Chapter 459

459 Formula Milk

Yu Bing felt a little guilty when she heard this and she touched her nose sheepishly. “It’s mainly because I have more opportunities than others. Otherwise, I might not have given up the spot.”

However, Wang Yun and Song Li still persuaded her. Even Jiang Chun felt that it was a pity for Yu Bing to give up this opportunity. Only a thousand people had such a spot. Last year, it wasn’t even their commune’s turn.

However, since Yu Bing had already made up her mind, the three of them could only give up. Wang Yun and Song Li sat for a while before riding the motor back to town.

As soon as the two of them left, Xiao Sheng arrived.

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After Xiao Sheng entered with a small cloth bag, Little Tiger immediately went forward and wagged its tail at Xiao Sheng’s feet. Yu Bing shook her head when she saw its solicitous look.

Yu Bing said in disdain, “This heartless fellow treats you better than its two masters, Jiang Chun and me. I even suspect that you secretly bewitched it.”

When Xiao Sheng heard Yu Bing’s teasing words, his heart skipped a beat and he stared at Yu Bing as he said in all seriousness, “If I had bewitching soup, I would have made you drink it.”

Yu Bing blushed and hurriedly looked at Jiang Chun, who was cleaning the kitchen. Seeing that Jiang Chun didn’t seem to have heard him, she turned around and glared at Xiao Sheng as she said softly, “What nonsense are you talking about?”

Xiao Sheng was afraid that Yu Bing would be angry, so he didn’t dare to tease her anymore. He handed over the cloth bag in his hand and said with a smile, “I got the milk powder you wanted.”

Yu Bing took the bag in surprise and eagerly took out two bags of milk powder to take a look. “This is great! Xiao Yu has been eating rice paste for half a month. The little bit of meat he finally grew is gone again!”

Xiao Sheng smiled and said, “The milk powder you want is foreign and has always been in high demand, so the price increased a little when I got it.”

This thing was expensive and difficult to get. If not for Xiao Sheng, Yu Bing would have wasted a lot of time asking for stamps. The town had yet to sell them, so she had to try her luck in the county city. If the county city didn’t have such an expensive thing, she could only take a car to the provincial city to buy it.

“It can’t be helped even if it takes a long time. As long as we can get it, it’s fine. How much is it?”

To infants, formula milk was more nutritious than fresh milk, so Yu Bing insisted on buying formula milk.

Because he didn’t have foreign goods like milk powder, Xiao Sheng had to use his connections and treat others to a meal to get these two bags.

He knew Yu Bing’s personality, so he didn’t say that it was free. However, he only reported the price of the milk powder and didn’t say anything else. “Two bags cost a total of 150 yuan.”

Jiang Chun happened to come out of the kitchen. When she heard this, she took a few steps forward and looked at the milk powder in Yu Bing’s hand as she said in surprise, “Oh my god! This is so expensive! I heard that a bag of milk powder only cost more than ten yuan before.”

Yu Bing explained to Jiang Chun, “That’s for adults. This is for infants and children. It’s made with a targeted formula.”

In this day and age, there were not many families who could afford to drink milk powder. The formula in the country was still underdeveloped, so many people didn’t know that people of different ages drank milk powder with different formulas.

Jiang Chun took it and looked at it again. Then, she shook her head as she marveled, “How many people can afford it?!”

Yu Bing smiled as she returned to her room to take out money for Xiao Sheng. “Thank you. I know how difficult it is to get this thing. I’ll treat you to a meal another day.”

Xiao Sheng’s eyes darted around. “Can I get extra points instead?”

Yu Bing’s smile froze. Thinking about how he had been doing well recently and how she had not given him extra points for a long time, she said readily, “I still have to treat you. I’ll give you five points if you want.”

50 points were enough! This was a pleasant surprise, so Xiao Sheng smiled. “Then I’ll be waiting.”

Jiang Chun didn’t know what the two of them were talking about, but she knew that it must be an agreement between lovers. Her eyes darted between the two of them with a teasing look.

Yu Bing was so embarrassed that she glared at Jiang Chun. Then, she said to Xiao Sheng seriously, “Hurry up and go back. We’re going out later.”

Xiao Sheng was speechless.

He suddenly felt like a milk powder deliveryman.

Xiao Sheng looked at Yu Bing resentfully, then he left obediently.

Yu Bing cleared her throat guiltily. “Let’s go to Wen Qin’s house to take a look.”

When the two of them arrived, Wen Qin was making lunch.

Wen Qin’s family’s lunch was very simple. They had stir-fried cabbage, minced meat, and potatoes. There was only a little bit of minced meat. Their main dish was sweet potatoes. This was the norm for most people in this era.

Seeing the two of them enter, Wen Qin hurriedly left the kitchen and called the two of them to sit in the living room.

In the house, Sun Hui was sitting beside his brother’s bamboo cradle. When he saw Yu Bing and Jiang Chun, he hurriedly stood up and greeted them.

The two of them laughed and played with the two children for a while before sitting on the chairs beside them.