Chapter 239 Taking the Tram
The 15th happened to be Sunday, and Su Tingqian was on vacation. Mo Yurong also changed her shift, thinking of accompanying Su Mo to the family compound and helping her settle down.
There was a tram station near the school. Su Tingqian had asked before, and it happened to be right there to get to the family compound, so they prepared to take the tram there.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the tram arrived, and they quickly lined up to get on the bus. The conductor was standing in front, collecting money and selling tickets one by one.
There were not many people taking the tram today, and it was soon Su Mo and her friends' turn.
"Where are you going?" asked the conductor.
"XX family compound, four people." Su Mo pointed to the other three people behind her.
The conductor nodded and gave four seven-cent tickets: "Two cents and eight cents, find your own seat."
"Thank you." Su Mo gave the money and took the tickets.
This was the first time she had seen tram tickets from this period, and she was a little curious. She lived in Yangcheng for a period of time when she was a child, but that was the era of smartphones. Everyone was checking their phones when getting on and off the bus, and Yangcheng Tong was almost out of date.
The tram ticket looked similar to the train ticket, but the color was brighter and longer. It was divided into two pages. One page printed the price, and the other printed the words "get off and recycle". There were also several Arabic numeral fields. Su Mo didn't know what they meant.
After a few people sat down, Su Mo distributed the tickets to several adults. Mo Yurong hugged Lele and saw that he wanted to see it, so she gave him the tickets.
Lele pointed at the Arabic numerals on it and started to read them one by one.
Su Tingqian and Mo Yurong were both shocked.
Mo Yurong even grabbed Su Mo's hand and said, "Nannan, Nannan, this child can recognize words."
Su Mo smiled and explained, "He can recognize a few numbers. I taught them." Then she told the story of how she drew cards to teach children to recognize numbers.
Su Tingqian smiled and said, "So that's how it is. I thought this child was gifted. But he is also smart enough."
This child who was less than a year old could recognize words. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it.
Then he also took the ticket and asked An An in his arms if he knew the words. An An cooperated and read a few.
Su Tingqian was very happy. The descendants of his Su family were indeed not bad.
The two elders were busy teasing their grandson, while Lu Xiaolan secretly said to Su Mo: "Third sister-in-law, do you understand what they are saying?"
There were several locals chatting in the car. Lu Xiaolan listened for a long time, but didn't understand a word. She was very worried. What if she couldn't even understand what they were saying?
"I can understand a little bit." Su Mo said, "It's okay. Listen a few more times and you can roughly guess the meaning."
"Third sister-in-law, you are really amazing." Lu Xiaolan secretly gave a thumbs up. Not only can she speak foreign languages, but also local dialects.
Su Mo waved her hand, "I also had a classmate from Guangzhou before, and I learned a few sentences from her."
The original owner did have a high school classmate from Guangzhou before, but the relationship between the two was average.
It took about half an hour to take the tram from school to the family compound. When we were almost there, the conductor shouted, "Those going to the family compound, get ready to get off."
When we were about to get off, the conductor tore off the coupon for getting off the bus.
There was a post office not far from the tram station. A group of people went there to ask about the package and were told that it had been delivered to the family compound's delivery office.
Su Mo didn't expect the post office here to have such good service and to deliver so many things.
Then, she called Lujia Village. It happened to be Lu Qing'an who answered the phone. Su Mo told him that they had arrived at the family compound last evening. She briefly told him about the situation here and then asked Lu Xiaolan to talk to Lu Qing'an for a few words.
After Lu Xiaolan finished speaking, Su Mo called Geng Changqing again, but he was not at the county committee. Su Mo asked the secretary to tell him that she had arrived in Yangcheng safely.
After the call, the few people returned to the family compound.
The family compound was also a distance away from the tram station, and it took seven or eight minutes to walk. When they arrived at the gate, the guard saw that it was Su Mo and said, "Comrade Su Mo, there is a package for you in the communication room, remember to pick it up."
These guards were all trained and had first-class skills in recognizing people. Even though Su Mo had only been there for the second day, they still recognized her.
Su Mo thanked him and then went to the communication room next door to pick up the package. There were a total of four large packages, and Su Mo and Lu Xiaolan ran two times before moving them back.
Today the north wind blew, the temperature was a little lower than yesterday, the air was not so humid, and the house looked a lot drier. Su Mo quickly opened the doors and windows to let the north wind blow.
The two elders had already started to clean the bed and cabinets for Su Mo, while Su Mo and Lu Xiaolan were busy unpacking and putting things in place one by one. The two little ones were walking on their short legs, looking here and there.
When everything was almost in place, Su Mo took a notebook and listed the missing items one by one to avoid missing anything later.
While she was writing, she heard someone calling her from outside the door.
"Comrade Su Mo, are you home?"
Su Mo went out and saw two PLA comrades standing outside the yard gate. One was a middle-aged man, looking to be in his forties, and the other was younger, probably in his twenties.
Su Mo hurried to open the gate, "Comrades, what do you want to talk to me about?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Comrade Su Mo, I am Wei Liang, the political commissar of the logistics department. I came to see how your arrangements are going. Are there any difficulties?"
Su Mo quickly let the man in, "Thank you for your concern, Political Commissar Wei. I can still cope with it for now. If there are any difficulties, I will definitely speak to the organization."
"Comrade Lu Changzheng has gone to the training camp. If you encounter any problems here, don't be afraid to speak up. The organization will do its best to find a solution."
There are relatively few cases where family members come to follow the army but are not in the troops. In such a situation, the troops will give the greatest help as appropriate.
"Okay, thank you organization, thank you leaders."
Political Commissar Wei went in and saw that they were still packing up, so he said, "There is a canteen on the east side of this courtyard. When you don't have time to cook, you can go to the canteen to get food. Next to the canteen, there is also a military service center, which has basic daily necessities and commodities." "
That's great, I was just thinking about where to buy things." Su Mo smiled.
"I came here for another thing. Commander Lin instructed us yesterday to send you Comrade Lu Changzheng's salary for the past few months."
These days, the salaries of soldiers are transferred from the General Logistics Department to the logistics departments of each military region, and then from the logistics departments of the military region to the financial departments in charge of logistics in each unit.
Military officers usually go to the Ministry of Finance to collect their wages every month. Lu Changzheng was away for several months for training, so he never received his wages. Commander Lin was afraid that Su Mo would come to ask for money, so he contacted the logistics department and asked them to send Lu Changzheng's wages to his family first.
After Lu Changzheng was transferred to the front-line troops, his salary increased from 127 yuan to 141 yuan. It was customary to deduct 14 yuan per month for food expenses. For 4 months, the total amount was 508 yuan.
After thanking Su Mo, she signed and received the money.
In addition, officers were given some military coupons every month. In addition to the original quota, Political Commissar Wei gave Su Mo another share, saying that it was a subsidy for family members accompanying the army.
After settling Lu Changzheng's salary, Political Commissar Wei gave Su Mo and the other three people's food book.
Su Mo flipped it open and saw that she and Lu Xiaolan had 36 kilograms of grain per month, and the two children only had 10 kilograms of fine grain per month. Of
Su Mo and her friends' 36 kilograms of grain, fine grain only accounted for 30%, which means only about 11 kilograms of fine grain per month.
This is not as good as when she was in the Red Flag Commune. Although she only had 27 kilograms of grain at that time, it was all fine grain.
It seems that the food problem in southern cities is indeed serious.