Black Market Boss: His Beloved Wife's Lazy Life

After washing up, the group went back to their dorm to prepare for bed.

Three older educated youths and four new female educated youths lay together on the eight-meter-long kang (a heated brick bed) and blew out the kerosene lamp.

After that, the seven of them lay down in a row and went to sleep.

The next day.

Shang Yanfang slowly woke up from her dream.

After two days and one night of busy travel, I slept so soundly yesterday.

After lingering in bed for a while, Shang Yanfang got up and washed up.

After washing up, Shang Yanfang found that all the older educated youth had gone to work, and only the new educated youth remained in the educated youth compound.

Back in the room, I woke up He Lingling, Li Zhaodi, and Liu Yan.

"Lingling, Zhaodi, Yanzi. Today I want to go to the commune to buy some things and let my family know I'm safe."

Are you going?

Shang Yanfang called on the others while packing her own things.

"Yanfang, I want to go. I also want to let my family know I'm safe."

He Lingling got up as she spoke.

"Yanfang, I won't go, but I'd like to ask you to help me send a letter."

As she spoke, Li Zhaodi went to the table and wrote a letter on the spot.

I put the letter in an envelope and put a stamp on it.

"Okay, Zhaodi."

"Hey, Yanzi, do you want to come along?"

He Lingling asked.

"No need, I won't go. It's nothing urgent."

"It's okay, Lingling and I can go. Is there anything you need?"

"If the supply and marketing cooperative has any, I'll bring it back to you."

Shang Yanfang said understandingly.

"Alright, Yanfang, shall we go now?"

"Are you ready? If you are, let's go to the commune now."

"We're all packed, let's set off now."

The two of them carried their newly bought baskets to the commune.

The two walked along, taking in the surroundings.

The golden rice stalks along the roadside are stretching out in the wind.

"Is this the same rice we usually eat?"

"I'm so naive and sweet," He Lingling asked.

"Yes, this is the rice from the rice."

Shang Yanfang said affirmatively.

"So, will we need to harvest the rice then?"

"Of course. If you don't harvest these crops, will they grow legs and walk back to the granary on their own?"

Shang Yanfang couldn't help but ask in return.

It took the two of them thirty minutes to walk to the commune.

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This place looks similar to the countryside, with low houses interspersed with a few two-story buildings.

"This commune doesn't look very good!"

"It's not bad. Supply and marketing cooperatives, post offices, state-run restaurants, grain bureaus and all sorts of other things are available."

Hearing He Lingling's sigh, Shang Yanfang couldn't help but say something.

Several places were on the same street, and the first place they arrived at was the post office.

She should mail the letter first.

The two walked to the mailbox and put Li Zhaodi's letter inside.

"Lingling, I'm going to send a telegram. Do you want me to send one too?"

"I'm going to make a phone call."

"Then let's each go and let others know we're safe."

"Ok."

One of them walked toward the telegraph machine, and the other toward the telephone machine.

"Hello, do you want to send a telegram?"

"That's what postal worker Sister Li said politely."

"Yes. How much does a telegram cost per word?"

Shang Yanfang asked curiously.

When I read novels before, they always said that telegrams were counted by the number of words.

Now that she's reached the age of studying historical fiction, she definitely needs to learn more about the characteristics of this era.

"Hello, comrade. It costs two cents per word here."

"Okay, thank you, comrade."

I want to send four words. So I'll send: "Arrived, don't worry."

It was sent to the south of the capital.

Shang Yanfang typed and sent a telegram while speaking to the postman.

"Eight cents in total."

"OK, thanks."

He handed the eight cents to the postman.

It's amazing to think that stamps from the 21st century could fetch high prices in future generations.

She couldn't help but ask, "Comrade, hello. Do you have any stamps?"

Yes, how much do you need?

"Can I choose some designs? Let me pick some of my own designs."

Shang Yanfang asked cautiously.

Seeing Sister Li's increasingly unpleasant expression.

After all, the staff here have secure jobs and receive a fixed salary every month.

There's no need to do so many thankless and exhausting things.

After all, she wouldn't get any benefit from it.

Upon seeing her, Shang Yanfang took out a large White Rabbit candy from her handbag and handed it to Sister Li.

"Sister Li, have a piece of candy. My parents asked me to come and share it with my friends."

"Here you go, big sister. Take this and sweeten my nephew's mouth when we get home."

As Shang Yanfang spoke, she handed the candy in her hand to Sister Liu.

After receiving the candy, Sister Liu's face became warmer and her attitude changed drastically.

"Wait a moment, I'll go get you the stamps."

After Sister Li finished speaking, she went to find stamps for Shang Yanfang.

A short while later, Sister Li came out, carrying a cardboard box in her arms.

"Find them yourself, these are all stamps. They're stamps that weren't sold before, but they're unusable."

"It's nothing, I just love stamp collecting. I like beautiful pictures."

Shang Yanfang said indifferently.

"Okay, then you can choose one yourself!"

Looking at the box of colorful stamps with all sorts of designs.

"Yanfang, are you feeling better?"

"Lingling, come here, I'm buying stamps. Why don't you come and take a look?"

"Okay, I'll be right there."

After the two finished speaking, He Lingling walked over.

"Lingling, look how beautiful these stamps are!"

"Yes, yes, so many beautiful pictures."

"This scenery is so beautiful!"

As they talked, the two picked out their favorite stamps.

"Sister Li, these are all we need."

Shang Yanfang was getting annoyed by the sheer number of stamps, and continued searching as she spoke.

After searching and searching, Shang Yanfang found a red stamp with a map of China on it.

Shang Yanfang had seen this stamp before; it was mentioned in the news in her previous life as a stamp with the inscription "The whole country is red".

My heart is pounding with excitement! Ah! Ah! Ah!

Shang Yanfang couldn't help but scream inwardly.

A single stamp is worth a courtyard house in Beijing in a past life.

"You like this? There's a whole set below."

Seeing that Shang Yanfang liked it, Sister Li couldn't help but remind her.

"Okay, I like it. Give me that one too."

Shang Yanfang found thirty-two stamps of various kinds.

"These stamps cost three cents each. That's ninety cents in total. Consider the remaining two a gift."

Sister Li said.

Shang Yanfang took out money from her handbag and handed it to Sister Li.

He put the stamps into his handbag and then took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies and handed them to Sister Li.

"Big sister, here's some candy to sweeten your mouth."

After handing the milk candy to Sister Li, he left.

"Lingling, let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Ok."

The two of them walked into the supply and marketing cooperative together.

Inside the supply and marketing cooperative, several sales clerks were sitting there, eating sunflower seeds and chatting.

I looked around the contents of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Each salesperson and cashier was connected by a wire.

When a member wanted something, they would clip the money and the items they needed into a clip, give it a hard flick, and send it to the cashier.

After the cashier collects the money and tickets, they throw the shopping list back to the salesperson, who then hands the items to the employee, and the transaction is complete.