Perhaps it was because of the previous introduction that they thought the newcomers from Beijing were all together.
Therefore, after returning to the house, Song and Wang did not find fault. They just gave them an ambiguous look and went out with their toiletries!
Xu Nanxing felt that it would be nice if they could always stay like this without disturbing each other!
She was so tired that she got on the kang, touched the pillow and fell asleep.
Have a good night's sleep.
The next day, I was awakened by the whistle for work in the village.
I looked at the time and it was 7 o'clock in the morning.
This whistle is usually blown three times. Only when the third whistle blows do people go to work slowly.
There was a saying at that time: "If you don't pay attention to the first whistle, you will stretch your head to look after the second whistle, and you will slowly sway after the third whistle."
This describes the general situation at that time.
When Xu Nanxing changed his clothes and went out, the third whistle sounded.
The old educated youth all went out together.
They had to go to the drying yard first, wait for the team leader to assign their tasks, and then go home for breakfast. Some of them brought breakfast and ate it in the fields.
I start working after breakfast. I can take a half-hour break in the middle. I can finish work around 10:30 and go home for lunch.
The working hours in the afternoon are from 2:30 to 6:00.
Only these new educated youth were left at the educated youth center.
Zhang Luyao didn't want to get up yet. She was exhausted after sitting on the train for two days.
Xu Nanxing asked, "Zhang Luyao, I'm going to the grain store to buy some food. Do you want to go?"
She brought a lot of national food coupons, which was just enough for her to buy some rice.
She didn't want to continue drinking that corn grits porridge.
Although she had stored a lot of rice in her space, she still had to find a way through.
When he heard the word "buy food", Zhang Luyao immediately thought of the bowl of corn grits porridge he had last night.
Xu Nanxing only added a handful of corn grits and ate it in a few bites after it was cooked.
She didn't pay attention at the time and put a little too much in. After eating a few bites, she couldn't eat anymore and threw away the rest.
She really needs to buy some rice, as she is only used to eating white rice.
Then I thought that they only had today off, and they didn’t know when they would be able to take a vacation next time.
I had no choice but to accept my fate and get up.
I asked several male educated youth, and they all said they wanted to buy food.
Li Xueyu and Song Tingyi were both from wealthy families and had national food coupons to buy food. Xu Nanxing was not surprised at all.
The other boy was called Huang Shiqi, who was thin and gentle. He came from a small place called Qi City and also had national food coupons. She looked at him twice.
Finally, all five new educated youth had to go buy food.
However, before leaving, Xu Nanxing suddenly remembered that he had not yet reported to Li Yan that he was safe.
I'm going to town now, so I'll write a letter and send it to you.
Seeing Xu Nanxing start writing the letter, the others also remembered that they had not yet reported their safety, so they started writing letters as well.
There's not much to write about, actually. They've only been here for a day. They just wanted to let me know they were safe and leave their address home so they can send letters, money, and packages.
After the letter was written, I put it in my bag and took it with me.
After leaving the educated youth point, they first went to the village sales point.
Generally, larger villages have a sales outlet set up by the supply and marketing cooperative.
The goods sold are also very few, just the needles, thread, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other daily necessities for the villagers.
They came here to buy a sack to store food.
The most important point is that sales outlets in rural areas rarely require tickets, mainly for the convenience of farmers.
Of course, you basically don’t need tickets to buy the goods sold here.
When we arrived at the sales outlet, there was only one female salesperson there. She looked young, probably in her early twenties.
Xu Nanxing stepped forward and asked, "Hello, comrade! Do you have any sacks for grain?"
The other party looked at the men and women in front of him. They all looked unfamiliar to him. They were dressed neatly and cleanly. He knew at a glance that they were educated youth who had just gone to the countryside.
So he replied, "Comrade! We have sacks. They're 10 cents each. No tickets needed."
No tickets required!
So Xu Nanxing and his friends bought a sack.
It took more than an hour to walk from the village to the town.
The roads were all dirt roads, but luckily it hadn't rained recently, so they had a relatively smooth journey.
The town is not big, with only one main street, and you can see the end at a glance.
There are only a few state-owned enterprises operating on the street, including barber shops, supply and marketing cooperatives, post offices, grain stores, recycling stations, and restaurants.
They went to the post office to mail the letter first, so as not to forget it later.
I spent 1 cent to buy an envelope, and because I was going to send it to another province, I spent another 8 cents to buy a stamp.
Xu Nanxing took a look at the stamps sold here. There were very few patterns, much fewer than those in Beijing!
Yes, there are definitely fewer things in the town than in the city.
She also gave up the idea of picking up bargains.
After you've prepared all the letters, just drop them directly into the big mailbox at the door.
After sending the letter, Xu Nanxing looked at the restaurant next to him curiously.
This restaurant is very small and sells breakfast.
There are still many people inside, eating breakfast.
Restaurants
Xu Nanxing looked at them and felt hungry. They hadn't had breakfast in the morning and no one mentioned it when they left. Perhaps they didn't like eating corn grits.
Since they saw a restaurant and happened to have food coupons with them, they could just buy breakfast here.
Xu Nanxing ordered a bowl of noodle soup and spent 8 cents and 2 taels of food coupons.
Some others ordered steamed buns, and some ordered fried dough sticks.
Since we didn’t have meat coupons, we could only order vegetarian food.
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