There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

In the early morning of the next day, just after four o'clock, Mr. Wang couldn't wait to take his son and Zhang Guoqing up to the big mountain behind.

According to Lin Quan, this mountain is not dangerous. His uncle and his master often stayed on the mountain at night in the early years. Even the boys in his family often go hunting in the mountains.

Hearing what he said, Zhou Jiao was relieved.

Lin Quan went to work in the team, and Aunt Lin also went to work in the village. What if the Lin family left her alone? The wild ginseng bought by the two families was hidden in a secret room by Lin Quan early in the morning.

Seeing this, Zhou Jiao picked up her army bag and set off behind Aunt Lin. It just so happened that she also planned to take a walk around to see where she could buy special products.

This township is not far from the Lin family, and the two of them walked together for half an hour. To Zhou Jiao's disappointment, there is only one main street in the whole town, surrounded by earthen embryo houses and thatched houses. There is only one small post office, one supply and marketing cooperative, and not even a restaurant in such a large town.

Aunt Lin pointed to the turn ahead, I'm working in the sewing agency on the street ahead. Remember to come and find me at noon, and we'll go to the canteen for dinner.

Zhou Jiao shook her head, Auntie, don't wait for me, I'll go for a walk around, and eat wherever it's convenient.

Aunt Lin laughed happily, Stupid girl. I can't buy anything to eat these four weeks. The supply and marketing cooperative needs food coupons for pastries. Listen to my aunt and come here later.

Zhou Jiao looked around speechlessly, and asked in a low voice, Why aren't many people here?

Aunt Lin suddenly realized, Look at my brain. We are very close to the county in front of us, and we usually go to the county for shopping and doing everything. Do you want to go to the county? If you pass by here, you can hitch a ride.”

Zhou Jiao nodded quickly.

I'll wait with you for a while, and there will be cars passing by soon. When we arrive at the county seat, there is a parking place outside the city gate. There are many ox carts there. You can ask who returns to our commune, and just take their car.

Zhou Jiao looked suspiciously at the left and right sides of the street, Auntie, how long is the walk from the county?

It's more than an hour. Don't walk, the road is full of dirt. Our fellow villagers are enthusiastic. If you say go back to the commune, they will pull you back.

I heard that for an hour, Zhou Jiao didn't care about the bullock cart problem. She went on to ask: This way, there are villages around, right? Isn't it all wasteland?

No, they are all villages. Every few miles is a village. My mother's house is not far in front. It's a pity that I have to go to work, or I can accompany you to the county seat.

Zhou Jiao knew what she was hearing, and quickly refused: You're going to be late, go to work first, I don't wait for the ox cart, I wait while walking, it's not too far away in an hour.

Aunt Lin thought that there were people living on this road, so there was no danger at all. She nodded with a smile, That's fine. Remember to call someone if you encounter something. Get on the bullock cart when you see it.

After Zhou Jiao said goodbye to her, she walked forward quickly. She thought in her heart, if something happened to her, would she need to call someone? But this Aunt Lin is really at ease.

She touched her face as she walked, and wondered if she was ugly and did not conform to the other party's aesthetic point of view. You must know that every time you wander around like this, the people around you will dissuade you.

The narcissistic Zhou Jiao went all the way, and really found that this place is good, at least there are no bums, and there are people doing farm work everywhere in the fields. The bullock carts passing by would also subconsciously slow down, and the owner of the cart would also look at her, and only speed up when she saw that she didn't shout.

After walking for half an hour, another bullock cart passed by. This time, an old lady on it yelled and asked her if she was going to the county town. Seeing her nod, she was stopped immediately and let her get on the cart.

Zhou Jiao laughed happily. What a passion!

Seeing that the old lady moved out of her seat and waited for her to get on the bus, she didn't refuse, and quickly climbed up, Thank you, auntie.

Girl, why don't you wait by the side of the road? It takes a lot of shoes to walk.

Girl, where are you from?

You don't need to ask, I think this girl is from the city. Is it a girl? You can tell at a glance that this child went to the countryside to play and go home before school starts.

The eldest sister is right. Girl, lean in and be careful not to be knocked to the ground.

Zhou Jiao's enthusiasm was hard to bear, so she moved inside. Listening to the enthusiastic aunts, they chatted about who's daughter will get married at the end of the year, how much they should contribute, and discuss when to go to someone's house to help make new quilts. As they talked, each of them actually talked about what dowry they brought when they got married.

When they arrived at the gate of the county seat, Zhou Jiao followed them out of the car in a daze. If it wasn't for the ladies and aunts who went shopping separately, she really wanted to continue listening to gossip.

Compared with the dirty talk of those old ladies in some villages. These warm-hearted aunts told a lot of interesting things, and people couldn't help laughing after hearing it.

Compared with his hometown, this county town is still a bit smaller, but there are no shortage of supporting facilities. In particular, the health center in the center is not small, and there are quite a few blue-brick buildings.

Zhou Jiao was wandering around aimlessly. She met a buying station not far away, and saw a few girls carrying bamboo baskets, talking and selling embroidery. She followed on a whim.

In front of the purchase station, there was a queue selling souvenirs and straw sandals. Zhou Jiao shook her head regretfully listening to the prices and abacus sounds coming from inside, but it was a pity that she could not set up a stall opposite!

Sister, they really don't accept embroidery. What do you say?

That's right, if we knew we wouldn't listen to Second Sister, we might as well bring the dry goods from home and sell them.

Okay, don't blame Xiao Zhu, it's not bad to keep it as a dowry for you.

Damn girl, don't be shy, say anything.

Stop arguing, what shall we do next? I have to go to work in the afternoon, so hurry up and find a way.

We don't have a car when we go back, how about we scrape together the money and finish buying the noodles?

I have no money.

Second sister, you are the cheapest!

Zhou Jiao listened to their conversation and laughed heartily. Seeing that they were about to leave, she followed for a while, and found that these girls had left the city gate, so she hurried forward to say hello.

Little sister, are you going to sell embroidery? Can you show me?

One of the girls glared at her, Who is the little sister? You are not a coward. You are obviously younger than us, but you still call us little sister...

A girl next to her quickly grabbed her and smiled apologetically at Zhou Jiao, My second sister is a bit hot-tempered, don't take it for granted.

Zhou Jiao looked at the girl just now and laughed happily.

Isn't that how her son usually talks?

Seeing their misunderstanding, she smiled and said: My son is five years old. Are you going to sell embroidery, can you let me see first, if it is suitable, I will take it.

The girls opened their mouths in surprise when she said that my son is five years old, as if they didn't listen to Zhou Jiao's words.

Zhou Jiao pointed helplessly at the bamboo baskets they were carrying, Aren't you going to sell them?

The one who answered at the beginning woke up immediately, put down the bamboo basket, took out a pillow towel from it, unfolded it for Zhou Jiao to see, and said hastily: These cloths are woven by our sisters. I heard that some girls in the city can't The top of the embroidered pillow, someone sold it and went back to the village and said, we thought it was true, but we didn’t expect it to be a lie.”

Zhou Jiao understood somewhat that the girls had misunderstood this matter, and it must be a private transaction, and they did not go through the channel of the purchasing station. She didn't intend to explain to them that it was a serious mistake to speculate at this time, and it would ruin these little girls' reputations.

How much are you going to sell for?

ah……

Unexpectedly, when Zhou Jiao opened her mouth, the girls were dumbfounded. They really didn't know how much they could sell. They only heard that they could sell it from the villagers, thinking that when they went to the buying station, they would give the price.

Zhou Jiao patted her forehead silently. Considering that her ultimate goal is not these, she can only say: Apart from these embroideries, can you sell the homemade cloth you weave?

Sell! But you have to go back with us.

Zhou Jiao nodded. Isn't that all right? When they are in their village, they can find out what local products they have from the aunts and aunts in their family.