Framed at the beginning: Female educated youth forced to marry disabled military officer

Aunt Wu, who sells seafood, saw Meng Xiaoman coming. She specially picked two of the fattest large yellow croakers, as well as hairtail, razor clams, scallops, abalone, small eight claws, etc. She made a small bucket for Meng Xiaoman to carry and eat. .

Before leaving, Aunt Wu came to see her off, and Meng Xiaoman gave her a prescription to take care of her body. It was given to Captain Chen. Now, his body has recovered to almost the same level as before he was injured. When he went to Lu City for a follow-up visit, the doctor They all said they didn’t expect to recover so well.

Aunt Wu knew that this was all due to Meng Xiaoman.

After Captain Chen's accident, she also saw clearly that she had separated from her eldest son and daughter-in-law, and was now preparing to marry her younger son. Once this matter was completed, the couple would not have to work so hard.

Lunch was a seafood feast.

Small seafood in sauce, pan-fried hairtail, braised abalone, boiled prawns, steamed scallops with vermicelli... two large yellow croakers, one steamed and one braised in sauce, different tastes, but equally delicious.

After staying in Yushan for at most half a month, Meng Xiaoman has a lot to do every day.

Drying fruits, making scented tea, drying seafood, and often going to the sea, every day was very busy.

She came to Yushan this time not so much to see Xiao Xiangdong, but to purchase goods.

The things I picked up from the sea were limited, so I simply placed a big order with Aunt Wu and asked them to collect the catch and select some to be delivered directly.

The delivery person is Captain Chen's youngest son, named Chen Dong. He doesn't talk much, but he is kind and honest. The seafood he delivers every time is big and fresh.

The fruits were ordered from Uncle Chen, jackfruit, longan, mango, banana... Meng Xiaoman dried half of the yard's dried fruits.

The ones sold in the sea market are not as delicious as the ones you dry yourself, and they are more expensive.

Qi Yanli often comes to help.

She learned from Zhang Changchi that Meng Xiaoman and his wife had helped him and his brother and grandfather a lot, and she was very grateful to them.

While drying seafood and dried fruits, Meng Xiaoman and Cuicui picked up many beautiful-colored shells and conches at the beach.

The machines that Meng Xiaoman could get were relatively primitive. No matter how advanced they were, they were only available in state-owned factories, and she couldn't get them. Although there are only three semi-manual machines for taking blanks, grinding and punching. But it's enough to meet her current needs.

One advantage of this semi-handmade method is that it maintains the natural luster and charm of the shells, which she prefers.

After the machine issue was solved, Meng Xiaoman began to think about who to find to do it.

At present, she only plans to make buttons for use in her own shop, so she does not need to find many people.

After thinking about it, she first went to some familiar people like Zheng Xiumei and asked them if they were willing to do it.

Zheng Xiumei, Qi Yanli, and Qi Xiaoyun were very interested when they heard that they could make money at home.

There are more and more family members accompanying the army, but there is an extremely shortage of positions on the island to place people. All three of them are unemployed.

Shells, conch and clam shells are everywhere on the island and cost basically nothing.

Now that Meng Xiaoman has the machine, the three of them can only do manual work.

The work was not heavy, and Meng Xiaoman did not set the task amount, so they could do it whenever they had time. Each button was paid one penny for the crafting fee.

By working for two or three hours a day, each person can earn more than ten or twenty yuan a month, which is enough for the family to eat and drink.

The matter of shell buttons was settled, and Meng Xiaoman began to think about pearls again.

She liked the pearl necklace Xiao Xiangdong bought her before. I was wondering if I could collect some from Yushan and Lushi and use them when making clothes.

Meng Xiaoman took the snacks bought from Baohai Market and went to find Captain Chen. Although Captain Chen is no longer a captain, he still follows his son on the ship after he recovers.

"Pearls depend on luck. Small ones are fine, but big ones are rare. Moreover, these things are all purchased by the state-owned supply and marketing factory. We don't dare to keep good things privately."

Things like catches transported to Lushi are not as fresh as those caught by the fishermen in Lushi themselves, so the quantities purchased collectively are small. They can sell part of them to military families and islanders at the island's market.

But good things like pearls are not acceptable.

There are also people on the black market, but the risks are too high.

"What about the little pearls?" There are more beads used on clothes than small pearls. Large pearls are more suitable for jewelry.

"Things as big as soybeans and good quality must be purchased collectively. Those of poor quality, or as big as rice grains or mung beans, are of no use. They are given to children to play with or simply discarded and thrown into the sea with the clam shells."

"Then if I encounter such small pearls, can the team sell them to me? To be honest, I have a tailor shop in Haishi to modify people's clothes. I need some small pearls to drop on the clothes. They will look good."

Captain Chen waved his hand, "If you want it, I'll tell the team and the money won't be used. You have helped the team a lot, so this should be no problem. It would be a waste to keep it anyway."

"That won't work. You fish so hard, I can't take advantage of you."

The next day, when Captain Chen's youngest son was delivering seafood, he told Meng Xiaoman that there was no problem with the team. They came across Little Pearl and kept it for her.

The price is one yuan per pound.

One yuan per catty was almost free. This was the village's kindness, and Meng Xiaoman did not refuse.

More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was time to return to Haishi.

I made two big bags of dried seafood, dried fruits and scented tea.

Looking at the full stock of goods, Meng Xiaoman raised the corner of her mouth and said, "Now I can eat until the Chinese New Year."

"If you like it, I'll post it to you next year. I'll follow you this year and learn how to do it," Qi Yanli said.

When he and Zhang Changchi returned to the Qinghe Brigade during their wedding vacation, Grandpa Zhang said that Meng Xiaoman had sent them overseas goods several times. Now that she is married to Zhang Changchi, his family is also hers, and so is her kindness.

"Then I'll trouble you." Favors can only last long if you come and go.

Xiao Xiangdong and Zhang Changchi are childhood friends, brothers, and comrades-in-arms. Based on these, she will have a good relationship with Qi Yanli, not to mention, Qi Yanli is really good now.

After the two got married, they returned home. Grandpa Zhang did not want to burden Zhang Changchi and wanted to separate the family. Qi Yanli stopped him, saying that Zhang Changchi's younger brother was also her younger brother and she should take care of him.

He also encouraged him to work hard to get into college.

Now, as soon as the monthly allowance came down, she asked Zhang Changchi to remit living expenses to her grandfather and grandson.

Anping County

Zhang Changming went to the post office to collect the remittance, and then went to Xinhua Bookstore to buy two reference books.

Last year, because he didn't want to drag his eldest brother down anymore, he didn't take the college entrance examination and decided to work at home to support himself and his grandfather.

Years later, the eldest brother brought his sister-in-law home. The new sister-in-law was very nice. Not only did she not want to separate the family, she also wanted to support him in going to college. When I left, I not only left food stamps and money, but also sent remittances back every month.

Frail and sick since childhood, the farthest place he traveled was Anping County. He really wanted to see the outside world, so he decided to take the college entrance examination this year.

College entrance examination reference books are very expensive and may not be available, so he, Xiao Xiangmei and Xiang Xue buy different books and read them interchangeably.

Starting last year, Xiao Guangrong and his wife started blind dates for Xiao Xiangmei, but after several blind dates, she was not satisfied.