Chapter 345 Educated Youth Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s (7)
After two sessions, Jiang Yue stopped playing the precognitive dream for Yao Ling. After all, one shouldn't become too obsessed with this thing. What if she took the dream as reality and couldn't get out of it? Jiang Yue's goal was simply to keep Yao Ling away from those two scumbags. She didn't want Yao Ling to be trapped in hatred for the rest of her life. As for Wang Zhi and Liu Xiaoyi, she just wanted them to stay away from harming others for the rest of their lives.
These two dreams had some effect; at least now Yao Ling avoids Wang Zhi's family members. Although she still has doubts, she clearly takes it much more seriously. After the snow stopped, the four of them prepared to go to the commune. They needed to exchange their money and coupons for supplies as soon as possible. Since they missed the oxcart to the commune, they had to walk there, their feet sinking into the deep water.
They set off early in the morning and didn't arrive at their destination until noon. After arriving at the commune, the group split up. Wang Liang and Zhang Wei went to buy grain, Yao Ling went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy other things, and Jiang Yue carried a basket on her back to the butcher shop to buy meat. She also wanted to buy some pork fat. Jiang Yue had specifically requested to buy the meat, which made it convenient for her to cheat.
After going to the butcher shop, Jiang Yue found that the pork fat was long gone. After spending all her meat coupons, she came out and put five catties of pork fat into her basket as she passed through a small alley. According to the yield of pork fat, it can produce four catties of lard, which is enough for them to eat for a long time. It can also be stored in winter.
The remaining pork cracklings could be used to make dumplings with sauerkraut and pork crackling filling. As for the meat, they couldn't bear to eat it; they could freeze it and eat it for several days. When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Yao Ling had already bought the goods and was waiting there. The two boys hadn't returned yet, but that was normal; there were much more people at the grain market.
"Xiaoyue, how's the meat shopping? Is there any left?"
"I bought some, but there's very little fat in them; it's mostly lean meat."
After saying that, she mysteriously picked up her basket and walked over to Yao Ling. She opened the lid of the basket for Yao Ling to see. When Yao Ling saw Jiang Yue's eyes, she looked around to make sure no one was there. She lifted the lid and took a peek. As soon as she saw it, Yao Ling's eyes lit up. She immediately closed the lid and looked around again.
"Xiaoyue, where did you get the pork fat? We don't have enough tickets, do we?"
"Hehe, after I came out of the butcher shop, I met someone who sold it to me, but the price was a bit higher than at the butcher shop. I saw that it had pork fat, so I bought some."
"Great, great, you made the right choice. The little bit of oil we bought wasn't enough. How much did you buy?"
"Five catties of pork fat can yield about four catties of oil, but unfortunately they only have five catties left. I originally wanted to buy more, and it won't spoil in winter."
"Don't be too greedy, this is enough for us to eat for a while."
"By the way, Sister Ling, have you bought everything you need?"
"I've bought everything, but I wonder how things are going with Zhang Wei and the others."
"Sister Ling, wait here. I'm going to the scrap yard to buy some newspapers to paste on the walls, so that dust doesn't fall on the kang every day."
"Wait, let's go together when Zhang Wei and the others come back. I'm worried about you going alone."
"OK."
Seeing what Sister Ling said, Jiang Yue didn't insist on going alone. It was cold, so the two of them huddled together, holding their baskets in front of them. After a while, Zhang Wei and Wang Liang returned. After putting down their baskets, they looked at them and found that there was less refined grain and more coarse grain. This made sense, as the group had specifically discussed exchanging some of the refined grain for coarse grain.
The two men were delighted to learn that Jiang Yue had bought pork fat and said they would reward her as a hero when they got back. They were about to give her the extra money on the spot, but Jiang Yue stopped them. What if someone stared at her when she took out money on the street? Let's wait until we get home.
I checked the supplies against the plan and made sure that nothing was left out. The plan was made at home, and it also included the contribution ratio for this purchase, who contributed what and how much it was worth. For example, Jiang Yue contributed meat coupons and money, with a total value of 5 yuan. The other three contributed different items, but the total value was also 5 yuan. Fairness and impartiality were the premise for the four of us to cooperate in a long-term way.
After taking stock of the supplies, they went to the scrap metal yard. At first, Jiang Yue thought she could find some bargains here when she came to the Era World, but later she realized that she was thinking too much. Hiding money in books or gold in cabinet legs was basically impossible. Good cabinets wouldn't be sold here, and as for the bad cabinets, wouldn't it be better to chop them up and use them for firewood? How much money could you get for them?
Forget about confiscating anything; they have special warehouses. Unless you hide it very well, even professionals won't be able to find it. Then it has to go through the hands of the junkyard staff, who also couldn't find it. Unless you have the mysterious intuition of the protagonist, or you have to put it in your spatial storage and sift through it one by one, it's very difficult to find.
The scrap yard was located in a remote area, with a tall shed covering the open space. After paying a dime and a few candies, Wang Liang was left to watch the items while the other three went in and headed straight for the books and newspapers. The three of them picked and chose some newspapers. They didn't just pick any newspapers; there were things they wanted to avoid. It was best to choose newspapers without pictures that were still being published locally, as these were generally less risky.
Other novel protagonists might come looking for sandalwood or agarwood, but Jiang Yue doesn't care about anything right now. There's plenty of good wood in her space, and she doesn't lack furniture at home. Well, it's not that she doesn't need furniture, but her house is so small that there's no space to put anything. Buying furniture would be too much of a hassle.
Actually, Jiang Yue really wanted to find a stove, as staying on the kang (heated brick bed) all day wasn't a good idea. But no one sells stoves. If one is cracked, you can patch it up with mud and keep using it. Basically, they won't sell a stove unless it's completely broken. After wandering around, she saw a pile of bones and a bunch of glass bottles, and then she walked to the scrap metal area.
Jiang Yue looked around and found nothing usable. The things she found were completely broken and basically beyond repair. However, she did find something useful, at least the kerosene lamp was worth repairing. If she could fix it, she would still be usable, so she picked it up.
Jiang Yue stopped searching after finding the kerosene lamp. After finding Yao Ling, she discovered that Yao Ling had found quite a few textbooks, including several volumes of the "Self-Study Series on Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry." It seemed that Yao Ling believed in the "precognitive dreams." Jiang Yue felt relieved, thinking that with her on guard, Liu Xiaoyi wouldn't be able to harm her anymore.
"Find a few books to read when you have free time. It's less likely to make mistakes if you're using textbooks," Yao Ling said subconsciously as she looked at the books Jiang Yue had chosen.
"Zhang Wei, have you found him?"
"Alright, let's go."
The three of them carried their things to the old man. The old man glanced at them, checked the newspaper and found nothing hidden inside. He calculated the price and told them they could leave after paying. They divided their things and stuffed them into their backpacks before heading home. The things were quite numerous and heavy, so they rested twice before finally arriving home, around five or six in the afternoon.
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