The Orphan's Counterattack in the 1970s

Chapter 64 Exchange for dry goods

Chen Mu happily greeted Aunt Chen and Chen Xiaolin when they came back, but he didn't expect that his mother would scold him as soon as they came up.

"Mom, the third child and I are already hungry. Why are you back so late?"

"You starving ghosts are reincarnated! All you want to do is eat and eat all day long. In my opinion, you might as well just starve to death." Although Aunt Chen cursed, she also sped up the door.

Chen Xiaolin put away her bicycle and went with Aunt Chen to borrow the kitchen from Liu Yuanyuan.

"Sister Yuanyuan, we are back. Can we rent the kitchen of the guest house tonight?"

"You can use the kitchen as you like, as long as you put the briquettes back after use." Liu Yuanyuan was really satisfied with the hairpins Chen Xiaolin gave her today, so she generously lent the kitchen to Chen Xiaolin for whatever she wanted.

"Thank you very much!" Chen Xiaolin returned the bicycle key to Liu Yuanyuan and carried the bucket of seafood into the kitchen. I was pressed for time today, and Chen Sen couldn't eat seafood, so Chen Xiaolin asked Chen Mu to buy steamed buns at a state-owned restaurant and use a lunch box to pack a dish for Chen Sen.

Today, I brought back a lot of shrimps and crabs from the sea. Chen Xiaolin plans to make boiled shrimps and steam a grouper.

This grouper was caught by Chen Xiaolin in a puddle on the rocks.

Chen Xiaolin will save the remaining crabs and eels to cook at noon tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, Chen Xiaolin plans to get up early and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some peppers and vegetables, and some big bones to make soup.

In less than half an hour, Chen Xiaolin had already prepared dinner.

When Chen Mu came back from the hospital, they started to have dinner.

Chen Xiaolin was extremely satisfied with this meal. She hadn't eaten seafood for a long time. Although she didn't like it very much, she only ate it once in a few months and it still made her enjoy it with gusto.

The next day, Chen Xiaolin got up early, went for a run, bought groceries, and had breakfast.

When Chen Xiaolin brought lunch to the hospital at noon, she got the good news that Chen Sen could finally be discharged from the hospital.

In the afternoon, after Chen Mu completed the discharge procedures for Chen Sen, Liu Ergou drove Chen Xiaolin and the others to the guest house in the military region.

The military area here is actually closer to the beach. Chen Xiaolin could already see the beach where they went to sea yesterday just sitting in the car.

Chen Sen was not qualified to be allocated a house in the military area, so he could only go back to the dormitory alone.

When Chen Sen came back to the military area this time, he mainly wanted to ask for leave. The hospital asked him to rest for a month, but he wanted to go home, and it would take a month to go back and forth.

Chen Xiaolin returned to the guest house to rest for a while, and then wanted to go to the beach. This time she mainly wanted to find someone to exchange for some dry goods.

Chen Mu heard that he was going to the beach and insisted on going. He was so regretful that he didn't go last time.

In Qiongdao in October, it is still the season to wear short-sleeved shirts, but in my hometown in the Northeast, I have long worn cotton-padded jackets.

Qiongdao was a tourist attraction in a previous life, but now it is still a sparsely populated island.

Chen Xiaolin took Aunt Chen, mother and son, and walked along the road outside the military area. After walking for almost half an hour, they arrived at the beach where they went to sea yesterday.

They came early today and saw several ladies rushing to the sea with buckets.

Chen Xiaolin walked directly to an older woman wearing blue short-sleeved shirts

"Hello, aunt, are you from the nearby village? We are here to visit relatives in the military area."

"You are military dependents! Are you also here to catch the sea?" The lady in blue short-sleeves heard Chen Xiaolin say that they were military dependents, and then she let down her guard.

"We just came here to play. This is the first time we have seen the sea in our lives!"

"Where are you from? Your accent sounds like you are from the north."

"We are from the Northeast. Our place is full of mountains and is quite far away from the sea." Chen Xiaolin is actually not very familiar with the geography of the Northeast and doesn't know where the nearest port is to their home?

"You are from the Northeast! I heard that there is ginseng in the mountains there, right?" An old woman in red clothes heard that Chen Xiaolin was from the Northeast, so she thought of ginseng. I heard that ginseng is valuable, so she didn't Do you know if this little girl has any at home?

"That ginseng grows deep in the mountains. There are big insects and wolves in the mountains. People except hunters dare not go in." If Chen Xiaolin didn't have space, she wouldn't dare to rely on her martial arts skills and rush into the mountains.

"Didn't you say that you in the Northeast "beat roe deer with sticks and gourds to scoop out fish, and pheasants fly into the rice pot"? It seems that they are all lies. There are still people here who specifically choose to go to the countryside in Northeast China because of this sentence." Wear red clothes The aunt was a little disappointed. She wanted to exchange ginseng root with the little girl in front of her, but she didn't have it either.

"Haha, that's an exaggeration. By the way, what do you call the two ladies?" Chen Xiaolin smiled awkwardly. She really didn't know how to answer this kind of question.

"Just call me Aunt Hu." The aunt in red clothes took Chen Xiaolin's hand enthusiastically. This was the first time she had seen such a fair girl.

"You can call me Aunt Liu, Lao Hu and I are sisters-in-law." Aunt Liu's man and Aunt Hu's man are two brothers. Aunt Liu's man is the youngest son and the captain of their village.

"Madams, I would like to exchange for some sun-dried seafood. Do you know where to go to exchange for it?"

"What do you want to exchange for? We all have seafood at home, whether it is dried or fresh." Aunt Hu smiled even brighter when she heard that Chen Xiaolin wanted to exchange for seafood.

"Money or tickets are fine. We mainly want to exchange for some dry goods to eat back home. We can't buy seafood at all." Chen Xiaolin plans to exchange less this time and stock up on a large amount of goods tomorrow when she puts on makeup and changes her identity.

"Then let's go back now!" Aunt Hu directly pulled Chen Xiaolin and left. She was afraid that Chen Xiaolin would choose to change with someone else if it was slower.

Aunt Liu saw her sister-in-law dragging the person away, and she regretted that she had acted too late. She simply took Aunt Chen back to her house. Anyway, they were all together, and they probably came here to exchange for seafood.

Chen Mu looked resentfully at the back of his cousin and his mother walking away, wondering why he had to be left behind every time.

Chen Xiaolin followed Aunt Hu and walked forward for about ten minutes. They came to a small village. At the entrance of the village, there was a banyan tree that was older than her grandfather.

"Aunt Hu, this banyan tree must be hundreds of years old, right? This is the first time I have seen such a big banyan tree."

"It should be. Anyway, it was already there when my grandfather was born. This banyan tree is the most precious asset in our village. Only with it in our village can we always have good weather, peace, and no disasters. "Aunt Hu was very proud when she talked about the big banyan tree in their village.