Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Go to the commune and gossip!

After dinner, the other educated youth chatted in the yard, while Zhuo Jia and Zhang Yunhuan began to pack their things, clothes, food and drinks, and put all these messy things into the kang cabinet.

Because it was hot and there were many people in the room, bedding was not needed, just a quilt cover would be enough, so the bedding had to be put into the kang cabinet. When all the messy things were put there, the kang cabinet was full.

Zhang Yunhuan collapsed on the kang and said weakly, "I'm almost dead tired. I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight. Are we going to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow?"

Feng Xiaoyu said that all newly arrived educated youth would have one day of rest time. When it was called rest, it meant that they were given a day to settle down.

Zhuo Jia nodded: "Go, buy some dishes and chopsticks. It's hot, so go early and come back early."

She needs to come back early because she still needs to check whether the market is safe. She really has no money left.

"Okay." Zhang Yunhuan nodded vigorously.

She also had to write letters to her parents, asking them to send more money and tickets, as she felt she couldn't survive on her own.

The two of them went out to wash up, came back and lay down to sleep, they really couldn't hold on for a moment longer!

The next morning, when the two got up, everyone else had already gone to work, but they had left rice in the pot for them.

Zhang Yunhuan glanced at his watch and said with his head hung low, "It's not even eight o'clock yet, and they've already started working."

How am I going to live my life from now on?

Zhuo Jia comforted her halfheartedly: "It's early in the morning, so it's cooler in the morning."

If she were asked to work in the fields, she felt that she was not capable of doing it.

The two looked at each other, and at that moment, they both understood the other's unspoken intentions. They sighed at the same time, washed out their own dishes and pots, and then walked out, each carrying a cross-body bag.

Yesterday, the team leader went to pick them up, so there was a donkey cart, but today, they could only walk. It was a good opportunity to measure the distance between the team and the commune on foot.

The two people had never walked such a long distance before, so they stopped and walked along the way. It took them more than an hour to reach the commune, and the sun was already high in the sky.

Zhang Yunhuan asked Zhuo Jia, "I'm going to call my parents. Are you coming?"

I have to call, mail is too slow!

Zhuo Jia shook her head: "You go ahead, we'll meet up at the supply and marketing cooperative."

From the moment she left the family compound, she had no relationship with that family, so there was no need to send a letter, let alone call. Zhang Yunhuan nodded: "Okay, then I'll come find you after the call."

After watching Zhang Yunhuan leave, Zhuo Jia also walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative. She knew where the supply and marketing cooperative was yesterday. She just kept walking along the only main road and she saw it!

It took about ten minutes to reach the supply and marketing cooperative. As soon as she arrived at the door, Zhuo Jia knew that there were not many things inside. There were few people and not many counters.

She went in and took a quick look around. Most of the items were the daily necessities of life. There was very little fabric, let alone ready-made clothes. There were only two or three kinds of pastries, not even White Rabbit milk candies. There was no bicycle or watches, for sure.

I had originally thought of staying in the supply and marketing cooperative for a while longer and waiting for Zhang Yunhuan, but now it seems that it will be difficult to wait.

There’s no need to choose, just buy the dishes and then she comes out!

She glanced at the watch on her wrist and had only one thought in her mind: fortunately, she had spent all her money in River City and bought everything she needed, otherwise it would be very inconvenient here.

Zhuo Jia took a stroll outside and then sat in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, looking around boredly.

When Zhang Yunhuan finished her call and came bouncing over, she saw Zhuo Jia with her chin in her hand, looking bored. She walked over and asked in confusion, "What are you doing sitting outside? Why aren't you waiting for me inside?"

Not to mention the heat, it's just pitiful sitting outside.

Zhuo Jia looked up, shook her head and said, "You'll know when you go in and take a look."

The supply and marketing cooperative, which you can see the end of at a glance, really hasn't gotten any better.

Zhang Yunhuan was puzzled. She stepped inside. Two minutes later, she came out speechless: "Let's go."

That means she can't stay here long, otherwise she would call and cry!

"Let's go. We can still have lunch if we go back." Zhuo Jia stood up and brushed off the dirt on her pants.

On the way back, the two of them complained about the supply and marketing cooperative all the way. They were so disappointed.

When they returned to the educated youth site, the others had not returned yet. The two of them were not idle either. They cleaned up and started cooking. They had just started and had not even lit the fire when the others came back.

The educated youth Zheng Lijuan came into the kitchen and took over the work. She smiled and said, "We'll do it. You two can go and take a rest."

Zhao Shuhua, who was following behind her, nodded quickly: "Yeah."

Zhuo Jia and Zhang Yunhuan didn't say that they would do it alone. After all, the cooking at the educated youth center was divided among the people, so after someone else took over, the two of them left.

"How was it? Did you two have fun at the supply and marketing cooperative?" Feng Xiaoyu asked with a smile when she saw them.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the depressed and indescribable expressions on Zhuo Jia and the others' faces. She couldn't help but burst out laughing. Hahahaha, she knew the result would be like this.

Seeing her happy look, Zhuo Jia said helplessly: "Fortunately, we brought everything when we came, otherwise..."

She didn't say anything else, just shook her head, and then there was another burst of laughter.

"To be honest, I've never seen such a small supply and marketing cooperative." Zhang Yunhuan also complained.

If it weren’t for the three big words “Supply and Marketing Cooperative” written on it, I’m afraid she wouldn’t believe it even if someone told her!

Han Xiuyun covered her mouth and smiled. She whispered, "Unless we buy some daily necessities, we rarely go to the commune supply and marketing cooperative on weekdays. We always go directly to the county supply and marketing cooperative on our days off."

Although it is close, there is really nothing good to buy inside.

"If we go to the county, can we go back and forth in one day?" Zhang Yunhuan asked with a bitter face.

She remembered that she came here by bus. If she walked...

Can she make it there alive?

Feng Xiaoyu said seriously, "If I can get on a bus at the commune, then that's fine."

As for what would happen if he couldn't get on the bus, she didn't need to remind him, he could just come back from the commune directly.

Zhuo Jia thought of that bus and felt hopeless. Buses nowadays are really life-threatening. There is everything on the bus. There is nothing you can't take with you, except what you can't think of.

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After the nap, Feng Xiaoyu and the others went to work, leaving Zhuo Jia and Zhang Yunhuan wandering around the vegetable garden bored.

After walking around for a while, Zhang Yunhuan yawned: "I can't do it anymore, Jiajia, I'm going back to sleep, how about you?"

I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well go back to sleep.

Zhuo Jia thought for a moment and said, "You go to sleep. I'll go out for a walk when the weather gets cooler."

In fact, she wanted to go to the mountains, but she valued her life more, so she decided to go to the village and see if she could get wild vegetables in other ways.

Zhang Yunhuan nodded: "Okay, then I'll go back and rest."

Anyway, when her parents called yesterday, they said they would give her enough money and tickets, and would find a way to get her back as soon as possible. She just had to muddle along here.

After Zhang Yunhuan went back to the house to rest, Zhuo Jia was envious for two minutes. After two minutes, she opened her purchasing group to see if there was any new message. She hadn't paid attention to the purchasing group for several days.

When he opened the purchasing group, he saw a series of messages in it. Oh, it was still those two people, but they sent the same messages every morning. When Zhuo Jia saw the news about purchasing locust flowers, he stood up immediately.

No need to wait, she will go around the village now to see who has locust trees. If not, she can buy some.

Except for going to Uncle Huang's house yesterday to buy a kang cabinet, this was Zhuo Jia's first time to come to the brigade. She looked around and walked along the road. The location of the educated youth site was a bit remote, and there was no house within ten meters around.

After walking for two or three minutes, Zhuo Jia saw a yard, and in front of the yard was a locust tree, and the tree was full of locust flowers.

Her eyes lit up, and she took two quick steps forward. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong. She turned her head and saw a few women sitting under the poplar tree opposite. These women were holding shoe soles in their hands, and their eyes...

Look at her!

Zhuo Jia's heart skipped a beat, and she felt the fruit candy she had picked out in her pocket. She breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the poplar tree with confidence.

"Ladies, please have some candy." Zhuo Jia smiled and took out some hard candies and handed them over.

No more, no less, one for each person!

As the saying goes, don't hit someone who smiles in the face. She didn't believe that she was so polite, but these ladies had the nerve to talk nonsense. Besides, you should be grateful to the one who eats your food!

Sure enough, these aunties all laughed and said how bad it was, but no one hesitated when taking the candy. However, no one was willing to eat it, but carefully put the candy away and prepared to take it home to give to their children.

"Girl, you're the new educated youth who arrived yesterday, right? What's your name?" an older woman asked with a smile. "By the way, my home is next door to Huang Laosan's. My maiden name is Li, so you can just call me Aunt Li."

Before Zhuo Jia opened her mouth, the enthusiastic Aunt Li introduced several people around her to her.

After Aunt Li finished speaking, Zhuo Jia said politely, "Hello, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Zhuo Jia."

These ladies definitely have the widest sources of information in the entire brigade. When Aunt Li introduced them, she brought out no less than two pieces of gossip.

Among them was the conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Aunt Li's family, and Aunt Wang next door, who only had grandsons but no granddaughters. So she was considering whether to find the third of the seven sisters in the family to be the youngest daughter-in-law...

"You see, these children from the city are sensible." Aunt Wang said to Zhuo Jia.

I’m so envious. How come such a well-behaved and sensible girl isn’t hers?

"That's right. No wonder Lu Doufu likes his younger daughter-in-law the most." Aunt Li said beside him. She turned to Zhuo Jia and said, "Her younger daughter-in-law is also an educated youth."

Aunt Ding curled her lips and said, "If my son finds me an educated youth as his daughter-in-law, I would like her too."

She and Lu Doufu are from the same village and have never had a good relationship since childhood. Now Lu Doufu has married a daughter-in-law who is an educated youth. She heard that the grandchildren in the family are learning to read at home for free, which makes her so envious.

Zhuo Jia felt that this topic would never end, so she raised her hand and asked, "Ladies, do you know whose family this locust tree belongs to?"

Although she also wanted to hear gossip, when it came to money, gossip had to be put aside. She was so poor that she couldn't even afford to eat dirt.