"Then I'll treat you to a meal," Yun Qiao said. "This is all my fault. It's the way friends should interact. Sister Xiaoping, don't refuse."
Gao Xiaoping is generous and frank, treats people sincerely, and is always filled with joy when she speaks. Yun Qiao likes talking to her. After all, who doesn't like to be friends with someone who is like the little sun!
After making an appointment with Gao Xiaoping to have dinner together another day, Yun Qiao left the grocery store with the cloth in his arms.
The three rolls of cloth were so heavy and eye-catching that Yun Qiao simply found a secluded corner where no one was around, threw the cloth into the space, and felt relieved.
Unfortunately, her space is too small to hold too many things.
After getting the cloth, Yun Qiao went to the street youth cadre office and collected her certificate for going to the countryside and other things.
The place where the educated youth registered and received their belongings was not the same place. They were received in a separate room next to the hall.
The receptionist at the office looked at Yun Qiao's household registration booklet, confirmed her identity information, and then handed her a red paper notice for educated youth going to the countryside and a collective bus pass.
The notice was printed with the highest directive, which read: "Be vigilant and defend the motherland. Prepare for war, prepare for famine, and serve the people."
Below it was a note saying, "Comrade Ye Yunqiao, you have actively responded to the great call of the nation, persisted in the revolutionary path of going to the countryside and mountains, and aiding the frontier. You have now been honored to be approved to settle at Jiayu 58 Farm in Songjiang Province." It also included some words of encouragement and a red seal from the Office of Going to the Countryside and Mountains.
There is a small print at the very bottom, which prints the departure and check-in time, as well as some notes.
It was reminded that the educated youth who went to the countryside must complete the transfer of their organizational relations and grain and oil household registration before leaving Shanghai.
The collective bus pass is a piece of paper about the same size as a train ticket. On the front is written 'Collective Bus Pass for Shanghai Educated Youth Going to the Countryside', and on the back are the train number, carriage, and the departure and arrival times of the train.
Yun Qiao took a look and saw that the departure time was seven o'clock in the morning five days later. After that, the educated youth would have to sit on the train for two days and two nights, and would arrive at noon on the third day.
The train number was directly written as the special train for educated youth from Shanghai to Harbin, the carriage was 06, and the seat number was not written.
Even though Yun Qiao was well prepared, he was still somewhat discouraged when he saw the ticket without a seat printed on it.
Standing for three days straight, who can stand this? Even an iron man can’t handle it!
She couldn't help but ask, "Comrade, why is there no seat number printed on my ticket?"
The receptionist glanced at her ticket and replied, "A ticket without a seat number is a standing ticket."
Yun Qiao gritted his teeth and asked shamelessly, "Then... can you give me another seat?"
"You can't change it. Standing and seated tickets are distributed randomly, and whoever gets it takes turns. If everyone is like you and doesn't want a standing ticket, then do I still have this job?"
The receptionist said calmly, "If you want to sit, go to the train station and buy a ticket yourself."
Yun Qiao didn't say anything more, but just thought regretfully: I didn't save the money for the train ticket at all.
The receptionist said as usual, "Please keep this notice and don't lose it. This is your proof of going to the countryside. It will be used to apply for household registration and transfer of grain and oil relations. Once you arrive at the place where you are going to the countryside, the local authorities will also need this certificate to handle the acceptance procedures. As for the train ticket, it's up to you. If you don't want to, you don't have to buy a ticket. But you can't miss the registration time, otherwise you will bear the consequences."
"In addition, with the notice to go to the countryside, I can go to the supermarket to buy two pairs of labor protection gloves, a pair of Jiefang rubber shoes, and a two-jin cotton quilt."
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