The era is sweet and fried: the widow and her man are back

Chapter 10, Home with Nothing

"No, what if you get sick from the cold?"

When Zhengyang and Xiuxiu were about to say something, Bai Jiu stopped them, "You guys watch the fire carefully at home, don't put it out when mother comes back, it will be wet firewood by then, we will be freezing tonight. "

When they heard that their mother told them to guard the fire, the two stopped talking about following.

"Well, Xiuxiu and I must keep an eye on Huo and wait for my mother to come back."

"So nice."

Originally, Bai Jiu wanted to kiss them, but her face was too dirty to kiss her lips.

Forget it, tomorrow she will give them a good wash after preparing all the daily necessities.

When she arrived at Houshan, Bai Jiu met people in the village, and everyone asked her about the separation of the family.

She doesn't have the time to chat here at this time.

After saying a few words casually, he went up the mountain.

She must have chopped the firewood, but she didn't know if she was lucky or if she could encounter some wild animals.

If not, don't be afraid to arrive, there are quite a lot of chickens and ducks in her space, so it's no problem to take out one.

After she got rid of the firewood, Bai Jiu saw that it was still early and wanted to try her luck.

Unfortunately, nothing.

Thinking about it, too, if it's so easy to find, and the villagers are not stupid, it's not her turn anyway.

Since it cannot be touched, it can only be taken from the space.

After working all afternoon, Bai Jiu was already hungry, so she found a big tree and climbed up.

I don't know what kind of tree it is, but it's actually full of green leaves in winter.

After completely covering himself in the leaves, Bai Jiu took out two big meat buns from the space, and served them with some braised meat.

That's called a fragrance.

When she went back, she wrapped the chicken in some leaves, and drove home with firewood.

The place where they live now is a bit out of the way, and she took the road back to the mountains, so she didn't meet anyone in the village when she came back.

After arriving home, Zhengyang and Xiuxiu were attracted by the chicken brought back by Bai Jiu.

This is the first time they have seen a pheasant.

"Don't be greedy, quickly help mother to increase the fire, and mother will cook chicken for you later." Seeing how greedy they are, Bai Jiu laughed and joked.

"Okay." The two of them didn't care about their mother's teasing, but their voices responded in a high voice.

It's just that Bai Jiu didn't know that the people who lived in a house not far from her were crying because of the chicken she cooked.

"Sigh, I don't know who lived here. They actually eat meat. We haven't smelled meat for a long time." The person who spoke was an old man who looked to be in his sixties.

While talking, he also swallowed his saliva.

"Don't be greedy, no matter how you think about it, the meat is not ours. Now that Lao Li is still sick, don't cause trouble." An old woman dressed in rags but clean said.

Who are they, are they worthy of meat?

"Hey, when do you think Lao Li will recover from his illness? I can't breathe seeing him like that." Another thin old man looked at the person sleeping on the straw with a distressed expression. straw.

"Aren't you still panting, unlike the previous ones, who are not panting anymore, okay, I'll go up the mountain tomorrow to look for some medicine." Among the four, the only woman said.

Her surname is Zhou and her first name is Lan. She was sent down together with her husband, who was the one who spoke earlier.

"I'll go with you, I'm worried about you alone." Zhou Lan's husband Zhang Weiguo said in a low voice.

Zhou Lan shook her head, "No, it's inconvenient if there are too many people. I'm fine by myself. Even if people see me, they will think I'm looking for wild vegetables." In such a day, there are no wild vegetables.

From the foot of the mountain to the halfway up the mountain, the villagers picked up all the food that could be eaten.

It is not easy to survive the winter, and this year has not yet come to the time for food distribution.

Mr. Zhang is still worried, but he also knows that his wife is right.

"Oh, I don't know when it will be a head." Old Zhang sighed.

"At any time, we have to live. Only by living can we have hope." Another thin old man built a fire. His surname was Wu and he was from Kyoto.

The transfer to this place also came from the operation of the family, but unexpectedly, all the people who came down with him disappeared.

There are only a few of them left.

He is indeed rich, but he can't buy things even if he has money. For people like them, others can't even sell them things, and they can't even go to the county town.

The village sends people over every day to educate them, and then pull them out to work.

Doing the dirtiest and most tiring work, but eating the worst food and not getting enough to eat.

Bai Jiu didn't know this, because she didn't have anything at home, so she moved the fire from the fire to the kang, and took the two children to bed.

At this time, there is no electricity, and you don’t even think about your mobile phone, so all you can do when it gets dark is sleep. No wonder the birth rate of children in this era is so high.

Before dawn the next day, Bai Jiu woke up in the dark, around five o'clock.

In the winter, when it dawns late, it’s still pitch black outside at five o’clock, and you can’t see anything, because the production team has to walk for about two hours to reach the county seat.

There was no other means of transportation, so she had to get up early, otherwise she would not be able to make it back at noon.

After she lit the fire and lit the charcoal, she buried a few sweet potatoes and wrapped four eggs like yesterday.

In this way, the child will not be afraid of being hungry when he gets up.

The two children were able to take good care of themselves, otherwise the original owner was so inactive, and the two of them would not have survived to this day.

It's just that she missed half a day's work.

Although she earns less, she has room to live even with less food.

Bai Jiu was still a little apprehensive about driving at night, but in order to survive, she had to walk bravely.

The winter wind hurt her face, she took out an old down jacket suitable for this era from the space and put it on, finally feeling warm.

When she got to the county seat, she had to buy some cloth to go back, so that the three of them could survive the winter.

By the time she arrived at the county seat, it was already daylight. Fortunately, she ate something on the way, otherwise she wouldn't be able to survive the journey.

But after seeing the scenery of the county town, she was greatly disappointed.

Because the county seat in this era is completely different from what she imagined.

In this era when the college entrance examination has not even started, the county seat is not as good as a modern small town.

The pavement of the street is dilapidated, with bungalows on both sides, and there are no tall buildings like modern ones.

Not only is the construction not good, but even the pedestrians on the road are dusty, and they all look very thin, and they look cleaner and tidier than the people in the village.

After entering the main road, there are many shops on both sides of the street, such as supply and marketing cooperatives, state-run restaurants, post offices and the like.

There are also slogans from this era on the wall.

Before Bai Jiu came here, she knew what she wanted to buy. After entering the supply and marketing cooperative, she went directly to find what she needed.

The layout of the supply and marketing cooperative is similar to that on TV.

There are all kinds of big cabinets, the doors of which are made of transparent glass, and there are all kinds of goods inside, which can be seen at a glance.

"Excuse me, is there any pot for sale?" Bai Jiu felt that the most needed thing at home was a pot. Without a pot, he couldn't even cook rice.

Because it was early in the morning, there were no special offers to discuss in the supply and marketing cooperative, so there were not many people.

The salesperson lazily raised his eyes to look at Bai Jiu who was standing in front, he didn't look like a city person in his clothes.

She is too lazy to take care of her clothes.

"Yes, do you want to buy it? The price is very expensive, so don't ask if you can't afford it." The attitude was arrogant.

Bai Jiu was speechless, if this attitude was placed in modern times, he would have been beaten to death.

It's just a salesperson, she's like the boss of this supply and marketing cooperative.

"Why, you know I can't afford it? How much money do I have?" Bai Jiu is not used to her, what's wrong.

The salesperson didn't expect the person to be so fierce, and was taken aback by her voice, "Ten yuan, ten industrial tickets."

Buying things in this era is not only rich, but tickets are also required. Food stamps are required for meals, cloth tickets are required for cloth, sugar tickets are required for buying sugar, etc. Except for some special bargains, most of them require tickets.

Bai Jiu frowned upon hearing this.

She really forgot about it.

She really doesn't have a ticket.

There is still half a month before Gao Zhijun's subsidy, and she really won't be able to get a ticket for a while.

Seeing Bai Jiu's reaction, the salesperson had an expression I knew well, with disgust on his face, and said sarcastically, "If I say I can't afford it, don't ask. Some people even ask if they can't afford it. Look, you muddy legs It’s just a muddy leg, and I have to charge it if I don’t have money.”

Bai Jiu doesn't have a ticket, so I really can't buy it, but this person's words are too annoying, this attitude...
"Comrade, please pay attention to what you say. What happened to the mud legs? Did the mud legs eat your rice? If there were no mud legs, what would you people in the city eat and drink? You think the grain in the ground grows by itself of?
Oh, anyway, the salesperson is also considered a national employee, so he is so blatantly discriminating against the peasants. After Bai Jiu finished speaking, she slapped the cabinet in front of her heavily.

The salesperson was taken aback, and what scared her even more was Bai Jiu's words.

The consequences of being labeled as class discrimination are very serious. If she fails, she will lose her job and her family will be affected.

"Comrade, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I didn't think too much about what I said, you have a lot of people, don't worry about it like me, I'm not engaging in class discrimination, don't worry, I will correct my attitude in the future." The salesman called a scared .

Apologize quickly.

Bai Jiu did not have a ticket, and she also knew that the salesperson's attitude was the norm in this era, so she didn't care about it anymore.

She was just trying to scare her.

"Okay, since you know you made a mistake, it's over. I hope there will be no next time. Don't embarrass the country."

"Yes, yes, comrade, I was wrong, and I will definitely correct it in the future." The salesman responded repeatedly.

She has money but no tickets, and it's meaningless to stay any longer, but she plans to leave.

Seeing her leave, the salesperson hurriedly shouted, "Comrade, you don't want to buy pots anymore?"

"I'll buy it later, I can't take it away once I buy it now." Bai Jiu can't say that he doesn't have a ticket.

Ugh.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Bai Jiu thought about where to get some industrial tickets.

Otherwise, today may be in vain.

Generally, such tickets are mostly available to those who work in the city.

It's really hard for her to do it.

"Ugh."

Except for the supply and marketing cooperatives, you can't buy pots elsewhere. Even if they are sold, they are second-hand.

She doesn't want to buy second-hand.

(End of this chapter)