Thanos's biological daughter in period fiction

At times like these, as long as something still has even the slightest bit of value, it won't be sent to the scrap yard.

Just like glass, even a glass bottle, as long as it can still hold water, it's still useful. The glass shards they found in that pool of broken glass were all no bigger than Tangtang's little palm.

Tables and chairs, anything that can be patched up, are still useful. Nowadays, recycling centers are the real recycling centers; broken glass, bottle caps, cigarette butts, scraps of paper—you can't find a single intact item.

At this time, the most common material was iron that had been burned before. During the Great Leap Forward, people threw in all sorts of iron, such as iron pots, knives, and locks, and what came out were all broken pieces.

In these ordinary county towns, scrap metal recycling stations simply don't have anything to cut these lumps of iron, so they can only dump them in large chunks in a corner.

This is probably the most valuable thing in the entire scrap yard, because it's made of iron and because it's heavy enough.

Although Liu Fangmei also went through that period, not many people from her village were involved, and the village chief suppressed them. However, the items they handed over were indeed handed over. When things didn't work out and they couldn't get the items back, they realized how prescient the village chief's advice had been.

So Liu Fangmei had no idea what that lump her daughter was looking at was. It wasn't until they left the scrap metal yard that Xia Qingshu explained, "Tangtang, we can't afford that. It's iron that was damaged during steelmaking two years ago. There's no use for it if we buy it. We don't have anything to melt it down."

Xia Qingshu assumed his younger sister wanted it; after all, girls often have strange desires, and she had been eyeing it ever since she entered the scrap metal yard.

"No, it's ugly..." He wasn't actually staring at it the whole time; he was just trying to clear his mind. How could his brother possibly think he'd like that lump of metal? His two older brothers were the only ones strong; moving that thing would be a struggle for them.

Besides, you can't even tell what shape that thing is, so why would she want to take it?

When Liu Fangmei heard her little girl complaining in her childish voice about how ugly the thing was, she burst out laughing again: "Do you even know what that thing is? And you're complaining about it? That's the most valuable thing in the whole scrap yard. If you find one of those and take it to the scrap yard to sell, it can be worth several dollars."

"No, no..." She didn't have that kind of fetish for liking that kind of thing, and even if it was valuable, she didn't want to be able to carry it.

"Stone, help your mother think of anything else we haven't bought yet. Hurry up, let's buy it first. We still need to go to the post office in town later. I wonder if your father has sent a letter yet?" This man left without saying a word. He's been gone for so many days and I haven't seen him return to Qingyu Residence. I wonder how he's doing there?

It's time to collect this month's allowance. He said he borrowed 100 yuan when he came back, but I don't know if he's paid it back yet.

"Mom, we didn't buy salt. I couldn't find any cigarettes when I was looking for leftovers, and we're out of soy sauce too. We didn't bring any bottles either." Xia Qingyan carefully recalled what was in the house. He had gone to get salt to catch fish, but he couldn't find it after searching for a long time.

If Mother hadn't remembered it now, they would have forgotten about it too.

"Okay, then when we go to the post office in town, we'll also go to the supply and marketing cooperative." (Town worker)

People in the village would occasionally borrow some salt or soy sauce, but it wasn't appropriate for her to bring those things out.

Oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar—except for oil, none of the others required ration coupons. However, nowadays, "oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar" are just names; soy sauce is available, but vinegar is very rare—you can buy it if you happen to be there, or you can't if you're not.

The villagers don't receive oil coupons anymore. In the past, villagers would grow peanuts on their own plots or in the village, and the peanuts they were allocated would be used to press for oil. But now the land is dry and there's no harvest. Let alone growing peanuts, they can't even grow grains, so where would they find peanuts to press for oil?

The fields are now entirely planted with sweet potatoes, not a single grain of rice. How can they work hard if there's no water? Without enough water, the rice seeds won't germinate.

The village chief, the brigade leader, and some village officials discussed the matter and decided to plant all the sweet potatoes as drought-resistant crops, so that the villagers would not go hungry for the next six months.

"Mom, why don't we go buy soy sauce and salt, and you and my sister go to the post office? That way it'll be faster." Xia Qingyan stopped her mother, who was about to enter the post office. It was almost time; if they went back now, it would be dark by the time they reached the village.

So the two brothers felt they had to hurry, wondering if there were still people queuing up inside the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Okay, buy a soy sauce bottle. If you have any other seasonings, buy some too, we don't have anything at home." Liu Fangmei waved her hand and gave her son 10 yuan. If he didn't have any, she could use the jar she just bought to store some in Qingyuju.

You still need to buy some other things to keep at home. Others might not know about them, but if you buy them, it means you have them at home.

"Okay, Mother." The two brothers took the money, slung their baskets over their shoulders, and turned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative.

When we arrived at the post office, there really were money order slips and letters. Since they were sent from the military region, we needed a household registration book and a letter of introduction.

The letter of introduction: she had already obtained her household registration from the brigade leader when she came before. Liu Fangmei kept it at Qingyu Residence, so she could take it out at any time.

After receiving the letter and money, Liu Fangmei thought about buying some stamps. Xia Yutang also stared longingly at the pretty young girl standing at the counter when she heard about the stamps.

The little girl took out a box from under her bed. The box was full of stamps. Xia Yutang's eyes lit up as she looked at the box full of stamps.

"Mother, I want..."

"Which one do you want?" Liu Fangmei didn't think too much about it and simply carried her to the counter so she could choose for herself.

As a result, Xia Yutang took all the different ones, totaling forty or fifty in total. She also took the whole sheets with different patterns.

"Goodness, are you sure you want so many?" Liu Fangmei was a little incredulous. What did this little girl want so many stamps for?

"Yes, I want them all..." These stamps are all beautiful. Although some of them have been stored for a long time, they will become more valuable over time, won't they?

"Okay, comrade, can you help me calculate how much all this costs?" Liu Fangmei also doted on children, and her generosity left the little girl standing opposite her speechless.

"Comrade, this costs 11.36 yuan." The girl did the math: each stamp costs eight cents, and a whole bunch of them would cost more than 11 yuan. She wondered how he could bear to spend so many stamps.

"Okay, then wrap it up for me." Luckily, she had just received the money, otherwise she wouldn't have that much in hand right now.