It’s a Bit Early To Cross

Not long after Chu Heng left Ni's house, the heavy rain gradually stopped, and the blazing sun hung high on the sky like a wash. The stagnant water evaporated rapidly under the scorching sun, and the entire ancient city was turned into a sauna.

"What the **** is this weather!" He scolded and stopped the car, took off his heavy raincoat, carefully folded it and clamped it on the back seat, and continued to drive with his head down.

Ten minutes later, Chu Heng returned to the unit.

After explaining a few words to Sun Mei, he hurriedly ran into the office, found a blank letter of introduction from the drawer, quickly wrote down Ni Yinghong's information, and then took out a stack of bills from the warehouse. I ordered 200 catties of national food stamps, and then rushed home with my stuff.

At this time, Ni Yinghong was packing the luggage for the long trip at home. While she put the folded clothes into the rattan suitcase, she wiped the red and swollen eyes that had been crying with her small hands, but the tears seemed to burst. , No matter how you rub it, it won't dry, and even more and more.

When Chu Heng returned home, the girl was already crying, squatting helplessly on the ground, hugging her head and crying.

He hurriedly stepped forward, squatted down and pulled up his daughter-in-law, hugged her tightly, and comforted her softly, "Cry, cry, just let it out."

"Woooooo!"

Ni Yinghong's cry grew louder. She plunged into the man's arms and wept, "Chu Heng, I'm uncomfortable."

Chu Heng gently patted the girl's back, and whispered, "Come on, daughter-in-law, life, old age, sickness and death, it is human nature, we will all have this day, and the telegram only says that he is critically ill? Isn't this the last step, maybe the old man sees you, his mood is better, and his condition is getting better?"

"Will it be?" Ni Yinghong raised her head upon hearing this, her pretty face filled with hope, she knew that this was a man comforting her, but at this moment she needed some hope, even though this hope was very slim.

"Yes, definitely." Chu Heng gave her a positive look, lowered his head and kissed the girl's forehead gently, and wiped her tears: "Quickly pack up, the sooner you leave, the better you can be. The sooner you see the old man, isn't it?"

"Um."

Ni Yinghong reluctantly left this solid embrace, squatted down and continued to pack her luggage.

Chu Heng also began to work. He first found Ni Yinghong's small five-four with a gun certificate from the bedside, wiped his body and went to the chest of drawers to find the military water bottle that had been idle for many years, filled a pot of cold boiled water, and then Then I put all the canned meat and canned fruits at home into bags, ready for my daughter-in-law to take them to eat on the road.

After he had everything ready, Ni Yinghong also packed up.

Chu Heng hurriedly handed over the small pistol in the holster, and instructed: "It's not safe outside, you should keep this close to your body. If you are in danger, don't hesitate and just blow his mother."

"Well." Ni Yinghong didn't resist this at all. In these days, she also saw how chaotic it was.

Helping her put away the gun, Chu Heng took out the letter of introduction and the food stamp and handed it to her: "You'd better separate the food stamp, so that even if it is stolen, it will not be taken by others."

"This is too much!" Ni Yinghong stared at the thick stack of national food stamps in her hand.

"You don't understand how the poor get rich? And you don't know how long you've been here this time. It's still four people. How can it be done without it?" Chu Heng pinched her cheek and said with a smile, "It's always right to take more. , you can bring it back when you run out."

"Then I'll take it." Ni Yinghong thought about it as well. It's better to bring more food stamps when you go out, just in case.

The girl wiped her body and went to find needles and pieces of cloth, divided the food stamps into five parts, and sewed them on the inside of her clothes and trousers.

Looking at his busy wife-in-law, Chu Heng asked again, "Hey, how much money did you bring?"

"One hundred." Ni Yinghong raised her head when she heard the words, this time she learned to answer quickly, she blinked her eyes and said, "Is it a little less?"

Chu Heng nodded in agreement: "Let's bring more."

"Then take out the box in the chest of drawers, there seems to be more than a hundred in it." Ni Yinghong pointed behind him and said.

"What's more than a hundred enough for?"

Chu Heng knew the location of the girl's small treasury, turned around and walked to the wardrobe, took out a box from it, ordered a full three hundred yuan and handed it to his wife: "Don't be careful when you go to the place, spend it when you need it, eat it when you need it. When I come back and find you are thin, I won't spank you."

"I'm going to my grandma's house, not to escape from the famine!" Ni Ying gave him a white look, smiled softly, reached out to take the money, and added several pockets to his clothes and pants.

I don't know where this tradition came from. It seems that people all over the country like to sew money on their bodies, and the closer they are, the better.

Miss Ni's needlework is very good, and it didn't take long for her to sew the money and the ticket. In addition to the clothes and pants, she also made a small cloth bag and tied it with a rope and hung it around her neck.

Well, there is no trace at all, it is hidden very deep, very deep...

After everything was ready, the couple left the courtyard with large and small bags.

When they returned to Ni's house again, the others also came back, and they were all busy.

Mother Ni and sister-in-law were pasting corn tortillas, and eggs were still boiled on the coal stove next to them, all of which were taken to eat on the road.

Ni Chen was pouring cold water into the kettle, while Ni's father was counting the national food stamps that he had cobbled together.

It's really not easy to get out of the hospital these days, the train is not fast, and there is no sales. If you want to go out, you need to prepare more for food and drink.

There is also the issue of food stamps. Every place has its own local food stamps. The food stamps in the four and nine cities cannot be used in the northeast. In the past, the Ni family could only use the precious national food stamps. Rich, their family is definitely a poor traveler this trip.

After Chu Heng entered the house and brought their letter of introduction, he rushed out of the yard and went straight to the Railway Bureau, intending to ask Shen Tian to help get some sleepers~www.readwn.com~ The sleepers at this time are not like the later generations. That way, money can buy it, you have to be high enough to sit in a sleeper, otherwise you will have nothing to do with gold and silver.

Obviously, the Ni family is not high enough, but this is nothing to Chu Heng, we can't say goodbye to each other, it is just a few sleeper tickets, sprinkle water!

He galloped all the way, and it didn't take long to get there.

This is a newly built compound. There is a wooden sign with black characters on a white background hanging at the entrance, with a few vigorous characters written on the Huaxia Railway Four-Nine City Bureau. Inside the courtyard are three newly painted white four-story buildings. In today's four-nine cities, this can be regarded as standing out from the crowd.

Tie Boss is Tie Boss, and he is much more imposing than the Grain Bureau.

Chu Heng stopped at the gate on his bicycle, and while passing a cigarette, he said to the old man at the gate, "Man, let me find Shen Tian, ​​which building is he in?"

"Shen Tian?" The old man's expression changed. After sizing up him, he waved his hand in a taboo way: "It's gone, you can look elsewhere."