After walking along the street for a while, Du Jiang suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "How could I have forgotten about this?"
Du Jiang suddenly remembered something and quickly turned around and walked towards the street he had just walked. After turning a few times, he finally found the post office.
As soon as he entered, Du Jiang walked to the counter and explained his purpose. "Hello, I am an educated youth from Dujia Village. I would like to ask if there is any letter from Du Jiang."
Upon hearing this, the postman quickly stood up and took out a bunch of letters from a corner behind the counter. He found the letter from Du Jiang and handed it to Du Jiang. "Your Dujia Village is far away. I was planning to send you a letter tomorrow, but who knew you'd come today? You are Du Jiang, right? Do you have any identification?"
Du Jiang quickly took out his food certificate and ID from his pocket and handed them to the delivery boy. The boy carefully checked them before returning them to Du Jiang. "Please keep your ID. Here is your package. Please wait a moment."
Then he turned and went into the inner room. After a while, he brought out a package half a person's height and placed it on the counter. "This is yours. Can you take it? Is there anyone else who can come with you?"
Looking at the half-man-high package in front of him, Du Jiang tried and luckily, he was able to take it all. He immediately held the package in his arms with great effort and tilted his head to thank the delivery boy. "Thank you, comrade. Also, I want to ask, do I need to come to the town to deliver the mail? Or do you go to the village?"
"It's possible to go there, but I'm not sure. If there's no letter, I basically won't go there." Du Jiang nodded at the postman's words, "Okay, I understand. Thank you, goodbye."
Then she walked out of the post office slowly with the package in her arms, looked up at the sun in the sky. Du Jiang did not go straight to the state-owned hotel, but walked along the remote and sparsely populated alleys for a few circles, and then turned into a public toilet. When she came out again, the package had shrunk by two-thirds. Du Jiang, who was carrying the small package, breathed a sigh of relief, put the remaining things in the backpack, and then found the right direction and walked towards the state-owned hotel.
Today's state-owned restaurant is simply a gathering place for educated youth. Before entering Du Jiang, you can hear dialects from all over the country. Looking at the long line at the door and all kinds of men and women, well, it seems that the educated youth from the nearby villages have chosen to come out today.
But the line was too long, almost reaching the end of the street. Just as Du Jiang was hesitating whether to queue, the door of the state-owned restaurant was pushed open from the inside. Seeing Qian Meili sticking her head out of the door, Du Jiang ran up to her in surprise, "Sister Qian, you're here."
"I'm here, waiting for you." Knowing that Du Jiang was outside, Qian Meili was curious about the reason why he was late, but she suppressed her curiosity and didn't ask in front of everyone.
After Du Jiang followed Qian Meili in, they found that the meals were already being prepared at several tables on the first floor, while Huo Yang and his group were seated closest to the wall. The tables were not big, a small square table for seven people, which was a bit crowded. Fortunately, people were mostly thin nowadays, so it was not a big deal.
After Du Jiang sat down, he found that everyone had a package in their hands or at their feet. He immediately understood that everyone seemed to have received a package, but the sizes of the packages were different. Huo Yang's was the largest. It was placed against the wall and was as tall as Huo Yang when he sat down. It was even slightly taller than him. You know, Huo Yang was 1.9 meters tall.
"Let's order," Huo Yang said, acting like an older brother as always. Everyone stood up and went to the front desk to order food. Du Jiang also ordered a bowl of shredded pork noodles to satisfy his craving.
When the meal came, looking at the huge bowl in front of him, Du Jiang had a full understanding of the quantity of food in state-owned restaurants.
"I ordered a fish, a braised pork and a plate of spicy and sour potato shreds. Let's eat together," Huo Yang, who ordered the dishes last, brought over three servings of dishes and a large bowl of shredded pork noodles.
Looking at the fish that filled the entire plate, weighing nearly two or three pounds, not only Du Jiang, but everyone else hesitated and said, "This is not good."
"Eat," Huo Yang said briefly and put the food in the middle of the table.
Seeing Huo Yang's actions, Xu Zhizhou, He Jiefang and Qian Meili, who also ordered dishes and rice, pushed their meals forward.
Xu Zhizhou: "Let's eat together."
He Jiefang: "Listen to Brother Huo, we are all family, why be polite? Come back next month and we will switch the order so that everyone can eat it."
Qian Meili looked at Du Jiang and said, "Du Jiang, give me some of your noodles and I'll give you some rice."
Looking at the crystal rice in Qian Meili's bowl, Du Jiang swallowed shamefully, "Okay, thank you, Sister Qian."
"Don't be polite. We are the only two girls in the educated youth camp. Although we have different surnames, we are like sisters since we are together." I have to say that Qian Meili has a really cheerful personality. While talking, she turned the chopsticks over and quickly put a few chopsticks of rice into Du Jiang's bowl, and Du Jiang quickly picked up the noodles.
The only three people at the table who didn't order any food were Du Jiang, Li Hongjun and Bai Yongjun. No one knew what the other two felt after the meal, but Du Jiang felt very embarrassed. After he had eaten and drunk his fill, he bent down to pick up the package and took out the half pound of White Rabbit milk candy that he had just put on the shelf, and handed a few to each of them.
No one refused the White Rabbit milk candy given by Du Jiang. After all, it was really tempting, and they were just teenagers.
Looking at the candies held by everyone, Du Jiang breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they accepted them, otherwise she would have always felt guilty.
"Let's go," Huo Yang led the way, carrying the package. After walking a long way out of the state-owned restaurant, Huo Yang stopped and turned to look at Du Jiang and the others. "I'm going to the scrap yard to see if I can buy some newspapers or something. Winter is coming soon, and the walls in the house are dusty and need to be covered. The windows are also drafty. Who of you will go? If there is no one, you should come back with us. Don't act alone. After all, we are unfamiliar with the place."
Hearing that Huo Yang was going to the scrap yard, Du Jiang quickly raised his hand like he was at school, "Brother Huo, can you take me with you? I want to see if there are any textbooks or something. I'm so bored after work, I want to find some old notebooks or something to practice calligraphy."
"And me, and me too. I'll find some newspapers too. My end is close to the window, and the wind was blowing in when it rained last time." Qian Meili also raised her hand.
Seeing that the two girls at the Youth Corps were about to follow Huo Yang, the others looked at each other. Finally, Xu Zhizhou, the second-in-command of the Youth Corps, spoke up, "Then let's go too. We came out together and should go back to Du together. Besides, I think what Du Jiang said is quite right. We don't have much to do after work, and there will probably be even less work in winter. It's not bad to read a book to kill time."
Huo Yang nodded, "Then let's go together."
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