After going to the recycling station, Xu Nanxing thought of a place where the heroine of a certain era would go, that is, the post office!
You don’t need tickets to buy stamps!
Just buy it with money!
Xu Nanxing went straight to the post office!
The post office of this era was still called the Post and Telecommunications Bureau! In addition to mail, express delivery, and telegraph services, it also provided telephone services.
When you arrive at the post office, you’ll see a big, iconic green mailbox at the door!
Those who need to send letters can just put them in the mailbox!
As soon as I entered the post office, I saw a row of telephones on the left, and several people were already making calls there.
The right corner is the express delivery business. Many people are queuing up, waiting for the salesperson to help them pack the items to be delivered and put stamps on them.
Post Office Express Service
Xu Nanxing walked straight to the front, to the window selling stamps. There was no one there at the moment, so there was no need to queue!
"Hello, comrade! I want to buy stamps!"
The window clerk, a young woman, said without even looking up, "Do you want a 4-cent or an 8-cent one?"
"Comrade! I want to buy a few more with different patterns. I love these beautiful paintings!"
The other person looked up in surprise, and when he saw that it was a teenage girl in front of him, he understood that this girl must like beautiful patterns!
Anyway, stamps will not expire and can be used as long as they are kept, so I didn’t say much and picked out the different versions of stamps in my hand one by one.
"These stamps are all different. Do you want all of them?"
"Yes! Yes! Comrade, can you tell me how much it costs in total?" Although Xu Nanxing didn't know if there were any particularly valuable stamps among them, he thought it would not be a loss to buy them at just a few cents each!
It’s pretty good to save it yourself!
"A total of 1.68 yuan!"
Xu Nanxing paid the money readily!
After packing the stamps, I didn't rush to leave.
She took out a few more candies and handed them to the other person: "Excuse me, comrade! I still want to ask, do you have any other different stamps here? Even if they are printed incorrectly, they are fine!"
The key point is the printing error. The only valuable stamp Xu Nanxing remembers from this era is the "The Whole Country is Red" one, because the national boundary line of the map of China on the stamp was drawn incorrectly, especially the Nansha Islands did not exist, which directly led to the post office recalling this stamp nationwide.
The other party was even more surprised when he heard her words, "You want it even if it's not printed yet?"
Xu Nanxing acted even more innocently: "Yes! I like the beautiful designs on stamps. As long as they are different, it doesn't matter if they are printed wrong!"
The other person shook his head and said, "Misprinted stamps will be recycled. The Post Office won't have them!"
Xu Nanxing felt a little regretful. It had been recycled and might have been destroyed long ago. It was indeed impossible to buy it now.
As she was about to leave, a staff member suddenly came over and asked quietly, "Little girl, do you want the wrong stamp?"
Xu Nanxing's eyes lit up when he heard this. Does he have a misprinted stamp?
The other person was a young man wearing the post office's work uniform. He should also be a post office employee. It seemed that he was hiding something in his hand!
He immediately replied in a low voice: "Yes! Do you have it?"
The other party gestured: "Follow me!"
Xu Nanxing thought about it and followed.
At the same time, several self-defense items, including pepper spray, are placed in the most convenient place to get them.
The other party took her through several alleys and came to a bungalow.
There was a woman washing clothes in the yard and a child playing.
The man said something to the woman and took Xu Nanxing into the house.
The other party took out a file bag from the room.
When the contents of the file bag were poured onto the table, Xu Nanxing was extremely excited. There were indeed several versions of the "The Whole Country is Red" stamp in it!
After some investigation, I found that there is indeed a problem along the Nansha border.
"Comrade! I want all these stamps!" Xu Nanxing said anxiously.
She didn’t care whether the other stamps were valuable or not!
Anyway, you won’t lose money!
"All? You want to buy them all?" The other party was even more surprised!
I thought the little girl only needed one of each, but I didn't expect her to ask for them all at once.
"Yes, these stamps are not available outside. I like them very much and I want to buy them all!" Xu Nanxing said affirmatively.
"Uh, okay! Then give me 50 yuan!"
Perhaps he could see that Xu Nanxing wanted these stamps desperately. Although he didn't know what use these misprinted stamps had, he still quoted a high price considering his family's situation and waited for the other party to bargain.
Who would have thought that Xu Nanxing would agree immediately.
When I gave him the money, he was a little dazed.
Just 50 bucks to buy these unusable stamps?
But the other party did not go back on his word and still sold everything to her.
After leaving the other person's house, I saw a bookstore on the street and went in to take a look.
She also wants to buy some study materials, which she will use when the college entrance examination is resumed in the future.
As soon as I entered the bookstore, I saw many portraits and quotations of great men hanging at the door, and several people were buying them.
In this era, every household would display a portrait of a great figure and learn their quotations. Even the Xu family had a standard portrait of a great figure in their living room.
Xu Nanxing found the study materials area and saw the famous "Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry".
After the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977, this set of books became extremely difficult to obtain.
It is said that whoever can get a complete set of it can basically be admitted to university.
This set of books has a total of 17 volumes. Since no tickets are required, Xu Nanxing directly bought two sets.
I also bought other books and newspapers. She knows very little about the political quotations of this era, and she really needs to read more books and newspapers to increase her relevant knowledge!
I also bought some picture books, such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "The Monkey King Defeats the White Bone Demon", "Dong Cunrui", "Red Sun", "Liu Hulan", "Crossing the River Reconnaissance", "Railway Guerrillas", "Surprise Attack on the White Tiger Regiment", etc.
They are all in line with the current era and can be properly displayed.
Books that do not conform to current political requirements are unlikely to appear in regular bookstores.
The price is not expensive. A good version (mainly in terms of paper and color) costs only 4-5 cents per copy, and an average one costs only 1-2 cents.
After buying these, she went to the drugstore again.
Pharmacies in this era are more like clinics, with many Chinese medicine practitioners sitting in and treating patients and prescribing medicine.
There are also many patients seeking medical consultations and some receiving acupuncture.
In addition to Chinese medicine, Western medicine is also sold here.
Xu Nanxing wanted to buy some medicines of this era to use as a cover.
I told the purchasing agent that I was going to the countryside in Northeast China and wanted to prepare some common medicines in case of emergency.
The other party looked at her with pity and recommended some commonly used cold medicines, fever-reducing medicines, anti-frostbite medicines, Yunnan Baiyao, etc. Xu Nanxing followed the advice and bought them all.
Today is another fruitful day!
Xu Nanxing happily rushed home!
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