Chapter 31
"What are you doing sitting here?"
"Didn't you say last time that you were going to go there to find some things?"
"Ah?" Su Qingci came back to her senses.
"If you want to go, follow me." Song Jingzhou looked at Su Qingci with some confusion.
How come he became so listless all of a sudden?
"Oh, okay."
Su Qingci slapped her face, stood up, and said to herself, don’t think so much, don’t think so much.
I don't know what's going on right now, and I can't help much since I'm far away.
Since grandma is fine, let's wait for news from her.
I followed slowly behind, making many turns and walking towards the end of the alley.
Song Jingzhou knocked on a dilapidated wooden door.
Soon a thin, dark-skinned young man wearing a hat opened the door.
Seeing that it was Song Jingzhou, he didn't ask any more questions. He just looked vigilantly at the back of the alley, and then urged the two of them to go in quickly.
Su Qingci followed Song Jingzhou closely and walked for a long time before entering a courtyard.
It is a bit similar to the large mansions with several entrances and exits of officials' residences in ancient dramas.
It was like a night market stall, with many people spreading a sack on the ground and putting things to sell or exchange.
Everyone was very alert. There were quite a few people, but there was no noise at all. Everyone was whispering and proceeding quietly.
"You can go shopping first. I have something to do. I'll come find you later. Don't run around."
"If there is any emergency, the people here will arrange for everyone to run out the back or side door. Don't be afraid."
Song Jingzhou gave a few instructions and then disappeared.
Su Qingci walked and stopped, and occasionally when she met someone who needed help, she would curiously go up and ask a few questions.
The prices of food here are mostly several times higher than the market prices.
The price of good refined grains has increased tenfold.
There are a lot of things, even fresh fruits, and I don’t know where the sellers got them from.
Su Qingci was strolling around the market, secretly sighing in her heart that it seemed that there were many talented people in this world.
An old lady, holding something under her armpit, mysteriously pulled a stall to exchange for two chickens from someone else.
The seller refused and said bluntly that he only wanted money and national food coupons.
Seeing that the seller refused, the aunt had no choice but to grit her teeth and pay, but she only had local food coupons.
But the seller gritted his teeth and refused to give in, demanding national food coupons.
He said frankly that someone in the family was going out of town and this was prepared for the children.
The sharp-eyed Su Qingci saw clearly the moment the old lady raised her arm that it was the flashlight she was looking for.
He quickly stepped forward and pulled the old lady aside.
"Auntie, I have national food coupons."
The aunt's eyes lit up and she quickly understood, "You want a flashlight?"
"How do I change it?"
"Ten yuan for a flashlight, and you'll give me ten kilograms of food coupons?"
"Auntie, you're being disloyal. That flashlight from the supply and marketing cooperative is only two dollars and eighty cents!"
"Little girl, please don't tease me. The rice at the grain station is only a little over ten cents, but here they sell it for eighty cents."
"Flashlights are rare. Go to the supply and marketing cooperative and ask if you can buy one. If they have some, they'll keep them with people they know."
"And it also requires specific industrial volumes."
"This is from Shanghai. My sister-in-law sent it to me. I haven't used it yet. If it weren't for my grandson, I wouldn't give it to him."
"I'll also give you two batteries. These batteries are 0.20 each."
"But my national food coupons are rarer than your flashlight."
The two of them exchanged blows, and finally Su Qingci used six yuan and eight kilograms of food coupons to exchange for the flashlight.
After walking around, she didn't find anyone selling watches, and she didn't need anything else.
She has no plans to join the black market for the time being.
Although she came from another world and brought a farm with her, her IQ in both her past and present lives combined was just average.
Moreover, the environment I grew up in was very clean, with basically no intrigue, so I didn't learn that stuff.
If they are dissatisfied, they will show it on their faces. If they feel uncomfortable, they will just go up and beat them up.
She didn't know how the plot would develop later and had no predictive ability.
So don’t even think about being successful here and becoming the heroine or the boss.
This era is so chaotic, it's good enough that she can live well.
Her ambitions are too big, and if she keeps messing around, she might end up being cheated by others and she won't even know what happened.
At present, she has enough money to spend and enough food to eat, and she doesn’t know what the situation is at home, so she decided to survive as long as she can.
If you really have any big ideals or aspirations, wait ten years or so and wait until the policies change before you talk about it.
After a while, Song Jingzhou came with a big bag of things.
On the way back, Su Qingci was preoccupied with things and had no mood to talk.
The crops planted in spring are growing well, and there is much less farm work to do.
Liu Dazhu finally spared some time to build the educated youth site.
According to the news brought back by the commune leaders, more educated youth will arrive in the second half of the year.
Therefore, the team planned to build a larger educated youth base at one time.
Originally, Su Qingci was thinking of building a small house and moving out, but now she doesn't dare to do that.
It's too obvious and too eye-catching.
However, although we cannot move out, we can build a new youth base, which means there are more things we can do.
The night she received the news, Su Qingci sneaked to the captain's house.
Team leader Liu Dazhui is a relatively upright person and does not follow the city's practices.
He has a family of more than ten people, young and old, all struggling to make ends meet, so he has no time to think about anything else.
His greatest hope for the educated youth who went to the countryside was that they would work honestly and not cause trouble for him.
Su Qingci did not beat around the bush with this upright old man.
He frankly admitted that he had conflicts with several comrades at the educated youth site.
In order not to affect our future unity, I would like to have a room of my own.
Liu Dazhu stared for a long time without saying a word.
He definitely disagrees.
If one person treats himself specially, everyone will follow his example. How can he then manage people?
But the old woman interrupted him from time to time, preventing him from speaking.
"Old man, come here, come here."
Song Manhua pulled Liu Dazhui into the inner room, and smiled as she asked Su Qingci to sit down for a while.
"What are you doing? What's the matter that you have to say now?"
"Look, old man."
Song Manhua pointed at the things on the bed and showed them to Liu Dazhui.
A large piece of blue plain cloth, the material is thick, the surface is smooth, and there are beautiful tassels at the bottom.
It was the curtain that Su Qingci pulled down from the farm B&B.
There was also a bag of ten kilograms of flour packed in a white film bag.
"Old man, I know you've been a strong and upright person in your life and have never taken bribes."
"But Su Zhiqing's request for a room isn't a big deal that goes against principle. Why don't you think of a solution?"
"It's not that I'm greedy for this gift. Maomao is only six months old now, and he was born prematurely. He's already weak, and my second wife has no milk, and there's nothing good at home to nourish him."
"I really can't bear to return this bag of fine noodles."
"Old man, this is enough porridge for Maomao to eat for a long time."
"And this piece of cloth. Lan Fang is getting married at the end of the year, and her biggest wish is a new dress."
"The remaining can be used to make a pair of pants for the eldest child and a small vest for each of the younger children."
"There have been a lot of new members in the family over the past two years, and the children haven't seen a thread in several years."
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