With the captain's promise, He Wan went to Sixth Grandpa's early this morning to buy a plate of tofu.

Then I walked out of the village. When I was some distance away from the village, I pushed out my bicycle and rode all the way to the commune vegetable station.

The commune is a town, and the vegetable station in the town is not big. There are four platforms in the station, and the others are sorting the vegetables or loading goods in the back.

He Wan looked at the vegetables on sale. There were wild vegetables, cabbage, spinach, potatoes, and very little else.

Tofu and meat, too.

There are quite a few people buying vegetables at this moment. It’s only a little after nine o’clock and the meat is almost sold out.

A salesperson saw her looking around for a while but didn't see her buying anything, so he asked, "What are you doing? If you're not buying anything, leave now. The place is so small, don't block people who really need to buy groceries."

He Wan was not angry. She took out two White Rabbit candies from her pocket, held her hand and asked, "Hello, comrade. I'm from Dali Village. Our village had a lot of beans left over last year. I want to open a tofu shop. I wonder if our vegetable station will accept them."

The saleswoman twisted the candy in her hand, and her expression immediately softened. "You are from Dalizhuang. I have no say in this matter." Then, she pointed to the back door of the vegetable market and said, "You go in through this door. There are two offices in the yard with signs on them. You have to ask our station manager."

"Thank you, ma'am."

He Wan walked towards the door and pushed open the back door into a yard. There were two or three greenhouses in the yard with some vegetables piled up inside. There were two houses next to the wall in the northeast corner.

One of them said "Finance" and the other said "Office". He Wan knocked on the door of the office and said, "Come in."

There were a few desks inside and three or four people.

But He Wan didn't look at him for long because she recognized the man from the store she went to last time when she was shopping in town.

Suddenly, a strange young comrade came in, and everyone in the office looked at her.

He Wan was not timid either, and quickly put on a smile and said, "Hello, I am an educated youth from Dali Village. My name is He Wan. I want to discuss something with our stationmaster. Is the stationmaster here?"

One of the staff members said, "The stationmaster is not here." Then he looked at the leader beside him and said, "This is our Director Jin. You can talk to him if you have any questions."

This is what He Wan wanted: "Hello, Director Jin."

Director Jin put out the cigarette in his hand and looked at He Wan. She looked similar to his child. How could she be an educated youth? Now all the children this young in the city were sent to be educated youth?

He Wan didn't know what Director Jin was thinking, and was smiling at him, "Director Jin, we in Dali Village stored some soybeans last year, and we want to open a tofu shop to generate income for the village. Let me ask, does your vegetable station still accept tofu?"

Director Jin then asked, "Young comrade, are you really an educated youth?"

He Wan smiled and said, "Yes, I'm fifteen this year, so I'm a little young. The team leader saw that we educated youth didn't have much strength, so he asked us to play to our strengths and raise chickens, ducks, and fish. He wanted to open a tofu shop and raise piglets at the same time, so he wanted me to ask." After saying that, he took out two pieces of tofu from the bamboo basket and said, "Director Jin, take a look. This is tofu made in our village. Does it meet the standards of our station?"