The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

"Grandma! Can you take me with you?" Tian Tian looked at Grandma Tian with sparkling eyes, her eyes full of anticipation.

"Why are you going to the county town? I'm going to the county town to do some work, not to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. You can stay at home. You can help your father and mother cook for lunch."

Old Mrs. Tian didn't want to take Tian Tian with her. She had to go do some serious business and it would be inconvenient to take Tian Tian with her.

"Grandma! Just take me there! I haven't been to school for a long time and I want to go and take a look!" Tian Tian hugged Grandma Tian's arm and said coquettishly.

"Besides, I studied in the county for two years, so I am definitely more familiar with the roads in the county than grandma. Grandma, if you want to go anywhere, I can lead the way for you!"

In order to go to the county town, Tian Tian did everything she could. She even threw a tantrum at Old Lady Tian and almost lay on the ground acting like a spoiled child. Only then did Old Lady Tian agree to her request.

"Okay, okay, okay! Then you should go into the house and change your clothes. We have to hurry and leave so that we can come back early." said Old Mrs. Tian.

Tian Tian hurried into the house to change her clothes. After she finished changing, she found a tightly wrapped small handkerchief from the depths of the closet.

The handkerchief was opened layer by layer, revealing a small stack of banknotes.

These are all the New Year’s money that the original owner had saved over the years.

Tian Tian took it out and counted it, a total of one dollar and eighty-seven cents.

This was already a huge sum of money at that time.

Old Mrs. Tian is quite generous and gives them New Year's money every year.

Since Tian Tian was favored, Old Lady Tian would give her an extra cent or two in New Year's money.

Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin both have some money.

I also give her New Year’s money during the Chinese New Year.

Especially Chen Guihua. In the first half of her life, Chen Guihua only valued two things: one was food and the other was money.

But she would give New Year's money to the original owner every year, not even Tian Baobao.

The original owner had saved up a little more than five dollars from childhood to adulthood.

Later, when he was in junior high school, the original owner would use the money to buy notebooks and pens, and buy snacks for Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo from time to time. He spent a lot of money, and now there is only a little more than one dollar left.

"Tiantian? Are you not ready yet? Hurry up!" Old Mrs. Tian urged from outside.

"Coming!" Tian Tian quickly wrapped the money in a handkerchief, put it in her arms, and ran out.

From their brigade to the county town, they could take a bullock cart, and each person was charged five cents or an egg per trip.

At 1 cent for a round trip, Tian Tian thought it was a good deal. After all, the county town was quite far from their team, and it took an hour and a half to go there.

In fact, taking a bus costs only one cent for a round trip, but nowadays people can take anything, including chickens, pigs, and dogs, onto the bus. Add to that motion sickness, vomiting, and the smell of sweat, and the smell on the bus is simply indescribable.

It is better to take a ox cart. Although it is a bit bumpy, the people sitting in the cart are people you know. You can chat and talk together, and before you know it, you will arrive at the county town. This is much more comfortable than taking a bus.

Old Mrs. Tian was a very clean person. She disliked seeing all kinds of people on buses, so she usually took an ox cart when she went out.

Of course, there are also people who are reluctant to spend the money, so they go to the town or the county seat.

The town is not far from their team, and it only takes about an hour to walk there. Most people would not choose to take a ox cart.

If you want to buy some daily necessities or firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc., you can go to the town to meet these basic needs.

But if you want to buy canned food and cakes, you have to go to the county supply and marketing cooperative.

Old Mrs. Tian was going to the county town this time. To Tian Tian's surprise, Old Mrs. Tian did not choose to take the ox cart, but wanted to walk to the county town with Tian Tian.

Tian Tian was a little scared after hearing this. The location of their team was already very good, being relatively close to the town and the county seat.

But they still have to walk for three hours.

Tian Tian wanted to ride the ox cart and asked in a low voice: "Grandma! Why don't we ride the ox cart?"

"Why use an ox cart? It's a waste of money. It's good to just walk around and save money." Old Mrs. Tian said calmly.

After saying that, he pressed his arms calmly.

Tian Tian was a little puzzled after hearing what Old Lady Tian said. Old Lady Tian was not a stingy person, and her family was well off. Besides, Old Lady Tian seldom went to the city, only twice a year, and each time she went there she took a ox cart.

Even when the original owner went to the county town to go to school, he rode a ox cart back and forth.

It doesn't make sense that when Tian Tian went to the county town, Old Lady Tian wouldn't let her ride in the ox cart?

Could it be that Mrs. Tian has discovered that she is not the original Tian Tian? !

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When Tian Tian thought of this possibility, she was shocked and didn't dare to ask Old Lady Tian about the ox cart anymore. She just followed Old Lady Tian obediently without saying a word, like a quail.

Old Mrs. Tian was immersed in her own thoughts and didn't notice Tian Tian who was particularly quiet today.

The two of them walked half the way in silence, and when they arrived in the town, it became a little more lively before Old Mrs. Tian reacted.

"Are you tired from walking? Do you want to rest for a while?"

Tian Tian was startled and looked at Old Lady Tian with wide eyes.

Old Mrs. Tian couldn't help but smile when she saw Tian Tian was like a frog. "Why are you distracted? Did I scare you?"

Tian Tian saw that Old Lady Tian treated her the same as usual, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. She smiled happily and said, "It's okay, I'm not tired! I can still walk for a while!"

Old Lady Tian saw that Tian Tian looked very energetic and it didn't seem like she was lying. "Then let's walk for a while and then take a rest!"

Tian Tian nodded obediently.

Although the two did not stay in the town, Tian Tian still looked around curiously.

This town is more lively than their brigade, but that's all. Their town doesn't have factories like the county town. It only has a small supply and marketing cooperative and a commune.

The houses they built were also better than those in their team. There were many brick and tile houses with various slogans painted on them.

The only house in their brigade that was made of bricks and tiles was the team headquarters; the rest were made of yellow mud.

The supply and marketing cooperative didn't look very big. Just now, Tian Tian passed by the door of the cooperative and found that it was only a few square meters inside. There was only a transparent glass counter with some seasonings, some needles and thread, matches and candles, and nothing else.

After passing through the town, the grandparents walked for about half an hour. Just when Tian Tian was about to give up, Old Mrs. Tian stopped to rest for a while.

Tian Tian was so tired that she sat on a stone by the roadside to rest like a dog.

Old Mrs. Tian seemed to be very familiar with this place. After Tian Tian sat down to rest for a while, she saw Old Mrs. Tian take out a bowl from the small basket she was carrying.

I don't know where he went then, but he came back with a bowl of water not long after.

"Tian Tian, ​​would you like some water?" asked Old Mrs. Tian.