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Chapter 1112 80 Little Stutterer 7

Chen Pingan was at a loss as to what to do with all these things.

He could leave the wheat flour and cornmeal for now and return them when he had the chance, but the beef wouldn't keep for long; with the hot weather, it might spoil by tomorrow night.

Chen Pingan looked at the thing in his hand and sighed.

In the end, he still stir-fried half of the beef, leaving the other half hanging in the cold water from the well.

If Jiang Lingyao asks him to return the meat later, he can either pay her back with pork or buy it back with money.

He didn't touch the wheat flour or corn flour.

When Grandma Chen ate the stir-fried beef, she was a little puzzled. These days, cows are considered half of the family's labor force. Unless they are sick or old and can no longer work, people rarely slaughter cows.

Where does this Ping'er beef come from?

Chen Ping'an couldn't lie. He blinked and stammered, "Second, second brother gave it to me. I'll trade it for pork."

Fortunately, he usually stutters when he speaks, so his stuttering didn't arouse any suspicion from Old Mrs. Chen.

The main reason is that in Old Mrs. Chen's heart, Chen Ping'an is a very well-behaved, obedient, and honest person who would never do something like lying to her.

So I didn't ask any further questions, just nodded and ate.

Seeing that Old Mrs. Chen didn't ask any more questions, Chen Ping'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that if Old Mrs. Chen kept asking questions, she would find out that this thing was sent by Jiang Lingyao.

Jiang Lingyao has a bad reputation in the village. Even old Mrs. Chen, who has difficulty walking and doesn't go out often, knows that she is not someone to be trifled with.

If the old lady knew that Jiang Lingyao had visited him several times, she would probably be terrified.

On her way back, Lingyao bought a pack of cigarettes and a bag of candy, and then went to the home of the team leader in charge of work assignments.

The brigade leader wasn't home at the time; only his wife was inside. Lingyao was startled when she saw the knocking and instinctively took two steps back into the house while holding her child.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Lingyao came today to deliver a gift: a whole carton of cigarettes and a bag of candy!

These days, receiving even one of these as a gift is considered very generous and respectable.

Although Jiang Lingyao had a good reputation before, it was a different story since she had brought gifts.

As the saying goes, you shouldn't hit someone who brings a gift. The team leader's wife took the cigarettes and candy, glanced at them, and saw that the cigarettes were the Harvest brand, which cost three cents a pack.

The candy was good candy, and the doll she was holding in her other hand seemed to smell the sweetness and reached out to grab it.

The brigade leader's wife avoided the baby's hand and looked at Ling Yao with a happy smile.

"Jiang family girl, you just said you'd come, why bring any gifts?"

In his heart, he was thinking, "This Jiang family girl has grown up now and knows how to deal with people. Before, she would never bring gifts. When she came to our door, she would just shove Jiang Jianping into the room as soon as she opened the door, only bringing her mouth!"

As the respected village head, she was obliged to help her family once or twice when they came to visit, otherwise she would really have to watch the child starve to death. The other shameless villagers didn't care.

But the brigade leader has to save face. If you don't help him, the kid will starve to death and you'll be criticized for it.

Even if they don't help themselves, if you, the brigade leader, don't help, they'll still criticize you.

This caused the captain's wife to tremble when she saw Jiang Lingyao.

Fortunately, they didn't come to beg for food; they came to give gifts.

The team leader's wife listened to Lingyao's request.

He readily agreed: "Sure, changing your work points is a small matter. You're just a girl, clearing land in the mountains is really hard work, sigh, we're all unfortunate kids..."

The team leader's wife thought it was a good idea and easy to handle, so she agreed without waiting for the brigade leader to return and discuss it. Of course, she was also partly influenced by the cigarettes and the bag of candy...

However, Lingyao didn't leave after she finished talking about her business.

"There's something else I need your help with. I need to get a letter of introduction..."

Upon hearing this, the team leader's wife became hesitant. She dared not agree to the letter of introduction outright, for what if Jiang Lingyao used it and caused trouble?

So she hesitated and didn't say anything.

Lingyao then took something out of her pocket and handed it to her.

Her eyes lit up when she saw it. She looked at it again and again, and finally reached out and took it.

However, he didn't make any grand promises to Lingyao: "I'll talk to Lao Zhang about the letter of introduction when he gets back, but it might not work out. You'll have to tell Lao Zhang the specific purpose of the letter..."

After the team leader's wife gave such a series of disclaimers, Lingyao nodded and left.

As soon as the captain's wife saw that the person had left, she immediately took out the small box that she had just put in her pocket.

It's a chubby white jar with a green tin lid. The logo is printed in the center of the bottle, which reads "Friendship Brand Snow Cream".

This little jar is the dream of countless women in the village. Women love beauty, regardless of whether they are married or have children; it is human nature to yearn for beauty.

This face cream is something only girls in cities and towns can afford. She had seen it in town before; a bottle cost five and a half yuan, enough to buy five catties of pork.

The team leader's wife put the child aside, poured some sugar and made him a cup of sugar water so he could drink it by himself.

Then I took a mirror, carefully unscrewed the bottle of face cream, scooped out a tiny bit with my finger, and gently applied it to my face. After applying it, I looked at myself in the mirror from left to right.

The delightful fragrance of this face cream made me feel a little closer to city dwellers.

My opinion of this Jiang family girl changed completely. She wasn't so crazy after all! She was actually quite easy to get along with.

If there's anything she can do to help in the future, she definitely will.

Lingyao finally had a meal at noon that didn't make her throat choke. After eating, she didn't go back to clearing land. Instead, she took a day off and waited to change her work points in a few days.

She calculated the money the original owner had left. After deducting what she had spent, she now had less than twenty yuan in her hands, which was money the original owner had saved for a long time.

Lingyao couldn't just sit around waiting for the God of Wealth to shower her with gold coins, so she decided to find something to do and make some money.

After all, the impression left by the relationship between this God of Wealth and the original owner is not something that can be changed overnight.

That's why Lingyao wanted to get a letter of introduction from the brigade leader to go to the town or the provincial capital.

However, we don't have enough money right now, not even enough for a train ticket to go there and back, so let's go to town instead.

Lingyao rolled over on the hard wooden bed, then rolled over again, not for fun, but mainly because the bed was too hard and hurt her.

Over the next few days, Lingyao waited for the captain to issue her a letter of introduction.

During that time, I also delivered things to Chen Ping'an twice.

One time it was a pre-packaged corn and vegetable bun, and the other time it was a bag of malted milk powder, so that he and Grandma Zhang could make a cup every day to nourish their bodies.

Chen Ping'an was terrified by Ling Yao's sudden enthusiasm.

This is malted milk powder, a hot commodity in shopping malls, considered a luxury item for gifting. This particular can is from Haicheng, and I wonder how much it would cost to buy it.

Chen Ping'an's heart grew more and more uneasy each day, and he even wished that Jiang Lingyao would just give him a quick death.

If you want to rob him of his pork or swindle him out of his money, just say so.