Chapter 7: The First Entry into the City
After a night of buffering, with the busyness of all the village cadres, not only the amount of grain to be purchased in the name of the collective was counted, but also the needs of each household were also counted.
Ying Fengshan took the list from the village accountant early, if it weren't for the difference between men and women, he wanted to rush directly into the guest room to wake Xia Yanru up, but now he had to wait outside helplessly through the door.
"Squeak~dumb~" As soon as Xia Yanru opened the door, she saw Ying Fengshan standing guard outside.
"Captain Ying, this is?" Early in the morning, Xia Yanru just woke up and her IQ was not online, and she didn't forget to think about food for a while.
"Hehe, Comrade Xia is early." Ying Fengshan scratched his head a little embarrassedly, he was a big man standing at the door of the little girl and waiting, which was somewhat rude, but he was really anxious, if he didn't get the food for a day, it would be difficult for him to live in peace.
Xia Yanru shook her head, came to her senses, and probably guessed that the other party might be a little anxious about the food problem, but she didn't care about those details, not to mention that a big man was waiting at the door, even if he lived in the same room, it also happened from time to time in the last days, after all, it was all for safety.
"Well, this is our list of food needs, I wonder if we can get these?" Ying Fengshan was a little nervous and took out the food purchase list from his pocket, they needed too much food, and he was a little hesitant for a while, not sure if Xia Yanru could really do it.
"I'll see." Xia Yanru didn't make a guarantee at the first time, in case there was a variety on the list that she didn't have, it would be difficult to slap herself in the face.
Fortunately, the list given by Ying Fengshan is full of common coarse grains, and she has a lot of storage space for these things, all of which she collected from the granaries in several dangerous areas at the beginning of the apocalypse.
Xia Yanru quickly read the list, and then replied under Ying Fengshan's expectation, "These are no problems, I will go out now to find someone to prepare, but I want to trouble you to help me send it to the county, I am not familiar with the road here." ”
"No problem, no problem, I'll find the village chief to give you a letter of introduction first, and then arrange someone to drive an ox cart to send you to the township station, we are too far away from the county seat, and the only way to go to the county is to take a bus." Ying Fengshan replied repeatedly, and was worried that Xia Yanru would think too much, and did not forget to explain why he didn't just drive her to the county.
"Okay, it's convenient to take the car, I expect to be back in the evening, and you can give me the money when I come back with food." Xia Yanru took the initiative to talk about the problem of food payment, after all, she is an outsider, if she said that she would go to the county with money, I am afraid that people would also worry that she would run away with the money.
Hearing Xia Yanru's words, Ying Fengshan breathed a sigh of relief, it was naturally appropriate to be able to pay on delivery, although it was a bit unauthentic to do so, but Xia Yanru was a stranger they didn't know after all, such a large amount of money for food purchases, if something went wrong, it would really cost lives.
Afraid of delaying time, Ying Fengshan hurriedly went to the village chief to arrange, and soon drove the ox cart back, explaining that his son was taking care of Fang Niang at home, and personally sent Xia Yanru to the township platform to take the car.
When she arrived at the township station, Xia Yanru sent Ying Fengshan away first, and then she found a no-man's corner to enter the space, and waited for a change of clothes that were relatively in line with the current era, and carried a small bag of sorghum rice before coming out and returning to the station.
Because she doesn't have the coins of this time and space in her hand at all, she has to find a way to change some money first, otherwise she will wait for the car, and she has no money to take the car, and it is always difficult to take out the car in the space and drive, most of the cars in her collection are too advanced.
"Eldest sister, do you need food?" Xia Yanru looked around for a long time, and then she chose the target of peddling sorghum rice, not because she lacked the heart to ask directly, but because she had sensed that there was a car coming 500 meters away, she was afraid that she would delay her entry into the city.
"Do you have food?" The eldest sister who was selected by Xia Yanru had a look of vigilance and some expectations.
"Yes, eldest sister, look, if the price is right, I'll give it to you, I just need money, no food stamps." Xia Yanru quickly opened the cloth bag, and after making sure that the other party could see the sorghum rice inside, she immediately closed it.
"Let's go, I'll talk over there." The eldest sister is excited, food, this is a good thing to save lives.
Soon, the two of them walked under a big tree, and the surrounding area was empty and crowded, and they could also observe the situation at the station at any time. It didn't take much to agree on the price, and the sorghum rice prepared by Xia Yanru was about ten catties, all of which were sold to the eldest sister.
The eldest sister paid the money and took the food, and left in a hurry, and the buses to the county town also entered the station one after another, Xia Yanru hurriedly ran over to buy a ticket and get on the bus, fortunately, although the time was tight, it did not delay the rush.
Shishanao belongs to Xingliang Township under Fengyan County, and of course, it is more appropriate to call it Xingliang Commune at this time. It takes about an hour to get from the township to the county seat, not because of the long road, but because the bus speed in this era is slow, and the road conditions are very poor.
When she finally arrived at her destination after staggering all the way, Xia Yanru wanted to swear never to take the bus again, but when she thought that the means of transportation in this era were like this, she could only give up.
In fact, even if Xia Yanru doesn't come to the city, it doesn't matter, anyway, the food is in her storage space, and when the time comes, she will find an excuse to wait outside until the evening before going back, and no one will ask her where she went to dump the food.
But it is rare to come to this special era, Xia Yanru is full of curiosity here, she wants to understand and understand this era in many aspects, and of course, in order to better integrate into it.
Xia Yanru's first stop was the supply and marketing cooperative, she wanted to learn about the supply of materials in this era first, but it was very disappointing that now that the disaster situation in the southwest has begun to appear, Fengyan County is only a small border town in the southwest, and the supply here will only be more scarce and scarce.
Shaking her head helplessly, although she guessed that the supply of materials was in short supply in this era, she really came to know that it was not only in short supply, but it was almost the recent situation of nothing.
It took less than two hours for Xia Yanru to go around the entire county, and she had a deeper understanding of Fengyan County, there are no large factories here, but because of the proximity to the border, there is a military factory and a pharmaceutical factory, you can't see anything from the outside, but the entry and exit management of the two factories is very strict.
After all, it involves sensitive topics, and Xia Yanru didn't plan to inquire in detail, anyway, she just knew that there were two places, in addition to schools and hospitals, schools are only elementary schools and junior high schools, I heard that high schools are only available in the city, hospitals, there is only one county hospital, it is conceivable that the medical level of such a small county town will not be too high.
Seeing that the time was still early, Xia Yanru thought about it and decided to exchange the grain for some bills first, she didn't ask for tickets at the township station before, and the time was too tight, and now the time is enough to make more bills, but she wants to make good use of the rare opportunity to enter the city to get more bills.
Xia Yanru knows that she will need a lot of daily necessities to live at home in the future, and there are a lot of things in her space, but many things are not suitable for use on the bright side, so she must buy some daily necessities locally.
In this era when you have to buy toilet paper, Xia Yanru doesn't think that she can live just with money, bills are not common in the village, and some special bills are only issued regularly by workers or public offices, of course, if it is an urban hukou, you can also get some daily bills on a regular basis, but the number and type are limited.