The Chinese New Year was ten days away, and there were many people coming and going in the commune. There was still some time before the bus arrived, so Tang Zhan took Wen Guoer to the state-owned restaurant.
The state-owned restaurant in the commune was less than 50 square meters in size, with several square tables with worn paint. The waiters wore white hats and white cuffs on their sleeves. There was a small blackboard hanging at the ordering counter, which listed the meals served in the morning. In that era, food was in short supply, and only two items were served for breakfast.
Meat buns, 6 cents each, 1 tael of grain coupons; shredded pork noodles, 30 cents per bowl, 2 taels of grain coupons.
Tang Zhan found a seat for Wen Guoer and ordered four meat buns and two bowls of shredded pork noodles to the table.
Wen Guoer ate a meat bun and a bowl of noodles. It tasted pretty good. In this era, the ingredients are all natural and pollution-free, without genetic modification or catalysts...
After they finished eating, they came out just in time to catch the bus to the county town.
It was a not-so-pleasant journey. The train was packed with people, and a few latecomers were standing in the aisle between the seats, with packages piled up at their feet. There were even a few middle-aged women carrying live chickens and ducks. The whole train car smelled incredibly sour.
Seeing that she was uncomfortable, Tang Zhan let her lean on him to rest. After two hours of suffering, they finally reached their destination.
He first went to the local armed forces department with Tang Zhan. After coming out of the armed forces department, Tang Zhan took him to the department store.
This was the first time Wen Guoer had visited the department store here in her past and present life.
A white two-story building with a combined area of 500 square meters. The first floor sells stationery and some small sundries, while the second floor sells textiles, shoes, hats, watches, etc.
Wen Guoer had a general understanding of the things circulating in this era, but she had no desire to consume at all.
Tang Zhan thought she was reluctant to spend money, so he took her to the fabric area and selected two pieces of fabric. He then took her to the watch counter, pointed out a Shanghai brand ladies' watch with a white dial and steel strap to the waiter, and paid for it readily.
This cost him 160 yuan, plus a watch ticket. In that era when meat buns only cost six cents, Wen Guoer thought to herself: "This man is really generous!"
Wen Guoer wanted to take some of the things in the space back to her family, but with this extremely alert man following her all the time, it seemed she had to find another time.
Later, at Tang Zhan's insistence, I bought a thermos, a washbasin, 2 bars of soap, and two bottles of vanishing cream.
The two went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought another pound of White Rabbit milk candy, 2 pounds of fruit candy, 2 pounds of melon seeds, 2 pounds of egg cake, 5 pounds of rice, 5 pounds of white flour, and 5 pounds of pork belly, returning home with a lot of bags full of things.
With the previous experience as a lesson, Wen Guoer took out the motion sickness medicine from the space in advance and took it, and she returned to the commune smoothly.
Just as the two were thinking about how to get back to the village, they saw Uncle Wang from the team driving a bullock cart hurriedly passing by them. Wen Guoer noticed that there was a ragged old man lying on the bullock cart. The old man's face was blue and purple, his breathing was rapid, and his legs were twitching constantly.
She could tell at a glance that the old man was having a heart attack and was in critical condition.
"Fourth brother, stop the ox cart!"
Tang Zhan didn't understand his wife's intention, but seeing how anxious she looked, he obeyed and did as she said.
"Tang boy, human life is at stake!" Uncle Wang pulled the ox cart dissatisfiedly, shouting anxiously and dissatisfiedly.
While the two were talking, Wen Guoer had climbed onto the ox cart, secretly took a pill from the space and gave it to the old man, then quickly performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
When Uncle Wang and Tang Zhan saw this, they stopped talking and stared at her actions in amazement.
"Tang boy, what's going on with your wife?" Uncle Wang looked at her actions in confusion.
"She should be saving someone..." Tang Zhan answered based on his own guess.
Sure enough, the next second, the old man coughed violently a few times and woke up.
"It's alive now?" Uncle Wang was so shocked that he was incoherent.
"How do you feel?" Tang Zhan climbed onto the ox cart and supported the old man's upper body.
"It's okay, it's just an old problem, let's go back!"
The old man was well aware of his current physical condition, and his wise eyes swept over the man and woman in front of him. When he saw Wen Guoer's appearance, a glint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was suppressed in an instant, and his breath was weak.
"Old man Meng, you finally woke up. If it weren't for your wife, little Tang, you would have lost your life." Uncle Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The four of them drove the ox cart back together, and on the way Wen Guoer learned who the old man was from Uncle Wang.
In recent years, the authorities have occasionally sent some people to various villages for labor reform. These people are called bad elements in the village. Not only are they criticized from time to time, but they are also required to live in the most difficult places and do the most tiring and dirty work.
People in the village kept their distance from them, fearing that they would be labeled as close to bad elements. As a result, many cadres and intellectuals who were sent down to the countryside were excluded, alienated, cut off from their relatives, and even separated from their wives and children.
This old man Meng was one of the people who came down from above. He had a sudden heart attack while carrying manure today. The team leader was worried that someone might die, so he quickly asked Uncle Wang to get on the ox cart and bring him to the commune clinic.
Along the way, Old Man Meng closed his eyes and did not participate in the conversation between the three people.
Finally, they returned to the village before dark.
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