The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 261, Mailing

After leaving the steel rolling mill, Li Weiguo drove the Qianzi all the way to the small private courtyard at Dongzhimen.

This small courtyard is temporarily coming from Li Huaide. Except for regular transactions every month, Li Huaide basically doesn't come here.

It has always been used by Li Weiguo, and occasionally used as a material transfer to hide from others.

After driving for a few minutes, Kazuko soon arrived at the gate of the small courtyard.

After the car stopped and turned off, Li Weiguo said, "Brother Zhu, wait for me here for a while."

"it is good."

Silly Zhu didn't know why Li Weiguo brought him here, so naturally he listened to the instructions the whole time.

After getting out of the car, Li Weiguo took out his keys and went straight forward to open the door.

After entering the yard, he closed the door casually, and scanned the surroundings with his mind to confirm that there was no problem.

Then with a wave of his hand, he took out a large bag of sweet potatoes from the space.

A sack weighs one hundred kilograms, no more, no less, exactly the amount promised to Silly Zhu last night.

The money was already collected yesterday. Naturally, the things promised to others must be fulfilled, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to others if they starve to death.

After taking out the sweet potatoes, he stayed in the courtyard for another 2 minutes. When he felt that it was almost done, Li Weiguo picked up the big sack with one hand, opened the courtyard door and walked out.

When he came out carrying the things, Silly Zhu saw it, his eyes lit up immediately, and he rushed to meet him.

"Yo Weiguo, are your friends ready?"

Silly Zhu looked at the full big sack and was overjoyed, he finally had an explanation when he went home at night.

"Yeah, I went to the grain store this morning, and they have already prepared it, all right, let's move it into the car."

"Hey, I'll come, I'll come"

Silly Zhu took the sack graciously, lifted it with both hands, and quickly lifted it into the bucket of the car.

After putting the things away and locking the courtyard door, Li Weiguo stepped on the couch and asked, "I got the things, shall we go to the post office now?"

Silly Zhu thought for a while and said: "If you don't bother Weiguo, you can take me to the grain station first. I still have food stamps with me, so I can buy twenty kilograms of grain and send it back to Feiyan's family together."

Last night, Sha Zhu said that he would send twenty catties out of the ration to send back to Peng Feiyan's family, but he didn't have a national food stamp.

Local food stamps cannot be used in the past, and it is very troublesome to exchange them for national food stamps.

For those who have no connections, the national food stamps can only be exchanged for a maximum of [-] catties at a time, and the unit must issue a certificate.

In addition, three ounces of oil stamps are needed, that is, one ounce of oil for ten kilograms of grain.

If you are not a person who often travels for work, it is very troublesome to apply for a letter of introduction in exchange for national food stamps, and your company will generally not approve it.

Moreover, Silhu didn't have oil coupons. Each person's monthly ration of cooking oil was only three taels, which was not enough to eat at home, let alone exchange it.

So he had to go to the grain station to buy ready grain before mailing it. The postage was a little more expensive, but there was nothing he could do. He could do whatever he could with the conditions.

Seeing that Shazhu had made arrangements, Li Weiguo didn't care: "Okay, then let's walk and get in the car."

"Okay." Silly Zhu carried him into the back seat with a bump on his back.

Getting in the car and igniting it, the two went straight to the nearest grain station.

After spending less than half an hour to buy twenty kilograms of stick noodles from the grain station, Li Weiguo took Shazhu to the Di'anmen Post Office near Nanluogu Lane.

Di'anmen Post Office, built in 1906, is called the Back Gate Post Office and is one of the earliest post offices in the imperial capital.

When it was taken over by the People's Liberation Army, it was called the Di'anmen Street Post Office, numbered branch 9. During special periods, it was called the Main Line Post Office.

This post office is exactly the post office where Zhou Can's father works. Zhou's father is currently the deputy director.

When Zhou Can was arranging a job after graduating from high school, Zhou's father wanted to arrange for Zhou Can to be a postman, one of the eight members of the post office, so that he could take over his class in the future.

It's just that Zhou Can couldn't bear the hardship, worried that the express mail every day would ruin his fat body, so he refused decisively.

In the end, I chose the supply and marketing cooperative, and even called it a beautiful name: the building near the water is good for fattening.
When they arrived at the post office, they parked the car and turned off the engine. Li Weiguo and Sha Zhu went straight to the business hall with 120 catties of grain on their left and right.

As soon as you enter the business hall, you can see the busy staff in the post office, and the postman keeps coming in and out.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the post office had already formed four basic businesses——letters, parcels, remittances, and newspaper distribution.

Of course, the business of the post office is not limited to this. The post office also provides telephone and telegraph services, which greatly facilitates people's communication, mailing and other needs.

He found a service window nearby, filled out the form, and then Sha Zhu called an idle male postman.

Although the Shazhu people are reckless, they also know a little bit about the world. As soon as the postman came over, he handed someone a big product and asked them to help check it.

The postman took the cigarette, and his face that was originally tense due to busyness suddenly softened a lot. He looked down at the two sacks, one large and one small, at their feet.

Asked: "What to send?"

"Send some food." Silly Zhu said.

"food?"

The postman frowned, took a closer look at the two sacks at his feet, and then asked, "How much do they weigh?"

"120 pounds."

"Huh? 120 catties?"

After hearing Sha Zhu's answer, the postman's voice raised a little involuntarily, and he instinctively wanted to ask a few questions.

But when he saw a policeman in police uniform standing next to him, he calmed down again.

Food is so tight now, and so many rations are sent, if there is no unit certificate or the presence of law enforcement officers, Sha Zhu will inevitably be arrested and questioned.

At this time, everyone's rations are 120 to [-] catties, and how long does it take to save up to [-] catties.

If no one proves it, it is speculation and must be taken away immediately.

Fortunately, the accompanying Li Weiguo was not only wearing a police uniform, but also had a gun on his waist. He looked like a cadre at first glance, which was enough to prove that the thing was legal.

The postman nodded kindly to Li Weiguo, and without asking any more questions, he lowered his head and opened the two sacks and inspected them one by one.

After confirming that the items were correct, he took two large sacks and divided the 120 kilograms of grain into two equal parts for packing and sealing.

Although there are no express regulations on sending things at the post office in this era, things that are too big and heavy are basically not accepted.

For example, if you want to send a set of furniture or something, don't think about it. It is absolutely impossible to go back and forth from where you are.

Take Shazhu's 120 kilograms of grain as an example. They are all packed together, and they don't accept it. It is overweight.

However, it can be flexible, and it can be packed into two [-]-jin packages on average, which will work.

If it still doesn't work, divide it into another package. Of course, you have to fill in as many documents as there are packages, which is a little troublesome.

After sealing, the postman wrote the addresses and names of both the sender and the receiver on the outer packaging of the two packages, and then asked Shazhu to carry the things with him to weigh them and bill them.

After a series of operations, it took about ten minutes, and finally I paid the fee and got the postal order.

After getting the postal slip, Sha Zhu asked the postman at the toll window again: "Comrade, how long will it take for the item to arrive?"

The postman in the window lowered his head to deal with his work without raising his head, and said, "Ten days and a half a month, no more than a month at the latest."

Silly Zhu nodded, no accident, the transportation conditions are like this these days, ten days and half a month is considered fast.

Although Peng Feiyan's natal family is short of food, they can always hold on for ten days or so.

Once this batch of food arrives, we will save a little, and it will be enough for the family to last until the end of the year when the team settles the work points and food.

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