When passing by the supply and marketing cooperative, Chu Tian remembered that Yao Xiujuan's father liked to smoke Mohe cigarettes (a kind of tobacco grown by ethnic minorities in the northwest, which is different from ordinary tobacco leaves and is granular). But he was reluctant to buy good ones and always smoked the cheapest ones that did not require a ticket.
I turned around and walked into the supply and marketing cooperative, bought two kilograms of high-quality Mohe cigarettes, and two bottles of white wine that did not require a ticket. I saw that I still had a ticket for half a kilogram of fruit candy, so I bought all the popular orange candies. In short, I bought a lot of miscellaneous things, and all in all I spent more than ten yuan.
Looking at the bags in his hands, Chu Tian sighed inwardly, thinking that he really couldn't adapt to this man's identity now.
Just when Chu Tian thought it would take him several hours to walk back, he happened to meet a carriage from Team 3, which was next to Team 4. The carriage driver took Chu Tian to the intersection of Team 3 and then headed towards Team 4.
Before entering Team Three, Chu Tian put the things in his hand into the space, leaving only the two taels of Mohe cigarettes that he specifically asked the salesperson to take out separately. Chu Tian came to the captain's house with the two taels of Mohe cigarettes.
"Brother Tian, you're back?"
Sun Weiguo happened to be carrying firewood from the firewood shed nearby and preparing to return to the main hall. When he saw Chu Tian walking in from the front door, he threw away the firewood in his hand and greeted him warmly.
Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Well, where's the captain?"
Sun Weiguo pulled Chu Tian and walked towards the main hall, saying as he walked, "My father is at home. He just came back from the brigade headquarters..."
"Dad, Brother Tian is here to see you..."
Chu Tian stepped into the main hall and saw Captain Sun with a happy face. He smiled and asked, "Captain, any good news?"
Captain Sun said, "Yes, of course not! We just returned from the regiment, and not long after, the regiment called the company and said that they had already made arrangements with the coal mine leaders. They also said that the coal mine has dormitories that were eliminated last year. Although they are eliminated, they are all adobe houses, which are much better than the dugouts. They told the educated youth to bring their bedding and go there tomorrow."
Chu Tian blinked, "That's indeed a good thing..."
"Oh, by the way, Chu Tian, this is the letter of introduction for your family of three."
Captain Sun was in a very good mood. Looking at the backpack at Chu Tian's feet, he quickly reacted and handed over the letter of introduction that had been prepared on the table.
Chu Tian took a look at the letter of introduction which had the names of their family of three written on it, and the reason was visiting relatives. He folded it several times and put it carefully into his arms. He couldn't be careless, as he didn't have an ID card now, and this letter of introduction was the document that could prove his identity!
In short, in this era, when you go out, you can lose your money, but you can't lose your letter of introduction! Otherwise, the red armband will arrest you as a vagrant in a minute...
"Captain, when do you plan to send those educated youth there?"
Captain Sun lit his pipe and puffed, "I wanted to send it over tomorrow... Out of sight, out of mind. My head hurts when I hear the word 'educated youth' now..."
Chu Tian nodded thoughtfully, thinking to himself, it seems that Captain Sun really hates the educated youth, otherwise he wouldn't even want to look at them.
Sun Weiguo came in again with firewood in his arms. After throwing the firewood on the stove, he sat down next to Chu Tian and asked, "Brother Tian, how are you and sister-in-law going tomorrow?"
"How about I take you guys there?"
"Defending the country..."
Captain Sun frowned when he heard this. Their carriages could run to any company or battalion in the regiment, but they could not run outside the territory...
Chu Tian didn't understand at first, but as he spent more time in this era, he learned some of the rules, so he smiled and said, "We plan to go to the regiment early tomorrow morning and take a bus to the Changsheng Corps."
Sun Weiguo frowned. "How do you get to the regiment? And what about after you get to the Changsheng Corps? I remember that Sister Xiujuan's family seems to be in the third company of the Changsheng Corps? It seems that they are not close to their regiment..."
Chu Tian thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter, we'll go early tomorrow morning..."
Before he could finish his words, Captain Sun interrupted, "Chu Tian, you and your family of three should come to the brigade headquarters tomorrow morning and take the carriage to the regiment with the educated youth."
Chu Tian was surprised. "Aren't we sending them directly to the coal mine? Why do we have to go to the regiment first?"
Captain Sun tapped his pipe, smiled, and said, "Director Hou from the Youth League Office said he would take them there personally."
Chu Tian was surprised, but he immediately understood Director Hou's thoughts and what he meant. After chatting for a while, he stood up and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, he did not forget to take out the Mohe cigarettes he had prepared in advance from his backpack and placed them on the dining table beside him. "Captain, this is for you. Brother Weiguo has troubled me to take it to the regiment several times recently..."
Captain Sun was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and wanted to return the package to Chu Tian. "Hey, Chu Tian, take it back quickly. What's the trouble? Every time we have to go to the regiment to do business..."
"No, this is for you, Captain. You know I don't smoke..."
"I'm leaving now. We'll meet up at the brigade headquarters early tomorrow morning..."
After saying that, he waved his hand and strode out of Captain Sun's house.
Captain Sun looked at the paper bag in his hand, a little stunned, "Weiguo, what did your brother Tian say just now?"
Sun Weiguo, "Dad, Brother Tian said he doesn't smoke..."
After a pause, he said in disbelief, "Dad, is this tobacco leaf that Brother Tian gave you?"
Sun Weiguo knew that his father liked to smoke, but because tobacco leaves needed tobacco leaf tickets, and his family did not have the ability to get tobacco leaf tickets, so every time he saw his father smoking, the tobacco leaves he lit were not real tobacco leaves, but the kind bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, which did not require tobacco leaf tickets.
Captain Sun opened the paper package carefully with trembling hands. He felt particularly comfortable when he saw the golden-colored grains as big as millet grains and smelled a pure fragrance.
"No, this isn't tobacco leaves, it's the finest Mohe tobacco, the kind grown only by ethnic minorities..."
Sun Weiguo took a closer look and asked in confusion, "Why does this look different from ordinary tobacco leaves?"
"oops···"
Captain Sun was startled by Sun Weiguo's sudden approach. His hand shook and some of the Mohe cigarettes in the paper bag fell to the ground. Captain Sun hurriedly and carefully folded the paper bag again and lay on the ground to pick up the tobacco leaves that had just fallen.
Sun Weiguo hurriedly followed suit and was about to lie on the ground, but was suddenly pushed away by Captain Sun, "Get out of the way, you're blocking my light..."
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Sun Weiguo was aggrieved. "Dad, are you really like this? Am I not as good as this little Mo Heyan?"
Captain Sun carefully picked up the Mohe cigarettes, stood up and said casually, "Of course you can't compare to..."
As he spoke, he found a piece of paper and placed the Mohe cigarettes he had just picked up on it. He then rummaged through the newspaper, carefully cut off a small piece, and poured the Mohe cigarettes on the paper. Seeing that the amount was too little, he opened the paper bag again, pinched some on it, and carefully rolled it up.
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