Chapter 18

After a day's rest, Xu Di started selling eggs and leeks again. He could earn dozens of yuan a day, which was extremely tempting.

You have to know that at that time, the salary of a regular worker was only more than 30 yuan.

Like her father, he is an eighth-level fitter and earns more. But there can only be a few level eight fitters in a factory.

Xu Di changed his location this time and basically would not appear in the same place twice.

This time the luck was good and the items sold very quickly. Xu Di didn’t even know how much he had sold.

It was getting late, Xu Di straightened his dog-skin hat and prepared to go home.

"Well, that's the guy wearing the dog-skin hat, selling eggs and leeks everywhere."

Maybe she was too excited, the old lady's voice was quite sharp, and not only the person wearing the red armband heard it, but Xu Di also heard it.

"Oh my god, it's over."

Xu Di muttered to himself, glanced at the short and fat lady, and cursed in his heart, "Isn't it just that I didn't give you a discount of 20 cents? You actually reported it. How shameless."

Fortunately, this was a young body with good physical strength, so it escaped very quickly.

"Stop, don't run..."

It would be strange if he didn't run, it would be terrible if he was caught.

Xu Di ran into the alley. The terrain there was complicated. She could find a chance to enter the space and hide.

The person in front was running away desperately, and the person behind was chasing him desperately, and neither side was willing to give up.

There was a corner in front and there was no one around. Xu Di seized the opportunity, ran over, and then hid in the space.

"Huff, huff..."

Lying on the ground in the space, Xu Di felt like his heart was about to jump out.

Outside, several people wearing red armbands also chased after them.

"Where did the person go? Why did he disappear?"

"Maybe he ran over there? Let's go and see."

Several people chased towards the other side of the alley, but the alley was connected in many directions and no one knew where they ran from. There was no trace of them at all.

"It's such a waste of effort. My legs are almost broken from running."

"That's right. I haven't run like this in a long time. I'm like a rabbit. I'm so fast."

They didn't catch the person and were exhausted, so they left cursing.

Xu Di changed her clothes in the space and tidied her hair. Her braids were all undone after running just now.

After coming out of the space, Xu Di walked out of the alley and asked for directions for a long time before he found the bus back.

"Are you working overtime? Why are you so late? Your dad has already gone to the bus stop to pick you up twice."

"Well, something happened suddenly. I came out late. I'm sorry to have made you worry."

Xu Di felt quite guilty. Sales were good today and he was a bit greedy.

This can't happen again in the future. Now, she is not just alone, but also has the Xu family behind her.

"Sister, you were chased by a dog, why is your face so red?"

"How dare you talk to your sister like that, little brat."

Xu's mother raised her hand and slapped Xu Jun, saying that he was always naughty all day long.

"No, I chased the bus."

Only after Xu Di got home did he feel completely relieved. I also felt a little cold. It might be because I sweated when I was running before. I was in a hurry to come back, so I came out of the space without sweating. I hope I don’t have a fever tonight.

Before going to bed, Xu Di boiled a large bowl of ginger water for himself and drank it while pinching his nose.

I sweated all over while covering myself with a big quilt at night, and when I woke up in the morning, my nose was a little blocked.

"You have a cold, do you have a fever?"

"Mom, I don't have a fever, my nose is just a little stuffy. I'll drink some ginger water later."

Xu Di knew that in the 1970s, there were no cold medicines or anti-inflammatory drugs.

Generally, they are painkillers, such as Analgin. It is said that they have side effects after taking them, but I don’t know whether it is true or not.

After breakfast, the family went to work and Xu Jun disappeared. Xu Di wanted to rest at home for a day, but was afraid of being seen by people in the family compound, which would be hard to explain.

"Alas, if you tell one lie, you have to use countless lies to cover it up."

Xu Di muttered a few words to himself, slung his bag over his shoulder, mustered up the courage to open the door, and a gust of cold wind blew in his face.

“It’s so cold!”

Xu Di decided to find a place to enter the space later. She would not go to sell goods today. I was still a little nervous because the aftereffects of being chased yesterday hadn't dissipated yet.

The main reason was that she had a slight cold and didn't want to be outside in the cold all day, otherwise her condition would get worse. At this time, even pneumonia can be fatal.

She left the family compound, took the bus, and got off after two stops. There was a park nearby, so it was convenient for her to enter and exit the space.

In the middle of winter, there are not many people in the park, and most importantly, there are many blind spots.

Not surprisingly, there was hardly a living creature to be seen in the entire park.

Xu Di found a blind spot and entered the space.

It’s so warm. The temperature in this space is comfortable.

Xu Di picked a tomato first, without washing it, and took a bite. The mouth is full of persimmon flavor, and it is sandy and delicious.

The only drawback of the space was that there was no place to sleep, so Xu Di could only sit on the floor, which was a bit uncomfortable for his butt.

It just so happened that the crops in the space had ripened again, and the wheat planted later was also ripe.

I went to the countryside in autumn to get wheat seeds from Grandpa Guan, and some were dug out from mouse holes.

We dug more than ten rat holes and found three to five kilograms of wheat. I asked Xu Di to plant them all, and unexpectedly, they all grew and the harvest was quite good.

Pick up the sickle and start to harvest the wheat. After harvesting, you have to thresh the wheat and beat the grains off the stalks.

Xu Di got so busy that he forgot about time. When he felt his stomach growling, he realized that he had been working and forgot about time.

It was really inconvenient without a watch. She was not used to wearing a watch in her previous life, but at that time she always had her cell phone in her hand.

Nowadays, a watch costs dozens of dollars, and a good one costs more than a hundred dollars, and the main thing is a watch ticket.

She sells eggs and leeks, and people don't give her many tickets, most of which are rarely used. There are cigarette tickets, wine tickets, non-staple food tickets and the like. It is impossible to have scarce tickets like watch tickets and bicycle tickets.

It is said that tickets for the three major items can be sold for dozens of dollars each on the black market.

Xu Di stopped daydreaming, left the space, walked out of the park, entered a nearby supply and marketing cooperative, and asked what time it was.

"It's three-fifteen."

The salesman proudly raised his arm, revealing the glittering watch on his wrist, his pride fully displayed.

Xu Di smiled and thanked him.

Fortunately, it’s not too late.

There was nothing I could do even though my stomach was growling with hunger. It was already past lunchtime at the state-owned restaurant and there was no food available.

Taking out a snack ticket, Xu Di bought a bag of peach cakes at the grocery counter.

Xu Di put the peach cakes into his bag and took the bus home.

There was no one at home, so Xu Di ate two pieces of peach cakes with hot water, and then his stomach stopped growling.

Xu Di put the remaining peach cakes into the space, otherwise, if they were discovered, he would not be able to explain himself.

Since he came back early, Xu Di went to bed to rest for a while and straightened his back.

My waist hurts from bending over to cut wheat all the time.

He fell asleep in a daze until Xu's mother came home from get off work. Xu Di heard the sound and woke up suddenly.

"Mom, are you off work? What time is it? I came home a little early and fell asleep in bed."

"It's past five o'clock. If you're tired, take a break. I'll wash my hands and cook."

Xu's mother thought Xu Di was tired from working. After all, he was snoring from exhaustion at night.

"I'm not tired anymore. I'll join you. What are we having for dinner?"

"Stew cabbage with potatoes, steam some steamed cakes, and mix some pickles."

Xu Di followed Xu's mother into the kitchen. In the winter in the north, there were basically cabbage, radishes, potatoes and seeds, nothing else.

The mother and daughter cooked together and finished the meal quite quickly.