Back to the 60s: The Struggle Career of a Charmed Wife
Chapter 1788: Returning Full 9

Chapter 1788: Chapter 1788: Returning Full 9

Wang Cuilan listened with a wide smile, and decided, "We’ll buy everything we can before heading home!"

Home naturally referred to the Wanglou Brigade. Because the couple had been away from their city house for a long time, Zhao Anbang had taken the liberty to rent it out to a large family in the courtyard.

They planned to settle in their hometown for retirement, without the intention of living in the city, even though the city offered an abundance of resources and convenience.

Zhao Anbang said with a smile, "Every month, the supplies you can buy and store for a long time, my parents have bought on your behalf while idling around. After all, I help collect your old couple’s salaries, and haven’t even spent all the change each month. We haven’t used the Meat Ticket, Oil Ticket, Sugar Ticket, Cloth Ticket, or Cotton Ticket, and we’ve bought peppercorns, sesame oil, fried peanuts, and flour for the New Year. The chickens and ducks have been made into dried goods, ready to be sent to you."

Cheng Baoguo coughed once, "What’s the point of being so meticulous between us? Thanks to Ajiang and Xiaoxue, we’re not lacking in grease and water."

"Clear accounts between true brothers. In our family, I work, and my nephew serves in the military. Two salaries cover the household expenses, so we’re not lacking these things." Zhao Anbang always kept accounts clear with the Cheng Baoguo couple to avoid any discomfort and raised his chopsticks to invite them to continue eating, "Let’s eat first, we’ll get the stuff after we’re done."

Once he handed everything over, he could retire with honor, at least for the next two years not needing to be responsible for this matter.

Lu Tianzhi drove over with a tractor, which was the most convenient way to transport people and goods.

The old Zhao couple tried their best to persuade them to stay the night, but to no avail. They could only move the items they helped purchase into the tractor’s trailer while Zhao Anbang and Cheng Baoguo settled the accounts. There were twelve bars of soap, twenty-four bags of detergent, two jars of salted eggs, four strips of salted fish, three air-dried ducks each, a bag of Fuqiang flour, a bag of rice, a small bottle of sesame oil, and two taels of peppercorns – nothing was missing. Additionally, there were the monthly allocations of toilet paper, matches, cigarettes, alcohol, and so on, so many types that it was dazzling to behold.

Zhao Anbang handed all the salary vouchers and ration books to Cheng Baoguo, casually saying, "This year, Maotai is available without tickets; each person can buy two bottles. Zhonghua brand premium cigarettes also don’t require tickets; each person can buy a carton."

Cheng Baoguo immediately said, "Then what are we waiting for? Xibao, come on, accompany your third grandpa to buy things!"

Lu Erxiong dashed over eagerly, "Third grandpa, I’m coming too!"

Cheng Baoguo and Wang Cuilan’s retirement pension wasn’t low, amounting to two to three thousand a year. Confident in their wealth, they simply called all the children to go into the department store together, "For things that don’t require tickets, whatever you like, Grandpa will buy for you!"

Xibao shook his head, "We don’t lack anything at home." He had outgrown the urge to buy everything he saw.

Dundun, being thoughtful, spoke up, "Third grandpa, Grandpa often says there are many children in the families back home. Even though Mom packed us a lot in the parcels, it might not be enough to share. Why don’t we buy some candies to take back?"

Cheng Baoguo readily agreed, "Okay, okay, let’s buy candies first. Our family has six pounds of Sugar Tickets, and your godfather’s family gave us another three pounds."

Remembering his wife’s instructions before he left, he bought seven pounds of loose hard candy and two pounds of brown sugar, in addition to five pounds of expensive Big White Rabbit milk candy, then used Grain Tickets to buy some cakes, crispy peach pastries, and cookies.

He was mainly interested in the cigarettes and alcohol, buying Maotai and Zhonghua first.

Maotai remained at seven yuan eighty a bottle, while Zhonghua was thirteen yuan fifty a carton, the best; the cheaper one was seven yuan.

Then he bought several cartons of Labor brand cigarettes, which didn’t require tickets, each for one yuan ninety.

There are many folks back home, and buying too little would definitely be insufficient to share.