With money and coupons, they simply and openly swept through the supply and marketing cooperative, buying almost everything they could need, from clothing and food to housing and transportation. The cooperative was emptied by half, and the cooperative even helped them find a small horse-drawn cart to deliver the goods to an alley.
Jian Dan only just remembered that she's still a high school sophomore. But she can't learn much at school anymore. After thinking about it, since she's leaving anyway, she might as well go directly to her teacher to get her graduation certificate. Maybe she'll need it someday if she works hard.
The original owner was a studious child. Although she had a bit of a spoiled princess attitude, she had good grades and was well-liked by her teachers. When she heard that she had dropped out of school, her teachers were very sorry.
She went home, slept soundly, changed her dressing, and on her way back, she ran into Chen Hongjun, who had come looking for her.
"Uncle Chen, you're here!"
Chen Hongjun felt a tightness in his chest. Fortunately, the child knew how to resist, otherwise things would have been much worse. He interrogated him overnight and learned about the Lin family's plan.
They had frequent interactions with the Jian family and always felt that the Jian family's wealth was not so simple, and that they must have some backup plans. They were unwilling to give up just like that.
If it were someone else, they might just get married naturally and then naturally win her over. But he insisted on doing the opposite. He would break off the engagement first, leaving Jian Dan helpless and alone. Then, when Jian Dan was desperate, they would step in and become her lifeline. This way, they wouldn't even have to marry her, and they could still get the Lin family's wealth.
It can only be said that some people's thought processes are incomprehensible to normal people. Lin Tiesheng is still clamoring that the Jian family is hiding something.
Chen Hongjun was initially annoyed that Jian Dan was unwilling to go to the countryside, but now it seems that the boy is very insightful. He's only just begun, and the people around him can't help but speak up.
Considering the current atmosphere outside, let's just go to the countryside; at least it'll be quieter.
"Dandan, you should go to the countryside. You're right, it's not safe in the city anymore."
"The Lin family will receive the punishment they deserve. As for these two jobs, your uncle will return them to you. What are your plans?"
"Uncle, I've completed the formalities for going to the countryside and I'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon. There's something I need to trouble you with. You know those two courtyards in the East District; they've been empty for several years. I don't know when I'll be able to come back. Could you please help me find someone to take care of them?"
The main thing is, these are the only two courtyards I have left, so they're something to cherish, aren't they?
The family housing here was allocated by the factory. Now that Su Wenqing is no longer here, Jian Dan will have to move out sooner or later to make room for others.
Chen Hongjun and the union director exchanged a helpless glance, knowing that these were the truth.
They say they're finding someone to take care of this yard, but isn't that just letting people move in? Anyone would think that's a windfall.
"Okay, I'll find you two clean places. I'll wire you the rent every three months. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any losses."
She doesn't care about simplicity; she'll have to clean it all up again whenever someone else has stayed there.
"Uncle, what do you have to worry about? I certainly won't need this job myself,"
As she spoke, she adopted a shy expression.
"However, I have an older sister who is very good to me. I wanted to ask if she needs anything, is that alright, Uncle Chen?"
Chen Hongjun was very pleased.
"You child, this is yours, you decide what to do with it."
"No, no, Uncle, I'll go ask about it in a bit. I'll have to trouble you with the other one."
These jobs are all one-person-one-position, and 95% of them are passed down from father to son. Chen Hongjun understood that this was a favor being done for him.
As for that, the only person who showed kindness to Jian Dan was Zhu Yan, and Jian Dan naturally had to repay this favor to her. Jian Dan is still unaware that the two tickets from yesterday have filled both families with gratitude towards her, and they are now busy finding cotton for her.
When Zhu Yan stumbled into the state-run restaurant, she was immediately startled and quickly came out to greet her.
"Sister, would you like a job at the steel mill?"
Zhu Yan was immediately knocked unconscious.
From the time she arrived to the time she left, it took a total of four days. On the afternoon of the second day, Jian Dan boarded a train heading north. There was another person traveling with her, who was full of enthusiasm. No matter what her parents said, they couldn't persuade him. Jian Dan kept her distance from him. This kind of person was impervious to reason. She wanted to stay in the countryside to relax.
He carried several bags, one of which contained the things he had prepared himself, which were placed in two bags.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yan also sent two quilts and two pairs of cotton shoes. She did that job as a favor, but it was a normal transaction and she got paid for it. Zhu Yan's family is also very sentimental. Both families are well-off and have plenty of money. After discussing it, the husband's family and the wife's family decided that nothing else was practical, so each family contributed a quilt and a pair of cotton shoes.
The same was true for Chen Hongjun; the rent for the first three months was also delivered to her.
There weren't many people on the train. Not only was Beijing suffering from drought, but food was scarce everywhere, and the poor couldn't even afford to leave their homes. Once seated, she finally relaxed, leaning back and reflecting on the past few days.
Having just arrived, and immediately finding herself in that chaotic period, coupled with her sensitive identity, she decided to be timid. All she wanted was to live a good life. Under the emperor's nose, she was sensitive and special. If she encountered any radicals, she could easily become a role model. It would be better to go to the vast countryside. As the saying goes, "the mountains are high and the emperor is far away." Although she couldn't be a carefree young lady like in her previous life, at least she wouldn't have to restrain herself like she did now.
She brought almost everything from her home with her, since she was going to return it to the factory anyway. She didn't care about those things; they were all traces left by the original owner's parents, so she just kept them as a memento.
The green train rattled and swayed for three days, and she rested in a half-asleep state. On the fourth day at noon, after a three-hour delay, she finally arrived safely at her destination, Anji County, Linbei Province.
Of course, this is not the end. The end is Liujiatun, Xiangyang Commune, below Anji County, a small mountain village where you can see the border just by looking up.
Probably due to the delay, she didn't see anyone waiting for her when she exited the station with her bags and suitcase. The weather was neither too hot nor too cold, so she wasn't in a hurry. She found a spot to sit on her bags and rested.
The station was also poor, with farmland right across the street, but the crops were barely alive, and occasionally you could see a few old farmers sighing and muttering that God was not giving them a way to survive.
They still held onto hope, knowing simply that the next few years would be an extreme reliance on the weather. Although it was said to be three years, it actually started in 1958 and lasted intermittently until the autumn of 1962. Now, it was only the beginning.
She didn't want to use the word "pity." Although she was a wealthy young lady who spent money like water, she wasn't a naive and clueless girl who didn't know the value of daily life. In that era full of machines, farmers and rural areas were the envy of everyone. But now, farmers are really suffering.
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