Chapter 150 Huanghuali Kang Cabinet

"It's okay, just eat quickly! If you don't have enough, we can buy more!"

Seeing that Zhu Caixia didn't dare to take it, Li Guoqiang directly stuffed the candied haws into her hand. Then he turned around, pulled the sled, and took Dahuang and Dahua towards the stall selling tofu pudding.

Zhu Caixia looked at Li Guoqiang's back, then looked at the candied haws in her hand, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Ever since she could remember, eating candied haws, let alone dipping her fingers in sugar, was something that was out of reach.

Originally, she thought that she was destined to be treated as a money-loser in this life and marry an old widower in exchange for a generous betrothal gift.

In the end, she never expected that there would come a day when she would be so pampered by someone.

As she brought the candied haws to her lips and took a light bite, the sweet taste instantly reached her heart, making her tears flow uncontrollably and also making her smile very happily.

If she had been well-read, she would have understood that this was called crying tears of joy.

"Cousin, what's wrong with you?"

Xu Dani noticed something strange about Zhu Caixia, and quickly stopped licking her, then asked with some confusion.

"without!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Caixia hurriedly shook her head and replied, "I'm fine. I just accidentally got blinded by the wind and sand. I'll be fine in a while!"

"Oh!"

Xu Dani nodded, and without thinking much, she immediately turned her attention back to the candied haws.

However, before she finished licking a candied haws, Li Guoqiang turned around and invited her and Zhu Caixia to eat tofu pudding.

So, she immediately and very experiencedly inserted the candied haws on the sled, reached out to take a bowl of steaming, trembling tofu pudding covered with red oil and fragrant stew, then impatiently scooped a small bite with a wooden spoon and put it into her mouth. Her eyes instantly narrowed into a line, like a little mouse stealing oil.

Seeing this, Zhu Caixia hurriedly followed Xu Dani's method and started to proceed step by step.

When she tasted the tofu pudding for the first time, she was instantly conquered by its fresh, fragrant and smooth taste.

Especially since she had just tasted the sweet and sour candied haws, and now eating the salty tofu pudding, she felt like she was in heaven with both ice and fire, it was so refreshing.

At the same time, Li Guoqiang leaned on the sled, raised one leg as a dining table, and ate salty tofu pudding in big mouthfuls, with a look of enjoyment on his face.

When it comes to delicacies like tofu pudding, it can be either salty or sweet. It’s neither sweet nor salty, it just tastes good.

Otherwise, he wouldn't come to buy a bowl to try every time he came to the market.

Soon, he finished the big bowl of tofu pudding, and a warm feeling surged through his body, instantly dispelling the coldness he had felt along the way.

Then, he saw Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, whose faces, originally pale from the cold, were now slightly flushed, and he immediately felt a little relieved.

Afterwards, he hurriedly returned the empty wooden bowl to the stall owner and took Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani to the post office in the county town.

In the past few days, he has found time to kill a big insect in his small world, and made some dried bacon and a small whip, preparing to send them home to honor Li Dawei and Yao Meilan.

In addition, he also carved a double puppet for Luo Huijuan and made a pair of large insect fang pendants for Li Guofu as New Year gifts.

Along with these things, there were also three letters written in advance.

Fortunately, these days you don’t need any tickets to send things or letters, otherwise it would be a bit troublesome to send so many things at once.

Not long after, Li Guoqiang walked out of the post office with the delivery receipt.

Seeing this, Zhu Caixia hurriedly took Xu Dani to greet him and asked, "Brother Qiangzi, have you finished your business?"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang was about to answer when he heard this, but suddenly realized that something was wrong, and asked hurriedly, "Xiaoxia, did you call me Brother Qiangzi just now?"

"Yup!"

Zhu Caixia nodded, and then said seriously: "Dani calls you big brother, and I am her cousin, so of course I have to call you brother Qiangzi!"

"no!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then hurriedly explained: "Dani called me big brother because she was used to it. You always called me Uncle Qiangzi before, why did you suddenly change your words now?"

"You call me Brother Qiangzi, and I call you Sister Ma, isn't our relationship going to be messed up?"

"fine!"

Seeing that Li Guoqiang was so serious, Zhu Caixia rolled her eyes, then quickly waved her hand, smiled playfully and said, "Let's just talk about our own things from now on!"

"This"

Li Guoqiang frowned and looked at Zhu Caixia hesitantly, not knowing whether he should tell Zhu Caixia that he and Xu Yuping already had that kind of relationship.

"Okay!"

Seeing that Li Guoqiang did not directly refuse, Zhu Caixia was slightly delighted, and then hurriedly hugged Li Guoqiang's arm, shaking it gently, and said coquettishly: "Brother Qiangzi, just promise me!"

"Forehead"

When Li Guoqiang heard the natural sound coming out of Zhu Caixia's mouth, he instantly felt half of his body numb. Then he suddenly thought that Zhu Caixia calling him brother could better confuse outsiders, so he nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay, okay, as long as you can get your mother to agree, then I can call you whatever you want."

"what?"

When Zhu Caixia heard that she had to get Xu Yuping's consent, she immediately felt guilty.

"What's the matter?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then asked with some joy.

Although he didn't know why this little girl Zhu Caixia suddenly wanted to change her mind, he knew that no matter what, he just had to push the matter onto Xu Yuping.

"without!"

Zhu Caixia shook her head, then answered nervously, "Nothing, let's go shopping quickly! Otherwise we won't be able to get home in time for dinner!"

"Ok!"

Seeing that Zhu Caixia was unwilling to talk, Li Guoqiang did not ask any more questions. He just took her and Xu Dani and pulled the sled towards the supply and marketing cooperative not far away.

As the New Year is approaching, the goods sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives are not only more in quantity than usual, but also more in variety.

His main purpose of coming here this time was to buy loose liquor and kang mats, as well as some New Year's goods such as candy, preserved fruits, peanuts, melon seeds, and sweet pastries.

When buying these things on a normal day, many of them require tickets. Only during festivals and holidays can you use the purchase book to buy one or two of each to try.

Among them, some things he had asked Qu Yinfeng to buy a few days ago, but some had not.

Therefore, since he had no shortage of money, he naturally could not miss this good opportunity to spend money to buy supplies.

However, when he walked to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative and saw the crowded scene inside, he was still a little surprised. He had thought that many people would rush out to buy New Year's goods during this period, but he never thought that the supply and marketing cooperative would be packed.

Helplessly, he could only let Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani wait obediently at the door, guarding the sled, Dahuang and Dahua, and then he walked in quickly, using his clever strength to push away the people in front of him, and soon squeezed into the crowd.

"Comrade, I want a pound of fruit candy!"

"I want one pound too!"

"Comrade, can I have two ounces of this, this, this, this, and that?"

Amid the noise, Li Guoqiang first squeezed to the candy counter, pointed at the bottles of candy on the counter, and shouted loudly.

When she heard his request, the saleswoman didn't even raise her eyelids. Her hands fluttered like butterflies. In a short while, she had weighed and packed the candies he wanted. Her speed was amazing.

It’s just that the service attitude is still a little lacking in enthusiasm.

If some shy people come to buy something and see how the saleswoman treats customers, they probably won't even dare to speak!
After expressing his admiration for the service features of this era, Li Guoqiang picked up the packaged candy, paid the money, took back the stamped purchase book, and continued to squeeze towards the counter selling peanuts and sunflower seeds next to him.

By the time he came out after shopping, more than half an hour had passed without him noticing.

This was because he was skilled in martial arts and could use his strength. Otherwise, even if he spent another half an hour, he might not be able to buy everything.

"Brother Qiangzi!"

"Big brother!"

When Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani saw Li Guoqiang coming out, they hurriedly waved and shouted, and then all turned their eyes to Li Guoqiang's hands.

I saw that he was holding a big net bag in his left hand, which was filled with oil paper bags, and in his right hand he was holding a string of three wine jars, as if he was performing acrobatics, which made people worry that the jars would be broken.

Fortunately, he did not let such a disappointing thing happen. After a while, he put all the things on the sled and tied them up.

Then he looked around and chose a relatively hidden alley. He asked Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani to watch the things, and then he hurried into the alley.

等到他再次回来，手上就突然多出来了一网兜30个鸡蛋，还有10斤大米、10斤小米、10斤小麦面粉、一只老母鸡、一只老母鸭、一只大公鸡、一只大公鸭、5斤羊肉、10斤猪肉、还有一个大猪头。

He put all these things, except the eggs, into a large sack.

So Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani just kept staring at the eggs, with a hint of greed in their eyes.

Although they have eaten a lot of meat during this period, they haven't eaten eggs for a long time.

Thinking of the delicious scrambled eggs and the soft and glutinous boiled eggs, they couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang felt a little happy when he saw the greedy looks of the two sisters. He then hurriedly put the things on the sled and tied it up. Then he immediately pulled the sled out of the county and returned to the market to buy the kang mats that the production teams put up for sale.

As he was carrying things, he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He turned around and found that it was the stall owner who sold him the sled.

So he hurried forward, laughed and asked, "Uncle, have you got anything good again?"

"Correct!"

Jia Fuzhong nodded, then leaned close to Li Guoqiang's ear and said in a low voice, "I recently got another set of Huanghuali kang cabinets. If you are interested, I will sell them to you at a lower price!"

Huanghuali kang cabinet?
Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows and looked at Jia Fuzhong with amusement, knowing in his heart that this must be another landlord's house being robbed.

Then, he hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "What's the price?"

"that."

Jia Fuzhong's eyes lit up, and he said hesitantly, "How about 50 yuan?"

After saying this, he was afraid that Li Guoqiang would think it was expensive, so he hurriedly continued to explain: "This set of Huanghuali kang cabinets has a total of four, two large and two small. The workmanship is very solid. You can buy it and use it for another thirty or fifty years without any problems!"

"Besides, you also know that Huanghuali wood was only affordable by the rich and powerful in the past. If you buy some and put it in your home, you will definitely be very proud!"

"Besides, you don't have to worry about not being able to get it back. I can have someone deliver it directly to your house!"

"How about it? Is this price a good deal?"

"never mind!"

After hearing this, Li Guoqiang immediately shook his head and refused, saying, "You should keep this good stuff for yourself! I don't have that much money to buy these cabinets that can't be eaten or drunk!"

After saying that, he wanted to turn around and leave.

Seeing this, Jia Fuzhong hurriedly grabbed Li Guoqiang's hand, then frowned and asked, "Then how much can you offer at most?"

"How about this!"

Li Guoqiang hesitated for a moment, then said softly: "Since we are old acquaintances, I will give you this price!"

As he spoke, he opened his hand, placed it in front of Jia Fuzhong, and gestured with the front and back sides.

What this means is that by paying 10 yuan, the price can be cut by four-fifths.

"no!"

Jia Fuzhong glared, then shook his head like a rattle, "This price is not good. If you really want it, then increase it a little."

"What about the 11?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then tried to add one dollar.

Jia Fuzhong: “.”

Seeing that Jia Fuzhong's face was getting darker and darker, Li Guoqiang stopped playing the bargaining game with him and directly told him the lowest price.

"How about this! Let's set a price of 15 yuan. If it works, it's fine. If not, forget it!"

Hearing this, Jia Fuzhong immediately wanted to turn around and leave, but when he thought about the four kang cabinets that had been in his hands for a long time, he couldn't take a step.

He stood there, his expression changing dramatically, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, 15 is 15, but I'm only responsible for pulling the stuff over to you, you have to find a way to pull it back yourself."

"to make!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, and then he nodded quickly and said, "Then let's do as you say. You can pull the things to the grove over there, and then we can exchange the money and the goods."

Anyway, he had no intention of taking these huanghuali kang cabinets back to Qu Yinfeng's home for use, so naturally he didn't need anyone's help in delivering the goods.

When Jia Fuzhong saw that Li Guoqiang agreed, he could only turn around and leave the market with some depression to get the things over.

Li Guoqiang quickly picked out a kang mat and pulled the sled to the agreed place to wait.

(End of this chapter)