Hearing Chu Tian's reminder, Captain Sun quickly changed his tone with a few "Pooh" sounds, "Oh, yes, yes, female comrades are also active workers, they are all good children, good comrades..."

What the Chairman said is not wrong, it is only these farmers who are wrong.

"Chu Tian, ​​you're educated, knowledgeable, and good at talking. When we meet the educated youth later, they'll all point their fingers at you..."

Chu Tian smiled slightly, "Captain, don't worry, I will do a good job of ideological work for the educated youth and strive to help them get familiar with the life of our production team as soon as possible."

It takes more than 30 kilometers, nearly 40 kilometers, to get from the regiment to the city, and nearly 10 kilometers from the city to the train station. It took more than three hours to walk this nearly 50-kilometer distance to the train station. It was almost 12 o'clock in the morning when I arrived at the train station.

At this time, rows of horse-drawn carriages were parked neatly outside the train station. In addition to those from the Red Flag Corps, there were also carriages from several other corps and local communes.

However, Chu Tian was only familiar with the Ever-Victorious Corps, which was the corps to which Yao Xiujuan's family belonged.

Just when Chu Tian wanted to go to the Ever-Victorious Corps to inquire whether the people from the first team of the third company of Yao Xiujuan's mother's family had arrived, he suddenly heard the rumbling sound of a tractor coming from not far away.

Chu Tian turned his head to look for the direction of the sound, and saw the other people driving carriages looking in one direction with envy.

Captain Sun was also smoking a pipe while staring at the shiny tractor, and said with envy, "I wonder when our brigade, no, our company, will be able to buy this tractor..."

The brigade can't rely on it. It's already good that their brigade has stopped owing money to the company in the past two years. It would be fine if the company could buy it. When it needs it, we can borrow it from the company.

Chu Tian listened to what Captain Sun said, looked at his eager expression, and thought to himself, if I rely solely on farming, I probably won’t be able to afford it in the next ten years, right?

Why? It’s because the land in Xinjiang is not fertile. Although it is vast and sparsely populated, much of the land is either saline or sandy, which can neither retain water nor fertilizer.

The grain harvested every year before was not enough to eat, and it was only in the past two years that it was barely enough. How could the company get the money to buy a tractor?

When the company leaders arrived at the train station, they rushed inside to inquire. After a while, they returned and told the company leaders that the train from Beijing was three hours late and would not arrive in Urumqi until after 4:00 PM. Everyone wailed, shouting, "Why did they come so early? Are they just going to starve?"

Seeing that the team members were unhappy, the cadres greeted the station leaders and asked them to tie up the horses of each production team and go to the waiting hall to warm themselves by the fire and wait.

Chu Tian calculated that it was more than four hours, and he started to think about it. He found Captain Sun and discussed it with him, "Captain, I want to buy some things. I want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the city..."

Before Captain Sun could say anything, Sun Weiguo got excited first. He quickly stood up and looked at Captain Sun with a hopeful expression on his face. "Dad, I also want to go for a walk with Brother Tian..."

Captain Sun frowned, "Can you find the supply and marketing cooperative?"

Chu Tian had no objection to Sun Weiguo wanting to go along, he just smiled at Captain Sun and said, "There's a mouth under your nose, if I can't find it, I can ask..."

Captain Sun thought for a moment and nodded, "Then go ahead, but come back early..."

Chu Tian made a promise and left with Sun Weiguo.

"Brother Tian, ​​where are we going now?"

Sun Weiguo was very excited as he walked on the road. The farthest place he had been to was the mountains south of the Red Flag Corps, and the most prosperous and lively place he had been to was the supply and marketing cooperative in the regiment. This was his first time in the city.

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows, "Where do you want to go?"

Sun Weiguo said "ah" stupidly, indicating that he didn't understand.

Chu Tian couldn't help laughing. "We don't have much time, so let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative in the city and see what good things are there. How is it different from the supply and marketing cooperative in our group..."

Sun Weiguo happily responded with a "yes" and happily followed Chu Tian to find the supply and marketing cooperative.

Near the train station is the old city of Urumqi. Chu Tian and Sun Weiguo didn't walk far before they found a supply and marketing cooperative. Looking at the two-story red brick building in front of them, Chu Tian couldn't help but sigh. If this building was in modern times, it would be considered as the most backward house. But in this era, with the surrounding bungalows as a backdrop, it actually looks very tall and majestic?

Sun Weiguo opened his mouth wide, "Wow, Brother Tian, ​​this supply and marketing cooperative is so big..."

Chu Tian sighed in his heart, thinking that compared with the supply and marketing cooperative in the production team, it was indeed several times larger.

"Come on, let's go inside and take a look."

As he said this, he walked in. Seeing this, Sun Weiguo hurriedly followed him in.

There was nothing interesting on the first floor, just some ordinary things. Although many of these things were not available in the regiment, they were nothing new to Chu Tian, ​​who had traveled from the developed 21st century. So after taking a look, Chu Tian lost interest. He turned around and wanted to go to the second floor, but saw Sun Weiguo looking at each counter with a curious look on his face.

The salespeople at the supply and marketing cooperative often encountered farmers like Sun Weiguo who only looked but did not buy, so they did not find it strange and simply chose not to approach them to entertain them.

"Weiguo, you take a look first, I'll go to the second floor to take a look..."

Sun Weiguo nodded absentmindedly, "Brother Tian, ​​go ahead, I'll find you later..."

The things sold on the second floor are much more expensive than those on the first floor. There are various types of iron pots, knives, iron stoves, radios, watches, bicycles, etc. Oh, and there are also furniture produced by furniture factories.

Chu Tian stood in front of the steel products counter, pointed at the items inside and asked, "Hello, how much are the iron pots and stoves?"

The salesperson probably knew Chu Tian couldn't afford it, so he said nonchalantly without even looking up, "No matter the size of the iron pot, you need ten industrial coupons. A small iron pot is twenty-five yuan, and each larger size is two yuan more. The stove requires fifteen industrial coupons, and the smallest one is thirty-five yuan. Similarly, each larger size is two yuan more."

"By the way, the stove needs another stove roll."

"Stove ticket?"

He had some industrial coupons in his space, but not many, only a dozen or so. They were enough to buy an iron pot, but that was only enough to buy an iron pot. He couldn't buy a stove because he didn't have any stove coupons...

Chu Tian sighed, muttering to himself, "Oh, if I had known earlier, I should have traded the chicken for some tickets before coming here. It's such a waste of a trip. What a pity! I have to make another trip..."

After saying that, he turned around and left. At this time, the salesperson behind the counter, who was originally nonchalant, raised his head instantly, pulled Chu Tian's sleeve across the counter, and whispered, "Brother, don't leave yet..."