Chapter 102 Waiting
It just so happens that I arrived at the bazaar on the second day of my rest this month. It had been more than a month since my last visit to the bazaar.
The enthusiasm of the people for the Uyghur bazaar has never faded.
Because you can buy good things at the bazaar without tickets, and some of these things are not even available at the farm's supply and marketing cooperative.
This is a place where many ethnic groups live together, and there are language barriers, making some situations quite complicated. This is also why free trade markets can exist.
Song Lubai wanted to go to the bazaar, but she hesitated because she remembered that she had been going to the farm headquarters to meet Wei Yang every ten days on her last two days off.
What if he's waiting for her?
After we finish at the bazaar, we're still unsure whether the tractor will go straight back to the company or detour to the farm headquarters.
But even if the tractor were to turn towards the regimental headquarters, it would probably be afternoon by then.
With something on her mind, Song Lubai went to find Zhao Aiguo.
Lu Shuangshuang was waiting outside Zhao Aiguo's dugout.
Although the couple was married, their intimacy was limited to standing together and talking.
Every time Lu Shuangshuang came to see Zhao Aiguo, she would stand up there and wait.
Lu Shuangshuang glanced at her but didn't say anything.
Song Lubai offered, "Could you ask your son Zhao Aiguo if the tractor went to the bazaar and if he's going to the company this afternoon?"
Lu Shuangshuang rolled her eyes: "Don't you have a mouth?"
Song Lubai said sarcastically, "No one's mouth is as long as yours, and nobody can talk as well as you. If I were to talk to him, you'd just label me again... Heh..."
She gave a meaningful, cold laugh.
Lu Shuangshuang pursed her lips as she recalled what happened last time, then raised her head and said in a good mood, "I don't need to ask him about this. I already know that after we go to the bazaar, we have to go to the farm headquarters. We're moving soon, so we need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things and ask someone to help us with the furniture. Otherwise, the house will be empty and won't feel like a home."
When the topic of houses came up, Lu Shuangshuang's eyes lit up.
Song Lubai nodded: "I understand."
Seeing her turn and leave, Lu Shuangshuang was extremely annoyed.
She was hoping to see an expression of envy on Song Lubai's face, and it would be even better if she could say a few nice words.
Lu Shuangshuang snorted as she watched Song Lubai's retreating figure.
However, she only dared to hum at Song Lubai's back.
Because she knew that Song Lubai seemed easy to talk to on ordinary days, but in reality, she was not someone to be trifled with.
She had previously spread rumors within the unit, gossiping about Song Lubai, but Song Lubai acted as if she hadn't heard a thing and continued doing what she always did. The other members of the company treated her the same as always, and many male comrades still fawned over her.
Thinking about all this made her resentful. She felt that Song Lubai was shameless and she looked down on those male comrades.
Although she disliked Song Lubai very much, she remembered her previous lesson and dared not provoke her for no reason now.
White clouds floated in the azure sky, and the green leaves on the roadside trees were swept up by the hot wind. The backs of the leaves gleamed with an oily sheen, and they shone brightly in the sun as they rolled up.
The temperature had already reached over 30 degrees Celsius by 2 PM.
The bazaar was as lively as ever, with many people from nearby companies coming to the bazaar.
There were many headscarves for sale at the stalls, but very few blankets, so Song Lubai and her friends couldn't get any at all.
While enjoying the sweet dried apricots, the women gathered around a stone stall, selecting stones.
Song Lubai didn't know much about jade, but she just felt that the pieces she bought at this stall were not as good as the two she bought last time.
Liu Feng approached and lowered his voice to Song Lubai, saying, "I just went to Tulu Hong's house. He caught six rabbits recently. Do you still want to eat them? He said six rabbits cost two yuan. If you want to eat them, call a few reliable people. I've already asked them to cook them."
Liu Fengshou didn't even need to ask; if there was meat to eat, no one would refuse.
These days, apart from the day of the mass wedding when everyone ate meat, the camp has never cooked meat again.
I heard that the pig farm is running out of meat, and most of the production teams in the Sixth Farm will not be able to eat meat for a while.
Song Lubai called over her companions who had gone out for meat last time. They had all been looking forward to it, and upon hearing this, they followed Liu Fengshou without saying a word.
Wei Yang from the Armed Forces Department was waiting for Song Lubai to come to him early in the morning.
His previous two meetings naturally made him look forward to today.
He hadn't seen her for ten days; she must have lost weight and gotten even darker. But he couldn't say it to her face; even if she didn't say anything, she would definitely be unhappy.
He waited and waited, but the person still hadn't arrived. During lunch in the cafeteria, Wei Yang was distracted.
Xiao Liu seemed to know him inside and out, squinting as he said, "Brother Yang, it's market day in Alaqi today. Alaqi is less than 20 li from Lawati, so the people from the 25th Company must all be going to the market today."
Wei Yang was taken aback for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening.
He hadn't been there long, so he first familiarized himself with his job and gradually got to know the area of the Sixth Farm. He knew the bazaar and had been there twice before.
Thinking about the progress of building brick houses in the 25th Company, Wei Yang's brows relaxed.
When they are allocated houses and settled down, they will definitely need to buy a lot of things.
Bazaar Tian Song Lubai will definitely go to the bazaar for a stroll.
After thinking it through, he let go of his expectations.
Seeing Xiao Liu's shifty eyes across from him, Wei Yang put an egg from his lunchbox into his hand and said, "Eating won't shut you up."
Xiao Liu chuckled.
Even though Yang Ge needs him, he still pretends to be stubborn every day.
While Song Lubai and her friends were enjoying the delicious taste of rabbit at Tulu Hong's house, the sun overhead was unknowingly obscured by large patches of dark clouds.
The light dimmed, but the temperature didn't drop by a degree. The air was so stuffy that you would break out in a sweat just by sitting there doing nothing.
Turhong, who had earned two yuan today, looked at the sky and gestured to Liu Fengshou, "There are a lot of dark clouds over there. It might rain heavily in some places. You should hurry back after you finish eating, otherwise it will be difficult to travel if it rains."
Liu Fengshou has been in Xinjiang Province for many years, and based on his past experience, he trusts Turhong's judgment.
Although Xinjiang Province is dry, it still experiences a few sporadic heavy rains throughout the year.
Shicheng is located at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Several years ago, it was hit by torrential rains that caused flash floods, and one of his comrades-in-arms died in that disaster.
Liu Fengshou repeated Turhong's words to the girls.
The girls didn't believe it.
Since they arrived in Xinjiang, almost every day has been so hot that it could scorch your skin.
Does it rain in such a dry place?
However, a sandstorm soon began, and the once blue sky was soon filled with dark clouds, making the sky murky and unclear.
A storm is brewing.
Feng Ying looked at the sky and said, "It would be great if it could rain for two days, then we could continue to rest tomorrow."
Good things don't come true, but bad things do; this heavy rain lasted for several days before it stopped.
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