Chapter 83 Bathhouse
Wei Xing held Yun Qiao's hand and said sincerely, "Yun Qiao, you didn't charge us any money and helped us make frostbite cream for free. It's only natural for us to treat you to a meal. Don't feel embarrassed."
The others nodded as well. "Yes, yes, you've already made the ointment for us for free. This is something you can't buy with any money outside. It's just a meal, and we should treat you."
"We're just returning the favor!"
"Yes, yes, Yun Qiao, please put your purse back quickly. Giving us money will make you look distant."
After hearing what they said, Yun Qiao simply put the purse back and said, "In that case, I will be disrespectful to refuse it."
After leaving the state-owned restaurant, the four old educated youth took Yun Qiao and the other three new educated youth on a tour around the Dongfanghong Commune to familiarize themselves with the environment. This way, even if they came alone next time, they would not be afraid of getting lost.
After a round of shopping, everyone bought a lot of things.
The company didn't have many holidays, sometimes only one day a month, so during their visit to the commune, they basically bought everything they could.
Although the company supply and marketing cooperative also sold things, the variety was limited and incomplete, which did not arouse people's desire to buy. The commune's non-staple food department had more things, and people wanted to buy everything they saw. In the end, they couldn't help but spend all the cake and candy tickets they were given.
After they had almost digested the food, Yun Qiao and the others went into the bathhouse.
The entrance leads to a large hall with a red square of paper taped to the wall. It read, "Valuables, please leave them in the safe. If you refuse to do so, you will be responsible for the consequences." To the left is the counter, and to the right are shoe cabinets and a row of benches for changing shoes.
It costs two yuan per person to take a bath. Yun Qiao and the others paid the money, and the waiter handed them each a bath ticket. Only those with the bath ticket could enter the bathing pool.
Then he asked them if they had any valuables that needed to be kept at the counter. If not, they could go to the right and change into flip-flops.
When you enter the public school women's bathroom, there is a row of small beds as soon as you enter the door. Everyone has to take off their clothes here and only enter the bathing pool when they are completely naked.
The reason why the commune's bathhouse was called a bathhouse was because there really was a "bathhouse".
There were no showers, only two large tiled pools. Everyone stripped naked and soaked in one pool, like dumplings being dumped into a pot.
Yun Qiao was from the south and had never seen such a scene.
Wrapped in a woolen blanket, he stopped at the door of the bathing pool and was reluctant to step down.
Seeing this, Chen Fengxia couldn't help but laugh: "Yun Qiao, don't be afraid. Everyone has been through this. I didn't mind it when I first came here either."
Wei Xing also said, "It's okay, come down quickly. Everyone is the same, no one will pay special attention to you. On the contrary, if you keep being shy like this, you will attract people to stare at you non-stop."
Yun Qiao couldn't bring himself to take a step forward.
It's not because it's uncomfortable to take off all the clothes, but just thinking about so many people soaking in one big pool is... very unhygienic.
She just couldn't accept it anyway.
It's okay if you meet a group of healthy people, but if you are unlucky, you may meet someone with a disease, no matter it is a skin disease or a gynecological disease. If you are unlucky enough to be infected, you will suffer in the end.
Yun Qiao's job doesn't allow her to take this risk.
Chen Fengxia saw what Yun Qiao was thinking and advised her, "Yun Qiao, this is the condition of our commune. If you can't accept it, you can't go a whole winter without washing, right? You'll be scratched to death by the thorns."
Although she said so, if she really jumped into the pond, she really couldn't jump out.
I just can't accept it, there's nothing I can do about it.
In the end, except for her and Zheng Wenjing, everyone else went into the pool.
Yun Qiao and Zheng Wenjing found a spot at the edge of a pool with few people around. They used the separate flushing pipe after scrubbing the bath to pour water on each other, rubbed the mud off, and just took a bath like that.
Of course, even if you just take a bath, it is still a bath.
I still feel refreshed after washing.
After taking a shower, it was almost three o'clock.
They rushed to the field office carrying large and small bags, first went to the hospital to pick up the powdered medicinal materials, and then went into the waiting hall of the bus station to wait for the bus.
While waiting for the bus, Yun Qiao stopped by the ticket counter and asked the conductor, "Excuse me, I'd like to ask, is there a bus from here to Farm 52?"
Ticket seller: "Yes. There are two trains a day, at 8am and 2pm."
Yun Qiao asked, "How much is a ticket? Is it on time?"
"Tickets are 20 cents in the morning and 30 cents in the afternoon. They're usually on time, never more than ten minutes late."
“Why are the prices still different?”
"That ten cents is a subsidy for the driver. The afternoon bus doesn't leave from our station," the salesperson explained. "The 8 a.m. bus leaves from our station, and the driver is a station employee, so it's cheaper. The other bus leaves from the 52 Farm Bus Station and returns to 52 Farm from here at 2 p.m., so the driver needs a subsidy. It's the same with 52 Farm. You'll know once you take it."
Yun Qiao nodded, indicating that he understood: "Oh, that's right. Thank you."
The salesperson said, "If you're here, please note the time in advance. There are no buses today."
"Tuo."
Leaving the ticket window, Yun Qiao thought that he probably wouldn't have the chance to visit his uncle's family at Farm 52 for a while.
The distance is too far, and it is impossible to run back and forth in a day.
She could only take advantage of her two-day holiday, or simply ask for leave. In this way, she would take a bus from the regiment headquarters to the farm headquarters early in the morning, then take the 2 pm bus to Farm 52, and return the next day.
Unless you take He Tingjun's private car like last time, there is no way.
But it is not so easy to get a special car. He Tingjun doesn't know how much it will cost to borrow a car. She is not related to him, so she can't ask him to ask the army for help because of her personal matters.
Yun Qiao sighed.
She had thought too simply, thinking that once she arrived in the Great Northern Wilderness, she would be able to see her uncle's family often. She hadn't expected it to be so difficult. It was only a little further away than in Shanghai.
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