Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Chapter 214 Shopping

The next morning, Lin Qingyan had just fallen asleep when she smelled a fragrance coming from the kitchen.

After getting dressed and walking to the kitchen, I saw Liu Huizhen already busying herself there.

"Mom, didn't you agree that I would cook?" Lin Qingyan washed her hands and went forward to help.

"Why did you get up so early? Go back and sleep for a while. Mom will call you when dinner is ready!" Liu Huizhen looked at her daughter in surprise.

"Mom, I'm used to getting up early, and now I can't fall asleep when I go back home. Let me help you!" Lin Qingyan was used to it.

Liu Huizhen looked at her daughter lovingly. She had never seen her get up so early before when she was at home. It seemed that life in the countryside was not easy.

Lin Qingyan had no idea that she had taken so many brain supplements. When Lin Jianshe got up, the meal was already ready.

"Wake Qingxuan up to eat. He just sleeps in every day during the winter vacation." Liu Huizhen said to Lin Jianshe who had just gone out.

"Mom, Qingxuan is usually very tired from going to school, so he must want to sleep in during the holidays." Lin Qingyan explained to her brother with a smile.

After the family finished breakfast, Lin Jianshe went out to work, leaving three people who were not working at home.

"You two stay at home or go out for a walk. Mom has something to do." Liu Huizhen instructed Lin Qingyan who was packing.

"Got it, Mom. I'll go out with Qingxuan later."

After hearing this, Liu Huizhen turned back, went into the house, took out two big unity tickets and handed them to Lin Qingyan.

"Bring some money with you when you go out, and buy some if you see something you like."

"Mom, I have money!" Lin Qingyan wanted to refuse, but when she saw Liu Huizhen's expression, she changed the subject.

"Okay, I'll take Qingxuan shopping later and buy whatever I want."

Only then did Liu Huizhen feel relieved and went out.

"Sister, where are you going to go shopping later?"

"The New Year is coming soon. Let's go to the street and buy some New Year's goods." Lin Qingyan cleaned up the table and took Lin Qingxuan out.

As soon as I got to the door, I met Aunt Zhang from next door, "Aunt, are you done eating?"

"Hey, Qingyan, where are you going now?" Aunt Zhang remembered the voice coming from next door yesterday, and she couldn't help but go forward and grab Lin Qingyan.

"Aunt, I haven't been home for more than a year. I wonder if there have been any changes in the city. I asked Qingxuan to take me for a walk!" Lin Qingyan said with a smile.

"What changes could have taken place in the city? It's still the same, and it's cold outside. Come, let's chat at my house!" Aunt Zhang held her tightly and didn't want to let go.

Lin Qingxuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he stepped forward and pulled Aunt Zhang's hand away.

"Aunt, you hurt my sister!"

Aunt Zhang looked at Lin Qingyan's wrist again. It was really red from being pulled by her. She said to Lin Qingyan with some embarrassment: "Aunt didn't mean it."

Lin Qingyan smiled.

"I know you're worried about the cold outside. It's okay, auntie. We're young and not afraid of the cold. Let's go!"

After Lin Qingyan took Lin Qingxuan away, Lin Qingxuan said dissatisfiedly:

"That Aunt Zhang next door is really something. She's always arguing with our mom, but now she's dragging you over to chat with her. What's there to chat about?"

Lin Qingyan was lost in thought and didn't say anything. This might be related to the hustle and bustle in their house yesterday. The two families shared a wall, so louder voices could be heard, not to mention that the noise in their house was quite loud yesterday.

"Don't worry about her, come on, take your sister for a good walk!"

Lin Qingyan took her brother out of the compound and met many aunts along the way, who greeted them warmly.

"Sister, where do you want to go?"

"Let's just take a walk!"

The brother and sister were wandering aimlessly on the street. As the Chinese New Year approached, more and more people were shopping for New Year's goods. Lin Qingyan followed the crowd to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some vegetables. Meat required meat tickets, and rice and flour also required tickets.

She looked around and planned to find an excuse to go out tomorrow to move some rice and flour out of the space. She had originally grown wheat and rice in her space, and she had searched for a long time in modern times before finding a mill. She ground a lot of rice and flour in the space and kept them for later use.

"Let's go, it's getting late, let's go back and make lunch!" Lin Qingyan pulled her brother and prepared to go back.

"Sister, what delicious food are you going to make today?" Lin Qingxuan followed her like a little dog.

"What do you want to eat?" Lin Qingyan looked at him and smiled gently.

"Sister, I'll eat whatever you cook. I think everything you cook tastes good."

"Only you can talk."

The brother and sister were talking as they walked towards home. As soon as they reached the courtyard, they met Wang Cheng's mother. When Wang Cheng's mother saw Lin Qingyan, she smiled and walked forward and asked:

"Qingyan, you're back? Do you know if my Wang Cheng will be back this year?"

After saying that, he was about to pull Lin Qingyan's hand as usual, but Lin Qingyan dodged to the side.

Wang Cheng's mother was stunned and felt unhappy. Before this girl went to the countryside, she was always very sweet to her every time she saw her. She would come over to say hello long ago.

"Aunt, I'm not familiar with your Wang Cheng, and I'm not familiar with you either. I don't like strangers standing too close to me, so please don't get too close." Lin Qingyan replied with a smile.

"Look at you, girl. How can you say you're not familiar with us? You all grew up in the same courtyard, and what's more, you went to the countryside together." Wang Cheng's mother said with an unhappy look on her face.

Lin Qingyan continued to smile and said, "Aunt, there are many children in our yard, and there are many that we are not familiar with. Besides, after your Wang Cheng married the daughter of the team leader's family, he moved out of the educated youth site and lived in the team leader's house, so we don't see him usually."

Lin Qingyan had already noticed that the people around her were eavesdropping, so she paused for a moment and heard someone in the crowd say:

"Is Wang Cheng going to be someone's son-in-law?"

"Live-in son-in-law? Is that true?"

"Really? Didn't you hear Qingyan say that he has moved in with someone else? If he's not a live-in son-in-law, then what is he?"

In this era, it is not a decent thing for a man to be a son-in-law of someone else. Many sons-in-law need to change their surnames. Even changing their last names is very painful for them.

"Let's see if she dares to show off her son again in the future. Bah! She shows off as if everyone else in our compound except her son Wang Cheng is a gangster."

"That's right, I've already gotten tired of her."

Not only Lin Qingyan could hear their conversation, but Wang Cheng's mother also heard it clearly, and her face became even uglier.

"Don't talk nonsense. My Wang Chengcai has never been a live-in son-in-law to anyone else."

After Wang Cheng's mother yelled at the aunties and ladies beside her, she turned around and kicked Lin Qingyan fiercely, saying:

"Qingyan girl, tell them quickly that my Wang Cheng is not a live-in son-in-law."

Lin Qingyan pretended to be scared and took a step back. Seeing this, Lin Qingxuan hurried forward and stood in front of Lin Qingyan.

"Why are you so mean to my sister?"

Lin Qingyan patted him lightly, walked up to Wang Cheng's mother and said:

"Aunt, don't you know clearly whether your Wang Cheng has become someone else's son-in-law? I only know that he lives in the captain's house. Oh, no, I don't know if Wang Cheng has told you that Wang Cheng's father-in-law Li Genshu is no longer the captain and has been dismissed."

After Lin Qingyan finished speaking, she didn't care about their reactions and smiled and greeted the aunts and ladies around her one by one.