Siheyuan: Space takes me to exchange!

First of all, going to Beijing for medical treatment is not something you can just do. There are many things at home that need to be arranged.

The first thing is to find the village chief to get a letter of introduction. In this era, without a letter of introduction, it is difficult to move forward.

The next step was to exchange for national food coupons. In that era of unified purchase and sale, you had to bring food coupons when going out, and they had to be national food coupons.

Farmers were not issued food coupons. If you wanted to go out, you could take your food to the county grain station to exchange it. Of course, you also had to get a letter of introduction from the brigade to prove that you were really going to travel far away, to other places, otherwise they would not exchange it for you, and even if they did, they would only exchange it for food within the province.

However, the grain station does not accept all grains, such as sweet potatoes. It can only accept grains such as rice or corn.

So, Li Xiuyuan took 80 kilograms of corn and went to the county grain station.

After showing the letter of introduction to the staff, the staff asked expressionlessly, "How much do you want to exchange?"

"Eighty kilograms." Li Xiuyuan replied.

The staff asked him to put the grain on the scale, weigh it, and then check whether the grain is clean and not mixed with anything else.

The next step was to exchange for food coupons. Of course, it was not one pound of grain for one pound of national food coupons, but one pound of grain for nine taels of national food coupons.

Li Xiuyuan walked out of the grain station holding food coupons for one liang, two liang, half a jin, one jin, three jin, and five jin.

In fact, he also had food coupons in his space, but there were not many in the whole country. He didn’t know when he would finish seeing the doctor in Beijing this time, so it was always better to bring more.

After returning home, Li Xiuyuan told Ma Xiuying what had happened and said that the work had basically been done and they could leave at any time.

Ma Xiuying prepared a lot of dry food at home, and made meat sauce with the pheasants and rabbits that Li Xiuyuan brought back, and then packed some clothes for changing.

Li Xiuyuan entrusted Dahuang and the other three to the care of an old man from his village, and also sent them food rations.

At the same time, Li Xiuyuan also exchanged tobacco leaves and other supplies for 20 kilograms of deer penis wine, 20 kilograms of bone wine, and 20 kilograms of ginseng wine from an old hunter in the village.

Early in the morning on the day of departure, Li Xiuyuan rented a sled from the village and took Ma Xiuying and Xiaoman directly to the county.

You can cover yourself with a blanket while sitting on a sled, and you don’t have to go around to town, which saves a lot of distance.

They arrived at the county before noon. Seeing that Xiaoman looked well, Li Xiuyuan got on the bus to Quanyang.

After more than an hour of bumpy ride, we arrived in Quanyang at 1:30 in the afternoon.

The train from Quanyang to the provincial capital Chunshi leaves at 2:30 p.m. and ends at 4:00 a.m. the next day. It takes more than ten hours to reach Chunshi.

But can Xiaoman’s body withstand the constant running around?

"Xiao Man, how do you feel? Are you feeling uncomfortable? If so, be sure to tell me. If it doesn't work, we can just stay overnight and leave tomorrow afternoon."

Li Xiuyuan was really worried that Xiaoman couldn't bear the fatigue from the journey, so he always paid attention to Xiaoman's physical condition.

Xiaoman is six years old, but she is still small and thin, and her personality is as docile as a kitten, which makes people feel pity for her.

"Brother, I'm fine. I don't feel uncomfortable." Xiaoman said in a low voice.

Ma Xiuying hugged her daughter and said, "Xiaoman, if you feel uncomfortable, tell us immediately, okay?"

Xiaoman nodded slightly.

"Mantun, let's go. We don't want to live here anymore."

Li Xiuyuan understood Ma Xiuying's thoughts. She was afraid of spending money and was afraid that the money would not be enough for her medical treatment.

Before leaving, Ma Xiuying borrowed some money from the villagers. She was determined to go out and take her daughter to the hospital this time.

Seeing that Xiaoman looked fine and showed no signs of discomfort, Li Xiuyuan agreed with Ma Xiuying's opinion. When they got on the train, he could just hold Xiaoman in his arms.

So the three of them got on the 2:30 train to Chuncheng. Along the way, Li Xiuyuan held Xiaoman in his arms and wrapped her in a sheepskin coat.

He would give Xiaoman some candy and hot water from time to time. In addition, they brought a lot of food, including eggs and meat sauce. When Xiaoman got off the train at 4:30 in the morning of the next day, he looked pretty good.