Chapter 96 Passing the border(1/2)
After Xu Lingjun and Xiuzhi sent everyone away, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Treating guests to a meal is indeed quite tiring and can be regarded as highly stressful.
Everyone who comes is a guest and must be taken care of.
Niu Fengying and Guo Shizi were the last to leave.
Niu Fengying was a helper and had to help them pack up and go back.
Guo Zhizi also helped them tidy up.
He can't let his wife go back alone for a while!
When Niu Fengying finally left, Xiuzhi asked her to take five meters of fabric with her.
The relationship between their families has always been close.
If we take it a step further, they can be regarded as the matchmakers between Xu Lingjun and Xiu Zhi.
Do you mean that Tianwang Fuxing will distribute it to them?
Yes, but the two meters of cloth are only enough to make clothes for the child.
Now that you have this opportunity, wouldn’t you also want to do something?
Don't think Niu Fengying is greedy, the fabric is really in short supply.
They are not from the city, so they give out more than ten feet of cloth coupons every year.
The cloth coupons issued after two or three years in rural areas may not be able to be used to make clothes.
This leads to the saying "Three years of new life, three years of old life, and another three years of mending."
Even in remote places, the whole family only has one pair of pants, and whoever goes out wears it.
This is not just a problem of poverty, but more of a shortage of materials in this era.
Of course, Niu Fengying didn't want to take it for free. She would find a way to make it up to Xiuzhi later.
There are many things that can be replenished, such as food, oil, etc., which are all in short supply.
"Xiuzhi, you wait at home for a while, I'll go get some things."
It was already dark, they lived at the edge of the village, and no one would come here for a walk.
Even at this point, many people were already asleep.
"Well~ be careful!"
Xiuzhi got used to it a little after Xu Lingjun flipped the items around a few times.
She knew that Xu Lingjun went to get the food he mentioned in the afternoon.
Xiuzhi knew very well that Xu Lingjun had to support two people by earning work points alone.
No, there are three of them now. Xiuzhi touched her belly.
If you don't want to think of other options, get some food reserves.
When times get tough, she gets into trouble just like her previous home.
She even went so far as to let her daughter marry a fool in order to survive~
Of course, the current result is the best, but she can also understand Xu Lingjun's approach.
After all, Xu Lingjun still has an identity, which leaves them with a way out.
Xiuzhi thought about all this with the thinking of her time.
The act of returning it to Xu Lingjun came full circle.
Xu Lingjun never expected it to be so far away.
He just wanted Xiu Zhi to live a good life, at least not having to be so frugal on food.
Otherwise, he would eat and drink in space every day.
Seeing Xiu Zhi eating bran-flavored vegetables at home, how could he get over the humiliation in his heart?
After a while, Xu Lingjun came back.
Xiuzhi quickly opened the door for him.
Originally, he wanted to help, but Xu Lingjun dodged directly.
These things are not light. Xiuzhi is just pregnant, so don't drag the baby.
"How did you get so many things back?"
Xiuzhi was shocked when she saw what Xu Lingjun brought back.
I was too nervous just now and didn't pay attention. Now when I entered the house, Xu Lingjun put down his things and saw clearly.
Xu Lingjun just held a fifty-jin bag of rice and a fifty-jin bag of cornmeal under one arm.
Under the other arm was a fifty-pound bag of whole-wheat noodles, and about twenty pounds of millet.
A large piece of cloth, this is a piece of suet.
After a while, he also had two kneaded sheepskins on his back.
"Shh~ What's the matter? I forgot the food stamps I gave you last time."
"It's just that this time I met an acquaintance, and I exchanged them for food."
"There is a limit on the amount of food you can exchange for in the city, so you won't be able to exchange the money you save."
"Save the food stamps from last time for a critical moment."
Xu Lingjun said casually.
What he brought back last time, including the food stamps mailed to his father-in-law, was three hundred kilograms.
This time he thought that Xiuzhi would be able to accept the return of less than 200 kilograms of grain.
It's just that last time it was a few small tickets, this time it was a real thing, which was a little more shocking.
Hearing what Xu Lingjun said, Xiuzhi felt that this was really the case.
Think again that the medicine Xu Lingjun sold in the city for the first time cost more than 80 yuan.
It seems~it seems~that these things are not so hard to accept anymore.
"Xiuzhi, you get the things, let's get some out first, and I'll hide the rest."
Xu Lingjun asked Xiuzhi to get some of all kinds of food outside.
He took the rest of the food and went to a wardrobe in the corner.
Open the wardrobe and uncover the wooden board underneath to reveal the storage compartments inside.
This was not done by Xu Lingjun, but by the original owner.
Think about it, a scholar who was influenced by his family when he was a child, can he be a fool?
When the original owner came to Team 7, it didn't take long for the "movement" to start.
The original owner saw with his own eyes that his companions who had been "educated" at the ranch were paraded through the streets.
There is no place to stay at night, and there is no guarantee of food.
Fortunately, Xu Lingjun was protected by Uncle Dong and others.
On the pretext that "the grass is not in good condition", he directly dragged Xu Lingjun up the mountain in advance.
For his sake, Uncle Dong persuaded everyone and nine groups went up the mountain together.
Therefore, the original owner's gratitude to everyone on the team cannot be expressed in words and can only be engraved in his heart.
Of course, this feeling also affected Xu Lingjun, who has now absorbed his memory.
Later, the situation became more and more serious, and the original owner also took action.
Most of the food he received each time was hidden here.
I only put a little bit outside because I am afraid that the field department will come back at any time to catch him and "educate" him.
Fortunately, thanks to the protection of everyone from Team Seven over the years, he didn't suffer this much either.
Of course, he didn't have much food left.
For example, after a month of hard work, he can earn more than 30 kilograms of grain per month with almost the same work points.
It seems that there is a lot of grain, but the fine grain only weighs six or seven kilograms.
The whole grains are not all cornmeal, but also a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes.
Sometimes we also share some sorghum and rice.
At this time, people were short of oil and water.
If a person eats hard, making more than one kilogram in one meal is just like playing.
This is why Xiuzhi always advised Xu Lingjun to save food.
To be continued...