What we are going to now is Ping'an Town, which is Ping'an Commune. There are more than a dozen villages down here, divided into the western brigade.
A brigade manages three to west villages, which are similar to their brigade and are divided into several small teams for management.
Each team works separately and is led by a separate team leader.
Usually, before the division of labor, the team leader calls the team leader to the team headquarters for a meeting, divides the areas, and lets them arrange the work themselves.
The team leader also often walks around the villages to see the progress of the villagers' work.
The brigade leader himself lived in Xingfu Village, and his family also lived in Xingfu Village, so when the educated youth went to the countryside and joined the brigade, they also lived in Xingfu Village.
Fang Nuo held the child in his arms and sat on the bed of the oxcart. After a bumpy journey, he finally reached the town.
When I got off the bullock cart and gave money to the driver, I asked: "Uncle, when I go back now, if I still want to ride on the bullock cart, when should I come over?"
"Afternoon, I will go back at two o'clock at the latest. If you want to take the bullock cart then, you have to come over ten minutes in advance and wait," the uncle replied
"Okay, I understand, thank you" Fang Nuo thanked
After bidding farewell to the old man, I walked into the town. What I saw were no longer the houses with mud walls like those in the village. On both sides of the streets in the town, there were many houses built with blue bricks, most of which were one-story.
You can also see two or three-story houses in the distance, but they look like family-owned houses built in the factory area here in town.
She held her child in her arms and looked around as she walked. After walking for a while, she reached a fork in the road. Directly opposite her was a two-story building. As she watched people coming in and out, she looked up and saw that the plaque read With the supply and marketing cooperative,
Knowing that this was the place to buy things in this era, she held her child in her arms and prepared to go in and take a look.
Walking into the supply and marketing cooperative, there are counters one after another, selling various things.
Seeing the snacks of this era, Fang Nuo walked over and thought that he still had a pound of dim sum tickets, so he said to the aunt at the counter: "Auntie, give me some mung bean cakes and glutinous rice sticks."
"Okay, these are 80 cents per pound. I also need a ticket. Are you sure you want it?" the aunt asked.
"Well, just give me half a catty," Fang Nuo nodded.
Seeing that she really wanted it, the aunt took out the packing paper, quickly packed the cakes, issued a check, asked her to take the money, clamped them together on a board on the rope above her head, and slid them to the cashier. .
After a while, the board slid back, leaving only a stamped slip on it.
The aunt took down the receipt and looked at it before giving her the packaged cakes.
Carrying the pastries, she wandered around the supply and marketing cooperative again. She used the few tickets she had to buy some food and daily necessities. Finally, she went to the electrical appliance area and the bicycle area. Looking at the prices, she decided to buy them herself now. If she couldn't afford it, she left the supply and marketing cooperative.
It was almost noon when she left the supply and marketing cooperative. She came with a lunch box today, thinking of going to a state-owned restaurant to buy some delicacies of this era, but thinking that she was short of money, she didn't have any tickets.
Not knowing where to go to exchange for tickets, she took her child and wandered aimlessly on the street.
She didn't know if she was lucky. She was thinking about the lack of tickets and wanted to find a place to exchange them. When she thought of the black market, she saw two people sneaking around in the alley not far away, carrying baskets. Go inside.
She wanted to follow him, but when she thought she was still holding little Yaya in her arms, she decided to find a place where no one was around and bring Yaya into the space first. She also needed to disguise herself.
So I found a public toilet nearby. After entering, I checked that there was no one inside, and then I took Yaya and drank the things I just bought into the space.
Putting the sleeping Yaya on the bed and continuing to sleep, she went to her makeup mirror, took out a foundation that was one degree darker than her current one, smeared it all over her face, neck and hands, and then used contouring to modify her facial features. Then he changed his clothes before carrying the basket out of the space.
She originally thought about bringing something to change, but she also thought that she was going to explore the way this time, and she would consider other things after exploring the way first.
After getting everything ready, he carried a basket covered with a dark blue cloth out of the space, then walked out of the toilet and walked towards the alley that the two people had just entered.
When she walked into the alley, she didn't see the door of that house open, so she walked inside for another five or six minutes before she saw a guarded entrance.
She suppressed her nervousness and walked over calmly. When she reached the door, the gatekeeper asked: "Buy or sell?"
"Buy" Fang Nuo replied
"Two cents," the man said.
After hearing this, Fang Nuo took out two cents from his pocket and handed them over. After the man took them and let her in, Fang Nuo asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you know where I can exchange tickets?"
"You've got to ask the right person. Just ask me to exchange tickets. What tickets do you want?" When the boy heard this, he knew there was business coming to his door.
"Is that so? What's the price?" Fang Nuo asked.
"Come with me to one side. Let me tell you, this is not a good place to talk." The younger brother saw that several people around him had noticed the two of them and wanted to come over to listen, so he proposed to take Fang Nuo to the side.
Of course, Fang Nuo also found those who wanted to come over and eavesdrop. She was also afraid that she would be noticed the first time she came to the black market, so after listening to the little brother's words, she nodded and followed him into the black market. Walked some more.
The two found a deserted place, and the younger brother asked Fang Nuo what kind of tickets he wanted. Most of them had them.
Fang Nuo thought about changing it for the first time, so he didn't ask for much and took some food stamps, meat stamps, and daily necessities stamps.
In the end, she spent two yuan and exchanged a handful of tickets with the little brother. After she got the tickets, she didn't leave the black market immediately.
After her brother went back to guard the door, she walked around the black market and bought some vegetables with money.
This thing is available in every household in rural areas, that is, there are many workers in the town, and there is no land for farming in the factory, so you have to spend money to buy everything to eat.
The unusually smart villagers sold the various vegetables they saved last year on the black market to earn some income.
After shopping, she left the black market. Worried that someone was following her, she wandered around for a while before finding a deserted place to enter, washed off all her makeup, and changed back into the clothes she wore out in the morning. , went to carry Yaya on her back again, filled the basket she brought out, and then she carried it out of the space.
With the money in hand, she went to a state-owned restaurant and bought a portion of stewed fish and braised pork for two and a half yuan. She packed the lunch box and took it home to eat.
I took these things to the place where the bullock carts were parked at the entrance of the town and waited for a while. The bullock carts from the village arrived.
She got on the bullock cart and returned to the village. She still didn't meet anyone all the way home. When she got home, Yaya also woke up. She made milk powder for the baby first, held her in her arms and fed her, patted and burped her milk, and left her to herself. Lying on the kang and playing.
