Su Ruanruan didn't say much about the font, but pointed at the content on the paper and said, "See if there is anything missing."

Fu Wenjing looked at it carefully and said, "I exchanged the meat coupons this morning. Let's buy more meat and make some pork fat. It's more fragrant than cooking with soybean oil."

"It's better not to buy it for now." Su Ruanruan shook her head. "Didn't you say that you would invite Sister Niu and her family to dinner in a couple of days? You should keep the meat ticket and buy meat to cook when they come."

Without waiting for Fu Wenjing to say anything, Su Ruanruan continued, "Anyway, you will issue meat coupons next month, so we can buy pork and make pork fat then."

Fu Wenjing nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to my wife."

Thinking of growing vegetables in the yard, Su Ruanruan asked Fu Wenjing, "Can I buy a shovel and a hoe? They will be useful for farming and tilling the soil later."

"These things are hard to buy outside, I'll ask later. I'll use Sister Niu's today, and I'll borrow some when I get back from shopping."

Su Ruanruan nodded. "In that case, there is nothing to buy. Let's go now. The earlier we go, the earlier we can come back."

The two hit it off immediately, locked the door and left the yard.

When I came here, it was pitch dark and I couldn't see anything, but now I can see clearly.

In front of the gate is a road about three or four meters wide, with small courtyards of equal size on both sides of the road.

Although there are doors on both sides of the road, they are staggered so that one cannot see what's going on in each other's yards when the doors are open.

The road surface is just an ordinary dirt road, which should have been rolled over and is relatively smooth.

Although it is summer, there are not many weeds on the road. Someone must be cleaning it regularly.

Walking along the road, you will soon reach a crossroads. This place is wider and there is a cement pool at the crossroads.

The sink is long and narrow with a row of faucets in the middle, making it very convenient to wash clothes and vegetables here.

There are separate faucets at both ends of the sink, and you can put a bucket underneath to get water.

This is much faster than drawing water from a well.

Su Ruanruan stared at the pool for a while, and suddenly thought of a question. She turned to Fu Wenjing and asked, "Didn't you say that the winter here is very cold? What if the water pipes are frozen in winter?"

"In the mornings of winter, every household would boil water, carry the hot water, and pour it over all the exposed water pipes to melt the ice inside!

We don’t have this kind of situation over there. You haven’t seen it, but you will be able to see it in winter. It’s quite interesting.”

Su Ruanruan had indeed never seen it before and could only imagine it in her mind.

The two of them kept talking and didn't stop.

It was past eight in the morning, but the compound was very quiet. They didn't run into anyone along the way.

Fu Wenjing explained that this was because all the men had gone to the army and the older children had gone to school.

Some of these women went to work, while others stayed at home doing the laundry and taking care of younger children, so there were not many people outside.

Forget about anything else, Su Runrun was just curious about what kind of classes those women took.

"Can the family members of the military go to work? What kind of work do they do?"

"There are military factories near the army, which process and produce soap, canned food, military coats and boots, and some medicines. Some of the workers are retired soldiers, and some are family members of the army. These things are basically not sold to the outside world, and are basically produced and sold by themselves.

If you also want to work, I can help you ask, but the factory doesn’t recruit workers all the time, so you may need to wait.”

Su Ruanruan originally asked out of curiosity, not necessarily to go to work, "Then ask, it doesn't matter even if there are no positions."

"Wife, you don't have to work. I can support you."

Fu Wenjing is not bragging.

Fu Wenjing is now the company commander of the third company, a regular company rank, with a salary of level 19, an allowance of eighty yuan per month, and a large number of various bills.

After receiving the allowance every month, Fu Wenjing would send thirty yuan to Wang Maoni, and would also give Wang Maoni a portion of the bills.

Even if there were only fifty yuan left and half of the tickets, Su Runrun and Fu Wenjing could still live a very comfortable life.

Su Ruanruan explained, "I know you can support me, but women hold up half the sky. I can't just sit around the stove. I still have to find something to do."

"Yes, yes, yes! Wife, you are right. You are a woman of the new era. I support you in whatever you want to do!"

Su Ruanruan then smiled with satisfaction.

Fu Wenjing is capable, can make money, treats her well, and is not a male chauvinist. There are not many good men like him.

The two men talked as they walked, and soon arrived at the gate of the compound.

The young soldier guarding the door obviously knew Fu Wenjing. When he saw Fu Wenjing, he saluted in a standard manner.

Fu Wenjing also returned a military salute, and then led Su Ruanruan out.

Just like Fu Wenjing said, there is a bus stop outside the military compound.

Although the bus stop sign is very simple, just a sign on a stick, it also serves as a symbol.

In the summer, the sun was already very dazzling at around eight o'clock in the morning, and there was no shelter around the bus stop, so Su Runruan could hardly open her eyes due to the sun.

Fortunately, after a short wait, a bus slowly drove over.

The car looked a bit shabby and weathered from the outside, and even more shabby inside.

But even though it’s shabby, it’s still a bus!

It’s great to have a car to ride instead of walking, why do you need a bicycle!

The tickets were also very cheap, only five cents per person and ten cents for two people.

There were not many people in the car, so the two found a seat and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, Fu Wenjing whispered, "I heard from Sister Niu that there is a monthly bus pass that costs six yuan a month and allows you to ride as much as you want."

Su Ruanruan raised her eyebrows. "Six yuan for a ride? If we charge a single trip, we would have to take the bus sixty times to get this price. We would have to take a round trip every day."

At this point, Su Ruanruan couldn't help laughing.

It's not like she has nothing to do, so why does she take the bus every day?

Fu Wenjing also laughed, "I didn't think much of it at first, but after you calculated it, it seems to be true. Then we won't buy the monthly ticket."

The bus went neither fast nor slow, and after thirty minutes we arrived at the town, also known as the People's Commune.

This place is quite large, with several crisscrossing main streets, a post office, a photo studio, a supply and marketing cooperative, a department store, and a state-owned restaurant.

The two of them didn't hang around, but went straight to the department store.

In this era, you need a ticket to buy anything, including oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

The salt in the department store is 1.6 cents per pound.

According to regulations, an adult can buy one catty and two ounces of salt per month, and the salt ticket also has the words "one catty and two ounces of salt ticket" written on it.

Fu Wenjing's salt coupons were always sent back to the Fu family in the past. These two salt coupons were just exchanged by him today.