Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 351: What can I give in return?

The next morning, before anyone went out to work, everyone in Yang Xiaole had already gone to school.

An eight-hour break is what most working people do.

It is said that although people in this era are somewhat lacking in supplies, they are really not as tired as those in later generations who work overtime every day.

As long as you don't make mistakes, you can catch the leader and scold him if he doesn't speak well.

Especially those who have no hope of promotion.

Although there is a salary grade system in place now, the number of places for grade examination every year is actually only a few, and they are still in the hands of the Light Industry Bureau.

Workers' promotion wages are controlled by the plans of superior departments, especially after the reform of the wage system.

So at this time, most people are actually at level one or two.

Back at the school, everyone was chatting there.

"Hey, Xiaole, Xiaole!"

As soon as he arrived at the place, he was pulled over by Feng Aijun, his grandson.

After Yang Xiaole sat down, he was confused for a moment, then joked with a smile: "What's wrong? Did you get beaten by your grandpa?"

"Hey, what are you talking about?"

Feng Aijun glanced at him angrily, it would really hurt to hit someone with this armed belt!

If you exert too much force, it's a bit exaggerated to see the skin and flesh burst open, but it can still be achieved to the point where you don't dare to sit down.

Then he muttered there: "I found a place to raise chickens!"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole patted his head: "Brother, it's already October, and it's going to get colder soon. The pheasants won't even lay eggs anymore, so why don't you raise them! Unless you can get food."

Not laying eggs is the habit of most chickens in winter unless they are well fed.

As long as you have enough nutrition, that's no problem.

Feng Aijun laughed when he saw this: "We can't get food, but we can get rice bran and wheat bran! Isn't raising chickens also a good thing?"

Yang Xiaole was not surprised at all.

Needless to say, rice bran is available if you want to buy it.

Wheat bran is becoming less and less due to the gray flour nowadays, but it can still be obtained in grain processing plants.

Large grain stations also have their own processing plants.

Thinking about what my uncle said yesterday about private land and being allowed to raise livestock, after the countryside is liberalized, it is impossible for the city to control it.

When the time comes, those who are capable will be able to support them.

It probably won't take much time.

Then he nodded: "Okay, I'll get some for you. How many do you want?"

Feng Aijun was very happy when he heard this: "Hey, five of them, we counted them, and there is no problem with five of them."

Yang Xiaole thought about it and estimated that five people raised it together.

Then he smiled and said: "Okay, okay, what do you think you can give me in exchange for? Then I can't give it to you for free! What do you think it is? What if I die?"

"Hey, how about we get you two military uniforms then? New ones!"

Feng Aijun chuckled.

"What do I want with that thing!"

This thing is indeed rare now. The problem is that he is already high-profile enough and has already made two sets before.

And in the booming years, as long as you are a student, most of them can get these things from textile factories.

No money yet!

This charming man is always the most handsome guy wherever he goes.

These words made Feng Aijun confused for a while.

Just as he was about to speak, Li Baoguo came over and said, "What are you talking about! Are you sneaking around there?"

"You are so sneaky! What are you doing!"

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes.

After this month, he still feels that Li Baoguo can get along with him. His status is not low, and he doesn't have the air of a playboy.

Not bad.

Not only for him, but also for ordinary people in the class.

Li Baoguo held his notebook and smiled: "What are you signing up for for the sports meet? One thousand meters, and 4X4 relay?"

Yang Xiaole heard this and glanced at the book.

There are many names and projects registered on it.

No. 8 Middle School holds a sports meeting every autumn, which lasts for three days, with both the junior high school and high school students participating.

Divided into six grades.

It can be regarded as one of the few lively sports in the school.

The time is half a month later.

Preparations began after the military training ended.

If you are a pacesetter in this military training, you must participate no matter what.

After thinking about it for a while, he said: "It's up to you. If the time can be divided, I can report as many as I want. Two at most!"

Hearing this, Li Baoguo smiled: "Okay, I'll pay you back!"

After that, he left with a smile.

Feng Aijun looked at him, thought of something and said, "By the way, Xiaole, have you heard? The higher-ups have issued a notice. In view of the current difficult situation, activities to support farmers have been cancelled."

Yang Xiaole glanced at him: "Oh, when did it happen?"

"The high school has notified us. I don't know when our side will notify us."

Yang Xiaole nodded slightly when he heard this.

Didn't care anymore.

Rural primary schools have holidays every autumn harvest and summer harvest season, while middle schools need to go to support farmers for a week.

But after we go there, the food will be under the control of the local commune.

Now that there is nothing to eat in the countryside, where is the food for hospitality?

Not only are rural areas provided with hospitality, but schools also provide food subsidies.

A lot of food was obtained from this, because there were too many junior high and high school students in the city.

This year is hard, and next year won’t be much better.

It will get better later.

While everyone was talking, Old Han came over and informed Feng Aijun that there would be no support for farmers this year, which made everyone wail for a while.

In previous years, no one wanted to go.

But there is a shortage of food this year. Going there once is equivalent to seven days of free food, which can save food for the family.

And the school also provides subsidies.

This old Han will not care.

Not only support for farmers, but support for workers has also disappeared. Many factories themselves have no jobs and are laying off employees. Naturally, there are no opportunities to study in factories.

After the notification arrived, class began.

……

After coming back from school in the evening, Yang Xiaole rode his car and rushed home.

When he came to the road, he saw Qu Ying waving to him near the alley, with a trace of anxiety on her face.

"What's wrong? You didn't go to work today?"

Stopping the car, he felt curious for a while.

Qu Ying heard this and said anxiously: "I got off work early and was looking for you! Something almost happened to Sister Qin last night."

These words made him stunned for a moment.

"Is it Qin Shuilian? Almost? Are you okay?"

"Well, it's her! She's fine. She happened to be caught by someone on patrol."

"What's going on? Did Chen Bo do it?"

There seems to be no other reason other than this.

"Yeah! He did it, so I thought you were about to get out of school and came over to wait for you. What should I do? Did I feel like I wanted to see her?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole thought for a moment, looked into the distance, and said, "Let's get in the car and go take a look!"

"it is good!"

Qu Ying agreed and got into the back of the car.

The two of them rode towards Qin Shuilian's home.

While walking on the road, after Yang Xiaole listened to what Qu Ying said, he probably understood what was going on.

Half a month ago, Chen Bo's incident got serious and he was fired from the factory.

It had been half a month since the incident, and I thought it was nothing.

Yesterday was a holiday. Qin Shuilian was blocked by Chen Bo on her way home. She was almost raped. Fortunately, she was bumped into by a patrolman.

Then Chen Bo was sent to the police station.

After listening, Yang Xiaole was confused for a while: "Is it such a coincidence? This must have happened at night. How could Qin Shuilian meet Chen Bo by such a coincidence?"

The population of these 49 cities is very dense.

If Chen Bo appeared on a random road, he would not do such a destructive thing as long as he was not too stupid.

It takes time to do this!

It's not a matter of three or five seconds.

It's not like knocking someone unconscious with a stick and dragging them into the grass or an alley to do this.

Besides, Qin Shuilian doesn’t know how to call people!

Moreover, Qin Shuilian knew that she had framed someone and felt guilty. She would definitely hide far away when she encountered Chen Bo. Who would provoke him?

Then there is only one possibility left, that is, Chen Bo asked Qin Shuilian out.

After hearing his analysis, Qu Ying tugged on his clothes: "Then don't go. I'll be there in a minute. This happened because of me!"

Yang Xiaole said nonchalantly: "It's okay. Didn't you say that everyone in the factory knows about this? Then Chen Bo must have really entered the police station. She, Qin Shuilian, can't do anything to us! We didn't let her do anything."

Even if it is poked open.

At most, Qu Ying could give her food and let her solve the problem, but he didn't ask her to do anything!

There is nothing to be afraid of!

After hearing this, Qu Ying said nothing more.

Sit quietly in the back.

Arriving at a grocery store, Yang Xiaole stopped the car and said, "Here, go buy two bottles of canned oranges."

By the way, he handed her the money and tickets.

Seeing this, Qu Ying hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing, took the ticket and went in.

After a while, he came out with two cans in his hand and got into the car.

The car came to the entrance of a compound and the two stopped.

After entering, an aunt asked: "What do you two do? You don't belong to this courtyard, do you?"

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this and said: "Oh, aunt, we are from the flexible shaft factory. Comrade Qin Shuilian from our factory is injured. Let's come to visit her. Where does she live?"

"Oh! Look at Qin Shuilian!"

The aunt made a soft sound, pointed to the moon door on the side and said: "The first room after the house is their home."

"Hey, okay! Thank you, aunt." Yang Xiaole thanked her and walked inside with Qu Ying.

When I came to the door of the first house, I stretched my head and took a look.

I saw three children playing in the house. The eldest was a daughter who must be twelve or thirteen years old, a little boy who was eight or nine years old, and a little girl who was six or seven years old.

"Is this Qin Shuilian's house?"

Qu Ying looked at the people and asked the three children.

"Who?"

While talking, a curtain in the room was opened, revealing Qin Shuilian's face.

You can vaguely see a bunk bed and a sewing machine inside.

There are still half-finished garments on the sewing machine.

When Qin Shuilian came out, she was surprised to see the two of them: "Why is it you!"

"Um, Sister Qin, I heard people in the factory say you... let's come over and take a look!"

Qu Ying bit her lip and spoke anyway.

After all, this happened because of her.

At this time, she also saw a scratch on Qin Shuilian's face near her ear. It was not very deep and was red.

When Qin Shuilian heard this, she regained her smile and said with a smile: "It's just a small thing! Xiaozao, take your brother and sister in. Mom has something to say."

The following words are naturally said to several children.

The eldest girl looked at this and finally nodded, preparing to go in with her younger siblings.

"Hey, Xiaozao, come on, this is for you!"

Qu Ying looked at the big girl and handed the things over with a smile.

But Xiaozao didn't answer and looked at his mother.

Qin Shuilian was polite; "Don't be polite, just take your things back."

Yang Xiaole said from the side: "Sister Qin, let the children accept it, with a little consideration."

Hearing this, Qin Shuilian hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded: "Okay, take it, thank you sister and brother."

"Thank you, brother and sister!"

The child thanked him and then went inside with a smile.

Then a chirping sound came from inside.

"Don't open it to me."

Along with Qin Shuilian's drink, the place inside became quiet, and there was no sound of opening cans.

Seeing that it was quiet inside, she walked a little further inside and whispered: "It's okay, this matter has nothing to do with you."

When Qu Ying heard this, she pursed her lips and looked at Yang Xiaole.

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this and said: "That's not what we meant. We just said that if you can avoid someone like Chen Bo, avoid him. There is no need to provoke him. If it were me, I would hide far away and even give him He won’t even give it a chance.”

As soon as these words came out, Qin Shuilian's smile trembled.

The waves were so rough that Qu Ying felt a little embarrassed.

Then she stopped, and then she smiled and said, "It's really nothing."

She also understood that Yang Xiaole was nodding at her, and she could understand it.

After thinking for a while, she said: "Actually, it's nothing. Chen Bo felt that he gave money but didn't eat the meat. He felt unbalanced and wanted to eat more meat! He was so beautiful. No matter what I, Qin Shuilian, You can’t do this.”

As he spoke, he looked at the curtain inside.

It's not that clear.

Qu Ying didn't understand it for a moment, but then she realized it and her face turned red.

Yang Xiaole understood it immediately.

When she framed Chen Bo last time, Qin Shuilian must have collected his stuff.

Chen Bo has been completely humiliated and lost his job. He must not be willing to accept it!

Turn around and find her.

I don't know what happened in the middle, but it seems that Qin Shuilian didn't suffer any loss.

And what she meant was that it was okay to take advantage and be a little ambiguous, but if you really wanted to fight with a real sword, that would definitely not work.

He didn't know whether it was true or false.

But it'll be fine if people are fine.

As for whether she will be raped, Qin Shuilian will decide on her own.

If Qin Shuilian was injured or died because of this incident, he would still feel a little sorry.

Then, he nodded slightly: "As long as Sister Qin is fine, let's go back first!"

"Hey, walk slowly!"

Qin Shuilian sent the two to the door and watched them leave.

Then came back with a sigh.

After coming out, Qu Ying asked there: "Why don't you ask clearly? You don't know what happened!"

Yang Xiaole said nonchalantly: "Don't you understand what she said? It's hard for her to be too explicit with the child."

Hearing this, Qu Ying bit her lip and nodded: "I understand, I just took other people's things and didn't let them... didn't let them take advantage. Then Chen Bo didn't give in... I'm talking about what happened in the middle. "

There was still a trace of embarrassment on his face.

"This is no longer important. People like Chen Bo will not be able to get out in a few years."

After saying that, he came to the door and said with a smile: "Okay, don't worry, go back first."

Then he took her and rushed home.

While walking on the road, Qu Ying thought of what Qin Shuilian had just said.

Thinking of himself again, he bit his lips tightly.

He glanced at Yang Xiaole's back and wondered what he was thinking there.

After a while, she finally remembered something and said, "Well... the food stamps you gave me... I want to exchange them for national food stamps, okay?"

These words made Yang Xiaole react.

It was probably sent to the northwest.

Then he turned around and said indifferently: "Just change it. If I give it to you, you can use it yourself. Why? Are you afraid that I will ask for it from you?"

When Qu Ying heard this, she quickly explained: "No, I didn't mean that, it was just... it just felt..."

I hesitated for a long time and couldn't explain why.

Yang Xiaole rode on the bicycle and said with a smile, "It doesn't seem to be very good over there in the northwest, so you can just send it. When things get better in the future, you can just return it to me."

Qu Ying was silent when she heard this.

also!

How to pay it back?

We don’t know when this will happen. The problem is that the value of food in difficult times is completely different from that in normal times.

Although she had never experienced it, she had heard about the severe drought in Henan in 42.

That's really miserable.

People fleeing famine disappear as they go.

Only skeletons can be found in the weeds on the roadside.

It is also because of the lack of food in recent years that this topic has been brought up again.

A bar of gold is exchanged for a bag of corn crumbs.

Two or three pounds of corn can be exchanged for a yellow-flowered girl.

After thinking for a while, she sighed and stopped thinking about it. This debt of gratitude was the hardest to repay.

"what!"

Walking on the road, Yang Xiaole stopped when he looked at a restaurant on the roadside.

"Ouch!"

Qu Ying, who was just holding on to his clothes, was suddenly stopped. She slid forward and hugged him directly around his waist.

Qu Ying pouted and hit him lightly: "Did you do it on purpose?"

Yang Xiaole felt the push on his back from behind and was speechless for a while, "What did I do on purpose? What did I do on purpose?"

"I...you..."

Qu Ying hesitated, embarrassed to say it.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Who do you think that is?"

Yang Xiaole asked, pointing not far away.

Hearing this, Qu Ying hit him again: "You said you didn't tease me anymore, and you said you didn't mean it."

Then he looked where he pointed.

Qu Ying was surprised when she saw the person.

"Zhao Jianguo? Why did he come to Yufeng Restaurant?"

All restaurants in the city now charge tickets, and there are far fewer people than before.

Moreover, almost all small restaurants are closed or they only cook a few vegetables every day, and meat is almost impossible to see.

Only some big restaurants or hotels serve meat.

As for why there are meat tickets, there are naturally various reasons.

For example, people with special needs, first-level athletes, and those who are run by hospitals are reluctant to eat and sell meat. Foreigners also need to eat meat, and the hospital now has regulations. If you donate 400cc of blood, you can get a pound of meat stamps and 32 yuan.

Wait, various methods.

It's not completely cut off either.

It’s just that the conditions are more stringent.

Yang Xiaole looked at the other person who had just entered and said with a smile, "What else can we do here? Eat. Do you still remember where Aunt Zhao was crying yesterday?"

Qu Ying was surprised; "You mean, Zhao Jianguo took food stamps..."

"Haha, what did you say!"

Hearing this, Qu Ying shook her head: "You are really stubborn! I heard from people in the hospital that it wasn't like this before! You even dared to steal food stamps."

What are food stamps at this time?

It's fate!

I just lost my food book before, and it almost made me unable to survive.

The food stamps are still worth it.

"Okay, leave him alone, this grandson is not a good person!"

After Yang Xiaole finished speaking, he took her away on his bicycle.

Qu Ying walked on the road and said with a smile: "You are not a good person either!"

"Oh, you white-eyed wolf! Why am I not a good person? Give me back my things...Give me back my food stamps, give me back my eggs and meat..."

After Yang Xiaole finished speaking, he stretched his hand behind his back with a smile.

"Snapped!!"

Qu Ying also smiled and slapped his hand with her hand: "Why are you like a child? If you don't want something, your life will be at stake."

The two of them rushed home laughing.

(End of this chapter)