Quick travel to save a miserable life

Early the next morning, Zhang Jianshe and three others got up to go to work, and several others were preparing to go to the county seat.

I originally thought that I would have to walk on two legs, but I didn't expect to learn that the team's ox cart was going to the commune to pull corn seeds, and could take them along for a while. It was an unexpected surprise.

The ox cart dropped them off when it arrived at Taiqing Commune, and they walked for another half an hour to the county department store.

It was said to be a building, but in fact it only had two floors. The post office was opposite the department store. I just finished mailing the letter and went shopping. Lin Hui's letter only had a few lines, and it was really just a wish to say that he was safe.

The first floor of the department store sells some small daily necessities, while the second floor sells large items such as bicycles and sewing machines. However, there are not many types and styles of items, and the salespersons all look like they are above their heads and ignore the customers.

Everything everyone needs right now is on the first floor. Except for Lin Hui, everyone else has more or less various bills given by their families. Wu Caiyu has the most bills, many of them are double copies, and there is a big stack. It is said that she has several bills. Given to me by my brother.

Lin Hui used 3 kilograms of national food stamps to exchange them with Wu Caiyu for four stamps to buy toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, and towels.

There was nothing she could do. Her toothbrush had been used for almost a year and the bristles were all gone. The towel had been washed so thin that light could pass through it. She had to be careful when using it, for fear of tearing it apart if she exerted too much force, so she had to replace it. .

Wu Caiyu issued the ticket, and Lin Hui cooperated with the money to buy a kerosene lamp and a bottle of kerosene, which is expected to last a long time.

In fact, Lin Hui still has a lot of things to buy, but she is short of money and votes, and she has already benefited from a lot of Wu Caiyu's favor, so she can only wait and see.

Everyone just bought what was in short supply at the moment. Wu Caiyu also bought a mirror that was as big as two palms. She said she had left the original mirror at home and forgot to bring it over.

After a few people finished shopping and it was still early, they decided to go to the scrap collection station that Zhang Jianshe mentioned.

The acquisition station was located in a large, dilapidated courtyard on the edge of the county seat. Several people told the old gatekeeper that they wanted to see if there were any usable tables, chairs, and newspapers to cover the walls.

The old man asked them to go in and have a look, and if they liked it, they could just come to him to pay. When I walked in, I saw that the yard was even more dilapidated. There were many things piled up in a mess, one pile here and one pile here and there. It looked disorganized. No wonder the old man said it was casual. There was nothing valuable in the yard at all.

First, we went to the old furniture. Sure enough, there was basically nothing usable here. They were all irreparable and unusable. Otherwise, with the diligence and frugality of today's people, if they could still be used, we wouldn't be here.

Come on, let's go read the old newspapers. A few people turned around and left. Lin Hui also got up without interest.

Suddenly, a bright object seemed to flash past her eyes. Lin Hui turned around and opened a broken drawer to take a closer look. It turned out that it was a bright light coming from a gap at the bottom of the drawer.

Lin Hui's heart couldn't help but beat fast. She glanced at the others and didn't pay attention to her. She quickly stretched out her hand to reach the drawer. In an instant, the drawer disappeared on the spot!

call! Lin Hui let out a sigh of relief. Sure enough, she could put things into the space, which would be much more convenient for herself in the future.

I just don’t know what I just saw. I can’t enter the space right now. I can only go back and take a closer look later.

Lin Hui wanted to search among the piles of old furniture to see if she could find anything, but Wu Caiyu called her from the waste paper pile to pick out newspapers. Lin Hui took a deep look at the pile of old furniture, and it seemed that she could only Let’s wait until next time when we have a chance.

Several people picked out good-quality newspapers from a large pile and took them back to plaster the walls, especially the two walls where the bed was in contact with the wall. Every touch would rub dirt on their hands; scrap newspapers cost two cents a pound, and they only spent a total of one pound. It's two cents, which works out to three cents per person.

After coming out of the scrap station, Wu Caiyu suggested going to the state-owned hotel in the county for lunch. Zhao Lei and Zhang Moran both agreed, and Lin Hui also wanted to go and experience it, so she nodded in agreement.

After looking at the menu for a while, the group decided to order steamed buns as their main course, as well as braised pork and braised eggplant.

A steamed bun costs 5 taels of food stamps and [-] cents, braised pork costs [-] taels of meat stamps and one yuan, and braised eggplant costs [-] cents free of charge. Each paid for the steamed buns and food stamps, Wu Caiyu paid for the braised pork, and the other three each paid forty cents to pay for the two dishes.

The braised pork was served last. It looked ruddy in color and very tempting. Lin Hui tasted a piece. The sauce was rich in flavor, the fat meat was fat but not greasy, and the lean meat was lean but not greasy. It was very delicious! Several people ate happily, and in the end, even the soup was soaked up by Zhao Lei with steamed buns!

After eating and drinking, the few of them set out on their way back, chatting and laughing all the way, and returned to the educated youth point more than an hour later.

Dinner is still sweet potato steamed buns and wild vegetable soup.

After the meal, a few people made some paste with sweet potato flour and pasted newspapers on the wall, covering the original mottled walls. The dilapidated house looked brighter, but it was still empty, except for a bed and two people in the corner. The luggage, since the box has not been finished yet, the things can only be piled up like this.

At dawn the next day, Lin Hui heard movement in the yard. It turned out that there was no water in the kitchen. Zhang Jianshe got up early and went to fetch water from the well in the middle of the village.

Educated youths take turns to cook, and each person has five days to cook. The person whose turn it is to cook will get off work a little earlier and come back early to cook. However, the two girls cannot carry water, so Zhang Jianshe carries the water. , now that Zhao Lei and Zhang Moran are here, Zhang Jianshe joked that he finally has someone to take shifts with him.

Chen Lu was still cooking today. After dinner, several people rushed to the fields to work. On the way, they heard the bell ringing for the production team to start work. This bell was hung next to the well in the middle of the village. The sound was very loud. Every time it came to work, The sound of work and dismissal time can be heard throughout the village.

After walking for a while, we arrived at the field. Several people from the educated youth spot all belonged to the third team of the Hanwa Production Team. They stood at the gathering place belonging to their own team and listened to the team leader's work arrangements: Today's main task is to plant corn. Two people work in teams, one person is responsible for digging a hole with a shovel, and the other person throws seeds into the hole and fills it up.

Usually the men dig the holes and the women sow the seeds.

After everyone received the tools and seeds for their work, they went to the designated field and started working.

Several people from the educated youth point were assigned to the same place. Zhang Jianshe and Chen Lu were in a group, Lin Hui and Zhao Lei were in a group, Wu Caiyu and Zhang Moran were in a group, and Yang Hongjuan was in a group with a young man in the team.

Zhang Jianshe first taught a few people how to dig a pit, how deep it should be, and how far apart the pit should be. These are all very specific. Then Chen Lu taught Lin Hui and Wu Caiyu how to sow seeds with less effort. After the explanation, several people were asked to practice it on the spot. Seeing that they can do it well, I feel free to let them go it alone.

In this way, Zhao Lei and Lin Hui stood face to face. Zhao Lei dug a hole with a shovel and put the excavated soil beside the hole. He took a step back and dug another hole. Lin Hui was carrying a local man made of wicker. A container called a "bucket" contained more than half a bucket of corn seeds. Every time Zhao Lei dug a hole, Lin Hui would throw a seed into it, and then push the soil around it into the hole with her feet to level it.

Zhao Lei dug very hard, and Lin Hui did not take it easy either. The corn seeds in the bucket were heavy. Even if the two arms were rotated, they were still sore all morning. When the bell rang at 12 noon, the end of work was , Lin Hui was really relieved.

Work started at half past two in the afternoon, and she could rest for a while after lunch. During the lunch break, Wu Caiyu showed Lin Hui the red mark on her arm from being pinched by the handle of the fence. As the two arms were rotated from time to time, the result was that all morning The middle of both arms were red.

Lin Hui smiled, rolled up her sleeves and showed them to Wu Caiyu. The two of them looked at the four identical red arms and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Lin Hui felt that it was time to go to work again in the afternoon before she had much rest. The walking pace of several people was obviously not as brisk as in the morning, and the speed of work also slowed down.

When work was over in the afternoon, the scorekeeper counted today's individual work points. Lin Hui found that she only had four work points, Wu Caiyu had even less, only three, Chen Lu had six, and the male educated youth except Zhang Jianshe, who had nine centimeters, the other two had It's six work points.

Zhang Jianshe comforted everyone, saying that he was like this when he first came here and was even worse than them. He should take his time and things would get better as time goes by.

However, at least today's busyness was not without its benefits. At least, Lin Hui found an opportunity to intercept some corn seeds into the space.