Chapter 43
So she knows that she is in good health now and does not need to go for follow-up consultation at all.
But this does not prevent her from using this excuse to take leave.
It is true that I fell into the river and knocked my head.
The captain also readily gave him leave. Song Wei returned to the Educated Youth Institute in a good mood and put the things she had packed long ago into her backpack. Although they were all local products, there seemed to be quite a lot of them. .
"Let's go Heidan."
When Song Wei went to ask for leave, Heidan cleaned up the dirty areas of the rabbits and fed them grass. When Song Wei called him, he quickly responded and carried them on his back. A small backpack followed her.
Walking on the country road, the children who occasionally ran by would greet them if they knew each other. Don’t be too envious when they heard that Song Wei was taking Hei Dan to the county town.
For the first time, Heidan held his head high like a big rooster, so proud.
He had already been to the county town once, although there was nothing on the dark streets at that time.
There is an ox cart in the village that goes to the county town every once in a while.
Song Wei and the others are lucky that today happens to be the day when the oxcart goes to the county seat.
There are already several aunts and ladies sitting in the car.
Although people in the village generally have little savings, they still have to buy some things. Not only do they have to buy them, they also have to rob them, because the county town is a small place and there is only one supply and marketing cooperative where things are sold.
"Song Zhiqing also went to the county seat."
There were acquaintances sitting on the bullock cart, but fortunately there were no acquaintances who were in trouble.
It was Aunt Wang who we chatted and ate melon with when we were threshing corn.
Song Wei immediately approached Aunt Wang with a cheeky smile.
The bullock cart is so big, and after she squeezed in with Heitan, there was basically no room for her.
The man driving the bullock cart said hello: "Everyone is seated, I'm going to drive the cart."
"What a coincidence, Aunt Wang, you are also going to the county seat."
Aunt Wang nodded: "Go and buy something."
"Why did you bring so many things?"
The people on the bullock cart all looked at Song Wei's big bag, as if they wanted to see clearly what was inside through the wrapped cloth.
Song Wei untied it generously and showed it to them. After all, these things are available in the mountains.
"They are all mountain products that I picked up in the mountains recently. They are not precious. I plan to send them to my brother. He also sent me things and I went to pick them up."
Hearing her words, Everyone on the bullock cart looked at her with envy.
I am no longer interested in the contents of her package. Apart from meat and precious medicinal materials, they are nothing rare in the mountains.
"Your brother is so kind to you."
Song smiled and nodded, taking precautions in advance so that when she came back, she would have an honest excuse to buy things from the black market. .
Although the bullock cart is slow and takes a lot of time on the road, it is not boring.
Women in rural areas are the most gossipy. Because there is little entertainment, any news from the neighboring villages can be spread far away.
Song Wei held Hei Dan in her arms and listened with relish, and even grabbed a handful of melon seeds for everyone to eat together.
This handful of melon seeds successfully brought her closer to her aunts and ladies.
She got these melon seeds in exchange for three taels of pine nuts and an educated youth.
But there is one bad thing, this melon comes to me as I eat it.
"Song Zhiqing, did you really let the black egg live with you? That's a lot of mouths to talk about."
When it came to this topic, everyone's eyes fell on Song Wei's arms. On the black egg.
Song Wei has fair skin and is very beautiful. Her two big black and long braids make her look simple yet more delicate. But the child in her arms was dark, thin and dry, and he didn't look like a stranger.
However, compared to before, Heidan's energy today is obviously much better.
"You are really nice to Hei Dan, and you even took him to the county seat."
Song Wei had a smile on her face, not embarrassed at all.
“Heidan is hard-working and hard-working. I am taking advantage of such a good kid by letting him help me. Anyway, he has nothing to do in the Educated Youth Center alone. Let him carry something on his back and go to the county seat with me. Take a look inside.”
“Your clothes look fine, but they don’t have any patches on them. Why are you wearing them?”
Although Hei Dan is pitiful, he is not his own child after all. They have sympathy but not much. Who is not caring about his own family these days.
Song Zhiqing seems to be quite smart, but who knows that he is so stupid? He doesn’t need to compensate for something as valuable as a watch, and he even brings Hei Dan over to live with him. He doesn’t have to open his mouth anymore.
Song Zhiqing couldn't even support himself with the little work he did, and he had to raise a child, so Heidan had to wear all the nice clothes.
This girl is so prodigal that she can’t live at all.
But with this thought in mind, no one was embarrassed to say it in front of Song Wei.
Song Wei touched Heidan's head: "It doesn't matter, I have a brother."
Heidan leaned in Song Wei's arms obediently. He had always been very silent in front of other people, and they rarely met each other. He said hello, sometimes even fiercely, and had fights with many children in the village.
This gave the villagers the impression that he was a bit gloomy, not talkative and unlovable.
But Song Wei knew that he was just afraid and put up the spikes on his body to disguise himself and protect himself.
Hei Dan has received too little kindness since he was a child.
After he became familiar with himself, he put away the spikes all over his body, more like an insecure puppy who seemed to be abandoned at any time.
So he tried his best to express himself in front of Song Wei, trying to make himself valuable and not be abandoned casually.
Song Wei calmly changed the topic so that everyone's attention would no longer remain on Hei Dan.
An hour and a half later the ox cart arrived at the county seat.
The aunts and ladies went to the supply and marketing cooperative to rob things. Yes, they really did it by robbing.
Song Wei walked with them for a while, and when they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, he was stunned to see the aunts and ladies who had been peaceful before suddenly running towards the supply and marketing cooperative like crazy.
A crowd of people were crowded together at the entrance of the supply and marketing cooperative, holding up money and tickets in their hands, each shouting louder than the other.
“I want soap, give me a piece of soap.”
“Are there any Jiefang shoes? I want a pair of Jiefang shoes.”
“Comrade, how much does that hot water kettle cost? ”
It was also the first time for Heidan to see this scene, and he was also shocked.
Song Wei felt the scarcity of materials in this era for the first time. This scene was really... She also wanted a hot water kettle.
First of all, take a look and observe more. After sending the things, she had to find a way to squeeze in. Not only did she have to buy shoes for Heidan, but she also had to buy some cloth. She couldn't waste her energy.
"Let's go."
Go to the post office to send something first.
"Thank you for your hard work, comrade. I want to send something."
"Serve the people, give me your things."
You have to buy stamps to send things, which cost 5 cents each.
Song Wei filled in the address, watched the staff pack everything, paid the money for mailing, and left with Hei Dan.
Posting things in this era is very slow, and her brother's station is far away, so it will take at least half a month to send things there.