Chapter 27 Letter of Introduction
Ordinary Chinese medicine is cheaper than Western medicine.
Especially some common medicinal herbs in the countryside, such as bupleurum, ear-weeping grass, chrysanthemum, and honeysuckle. Diligent people pick them in their spare time, keep some for themselves, and then send them to purchasing stations to earn a few cents or even a few dollars.
Now that Western medicine is in short supply and often insufficient, the higher-ups will give these barefoot doctors some Chinese medicine and simple prescriptions.
However, Chinese medicines need to be turned over and dried frequently to prevent them from getting damp or wet, which would affect their efficacy.
Wu Xiu was very interested in these things now, and she took this opportunity to escape from housework. She waved to Chu Hong and quickly went to the office.
Chu Hong thought that the captain was still being held back by Aunt Six and the others. Even the scorekeepers were not there, and only her mother was in the office. She had an idea and followed them and asked in a low voice, "Do you know where the key to the captain's drawer is?"
Wu Xiu stared at her daughter with a vigilant look on her face: "What are you doing? What tricks are you planning to play?"
Chu Hong told Gu Ci that he wanted a letter of introduction.
Wu Xiu was a little embarrassed: "Now is not the time for your father to be the only one in power. There are only a few letters of introduction. You can't use one, right?"
Chu Hong's lively eyes rolled around. As soon as he opened his mouth, he had a bad idea: "That's fine, Dad can say that he is going to the city and has a letter of introduction."
You don't need a letter of introduction to go to the town, but if you want to go to a city farther away, you still need a letter of introduction, even if you leave early in the morning and come back in the afternoon.
"Dad can still take this opportunity to stay at home and rest for a day?"
Wu Xiu was still in cahoots with her daughter, and took out the key tied with wool from the hidden bookcase: "Be careful."
Chu Hong also knew very well where the key was originally placed.
But the last time she imitated Secretary Song's handwriting and wrote a letter of introduction to Shencheng, it really scared them, so they moved the key and hid it somewhere else.
Chu Hong used the key to open Secretary Song's drawer with ease, stamped the blank letter of introduction with the brigade's seal, and took the pen with her: "Mom, I'm going home first."
She didn't know the exact address of the farm that Gu Ci was going to, so she could only go back and ask for it before writing it down.
Chu Hong pushed open the half-closed wooden door and saw Gu Ci washing vegetables. She couldn't help but smile: "I didn't expect you to be so diligent."
Gu Ci used to be a novice cook, but now that the educated youth have to take turns cooking, he naturally learned how to cook.
He also wanted to leave a good impression on Chu Hong, so of course he had to be more diligent.
He smiled and said, "I was just bored, so I did something easy."
Chu Hong called him and said, "I have brought the letter of introduction. Please give me your address first and I will write it down for you."
He even boasted: "My handwriting is very similar to my father's."
Gu Ci finally washed all the vegetables before coming over and writing the address of the farm on a blank notebook: Balidun Farm, Changning County, Jiangdong City.
Chu Hong exclaimed: "This place is really remote. I heard that there are deep mountains and forests over there."
Gu Ci was also curious: "Is it far from here? I was originally planning to go to the town station to ask."
This address was obtained when I was in Shanghai.
But after arriving here, he realized that farmers in the countryside rarely leave the county, and all they know about other counties is hearsay.
It is impossible to get accurate information from them.
He had also thought it through. After all, they were in the same urban area. Even if it was a little far away, he could still find out how to take the bus by going to the bus station.
"Aren't we going to dig a reservoir?" Chu Hong went to look through the newspapers her father brought back: "My dad specially brought a few newspapers with reservoir introductions. It is said that there is the largest reservoir in the city there."
Newspapers are a good thing nowadays. They can be used to paste dirt on walls, and window paper is mostly made of newspapers.
Of course, there are not so many newspapers in the countryside, so you can buy oil paper to paste on the windows.
But it is winter now and everyone has their doors and windows closed, so these newspapers are meant to be kept until next spring.
Therefore, Chu Hong quickly found a newspaper from more than ten newspapers and said, "This is it. It has the detailed address. You can take it with you to ask for directions."
She looked him up and down and gave him another bad idea: "You can also say that you are a reporter who collected information yourself."
Gu Ci shook his head: "I don't have a press pass."
He felt that he was lucky and had strong momentum to be able to fool Captain Wu and his men.
Chu Hong also thought the same as him: "Then we really took a risk last time. Fortunately, they were not alert enough, otherwise we would have been exposed."
There are too many dangerous factors outside now, so why not continue to stay in the village?
Chu Hong copied the address he wrote on the letter of introduction: "Why don't you have lunch before you leave?"
Gu Ci also agreed immediately: "Okay, the big pot dishes we have there are really not tasty, even if you add a little salt after cooking, you can't even see any oil."
Speaking of it, these educated youth who went to the countryside could eat enough when they were at home, and could occasionally eat some meat to satisfy their cravings.
But after going to the countryside, they immediately learned to be frugal without any instruction.
Before noon, Secretary Song and Chu Dan came back.
Secretary Song said hello to Gu Ci and hurried to the office: "The higher-ups are coming to inspect in the next two days, I have to go discuss it with the team leader first."
According to regulations, a family can only raise three chickens.
But many families raise one or two extra chickens to prepare for eating during the New Year.
If we come to inspect now, we have to go door to door and ask everyone to slaughter the extra chickens and ducks.
Fortunately, it is winter now, so we can kill the fish, dry them in the air, or apply some salt on them and save them for eating during the New Year.
Gu Ci couldn't help but frown: "It's possible that Captain Wu and the others will come. Will Elder Chu and the others suffer?"
"Don't worry." Chu Hong had already thought of a plan: "I will pay more attention. When they come, I will let Old Chu and the others go into the mountains."
"Just tell them to go dig for stones. If they don't believe it, let them go find it."
"Although we don't have deep mountains or forests here, there are mountains all over the place, so they won't look for it at all."
Gu Ci felt relieved when he heard this, and couldn't help but whispered, "Fortunately they are here. Some people from Lingshang Village have come back and they were tortured badly."
Chu Dan was not interested in these, so he took Chu Hong's hand to attract her attention: "Second sister, it's a pity that you didn't go today."
"Aunt He was very happy to see the taro dumplings we sent her. She ate one on the spot and asked how she could contact us next time."
"Dad asked her to leave a message at the gate of the commune. Who knows, maybe she can ask us to deliver taro dumplings to her next time?"
Then he asked her to look at the basket: "I also bought a lot of tofu and lotus roots."
"I also bought more than ten kilograms of glutinous rice flour."
After saying this, he felt particularly regretful: "I originally wanted to make pumpkin pie and sell them again, but who knew that there are so many people in this town carrying baskets and secretly selling pumpkin pie for only six or seven cents each."
Chu Hong was not surprised by this: "Pumpkin pie is easy to make. Those who are brave enough must want to make some money."
"Others will surely be jealous when they see this, and if more people sell it, the price will have to go down."
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