176: New Year's Goods From Zhou Cheng (1 More)
Zhou Cheng only opened the things that Xia Xiaolan entrusted to him on the third day of the new year, and he asked the signal soldiers to send them out, and it didn't arrive until after the new year.
There are two Chinese cigarettes in the package.
There are all kinds of cakes wrapped tightly.
There are cosmetics bought from the Jingcheng Friendship Store.
There is a small gun made of bullet casings.
The more expensive one should be the foreign exchange volume that Zhou Cheng stuffed inside. He said that in the cold winter, the foreign exchange coupon plus money can buy two washing machines, so that the future mother-in-law and aunt do not need to do laundry in the cold weather.
Oh, the word "future" was added by Xia Xiaolan, and Zhou Cheng's original words in the letter were his mother-in-law and aunt.
He was also concerned about whether the wound on his uncle Liu Yong's back was completely healed, and he stuffed two ginsengs into the package to make up for his uncle's body.
This package, let alone unintentional, these things themselves are very expensive.
Cigarettes and cakes are the cheapest, cosmetics are more expensive, foreign exchange rolls are difficult to get, and both ginsengs are as thick as Xia Xiaolan's pinky finger.
"...Xiaolan, do you like watching TV? When I save up the foreign exchange rolls, I will send you a TV set. In fact, you can buy a TV first with the foreign exchange rolls you received, but I still think the washing machine is the best choice. The most life-changing invention. I miss your honesty."
Xia Xiaolan had a sour toothache.
It's not that she can't afford home appliances such as TVs and washing machines, but she thinks it's more useful to keep the money in her hand, so she doesn't buy appliances.
Zhou Cheng was right, you can watch TV or not, but the washing machine is needed by both her and her uncle's house.
She is not as meticulous as Zhou Cheng. Liu Fen and Li Fengmei are both "laundry main force" of the two families. The clothes in winter are very heavy, and the padded jacket cannot be directly put into the water, so they both remove the cloth face and wash the outer layer. But the jeans can't be removed, and the tough denim needs to be washed by hand... Not only in winter, but also when to wash clothes is troublesome!
Xia Xiaolan took out everything. Cosmetics are for women, and cakes are for everyone to eat. Chinese cigarettes are definitely for Liu Yong, and two ginsengs are also for Liu Yong. Except for Xia Xiaolan, only Liu Yong has heard about foreign exchange rolls.
Although they moved to Shangdu, the mud spots on the trousers legs of several people were not cleaned, and where did they use foreign exchange rolls.
How to use this thing and where to buy it, asking Liu Fen and Li Fengmei must be one question and three questions!
But Xia Xiaolan said that if she could buy a washing machine, it was still an imported one.
Liu Fen didn't say anything, and Li Fengmei's eyes lit up: "Can you buy a TV?"
The washing machine is not a washing machine. Li Fengmei really does not need it so urgently. She has been rubbing clothes with her hands for so many years, and she refuses to be able to wash it in the country.
She wanted a TV very much. Xia Xiaolan said that she could buy imported color TVs with foreign exchange coupons, and Li Fengmei was moved.
The villagers still use color TVs. In the beginning, only Uncle Da’s house had a black-and-white TV. The villagers liked to run to Chen Wangda’s house when they were enjoying the cool air at night in summer. Snowflakes appeared on the screen, and the people watching TV reluctantly left the yard.
When watching TV, she brought her own small bench and sat in the yard. Li Fengmei only went to watch it twice because of mosquito bites.
If you have an imported color TV in your home, you don't need to be big enough to be satisfied.
Li Fengmei pondered to discuss with her niece whether she could exchange foreign exchange rolls for TVs instead of washing machines. After all, this was given by Zhou Cheng. Liu Yong said that foreign exchange rolls were all exchanged in US dollars, and only foreigners could exchange them. Xiaolan, Zhou Cheng knows who she and Liu Yong are!
When Xia Xiaolan took out the two ginseng sticks, Liu Yong and Li Fengmei were taken aback for a moment.
"what is this?"
"...Like, like ginseng, it's quite similar to the ginseng that Uncle Da soaked in the wine jar."
Liu Yong was not sure.
It is even less likely that he and Li Fengmei have ever seen ginseng. It is not produced in southern Henan Province. It may be found in a Chinese medicine store, but it is not necessarily wild.
Liu Fen didn't even know.
Anyway, no one in the Xia family had eaten this thing. She remembered hearing someone tell the story of "ginseng doll" when she was a child, but it was a story. How could she have seen the real "ginseng".
Zhou Cheng said that he was looking for it to replenish Liu Yong's body. Xia Xiaolan estimated that it would not be artificially planted. Judging from the thickness, there are seven or eight years of growth without ten years.
"It's not ginseng baby, it's wild ginseng, it looks like it's about 20 years old... Zhou Cheng said that he will nourish his uncle's body, auntie, you will stew it with chicken for my uncle to eat. Cut one third at a time, one stick Ginseng can be stewed three times."
A whole stew is also fine, Xia Xiaolan was afraid that Liu Yong would get a nosebleed from eating it.
The kind of ginseng in the film and television works that have great medicinal effects must be the old ginseng that has been more than ten years old. As for the 500-year-old ginseng, Xia Xiaolan felt that it was too nonsense. After all, this kind of superlative product will be provided to the real big man to continue his life. Ordinary people don't even want to smell the smell of 100-year-old ginseng.
It's hard to find a hundred years old, but you should be able to buy it in 20 or 30 years, right?
Xia Xiaolan realized that it was 1984, and the chances of buying real wild ginseng were at least 100 times higher than in 2017! In addition to desperately hoarding the house, it seems that she should also hoard some precious medicinal materials that will become more and more difficult to find in the future.
Xia Xiaolan took this to heart.
Liu Yong touched the two ginseng roots and wondered if he would discuss with Li Fengmei whether he could stew one and leave the other for him to make wine.
Xia Xiaolan divided the cosmetics into points again. These are not the common goods she bought casually, but the imported cosmetics that can only be bought in places like the Friendship Store. Neither Li Fengmei nor Liu Fen wanted it, so Xia Xiaolan could only keep it herself.
The adults have gifts, Liu Zitao's mouth is full of cakes, and he doesn't know if it's too much or he's angry, his cheeks are bulging.
But when Xia Xiaolan gave him the small pistol with the bullet casings, Liu Zitao swallowed the cake in his mouth and almost choked on himself. Li Fengmei hurriedly gave him a bowl of water, Liu Zitao's face flushed from choking, and he panted heavily when he spoke:
"Is this a gun for me?"
After receiving Xia Xiaolan's affirmative reply, Liu Zitao squeezed the pistol with the bullet casing tightly, and jumped high:
"Thank you my brother-in-law, my brother-in-law is so nice!"
How much people adore soldiers these days, Liu Zitao’s bullet-cased pistol is invincible in the countryside, let alone in the countryside. When he got it in a primary school class in Shangdu, he took it out and showed it twice, and it would shock the little kid of the same age to kneel down and scream. Brother Tao. Anyway, as long as you can touch and play with the small bullet-shell pistol, there may be some silly children who are willing to call him Dad.
With this gun, for Liu Zitao at this moment, it is more effective than sending him many red envelopes.
The little boy can't fully realize the charm of the great unity, but he likes this bullet-shell pistol. No matter how much money he gives, he will not give it back to others. What about Brother Chen Qing, there is only one brother-in-law, and that is brother-in-law Zhou Cheng!
Everyone is happy.
Xia Xiaolan sees everyone happy, can she be unhappy?
Zhou Cheng is really good at giving gifts, and everything is so thoughtful. Even if he didn't save Liu Yong, he came here a few more times. Which family member Xia Xiaolan could not beat him?
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