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."