"Here, take it. Your sister will definitely like it later. Happy birthday to your sister."
After taking the one-mao banknote from the boy wearing a polyester shirt, Chen Yang directly handed over the pheasant feather shuttlecock he was holding. Su Dan Novel Network
"One has already been sold. There aren't many left. If you miss this chance, it won't be so easy to find a pheasant feather shuttlecock next time."
"Although one mao is expensive, with so many children, you can pool your money together to buy one. Anyway, the shuttlecock won't break immediately. You can play with this one today and another tomorrow."
"You are all good friends. If you agree to share a beautiful pheasant feather shuttlecock, wouldn't that also prove your friendship?"
Chen Yang continued to speak. Children in the city had some pocket money, and buying toys with it could bring them some joy in their childhood. He wasn't exactly deceiving them.
"Yes, Er Ni, don't you have five fen? I have five fen too. Let's not eat sugar gourds and pool our money to buy a shuttlecock. We can take turns playing with it."
"I remember the teacher said a few days ago that the school is going to hold a shuttlecock kicking competition. Those who kick well can get a new schoolbag."
A little girl, hearing Chen Yang's words, her originally regretful eyes lit up instantly. She quickly pulled the little girl beside her to discuss.
"Okay, let's pool our money. With such a beautiful shuttlecock, we'll kick our way to first place and get a new schoolbag!"
"Boss, give us one too!"
The two little girls quickly raised their small hands. Chen Yang happily collected the money and handed them a shuttlecock.
"Let's pool our money for one too."
"We want one too!"
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That's how children's worlds are. Once someone takes the lead, everyone else will rush to follow. However, by eating one less sugar gourd or one less popsicle and buying a shuttlecock that everyone can take turns playing with, it didn't feel so painful anymore.
In less than half an hour, Chen Yang's remaining eleven pheasant feather shuttlecocks were all sold.
"Daddy is so amazing."
"We earned more pocket money! We can buy more delicious food for Yan Yan."
The little one hugged Chen Yang's pant leg and giggled, her face full of admiration.
"Yan Yan is the best at kicking, helping Daddy sell the shuttlecock. Come on, Daddy will take you to the food factory to eat meat."
Chen Yang no longer put his daughter in the basket. Holding the baby in one arm and carrying the basket with the other, he walked towards the food factory on Qinggou Street.
"Yay, yay."
"Yan Yan loves meat the most."
The little one happily smacked Chen Yang on the cheek. Chen Yang felt sweeter than if he had drunk honey.
Not far along, Chen Yang saw the large iron gate of the food factory. Next to it was a fresh meat stall with a few cuts of pork hanging, three or two at a time.
Mostly lean, little fat.
"Brother, give me a jin of pork without coupons."
Chen Yang looked at the burly butcher with a smile. Although pheasant meat was also meat, people at this time naturally preferred pork.
"With fat, it's one yuan and one jiao. Without fat, it's one yuan."
The butcher didn't even look up and calmly said a sentence. Chen Yang wasn't annoyed. He was already used to the demeanor of some popular professions at this time.
"Give me a jin without fat."
Although people nowadays liked to eat fatty meat, Chen Yang didn't have that habit. This lean meat, used to make meatball soup or adding a little shredded meat to noodles, would be incredibly delicious.
Fatty meat had so much fat. Looking at the many chronic diseases caused by obesity in later life, Chen Yang, as someone who had lived before, naturally paid more attention to dietary health.
"A jin without fat. Pack it yourself."
The butcher cut with a knife and weighed it. It was exactly one jin, neither more nor less. This was clearly the work of a master.
This was also a characteristic of this era. Whether it was a food factory, a large store, or a subsidiary food store, in every industry, there were always some experts whose experience alone could rival modern machinery.
"Thank you, sir. One yuan. Please keep it."
Chen Yang handed over the money. The one yuan and one jiao he earned from selling shuttlecocks was now reduced to one jiao.
However, exchanging a pile of useless pheasant feathers for a jin of meat. It was definitely not a loss.
"Yan Yan, let's go home. Daddy will make meat for you and Mommy."
Chen Yang, holding the baby, hurried home. When he came, he only had two yuan in his pocket. Now, going home, he had seven yuan and four jiao and five fen, ten jin of white flour, one jin of White Rabbit toffees, a can of Mai Lu Jing, twenty jin of rice, two bottles of ink, and one jin of pork.
In the short term, he didn't have to worry about food. Ten jin of flour and twenty jin of rice would be enough for their family of three for at least a month.
He walked until noon, and when Chen Yang returned home with the little one, he found that the gate to their courtyard was open as soon as he reached the entrance.
"Shen Xue's family, you're finally back. I don't know what happened to our Xue'er sister. She's usually more capable than anyone else, but today she suddenly fainted in the field after only working for a few hours."
"The Party Secretary asked me to bring her back. You weren't home, so you take good care of Xue'er sister. I have to hurry back for dinner, or I won't have any. I still have to go to work later. I can't be late, or the Party Secretary will deduct my work points."
The woman was clearly somewhat displeased with Chen Yang returning so late. Everyone in Shenjiaba Village knew that Chen Yang was a freeloader. A grown man who didn't work at home and let his wife work herself to death.
Not only that, but his wife was sick today, and he wasn't at home to watch the house or go to work. Shen Xue was truly blind.
"Sister Chun Ying, thank you for bringing my Xue'er back. Take this White Rabbit toffee to supplement your stomach. If the Party Secretary really deducts your work points, I'll make them up for you when I work. Thank you."
Chen Yang was stunned when he heard that Shen Xue had fainted. He couldn't bother with anything else. He dropped the basket, threw a handful of toffees into Chun Ying's hand, and rushed into the inner room with the child.
She absolutely couldn't be in any danger!
Chen Yang was very flustered. He didn't remember anything like this happening. In his previous life, Shen Xue hadn't fainted at this time.
He was afraid, afraid that the butterfly effect of his rebirth had already caused the original trajectory to deviate.
"This spendthrift! His wife works herself to death, and he's here, squandering money and even buying candy."
Chun Ying looked at Chen Yang and spat fiercely.
"Sister Xue'er is also an unfortunate soul. I hope nothing happens to her."
Liu Chun Ying sighed. She was also a married woman and understood the hardships women faced in this era. She also felt indignant on behalf of Shen Xue.
But that's all she could do. Clutching the few toffees in her hand, the milky fragrance made her mouth water even through the wrapper.
Although she scolded Chen Yang for being useless, she couldn't bear to return them. Her own sons and daughters had rarely eaten candy since they were born.
Suppressing the saliva in her mouth, Liu Chun Ying put a few toffees into the innermost pocket of her clothes, intending to give them to her children later.
"Xue'er, Xue'er, what happened to you?"
Chen Yang entered the room, put down the baby, and immediately rushed to the bedside. Shen Xue was lying flat on the straw mat.
At this moment, as Chen Yang touched her bony body that felt like skin stretched over bones, tears instantly blurred his eyes.
"You absolutely must not be in any danger. I still want to give you a good life."
"Yan Yan is still young. She can't be without a mother."
Looking at Shen Xue lying on the bed, Chen Yang's mind was filled with scenes of her suffering from illness and dying a painful death in his previous life. He was truly afraid.