Chapter 1789: Returning Fully Loaded 10
Then, Cheng Baoguo used up all the Cotton Tickets and Cloth Tickets. The saleswoman was an old acquaintance, actually the daughter-in-law of a certain cadre. She had been in this position for many years and, with her reminder, Cheng Baoguo found out about some defective cloth. He promptly bought two large pieces, totaling twenty feet of work cloth and twenty feet of cotton cloth, each half a bolt.
Seeing several brightly colored scarves hanging inside the counter, Cheng Baoguo bought a bright red one for Fubao, and also purchased a large piece of high-priced silk, which didn’t require tickets, from the Hangzhou Silk Factory.
Erxiong dragged Dundun and Zhuangzhuang around in circles, not finding anything they liked, sullenly following behind them.
Cheng Baoguo turned around and asked Ye Yan, "What do you want to buy? Just say it."
"I eat well and dress warmly, there’s nothing I want." Ye Yan pondered seriously for a moment, "Grandpa Cheng, people say it’s inconvenient to shop in the countryside, give me some money and Grain Tickets, I want to buy things myself."
Without a second thought, Cheng Baoguo pulled out thirty yuan and ten pounds of Grain Tickets for him.
The children in their family are all very well-behaved and won’t buy things recklessly, so Cheng Baoguo gave him the money without hesitation, plus Ye Yan had always been very obedient.
Ye Yan, with his canvas satchel slung over his shoulder, pulled Fubao over to the counter selling sweets and pastries, handed over the money and tickets, "Auntie, I want two pounds of White Rabbit candies, two pounds of Mi Sandao, and two pounds of Yangjiao Mi."
"Didn’t you all just buy some?" The saleswoman remembered them well.
Ye Yan replied sweetly, "That was Grandpa buying, now I’m buying for my little sister."
A pound of pastries required six taels of Grain Tickets, while high-priced milk candies didn’t require tickets, but were expensive, costing five yuan per pound. Ye Yan tucked away the change and tickets, stuffed the milk candies and four pounds of pastries into his satchel, patted the bulging bag, and said to Fubao, "I bought them for you, don’t tell anyone else, keep them for yourself."