. The dumplings are stuffed with cabbage, without the spicy taste of onions. They are eaten by children. Yes, you have to pay attention, eat closely with them first, and the rest will belong to us adults. Ajiang, you greet Comrade Shi Guantao, and I will warm up the dishes you bought."
Thanks to the large number of people and the strength, I made a lot of dumplings today, and I wanted to freeze the excess and save it for tomorrow.
After taking out all the dumplings in the pot, she quickly put down the rest of the dumplings. The braised pork, fried pork skin with cabbage, and shredded pork with Beijing sauce brought back by Lu Jiang were all placed directly on the grates of the small pot for distillation.
Lu Jiang came in to help and added charcoal to the stove.
"You are not entertaining guests in the main room, what are you doing in the kitchen?" This is not the way to entertain guests.
"Guantao is not an outsider. With Dad and Tianzhi, I'll take a look at the rest of the meal." Lu Jiang said.
Feng Qingxue snorted, "Didn't you just go back? Why did you come back? How many days can you take me at home this time? What's going on with Comrade Shi Guantao? I'm dying of curiosity."
Lu Jiang smiled slightly, "I will come back as soon as I need it for work. I can stay for a few days. I will go to the headquarters during the day and come back at night. However, it will not be long, and the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States is imminent. We must be prepared at all times, and we must also Note. As for Comrade Shi Guantao, he used to be a boy soldier in the army, and he followed me for a few years."
"Why haven't I seen him?" If he did, he wouldn't recognize him when he was buying food.
Lu Jiang sighed, "He was with me a long time ago, three years younger than me, in a battle, only five people in our company survived, I was one of them, he was one of them , Brother Zhao is one of them. Guantao was not in the same army with us more than ten years ago, of course you have never met him, and it was a coincidence to meet him today."
Feng Qingxue added half a scoop of water to the pot and said, "They say he likes eating out. Why don't you eat in a state-run restaurant? You are comrades-in-arms, so you should know each other better."
"Do you know why Guantao likes eating out?" Lu Jiang suddenly said.
"Why?"
"Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the conditions of the troops were always very difficult, and it was difficult for the brothers to eat and drink. Before going to the battlefield, we made an agreement that whoever walked off the battlefield alive, who waited until the communist society, and who waited until the peace and prosperity. , just eat more delicious food for the sacrificed comrades-in-arms! Guantao went out to the restaurant, not to eat and drink for himself, he was fulfilling his promise to the sacrificed comrades-in-arms, but it was difficult in the cafeteria or at home The food was good, so let's go to the restaurant."
Speaking of which, Lu Jiang rubbed his eyes, which were fascinated by the ashes. "Most of the comrades in arms like to eat braised pork. Whether it's Guantao or I, I will eat them for the rest of my life."
Chapter 1500 A hug before leaving 1
Feng Qingxue finally knew why Lu Jiang liked meat, and he liked braised pork the most.
Logically speaking, the conditions of the Lu family are superior. Lu Jiang has never suffered hardship before joining the army. He is located in a remote location. He may eat less delicacies from the mountains and seas, and there must be no shortage of chicken, fish, meat and eggs. Well, after a lot of experience, knowing that if you have money or relationships, you can go to a state-run restaurant to have a good meal to improve your life, and occasionally I make a murmur in my heart.
At this time, the doubts were answered, and when I learned that there were five people who survived in the end, Feng Qingxue's eyes were a little sour, "The days will pass the better, and the martyrs who have sacrificed will not be let down!"
"Yes, you have witnessed a good day, and all the comrades under Jiuquan will see it!"
As soon as Lu Jiang finished speaking, the pot boiled, the dumplings tumbled, and Feng Qingxue added half a scoop of cold water into it, "The dishes are almost hot, you go first, come back and serve the dumplings."
When the dish was hot, I scooped up a few scoops of dumpling soup and poured it into a small pot. It was not cold water, so it heated up quickly.
When Lu Jiang came back, he came with Shi Guantao and Lu Tianzhi.
"Sister-in-law, don't be too busy!" Shi Guantao was a little embarrassed holding a pot of dumplings.
Feng Qingxue washed her hands, "You guys go eat first, I'll come right away."
There are many Lu family members, and a large table is full. The dumplings in the basin are white and fat, with thin skins and large fillings. Christine has a large plate in front of him, half of which has been eaten.
She didn't know how to use chopsticks, so Lu Tianzhi found a spoon for her to use, and scooped one by one.
"It turns out that the scallion pancakes are not just delicious!" Christine's eyes narrowed. "We also went to the state-run restaurant with Edward's father's subordinates to eat dumplings and noodles. It's not as delicious as yours."
Feng Qingxue said with a smile: "I don't mean to say that, the chefs in the hotel are better than me, but the seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are not as hard as I can put, so most of the food they make has a dull taste. But, Christine, you must have been to the International Restaurant, isn't the food in it particularly delicious?"
It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. It is a state-run restaurant, and there are certain restrictions on the supply in all aspects. At this time, there is no such thing as thirteen-flavored chicken essence. How can you cook delicious food?
Not to mention the category of returning to the basics of cooking. Most of the so-called deliciousness of ordinary people depends on ingredients and seasonings.
Christine thought for a while, "It seems to be true, the food at the International Hotel is very delicious, wonderfully delicious, according to my father, the food at the state banquet is even more delicious. In a few days, I will invite your family to eat at the International Hotel. , and call my good friends Edward and Helen. The remittance bill I gave you contains part of Edward and Helen, and they, like me, can't use up."
When Feng Qingxue heard this, she hurriedly said: "With such great benefits from you, how can I let you treat us? If your friends don't dislike our house, you will come to our house when you have time. I invited your father to dinner, have experience."
Christine was especially happy, "Great, Helen and Edward must be very happy."
They are French, romantic, warm, and equally fond of making friends.
Seeing that Feng Qingxue and foreign women were able to communicate without any obstacles, Shi Guantao couldn't help but say to Lu Jiang, "Sister-in-law is amazing! Several nephews are also amazing!"