Chapter 85 The Life of a Sent-Down Youth in the 1970s (4)



Tang Baozhu really wanted to spit in Liu Chunhua's face. How could she take shamelessness for granted?

She glanced again at Tang Baoguo, who was eating silently beside her. The original owner's brother really acted as if he didn't know anything. He was indifferent to the fact that his own sister's job had been taken away. How could there be such a person?

She wanted to test the original owner's father again to see if he truly cared for this daughter before deciding on her future attitude towards him. "Dad, I don't want to go to the countryside. Please help me. My sister is much healthier than me."

Just as Tang Dawei was about to say something, he felt his foot being stepped on and a hand twisting his waist, making him wince in pain.

“Baozhu, listen to me. Your sister’s health is so bad. Give her your job and ask her to send you five yuan every month. That way, your life will be a little easier.”

Tang Baozhu was already fully aware of their actions. Since her father had said so, she would just pretend that he didn't exist from now on.

As for giving themselves five yuan a month, that's wishful thinking. How could such selfish people possibly send themselves five yuan?

Tang Baozhu remained silent and stopped speaking. When others saw that she was not speaking, they assumed that she had agreed to go to the countryside in place of Tang Zhenzhu.

Actually, she was so uncomfortable from the food she was eating that she didn't want to talk.

After finishing her meal, Tang Baozhu picked up the bowls and went to the kitchen to wash them. When she returned, her stepmother, Liu Chunhua, was waiting for her in the living room.

“Baozhu, don’t blame Aunt Liu for being so heartless. It’s your own fault for not being born into this world. Here are ten yuan and some daily necessities coupons. Take some time tomorrow to buy the things and take them to the rural area. I’ve done my best as your aunt.”

Tang Baozhu would never refuse; ten yuan was not a small amount for someone who only earned twenty or thirty yuan a month in this era.

Anyway, the stepmother's plan was bound to come to nothing. As for the job, she had already asked Gu Xue to help her sell it. If she wanted to keep thinking about the job, she could dream on!

Since I'm going to the countryside, Tang Zhenzhu must go with me. I suppose we won't be going at the same time, and we probably won't be assigned to the same place.

In the days that followed, Tang Baozhu went to the supply and marketing cooperative, used up her daily necessities coupons, and bought daily necessities such as toothpaste, toothbrush, and towels.

Then, I took some time to hand over the work to the person introduced by Gu Xue's mother. Since I was a formal employee who passed the exam, the job paid 500 yuan. Perhaps it was because of Gu Xue's mother that they gave me that much. They also gave me three cloth coupons and ten industrial vouchers.

Because cloth coupons and industrial coupons were subject to regional restrictions, Tang Baozhu simply used them to buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative. She used the industrial coupons to buy a lunchbox and a military water bottle. Although she had other lunchboxes and water bottles in her own space, she didn't actually have any lunchboxes or water bottles from this era.

Then the ten industrial coupons were gone. Both of these were essential. As for the cloth coupons, she simply bought fabric, mostly coarse cloth. She had heard that in the rural areas, everyone lived in one room, so she could use coarse cloth to make a curtain, which would provide a private space.

Now the whole family is just waiting for Tang Baozhu to go to the countryside so that Tang Zhenzhu can take over her job. They have no idea that the job has already been sold.

On the day Tang Baozhu was to go to the countryside, her family acted as if nothing was wrong; no one was home except for her.

Tang Zhenzhu was quite pleased with herself, thinking that she would be a paid worker starting tomorrow. Since she didn't want to see Tang Baozhu go to the countryside, she went to show off to her girlfriends.

Tang Baozhu felt it was too painful to leave like this. She really wanted to rob them of all their money, but she hadn't given them her job. In this life, they hadn't really taken advantage of her much.

Since she wasn't going to take their money, she decided to check the kitchen to see what good stuff they had. In the end, she took about ten eggs, five or six pounds of flour, and even a small piece of cured meat, about half a pound. As for the coarse grains, she didn't take them; they were just too unpalatable.

As she left, she ran into some acquaintances on the road. Everyone knew she was going to the countryside. Regardless of whether they had previously disliked Liu Chunhua, her stepmother, they all greeted her with smiles.

They turned around and said how pitiful the little girl was, that her biological father didn't love her, her brother didn't care for her, and her stepmother tormented her.

Tang Baozhu slowly walked away, listening to the increasingly faint sounds behind her, completely unconcerned, since she wouldn't be coming back anyway.

When he arrived at the train station, he used his rural resettlement certificate to exchange for a train ticket from the staff, and waited quietly on the side with the other people who were also going to the countryside.

Since the train station hadn't arrived yet, Tang Baozhu looked around to see if there were any familiar faces from her past life.

Unexpectedly, she actually saw an acquaintance, Xu Man, who was also the culprit who pushed the original owner into the mad cow.

At this moment, looking at her innocent and carefree demeanor as she talked to the people next to her, you couldn't tell at all that she had pushed the little girl and caused a mad cow.

Tang Baozhu planned to keep a close eye on her to see if she was sent to the countryside in the same place as her. If not, it would mean she had mistaken her for someone else. But if they were sent to the same place, it would mean she had not mistaken her for someone else.

Then I need to settle accounts with her properly, and before I encounter the mad bull, I also need to calculate some interest with her.

Xu Man was talking to her good friend who was also going to the countryside when she felt a strong gaze coming from the side. She looked up and looked around, but couldn't find who was staring at her, so she looked down.

Fortunately, the train to the countryside was on time and arrived on schedule. Tang Baozhu looked at the destination on the train ticket again. Just thinking about going to such a cold place made her feel a little scared. She took a deep breath and followed the flow of people into the train.

Find your seat on the train ticket. There are six seats facing each other in the carriage, which are relatively close together.

Tang Baozhu found a seat by the window and sat down. Two men were sitting opposite her. She nodded to them as a greeting. There were still three seats available, but they would be filled soon.

I didn't see Xu Man, and I didn't know where she was, but as long as we got off at the same place, we would run into each other sooner or later.

Soon, the remaining three seats were also occupied. We were quite lucky; the two seats next to us were occupied by women, and the remaining seat opposite us was occupied by a man.

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