Chapter 6: My best friend is suffering



While Yun Shudai was packing her luggage with her sister, He Wan was experiencing the indescribable pain of the bumpy dirt road in the 1970s.

I always heard my grandmother talk about things at that time before, but she didn't have any feelings about it. Now I finally experienced it myself. The road was full of potholes and the cloth shoes I was wearing were almost torn apart.

If we were to say what is good about Lizhuang Village, it is that it is adjacent to the mountains, has abundant material resources, and is the same distance to the county town and the commune, but in opposite directions.

At this time, there is no way to take the village ox cart, and the only option is to walk. Based on the route we took a few days ago, it will probably take two hours.

When He Wan came out, she rummaged through her suitcase and found the only five dollars left on her, which was all her belongings.

By the way, she also has a watch on her hand that was left by the original owner’s mother. This watch is a Rolex. Wow, it will have a high collection value in the future. She is reluctant to exchange it for money.

Think about He Wan. In her previous life, she was in the film and television industry and her title of gold medal agent was well-deserved.

How could she, a career-oriented woman, be defeated by such a small setback?

He Wan, who was full of fighting spirit when she came out, was soaked in sweat after hiking for more than an hour and almost collapsed.

Anyway, at almost twelve o'clock, we arrived at the county post office.

The post office is closed at this time and will resume work at 1:30 pm.

They are said to be the check-in spots for period literature, state-owned restaurants, and scrap yards, so let’s go and take a look.

It happened to be dinner time.

When we arrived at the state-owned restaurant, we looked at the lunch menu written on the small blackboard.

A sesame cake costs three cents, a vegetarian dish costs two cents, and a braised pork dish costs one dollar.

A bowl of soup noodles costs eight cents and contains two taels of noodles, and a bowl of rice costs two cents.

Seeing that the table next to her had already ordered a portion of braised pork, He Wan swallowed her saliva, looked away with difficulty, and said to the waiter: "Comrade, I want a sesame cake."

"One tael of food coupons."

"Ah, I don't have any food coupons."

"What are you doing here without food coupons? Come on, come on."

"Comrade, is there any food that doesn't require food coupons?"

"Yes, vegetarian dishes are two cents each, no food coupons required."

Well, just pretend she didn't say anything. He Wan left the restaurant with the waiter's disdainful look. Oh my, these days you can't spend money if you don't have tickets.

She immediately cursed the thief who stole her money and told him not to let her run into him. The original owner was also stupid. She packed all the things in one bag and put them in the schoolbag in front of her. The thieves in that era were not just numerous, but too numerous to guard against.

By the time she realized it, her schoolbag had been slashed with a big hole, but fortunately her documents for going to the countryside and some change were saved.

Unable to buy food, she had to go hungry at noon. Although she drank a box of milk in the space, it was not enough for her to walk for two hours. She finally arrived at the scrap yard. The person sitting next to her was not an old man, but an old lady who looked very difficult to deal with.

When she heard that she was going to go in to find some newspapers, the old lady looked at her coldly and said, "Where are the newspapers? If there are any, they have been bought and used to wipe their butts."

Ah, the way this lady speaks is so easy to understand.

"Can I go in and take a look, in case there's anything I missed?"

"Come in."

"Okay, thank you, ma'am."

This scrapyard is quite large and is open-air.

There are a few sheds that contain some old furniture and other things.

He Wan searched among the old furniture for a while, but found that all of them were missing some parts.

I found two nice little stools inside and put them directly into the space.

There was also a pile of old books, and I didn’t know what they were. They were also put into the space directly without being used as toilet paper.

When she was about to come out, her foot kicked something hard. She looked down and it looked like a piece of iron, but also not like it. There was a lot of mud on it, but there were blue rust spots on it. She remembered that this thing would appear when copper products were oxidized.

He lowered his head, picked it up casually, and threw it directly into the space. No matter what it was, it had weight.

There really was a newspaper. She dug it out and it was new. It must have been published by a newspaper that didn't have time to publish it.

He Wan carried it and walked out the door directly: "Auntie, I found it."

"Well, you have a sharp eye. Five cents."

He Wan quickly took out five cents from her pocket and gave it to the old lady.

After leaving the sight of that old lady, He Wan sighed repeatedly in disappointment. The heroine could just go to the scrap yard and dig out little goldfish, jade pendants, jewelry and so on. They were all scams.

These days, newspapers are very popular. Lao Yun, I have it so hard.

(End of this chapter)


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