When Bai Guoguo went out, he happened to meet Wang Qiuyu from next door who had just come out.

"Bai Zhiqing, you're out too. Have you had breakfast?"

Maybe it was because he was soft-hearted, this time Wang Qiuyu actually took the initiative to greet Bai Guoguo.

"I've eaten. Have you eaten too, Wang Zhiqing?"

After all, they were not familiar with each other, so the way they greeted each other was both traditional and a bit awkward, both starting with the classic "Have you eaten?"

After an awkward hello, the two walked silently to the front yard, one after the other.

After Yang Xiaoyong and Li Dongyang gathered in the front yard, the four of them walked towards the village entrance along the road they remembered from yesterday.

Because of what happened on the road yesterday, the atmosphere between the four of them is still not very good today.

Only Yang Xiaoyong and Bai Guoguo occasionally exchanged a few words. Li Dongyang wanted to get closer to Bai Guoguo, but Bai Guoguo ignored him all the way.

After walking for a while, the few of them arrived at the drying yard in the center of the village, where they unexpectedly saw He Gang and He Hongjun chatting next to a tractor loaded with bricks.

"Comrades, where are you going?"

He Hongjun greeted several people enthusiastically from a distance.

"Hello, Comrade He. We didn't buy everything at the commune yesterday, so we planned to go buy some more today. We were inexperienced before, and now we realize we haven't bought some important things."

Yang Xiaoyong responded enthusiastically. He has always been cheerful and can get along well with people of similar personalities like He Hongjun.

"Bai Zhiqing, haven't you bought enough things yet? What else do you need?"

On the other side, He Gang focused his attention on Bai Guoguo as soon as she appeared.

Bai Guoguo still had a good impression of this tall man who had helped her a lot since they met. "Nice to meet you again, Captain He. I forgot to buy oil yesterday, but I don't need anything else for now."

"If you have fuel coupons, you can buy them at the brigade's sales outlet. You don't have to go all the way to the commune."

Because the Red Star Brigade had a brick kiln with good efficiency, the brigade leader later went to the commune to apply for a sales outlet in the brigade to facilitate the team members.

Ordinary oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, needles and thread and some snacks can be bought at the sales outlets.

After He Gang said this, Bai Guoguo suddenly remembered that in this era, you also needed a ticket to buy oil.

"I don't have an oil coupon. Can I buy fatty meat with a meat coupon?"

Bai Guoguo was suddenly at a loss, because the original owner's parents used to give out oil coupons when they paid their wages.

Part of it was taken away by the old lady of the Bai family, and part of it was used to buy oil needed for the family. The tickets in the little girl's hand were all industrial tickets, cloth tickets, meat tickets, and non-staple food tickets, but there were no oil tickets.

Bai Guoguo now buys oil mainly to cover up the oil in the space, and buys other things to facilitate the open and aboveboard use of these supplies.

"The commune's pork is very popular. Most of the time it's sold out before dawn. If you go there now, you won't be able to buy much."

"What shall we do then?"

“No food tastes good without oil!”

"Oh, why didn't I think of asking my mom to bring me some gas coupons."

Bai Guoguo was fine, but the other three people lamented.

"How about this, I have some oil from the soybeans I grew on our private plot, and I can share some with you."

In fact, He Gang noticed yesterday that Baiguoguo had no oil. Thinking that the little girl might not have brought the oil coupons with her to the countryside, he planned to give her some of his own oil.

The other three people were just incidental. After all, if he only took care of one person, it would get out and affect Bai Guoguo's reputation.

"Really? Wouldn't that be too much trouble for you? Well, if you give it to us, what if you don't have enough oil at home?"

Bai Guoguo, who was originally worried, was happy at first when he heard this, and then he reacted.

In this era, every household has only a little oil. What if you use their oil and they don’t have enough to eat?

"It's okay. I'll give you a little bit first. You can pay me back when your allowance arrives next month."

Bai Guoguo and the other three were overjoyed and thanked He Gang repeatedly.

"First, prepare your loads. I'll go to the commune to deliver some bricks and then get you some oil. If you want to go to the commune, you can take the tractor with you."

He Gang waved his hand and told them not to thank him, then suggested that he was going to the commune to deliver bricks by driving a tractor and could give them a ride.

"It was obviously Brother Gangzi who knew about this. The team leader asked me to go to the educated youth camp early in the morning to say hello and let the new educated youth have a day off to go shopping at the commune. That's why he came here specifically to wait for Bai Zhiqing!"

He Hongjun, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, silently complained about his brother Gangzi in his heart.

He had pulled a cart of bricks early in the morning, and not only had he waited here for a long time, he had also been exposed to the cold wind for a long time. If Bai Zhiqing hadn't come, he would have been blown into a popsicle.

Poor He Hongjun, he didn't get frozen in the winter in Northeast China, but was almost frostbitten in the early spring. How can this be justified?

"In that case, I won't go to the commune with you. I'm short of firewood at home, so I'll go get some."

Since there is no need to go to the commune to buy oil, Bai Guoguo doesn't plan to go with them. It's so cold that it won't be comfortable even if you sit on the tractor!

She might as well go to the foot of the mountain, pick up some firewood, and see if there are any wild vegetables.

He Gang: “…”

So why was he waiting here in the cold wind for such a long time early in the morning?

But then he thought better of it. Bai Zhiqing was so frail, it would be bad if he caught a cold in the cold spring wind.

So Bai Guoguo waved happily and said goodbye to a few people, then skipped back to the educated youth compound. It was really nice not to have to go out in such a cold weather. Captain He is a good man, hehe!

He Gang stood there and watched Bai Guoguo until her figure disappeared around the bend, then he turned around, started the tractor, and took the few people to the commune.