"Oh, it's rare to see you so angry."

The commune director had a gentle, square face with a hint of mockery.

In the afternoon, Pang Jianyuan returned to Shangjiaqiao Brigade and began to arrange for Ming Leyao to build a new house. He found a few people who were good at the work, negotiated the price, and got a few trucks of loess to start making the bricks that day.

It was also that afternoon that what the Ming family had done slowly and quietly fermented throughout the Shangjiaqiao Brigade. By the time Old Mrs. Ming started crying and complaining about how ungrateful Ming Leyao was, no one believed her anymore.

Mingshi was also called to the captain's office, where he was given a lecture on righteousness. After returning home, Mingshi got very angry and even gave Mingyuehe and Ming Hongdou two slaps in the face.

At night, Ming Leyao stayed at the captain's house and shared a bed with the captain's wife.

Pang Jianyuan's wife, Li Fang, is a talkative person. She dragged Ming Leyao to chat until after nine o'clock in the evening. Finally, she couldn't stand it anymore and started snoring.

Listening to the snoring, Ming Leyao didn't sleep well. When she woke up in the morning, there were faint dark circles at the corners of her eyes.

After breakfast, Pang Jianyuan went to work at the brigade headquarters. After Ming Leyao helped Li Fang clean up the house, she rushed to her new home and helped everyone make adobe bricks. Near noon, Pang Jianyuan came over with Meng Chaoqing.

"Le Yao? Le Yao?"

"Hey, Uncle Captain."

"Le Yao, Doctor Meng wants to go to the county to buy medicine and needs someone who can read. I thought you have a high level of education and you don't have anything to do for the time being, so I want to recommend you. Would you like to go with Doctor Meng?"

"good..."

Ming Leyao knew that this person must be the helper Fu Wencheng had found. After agreeing readily, she fetched some water to wash her hands and face, and then followed Meng Chaoqing into the city.

Shangjiaqiao Brigade belongs to Hongqi Commune and is under the jurisdiction of Qiping County. There is only one hospital and an inconspicuous Chinese medicine store in the county.

Ming Leyao's goal was that Chinese medicine store.

"You really don't need me to go in with you?"

"No, it's a private secret recipe that I won't reveal to anyone."

"Oh, I don't covet your secret recipe, I just want to follow you to broaden my horizons."

"Oh? The famous Doctor Meng from the Shangjiaqiao Brigade still needs to learn more. This really makes me proud."

Meng Chaoqing: "..."

This weird look has nothing to do with the crying look yesterday.

He was a little dazed, was this really a person???

While he was at a loss, Ming Leyao had already entered the pharmacy and handed out a piece of paper asking someone to help get the medicine.

Meng Chaoqing scratched his head, thinking that this female comrade's thoughts were very hard to guess, so he just stood obediently at the door waiting for her.

Ten minutes later, Ming Leyao came with a dozen paper bags in her hands and threw them directly into the backpack behind Meng Chaoqing.

"Aren't you a bit too much of a bully?"

"Oh, so you don't want to take it?"

"Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"You can go do your thing now. I have to go somewhere else."

"Okay, let's meet at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative at 3pm."

"good."

Turn around and leave.

Neat and tidy.

After everyone left, Meng Chaoqing realized that Ming Leyao might not have a watch, so how did she tell the time?

Forget it, at worst I can just wait there.

Ming Leyao separated from Meng Chaoqing, found a deserted place to change her appearance, took out a backpack from the space, which contained the prepared meat and noodles, and strolled around the county town casually, finally stopping at the staff quarters next to the textile factory.

I looked around and found a kind-looking older sister. I quietly approached her, opened the bag in my hand, and asked in a low voice, "Elder sister, do you want some eggs raised at home?"

“So big??”

The elder sister looked at the round eggs in the basket, her eyes as big as the eggs.

"Sister, my chickens are well fed and the eggs they lay are nutritious. If you give me tickets, I will give you 7 cents. If you don't give me tickets, I will give you 1 cent."

"Big sister, you really dare to ask for such a price."

The elder sister's mouth twitched, but at the same time she was hesitant.

The eggs are good eggs, but the price...

"Sister, my eggs are worth two each, and I only sold them for two cents more than the supply and marketing cooperative. You've made a profit."

"Okay..then bring twenty. There are no tickets."

He quickly picked up twenty eggs and put them in the elder sister's basket. After taking two yuan, he quietly asked, "Elder sister, do you want some fine grain?"

"Yes, yes, yes, do you have it?"

"How about some noodles made from fine flour?"

As he spoke, he rummaged in the backpack with his hands behind his back, pulled out a roll of noodles wrapped in pure white paper and handed it over.

"Yes, yes, yes. I haven't seen such snow-white noodles in a long time."

"One dollar a bundle, no ticket required. Eighty cents for a ticket."

"Well, come home with me and we can talk."

"become."

Ming Leyao was not afraid that the elder sister had any bad intentions. Although she only knew some fancy moves, she could still protect herself and escape.