allendalepharm Chapter 185 Malted Milk
Chapter 185 Malted Milk
He Lai was still immersed in the joy of space, with Yu Shui and Chun Er rocking He Lai.
He Lai suddenly felt a cool breeze on his face and opened his eyes immediately.
All he saw was Yu Shui, who was taking a big sip of soda, ready to spray it on He Lai's face.
He Lai quickly stood up and dodged, wiping his face with his sleeve.
"Rainwater, what are you doing? Why are you spraying soda on me for no reason?"
When Yu Shui saw He Lai wake up, he swallowed the soda in his mouth and spoke.
"It's because we couldn't wake you up. No matter how we shook you, you wouldn't wake up. Later, Jingru said that spitting on you might wake you up, so I tried it, and I didn't expect it to work."
"Well, that's how the old people in our village treat it." Qin Jingru said a little guilty.
"Okay, okay, stop talking. There are so many people in the hall. Let's go home after eating."
He Lai also felt the gazes of the people around him and could only swallow it in silence.
"We also want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative." Yu Shui said with a pout.
"Um, Yushui, do you have a ticket? Chun'er, do you have one? Jingru definitely doesn't have one."
He Lai said with a smile.
"I have some tickets. My mother and sister-in-law gave me some tickets. Besides, the little one doesn't need a ticket. My mother told me. Brother Lai is trying to cheat me again."
After all, the rain was heavy, and I still understood too much.
"Okay then, let's go now. I have something to do when I get home. Wait for me, I'll go get the lunch box."
He Lai saw that he couldn't escape, so he had no choice but to go with him.
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Soon, the three little girls were walking in front, and He Lai was following behind with a lunch box.
There are quite a lot of things in the supply and marketing cooperatives now. Unlike in the beginning when there were only some commonly used items, they have begun to take shape.
After all, the public-private partnership was implemented, and many private shops were forced to close down. There was no other way, because of different business philosophies, the private owners wanted to make money, and the public managers wanted to keep prices affordable. Conflicts were inevitable.
Soon the three girls had some more girls' things in their hands, such as hair ties, rubber bands, hairpins, handkerchiefs and the like.
"Come on, brother, please buy me a pound of White Rabbit candy. I'm out of stock."
When Yu Shui saw the candy store, she immediately ran to He Lai and acted coquettishly.
He Lai turned around and saw a candy store.
"Let's go. You just keep thinking about the tickets in my hand." He Lai also wanted to see what was in the candy store.
He took a look and saw that there were dudu candies, hard candies and soft candies.
Dudu sugar, also known as maltose, is very sticky and quite sweet.
There are many more types of hard candies now, and many of them have never been seen before He Lai, such as marbles, rice dumpling candies, ginger candies, scallion tube candies, cowhide candies, and lollipop candies.
Soft candies are all fruit candies. Some of them don’t even have candy wrappers. In order to prevent the candies from sticking to each other, they are mixed with some white powdered sugar, which is much like the flour sprinkled on dumplings.
Of course, White Rabbit Milk Candy is always the most special. Even in the 21st century, two pieces will be put into the candy bag when people get married, which shows people’s love for White Rabbit Milk Candy.
Yu Shui also directly pulled He Lai to the White Rabbit Milk Candy. There was nothing he could do about it, he was used to it.
He Lai could only call the salesperson.
"Hello, comrade, give me a pound of White Rabbit milk candy."
The salesperson skillfully packed the bags and weighed them, and soon a pound of toffee was placed on the counter.
"A pound of White Rabbit, two dollars and a pound of sugar coupons." The salesperson looked at He Lai and said.
He Lai took out the money and gave it to her. When he looked up, he found the milk powder on the wall cabinet behind the salesperson.
He Lai saw the three big words "Malted Milk" on a can of tin and immediately became interested.
"Sister, can you take down the malted milk so I can have a look?"
The salesperson looked at He Lai in surprise. The price of malted milk was not cheap and most people could not afford it.
"Comrade, are you sure you want to buy this? This malted milk is forty dollars a can."
He Lai was surprised when he heard this. Is it so expensive? It is indeed the best gift after the 1960s.
Yu Shui and others were shocked when they heard the price. Ordinary milk powder is only eight yuan, but this one is five times more expensive.
Yu Shui pulled at the corner of He Lai's clothes, signaling He Lai not to buy it.
He Lai smiled. He was a wealthy man and didn't care about this little money at all.
Seeing that He Lai didn't say anything and was still smiling, the salesperson took the malted milk away.
He Lai took the malted milk and took a look at it. It was impossible to open it, not to mention that the iron box packaging was much more expensive than other milk powders.
"Give me two cans. Do you want a ticket for that?"
He Lai's first sentence was very heroic, but his second sentence was much more subdued, after all, he didn't have many candy tickets left.
"Yes, one can costs one pound of sugar ticket." When the salesperson heard that he wanted two cans, he sighed and thought to himself that he was a prodigal son from somewhere.
This malted milk has just been on the market for a short time, and because of its high price, not many people buy it. I didn’t expect this young guy to be so rich.
He Lai had no choice but to take out the money and the remaining candy coupons. The salesperson quickly collected the money and put the malted milk into a bag and gave it to He Lai.
"Take it. Brother Lai has no money and no tickets. Don't look for Brother Lai anymore."
He Lai gave the bag of malted milk to Yu Shui and pretended to smile bitterly.
Yu Shui carried the bag with a smile on her face, not paying any attention to He Lai's words. After hearing so many lies, people no longer believed the truth.
On the way, He Lai kept reminding Yu Shui not to let Wu Juan know about the malted milk.
He Lai was thinking about how to get some sugar coupons from the black market. Malted milk is a good thing. Drinking a cup of it every day is very good for the body.
As soon as they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, He Lai asked Yu Shui and Chun Er to hide the malted milk in their clothes and run to the ear room to put it away.
Qin Jingru still had a silly smile on her face as she watched Yu Shui and the other man run into the courtyard.
"Sister Jingru, what are you laughing at? You don't have anything to drink. I heard that this malted milk is very delicious. One cup is equivalent to ten candies. I wonder if it's true."
He Lai said teasingly.
"Hmph." Qin Jingru stopped smiling immediately and left He Lai and ran in alone.
He Lai smiled. It was really fun to tease Qin Jingru. Her expression changed every time.
When they returned to the He family, Wu Juan was massaging He Zhan's shoulders and talking to him.
"Xiao Laizi, where are Yu Shui and the others? Why didn't they come back together?"
When Wu Juan saw He Lai come back and stopped pressing the button, she immediately started asking.
"In the side room in the middle courtyard. Mom, I'm going back to my room first. I'm a little tired from walking around. You guys continue, continue."
He said and ran into the room.
Before Wu Juan could say a few more words, He Lai disappeared and she could only mutter a few words to He Zhan.
"I don't know who your son takes after. He's been missing for days, and now he's annoyed to even talk to a mother like me."
"It's okay, it's okay. I'll tell you, Xiao Laizi has grown up, it's normal to have some little secrets."
He Zhan is no longer weaker than Wu Juan. With the magic medicine brought by He Lai and some replenishment from time to time, he can now deal with Wu Juan without any problem.