Traveling through 70's wine

"Is there any way your family can get you back?"

Wu Qing held his head and replied: "My parents are just ordinary workers and can't find any connections."

Wen Qing said, "Then we have to think of other ways. However, when I went to the market, I saw that Teacher Liu from the Commune Middle School was about to give birth.

Do you have any way to substitute for a class? You have graduated from high school, so teaching should be no problem for you. "

The two chatted for a while and felt that it was always a good idea to seize the time to study, so they picked up the book and continued reading.

One day, Wen Qing went to the pig farm to collect pig grass as usual. On the way, she ran into Aunt Lin. Seeing that there was no one around, she leaned over and whispered to Wen Qing, "The girl named You from your educated youth camp is making trouble with the team leader, asking why you don't go to work?"

Wen Qing asked hurriedly: "What did the captain say?"

Aunt Lin said, "The team leader said you were injured on duty and can't do heavy work."

Wen Qing felt relieved, took out two candies and handed them to Aunt Lin, saying, "Thank you, Aunt Lin, take these two candies to sweeten your mouth."

When we got back to the educated youth camp, You Manli had already returned. She was sitting on a small stool at the door, peeling melon seeds. When she saw Wen Qing coming in, she said, "The leaders said that the educated youth came to the countryside to receive re-education, but some of them just wanted to be lazy and have problems with their thinking."

Wen Qing was furious. "I've been in the countryside for more than three years. I've done all kinds of work. I was even named an advanced educated youth. You're new here and you can't even do farm work. What qualifications do you have to speak?"

You Manli spat out the melon seed shells, "Pah, Miss Jiao's style."

Wen Qing said angrily: "You are the spoiled lady, you can't lift your shoulders or hands, and you are sneaky and sly all day long."

Wu Qing and Luo Yixing came out one after another.

Wu Qing said: "You Zhiqing, I heard that the work done by the Zhiqing was arranged by the brigade. You can also go to the brigade leader. You are destroying the unity of the Zhiqing site by saying these things."

Wu Ying pulled You Manli back to the house.

Wen Qing said: "If you have the ability, you don't have to do any work."

Sure enough, You Manli asked the captain for leave for several days in a row. The captain was annoyed and said, "You need a hospital certificate to ask for leave."

So You Manli took leave to go to the hospital for treatment.

The next day, You Manli proudly handed the sick leave note to the team leader. Anyway, people work for the land, and the land works for the stomach. If you don't work, you won't get work points, and if you don't get work points, you won't get food.

The team leader also told her that if she took leave for more than 10 days, she would not be given any rations.

You Manli didn't think much of it. She was the youngest in the family and her parents sent her 10 yuan every month.

Her brothers and sisters all work and each sends her 5 yuan a month, which makes 20 yuan a month. Her income is higher than that of other workers in the county. What food can't she buy?

Wu Ying, who lived in the same room with her, was not as lucky as her.

Wu Ying is the eldest in the family and has a younger sister. Since she has no son, her grandmother always asks her father to use money to subsidize her uncle in the countryside and does not allow her father to give the money to the two "money-losing guys".

Her mother died three years ago, and her father remarried and had a stepmother, who gave birth to a younger brother. Only then did her grandmother give up.

This time when she went to the countryside, her grandmother prepared the luggage for her. She only took an enamel basin, a quilt, and a few clothes, and secretly gave her 20 yuan.

When we arrived at Xiangyang Village, we learned that the educated youth had been given 3 to 400 kilograms of grain last year. Some of them even made some money and had a pig-killing meal during the Spring Festival.

There was bacon hanging under the eaves of the educated youth’s house, and she suddenly saw hope.

These days, she worked in the fields, wielding a hoe that weighed more than ten pounds. She endured the blisters on her palms, knowing that as long as she worked hard, there would still be hope for the future.

When she came back in the evening, she saw You Manli sitting at the door eating melon seeds and felt very unhappy. Since she came back early, why didn't she boil water and cook?

But she didn't say anything and went to scoop some water to boil. The stove in their house was built with the help of Gu Hua and Luo Yixing, and the clay pot for boiling water was lent to them by Wu Qing and Wen Qing. During the next break, the two of them would go to the market to buy the pot and return it to them.

The newly arrived educated youth each borrowed 50 kilograms of grain from the brigade, which was to be used until the summer harvest in May or June.

Wu Ying didn't dare put too much, she just grabbed a handful of corn bran, half a handful of rice, cut some wild vegetables and put them into the rice porridge, sprinkled a few grains of salt, and that was her dinner.

Wu Qing made a stew of bacon, peas and corn with rice. The aroma of the meat and the rice wafted over.

You Manli put down her bowl and chopsticks heavily and said, "It tastes so bad, I won't eat it!"

Wu Ying wanted to roll her eyes, so she finished her meal, cleared the table, and said to You Manli, "You shouldn't have quarreled with Wen Qing. She didn't provoke you."

You Manli said unhappily: "Why can she not go out? I am almost dying of exhaustion."

"Whatever they do is arranged by the captain."

Then he said, "Let's discuss what we should add to the house. The key is to buy pots, pans, and utensils."

You Manli said: "I also need to buy a clothes box, meat and rice."

Wu Ying counted on her fingers what was missing from the house. She needed to buy iron pots, clay pots, water jars, buckets, kitchen knives, cutting boards, and backpacks.

You Manli said impatiently: "Go figure out what's missing, we'll split the money in half."

Seeing that she had no idea, Wu Ying went to ask Wu Qing and Wen Qing.

Wu Qing told her that she could buy wooden boxes, tables, chairs, wooden barrels, backpacks, and chopping boards from villagers, and that she could make her own shoulder poles by cutting bamboo in the mountains.

You have to go to the market to buy clay pots, water jars, and bowls, while iron pots and kitchen knives require industrial tickets and can be bought at the supply and marketing cooperatives.

In fact, they still lacked straw mats. The beds in their house were made of earthen bricks with wooden boards on top and straw on the wooden boards. The dry straw was very fluffy and comfortable to sleep on, but they had no mats, so they just spread old sheets.

Wen Qing looked at Wu Ying, who was not much older than when she went to the countryside, and was still as dark and thin as when she first came last year. She said, "If you don't have an industrial ticket, tell me and I'll help you find a way."

Wu Ying thanked her two sisters and went back to the house to discuss with You Manli.

On the day of the market, Wu Ying said to Wen Qing in embarrassment: "Sister Xiaoqing, we don't have industrial tickets."

Wen Qing went back to the house and took out two industrial tickets, half a catty of sugar tickets, and half a catty of oil tickets for her.

Wu Ying took it and looked at it carefully before putting it in the inner pocket of her clothes. "Thank you, Sister Xiaoqing. We will return it later."

Wen Qing also went to the market. This time she needed to order some more oak barrels and wine bottles. When the wild grapes in the valley were ripe, she would make a batch of wine.

When she arrived at Luchun County and passed by the black market, she saw Lao Yu and his brother selling corn and cloth. She was about to ask about the price of the cloth when she heard Lao Yu's brother ask, "Brother, what are we going to sell after we sell these things?"

Wen Qing calculated in her mind that there were now 240 acres of grain planted in her space, including 100 acres of rice, 100 acres of wheat, and 40 acres of corn, all of which were ready to be harvested.

She went to Lao Yu's stall and asked, "How much are these cloths?"

Old Yu didn't recognize Wen Qing who was not wearing makeup. "No ticket required. 7 cents a foot."

This kind of cloth is called work cloth, a bit like denim. It is more expensive than the one sold at the supply and marketing cooperative, but the supply and marketing cooperative does not have work cloth. Wen Qing bought 5 feet of cloth and prepared to go back and make a pair of jeans.

She went to a deserted place, entered the space and changed her makeup, transforming herself into a dark and thin man, and came to Lao Yu's stall again.

Seeing her enthusiasm, Lao Yu handed her a cheap cigarette.

Wen Qing did not refuse, took the cigarette, tucked it behind his ear like the local men did, and asked, "Brother, business is good."

Lao Yu whispered, "Thanks to you, do you have anything in your hand?"

He listened to his brother and was also thinking about what goods to import.

Wen Qing motioned for him to walk under a tree, looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to them, and whispered to him about her food.

Old Yu immediately said he wanted to sell 2000 catties of rice, 1000 catties of wheat, and 3000 catties of corn.

Wen Qing sells raw grains so they can be preserved longer.

After agreeing on the price and agreeing to deliver the goods five days later on a small hill east of the city, the two parted ways.