A tall and handsome man in a white shirt was carrying a young and beautiful girl as they left the marriage office. Her two jet-black braids were tied with red ropes and swayed gently.
A couple next to them had only met once at home for a blind date and got their marriage certificate after knowing each other for just three days. Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, they couldn't help but feel a little envious.
"A-Juan, um... do you want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative?"
The woman looked at the man in surprise, and after she realized what was happening, she smoothed her hair shyly.
"What can I do? I don't lack anything."
The man scratched his head and said with a simple smile: "Don't worry, we're just taking a walk, we're not buying anything."
The woman's face froze. She folded the marriage certificate carelessly and stuffed it into her trouser pocket. She turned and walked away quickly. "Go home and pick up manure."
The supply and marketing cooperative in Wulin Town is not very big, with an area of about two storefronts.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a long brown glass counter with small best-selling items such as vanishing cream and soap on the counter. Inside the counter are various daily necessities, candies, dried fruits and other side dishes. Two salespeople are standing inside the counter.
The three walls at the back are covered with shelves, on which daily necessities are neatly arranged according to categories.
Oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, wine, enamel basins, tin thermoses, flashlights, rolls of cloth stacked upright, shoes...the styles of all kinds of items are few and simple, but also relatively complete and can meet the needs of daily life.
Entering from the main door, there is a thin iron wire hanging above, extending across the entire counter. The cashier standing in front takes the money and wine ticket from an old man, clamps them on an iron rack and hangs them on the wire, then pushes them inside.
“Half a pound of sweet potato stuffing!”
The ticket clip slid in along the wire, and the salesperson inside caught it, checked the receipt, and handed the goods to the old man.
At this time, the supply and marketing cooperative was bustling with people, and there were several bicycles parked in front of the door.
From time to time, people would come out with the items they bought in their arms, while others would carry a red net bag or a small oil-paper bag.
Jiang Henian excitedly pulled He Jinshan's sleeve and walked into the room. He saw at a glance the yellow and white biscuits covered with icing sugar, two fingers wide and half a palm long, in the food glass cabinet.
"He Jinshan, I want to eat this!"
He Jinshan smiled and raised his chin towards her, "Buy it, it's all yours."
Jiang Henian curved his eyes and chuckled slyly.
In front of him, he put his hands into his empty pockets and rummaged around, then quickly pulled out a handful of banknotes and bills.
Ever since the space was exposed, Jiang Henian could enjoy the feeling of taking things out in front of He Jinshan.
This is a secret known only to the two of them.
She took out a grocery ticket and a dollar from a handful of bills, raised her little hand, and said happily:
"Comrade! I want to buy this Changbai cake!"
"Ah! And this..."
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at the same time.
There was a gloomy atmosphere in the educated youth's center in Huagou Village.
"Sun Zuo, please explain clearly what is going on!"
A male educated youth put down his bowl excitedly.
Sun Zuo picked up some pickles with his chopsticks without any expression. "I was passing by and saved someone. That's all."
"The whole village is talking about it now. Those people said terrible things about us educated youth when we went to work this morning. The whole educated youth camp is going to be implicated by you!"
"Didn't you go to the team headquarters for a confrontation? How did things get to this point?!"
This male educated youth was winnowing wheat in the yard in the morning. When the middle-aged women who were usually kind and gentle saw him, they started whispering to each other and even pulled their daughters away to avoid him.
He clearly didn't do anything, but he was still being harassed and his face turned red and white.
Sun Zuo paused, gripped the chopsticks tightly with his fingers, and took a big mouthful of rice.
The atmosphere in the yard was very tense.
Yang Chuanlin quickly softened the tone, "Hey, don't say that. Everyone knows Sun Zhiqing is innocent. It's that family that's going too far. They're clearly trying to smear Sun Zhiqing!"
The female educated youth sat around another low table nearby, looking at each other.
Zhang Xiuting interjected indifferently, "Everyone had finished work and it was already dark, but why did he go to the warehouse? There's no way to explain this."
"Now everyone is implicated. The new educated youth are coming soon. It will be so embarrassing for us old people then."
Sun Zuo rarely refrained from arguing. He put down his bowl heavily and said, "I'll report to the team later, report to the police, and have the disciplinary team investigate!"
Fang Kai, the old educated youth, frowned when he heard this. After a moment of thought, he said calmly, "Sun Zuo, I suggest you consider this."
Everyone looked over with confusion on their faces.
"You haven't been here long, so I don't know. Three years ago, when I first arrived, a young man from the next village was reported for hooliganism. I reported him to the police, and the disciplinary team and the police came to arrest him. He was detained for half a year before they confirmed he was wrongly accused and released him."
Fang Kai sighed before continuing:
"Later, he had the opportunity to be recommended to attend the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University and return to the city, but because of this record in his file, his place was directly replaced.
Last year…at the beginning of spring, he tied stones to his feet, hugged his books, and jumped into the river.
After he finished speaking, he picked up the bowl and drank a big mouthful of porridge in a dull manner.
Everyone looked shocked and regretful.
"This... He's innocent! Why can't the file be changed?!"
Fang Kai looked at Zhang Xiuting who asked this question, "Many things don't have a reason."
For a moment, all the educated youth present were silent, and the pickled vegetable porridge in their bowls became a little difficult to swallow.
Each of them has a deep understanding of this sentence.
Even Si Yuzhen looked at Fang Kai in surprise. The latter noticed it, pursed his lips, nodded at her, and silently avoided her sight.
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