Chapter 220 Two in One
Everyone drank some ginger soup and sat by the fire for a while before they gradually warmed up.
Ding Jiandang asked hesitantly whether he should tell Ding Zhigang and the others.
Ding Zhicheng put down the bowl, chewed the ginger in his mouth, and said, "We have to go over there and tell them about the next arrangements."
Ding Guo decided not to go with them. She planned to go see Xiao Hong and then return to the capital overnight.
Dayong hurriedly went to get his coat and said, "Sister, wait at home for a while. There's a car available at work. I'll borrow one and take you there."
Ding Guo asked: "Is it convenient?"
Dayong: "It's convenient. I just repaired a car with my colleagues a few days ago. It's a good opportunity to drive it out for a test."
Ding Guo did not refuse and said, "Okay, you don't have to rush."
Ding Dayong nodded and went to the unit.
Peng Guihua reminded Ding Guo to be careful when riding the train at night.
"Don't worry, we are familiar with that route." Ding Guo said with a smile.
Let Aunt San and the others go and do their work, and she will wait for Dayong at home.
Ding Tao was wavering between going to watch the fun and staying to accompany Ding Guo.
Ding Guo said with a smile: "Go and see, I still need you to accompany me."
"Sister, I'll go take a look and write to you later."
When Ding Dayong came back, the brother and sister locked the door. Ding Guo said, "Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things first."
"It's just right that I'll give you the rent for next quarter so you don't have to send it." Dayong handed over the rent for next quarter for him and Ding Tao. Ding Guo took it and kept it. She also borrowed a few tickets from Dayong. The brother and sister went shopping and took a detour to see Xiao Hong.
After Xiao Hong and Yue Kang got married, they did not move to the coal mine, but rented a house in Fengning. Dayong came to deliver something and knew the address of Xiao Hong's home.
Xiao Hong's belly was already very big. She was surprised and delighted to see Ding Guo: "Sister Ding Guo, when did you come back?"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "I came back this morning. I was busy all day and came to see you."
Xiao Hong glanced at the clock on the table and said, "Yue Kang will be back soon. Let's go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner when he comes back."
Ding Guo hurriedly told him that she was going back to the capital: "Let's not have this meal today. When we both go to college and you have the baby, we can find some time to get together."
Xiao Hong thought of Ding Guo's two children at home, and was worried that she would miss him, so she didn't stay and said, "Okay, we'll have a good meal then." Then she talked about the exam, "I was so nervous that day that I almost didn't want to take the exam."
Considering the high phone bill, he didn't go into details. Now he added a little more about the exam and finally said, "Let's leave it to fate!"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "As long as you review well, you will be stable. Don't be too anxious."
"Well, Yue Kang also said so..."
The two talked for a while, and Xiao Hong reluctantly saw Ding Guo off.
In the car, Ding Guo kept yawning.
Ding Dayong stared at her and said, "Sister, it's cold in the car, don't fall asleep."
Ding Guo was wearing a military coat, but still felt a little cold. He shrank his body and nodded, "Yeah, I can't sleep!"
Ding Dayong talked about his upcoming business trip arrangements: "After the exam, I plan to go on another long business trip with my master..."
But this time I’m not going to the three northeastern provinces, I’m going to head south.
Ding Guo immediately perked up: "If you go south, take a look at the fabrics, clothes, and accessories there. Choose fabrics and clothes that are not commonly seen here."
"What are trinket?" Dayong didn't understand.
"Just beautiful hairpins, flowery socks and the like." Ding Guo wasn't sure what new and exotic goods were available in the south at that time. He only knew that the career-struggling protagonists in period novels could not escape purchasing goods from the south.
Ding Dayong took note. He was not unfamiliar with the clothes and fabrics here. He had noticed them before, whether he was buying clothes for his girlfriend or accompanying her to the department store. But since his sister specifically reminded him to do so, he decided to go out and take a look before leaving.
They chatted all the way and arrived at Wuxin in the midst of Ding Guo yawning. They bought a ticket for 9:40 p.m. Ding Guo cheered in her heart. It was great! She could go into the space and catch up on her sleep.
She decisively refused Dayong's offer to wait with her here and sent him back.
"I don't know how Fengning is going to deal with this. You should go back and take a look. If there is any problem, you can help them and don't let Uncle San and Aunt San suffer any loss."
Dayong had no choice but to leave. Before leaving, he repeatedly told Ding Guo to be careful in the car and told Yuling that he would pass by the capital in two days...
After he finished his chatter, he got in the car and left.
Ding Guo was sure that he had gone far away, so he quickly found a place to hide in a corner and slipped into the space.
As soon as I came in, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Compared to the freezing cold outside, a space with a constant temperature is more comfortable.
I sat in the car all night last night and was busy all day today. I feel really sleepy now.
I glanced back quickly and flipped through the records. Well, my work was not in vain.
In addition to Ding Zhigang and Yue Hongmei, the list also includes Zheng Wenfang and his son Jia Anping, who have made greater contributions than Yue Hongmei and Ding Zhigang who are on the list today.
Ding Jianguo and Ding Jianshe also came out and jumped around for a while.
After taking a quick glance, Ding Guo walked into the house.
As she walked, a bunch of red tomatoes flew over her head, circled around, then flew over the roof and straight back.
Ding Guo: ...
She went to the bathroom to take a shower, not even bothering to dry her hair. She reminded Haozi to wake her up at nine o'clock outside time in the evening, and then fell on the soft big bed in the bedroom.
When Ding Guo's breathing gradually became even, white mist rose from her hair and it gradually became dry.
The mouse was touched by his own thoughtfulness and went back to his farm work.
Being woken up on time at nine o'clock, Ding Guo got up, brushed his teeth and washed his face, ate something casually, bought a bag of melon seeds from the system mall, and picked out a novel he had never read, "The Mountains Are Red All Over", from the bookstore. He put the melon seeds and the book into his cross-body bag, then put on his clothes in three layers, looked outside through the video window, it was pitch black, no one was around, so he slipped out and went straight to the waiting hall.
Having had a good sleep, Ding Guo felt very energetic. He finished reading the two volumes of the novel while eating melon seeds. The train also arrived in the capital.
Ding Guo stood up and stretched, then got off the car with light luggage, found a place to take out yesterday's handbag, checked the time, went to a nearby state-owned restaurant to have breakfast, and then carried his things back home.
As soon as she entered the door, Aunt Qiao, who was carrying a basin to pour water, saw her coming back and asked hurriedly, "Did you find the person?"
Ding Guo: “Found it.”
Aunt Qiao: "You haven't eaten yet? I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
Ding Guo quickly waved his hand: "Aunt Qiao, no need, I've eaten."
Dabao and Xiaobao heard their mother's voice in the house and started squeaking like two whistles.
Ding Guo also responded with a smile: "Dabao, Xiaobao, mom is back."
“Mom, mom…”
Ding Guo has become accustomed to the two kids calling for their mother like their souls.
She took off her military coat which had kept her stuffy in the carriage all the way, hung it on the rope, lifted the cotton curtain and went into the house.
Wang Chunhua was laughing so hard that she stopped one of them with one arm and said, "I can't hold you anymore."
The two kids can now walk steadily and are very strong. If they are not stopped, they will rush out regardless of anything. Wang Chunhua is afraid that the cold wind will give them a fever or a cold, so she can only hold them tightly.
Ding Guo quickly took the two kids over, patted their little butts gently, and said, "It's cold outside. You can't go out, okay?"
Wang Chunhua swung her arms and said, "I think Dabao and Xiaobao are very strong. My children didn't have such great strength when they were one or two years old."
Ding Guo is very strong himself, so he can't feel the strength of the two children very well. Could it be that his great strength can be passed on to the two little ones?
But when she took the powerful pills, she wasn't even married, let alone pregnant.
Or was it because she drank too much well water?
The question was thrown to Haozi, but Haozi couldn't give a clear answer, so Ding Guo didn't pursue it further.
So what if she is strong? She is strong, so just consider it hereditary.
However, no matter how strong they are, they are old after all, and Wang Chunhua and Aunt Qiao can still restrain them.
"Maybe it's from me!"
Wang Chunhua didn't think there was anything wrong and said with a smile, "That's right."
She had also seen Ding Guo's strength, and the two children must have taken after their mother.
I played with the two little ones for a while, and they ran around the house for several laps. After lunch, when the eldest and the youngest were taking a nap, Ding Guo also felt sleepy, so I accompanied them for a nap and went out to look for mosquitoes in the afternoon.
First, I found a deserted place, took out a canvas bag, put a large cabbage, a large white radish, and two apples in it, and hung the bag on the handlebars.
The person standing guard at the alley entrance has been replaced. Mosquito has been successfully promoted to the second-in-command of this territory and no longer has to suffer in the cold wind.
Hearing that he was looking for mosquitoes, one of the two guys on guard quickly glanced at the bag on Ding Guo's handlebars, turned around and ran to look for him.
When there were not many mosquitoes, he came out wrapped in a military coat and a cotton hat. Seeing Ding Guo, he smiled and said, "Sister, you came at the right time. You just arrived this morning."
She thought Ding Guo was here to get the pork.
Then he pointed in another direction and said, "Sister, let me take you with me."
Ding Guo handed the handlebars to her and asked, "Is the cargo not in the alley?"
Mosquito curiously studied the thing Ding Guo had fixed on the handlebar. It was made of cotton and shaped like a trumpet. It was very warm when he put his hand in it and held the handlebar. He said, "Sister, you really have a brilliant idea. This is a good idea. I will also put one on the bike later." He also responded to Ding Guo's previous doubts, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows. How can it be placed in an alley?"
After getting on the bike and riding forward for a while, Ding Guo looked around to see if there was anyone around him. He leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "Two thousand kilograms of cabbage, two thousand kilograms of white radishes, and five hundred kilograms of apples, all first-class goods. Do you want them?"
Mosquito shook the handlebars, turned around and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, yes, of course, sister."
Ding Guo: "Let's change the transaction location. I'll come back to you after I've checked it out."
Mosquito: "Okay, I'll listen to you!" Then he said, "Sister, what's your price?"
Then, she pointed to the roadside and said, "Let's talk there."
Ding Guo jumped out of the car, and Mosquito also got out of the car and pushed it to the side of the road to discuss the deal.
Ding Guo roughly knew the market price of cabbage outside. The first-grade cabbage was 2.45 cents per pound. The supply was limited and the quantity was very small. It was not enough to eat every day.
The price on the black market should be four cents per pound.
Ding Guo pulled the bag hanging on the handlebars to let Mosquito see its quality: "The goods at the back are all of this quality."
The cabbage was quoted at 3.7 cents. Mosquito couldn't take his eyes off the juicy cabbage and radish in his bag. He nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, the price of first-class cabbage in the black market now is 3.9 and 4 cents."
They make a profit of a few cents, but the quality of the cabbage is so good that the price can definitely go up a bit.
White radish is more expensive than cabbage. In grocery stores, the price ranges from 5 to 8 cents per pound, depending on the quality. The quality of the goods in Ding Guo's hands is naturally not bad. She quotes a price of 1 cent, and can sell it for 1.12 cents on the black market.
Mosquito: "Sister, as long as the goods later are of this quality, I won't bargain with you on the price."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Don't worry, what you see is what you get!"
Apples are a rarity at this time and are not cheap.
Depending on the size of the item, the price ranges from more than two cents to more than four cents.
The apples in Ding Guo's hand were naturally of top-notch quality. She offered a price of 52 cents. Mosquito looked at the apples, hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded.
It is true that apples are a rare commodity, but not many people are willing to buy them.
Fifty-two cents can buy half a pound of expensive pork on the black market.
Fortunately, apples have a long shelf life, so 500 kilograms can definitely be sold before the end of the year.
Years ago?
Mosquito's eyes lit up immediately, and he said, "Sister, can Apple supply a batch of goods before the New Year? The market will definitely be good at the end of the year."
Ding Guo thought about it reservedly and said, "It should be possible. We'll see when the time comes."
"become!"
The two set out again.
The scattered locations of Mosquito and his companions were not very close to the black market. Including the time spent getting off the bus to discuss things, it took them another ten minutes to get there.
"Sister, there are other people at home, it's not convenient for me to take you in..."
Ding Guo didn't care. She was cautious herself, so why couldn't others be more cautious? She said, "I'll wait here."
Mosquito helped Ding Guo find a place that was sheltered from the wind and not easily visible to people on the street. She went to the base here to get the goods and said, "A pair of pig ears, two pairs of pig trotters, two pig heads, two pairs of large intestines, and a fan of ribs."
The "one set, two sets" she mentioned were all the ears, trotters and so on on a pig.
The other pig ear is going to be taken away by someone else.
"Sure, I'll take them all!"
After the mosquitoes left, Ding Guo looked around and found that this corner was also suitable for her.
Because Mosquito rode her bicycle away, the sound would be very obvious on the way back and forth, so Ding Guo turned on the small speaker to listen to the sound and slipped into the warm space.
After staying warm in the space for nearly half an hour and being outside for less than ten minutes, Ding Guo noticed the bumpy sound of a bicycle, stepped out, clasped his hands, shrank his neck, and pretended to be freezing.
Sure enough, the mosquitoes were out, and there was a bulging, greasy fertilizer bag on the back seat.
After meeting up with Ding Guo, she looked outside. It was cold and there were few people on the road, which made it convenient for them. She said, "Sister, please check the goods." She added, "The pig intestines were not cleaned, and the feces are all wrapped inside. But I didn't charge you for it, so I'll give it to you as a gift."
Ding Guo: ...
Okay, this is not a professional slaughterhouse, and the service is included.
But in order to continue to happily ship and price in the future, Ding Guo did not intend to take advantage of this. He handed the bag in his hand to Mosquito and said, "I'll give you the cabbage, radish and two apples in it. Please bring them to me when we come back for the transaction."
Mosquito: "Wait for a moment, I'll go back and get you half a piece of liver. I'll take the bag."
After saying that, he picked up his bag and rushed into the alley again without riding a bike. Ding Guo didn't have time to react.
She didn't want to change anything.
Forget it, just consider it as exchanging it for half a piece of pig liver. She spared the large intestine in vain.
When the mosquito came back panting, it brought back an empty bag and half a piece of pork liver.
Ding Guo also inspected the goods. She didn't bring a scale, so she asked Haozi to help her weigh them, and then she paid according to Mosquito's price.
"Sister, don't forget to give me the goods."
"I won't forget it!" Ding Guo said with a smile, "How about this, I'll come to see you again at six o'clock this afternoon and set a time with you."
Mosquito: “Okay!”
Ding Guo rode away on his bike, put the fertilizer bag into the space on the way, rode around outside, surveyed the terrain, chose a suitable trading location, took out the fertilizer bag, tied it to the back seat, and went home.
When Aunt Qiao saw her bringing back such a thing, she was shocked. To be exact, she was shocked by the two big pig heads.
Ding Guo said, "Bury him in the snow and let him freeze first. When Pei Che comes back this weekend, let him braise him."
Aunt Qiao was flipping through the food. She picked up the large intestine and weighed it. "You haven't cleaned it yet? Freeze the rest first. I'll clean the large intestine and ask Xiao Pei to braise it later."
Every time Pei Che came back, he would cook for Ding Guo himself. They had tasted it and knew that Pei Che's cooking skills were very good and his food was better than theirs. Besides, she had never braised anything before, so she decided to wait for Pei Che to come back and let him do it.
I agreed with Mosquito on the transaction location and time in the evening, and went there to deliver the goods at around nine o'clock in the evening.
After work the next day, Ding Guo went to the director to get a new leave note. When he returned to the store, a batch of books had just been delivered, and he and Li Shumei started counting the goods.
The resumption of the college entrance examination means the unlocking of culture. The number and variety of books in the store have increased, and more people come to buy books. Now the daily work is not as leisurely as before.
The progress of Li Shumei's handicraft work has been greatly reduced.
On Friday night, Pei Che came back from school and saw the work his wife had left for him. After dinner, he started working without saying a word.
At around ten o'clock that night, the rich aroma of braised food wafted into the air.
The next morning, Ding Guo ate the delicious pig's trotter noodles.
He also tasted the pig liver and pig ears, squinted his eyes with satisfaction and gave Pei Che a thumbs up.
Pei Che smiled and said, "Don't bring your own lunch. I'll make spicy fried large intestines for lunch and send them to the store for you."
Ding Guo said: "Don't take the other meat, just make some old kitchen cabbage."
Pei Che: "Okay!"
Ding Guo asked him to pack some braised food and send some to his grandfather and parents, and he made a lot of it.
Pei Che agreed.
Ding Guo came back in the evening and saw some familiar things on the table as soon as he entered the door: apples!
Seeing Ding Guo staring at the apples on the table in a daze, Pei Che smiled and said, "A neighbor in the compound bought them. Grandpa thought they were good, so he asked someone to share a few with him. He said they tasted the same as the ones you bought before."
Ding Guo: Okay, that also rationalizes the channel for her to take her things back.
A few days later, Ding Guo received a letter from Ding Tao, telling him about the follow-up.
Ding Xiang returned to her hometown with her uncle and aunt, and Ding Zhigang promised to send her five dollars every month.
Ding Xiang had not originally planned to follow her uncle and aunt. She wanted to live in the dormitory of the steel plant's staff compound, but Ding Jianguo, who rushed over, disagreed.
The excuse that Ding Zhigang made when he moved out really moved Ding Jianguo.
It would be strange if he wasn't tempted by having a free house to live in, and living independently without having to pay rent.
So I have already given up the rented house and moved back to the family compound in the next few days.
Ding Tao wrote in the letter: "I was stunned when I heard my cousin say that. It seems that my cousin made the decision without even discussing it with me. If Ding Xiang hadn't brought it up, he might have told me after they moved in."
"But the uncle didn't refuse my cousin, saying that it was good for someone to occupy the house. But the aunt was unhappy, saying that the house belonged to the uncle and that my cousin shouldn't move back after the family was divided... Oh, she didn't say that at first. When she heard that my cousin wanted to occupy the house, she hurriedly said that she had rented out the house and had agreed with the other party. The uncle was angry and replied to the aunt in a bad mood: What's wrong with an agreement? Can't you return it if it's agreed?"
"When my cousin didn't say anything, my aunt brought up the idea of dividing the family property. But my uncle didn't side with her..."
Between his eldest son and his youngest daughter, when his youngest daughter was just found after going missing, and when he knew that she had been wrongly accused, Ding Zhigang completely forgot about Ding Xiang's existence and went straight to discuss moving with Ding Jianguo.
Dingxiang said nothing more and returned to her hometown with her uncle and aunt.
Because the truth of the previous incident was revealed, Ding Zhigang is now arguing fiercely with Zheng Wenfang. He also wants to find the victims at that time to rehabilitate Ding Jiandang, but Zheng Wenfang stops him and disagrees. The two now quarrel every day.
Ding Jiandang did take Ding Jianshe to Jia Anshun's school and cause a scene, but because the incident happened a long time ago and no victim came forward, Jia Anshun was not expelled from school.
Ding Tao said in the letter that she admired the two brothers of the Jia family. The two brothers had a very stable mentality. They did not feel guilty at all after their previous lies were exposed, and they were not even affected. They ate and drank as usual every day, went to school as usual, and turned a deaf ear to the quarrels between their mother and stepfather.
Is the mentality really so stable? Ding Guo checked the backstage and found that Zheng Wenfang and Jia Anping have been dominating the charts for more than a week without stopping.
Ding Zhigang and Yue Hongmei's names have also been online, but not as fast as Zheng Wenfang and her son.
Time is just like the list in the background, it also rolls very fast.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the month and Ding Guo received a notice to go for a physical examination.
Pei Che had a day off on New Year's Day, and Ding Guo also gave Aunt Qiao and Sister Chunhua a day off, so the whole family went to the compound to celebrate New Year's Day.
The two kids followed their old mother up and down the stairs, with Aunt Zhang and Shao Xunping assisting them. During the time, Aunt Zhang asked Ding Guo which school and major he had applied for.
Ding Guo said: "I chose the history department for both Huazhong University and Tsinghua University."
Ding Guo's major in college before he traveled through the book was English. Since he didn't need to relearn what he had already mastered, he wanted to apply for the economics major, study economics, understand the synchronous development of this era, and take advantage of the upcoming wave of reform and opening up to take off.
But I didn’t expect that studying economics at this time would require confidentiality.
Ding Guo was not sure what aspects of the confidentiality requirement involved, and whether it would affect her plan to merge her business.
After all, the turning point of that era is coming soon.
She wants to be a pig standing in the wind.
Finally I decided to change my major and choose subjects that required more memorization, such as Chinese, history, and law...
I didn’t expect that the law department also had confidentiality requirements at this time.
After much deliberation, Ding Guo finally chose the history department.
It was also the subject she was more interested in before she transmigrated into the book.
There are many things in history that need to be memorized, but Ding Guo is least afraid of memorization now, so it should be easier to learn.
Aunt Zhang didn't understand and asked, "What can you do after learning this?"
Shao Xunping knew a little bit about it, and said with a smile: "Stay in school to teach, or join the Institute of History..." As she spoke, she bent down to catch Xiaobao who rushed over, "Oh, our Xiaobao runs so fast, but this side is close to the stairs, how about not running?"
Xiaobao was picked up by Shao Xunping and nodded his head obediently.
Shao Xunping touched her soft hair and said, "Would you like to go downstairs and play with grandma?"
Xiaobao pointed at the stairs: "Congee, porridge!"
"Oh, Xiaobao, you want to walk by yourself. Okay, grandma will hold your hand and we will walk by ourselves."
Xiaobao turned to look at Ding Guo: "Mom, porridge."
Dabao also came over, took his mother's hand and dragged her towards the stairs: "Porridge!"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Okay, all porridge, all porridge, we won't come up again if we go down."
Dabao looked up at his mother and said stubbornly: "Go!"
Xiaobao followed suit and said, "Go ahead."
But the plan failed. As soon as the two children got downstairs, there was a knock on the door. Pei Zhengzhong went to open the door, and Comrade He came in carrying a wooden box.
The old man immediately perked up and waved to Dabao and Xiaobao: "Come and see what good things Grandpa has bought for you."
A black wolfhound.
Dabao and Xiaobao were so excited that they didn't want to leave the puppy until they finished their meal and were ready to leave.
So, there was a little wolfdog in the house on the other side of Zizhu Bridge, and Ding Guo named it "Bubai".
Pei Che's mouth twitched. Forget it, as long as my wife is happy.
Aunt Qiao and the others who had returned to work were overjoyed: "It's not in vain."
But the two little ones were in a dilemma. These two words were a bit difficult for them to pronounce, so they kept repeating "pu pu pu" at "Bu Bai" all day long.
In mid-January, Ding Guo was helping Li Shumei roll a ball of yarn in the store when a familiar postman came in with a beaming look on his face. To be exact, he was trying to look serious, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face: "Comrade Ding Guo, your admission letter has arrived."
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