After finishing her cotton coat, cotton pants, and quilt, Xie Yun started buying other things she'd need. She bought toothpaste, a toothbrush, soap, a towel, and a kettle. She also bought some dried seafood, which wasn't easy to find where she was going, so now she could have it shipped to her so she could have a source for the seafood in her space. She also bought a thick cotton hat, cotton gloves, and two pairs of cotton shoes. Although she already had all of these in her space, she still needed to stock up.
She collected the green vegetables grown in the small vegetable garden in the city and ate them in the past few days. She also sent some to Uncle Wang's house.
The food was packed away, and the things to be mailed were also packed and mailed. On the day of departure, Uncle Wang came to see her off and gave her a small cloth bag of food made by her aunt for her to eat on the train.
When they arrived at the train station, they saw the Youth League Office counting people there and quickly signed up. Since it was the starting station, they could board the train first. Uncle Wang put all her things on the train. Since he had bought her a sleeper ticket, it didn't feel crowded. After putting everything away, Uncle Wang gave her some additional instructions and gave her a piece of paper with his phone number written on it, telling her to call him if she needed anything.
Xie Yun gave Uncle Wang a key. "Uncle Wang, this is the key to my house. I'm going to the countryside now. Please hand it over to me and let those in need live in the house. There is a basket in the house. It's the pickles I gave to my aunt. Please help me take it home."
"Okay, I'll hand over the house. Be careful on the road. I'm getting off now."
"Okay, goodbye Uncle Wang"
She sat down only after seeing Uncle Wang get off the bus. Uncle Wang had bought her a lower berth, and she sat there looking out the window. The bus was very crowded, with people getting on and off. After everyone else got on, she was left alone. She got up, got some hot water, and sat on the berth with a book to read.
Captain Wang went to Xie Yun's house first after returning to the family compound. He opened the door and entered the house. He saw a backpack in the house and a bag of dried vegetables on top of the backpack. He thought it was just some dried vegetables and pickles, so he took it and went home without looking down.
When he got home, he handed the basket to his wife and said, "When Xiaoyun left, I told her that she was giving you pickles. I see there are some dried vegetables on top. Please clean them up."
"Okay, I'll clean it up. You said it's not easy for this child either, you have to keep an eye on him in the future." As he spoke, he took things out, first taking out the dried vegetables on top, and saw two cloth bags underneath. He took them out and took a look, one filled with rice and the other with flour.
"Old Wang, come here quickly." The rice and flour really scared her.
"What's wrong?" Captain Wang came over and was shocked when he saw the rice and flour. These days, food is hard to buy, especially fine grains, even with money and coupons. This kid took so much at once. When he took out the grain, he saw a handkerchief underneath. He opened it and found 50 yuan and some coupons.
"We can't accept this from Lao Wang. Let's mail it back to Xiaoyun." Aunt said quickly when she saw the money.
"This child wants us to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts for her, so she doesn't want us to suffer any loss. Okay, just take them and we will mail her more things that are not available or difficult to buy over there in the future." Uncle Wang thought about the time when winter clothes were distributed and she needed a small military coat. It was cold in Heilongjiang Province, so it was just right to mail it to her so she could wear it.
There were two jars of pickles at the bottom of the backpack. Put them all away. Auntie was also thinking about mailing something to Xie Yun later.
Xie Yun read until dinnertime. She put the book away and opened the cloth bag her aunt had brought her. Inside, she found a lunch box. She took it out and opened it to reveal braised pork. Oil paper wrapped a few meat buns, four 2-ounce steamed buns, and ten hard-boiled eggs. Her aunt had made all the goodies in her house for her, and thankfully, she had saved some tickets.
I grabbed a 2-cup bun and ate some braised pork, and that was it. After dinner, I put away the bag, got a kettle of hot water, and sat by the window, staring out in a daze. Actually, my consciousness had entered the space, where I was harvesting vegetables and fruit. I also collected some fish, shrimp, and crabs from the lake, and killed some of the livestock with my mind, storing them in the basement.
After packing everything up, she went to sleep. In the middle of the night, when she parked her car, a middle-aged woman came to the lower bunk of the opposite bunk. The next morning, Xie Yun got up, washed up, and took out a lunch box from her bag. Actually, she took it from the space. She opened the lunch box, took out her chopsticks, and started eating dumplings.
After finishing her dumplings, she pulled out the Little Red Book from her bag and started reading. The original owner had read it, but now that she was here and knew what was going to happen, she felt compelled to take a closer look. If anyone picked a fight with her, she would retaliate with words from the Little Red Book. She would see who dared to say they were wrong.
After a while, the woman in the bunk across from me woke up, and they simply nodded in greeting. The next afternoon, they finally arrived at the station. The train ride was smooth, without the scramble for seats you'd expect from a book. Xie Yun got off the train with her luggage, carrying a large bag on her back and two suitcases in each hand. Although they were only light items, she still sweated a lot in the crowded environment.
After getting off the train, I started looking for a bus from Anlin Commune or Shuangshan Brigade. Looking up, I saw some ox carts and a tractor parked to the right. Many young people who had gotten off the train headed for the sign that said "Educated Youth Office." Xie Yun also walked over, carrying her belongings. She didn't try to squeeze in. She was the last person to register at the Educated Youth Office. After the office saw her name, they said, "Are you Xie Yun?"
"Yes, I am Xie Yun," Xie Yun replied.
"Director Xiao mentioned you. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to the Youth League Office to find me. My name is Li Shengli." The person from the Youth League Office said, and while saying this, he was still wondering why this fair, tender, delicate and weak girl was so depressed that she came to the countryside. After working in the countryside for a few days, she would not want to stay in the countryside and would want to go back to the city.
"Yeah, okay."
"The one with the tractor is the Shuangshan Brigade. Go over there."
"Okay, I'll visit you again when I have time." She then took her luggage and walked towards the tractor. She saw two men and two women already sitting on it. As she put her luggage on the tractor, the bespectacled young man sitting on her left quickly stood up and helped her carry her things up and put them away. Xie Yun also climbed aboard and sat down.
"Thank you, comrade"
"You're welcome, I'm serving the people," the male educated youth said as his face began to turn red.
"Hmph," the short-haired female educated youth on the right snorted and rolled her eyes.
Xie Yun ignored her. The tractor driver, a young man in his late twenties, checked the number of people and saw that everyone was present before heading towards Shuangshan Brigade. It took about half an hour to reach Shuangshan Brigade. A group of children were playing under a large tree at the entrance of the village. When they saw the tractor approaching, they ran after it for a while.
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