Reborn in the red age

Chapter 57

When I heard that I was going to the commune, many people responded. It had been a month since I visited the commune, and everyone still wanted to go out for a walk.

The autumn harvest is about to begin. If I don't go out to the commune for a walk, I won't have free time for more than a month.

It's just that everyone didn't leave work and went to the commune. The people in the village were not sure what to say. Considering that one more thing is worse than one less thing, Qingfeng Li, who was going to the post office to withdraw money, and four female educated youths will go to the commune tomorrow, while the rest of the male educated youths stayed behind. , go there the day after tomorrow.

As for the new arrivals, they work in the fields honestly.

After discussing the number of people who would set out tomorrow, these female educated youths went to the kitchen to heat up the food. Li Qingfeng groped his chin, thinking about how to separate these female educated youths after arriving at the commune.

It wasn't that he was speculating, but that Qingfeng Li was planning to go to a state-owned restaurant for a big meal. He secretly ate a canned food every now and then. Qingfeng Li almost vomited and needed a big meal to satisfy his stomach.

After breakfast the next day, Li Qingfeng and the four female educated youths packed up and prepared to set off.

Seeing Zhao Haixia and Wang Xianglan each carrying a sack containing a lot of things, Hu Jiabao curiously asked: "Sister Haixia, Sister Xianglan, why do you two carry sacks when you go to the commune?"

The two of them looked at each other, with a trace of uneasiness flashing on their faces. They smiled and said that they had picked some wild products in the mountains. They had relatives in the commune, and they went to deliver some wild products to their relatives' houses.

Hearing what was going on, Hu Jiabao nodded, and innocently asked if they would stay at relatives' homes for meals after the commune came.

Only a silly girl like Hu Jiabao could believe these words. Li Qingfeng and Ma Wenhui both looked at them thoughtfully.

One of them is from Guangzhou and the other is from Shanghai. They have a fart relative in a remote rural commune in the Northeast.

On the way to the commune, the five people happened to encounter two carriages heading to the commune. They quickly stopped the two carriages. Each of the four girls paid two cents to get on the carriage. As for Qingfeng Li, he didn't spend a penny. , give the uncle two cigarettes and it will be done.

The five people came to the commune and dispersed in three waves. Qingfeng Li went to the post office alone to withdraw money, while the other four people separated in pairs. One wave went to see relatives, and the other went shopping in the commune.

I successfully received the 40 yuan from Li's mother and sent the letter I wrote yesterday back to her.

I walked out of the post office empty-handed and walked around on the street. I walked around in front of the supply and marketing cooperative. I saw a girl in a white shirt coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative. I quickly approached her and said, "Hello, comrade."

The girl in the shirt looked Li Qingfeng up and down and asked doubtfully: "Hello, comrade, why did you stop me?"

"That's what happened. I am an educated youth who went to the countryside. My family sent me some national food stamps. I thought it would be a bit of a loss to use the national food stamps to go to restaurants. You see." Li Qingfeng did not finish what he said, but his meaning was revealed. It was obvious that he just wanted to exchange food stamps with this girl.

The value of national food stamps is higher than that of local food stamps. Qingfeng Li is rich, but he is not taken advantage of, so he will not be stupid enough to use national food stamps to go to restaurants.

Exchanging food stamps for food stamps is not just a matter of speculation. No one cares about this matter. People all over the country do it. When they want to go away, they still need to find someone to exchange for food stamps across the country.

When Bai Shiyi heard that he wanted to exchange for food stamps, there were stars in his eyes, and a smile appeared on his puzzled face. He said enthusiastically: "You want to exchange for local food stamps, right? Okay, ok, no problem, I can exchange with you "Thank you very much, you are such a good person." First he complimented the other party for being so obedient, and then showed an embarrassed expression and continued: "Well, what I lack is not just food stamps, I I also want to exchange food stamps for some industrial coupons, do you think?"

"Industrial coupons." When Bai Shirt heard that Qingfeng Li asked for industrial coupons, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. These industrial coupons are not easy to get, and every household is in short supply.

Seeing the embarrassment on the other person's face, Li Qingfeng sighed secretly. The target he had been staring at for a long time was a poor man, so he could exchange it for some food stamps and find someone else to exchange for industrial coupons.

Just when I was about to say that I could just exchange for food stamps, the girl said, "I can't make the decision for industrial stamps. Why don't you come home with me and tell my grandma?"

When he heard that there was something going on, Qingfeng Li nodded in agreement. What could Qingfeng be afraid of when he went to a girl's house? Could the other party eat him?

After discussing, the two of them kept a distance apart, with Bai Shirt leading the way, and Li Qingfeng following behind, and they walked together towards Bai Shirt's home.

It's like this these days. Young men and women can't get too close to each other on the street, otherwise it's easy to spread gossip.

Qingfeng Li didn't care, but Bai Shiyi lived in a commune, so he had to pay attention to the impact.

"Hey, hey, you lesbian, you are just speculating, do you know? I want to confiscate the contents of the sack."

"Nonsense, I'm not speculating, I'm here to see my relatives."

"Where do your relatives live? What are their names? Where do they work? You call someone to pick you up. If you can't call someone, it's just speculation. We will confiscate the food."

When he arrived near Bai Shirt's house, there were two groups of people fighting in front of him. When Li Qingfeng heard the Mandarin with a southern accent, he thought it sounded familiar, so he looked in the direction of the sound.

Several arrogant young people stopped Zhao Haixia who was carrying the sack, shouting that the other party was a speculator and wanted to confiscate the contents of the sack.

After looking around and realizing that this was an ordinary residential street and not like a black market, Qingfeng Li probably understood what was going on.

After all, I have been wandering in the black market for two months, and I know some things more or less. Many vendors from rural areas are not willing to pay the [-] cents lookout fee to the black market, or they feel that the black market is unsafe, so they go to the black market on their own. Go to the family area of ​​the factory and find some old lady or something to sell food door-to-door.

Some gangsters focused on these people and specially guarded the door of the family area. Whenever they saw rural people appearing in the family area carrying food, they would directly step forward to stop them and forcibly confiscate their food in the name of speculation. This kind of thing is very common and happens almost everywhere.

He couldn't ignore it when he saw it. Li Qingfeng trotted forward, leaned next to Bai Shirt and whispered: "Comrade, the lesbian who was stopped is an educated youth who jumped in the queue with us. Her name is Zhao Haixia, and she should be holding something in her hand." It’s food”

This kind of thing is not a rare thing. Everyone who lives in the family area has heard about it. Bai Shiyi understood what Qingfeng Li meant as soon as he heard it. He nodded to Qingfeng Li and immediately walked over with a smile. He said: "Haixia, why didn't you tell me before you came so that I could pick you up?"

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