Chapter 4 The Motivation to Live

Don't think that if you live in the commune, you all eat commercial grain, because you are wrong, 99 percent of the people living in the Qinghe commune are peasants.

Because there is only one woolen mill in the current Qinghe Commune, and the workers in the woolen mill all live in the workers' compound.

In addition to these workers, there are also a small number of people who work in the commune who receive salaries and eat commercial grain, and the rest basically eat big pot rice.

There were very few people on the street, and I didn't even see a few people, too, it is a difficult time for three years, except for those who go to work, everyone tries to go out as little as possible.

Because activity burns calories and makes people more likely to be hungry, it's better to lie at home and not go out, and besides, if you fall asleep, you won't be hungry.

Now this season is no longer alive in the field, and the crops in the field have just grown, and there are still many months before the harvest.

Fang Yuan didn't understand why so many people had fled to the imperial capital, because he knew that even if it was here in the imperial capital, life would not be easy, and he could only say that it was a little stronger than other places.

The streets were deserted, and there were no shops, and after walking for almost a kilometer, Fang Yuan saw a supply and marketing cooperative, which was open.

Fang Yuan didn't go in, it wasn't that he didn't want to, but he couldn't, he was now completely a little bit of a flower from the outside.

It doesn't matter that there are patches all over the worn clothes, the important thing is that the clothes are dirty, as if they haven't been washed in months.

Don't talk about others, Fang Yuan himself thinks that he is a flower child, but this is exactly what he wants, because only in this way can he live well.

If he wants to dress cleanly and not attract the attention of others, it is estimated that at that time, no matter how he hides it, it will be useless.

Although he didn't go in, Fang Yuan also knew that there were very few things sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives, except for some food, it was estimated that there were only some daily necessities.

For example, tobacco, alcohol, sugar, tea, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, but even if they are these things, there are very few people who buy them.

Because you need a ticket to buy these things, and without a ticket it won't be sold to you at all, if it's in the city, it might be better, but here is Qinghe.

Continuing to walk forward, Fang Yuan saw the vegetable station again, and there were only three kinds of vegetables in the vegetable station, radish, cabbage and spicy gnocchi, that is, pickles.

Also, there are only these dishes in this season, and even if there are some other dishes, they will not appear here, and it is estimated that there may be other dishes in the city.

There were not a few steps past the vegetable station, which was the meat station, where only a middle-aged man sat and smoked, and there were no customers.

On the meat case, there is only one piece of pork that is almost dried quickly, and the most important thing is that this piece of pork does not exceed three catties.

Walking all the way to the east end of the street, Fang Yuan didn't find a single shop, Fang Yuan originally planned to go outside for a day, but seeing this situation, he went back directly.

The first is that nothing has gotten better. The second is that he has already turned around, of course, there are still some places that he has not visited, but there is no need anymore, because he already knows what this place is.

His immediate priority now is to get his nest in order, to relieve his worries, and then see what needs to be done when the time comes.

After going back, Fang Yuan looked around and found that there was no one, so he opened the vegetable cellar and went in.

In the next half month, Fang Yuan did a lot of things, the first was to build a stove in the vegetable cellar.

Originally, he didn't need it, because he didn't have a pot, only a few lunch boxes, but if he didn't build a stove, there was no way to get the smoke out.

Because he dug a flue along the vegetable cellar, and then pasted it with mud on the outside, so that he made a flue.

Don't think that's it, this is just this part of the vegetable cellar, and the outside of the vegetable cellar, because Fang Yuan wants to get the exit of this flue in the reeds more than ten meters away from the vegetable cellar.

Therefore, you also need to dig a trench in the ground, but this one is relatively simple, dig a trench first, and then cover it with those broken bricks and tiles, and then bury it with soil.

In this way, a flue was built, and now Fang Yuan was burning a fire in the vegetable cellar, and the smoke would float out of the reeds.

Of course, it is better to have no smoke or try not to have it, this depends on how you burn the fire, if you let the firewood burn fully, there is no smoke.

Only when the combustion is not complete, will there be smoke, this Fang Yuan is very clear and understandable, so even when he is cooking, there is very little smoke.

At the same time, the waterproof vent was also done, in fact, it was an umbrella for the vent, and Fang Yuan made the vent very secret, if he didn't know it, he probably wouldn't be able to find it.

After finishing this, Fang Yuan took a sack, made a hole in the bottom of the sack, and then made a hole on both sides as well.

Take off your clothes and put the sack on your body, just as your head goes through the hole at the bottom of the sack, and the holes on either side are two arms.

Fang Yuan was too small, and the sack was too big, so he had no choice but to fold the excess part on his body, so that he could increase the thickness, and then tie it from his waist with a straw rope that had been braided in advance.

In this way, Fang Yuan would have an extra set of clothes, of course, Fang Yuan was not as tall as a sack, and he didn't have a head, so he rolled up the extra part below and tucked it into his waist, looking nondescript.

However, this was nothing to Fang Yuan, although he had not experienced this in his previous life, he was not a person who had not suffered hardships, which was also the reason why he adapted so quickly.

The reason why Fang Yuan was wearing a sack was that he wanted to wash his clothes, otherwise the smell would be too big, he could accept anything, but he definitely couldn't accept this.

After coming out of the vegetable cellar, Fang Yuan took his clothes and came to Lu Dang, of course, the place where he went was far away from where he lived.

Because what he eats every day is the water in the reeds, and if he is far away, at least psychologically acceptable.

No laundry detergent, no soap, this should be what everyone calls dry rubbing!

After rubbing for a long time, Fang Yuan found that it seemed to be useless at all, so he found a stone next to the reed swing, and then found another wooden stick and began to knock it.

Not to mention, this is much stronger than dry rubbing, if you go down with a stick, there will be black water flowing out of your clothes, but Fang Yuan also knows that you can't knock it too hard, otherwise your clothes will be ruined.

He can say something unpleasant about this set of clothes, and there is no place to repair it when it is broken.

Half an hour later, I felt that it was almost over, and I washed it in the water a few more times, and then I went back with my clothes, and I found a random wooden stick and dried my clothes.

The weather in the imperial capital in November is already very cold, and today the weather is very good, and the sun is directly shining on the body, which makes people warm.

However, the weather didn't seem to be bad, Fang Yuan had been in this era for more than half a month, and there had never been a cloudy day.

This is not to say that there are fewer umbrellas in this era, but there is no haze in this era, in later generations, it is obviously the day before yesterday, but it looks the same as a cloudy day, that is because the sun is blocked by haze.

After drying the clothes, Fang Yuan entered the vegetable cellar, there was no way, it was cold outside! Only the vegetable cellar was warmer.

Even if there is sun outside, it is still not as warm as in the vegetable cellar.

The next morning, Fang Yuan walked out of the vegetable cellar with a fresh look, not only did he put on the clothes he had washed yesterday, but he also tied his hair from behind.

I don't know how long I haven't cut my hair, my hair can be braided if it is long, of course, Fang Yuan won't braid, he just tied a ponytail.

The first thing Fang Yuan did today was to cut his hair, this long hair was really uncomfortable, mainly because it was not easy to take care of, especially when eating, his hair was always falling down.

There is a barber shop on the street, right in the middle of the street, and the haircut does not require a ticket and is also very cheap.

Coming to the street again, Fang Yuan felt relaxed, although the clothes he was wearing were still patched, but they were very clean, so that no one would see him and treat him as a flower who wanted to eat.

Because in this day and age, it is normal to wear such clothes, and many people don't even have such clothes.

In rural areas, there are even a few members of a family who only have one pair of pants, and whoever goes out wears them, and stays in the bed when they don't go out.

Fang Yuan was already very good, at least he had a set of clothes, and it was a full set, but it looked a little thinner.

There was an old man in his fifties in the barber shop, and needless to say, this old man was the barber.

Seeing Fang Yuan come in, the old man stood up and asked, "Haircut?"

"Hmm!" Fang Yuan nodded.

"Five cents. "Maybe Fang Yuan is a child, afraid that he has no money, the old man said the money first.

Fang Yuan hurriedly took out a dime from his pocket and handed it over, because the minimum face value of the money in his hand was a dime.

The old man took the money, looked for five cents for Fang Yuan and said, "Sit down!"

After Fang Yuan sat down, the barber picked up a pair of clippers and asked, "How long?"

There were no hairstyles in those days, so barbers wouldn't ask you what to cut, only how long you would stay.

But Fang Yuan came from the next generation! Let him cut the stupid head of this era, he really didn't fit in, so he said to the barber: "Cut the sides and back a little shorter, and leave the top a little longer." ”

In fact, what Fang Yuan said was the little flat head of the later generations, but it was such a small request that made the barber frown.

I guess it's because I haven't cut it! No way, Fang Yuan could only say: "You cut it first, and I'll tell you later." ”

You are an honorific title, in the Emperor must say so, since Fang Yuan wants to stay here all the time, he must develop this habit.

"Okay!" the barber nodded, and then began to cut Fang Yuan.

Under Fang Yuan's careful guidance, the barber finally cut a small flat head for him, although it didn't look too good, but it was not bad, which showed that the barber's skills were not bad.

After the haircut, the barber poured some hot water to wash it for him, and the barber put away the hair he had cut.