Although she didn't know how long she would stay here, Lin Ying still planned to tidy up the place. Putting everything else aside, it was at least a return gift for Zhao Si's help.
Thinking this way, Lin Ying was instantly full of energy.
She saw that Li Yue'e next door was planting vegetables, so she decided to start planting some too.
Lin Ying learned from her son's memories that the whole country was very poor and many people couldn't afford to eat. Anyone with a vegetable garden would try to grow vegetables.
Lin Ying doesn't know how to grow vegetables, but she knows how to grow medicinal herbs; her grandfather taught her.
Lin Ying just didn't expect things to be so difficult at the beginning.
Zhao Si's family didn't have a hoe, or any tools at all. Lin Ying wanted to cultivate a vegetable garden but didn't have any tools either.
Helpless, Lin Ying could only go to the drawer Zhao Si had mentioned to look for the money notes. Then she took the money notes to the supply and marketing cooperative he had mentioned.
Although it was called a supply and marketing cooperative, it was actually just an adobe house like everyone else's. The roofs were made of thatch and yellow mud.
There's a wooden sign at the entrance that says "Military Family Supply and Marketing Cooperative".
Lin Ying had never been to the supply and marketing cooperative; she used to buy things at the Friendship Store. After things got chaotic, her grandfather forbade her to go out, so she never went out again.
This was her first time visiting the supply and marketing cooperative.
Lin Ying felt like it was a game of children playing house. There wasn't much stuff inside.
After Lin Ying went inside, she subconsciously looked for what she wanted. Because she didn't speak, the sales staff who were waiting there were somewhat speechless.
"Concerned about the lives of the people, comrade, what would you like to buy?"
Lin Ying was taken aback for a moment before realizing the characteristic of this era: you had to memorize quotations before doing anything. Of course, this only happened at the supply and marketing cooperative and other special occasions; it didn't happen in casual conversation.
For example, Li Yue'e wouldn't do that.
For the first time, Lin Ying felt that pretending to be mute wasn't such a bad thing.
So she picked up the Little Red Book and held it in front of her, then took out a note she had written herself: "Sorry, I'm sick and can't speak."
Then he pointed to the small hoe, shovel head, and machete he had just seen.
The sales clerk could read. Seeing Lin Ying's handwriting, he didn't make things difficult for her, but instead gave her what she wanted: "Serve the people, comrade. Five yuan for the machete, four yuan for the hoe, five yuan for the shovel, fourteen yuan in total, plus three industrial coupons."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ying quickly took out money from her pocket, then found a large pile of tickets, from which she found three industrial coupons.
The saleswoman standing nearby initially felt sorry for Lin Ying because she couldn't speak, but when she saw Lin Ying pull out a large handful of ten-yuan notes and a bunch of various other coupons from her pocket, she could only feel envy.
These days, who can save up so many cash coupons?
Lin Ying was very happy to have bought these, but then she realized that she probably didn't grow any at home. So, she immediately thought of something, wrote the words "vegetable seeds" in her notebook, held up the Little Red Book, and showed her writing to the salesperson.
The saleswoman hesitated, and for the first time, she felt a pang of envy for the mute.
If someone can't speak properly, you can't expect them to memorize quotations.
“We all come from all over the country, comrade. We don’t have any vegetable seeds here, but I have some extra at home. I’ll share some with you. Wait a moment, I’ll ask someone to watch over things for a while and then I’ll go to my house to get some for you.”
Before Lin Ying could react, the salesperson left.
Soon, another woman came in and looked around.
From Mo Zi's memories, Lin Ying knew that the people here were very hospitable and warm-hearted, but she didn't expect that they were already like this at this time.
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