Shi Chunlan had long expected He Jing's answer, but she still felt a little indescribable when she heard it. After all, her family had delayed the Zhou family for a long time.

However, since her daughter was unwilling, Shi Chunlan naturally would not force her.

From now on, I will help the Zhou family as much as I can.

In addition, she was also thinking about whether there were any suitable relatives in her family who she could introduce to the Zhou family.

Shi Chunlan nodded, and touched her hair kindly, "Then we'll talk about it later."

"Yeah." He Jing breathed a sigh of relief. She thought Shi Chunlan would be unhappy.

For the rest of the journey, the mother and daughter were in tacit agreement and did not mention the matter again.

The journey to town is quite long, taking more than 40 minutes.

However, He Jing and Shi Chunlan were both very fast and arrived in just over 30 minutes.

The town was not prosperous in 1976. There was only one main street and several shops, but they were all crowded with people.

Shi Chunlan was not surprised, but seeing He Jing frowning slightly, she thought that the city must be different from the countryside, so she pursed her lips, a little worried that He Jing would not be able to adapt.

"Jingjing..." Shi Chunlan's face was full of worry.

He Jing turned around when she heard the voice and met her worried eyes. Her heart suddenly trembled, and she immediately raised the corners of her lips and said with a faint smile: "Mom, we just need to buy some daily necessities, nothing else."

"How can that be possible?" Shi Chunlan shook her head in disapproval. When she went out this morning, she brought a lot of money and tickets with her just to buy things for He Jing.

"In addition to daily necessities, you also need to buy clothes and shoes." Shi Chunlan took a look at He Jing's current outfit, which was a Dacron shirt, trousers, and a pair of leather shoes.

Looking at He Jing dressed like this, Shi Chunlan knew what kind of life she had led in the past.

Now that she is back, He Jing has to do what Fangfang did before. It’s not that Shi Chunlan doesn’t want to spoil her, but there are so many people in the family, and food, food coupons and work points have all been allocated.

Even though Shi Chunlan didn't want He Jing to go to the fields, if she didn't work she would have no work points, and without work points she would have no food and no money.

He Jing saw all of Shi Chunlan's concerns and understood them clearly.

"Mom." He Jing took her arm and leaned her head slightly on her shoulder. "I brought back suitable clothes and Jiefang shoes."

"Let's not spend all this money and tickets now, okay?"

After hearing what He Jing said, Shi Chunlan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

There are also special suppliers for daily necessities, and you need special tickets to buy anything.

Shi Chunlan bought the washbasin, towel, soap, and toothbrush.

He Jing watched from the side, silently calculating in her mind how much money and tickets she had spent, and she would have to make it up when she made money in the future.

It didn't take much time to buy things, but all the time was spent in queuing.

He Jing and Shi Chunlan both had their hands full. They looked at the people in line and asked quietly, "Mom, is there a black market in our town?"

The black market is not a real market.

That is a secret transaction between people who cannot buy the goods. If they are discovered, it is illegal and they will be paraded through the streets.

When Shi Chunlan heard this, she immediately became nervous and looked around, afraid that someone would hear her.

"Jingjing." Shi Chunlan pulled the person to the entrance of a remote alley, and only spoke after making sure that there was no one else around. "Don't say such things carelessly. If someone with ulterior motives hears it and reports it, it will be troublesome."

Seeing how nervous she was, He Jing nodded meekly, "Mom, I understand."

"Are there people doing black market trading in this town?" He Jing asked again.

Shi Chunlan looked up at her, frowning, very puzzled, "Jingjing, what do you want to buy?"

He Jing shook her head, "Mom, I don't want to buy anything, I just want to learn more."

Shi Chunlan didn't believe what she said, but since He Jing didn't explain, she didn't want to continue asking.

Shi Chunlan shook her head, "I don't know about that."

"No one in our family has ever traded on the black market." Shi Chunlan did not lie. She continued, "We don't have enough food at home. How can we trade it?"

As for buying, there is only so much money in the house, how can we afford things on the black market?

He Jing understood.

"Jingjing, this is a crime of speculation."

That is something that cannot be touched at all.

He Jing understood, "Don't worry, Mom. I'm just curious."

Seeing Shi Chunlan's big reaction, He Jing didn't want to continue talking about her plan.

Hekou Village.

The whistle for the break was blown.

He Jijun wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked around, and quickly saw Zhou Qian'an in the crowd. His thick eyebrows subconsciously frowned.

"Brother." He Jidong came over. He didn't notice Zhou Qian'an. He looked at He Jijun and said, "My little sister is back. Is Fangfang's previous job not suitable for her?"

He Jing used to live in the city, so she definitely doesn't know anything about village life.

"How about giving her my custodian job?" He Jidong couldn't think of a better way.

He Jijun frowned and thought, "Have you told your wife about this?"

The work points of custodians and ordinary team members are different.

He Jidong was silent for a moment, frowned and shook his head, "This is my job, I'm the one who makes the decision."

"Zhao Di won't say anything."

He Jijun didn't refuse, but he didn't agree either, "Let's talk about it when I get back at noon."

"Okay." He Jidong tacitly agreed with his eldest brother. He turned around and saw that Zhou Qian'an was no longer among the crowd. After taking a deep breath, he turned back, worry revealed in his eyes.

"Brother, do you think my little sister will come back?" During the days when Fangfang was gone, my mother had been waiting at home for my little sister to come back.

But more than half a month has passed and there is still no information.

Everyone thought that my younger sister would never come back.

But no one expected that my younger sister would come back last night.

He Jijun looked down at the scorebook and answered without even looking up, "Not sure."

"Brother, why do you think my younger sister came back?" He Jidong asked again.

He still remembered the day when the He family drove home. The couple made it very clear that He Jing had a marriage and a decent job in the city, and would never come back.

Also tell my parents not to go to the city to look for me.

This is not good for He Jing.

"I don't know." He Jijun replied.

He Jidong frowned and looked at his elder brother with some dissatisfaction, "Brother, how come you don't know anything?"

"You knew to ask me?" He Jijun asked him back.

He Jidong was silent.

"My parents don't want to ask why my little sister came back, so we won't do anything about it." He Jijun said, "If my little sister wants to go back in the future, we can't stop her."

"But she is back, and as her brothers, we have to fulfill our duties as brothers."

He Jidong touched the tip of his nose and said, "I hope my little sister doesn't go back."

"She is good at cooking." He Jidong thought of the fried dried radish he had this morning. It was so crispy that he couldn't help swallowing his saliva just thinking about it.

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