bookbashuk Chapter 23 Big Fatty
Chapter 23 Big Fatty
By the time we got back to the cultural troupe's dormitory, it was already quite late.
As soon as I went inside.
Qiu Ju immediately noticed the lunchbox in Xu Sui's hand, which was still emitting the aroma of food.
In years of famine, the most tempting thing is undoubtedly a delicious meal.
She couldn't help but swallow hard. "Xu Sui, where did you get this? It smells so good. It's not food from our arts troupe's canteen, is it?"
Their cafeteria food is all low-quality and not very oily, but the food in Xu Sui's box smells like good stuff with plenty of oil.
Almost every day it was hard, dark steamed buns and bland vegetable soup.
Occasionally, there would be an egg drop soup, the kind made with a few eggs and a whole bucket of it. It barely had a hint of the eggy smell, so it could be considered a meat dish.
"Qin Yunzhou gave it to me." Xu Sui closed the door, sat back on her bed, and opened the lunchbox.
A boiled egg, golden cornmeal mixed with white rice, stir-fried greens with fatty pork (more greens, of course, and three slices of fatty pork, greasy).
As soon as the lid of the lunchbox was opened, the aroma of stir-fried fatty pork and boiled eggs became even stronger.
Xu Sui didn't like eating such fatty meat, but she often had to go hungry because there was no food available.
She can eat anything; as long as she can live, she's not picky about food.
Moreover, this was a special gift from Qin Yunzhou; he probably hadn't even had such a good meal himself.
When Qiuju saw the three large pieces of fatty meat, her eyes lit up, her mouth watered, and her stomach growled.
Is it meat, or even fatty meat?
There was also a fragrant boiled egg, and even a plate of white rice.
Good heavens.
Since the severe famine last year, she hasn't even tasted a drop of oil in this army, let alone a big piece of fatty meat.
Putting aside other things.
Xu Sui is truly blessed. Even though she changed fiancés, her new fiancé still brings her food and keeps her looking healthy and radiant.
Unlike them, who have been in the performing arts troupe for so long and still don't have a boyfriend.
The men who actively pursue them are either of poor character or from poor families. If they marry them, they will have to take care of their entire families and be their slaves.
Just then, Du Yue returned.
I pushed the door open.
The aroma of fatty pork wafting towards her almost made her dizzy with its fragrance.
Du Yue suddenly saw Xu Sui eating, and the big piece of fatty meat in the lunchbox in front of her, and couldn't help but swallow.
Her family was well-off, with plenty of money, but they lacked food coupons.
In years of famine, food is more important than money. The price of food on the black market has increased more than tenfold, but as soon as it appears, it is immediately bought up. Ordinary people simply cannot buy it.
Therefore, most people, even if they had money, still couldn't buy food and went hungry because they didn't have food coupons.
She hadn't smelled meat in a long time.
However, she still forced herself to resist the craving for that big piece of fatty meat, looked away, sat down in her seat, took out the dark-colored steamed bun she had just gotten from the cafeteria, and started munching on it, enjoying the aroma.
While pretending that I was gnawing on a big bone with meat on it, I comforted myself, saying that I would get used to it.
After all, Xu Sui is different from them. Jealousy is useless. Keep a calm mind and live your own life.
Xu Sui finished her meal as quickly as possible, but the aroma of meat and eggs lingered in the small dormitory room for a long time.
She wasn't unaware of her two roommates' gazes, and to ease the situation, she ate her meal as quickly as possible.
Qin Yunzhou gave her this meal after he dropped her off at her dormitory.
She could only eat in her dormitory. Before opening the lunchbox, she didn't expect that there were not only meat but also eggs inside.
After finishing the meal.
Xu Sui found paper and pen and began writing a leave slip.
The content is short, just a few lines.
The gist of it is that Gu Shuang caused her trouble today, which frightened her. She needs to rest for a few days and cannot go to work, so she is asking for leave.
This leave slip is for Shen Shan to see.
He is Gu Shuang's uncle, and he always favors Gu Shuang in this cultural troupe. Yesterday's incident caused such a big commotion.
If he wanted to put things on hold for the time being, he wouldn't argue with her over trivial matters at this time.
Early the next morning.
Xu Sui asked someone to deliver the leave slip to Shen Shan, and then slept comfortably in the dormitory for a long morning before slowly getting up to wash and prepare to go to the city to buy quilts, bedding, and other necessities for her wedding.
Generally speaking, these are things that elders should go with you to buy.
However, neither she nor Qin Yunzhou had any elders around them, so they had to learn to buy things themselves. Fortunately, they were things they needed, so they only needed to buy things they liked and didn't have to think too much about it.
Under the scorching sun, the sun outside seemed to melt people, and most of the land was cracked due to drought.
Xu Sui tidied up her clothes, and to be honest, they were all fashionable styles. Wearing them in this era would definitely make her a beautiful sight.
Some of these clothes were bought from Shanghai by the original owner through connections, and the rest were made for her by her mother, Wang Yinhua.
Wang Yinhua was a beauty in her youth, a renowned beauty in the surrounding villages. With her beauty and keen eye, she married a man with a skill who never had to worry about making a living.
Unfortunately, her husband died young, leaving her a young and beautiful widow and her young son. To make a living, Wang Yinhua used her beauty and cunning to marry a man from the city, who was Xu Sui's biological father.
However, the man ignored the advice and went out drinking with his so-called brothers, and died unexpectedly, leaving Wang Yinhua with only a job in a textile factory, a two-bedroom house of 30 square meters in a tenement, and a young son and daughter.
After that, Wang Yinhua's reputation was ruined, and many people cursed her behind her back, saying she was a jinx to her husbands. She never thought about getting married again.
She struggled to raise her three young children by working in the textile factory left by Xu Sui's biological father.
Of the three children, Xu Sui looked like her and was even more beautiful than she was when she was young, so Wang Yinhua doted on her middle daughter the most.
He gives his daughter the best of everything and has even mastered the art of tailoring, making all sorts of beautiful clothes for her.
The eldest son and the youngest son both had to step aside.
Even now that she has a grandson, in Wang Yinhua's heart, he is still not as good as her own beautiful and obedient daughter.
Xu Sui picked through the clothes and chose a simple white shirt to pair with a black long skirt, plus a pair of small leather shoes. She then braided a jet-black braid that hung down in front of her chest.
Simple, elegant, and refreshing.
Her skin was naturally fair and delicate, and she inherited all the best features from her parents, giving her a pure, well-behaved, and beautiful face. Her clear eyes were like autumn water, as if they could speak.
Xu Sui looked in the mirror and saw that her face was exactly the same as hers in modern times, only five years younger.
After dressing up simply, she put down the mirror and counted all her belongings.
Last time, I earned a considerable amount of extra money from my roommates Du Yue and Ju Hua, totaling ninety-eight yuan and fifty cents.
I've used some of it over the past few days, and I have 93.7 yuan left.
This amount of money is a considerable sum; an ordinary worker would have to work for three or four months without eating or drinking to save up that much.
Perhaps influenced by her childhood experiences, Xu Sui always needs to have money, no matter how much, and she always carries it with her.
Otherwise, she would feel uncomfortable all over.