Chapter 33 Leaving (I)
The next morning, Lu Xiaoxiao woke up when Liu Xiaofeng was folding the quilt. She saw that it was already dawn outside the window and knew it was getting late, so she quickly got up, put on her clothes, and folded the quilt.
After breakfast, Wang Gang helped her move all her things to the courtyard. From today on, she lived in her own home.
After bringing the things to the courtyard, Lu Xiaoxiao did not sort them out, but locked the door and went back to the captain's house with Wang Gang. On the way, Lu Xiaoxiao told Wang Gang that she wanted to go to the county with him to buy some things, and that she had to go and collect this month's subsidy.
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, Wang Gang nodded in agreement.
Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that her family was still short of a pot, so she said to Wang Gang: Uncle Wang, do you know where in the county I can buy an iron pot and a small stove that can burn firewood?
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, Wang Gang thought for a while and said, "There might be one place that has it. I'll go check it out when I get to the county town. If it's there, I'll buy it. If not, I'll have to buy it in the city and send it to you."
After hearing what Wang Gang said, Lu Xiaoxiao was sure that he was going to the black market to buy a pot, but she could only pretend that she knew nothing. She didn't dare to say that she knew about the black market and had been to the black market.
After Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the captain's house, she saw that it was still Uncle Liu who drove the ox cart to the county town this time, and it was Liu's second brother who accompanied Liu Xiaofeng.
After Liu Xiaofeng put all the things on the ox cart, everyone got on. When they arrived at the village entrance, Lu Xiaoxiao saw several educated youth waiting there. It seemed that they were also going to the county town. By the way, she hadn't seen them since she left the educated youth point that time.
After they got on the ox cart, Lu Xiaoxiao found that in addition to the five people who came with her, there were three old educated youth. When they saw her looking at them, they nodded at her. Seeing this, Lu Xiaoxiao also nodded at them.
With the experience of riding the ox cart last time, Lu Xiaoxiao wore two pairs of warm autumn trousers this time, and two pairs of socks and tied the legs of the autumn trousers tightly with the socks. Although this cannot completely prevent the wind from getting in, it is much better than the first time.
Those female educated youth were no longer wearing skirts. They all wore cotton pants obediently. They were probably too cold last time.
There was no heavy snow in the past few days and the road was relatively easy to walk on. We soon arrived at the county town. After getting off the ox cart, Uncle Liu said that we would gather here at 2 pm to go back. If we were late, we would have to find a way to go back by ourselves.
Wang Gang asked Liu Xiaofeng and Liu's second brother to wait in the ox cart for a while while he took her to do something.
Lu Xiaoxiao first went to the post office to collect the subsidy, and then she sent a telegram to tell Zhang De that everything was fine on her side.
After Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the post office, Wang Gang took her certificate to the counter and asked her to tell the comrades at the post office that she would come to collect the subsidy every month.
After receiving the subsidy, Lu Xiaoxiao went to the other side to send a telegram. It was an expedited message, and it cost 1.2 cents per word. At first, she thought sending a telegram was the same as sending a text message, so she told the comrade who sent the telegram: "I have arrived at Tianshui Village, and everything is fine. Don't worry, Uncle Zhang, I will go back to see you when I have time."
After saying this, she also sighed and said that sending a telegram is much more expensive than sending a text message. Text messages only cost one cent each, but this one costs several dollars now.
Before she could feel sorry for the few dollars, she heard the comrade say 72 cents.
What, how much did he say just now, 72 cents? Isn't it 1.2 cents per word? She just said a lot of words, how could it be only 72 cents.
Lu Xiaoxiao glanced at the paper he was going to send the telegram on. Wow, there were only six words on it: "Don't miss me until you are safe." Is this how a telegram is sent? Are you sure the other party can understand it?
Seeing that the telegram had been sent, Lu Xiaoxiao had no choice but to pay. Since he sent it this way, Zhang De should be able to understand it. This was the only way she could comfort herself now. However, she didn't know how others sent telegrams. Many people only sent one or two words in their telegrams, so hers was already considered a lot.
(End of this chapter)
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