Chapter Twenty-Four: Into the City
Tian Meng Meng got up, washed up, and sat down to drink porridge. There is also a good thing about coming here, I go to bed early and wake up early every day, unlike before when I didn't go to bed before twelve o'clock, which is still considered to be an early bed.
When the two went out, Li Guihua also advised: "Big girl, come back quickly after buying the book, don't wander around." ”
"Got it!"
Tianjia Village is not far from the county seat, and it can be reached in an hour by walking. The road is relatively flat, but it is full of stones, and cloth shoes are stepping on it. Tian Shao thought that the first thing he would do when he made money was to hurry up and buy a pair of sandals.
While walking, the two chatted, Li Sankui said: "Cousin, I want to buy a red scarf, do you say the county has it?" ”
Tian Shao turned his head, looked at him and asked, "Who did you buy it for, aunt?" ”
Uncle Li gave birth to two daughters and three sons, but unfortunately the second daughter died at the age of three, and the first three have all married and had children, and now only Sankui has not yet started a family. But because it's a child, you have to be spoiled.
"No, buy it for Fangfang, it's Uncle Qing's youngest daughter. She always wanted a red scarf. ”
Tian Shao looked at him as usual, and he didn't care if he was sure that he wasn't his sweetheart: "How can I buy a scarf on this hot day now?" You want to fulfill this idea of others, and wait for the weather to get cold before coming to the county seat to buy. ”
Li Sankui touched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly.
At this time, someone passed them on a bicycle. Tian Shao looked at the other party's back, and missed his car very much. Alas, I can only think about it, and I have to go out 11 for a long time.
"Cousin, if we had a bicycle too, it would be convenient to go out."
Tian Shao glanced at him and said, "The mountain road is rugged, and you can't use a bicycle. ”
The roads to Li's house are all small roads, not to mention the rain, even if the weather is good on weekdays, it is easy to fall. In addition, it was too far away, and the five sisters rarely went into the mountain.
Seeing that Li Sankui stopped talking, Tian Shao comforted him and said: "Actually, it's good to live in the mountains, my uncle can hunt and have twenty acres of paddy fields at home, and he has never shortened your mouth." It's not like in the city, where many people are hungry! ”
With a sigh, Li Sankui said in disbelief: "How is it possible." The people in the city eat commercial grain, how can they still be hungry. ”
Tian Shao said: "Not everyone in the city has a job. The food of the people in the city is rationed, and a month like yours should be about forty catties of grain, do you think you have enough food for one catty a day? ”
Half of the size starved to death, and a guy like Li Sankui is estimated to be able to make two catties of grain a day.
Li Sankui was skeptical of this: "Since the city is not good, why does everyone want to enter the city?" Uncle Deqing especially wants Fangfang to marry into the city! ”
Tian Shao said: "There are people who live well in the city, and those who live well without jobs are not as good as those in the mountains." Uncle Deqing really married his daughter to the city, and her family looked down on her without a job. Instead of being a cow and a horse in the city, it is better to marry a farmer, although he is tired, he will not be bullied. ”
Li Sankui hesitated a little: "It shouldn't be, right?" If you dislike Sister Fangfang if she doesn't have a job, she can not marry, so why bother to practice it! ”
Tian Shaozhen felt that this child was simple, and she said with a smile: "Normally, those who will marry girls in the mountains are those who are from poor families and can't marry daughters-in-law. Unless she is particularly beautiful and is favored by some man who has a job. But the man likes it, and the mother-in-law doesn't like it, and it will be rubbed. Of course, I'm just talking about ordinary phenomena, maybe she has a good life and meets a man who loves her and a kind-hearted mother-in-law. ”
In a situation like the one she said later, it's as hard as buying a lottery ticket and winning the jackpot. But there are no absolutes, as long as the girl can stand up and hold her husband, she will definitely be able to live well. But this kind of woman can live well anywhere.
Li Sankui hurriedly said when he heard this: "I'll tell Uncle Deqing when I go back." ”
Tian Shao did not speak. Like Tian Dalin and Li Guihua, they love the eldest girl so much, and they are also mixed with selfishness in her marriage. This Uncle Deqing wants his daughter to marry to the county seat, and only he knows whether he really wants his daughter to live a good life.
When you arrive at the county seat, it becomes lively, and there are many bicycles that are rare in the countryside. Li Sankui watched them ride fast, and a look of envy flashed in his eyes.
Tian Shao looked at the people who came and went, either wearing Mao suits or gray clothes, and sighed in his heart that this was too monotonous. Fortunately, it will change after two or three years, otherwise she won't know if she can stick to it if she will be like this for the rest of her life.
Li Sankui asked in a low voice, "Cousin, where are we going now?"
Tian Shao didn't say anything, just let him follow.
The two went to the supply and marketing cooperatives first. When I went in, I saw the salesman in front of the counter hooking the soles of my shoes, and Tian Shao secretly said that this was really leisurely. She stepped forward and said, "Sister, I want to buy a pack of cigarettes." ”
Li Sankui looked at the folds on the salesman's face, and was surprised that Tian Shao's sister could call it out.
The salesperson is an eldest sister about thirty years old, who originally didn't want to deal with you, but her expression softened a lot when she heard this: "What brand do you want to buy?" ”
Tian Shao said embarrassedly: "Sister, I want to buy it as a gift, but I don't have a cigarette ticket, I don't know what kind of cigarette I can buy?" ”
The salesman took out two cigarettes of different colors from under the counter, pointed at them and said, "This is swimming, this is Hongta Mountain, and it is quite easy to give it away." It's also your luck that these two cigarettes don't need cigarette tickets now. ”
Tian Shao had never seen the brand in front of her, but she was very familiar with Hongta Mountain. Because her grandfather smoked this kind of cigarette, when she was a child, she often used to use the money to buy it at the store downstairs, and the rest of the money would buy popsicles or other snacks.
Li Sankui was anxious when he heard this, and when he saw that she was paying for it, he hurriedly pulled her aside and asked, "Cousin, cousin, why are you buying this?" ”
"Didn't you just say that you were going to give it away, why did you have it at such a young age?"
Li Sankui grabbed Tian Shao's arm and asked, "Send someone, who to send?" Why did you only say that you were buying books, but you didn't say that you were buying cigarettes and giving them away? Cousin, if I let my aunt know, I have to kill you. ”
It's him, and he will have to be beaten up when the time comes.
Tian Shao said: "As long as you don't say it, I won't say it, how will my mother know?" Okay, don't stop it, this cigarette is related to my future. If you don't let me buy it, I won't be able to register my name, and you won't be able to afford it then. ”
Although Li Sankui is not very old, he also knows that cutting off people's futures is like killing people's lives, how dare he stop him, so he can only watch Tian Shao buy two packs of Hongshan.
After going out for a walk, I asked a middle-aged man with a black briefcase: "Comrade, how do you go to the textile factory?" ”
The man looked at Shimoda Shao and asked vigilantly, "What are you doing in the textile factory?" ”
Tian Shao said with a smile: "We are from Tianjia Village, Hongqi Commune, my cousin works in a textile factory, I went with my brother to visit her, and sent something by the way." ”
The man looked at the back basket that Li Sankui was carrying, nodded his head and pointed ahead, and said, "You go to the front fork and turn left, walk forward two hundred meters and turn right, and then go straight and you will soon be there." ”
Li Sankui heard it in a fog, and after the man left, he asked, "Cousin, do you remember what he said?" ”
"Remember, let's go!"
Oh, Li Sankui said very confusedly: "Cousin, do you have a cousin who works in a textile factory?" How I don't know. ”
Tian Shao couldn't help but laugh when he saw his stupid appearance, and said, "Do you still know if I have a cousin?" Well, stop talking nonsense, let's go! ”