Seventy Little Heads

So Goudan passively learns some pharmacology from Wang Xuan, and Wang Xuan passively learns some legwork from Goudan.

"Come on, let's go back first."

"Aren't you going to get your schoolbag? Don't you need to go back and sweep the floor?"

"No." Goudan continued, "Aren't we rich? Why don't we go buy meat?"

Wang Xuan swallowed subconsciously, he hadn't eaten for a long time, and there was no oil at home every day, and the smell of oil residue during the Chinese New Year was almost forgotten now.For a while, what recited, what schoolbag, what teacher, all went away.

"Yeah, let's go quickly and buy it back. The fat is refined, and the oil residue is fried and eaten." While talking, the saliva was secreting quickly.

The two came out directly, looked in the direction of the classroom, and walked in the opposite direction.

The commune primary school is on the far side. Nearby are shrubs mixed with a few crooked trees and weeds. The closer one is the open-air public toilet for the usual students, and the farther away is the children’s fruit picking. places to eat.Two or three hundred meters away from the school, there is also a simple latrine, which is two pits next to each other, blocked by straw, and it stinks inside.People like Goudan don't like to go there, and they like to pee in the bushes on the side with their backs facing the school.

So when they got out, no one saw them, and ran all the way to the non-staple food store that people said, but it was actually not far from the supply and marketing cooperative.There are often villagers wandering here, and they go home after an eye addiction, and it is impossible to buy anything without a ticket.

The entire commune has only one supply and marketing cooperative, one non-staple food store, a small post and telecommunications station, and other small distribution units. Very new, small and simple and not a brick building.Goudan felt that it was really incomparable with the county town.

When I sneaked into the non-staple food store, I saw people queuing up.A small door curtain was drawn, and two windows were opened. Meat and vegetables were short-selling items, and many people had to surround them before they were put on the shelves.Therefore, as soon as it is shipped from the meat joint factory, it is placed directly next to the door, and people are waiting in line in front of it.

When did the dog see this?Their family, no, the whole village is basically self-sufficient in terms of food, clothing and clothing.I grow some vegetables in my own plot, and the meat team kills pigs before last year to share some.The reason is that there are no meat tickets, food and oil tickets in the countryside, so I have never experienced this kind of situation.

He and Wang Xuan were in a daze, not knowing how to buy or how to insert it.Wandering on the edge of the line, I was very anxious, listening to other people's conversations.Some complained that it was too early today, but there were so many people when we arrived, and I wondered if there was any meat left when it was my turn.

Someone answered again, saying that this is not bad. There are not many people in the commune who can buy meat with their wages. If it is like the county town, they say that there will be meat for sale the next day and they have to queue up at midnight tonight. The leader of the line Yo.He also said that it was very difficult to buy vegetables. Their commune is close to the countryside, and relatives in the village gave them to them. His cousin’s family was in the county, and they all queued up if they wanted to eat some vegetables. There are more people in big cities.It’s fine in summer, but it’s going to freeze people stupid in winter.

Someone said that there are many people in the city, but there are also a lot of meat and vegetables distributed. Unlike here, sometimes there is only one and a half pigs in ten and a half months, which is not enough.

Some people agreed, saying that's true, the supplies in the city are basically tilted to the other side, there are tickets and food distribution, and life is easier for people than those below, and so on.

The more Goudan listened, the more confused he became. Isn't meat one can buy with money?You have to wait in line, you have to have tickets, and you have to see if there are any left when it's your turn!

Then he pulled people to ask, and they told him to queue up at the back.I thought he was here for the adults. Some people think that the adults of Goudan’s family are unreliable. They only come now, and they may not be able to buy them. They don’t let a child come because buying meat is more important. Why should it be bigger? It's the old people in the family who come out.

Goudan and Wang Xuan went to queue at the back with bare feet, and when someone came from behind, the two of them were basically squeezed in the middle, almost invisible.

Fortunately, I could see the people in front of me taking out tickets and money, so I remembered what I heard just now.So the two villains got together to discuss, found two dollars from their pockets, and secretly found a meat ticket from the space.

Waiting nervously, when it was Goudan's turn, seeing that it was two children, he almost thought it was a disturbance.Goudan handed over the money and tickets in his hand, "Yes, I want fat meat, I'm done buying it." The man didn't say anything, and the people waiting next to him laughed coaxingly, "Where is the bastard, the tone is so serious. It's big, and I have to buy it."

"Son, two yuan can't buy all the meat, save some for us, hahaha."

Goudan was thick-skinned, "I, I just want to buy fat meat for two yuan." Goudan turned around and said to his adults in the row behind them, "You just came now, you deserve it because you can't buy meat. "

The meat cutter was happy, and weighed a piece of fatty meat on the table, which was about three taels, and threaded it with bamboo strips.

Just like that, the five taels of pork tickets were gone, and the people returned the extra money with a single swipe of the abacus.

"Whose child is this? What unit? Why haven't I seen it?" Someone muttered.Under normal circumstances, the commune is not big, and they know each other. The situation of each family is basically known.

As soon as Goudan heard that his scalp was tight, he and Wang Xuan took the things and ran away.

Wang Xuan's small chest was also thumping, and the two hid around the corner, worried that someone would find them.It turns out that being rich is not the same as being able to eat meat every day is still very dangerous.Goudan discussed with Wang Xuan that he would not be seen buying meat by acquaintances in the village. Li Si had no job, so where did the ticket come from?Isn't this suspected?

"Brother Goudan, it's so scary, what can I do in the future?"

"It's okay, let's just buy it for others. If it doesn't work, run away."

No one doubts children, generally only the adults in the family.Fortunately, no one knew Goudan. After all, when people in the village were free, they seldom even came out of the village. In the past, there were mixed elementary schools in each brigade, that is, all the children stayed in one classroom and were taught by one teacher.It was integrated into the commune two years ago, with grades one to five set.

Goudan picked up the piece of fat and half of the pork liver, admired it with Wang Xuan for a while, and then handed it to Wang Xuan, "Put it in the baby, so that no one can see it."

They patted their buttocks, the modified vest that was dry and full of holes was no longer elastic, lifted it up and wiped the sweat from their faces, the two of them grinned and prepared to go home.

I don't remember what school or what.

"Brother Goudan, didn't you say that life in the city is very rich? That person just said that it is not easy for them to buy vegetables and meat. Is it true?"

"I don't know, it's not easy for us to eat meat."

"It's true." You can eat some oil residue every year during the Chinese New Year, and you can still eat pork raised in the village in the city.

"Da Zhuang told me that the two brothers Daniu didn't pay the tuition because they owed the tuition. The school notified him and asked his father to go to school to pay it back quickly. His father went back and beat his mother again. He felt ashamed and didn't see him today. Go to school." Wang Xuan was worried, although the teacher was not good, he still liked to go to school.

"We are not afraid when we have money."

"Ah."

Goudan answered confidently, and Wang Xuan was very relieved.Goudan squinted at the world with his arms resting on his pillow, but he met someone. It should be said that he only saw that face yesterday.

"Yo, shit, what's the matter?" Chen Zhengguo paused when he saw the stinky boy, and wanted to pretend he didn't know him and walked over, so he stopped him first.

Still well-behaved, he stopped reading the prescription silently and looked up blankly, seeing that it was Wang Xuan, the uncle of the People's Liberation Army yesterday, and politely greeted him.

Chen Zhengguo smiled and nodded to him, "Good boy. Why are you here? Oh, you are students."

He raised his arm to look at his watch again. "After school?"

Wang Xuan bowed his head, his face was flushed red, and he was very guilty.

"Let it go." Goudan replied calmly, "Uncle, what are you doing here, catching bad guys." He jumped to the side of Chen Zhengguo, with that dangling broken vest hanging on his body, looking like a hooligan look.

"Don't ask children about adults." Chen Zhengguo signaled the others to get busy, then lit a cigarette, squinted his eyes and asked Goudan, "You mean boy, skipping classes and fooling around all day long, if I My soldier, I have already..."

"I'm not your soldier."

"I want to be a general too."

"Oh, what a big tone." Chen Zhengguo laughed while talking.Looking at the clothes on his body, it can be said that such clothes are very common among domestic people. They are all the same worn out and patched.The vest was probably eliminated by the adults in the family. It was yellow and drooping, and the material was worn thin.The legs of the trousers were rolled up to the knees, and the crotch was patched with a piece of yellowed earthen cloth. Really, look at the stitches, eh.

Chen Zhengguo looked at the child next to him with his head hanging down, it was the same, there were patches everywhere, and the patches were old homespun cloth, and the clothes were stuck on his body.The drooping head, only revealing a section of thin pale neck, seems to be snapped off.

The two children were also barefoot, looking up at Chen Zhengguo who suddenly became silent.

They couldn't understand the meaning in other people's eyes, and they just lost their minds for a while, and then said, "God, you live in Xikan Village? What's the name of the adults at home?"

"What are you doing? You want to sue? There's no way! Even if you want to sue, it's useless. My family is up to me." Goudan was triumphant, as if it was a great thing that people couldn't do anything about him.

Chen Zhengguo waved him away, "Go back quickly, since there is no class, go home early."

Goudan can't wait, and Wang Xuan is as happy as escaping from heaven.Sure enough, there was no one at home, and Goudan was used to it.He only patted the head of the big boy who wagged his tail at them, and Wang Xuan also patted the head of the little boy who was lying down.

"I'll have some meat to eat later, darling, don't worry, I'll save some for you. By the way, Brother Goudan, I just remembered that pork liver can replenish blood. Our little darling is injured, so we have to eat two extra pieces."

"It's two more yuan? Got it." Goudan, who was holding firewood outside, felt distressed.

"The sooner it's done, we'll take it out earlier. Whether it's catching mice or chasing rabbits, it's a good deal." Wang Xuan analyzed it for him.