Chapter 21 Tech Spider

She has been taking the powerful pills she drew last time for several days in a row, and the effect is remarkable.

In the evening, she was free and tried to move a full bathtub.

She was able to lift it off the ground.

This is amazing, because she had a hard time lifting an empty bathtub.

"Pa pa pa"

She took several consecutive shots of the lottery.

It's true that she didn't feel bad when she spent money that wasn't her own.

"Technology intelligent cleaning machine spider * 1"

"One-month-old lambs of the same variety in the production team * 10"

"National bicycle tickets * 5"

"XXX Bao pure cotton sanitary napkins for daily use 240mm * 10 pieces * 5 boxes"

"Two acres of high-efficiency rice fields can be planted"

"Fuck." I was startled by the big spider that suddenly appeared in front of me right after I drew the prize.

I endured the physical discomfort and read its description "Solar intelligent cleaning machine, with advanced micro-differentiation technology, can perfectly clean the dirt and dust within the set range, regardless of angle position, work without dead ends, and automatically decompose and synthesize organic non-toxic substances and release them outdoors."

Uh, so advanced?

It looks a bit creepy, the simulation is too high!

The spider's entire body is bigger than a one-dollar coin, plus it has eight legs.

Emma, I can't look at it, it gives me goosebumps.

After turning on the switch according to the instructions, I just need to set the voice recognition and then set the cleaning range.

She drew the area of the lounge in it and made it disappear from her sight.

Even with this, she didn't dare to use it casually. If she saw it unexpectedly, she might scream and smash it.

Then she went back to the space to see her prize.

After the upgrade, not only will there be strange things, but ordinary items will also double.

She arranged for the ten lambs to live next to the pigs, and from then on they became neighbors.

But they can't be neighbors for long. The piglet has grown into a half-grown pig. She estimates that before the Spring Festival, she will be able to eat pork buns, dumplings, and spare ribs.

The sanitary napkins are just timely rain. She was in agony during those days last month because the incident happened suddenly and she didn't even have toilet paper in the village.

Go ahead and pull the rice fields. She has no seeds.

As for the remaining times, she won't play anymore. There are no amateur activities every night.

Just treat it as after-meal entertainment. Draw a few every day. It's exciting and fun.

Before going to bed, she still put the technology spider in the bathroom in the space.

She doesn't go to this place to avoid accidentally hurting friendly forces.

Except for the appearance, which is not good for the audience, everything else is very good, and it is cleaned very cleanly.

Even the lounge feels brand new.

Liu Qingqing worked for half a month and received her salary.

Along with the money, there was also the two-liang candy ticket.

She took advantage of the weekend to go to Lu Yan's house.

Giving candy tickets is not the main purpose.

But we can't lose this thread. The relationship that should be maintained still depends on daily efforts.

Knocked on the door of Lu Yan's house, and the man who opened the door was about 40 years old.

Liu Qingqing introduced herself hastily under the questioning gaze of the person opposite her: "Hello, I am Liu Qingqing who is taking over for Sister Lu."

"Oh, it's you. Yan Zi is in the room. Come in."

Liu Qingqing followed behind and said as soon as she heard his address: "Brother Li, right? This is my first time meeting you."

The man smiled naively.

In the room, Lu Yan was lying on the bed wrapped in a headscarf, and her obviously pregnant belly was flattened.

"When did Sister Lu give birth?" She looked at the person with closed eyes and asked in a low voice.

Li Zhiyi couldn't hide his joy: "I gave birth to a son last night."

Lu Yan turned around and looked over when she heard the voice: "Sister, you're here!"

"Congratulations, sister. I'm sorry to bother you. I'll give you the ticket today. "

"Oh, no, that's just what I said." Lu Yan smiled and waved her hand.

She didn't take the polite words seriously. She took out two taels of sugar tickets from her pocket and put them aside.

She took out a few small tickets from the other side.

"Sister, take these grain tickets and brown sugar tickets. I won't buy anything extra for my nephew." They were all tickets that were about to expire. It would be a waste if they were not used to entertain people.

Lu Yan took them and looked at them. There were one pound and four taels of grain tickets and five taels of brown sugar tickets.

"So many, no, take it back." Let alone food coupons, brown sugar coupons are too precious. Only when you give birth can you ask the hospital to issue a certificate to get a pound of brown sugar coupons.

"All sent by my husband, I still have some." She wanted to show Lu Yan that she had coupons.

"Well, then, thank you."

"Sister, why are you being so polite to me? You have helped me a lot." Liu Qingqing took her hand, and the sincerity in her eyes could not be concealed.

After a few pleasantries, she did not stay any longer.

Although she had a lot of things, she did not want to go to the black market.

She was not that kind of material.

These people were smart and organized.

She was not smart, and she did not have the halo of a heroine.

If she went alone, wouldn't she be robbed by others?

If she accidentally presses her golden finger, she will have no place to cry.

But she has too many tickets. If she doesn't deal with them, they will expire slowly.

First leave an impression on Lu Yan, and then see if she needs them later.

She looked in her pocket and saw that there were two grain tickets worth one catty that were about to expire.

She went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative.

At the pastry stand, she bought some snacks that she didn't recognize. This was also a feature of the times. Even if they were not delicious, she had to try them.

"Big sister, it's really you." A familiar voice sounded from the side.

Liu Qingqing turned her head and saw Sister Lu, with whom she had traded before.

"It's Sister Lu, are you busy?"

"Oh, what are you busy with?" She called Liu Qingqing: "Come over here and talk for a while." The last batch of bicycles were sold, and I don't know when the next batch will come. Fortunately, I bought Liu Qingqing's ticket at that time.

"Sister Lu, you are standing at the ready-made clothes counter now." Liu Qingqing looked around. Above her head and in the counter, there were ready-made clothes hanging and placed.

"Yes, I have nothing to do here, and few people buy." She would not buy this kind of thing even if she was in a hurry. It was too expensive. It would be more cost-effective to tear the cloth by herself. The leftover scraps can be sewn together and still have a use.

Liu Qingqing nodded and said, "That's really good."

Seeing that the topic was about to run out of steam, Sister Lu leaned forward and said, "Sister, do you have enough money?"

She observed Liu Qingqing as soon as she entered the door, and picked up two kilograms of cakes without blinking.

She was right, this person has a ticket.

Liu Qingqing blinked, but didn't reply immediately.

"Sister, I'll tell you the truth, there's another mouth to feed at home, and we don't have enough food..."

We need food coupons.

To be honest, this thing is not worth much, and it doesn't make sense whether you sell it or not. If it's other bicycle tickets, sewing plane tickets, etc., it's worth buying and selling.

"Big sister, this amount of money is usually enough for me to eat, I can't spend it all."

Big sister Lu was disappointed.

Liu Qingqing didn't stay any longer, waved and walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Although there were not many people at the counter, he mentioned this in such a large crowd.

She couldn't help but feel that this person was unreliable.

She didn't know whether it was intentional or what, anyway, she had decided not to associate with this person anymore.

Chapter 22 Freedom

Guo Xiuhua is very busy at work every day, either taking apart old sweaters or knitting new ones.

She wraps the taken-out sweaters around the back of the chair, and when she is done, she throws the yarn into a basin and soaks it in boiling water.

When it is almost soaked, she hangs it in the backyard to dry.

It is already freezing at this time, and the water on the wool yarn will soon freeze into icicles and hang one by one below.

It will dry after hanging it like this for a few days.

If you need it urgently, knock off the icicles and bring it into the house to dry it at the temperature of the stove.

The next step is to roll it into a ball of yarn, and then you can knit new sweaters and trousers.

Liu Qingqing found that she seemed to have endless sweaters to take apart and knit.

"Xiao Liu, I'll be back later this afternoon." As if she noticed her gaze, Guo Xiuhua raised her head.

Liu Qingqing nodded: "Okay, Sister Guo, you can go, I'll be here all the time."

The two of them stayed in the same room like this, and it was even more uncomfortable not to talk to each other.

It's better for her to be alone.

So even if Guo Xiuhua didn't say hello, she wouldn't say anything more.

Guo Xiuhua was also very satisfied. Xiao Liu was very sensible, much better than Lu Yan.

After the waste station entered winter, the four employees were idle every day.

Occasionally, someone came to sell chicken feathers, and Liu Qingqing would go to join in the fun.

Chicken feathers are the most common things sold by ordinary people, mainly because they are not very useful to keep at home.

But it is very troublesome to sort the chicken feathers, and the impurities such as white fine chicken feathers mixed in with them must be removed.

According to the quality, they can also be divided into different grades.

In addition to chicken feathers, duck feathers are also collected.

However, there are relatively few families raising ducks, and few people come to sell duck feathers.

Otherwise, Liu Qingqing wants to make a pair of duck down cotton pants.

At the end of the month, she thought about it and went back to Taoshan Village on her day off.

Of course, she couldn't go back empty-handed.

She carried all the cakes she bought before that she didn't like to eat.

There was nothing else.

After all, she had to maintain her personality.

The effect of the powerful pills and the body-building pills was remarkable. She walked this distance effortlessly and arrived at Liu's house in less than two hours.

The cakes brought back were divided into two, one bag for each family.

You can't be partial.

Mother Liu took the snacks handed over by Liu Qingqing, her hands were shaking a little.

This was the first time she saw money coming back in all these years.

The aunts in front and behind Liu Lili shouted, and the good words came out of their mouths without asking for money.

Liu Qingqing took out a piece of White Rabbit and gave it to her. When she looked up and saw her mother looking eager, she silently took out a piece and handed it to Mother Liu.

Mother Liu was slightly embarrassed for a while: "I'm such a big person, why do I still eat candy?"

That's what she said, but her hands were not slow at all when peeling the candy wrapper.

Liu Qingqing couldn't help laughing out loud.

She felt that Mother Liu was particularly funny sometimes.

This made Liu's mother angry on the spot. She took the cakes and locked them in the cabinet.

After the conversation, Liu Qingqing went back to the house to search.

This room is where the Liu sisters live.

All their things are here.

In a corner, she found her high school diploma.

It was a simple yellowed paper with a red frame printed inside.

The red frame said "diploma" and the contents including name, age and school.

There was a one-inch black and white photo in the lower left corner.

High school is elementary school.

Apart from the elementary school diploma, Liu Qingqing currently has no other academic qualifications.

She was a little sad.

The original owner had been lazy in school for many years.

I also went to junior high school, but I don't have a diploma.

To be more precise, I didn't finish the last few months.

She stuffed her elementary school diploma into the space.

She took half a pound of sugar to find the village head's wife.

"Auntie, after changing my name, I remembered that my diploma is different from my real name, and I have to ask my uncle to write a note."

"That's no problem, just a few words. I'll ask him to write it when he comes back, just take it before you leave." The village head's wife patted her chest, indicating that she would take care of it.

She went back to the Song family and had a meal.

Song's mother was quite satisfied.

This was the first time she didn't come back empty-handed.

The village head was an old stubborn man, and he was very reluctant when he heard that Liu Qingqing had something to do again.

"I said it's unnecessary to change the name. Let's see. It's more troublesome after changing it. There are things to come."

The village chief's wife pinched him: "Stop talking nonsense. Open it quickly. What's the point of wasting energy? You always say that you need to take care of your relatives within five generations. You just wrote a few words and you wasted so much time."

"Oh, you're using your hands again. Just keep talking. Stop using your hands." The village chief quickly dodged.

"Write it quickly." The village chief's wife raised her voice.

"I'll go now, I'll go now."

The village chief put his hands together and shook them at his wife.

Liu Qingqing went straight to junior high school with the note.

Her batch has graduated for several years. I don't know if the school can still give her such a graduation certificate.

She thought about it and took out a bottle of white wine she won.

This is not Maotai, but just ordinary liquor from the supply and marketing cooperative.

After knocking on the door of the principal's office, she decided to get straight to the point in the face of the principal's puzzled look.

In response to her request, the principal checked the files and agreed to reissue it for her.

Some students have lost their certificates, and the school has a foundation, so they can still reissue them.

Moreover, Liu Qingqing used the excuse that she lost her certificate due to name change, and she still had the certificate from the village in her hand.

She walked out with her junior high school graduation certificate.

She sighed.

I'm afraid this is the end of my education in this life.

The college entrance examination is still a long way away.

There will be no need to take any exams by then.

Chapter 23 Don't Give Up

It's December now, and it's freezing cold outside.

The snow in the past few days has painted the whole city white.

The snow in the yard of the waste station is shining white, but all this is not enough to make Liu Qingqing feel like having fun.

It snowed all night last night.

When she opened the door in the morning, the snow at the door poured directly into the house and turned into snow water.

It's only a short distance of ten meters from the lounge to the duty room.

It's a bit difficult to get out.

She finally understood why the door opened from the outside to the inside.

In this case, she couldn't push it out even if she died of exhaustion.

Looking at the space in front of her because of the pile of snow that fell down.

...

The height of the door is higher than the chest, so she can't get out even if she does a split.

Silently closed the door to block the snow foam blown in by the strong wind.

Let's wait until others go to work before saving her.

Turned to the stove, added some coal balls from the file into it, and put a pot of water on it.

When people come later, they can drink hot water.

"Ding ding dang dang" a series of sounds came into the house.

Liu Qingqing opened the door and saw Lao Xu, Lao Liu and Guo Xiuhua shoveling snow not far from the door.

"Sister Guo, Uncle Xu and Uncle Liu, you are here to save me." She waved her hand and greeted them.

The three laughed.

Uncle Xu waved his hand and shouted: "Close the door and wait for a while, it will be shoveled out soon."

Liu Qingqing followed suit and waited for several people to clear the door.

Guo Xiuhua pushed the door open and came in: "Xiao Liu, let's go, we've cleared a path."

"Hey." Liu Qingqing agreed. She had never thought Guo Xiuhua's voice was so nice.

She put on a scarf and a Lei Feng hat.

Liu Qingqing followed him out with a snow shovel.

"Xiao Liu, you are so unlucky. It didn't snow much yesterday, but it was as high as my shoulders. The southeast wind blew all night, and all the snow piled up in the warehouse." Guo Xiuhua said while feeling happy.

"Sister Guo, don't laugh. I was stunned when I opened the door this morning." Not only had she never encountered this before, but she had never remembered it before.

The two chatted and laughed while shoveling snow.

Before, in order to get her out first, everyone only shoveled a path.

Now we have to clean up the whole yard.

There is not much snow in the north of the whole yard, and it has almost blown to the warehouse, especially her small house.

Sitting on the bench in the lounge, Liu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiao Liu, I have to come back tomorrow afternoon." The tickets for this month will be issued by the street today.

She has to queue up in the dark tonight.

The little food that can be obtained from the grain and oil station may not be available if you don't go early.

"No problem, just do your thing." Only then did she realize why Guo Xiuhua was so enthusiastic today.

The street invoice issue has nothing to do with her, only those with urban household registration can have it.

So tomorrow, I guess the two people behind will also come late.

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Lin Yumo had just gotten rid of her original body's scumbag boyfriend and her best friend.

She recovered some losses from the two.

This body of hers came from a good family.

During this exercise, her family was not involved and was not implicated in any way.

So he could still send her money and tickets every month, and she didn't have to go to work and wouldn't be hungry.

Everything seemed to be going well, but she always felt that she shouldn't live so aggrieved.

Thinking of the waste collection station that made her feel empty, she decided to visit it again.

Liu Qingqing was standing up to stretch her whole body. It was tiring to sit all the time.

Guo Xiuhua usually leaned against the wall.

Then she was busy with her knitting.

Occasionally, when she was tangling the balls of yarn, Liu Qingqing would go up to help - that is, she would offer her two arms, raised in parallel.

At this moment, she raised her arms until they were stiff, and Guo Xiuhua finally finished tangling the balls of yarn.

Standing by the bed and looking into the distance, she suddenly saw Lin Yumo approaching from afar, with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking.

Liu Qingqing's mind buzzed, was this maybe looking for the golden finger again?

After thinking about it, she decided to hide, after all, she was still scared.

"Sister Guo, someone is here. I just need to go to the bathroom."

Guo Xiuhua agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll go and see." If Xiao Liu hadn't helped her, she would have to put the wool on the back of the chair and do it by herself, which would take a lot of time.

So she agreed happily at this time.

Liu Qingqing dodged and stood behind the door when Guo Xiuhua went out.

After listening to the two people talking outside for a few words, she walked to the back warehouse.

She waited until the two entered the warehouse before coming out of the lounge.

Frightened and curious, Liu Qingqing ran to her little room.

She wanted to see if Lin Yumo could find anything new.

The two sorters thought they were here to sell waste, but when they heard that they were here to buy things, they lost interest.

But she didn't leave immediately.

So Liu Qingqing's eavesdropping in the lounge was not discovered by others.

Lin Yumo walked directly to the things she had seen last time.

She was in a trance for a moment.

She suddenly lost interest in buying. Looking at the exquisitely carved box, she was no longer happy.

"Sister, I don't need it for now." She turned around and smiled at Guo Xiuhua.

Guo Xiuhua rolled her eyes: "It's so cold, why are you here to play?"

"Well, then I'll buy some old newspapers to paste on the wall." She pointed to a pile of bundled old newspapers.

"Fifty cents." Guo Xiuhua put her hands on her waist, as if she couldn't leave unless you bought it.

Lin Yumo's eyes widened. This was too bold.

After looking at the two men who looked fierce next to her, she silently counted out fifty cents and handed it to Guo Xiuhua.

The two of them walked out of the warehouse one after the other and arrived at the duty room. Guo Xiuhua opened the door and shouted, "Xiao Liu, take note of the account."

Lin Yumo was struck by lightning, and she didn't know why she thought it was Liu Qingcao.

"Sister, who are you calling, Liu Qingcao?"

"What the hell? No, no, it's over, there's nothing for you to do, hurry up." Guo Xiuhua waved her hand. She was annoyed by this literary voice, and the tone of her voice was also soft.

Lin Yumo was disappointed, it seemed that she was wrong.

It's not her fault that she's suspicious. She's always remembered that feeling. In addition, she heard that Liu Qingcao went to work in the city...

Taoshan Village

Song Dasao and Liu Pozi, who were bragging outside, had the same idea. The title of picking up rotten things was too ugly. They should just forget about it, otherwise they would be ridiculed by others when they showed off, and they would not feel accomplished.

"Hey, Xiao Liu is here."

"There's not much coal briquettes in front. I'll file a shovel." Liu Qingqing smiled and pointed to her hand.

"Next time, just let me know if there's nothing left. I'll file it for you."

"Thank you, Uncle Xu."

After some politeness, she returned to the duty room.

"Xiao Liu, remember the shipment. Ten kilograms of newspapers cost one cent."

Liu Qingqing:...

I really believed your lies. I just asked for fifty cents, but now there's only one cent left.

"Okay, Sister Guo." She wrote it down in the delivery book with a smile on her face, and pretended to ask casually: "This person just wants to buy some old newspapers?"

"Yeah, she was so hesitant. Oh, by the way, I called Xiao Liu at the door, and she asked if it was Liu Qingcao. Her ears are not very good."

Liu Qingqing paused while writing: "Are you looking for someone you know?"

Guo Xiuhua shook her head: "I don't know, I sent her away."

Chapter 24 New Year

After the first piglet came out of the pen, Liu Qingqing was eight feet away before she controlled to kill it cleanly.

It was so bloody and horrible.

That meant she couldn't see clearly and couldn't operate it, otherwise she would have to stay farther away.

After cutting and cleaning it, it was sent to the kitchen. When she got close and controlled to clean the ground remotely, she found that a flock of sheep was trembling with fear at the brutal scene.

The next day, they didn't eat anything and were all sick.

Liu Qingqing was afraid that the lively lambs would die, and then the meat would be wasted.

She decided to do it once and for all and cooked them all.

Maybe practice makes perfect. After being a butcher for several times in a row, she was a little numb. As long as she was a few steps away and didn't burst into blood, it would be fine.

When she was eating mutton skewers and went to the lottery machine to restock, she started to wail.

"Smart butler for animal husbandry"

"It can complete feeding, cleaning the breeding area, regular disinfection, mature slaughter and cutting, etc."

If this thing had come earlier, she wouldn't have to get up early and feed pigs and sheep every day, with blood all over her hands.

In the second month, she got her salary, and Liu Qingqing went to give Lu Yan candy coupons, but this time it was just candy coupons.

The first time she gave gifts was for work, and the second time was for the favor of having a child.

Giving without giving, giving and giving, giving greed.

The other two children in Lu Yan's family were also on vacation. They were making a lot of noise at home, scaring the little one to tears.

As soon as Liu Qingqing entered the house, she was stunned by the noise.

Adults were yelling, children were shouting, and babies were crying.

She felt a headache after staying in this environment for a while.

Aunt Li, Lu Yan's mother-in-law, saw that there were outsiders and took the two naughty monkeys out to have fun.

The room was quiet.

He gave the candy ticket to Lu Yan, and she didn't refuse this time. She took it and put it directly in her pocket.

He teased the awake baby for a while.

The two chatted about raising children for a while.

Liu Qingqing just listened with her ears.

"Girl, you look a lot more beautiful recently."

Since she came to this era, Liu Qingqing has never changed her hairstyle, clothes and appearance.

Even if she changed her clothes inside, what was exposed outside were old shirts and old blouses. Patchwork clothes and pants, and handmade cloth shoes.

She always thought she hadn't changed much.

"Has it? She stood up and looked in the mirror, but didn't see anything."

"Your complexion is much better than when I first saw you, and you've gained some weight." Lu Yan nodded to indicate that she had.

Liu Qingqing laughed: "It's all thanks to your care, elder sister. With this job, I live a much better life than before."

Lu Yan didn't say much about this topic. She pulled her and asked in a low voice: "Do you have any unused tickets?"

"What's wrong? Your family doesn't have enough." This is all nonsense. Every family in the city doesn't have enough.

"It's my fourth aunt's cousin. She's getting married. The man promised to buy her a sewing machine, but he didn't get the ticket." It said that he borrowed it for a while but didn't get it, and he would slowly change it later. This is obviously a delay.

Fourth aunt will not agree. If she keeps dragging it out, can she give more gifts after the girl is married?

Liu Qingqing nodded: "Yes, I do, but I'm not selling it. I'll only exchange it with you if you need it, Sister Lu. If it's someone else, forget it, I'm worried."

Lu Yan pulled her lips after hearing this.

She said it was an exchange, but it still meant something.

She just wanted to get herself out of it.

"Don't worry, they are all relatives." Seeing Liu Qingqing still refused.

"I won't expose you, just think it's what I need."

Liu Qingqing nodded: "Okay, I only trust you, Sister Lu."

She took out a handful of tickets, which made Lu Yan's eyes brimming with envy.

Although the New Year tickets are about to be issued, just take the cloth tickets as an example, each person will only be issued 15 feet.

It looks like a lot, but it needs to be used for the whole year.

"Sister, I'll change to something else."

"Sister Lu, take your time to choose." Song Jinglin's reputation was almost ruined by her.

She had to be more careful and not buy too much for Lu Yan.

She left Lu Yan's house with 70 yuan in her pocket.

Liu Qingqing was still relatively confident in Lu Yan. From the beginning, she had investigated her from many aspects when she planned to sell her tickets.

After being in contact with her for a long time, she knew that she was not the kind of person who had red-eye disease.

Since she was not the material for the black market, she had to find a way out.

It was always unsafe to have no money on hand. If there was any opportunity, she would not even have the starting capital.

Back to the scrap station, she remembered what Lu Yan said.

She had drawn a set of cosmetics before.

At that time, I thought it was useless. Isn't dressing up just asking for trouble in this era?

Now I think that I have to change my mindset. There are ways to dress up to look good, and there are ways to dress up to look ordinary.

I chose a slightly gray foundation, and after applying it, I used a gray eyebrow pencil to add a brow.

Finally, I used coffee-colored eyeshadow to lightly apply dark circles under my eyes.

When I looked in the mirror, my face was dull and lifeless, and the big bags under my eyes and the light dark circles under my eyes gave me a feeling of malnutrition.

Two classic brush heads, gray and fluffy clothes and pants.

This is a member of the working people.

Guo Xiuhua has been getting along well with her recently (self-consciously). She is no longer knitting sweaters every day (she has started making shoes). While she is busy with her work, her mouth is also not idle.

Liu Qingqing was confused by all the gossips, and she had no idea who was who.

She could chat without any delay.

Such days really passed faster than before, and she said she had to find something to do, otherwise the days would be like the New Year.

Before she knew it, it was the New Year of 1971.

The "revolutionary Spring Festival" resulted in no holiday during the Spring Festival.

If it were another unit, there might still be work to do, and they would just spend the day in a hurry.

What was there in their waste station?

Who would visit the waste station during the New Year?

Although feudal superstitions were not allowed, every family still had to seek good luck throughout the year.

No one would throw anything out during this period, including garbage.

As the old saying goes, if you throw things away during the New Year, you will throw away "blessings and wealth".

If there are people coming to their waste station in the first month of the year, it means that the family is poor enough.

Guo Xiuhua almost always shows up and leaves a few days before New Year's Eve.

The sorters in the back come on time, which shows the division of labor between men and women at home.

Men only need to work well and go home early for dinner.

Women also go to work and do everything they should do when they get home.

So in many families, once the women are too busy, the children will do all the work at home.

Guo Xiuhua occasionally says a few words of envy for other families who have girls.

According to most people's thinking, girls in the family can be used as laborers.

There were not so many requirements for boys.

Liu Qingqing really didn't understand the complex feelings of sourness and pride in her mouth every time she brought up this topic.

Without a rest during the New Year, Liu Qingqing could save the trouble of going back to Taoshan Village for the New Year.

She had eaten well recently and didn't want to swallow the wheat bran nests. Maybe she could have a good meal during the New Year.

But it still didn't suit her appetite.

A few days ago, she took out the welfare for the New Year - a bag of oranges and a bag of candies.

Liu Qingqing divided it into two parts and asked Grandpa Song, who was driving a bullock cart, to take it back. This was considered a New Year's gift.

Oranges are not the same as the sugar oranges of later generations. She broke one and ate it. It was so sour that her teeth were upset, and the aftertaste was a bit bitter.

The candies were defective products from the supply and marketing cooperative, all squeezed and crushed, not a single one in the shape of a complete orange segment, and a full bag weighed about 5 liang, mostly in crumbs.

That was more or less the idea, anyway, the villagers present at the time were very envious and praised Liu Qingqing for her filial piety.

Chapter 25 Food Station

"Protective shield*1"

Liu Qingqing's yawning hand paused.

It appeared, and it appeared again.

A rare item that has never been drawn before, and it is a life-saving artifact.

"When you are in fatal danger, you can instantly form a transparent protective shield around your body, which can unconditionally resist the attack. A disposable protective item, which will be destroyed after use."

Very good, although it is disposable, it is also very good, which is equivalent to having an extra life.

The recent lottery made her angry, and the cloth and cotton were piled up in a room.

The chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep outside made Alexander in the breeding shed. She had already reluctantly killed several small animals that had not yet reached maturity to relieve the pressure of the new members having no place to live.

She wanted to expand it herself, but the livestock manager didn't buy it. The building she built was judged to be a dangerous building with a risk of collapse, so she refused to work in it.

She is smart, but a little disobedient.

The first month of the year is coming soon, and the number of draws she had accumulated before has been used up. If she wants to draw again, she will have to use her own savings.

With less than 200 yuan in savings, she thinks it is better not to top up, because she might draw a bunch of things she already has.

It is too addictive to spend money, which is equivalent to being addicted to gambling.

After this month, Lu Yan will have to go back to work. Her career as a substitute will end here. Where will she make money in the future?

Guo Xiuhua also feels regretful. What a good colleague she is. She listens to her daily life seriously.

She will also help with work.

She won't say much when she gets off work early. She just needs to say hello when she has something to do.

She has been very upset these past few months.

"Sister Liu, I can't bear to leave you."

She can't bear to leave me and keeps talking about it every day. I count and count on my fingers, and I feel like I can't wait for her to leave.

"Haha, me too. During these few months of working with Sister Guo, you are like my own sister. We are very compatible and you take care of me. I can remember you coming to save me from the heavy snow that day..."

Guo Xiuhua listened and nodded repeatedly. She is kind to others.

Holding Liu Qingqing's hand, she looked kind: "It's a pity that you are married, otherwise I would like to introduce you to my nephew from my mother's side."

Liu Qingqing laughed and pulled her hand back. She is really good at making trouble.

Liu Qingqing sent the two taels of sugar tickets for the January unit welfare to Lu Yan without hesitation.

She was determined not to delay the rest day of this week.

"Sister, it's just right that you came. I have something to tell you." Lu Yan finished her confinement and it was the Chinese New Year. Although no one in the family took a holiday, her diet was much better than usual, which was equivalent to two consecutive months of confinement.

Liu Qingqing thought she was talking about work, and she knew it in her heart, so her face didn't change.

"I will go back to work after the confinement this month." After saying that, she looked at Liu Qingqing's face and smiled, and continued: "But sister, you are lucky, you just caught up."

What caught up, she didn't say it, just like keeping it a secret.

Liu Qingqing was curious: "What good luck?"

Lu Yan laughed: "My uncle's daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and she works at the grain station."

Liu Qing blinked a few times, it seems that... She is asked to take over the shift?

Is there such a good thing?

The grain station is a good place that you can't get in even if you squeeze your head. If anyone has a relative working at the grain station, they can get some benefits.

"Is it because of good luck? We chatted for a while during the New Year when we visited relatives. She was interested in it and told me about it a few days ago, but there are some conditions."

Liu Qingqing hurriedly asked: "What are the conditions?"

"When you distribute grain every month, you have to reserve the amount for her first. Others do this, so you don't have to worry. The grain is reserved for the convenience of our own people without queuing. It's not difficult. In addition, you have to give her five taels of brown sugar tickets every month." This is also the reason why Lu Yan opened the grain station first and then stated the conditions.

Asking for five taels of brown sugar tickets a month is too bold. This thing can only be obtained with a relationship with the hospital and a slip. The street does not issue it normally.

Seeing Liu Qingqing didn't say anything, Lu Yan leaned over and said, "If it's not easy, I'll talk to her."

"Big sister, she should have relatives or something, why would she find someone like me who she doesn't know?"

Lu Yan pursed her lips, why? It's the same idea as her.

First, she was afraid that the relatives would not leave and they would fall out, and second, she was afraid that the leader would arrange someone himself, and she might not know what to do when she went back.

To be honest, anyone arranged by the leader has a background.

In addition, Liu Qingqing is a villager, and she doesn't have a grain book and doesn't need to collect grain for her family and relatives and friends.

The fine grain that people working at the grain station can reserve is also limited. Even if there is no explicit regulation, it is customary to reserve a fixed quota for each person.

In this situation, no matter who goes to work, they will only care about their own share.

In fact, she also said a lot of good things. After all, the salary of a temporary worker in the grain station is higher than that of a waste station.

If Xiao Liu can't take this shift, he will have to go back to the village, and he won't get a penny.

A good job at the grain station, even if it's just for a few days, a lot of people are scrambling for it.

"I want to find a way to get the brown sugar ticket. Thank you for thinking of me, sister. You must have worried a lot about this matter." If Lu Yan didn't recommend it to others, who would know her.

As she spoke, she took out a handful of fruit candies and two daily industrial product shopping coupons from her pocket: "Nothing else, just give them to the kids to make them happy."

Lu Yan took the things and her eyes relaxed. She just wanted to be grateful. It was worth her patting her chest to guarantee it.

Taking advantage of the time, Lu Yan did not delay. She greeted her mother-in-law and took her to Wuning No. 1 Grain Station.

The place was quite far from here. It took them nearly half an hour to get there.

Lu Yan asked her to wait outside and went into the grain station alone.

After a while, she brought out a pregnant woman.

"Sister-in-law, this is the little Liu I mentioned, Liu Qingqing. This is my sister-in-law Liu Gaihong." Lu Yan introduced the two sides and stepped back to give them space.

"Hello, Sister Liu."

"Little Sister Liu, my sister should have told you everything, so I won't repeat the rest. Just one thing, when the day comes, you can't be stubborn when I come back." Liu Gaihong stared at her face as she spoke.

"Don't worry, Sister Liu, I promise to take you to the place when you come back. We are all Sister Lu's relatives, and we can't do such things."

"That's good, and the other thing is food, you have to reserve it for me, and I'll tell you how much to reserve when the time comes. On the day of the quota, I'll let my husband come with the food book to collect it, and you just need to put the brown sugar ticket in the food book." It's exactly once a month.

"Also, the grain station is a good unit, and the welfare benefits are beyond reproach. We often distribute welfare, such as rice, oil, flour, and fruit. If you get your share, you can't keep it for yourself." After saying all this, he stared at Liu Qingqing again.

"I've written it down, Sister Liu." Liu Qingqing looked at her. No wonder she didn't ask for relatives. Most people would be upset with this condition.

Seeing her get the point, Liu Gaihong smiled with satisfaction: "There are many people who want to take my job. You know why I let you come. You can't be bald." Several relatives were almost arguing, but she didn't say anything.

Liu Qingqing took the opportunity to show that our relationship is very strong...

Seeing that the two had almost finished talking, Lu Yan pulled Liu Gaihong to discuss: "I advise you to find your director to make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise if he has other ideas, your arrangements will be in vain." If it doesn't work out, you will offend people.

Liu Gaihong nodded: "Sister, I listen to you. Dawei and I will go to Director Shao's house in the evening."

"It's okay as long as you have an idea."

Lu Yan nodded. The grain station is not like her waste station. The grain station recruits too many people. If it is not settled early, many people will work hard in it.

Chapter 26 Filling the gap between teeth

This matter is half done, Lu Yan and Liu Qingqing strolled back.

"Sister Lu, there is no place to live here at the grain station, right?"

Lu Yan stopped and said, "Oh, look at me, I didn't think of this. I'll ask you after the change is done and the place is decided."

After thinking for a while, Lu Yan added, "There must be a place, don't worry, there are many houses at the grain station."

Liu Qingqing nodded and thanked him repeatedly.

After walking for a while, the surroundings were spacious and there was no one, Lu Yan lowered her voice: "Sister, I have to exchange some tickets with you this month."

"Oh, no problem."

This is money.

The two of them tacitly did not mention this matter again and went directly to Lu Yan's house.

Liu Gaihong and her husband went to Director Shao's house that day.

Director Shao had no idea about the replacement, as his family had basically arranged everything well.

There was no need to worry about such an informal job.

However, a few of his subordinates had mentioned it to him privately.

They were all grain station employees, so who should be given the job?

It just so happened that Liu Gaihong had found one herself, and I heard that the job had worked at the waste station before.

He didn't have to worry about it, and he also got two bottles of wine.

He waved and agreed.

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On the day of leaving the waste station, Guo Xiuhua and the others were still a little reluctant.

Especially Old Liu and Old Xu.

After Xiao Liu left, the two of them were not so comfortable.

They had to take turns to work at night.

It was easy for the temporary worker at the scrap station to resign, and Director Li was quite satisfied.

Unlike other temporary workers, you can't get rid of them once they come.

This girl was happy to handle the formalities.

A few days later, Director Shao of the grain station mentioned the temporary worker at the scrap station during a meeting.

His purpose was also to see the character of this person.

Director Li didn't know so much, but it didn't stop him from praising Liu Qingqing.

The child is good, don't cause him trouble.

As a result, he learned that he went to the grain station to take over.

He had a wooden face, no wonder he left so easily, he must have found a new job.

That was his misunderstanding.

After listening to Director Li's evaluation, Director Shao was also very satisfied. A temporary employee who took a few months' shift can be remembered and praised by the leader. He is a good comrade.

Every time the grain station reaches the purchase season, it needs to add a lot of temporary help.

It is difficult to let them go.

There are people who cling to his thighs and cry every year.

Director Shao nodded, Liu Gaihong found a good person.

...

Liu Gaihong's maternity leave is not yet due.

However, Liu Qingqing still went to work ahead of time.

The work here is much more complicated and busier than that of the scrap station.

She has to learn in advance.

Liu Qingqing carried the paving roll into the grain station gate.

Liu Gaihong had been waiting for her: "Sister, why are you here just now? Come with me."

"The waste station is a little far from here." Liu Qingqing pretended to be shy.

As they talked, the two went straight to Director Shao's office.

The procedures went smoothly and Liu Gaihong asked about accommodation.

Director Shao made a good impression on Liu Qingqing, so he also made accommodation convenient for her.

There are also several empty rooms behind the grain station, which can be used to store grain when the public grain is delivered.

At this time, they are all idle.

As a temporary worker, it is not his turn to take them to see it in person.

"Xiao Liu, take the people to the back warehouse." Director Shao gave an order and sent the two away.

The two thanked Director Shao repeatedly, exchanged a bunch of polite words, and then left the office.

There was a row of houses in the back warehouse, and Liu Gaihong randomly picked one in the middle.

"This room is in the middle, and it's a little warmer. To prevent moisture, wooden boards are installed in the house, you just put the cover there. There is a bolt in the house, you can hang it at night." Liu Gaihong pointed to the hook in the door.

Liu Qingqing nodded, OK, this condition is not as good as the waste station.

It's still cold, there is no stove or anything.

The house is just a large storage room.

The advantage is probably that the house is spacious enough.

As usual, the sample cover is opened and placed.

This is the old actor.

Liu Gaihong: "We have a canteen at the grain station for meals. I'll take you there at noon. Now go get an apron or something."

"Excuse me, Sister Liu."

"You're welcome. Let's go."

After getting two sets of white aprons, white sleeves, and front hats, I dressed up and prepared to go to work.

Following Liu Gaihong into the grain hall, not far from the entrance was a row of large boxes of various grains and several large oil drums.

A row of waist-high wooden counters divided the hall into two halves.

On the counters were forms, ink boxes, and scales.

The smell in the house was very complex, with the smell of various grains, the strong smell of sacks, and the smell of carbon paper and ink.

I followed Liu Gaihong to her position, which was close to the wall.

The staff at the grain station store were almost all female comrades.

I greeted a few people next to me and began to listen to Liu Gaihong's explanation.

You must bring a grain book to buy grain, and the family's grain ration and purchase situation are recorded on it.

Except for heavy laborers and special agencies with high quotas, the normal people's grain ration is 27 kilograms.

In addition, there is a supply of two taels of sesame oil.

Thirty percent of the grain quota is fine grain, but some families don't have enough to eat, so they will replace all the fine grain with coarse grain.

At this time, you have to stamp all the coarse grain on it.

Want to exchange coarse grain for fine grain?

That's impossible.

After the previous process is completed, you have to record the purchase situation in the form.

Then weigh it according to the amount and pour it into the bag prepared by the other party.

The grain station does not provide bags, so if you don't bring them, you can only go back empty-handed.

In short, it's a very cumbersome system.

Now the grain station only has sorghum rice and bran left from the grain station at the end of the month.

Other grains were sold out ten days ago.

It can be said that it is a relatively quiet period of time.

Liu Gaihong wanted to work until the next grain distribution because she was busy at that time.

When the grain station is busy, her arms are sore, and when she is idle, she is always anxious.

"Wait until someone comes, then you can try it, I will watch from the side." Liu Gaihong explained it briefly, and found that she understood it very quickly.

But this wait took the whole morning.

No one came at lunch time.

The grain station canteen adheres to the principle that the place where grain is sold cannot be worse than the canteens of other units.

The steamed buns are made solidly, and the vegetables are also oily.

The price is similar to that of other units, about 10 cents per meal.

Pickled vegetables are another matter, but pickled vegetables are rarely seen.

Only one pig is slaughtered in Wuning Town every day.

The meat from this pig is distributed to grocery stores and state-owned hotels.

There are tens of thousands of people in the town and only this much is shared. It is not even enough to fill the gaps between people's teeth.

If there is meat or vegetables in the canteen of the grain station, people will fight for it.

Chapter 27 Exchange of Grain Tickets

Liu Gaihong, who planned to hold on until the last moment, had her period and took maternity leave in advance.

Liu Qingqing's popularity in the grain station was not good, from salesperson to canteen chef, from logistics management to finance.

They all had their eyes on this position.

Who doesn't have an idle relative?

When Liu Gaihong was there, she hadn't noticed it yet.

After everyone left, the atmosphere made her feel a bit like being isolated on campus.

Of course, it wasn't bullying, there was no one like that.

It was just that no one cared about her. She was used to being alone and didn't like warm interpersonal relationships, especially in the future. What she feared most was that the elevator door would open and there would be someone inside.

And there was only one person.

Her social difficulties made her not know how to find a topic, and it was a bit awkward to keep silent.

As a salesperson, she didn't have many opportunities to get into trouble.

It was relatively easy for the finance department to do something bad to her.

In addition to being careful in accounting, she also copied an extra copy when she was free, and treated it as practice.

The main reason was that she had too many free times and too few people came. Those who came at this time were all people who collected coarse grains, and it was the end of the month.

Then there was the canteen. She never ordered meat or pickled vegetables.

She didn't want anything with a little oil or egg.

As a result, the food chef couldn't give her a little color, and the vegetarian dishes were not much different.

She always chose three-grain steamed buns for the staple food - the worst staple food in the grain station canteen.

The total cost of a meal was no more than five cents.

After getting her meal, Liu Qingqing returned to her temporary residence, locked the door, and went directly into the space to eat her meal.

As for the food from the canteen, it was used as a snack for the piglets.

Fortunately, she had lived in the waste station for three months.

She had saved enough food.

After a few days in a row, Liu Qingqing felt that the atmosphere around her had eased.

The cooks in the back kitchen and the chef in charge all felt that Liu Qingqing was living such a bad life, and they were embarrassed to make things difficult for her.

Her face turned yellow day by day, and the color of her face was even greener than the rotten cabbage leaves they stewed.

Her brain was not working well, and she was so tired of eating the coarse flour buns that she couldn't bear to finish them all, and she only got vegetables for the second meal.

It's a bit problematic that she can still be so happy all day. It's not worth it to find such a person unlucky.

Liu Qingqing was in a very good mood because the big spider that was cleaning found a few grains of rice in the corner.

In order to store food in the warehouse away from light, there was only a narrow ventilation window at the top.

The smell and sanitation conditions in the house were very poor, and she was too lazy to clean it herself, so she just threw the technology spider to do the work.

The technology spider was really smart and would not treat everything as garbage.

Although Taoshan Village did not grow rice, there were still rice fields in the villages under Wuning Town.

But the quantity was very small.

Therefore, the grains supplied by the grain station are basically white flour. Occasionally, rice is delivered in a month, but it is only enough for one kilogram per person.

Being able to grow rice is enough to make Liu Qingqing so happy that she can't sleep.

Because the rice grains are pitifully few, she didn't dare to throw them directly into the field, in case they don't grow, it will be a waste.

It's better to plant seedlings as usual, and then plant them in the rice field when the seedlings are almost grown.

Wait for her to harvest a batch first, and then when there are enough seeds, she will plant them willfully and throw them directly into the field.

She only understands the work of raising seedlings in theory.

Fortunately, the land is not ordinary land.

When the roots are almost grown, she stuffs these few seeds into the rice field that has been empty for a long time.

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As soon as she gets to work, Liu Qingqing copies the form as usual.

She also responded actively to the chat signals sent by the salesperson next to her.

They basically chatted, and she pricked up her ears. Occasionally, when she needed to respond, she responded, just like a supporting role.

After a period of understanding, several people found that Liu Qingqing had a positive attitude and showed the idea of leaving when the time came.

Occasionally, they talked about welfare benefits. This little Liu kept praising Liu Gaihong.

Later, I understood that Liu Gaihong was really good at it. She wanted both money and things.

When the time came, she could take people away with one foot, and she was still grateful.

Let people's perception of her change from having some means and finding connections to grab the job of a substitute to being a real person (silly bear).

She is so silly, so we must get some benefits from her.

I usually bring her along when we chat, in order to get to know her.

After Liu Qingqing pretended to be innocent and revealed that she was married and a military dependent, everyone changed their attitude from being easy to bully to getting along peacefully.

Although she is silly, she still has a background.

There is a great harmony in the unit.

Liu Qingqing found that no matter where she goes, the female comrades are hardworking.

There is always some personal work to do.

While she was in a daze, a middle-aged woman in a neat Lenin suit and short hair came straight to the business window.

"Comrade, exchange ten kilograms of national grain coupons."

"Hey, comrade, wait a moment."

Liu Qingqing had always thought that she could buy food at the grain station with grain coupons.

It was not until she entered the grain station that she realized that it was not the case at all.

Only with a grain book can you enter the grain station to buy a fixed quota.

As for grain coupons, they are exchanged at the ticket exchange window of the grain station.

Liu Qingqing is not responsible for this.

There are special people in charge of ticket exchange.

And the exchanged grain coupons must be used for a quota that exceeds the face value of the grain coupons.

For example, the woman standing in front of the window, she exchanged ten kilograms of national grain coupons.

She had to deduct the ten kilograms of coarse grain in the grain book plus one kilogram of fine grain and one or two ounces of oil.

Only people who go to other places will exchange national grain coupons.

And she went there at her own expense. If it was a government-run one, the company would have subsidized her.

She felt that this exchange method was not worthwhile. When she came to her senses from her daze, she saw a notebook dropped outside the gate.

She walked out quickly and picked it up. It was a ration book.

That was dropped by the person who just came.

She opened it and saw that it was an official.

She asked Cai Lanzhen, who had just exchanged the ticket, why was she so nice.

During this time, she found that Cai Lanzhen's service attitude was extremely poor. If someone didn't understand what she said and asked again, she would scold them.

How could she tell?

Officials, students, and heavy workshop workers all had their share of subsidies attached to the book.

The rations are different, so you can tell at a glance.

This is also the reason why some people can accurately grasp the identity of the visitor and act according to their wishes.

Wu Guilan found out that her food book was lost when she got home.

She was so anxious in the cold weather that sweat broke out on her forehead.

The family's food rations and purchases were all recorded on it, and she was in a hurry to leave and had no time to apply for a new one.

The only ones left at home were either the elderly or the children.

Going to the food bureau to apply for a new one was also a mess.

She rode her bicycle all the way back, and she didn't see her own food book until she arrived at the food station.

"Sister, did you lose your food book?" Liu Qingqing greeted her when she saw someone walking forward with her head down and looking around.

"Yes, yes, yes."

"You just dropped it here." Liu Qingqing pointed to her and said, "Here it is, take it."

"Hey, comrade, thank you so much."

Wu Guilan packed the food book carefully, fearing that it would drop again.

Liu Qingqing smiled and said politely, "You're welcome, learn from Comrade Lei Feng."

These days, slogans are always mentioned.

She is not familiar with it, and has been carrying it for the past two days.

Chapter 28 Boiled pork slices and white rice

After harvesting a few seedlings in the rice field, she did not raise them again this time, but soaked them directly to germinate.

She quickly started the second planting.

It was not until the third time that the harvested seeds filled two acres of rice fields.

She glanced into the space from time to time to observe the rice situation.

She was ready to wait for tonight.

Rice has already made her crazy.

She felt a little melancholy when she thought of steaming rice.

The living environment does not allow it.

She wanted to eat spicy and fragrant boiled pork slices with rice.

She had almost all the ingredients, but she lacked a place to cook.

Decided to take a gamble.

Holding the 24 yuan salary that had just been opened at the grain station in her hand.

Liu Qingqing rounded up her savings and entered the lottery machine.

"Photographic memory (passive skill)"

"One registered bicycle"

"One portable outdoor wood stove"

...

What she had in mind was to connect electricity to her kitchen.

What she drew was an iron stove.

Is this thing...

worth ten yuan?

Another losing lottery.

Silently carrying the iron stove to the pond, she lit the dried corn stalks to start the firewood that came with the stove.

The rice she had been thinking about started to steam.

Prepared various vegetables and cut thin slices of meat.

Once the rice was ready, she started to boil the meat slices.

I don't know if it's because the variety at that time is not good, or what happened.

The taste of the harvested rice is just average.

Liu Qingqing thinks that it should be something that Grandpa Yuan has not improved yet.

So the rice before was not as soft and delicious as it was later.

After eating this meal that she had been thinking about for a long time, she felt quite satisfied.

There was a lot of food piled up in her space.

Except for corn, which was made into feed for chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep by the livestock housekeeper.

White flour was piling up more and more, and now the farmland no longer grows wheat.

Only various vegetables and peppers and other condiments were grown.

She thought that she could find a way to sell rice and flour after getting to the grain station.

After working for a while, she found that there was no such situation at all.

All the grains for their stations are distributed by the grain depot.

During the autumn harvest, the grain depot and their branches are responsible for the harvesting work of some villages.

After the harvesting work is over, the grain here must be transported back to the grain depot, and the monthly rations are then uniformly distributed by the state.

There is no place for this set of unified purchase and sale, and even though it is all manual registration now.

But the grain books and forms will record the purchased grain information in detail.

So there is no room for operation.

In March, a batch of Fuqiang flour, that is, white flour, arrived at the station. A small batch of rice, all at 1.4 yuan per pound.

Because the rice arrived in small quantities, each family was given at most one pound.

Before going to work, there was a long queue at the gate.

Liu Qingqing put on her apron sleeves, hat and homemade mask.

"Xiao Liu, why are you wearing a mask?" The elder sister surnamed Wang from next door came over.

There were people wearing masks at this time, but most of them were doctors in the hospital and chefs who cooked for leaders.

"Auntie Wang, my throat is not good, I'm afraid that I will cough and spray other people's food." The dust of the day was enough to fill her lungs.

"What's there to be afraid of? It's okay." Sister Wang thought she was being hypocritical.

After everything was ready, the door was opened to let people out.

Sister Wang's smiling expression suddenly disappeared, and she started selling food with a long face.

Liu Qingqing couldn't care about anything else at this moment. She started to use an abacus, write in the grain book, register, stamp, and weigh grain.

It seemed that the idleness of the past half month was all for preparation for this day.

"Comrade, I'll take five catties of rice and forty-five catties of Fuqiang flour."

"Only one catty of rice." Sister Wang said impatiently.

"What?" The man asked again, as if he didn't hear clearly.

"Go, go ahead, next one." Sister Wang threw the man's grain book out and ignored him.

Liu Qingqing was busy with the work in her hands, and also noticed the movements around her.

She frowned, feeling a little helpless.

At this time, among the eight members with "iron rice bowls", there was always one who thought highly of himself and was particularly arrogant to customers.

The scolded customer wanted to get angry, but he stood in the middle of the two lines and endured it, planning to line up again at the end of the line.

Liu Qingqing looked at the people in her line, all waiting in line early in the morning, and it was not easy to ask people to cut in line.

She could only record as carefully as possible, with her hands moving non-stop.

When she saw the person scolded by Sister Wang again, he was standing in her line, leaning his head to listen to the conversation between Liu Qingqing and the person in front of him, fearing that he would be sent away again if he didn't hear it clearly.

When it was his turn, he rubbed his hands hurriedly: "Comrade, how much rice can I buy?"

"The quantity is small this time, each family can only buy one kilogram."

"Ah! What can I do?" He has a baby waiting for rice and oil to feed.

With a sigh, he recalled what had just happened. Fearing that he would be caught by the team at the beginning of the year again, he hurriedly counted out 7 yuan and handed it over: "Okay, then 49 kilograms of Fuqiang flour."

Liu Qingqing quickly recorded it, weighed it, signaled the other party to take it, and then poured the flour and rice into the colander beside the table in batches.

Customers only need to hold the bag mouth and connect it to the bottom of the colander to take away the food.

At this time, some people who come to buy food will buy coarse grains at once, and some will only grab fine grains first, and then buy coarse grains after a few days when they don't have to queue up.

Even if you want to weigh it all at once, the salesperson will roll his eyes.

Fortunately, she was well prepared. She felt uncomfortable breathing not long after using the first mask.

She took out the second one and put it on.

"You are Xiao Liu, right? I am Liu Gaihong's wife."

Liang Ben suddenly came in front of her. She was about to ask him not to cut in line.

But he spoke first.

Well, before, several aunts and uncles from the service counters next to her cut in line, and she felt lucky that she didn't have relatives in the city.

And now he came as soon as she said he would.

"Ah, it turns out to be Liu Jie's wife, please wait a moment." People are under the eaves.

After quickly processing it, she took the brown sugar ticket that the person wanted from the space, put it in the grain book and handed it over.

"Okay, Xiao Liu, I'll go first."

"Ah." She really didn't want to say anything polite, so she responded and continued to work on the next one.

Chapter 29 Visiting Relatives

After the craze for fine grains, the queues for buying grains disappeared.

"Comrade, buy grains."

Liu Qingqing saw the person coming and found it was the elder sister who lost the grain book.

"Elder sister, it's you." She took the grain book.

"Yes, I was in a hurry to leave last time and didn't tell my sister much. Thank you so much for that." Wu Guilan smiled and thanked.

"Sister, I thanked you last time. What kind of food do you want?"

"Do you still have Fuqiang noodles?"

"Yes, it's sold out quickly." Liu Qingqing smiled and pointed to the back: "Today, there are only corn grits and sorghum rice."

"Then let's have some corn grits."

Opening the book, Liu Qingqing saw Wu Guilan's name and chatted with her while writing down the record: "Where does Sister Wu work?"

"Wuning No. 1 Middle School."

"Oh, you're a teacher!"

"No, I'm the principal of Wuning No. 1 Middle School." Last year, there was a big commotion and the original principal was removed, so she was temporarily brought up.

Liu Qingqing's eyes twinkled: "Sister Wu is the principal of a high school, that's great, I've always wanted to go to high school but never made it."

"Not that great, not as good as your unit. Okay, I'll leave first." Wu Guilan smiled bitterly in her heart. The status of teachers and principals in schools has not been very good in the past two years, and they are really not as good as a salesperson.

Watched Wu Guilan leave the grain station.

Liu Qingqing was thinking about taking time to go to Wuning No. 1 Middle School.

There were few people buying grain, and Sister Wang next to her was too lazy to get up, so she sat at the back and concentrated on sewing the trousers in her hands.

"Xiao Liu, come here and weigh yourself."

"Okay, Sister Wang, are you altering clothes for your child?"

"Not bad, my naughty boy is very fast. When I made these pants last year, I left a large hole inside. As a result, it has only been a short time, and the loose part is not enough, and I have to take another one." Sister Wang talked about her child's growth, and her face was full of smiles while she talked about the waste of clothes.

"That must be a tall one, boys take after their mothers."

"Hey, you are really good at talking, mine is still quite tall."

Liu Qingqing saw someone coming, smiled and stopped talking.

Taking the grain book: "What do you want, cornmeal, millet, or sorghum?"

"Twenty kilograms of cornmeal, ten kilograms of millet..."

Liu Qingqing listened and took notes. She felt the light dimmed next to her. She glanced to the side and heard a voice in military green.

She lowered her head and continued to write. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong and looked up again.

Oh, oh!

Isn't this the Song Jinglin she often uses?

She grinned and showed an unsuccessful smile, and continued to handle it for the people waiting to load the grain.

Her heart was churning. It wasn't a festival, so why did this person come back?

What happened?

If she came to visit her relatives, she wouldn't go back to the village, so they would just meet a few times.

While thinking, she finished the work at hand.

As soon as Song Jinglin and others left, he moved to stand opposite her: "Are you done?"

"Well, you are on vacation." Liu Qingqing said with a smile.

"When do you get off work?"

"Well, wait a moment." Liu Qingqing said to the people who were watching from the side: "My husband is back from his family leave. Sister Wang, I will go out and talk to him first. Please keep an eye on him for me."

"It's my husband, Xiao Liu. Go ahead."

Liu Qingqing nodded, walked out from behind the counter, and called Song Jinglin out.

"I'll wait for you to get off work outside. You still have to be on duty during working hours." Song Jinglin frowned and said behind her.

Liu Qingqing rolled her eyes silently, but she still said a few words to send him back.

When she got outside, Liu Qingqing looked at the man, who was not the same as she remembered.

He had a short haircut and no hat, dark skin, thick eyebrows, and could feel the depth of his pupils when he looked directly at her. His thin lips pursed up when she looked at him.

He was wearing a military uniform, but there were no shoulder straps. He stood straight and wanted to be saluted.

"When did you come back? How many days did you take off?"

"Still thirteen days." Song Jinglin was also observing Liu Qingqing silently. Was it so tiring to work in the city? His face looked much worse than the last time he saw him.

Liu Qingqing nodded: "Then take a good rest at home. I'm going back to work now. You go back to Taoshan Village. I'll go back to the village after a few days of rest."

While speaking, she waved her hand and walked back.

It's hard to talk to this person. He only answers half of the questions. Let's stop.

Song Jinglin was shocked behind him. Is this still the Liu Qingcao he knew?

She spoke and acted quickly, which was completely different from her previous style.

When he got home today, he heard that Liu Qingcao worked as a temporary worker at the waste station in the town. After going straight to the waste station, he heard that she went to the grain station.

Whether it was her connections or her style and personality.

All of this was different from the Liu Qingcao he knew.

He found a corner outside the grain station and stood there, reflecting on whether he had been too prejudiced before.

After all, the two were not playmates when they were young, and they had never had much contact. The only thing that impressed him was the few days when they got married.

That person's actions broke his three views.

Liu Qingqing didn't see anyone, and thought he had gone back. She breathed a sigh of relief and was a little worried at the same time.

In the 1970s, and in the countryside, even if there was no marriage certificate, it would not work in this era. They only recognized de facto marriage.

What is a de facto marriage? Even if there is no wedding, the two parents have agreed, and the girl is taken home. Even if there is no certificate, it is a marriage recognized by everyone.

After thinking about it all afternoon, Liu Qingqing rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go home.

Before I even reached the door, I heard Sister Wang calling out, "Xiao Liu, hurry up, people are waiting for you." After saying that, she giggled, sounding a bit like an old hen nestling in a nest.

Liu Qingqing took two steps in three steps: "You didn't leave?"

"Waiting for you, can you leave now?"

Liu Qingqing blinked, and the man's tone suddenly changed from before.

"Where to go? How about you come with me to the cafeteria?"

Song Jinglin...

"Let's go, I'll take you to the state-owned hotel."

Liu Qingqing nodded. She had never been to the state-owned hotel. First, there was no need, she was confident in her cooking skills.

Second, no second.

Chapter 30 High School

The two of them entered the state-owned hotel one after the other.

Song Jinglin looked at the supply on the small blackboard, turned around and asked Liu Qingqing's opinion: "What dishes do you want to eat?"

On a small blackboard, the supply for today was written in chalk: stir-fried pork with green peppers, stir-fried peanuts, smashed cucumber, three-fresh soup, and scrambled eggs.

Liu Qingqing looked again and again: "Three-fresh soup."

It's hard to tell what this is.

Song Jinglin looked at her deeply, turned his head and said: "Comrade, stir-fried pork with green peppers, three-fresh soup, scrambled eggs, and four steamed buns. Do you want steamed buns or rice?"

The latter sentence was asked to Liu Qingqing.

Liu Qingqing stared at the staple food under the dishes. In addition to the rice steamed buns, there was another line: meat flour 1.5 cents, vegetarian flour 8 cents.

She had eaten white noodles and rice every day and they were no longer fresh, but she could try this noodle.

"A bowl of vegetarian noodles."

Song Jinglin glanced at her pale face: "Comrade, another bowl of meat noodles."

Liu Qingqing stared at his back as he counted money and tickets, and suddenly thought of a blind date in her previous life.

If it was the first time they met, she would give him 50 points based on the dishes.

The remaining 50 points would depend on his personality and character.

After she was fully immersed in the story, she felt comfortable.

After the two found a place to sit down, Liu Qingqing smiled and chatted: "How long does it take to take the train back from the team?"

She didn't even know where Xiping City was, let alone how far the so-called Hexi Brigade was from Xiping City.

"I didn't take the train, I took a ride back. If it was a train, it would take three days." Song Jinglin replied gently.

Liu Qingqing nodded, knowing that the train was slow enough at this time. If it was only three days, she guessed that it would be the southern climate.

"Is it warmer there than here?"

Song Jinglin shook his head: "It's about the same. It's just as cold in winter."

Liu Qingqing crossed out the south and started to draw pictures in her mind again.

...

When the food was ready, Song Jinglin stood up to serve it, and Liu Qingqing followed him.

She knew that the waiters in the state-owned hotel would not serve at this time.

With the corner of his eye, he saw Liu Qingqing standing up, and Song Jinglin turned around: "You just sit down, I'll serve."

"Let's go together, so you don't have to make two trips."

Song Jinglin turned around and curled his lips slightly.

Liu Qingqing felt that this meal was quite pleasant. The meat noodle soup was delicious, the three-fresh soup was also good, and the person opposite was not annoying.

Song Jinglin felt that Liu Qingqing was eating like this because she was just full of water. She didn't eat a single bite of the steamed buns that were broken off for her, and she didn't take much of the dishes.

The portions of food were really large. In the spirit of not wasting food, Liu Qingqing still forced herself to drink up the meat noodle before putting down her bowl and chopsticks.

"Are you full?"

"Yeah."

"Eat another steamed bun." Song Jinglin passed it over again.

Liu Qingqing waved her hands repeatedly: "No more, no more."

Seeing that she really didn't want to eat, Song Jinglin felt that she was not hungry here, but must be tired.

He stopped procrastinating and ate the remaining dishes on the table and the steamed bun in his hand in two or three bites.

Liu Qingqing...

After leaving the hotel, Song Jinglin sent her back to the grain station. The two of them didn't have much to say along the way.

Song Jinglin had a lot of questions in his mind but didn't know where to start.

After watching Liu Qingqing enter the temporary dormitory, Song Jinglin glimpsed some scenes from the door and got some answers.

It seems that it's not because of the lack of food, but because of the poor accommodation.

Think about it, it's true. After all, working at the grain station, the canteens in other places may not be good, but the canteens in the grain station are still guaranteed.

He asked through the door: "Is the door closed?"

"It's closed."

"Then I'm leaving and you can rest early."

"Okay, go slowly on the way."

The straightforward words made him choke.

Liu Qingqing sighed as she lay on the bed, touching her round belly. This meat noodle tasted really good. She wanted to try the vegetarian version in a few days.

The next morning, Liu Qingqing was still in the room when she was startled by a knock on the door.

She walked to the door and asked, "Who is it?"

"It's me." Song Jinglin's deep voice came.

"Wait a moment."

She didn't expect him to come.

And come so early in the morning.

She hurriedly changed into work clothes, gave her face a rough clean, and then went to open the door.

The room was full of things for show. She would move them one by one after get off work every day, and the quilt would be re-folded every day.

Outside the door was Song Jinglin and a big quilt roll.

"What's the matter?"

"I noticed your quilt was too thin yesterday. Maybe you slept cold."

He walked into the room and opened the roll in his hand, and spread it under her quilt.

He looked around and was very dissatisfied with the bolt at the door.

He went to the logistics department to borrow tools and came back with a clang.

Liu Qingqing raised her hand, but was unable to put it down.

Let him be.

She went to the cafeteria to get two breakfasts.

Because Song Jinglin was there today, she got a few more eggs, steamed buns, millet porridge, and salted vegetables.

This was a big difference from the usual porridge soup.

Master Yu, who was serving food, asked people: "Xiao Liu, did you spend a lot of money? You ate so well this morning."

"I heard that her husband came to join the army."

"Oh, so she knows how to live."

"That's right. She eats that little every day, but her husband buys her delicious food when he comes back. Xiao Liu is good."

Liu Qingqing didn't know that she had inadvertently become the "Twenty-four Filial Piety Good Wife" in the grain station.

She arranged breakfast and drove the man away with urging and sending.

At noon, she took advantage of some time to rush to Wuning No. 1 Middle School.

When she walked to a remote place, she released the bicycle.

During this period, she also practiced many times. The big bar was stuck in her crotch. She was in pain every time she got stuck.

If a short man rode it, he would suffer 10,000 points of damage.

Fortunately, practice makes perfect. After a run-up, she could get on the bus with a swipe of her legs.

She gave Wu Guilan's name and easily entered Wuning No. 1 Middle School.

On the way, she stopped another student and asked about the principal's office.

Liu Qingqing was thinking about the feasibility of this all the way.

When Wu Guilan heard the knock on the door, she thought it was a student. Students nowadays are difficult to manage.

If she said something too harsh, she would have to report it to the teacher and set an example.

Hearing the sound of "enter", Liu Qingqing came in with a pound of rice and a pound of flour in her hands. Since it was a grain station, she would bring special products.

"Principal Wu, are you busy now?"

Wu Guilan was surprised and asked, "Sister?"

Liu Qingqing said, "Sister Wu, my name is Liu Qingqing. When you mentioned Wuning No. 1 Middle School last time, I wanted to discuss something with you."

Wu Guilan understood that she had something to ask for help from the higher-ups, so she invited her to sit down and asked, "What is it? I'll do my best if it's not difficult."

"I want to get a high school diploma."

Hearing this, Wu Guilan frowned.

You want her to issue a diploma for a pound of rice and a pound of noodles? That's too...

Liu Qingqing saw the surprise in her expression and smiled as she took out her high school and junior high school diplomas.

"Sister Wu, I didn't continue to study after graduating from junior high school. At that time, classes were suspended and there were no exams. Do you think we have any policies for my situation?"

After a brief pause, she continued: "For example, I will take the entrance examination. If I pass, I will pay the tuition and attend classes, but I may not be able to attend. You know my situation. I will take the exam when it is time."

Wu Guilan was a little confused after hearing her words. She had never encountered such a situation.

"There is still room for maneuver. Your admission file can be used to enroll this year."