Chapter 45: Sha Zhu's Concern
Chapter 45: Sha Zhu's Concern
Last time I came here I only remembered to buy cigarettes and alcohol, so this time I'll buy some more and some daily necessities as well.
But before that, Li Kailang entered the planting space and drank a sip of spiritual spring water.
Suddenly, the body felt as if a stream of clear water was flowing from top to bottom, gradually eliminating physical and mental fatigue, and energy slowly recovered.
After a while, Li Kailang felt full of energy. He slowly opened his eyes, and what came into his sight was a vibrant green land.
Five or six days have passed since the upgrade, and more than two months have passed in the planting space. Some crops with a short maturity period have matured.
However, Li Kailang had no intention of harvesting it, after all, it would continue to rise.
"Really great!" Li Kailang sighed as he touched the lush crops, then left the space.
After all, the planting space is not big now, and there is nothing to do, so it can only develop slowly.
When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Kailang first bought three packs of cigarettes: Daqianmen, Big Rooster, and the rare Qun Ying.
大生产还是3块2一条，大公鸡则是1块5一条，群英最贵，要4块7一条。
Li Kailang bought this while the product was in stock and there were few customers. If he had bought it after get off work, he would definitely not have been able to buy it.
As for the wine, Li Kailang had no tickets, so he naturally didn't buy it.
However, Li Kailang still took a look at the wine selling point. They only sold ordinary wines, without high-end wines like Moutai.
Finally, we arrived at the daily necessities store.
"Luckily I have a lot of tickets, otherwise I wouldn't be able to buy them all." Li Kailang muttered to himself.
Li Kailang made a large purchase of all kinds of bowls, pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
There were no pots. All the extra pots in every household were used to make steel. Naturally, there were no pots for sale in the market.
In addition to these, there are also toiletries such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, towels, etc.
肥皂3毛3，牙膏3毛8，毛巾最贵，要5毛7
All together, he spent 5 yuan on all the dozen or so items.
Some things are almost impossible to buy, such as soy sauce, vinegar, oil, etc.
You need to provide your own containers to pack these things. Without containers, the salesperson cannot pack them.
However, Li Kailang relied on his handsome face and shameless spirit and finally bought three glass bottles from the saleswoman.
These glass bottles are also prepared by the supply and marketing cooperatives to deal with some special situations.
However, the glass bottles were not cheap, costing 1 yuan each, but Li Kailang had plenty of money, so he bought three directly.
Only then did I fill one pound of each of the sauce, vinegar and oil, and this extra pound was because the glass bottle only had a capacity of one pound.
"It's done, call it quits!"
After finishing the batches, Li Kailang couldn’t think of anything he hadn’t bought, so he planned to go back first.
I happened to see Sha Zhu whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.
Sha Zhu had only been in the staff hospital for two days when he couldn't stand the concern and care from the other patients in the room and left early.
The doctor also checked Sha Zhu's injuries, and fortunately he had almost recovered, so he let Sha Zhu go back for treatment.
At this time, Sha Zhuben walked slowly towards the courtyard.
"Hey, why did this idiot Zhu come back so early?" Li Kailang muttered to himself.
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It turned out that ever since the patient in the same room knew that there was a driver in Shazhu's yard.
His family members came to visit him more often and at longer durations, and they would bring food to Sha Zhu from time to time.
At first, Sha Zhu thought that everyone was kind-hearted, so he chatted with them enthusiastically and gradually became closer to them.
Until one day, a patient in the same room suddenly asked Sha Zhu:
"Zhu Zi, I heard that there is a driver in your yard. Who is that driver to you?"
"Oh, an ordinary resident." Sha Zhu answered casually.
Mentioning Li Kailang, Sha Zhu got angry. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have gone to the hospital. If it weren't for the fact that everyone was familiar with each other, Sha Zhu wouldn't have bothered to answer.
Sha Zhu was still thinking about teaching Li Kailang a lesson after he was discharged from the hospital.
"If I hadn't eaten, there's no way Li Kailang could have beaten me!" Sha Zhu was looking for an excuse for his failure.
"Oh, Zhuzi, are you familiar with that driver?" someone asked immediately.
"Not familiar." Sha Zhu said directly.
However, everyone still thought that Sha Zhu knew what they were thinking, and was unwilling to help them, and did not intend to hide it anymore. An older man came forward and said to Sha Zhu in a pleading tone: "Zhuzi, brother, can you do me a favor?"
Sha Zhu said generously, "We are brothers, so it doesn't matter whether you ask for help or not. As long as I can help, I will never refuse!"
"Zhu Zi, you see, I have been really worried about my son's job these days. He doesn't have a job now, and I feel uneasy.
Don’t you know that driver? Could you please help him arrange something for our kid?”
"Zhu Zi, and my kid, see if you can come together." Someone else echoed
"Yes, Zhuzi, it's not good to be without a job. Considering our friendship, can you help me?"
The whole room became lively in an instant, and everyone begged Sha Zhu for food, saying that for the sake of the children, it would not be shabby not to order any.
They know the value of the driver's position. They can be a driver or a maintenance worker, and they are able to move freely. Such an opportunity is hard to come by.
Even though they had only known each other for a few days, they decided to give it a try, just in case they succeeded.
It is not yet the 60s, when jobs are saturated.
To be assigned a job, you have to graduate from junior high school or high school. If you don’t graduate from junior high school or high school, you usually have to find a job by yourself or the street office will arrange one.
These parents are not so old that they cannot work. They still want to continue working. Labor is the most glorious at this time, and they would rather not be idle if they can.
But his children had not finished school yet and the jobs were so bad that he could only do odd jobs in the street office.
When there is no stability or hope in your job, the best job is one that provides a path for promotion.
They also know that this is wishful thinking, but they still want to give it a try.
Sha Zhu felt extremely comfortable with everyone's begging. He had never felt so valued by everyone before.
However, Li Kailang was the one who had him hospitalized and was his enemy. How could he possibly plead for them?
At the same time, he also knew what everyone was thinking, and his face suddenly became gloomy.
"Bah! Don't even think about it. Let me ask him for help in finding a job." Sha Zhu said gritting his teeth.
Everyone's faces turned ugly and they no longer concealed their true thoughts. After Sha Zhu said this, there was no room for maneuver.
One of them said coldly: "Humph! Silly Zhu, don't you look at what kind of person you are? How could we send you food for no reason?"
If you weren't the driver's neighbor, how could we possibly send you food?"
Another person also echoed: "Yeah, silly Zhu, if you don't help me find a job, you will spit out what you eat!"
Everyone tore off their disguises. If it weren't for the illusory driver's job, they would not be willing to lower their posture.
"Hmph, I can't possibly spit out what I ate. What? Do you want to fight?" Sha Zhu was not to be outdone.
After a few days of rest, Sha Zhu was no longer as sickly as before.
When everyone looked at Sha Zhu's physique, their originally angry eyes suddenly turned into fear.
After all, Sha Zhu's arms are very strong because he often flips the pot. Coupled with his own strong physique, it is obvious that Sha Zhu's food is good.
"Hmph~" Everyone could only hum to express their dissatisfaction, but they were powerless and could only scold their own children.
Because of this incident, everyone's attitude towards Sha Zhu became cold and no longer as enthusiastic as before.
At lunch time, the aunt didn't bring any food, leaving Sha Zhu hungry for the whole afternoon.
Everyone looked at Sha Zhu who had no food to eat and started to mock him.
"Humph~ Without us, you, a fool, would have no food to eat. You'd just starve to death."
"Yes, this idiot doesn't know how to respect you. Who does he think he is?"
"Without us, he is nothing!"
"Shut up, say it again!" Sha Zhu roared, looking at everyone, and suddenly the room fell silent.
Sha Zhu couldn't stand this atmosphere, so he went to the doctor and asked to be discharged from the hospital.
Fortunately, his injuries recovered well and the doctor discharged Sha Zhu from the hospital.
This is how the scene where Li Kailang saw Sha Zhu happened.
As for why Auntie didn't come to deliver lunch at noon, it was because of Jia Zhang.
(End of this chapter)