Chapter 12 Moving Back to the Machinery Factory Compound (Revised)
Qiao Qinglu met a few neighbors on the way and went up to the tube-shaped building without exchanging a few words.
After returning home, she took off her coat and lay quietly on the bed.
I have been very busy these days, so today I have to sort out the things I have on hand.
At present, the connections with the underworld have been established, and I will only need to go there once every ten days or half a month in the future; I have to go to a few more recycling stations, and continue looking for some old items while I am not too weak, and also look for a few more sets of the "Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry". If there are any rare and precious ancient books, I can also collect them; I have to sort out my studies as soon as possible, make a plan, and then do it step by step; my brother and Xiao Qinyun are both high school graduates, and they are both good students, so I have to motivate them.
In fact, Qiao Qinglu also felt that she was very anxious. She had to run in the dark while pregnant, and the risk factor increased sharply.
However, Qiao Qinglu had a sense of urgency. First, she felt that what was going to happen in two days was not that simple. She was afraid that time would not be enough and she had to cash in the supplies she had as soon as possible. Second, she had money in her hands and was not panicked. Qiao Qinglu wanted to keep some trump cards for herself, to have more confidence and security.
There are still two tricky things to do now. One is how to tell Qiao's parents that she wants to move back to the machinery factory compound.
Qiao Qinglu's personality is very different from her original self, and Qiao's father and mother know the original self inside and out. Now it's been a short time and they haven't reacted yet. As time goes by, they will definitely find that something is wrong with themselves, and it will be difficult to explain then.
She had to find a way to leave this home early and move back to the machinery factory compound.
Otherwise, she would say that she couldn't stand the gossip from the aunties in the compound. After all, everyone in this compound had watched her grow up. Although the police station had clarified the matter and people from the factory had come to apologize, there were still some gossips who were secretly pointing fingers.
Anyway, Xiao Qinyun was examined this morning, and the doctor confirmed that she was well again and could stop taking the medicine. Then Qiao's parents wouldn't have to worry about no one taking care of her. It would be a natural progression for her to go back to the machinery factory compound.
That’s it. I’ll go to the post office next door and call Qiao Zhenguo, ask him to come back, and talk about this together.
Another thing is how to punish Li Yuanyuan. Her body is almost recovered now and she has the energy to deal with her. Where should she start?
After thinking about it, she would not resort to despicable means like Li Yuanyuan to rape someone, but she could start with Li Yuanyuan's family and the people in Li Yuanyuan's village.
Qiao Qinglu remembered that Li Yuanyuan's family was not well-off. About five months ago, Li Yuanyuan's mother gave her job to her brother, who made money by pasting matchboxes. Three months ago, her brother got married again, and the betrothal gifts and the three major items almost emptied her family's savings. Because of this, Li Yuanyuan had a big fight with her parents and was beaten so badly that she couldn't get out of bed. She took several days off, so she had a bad relationship with her parents and brother.
In 1971, Li Yuanyuan graduated from high school and went to the countryside. With the money and tickets sent to her by the original owner and Li Hongzhi, she should not have suffered much and may even have saved a lot of money.
After all, not counting Li Hongzhi, the original owner alone sent her 560,000 yuan, and various bills worth more than ten thousand yuan.
What does this mean? The original owner's salary for the past few months was 1112 yuan in total. She sent half of her salary and bills to Li Yuanyuan. Before she left unexpectedly, there was only 128.7 yuan left in her cloth bag that contained money.
As for Li Yuanyuan, she can earn money working in the countryside. When she buys things, black flour costs 0.7 yuan per pound, pork costs 1.9 yuan per pound, and eggs cost 8 yuan each. If she buys them from the supply and marketing department or in the countryside, they are even cheaper. If I'm not mistaken, she has at least 800 yuan in savings.
Of course, she must have hidden the money, and Qiao Qinglu didn't miss it, but what would happen if her parents, brother, or the team leader, educated youth, and villagers in their village knew about the deposit of the money?
This needs to be discussed carefully with the family and Xiao Qinyun. It would be best to use each other's strengths to counter the opponent's.
After sorting out all these things, Qiao Qinglu felt very happy. She suddenly felt hungry and wanted to eat barbecue skewers. Fortunately, there were some ready-made ones in the space.
She entered the small bungalow, sat in the living room, and took out the hot grilled skewers from the warehouse with her mind and started to eat them with relish. The aroma of cumin and the spiciness of chili powder made her unable to stop, and she ate 6 skewers before stopping.
She couldn't eat anymore, it was already 4pm and she had to call her brother.
Thinking of this, Qiao Qinglu went to the space to wash up before coming out. However, her clothes still had the mutton smell on them. She had to change her clothes again, take a few aluminum lunch boxes, and then leave the tube building and go to the nearby post office.
There were no private telephones in the seventies. Only government departments, factories, and post offices had telephones installed. So she wanted to notify her brother, but didn't want to go to the machinery factory, so she went to the post office to make the call.
She called the machinery factory and asked someone to notify Qiao Zhenguo to answer the phone. Qiao thought something big had happened, but it turned out to be her younger sister calling him back for dinner.
After paying the 30-cent phone bill, Qiao Qinglu found a deserted corner and took the bicycle out of the space. Her parents didn't know her brother was coming back, so there must not be enough food, so she had to go and bring back some dishes.
Qiao Qinglu went to the state-owned restaurant first. It was not yet dinner time, so not many people were there and there were still plenty of meat dishes. She quickly handed over the bills and bought two servings of braised pork, one serving of braised sea cucumber with scallions, one serving of Kung Pao chicken and two servings of rice.
On the way, she quickly put it into the space while no one was seeing it, and then she went to Quanjude.
Qiao Qinglu bought five roast ducks from Quanjude at once and asked the chef to slice them and prepare the ingredients for the pancakes. Since she had no lunch boxes, she had to buy a few brown paper bags to pack them up and take them away.
If the restaurant had stopped selling them, she would have wanted to buy a few more roast ducks. After all, the space could keep them fresh, and the roast ducks at that time were all home-raised. The aroma of them being roasted over fruit wood charcoal made her almost want to eat them on the spot.
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