"Are you going to pay for the grain yourself, or will you use future work points to offset it?"
Xu Dawei led the two women to the warehouse. The warehouse keeper, Xu Shouliang, looked at the two frail-looking female educated youths in front of him and asked them questions in a rude tone.
Li Xiyue said, "I'll buy it with money."
She has neither money nor food. She came here to collect food to cover her tracks. There's no need for her to use work points to offset it. She doesn't even know how many work points she can earn.
Huang Xinrui also said to buy it with money.
Xu Shouliang, who had been wearing a sour face, finally softened his expression. "There are still about three months until the summer harvest. Each person will receive 28 catties of grain per month, 30% refined grain and 70% coarse grain. Will it be received all at once or in monthly installments?"
In the city, each person receives 30 jin of grain per month, but in the countryside, they receive 2 jin less.
"Go ahead and collect them," Li Xiyue said.
Huang Xinrui hesitated and said, "Yueyue, how about we receive it monthly?"
"What's wrong?" Li Xiyue asked.
Huang Xinrui whispered, "What if it gets stolen?"
After all, it's not like one person lives in one room, so there's a high chance of being burglarized.
Li Xiyue thought what she said made sense, "Then let's receive it monthly."
She could trust Huang Xinrui, but she couldn't trust Zhao Xiaoli.
Xu Shouliang weighed out the grain, pointed to the grain requisition book on the table, and said, "Sign here."
Li Xiyue and Huang Xinrui picked up pens and wrote their names.
Xu Shouliang glanced at the two men's handwriting and thought to himself, "They do have quite good handwriting."
But what's the use? If you don't have any strength, you're completely useless; you'll only drag the production team down.
"Yueyue, don't you think everyone seems to dislike us?" Huang Xinrui said as she left the warehouse with the grain.
Li Xiyue nodded, "Indeed."
They encountered many people along the way, and although they greeted them politely, not one of them paid any attention to them and even gave them the cold shoulder, as if they were seeing an enemy, which they found particularly disgusting.
"Why? We didn't do anything." Huang Xinrui said, somewhat frustrated.
She initially thought going to the countryside was quite nice, but now that she's being ostracized by the villagers, she feels very uncomfortable.
Li Xiyue laughed and said, "Maybe it has nothing to do with us, don't worry about it. As long as we work hard, everyone will accept us."
Huang Xinrui nodded. "Is there anything else you need? I'd like a bamboo basket, a shoe rack, and a washbasin stand."
“I want one too. Let’s go to the village and ask if there are any carpenters or bamboo weavers or anything like that,” Li Xiyue said.
The two women asked several people, but no one paid any attention to them. Just as they were feeling awkward, Grandma Yu arrived.
"Yueyue, where are you going?" Grandma Yu was very happy to see Li Xiyue.
Li Xiyue said, "I was planning to trade some things with the villagers, but..."
"It's alright, I'll take you there," Grandma Yu patted her hand reassuringly.
Grandma Yu led the two to find the bamboo craftsman Xu Dongzhu.
Bamboo woven baskets sell for two cents each, and rectangular vegetable baskets for one cent each.
They each bought one, spending three cents.
He then found carpenter Xu Linmu and bought a washbasin stand for 50 cents and a shoe rack for 30 cents.
Seeing that there were ready-made bathtubs available for one yuan each, the two of them bought one.
Li Xiyue was alright, as she had taken a shower in the space, but Huang Xinrui hadn't showered for two days on the train, and hadn't showered again last night. She was feeling a bit itchy and definitely needed to take a hot shower tonight.
The two took the basket and the carrying basket. They had bought a lot of things from the carpenter's house, and Xu Linmu promised to deliver them to the educated youth settlement later.
"Yueyue, come to my house for lunch. I asked my daughter-in-law to go to the commune to buy meat," Grandma Yu said, holding Li Xiyue's hand.
The old man invited her repeatedly, so Li Xiyue had no choice but to agree, even though she felt obligated.
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