A wonderful life through the 1970s

The three of them worked together to clean up the kitchen so they could basically cook here in the evening.

Lan Xiyue looked around and said, "We are still short of water jars and buckets. Why don't we go to the captain's house and ask where we can get some in exchange? We also need to buy a kang cabinet and wardrobe for our room, as well as a dining table and stools."

"Okay, we should bring something with us. We can't go empty-handed." Liu Chaoyang asked embarrassedly.

"Chaoyang is right. I have some brown sugar. I'll take a pound of it." Lan Xiyue said.

Ji Xinyue said: "I have peach cakes."

Liu Chaoyang: "I'll bring a pound of fruit candy."

"Okay, then ask if you can exchange it for some vegetables and eggs for us." Lan Xiyue said.

The three people agreed to go back to the house, pick up their things and walk towards the village. When they first arrived, they didn't know where the captain's house was, so they asked the children playing in the village.

One of the older children asked, "Are you new educated youth?"

Liu Chaoyang quickly took out candies and distributed them to the children and replied: "Yes! We just had something here and wanted to ask the captain for help."

After making sure that they were not bad people, the child pointed them in the direction.

Lan Xiyue smiled and said: "This little guy is quite alert and even knows to ask who it is."

They followed the direction the child pointed and heard a baby crying just as they reached the door. Lan Xiyue went forward and knocked on the door, and a woman's voice came from inside: "The door is not locked, come in."

Lan Xiyue and the others entered the yard and saw a middle-aged woman coming out of the kitchen. She was holding a bowl of noodle soup in her hand. When she saw the three young girls coming in, she said quickly, "Are you the new educated youth comrades? Excuse me, my daughter-in-law is in confinement after childbirth. I'm making food for her. Please wait a moment, I'll be out soon."

Then he went into the west room, gave the food to his daughter-in-law, took the child and said, "You eat, I'll hold the child first."

"Thank you, mom. It's because of my poor health and insufficient milk that the baby cried because of hunger." The second son's wife said uncomfortably.

"It's okay, just take good care of the baby. I'll call the second son later to see if he can get some milk powder tickets so we can exchange for some. We can't let the baby starve. Someone is coming to our house, maybe to see your dad. I'll take the baby out to check on him, while wrapping him in a blanket to prevent him from catching a cold. After you finish eating, take a rest so you can have the energy to take care of the baby at night."

"Okay, thank you, mother."

Bai Jinglan carried her grandson out of the west room, asked Lan Xiyue and the others to sit in the living room of the main house, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry that I can't get you some water. You are looking for the old man, right? He just came back from the brigade headquarters and went back to the fields."

"It's okay, auntie. We just arrived and we're short of a lot of things so I wanted to ask where we can exchange them. To be honest, auntie, we're all from Beijing and have some tickets in our hands. If they fit, we can exchange them. Just now I heard you say you wanted milk powder tickets, but I still have two here. Why don't you use them first? We can't let the child starve no matter what." Lan Xiyue said politely.

Bai Jinglan was very happy to hear this, "Really, my daughter, thank you so much. My third daughter-in-law had some discomfort during childbirth and injured her body. The milk is not enough for her to eat, and we are very anxious. As elders, we are really distressed to see the child crying from hunger, but milk powder tickets are easy to get in the countryside. You saved my grandson's life!"

"It's okay, auntie. I have a pound of brown sugar here. Leave it to your sister-in-law to nourish her body."

Ji Xinyue and Liu Chaoyang also put the things they brought on the table.

Ji Xinyue said with a smile: "Aunt, don't be polite with us. We will settle down here in the future. We are young and don't know anything. We need you to give us more advice."

Bai Jinglan also said happily, "Okay, if you need help in the future, just let me know and I will definitely help you get it done."

What do you want to exchange now? See if I have it. If I do, I will exchange it for you. If not, I will show you who has it. "

"It's like this, Auntie, we have rented the yard at the foot of the mountain, but there's nothing in it except the kang. We wanted to ask if there's anyone here who can make furniture. So we can replace some of it, like kang tables, kang cabinets, wardrobes, etc. Also, our kitchen is missing a water tank, and I don't know where to get it?" Lan Xiyue asked.

Liu Chaoyang added: "If possible, we would also like to exchange for some vegetables and eggs."