Xu Changqing glanced at the figure of Bai Xiulan lifting the door curtain and leaving, but she didn't pay it much mind. Her mother wasn't the same woman she'd been back in Baizigou; she knew lots of people here now.
This time, she definitely wasn't headed to the Ding Family's place out front. Her father and Shen Weimin were at the Dings' tonight, so her mother wouldn't just show up unannounced as if to call them home.
'That's it, she must have taken the eggs upstairs.' She'd heard that Sister Hong, who lived upstairs, had been trying to trade for eggs ever since giving birth, but now the weather had turned cold.
Even the hens were taking a break and not laying. The non-staple food station had a very limited supply of eggs, and sometimes you couldn't get any by lining up, even if you had a ration ticket.
