Chapter 22: Your husband has been found!
Seeing Shi Xiaoai's confusion, Wang Aimin paused. Without explaining, he turned to his wife and said, "Tell her."
After that, he stood up and washed his hands in the house.
Seeing her husband like this, Liu Hongxiang was feeling angry and funny. She could only explain to Shi Xiaoai: "Your uncle wants to ask you if your coal issue has been solved. If not, he can help you find a solution."
What Aunt Liu and Uncle Wang said solved Shi Xiaoai's urgent need!
This was still the era of bills; tickets were required to buy coal. For a family of three like Shi Xiaoai, the monthly coal coupon is 120 pieces of coal.
This coal is enough for cooking in standard times and barely enough for burning fires in winter if you are more frugal. But if you want to boil water and sell large bowls of tea all day long, that's not possible.
Based on the current usage rate, Shi Xiaoai calculated they would use the inventory at home in ten days.
She had thought of going to the coal yard to see if she could buy some high-priced coal. Unexpectedly, before she took action, Uncle Wang took the initiative to help her solve the problem.
Uncle Wang's method is straightforward. There must be relative losses in daily making and selling coal in the yard.
Within the scope of the loss, the workers in the coal yard tightened their hands, swept up the fallen coal powder again, and accumulated together, and they could make a lot of new coal.
These coals will not be recycled by coal yards. Usually, they look the other way and let the workers take it home or give it to relatives and friends, treating it as welfare for everyone.
Uncle Wang's share of coal will not be enough for Xiao Ai, but he can ask other people for help. Anyway, you can sell it to anyone if you pay according to the price.
Although each piece of coal is one cent more expensive than buying it with tickets, it is guaranteed to be delivered to your door.
One piece of coal costs only one hundred pieces! What kind of fairy price is this?
Shi Xiaoai would be crazy if she disagreed.
After hearing this, she nodded hurriedly, took Aunt Liu's hand, and thanked her. Aunt Liu smiled brightly and looked at Shi Xiaoai with a more affectionate look than that of her daughter.
Now that the coal problem is solved, all that's left is to buy a teacup.
Because the village chief's house gave him a big bag of wild tea this time, Shi Xiaoai didn't have to think about tea for the time being. Although the tables and chairs at home are a bit bulky and heavy to move, you can still make do with them when you have no choice.
It's still possible to buy new ones when she has money.
But Xiao Ai still has to buy some tea cups.
She is from a later generation, so she is still somewhat particular. Although in this day and age, it is no longer possible to ask for a single cup per person, and cups are shared, she still hopes to be at least clean and tidy.
If you are running your own business, you can't keep a bunch of cups of different sizes, and the porcelain will fall off if you knock them, right?
If others don't like it, she won't be able to pass it.
So even if you know a small amount, you still have to spend it.
Shi Xiaoai took the two children and walked home while thinking about it.
She didn't plan to go to the state-owned store. With the two meager daily necessities coupons in her supply book, she probably couldn't buy two teapots.
When the time came, she decided to try her luck at the state-run commission store.
State-owned entrusted shops are similar to pawn shops in the past but run by the public. There are all kinds of things in there, including everything. They are both new and old. The seller entrusts the store to sell them on his behalf.
Because they are all second-hand goods, the things there are much cheaper than outside. Of course, the most important thing is that you don't need a ticket.
Shi Xiaoai knew this because when she came back to buy daily necessities, Aunt Liu said that not all of them were old things, but also some defective ones sent by the factory. If you pick carefully, you can find some good stuff.
After hearing it, she was very interested in it, but she has been busy with things recently and has yet to make time for it. But if the tea stall is confirmed, she wants to see it for a long time.
The three of them reached the door of their home in a few steps. When Shi Xiaoai took out the key and prepared to open the door, Director Yu trotted towards them.
She was not far from them, so Director Yu shouted: "Xiao Ai, Shi Xiao Ai, come here quickly!"
While talking, she waved vigorously.
Seeing the director in such a hurry, Shi Xiaoai was extremely surprised. She opened the door, let the two children in first, and then ran towards the director.
"Director, what's going on?"
Before she could finish her sentence, Director Yu grabbed her hand.
Director Yu pulled her and ran in the direction of the subdistrict office. As she ran, she said, "The district chief is here and looking for you. Come with me quickly!"
The district chief is looking for her.
Shi Xiaoai was a little confused for a moment.
Why is the district chief looking for her?
Also, why does the district chief know her?
She wanted to ask, but Director Yu shook her head and said she didn't know.
It turned out that they also blocked Director Yu halfway.
It was already off-duty time, and no one was at the street office. Director Yu delayed for a while because she had something to do. As a result, before she reached the intersection, the district chief, accompanied by his subordinates, came looking for Shi Xiaoai.
When she heard she was looking for Shi Xiaoai, she hurriedly came over to inform him without even having time to ask what was happening!
The little old lady was in her fifties or sixties and was already out of breath from running such a long street.
Shi Xiaoai couldn't find any more questions.
Fortunately, the street office was not far from her residence, and the two arrived within a short time of running.
Before Xiao Ai arrived, he saw another familiar person.
Yang Ruihua, who had just left their home not long ago, stood at the office door and looked anxiously this way.
Shi Xiaoai was confused by Yang Ruihua's hands holding her.
"Comrade Xiao Ai, your husband has been found!" Yang Ruihua opened her mouth with bombshell news.
Even though Shi Xiaoai knew that it was only a matter of time before she found Cheng Yang, she never expected that he would be found so quickly!
She looked at Yang Ruihua in shock and didn't answer for long.
Seeing her appearance, Yang Ruihua smiled knowingly.
She said empathetically: "Are you too surprised? Yes, no one thought it would be such a coincidence. We just submitted your family tracing information to the Ministry of Armed Forces, hoping they would assist in the search, and they received a letter from the army. The co-investigator informed me that your husband, Cheng Yang, is also looking for you through the organization!"
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