OBS Chapter 191 Asking Someone to Buy Coal
Chapter 191 Asking Someone to Buy Coal
After telling the team leader and secretary about the matter, Liu Jingxue left the team headquarters and went straight home, taking the list of regular medicines that the team leader had prepared.
The team leader and his men will have their own arrangements on how the production team should guard against the people from the Revolutionary Committee, and they will hold a meeting to notify them when the time comes.
It would be fine if those people from the Revolutionary Committee and the Red Guards didn't come, but if they dared to come, I wouldn't mind chopping them a few more times.
As for the other production teams in Linshan Town, they did not know the specific itinerary of the Revolutionary Committee and the Red Guards, so there was nothing they could do.
I am not a savior and cannot save everyone. I can only try my best to protect those I care about.
In order to avoid the Revolutionary Committee members suddenly arriving when she was away and causing harm to the people in the cowshed, Liu Jingxue planned to stay in the village for the next period of time.
"Master, didn't you promise to make medicine for the production team? Don't you plan to go into the mountains to collect herbs?" Tuanzi asked.
Liu Jingxue ordered, "To be on the safe side, let's not go into the mountain.
Tuanzi, you know which herbs are needed for these medicines. Please grow a batch of them in the space.
Be careful not to make it too old or contain too much spiritual energy.
If the refined medicine is too effective, and then it is refined with ordinary herbs, the contrast will be too tragic. "
"Okay, Master.
I will go and pick a piece of open space with a high time flow rate ratio to plant it, and I expect you will be able to make medicine for the production team the day after tomorrow." Tuanzi agreed readily.
Looking at the coal tickets in his hand, he wondered how he would get the coal back if he didn't leave the village.
I don’t even know where to buy coal now.
Why did I forget to ask Sister Jin before?
Liu Jingxue looked at her watch. It was still early and not time to make lunch, so she got up and walked towards the captain's house.
Halfway through the journey, we met Aunt Cuihua, who was carrying an empty bucket and preparing to fetch water.
"Aunt Cuihua, are you going to fetch water?" Liu Jingxue greeted.
Aunt Cuihua said, "It's Xiaoxue, where are you going?"
Liu Jingxue replied, "I'm not planning on going anywhere. I just don't understand something and I'm planning on asking someone."
"Xiaoxue, what are you going to ask someone?
Tell me and see if I know it." Aunt Cuihua said enthusiastically.
Liu Jingxue did not hide it and approached Aunt Cuihua and said, "Aunt Cuihua, I asked someone to exchange a few coal tickets for use in the winter.
But I don’t know where to buy coal.”
"Xiaoxue, you got the coal ticket, but can you get a coal stove?
That thing requires industrial vouchers." Aunt Cuihua asked curiously.
“My brother sent me the coal stove tickets and industrial coupons.
I have already bought the coal stove today."
Aunt Cuihua said, "Then there will be no problem.
There is no need to go to town to buy coal, there is a coal yard in our commune.
People from all over the country go there to buy coal."
Liu Jingxue has been here for a long time and has been to the town several times, but has never been to the commune.
"Auntie, where is our commune's coal yard?"
"Our commune is not very big. We can just ask around there and find out," said Aunt Cuihua.
Liu Jingxue was embarrassed, "Aunt, I haven't been to our commune yet."
Aunt Cuihua laughed and said, "Don't talk about you, many people in our village have never been to the commune.
There was no supply and marketing cooperative in that place, so people usually went to the town to buy things.
Unless there is something going on, I won't go there.
When you have problems, you go to the brigade leaders or the educated youth office in the town, let alone the commune. "
"Xiaoxue, don't go to the coal factory by yourself, let someone else buy it for you.
That place is extremely dirty. If you walk around there, you'll be covered in a layer of black dust.
You, a city girl, definitely can't stand it.
Moreover, you have to queue up early to buy coal, otherwise you can’t buy coal blocks, you can only buy broken coal.
At that time, you have to find clay and make the crushed coal into coal cakes or coal balls, which is a lot of work.
It is said that some people queue up in the middle of the night to buy coal, you definitely can’t stand it.” Aunt Cuihua advised.
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she felt that this was exactly what she wanted, as she was not planning to go there in person.
"Aunt Cuihua, if I don't go, who can help me buy the coal?"
Aunt Cuihua did not answer directly, but asked first, "Xiaoxue, how many kilograms of coal do you want to buy?"
"Five hundred kilograms," Liu Jingxue replied.
Aunt Cuihua was surprised and said, "Five hundred kilograms, that's a lot. Even if we use a bullock cart, it will take two times to pull it back."
After thinking for a while, Aunt Cuihua suggested, "Xiaoxue, why don't you just go find your uncle Liu and ask him to buy the coal for you.
You just pay him some labor fee and wait at home.
As for the money for renting the village's watchman's car, he should also pay it forward. "
"Uncle Liu, can his legs carry coal?" Liu Jingxue hesitated.
Aunt Cuihua said, "It's not like he's being asked to go, he still has two sons.
When the time comes, let his son drive the ox cart over there and queue up in advance.
If we can’t get 500 kilograms of coal back in one trip, we have to make two trips, and someone has to guard the part that can’t be brought back.”
"Okay, I'll listen to my aunt. I'll talk to Uncle Liu right away and ask him to help me buy the coal." Liu Jingxue readily agreed.
Aunt Cuihua said, "Then go and tell him.
They said today that they will buy the coal for you tomorrow.
Do you know where your uncle Liu lives? "
“Aunt Cuihua, I know.
I'll go now, thank you, auntie."
"Hey, what's there to thank for?
Xiaoxue, you are just too polite. "
After telling Aunt Cuihua, Liu Jingxue walked towards Uncle Liu's house.
The gate of Uncle Liu's house was open, and Liu Jingxue could see the ox cart in the yard.
It seems that Uncle Liu didn't go to town today, otherwise he wouldn't have returned yet.
"Uncle Liu, are you home?" Liu Jingxue walked into the yard and shouted towards the house.
Lao Liu came out of the house and asked, "Who's calling me?"
Seeing Liu Jingxue in the courtyard, he hurriedly asked, "It turns out to be the educated youth Liu. What do you want from me?"
Liu Jingxue got straight to the point and said, "Uncle Liu, I got 500 kilograms of coal tickets, and I would like to ask your two brothers to help me buy the coal.
Do you think it's okay?"
Uncle Liu didn't even ask for the reward, and directly agreed, "Sure, what's wrong with that?
They have nothing to do at home anyway, so they can help you out."
"Uncle Liu, I'm not sure what the price of our coal is," Liu Jingxue asked.
"7 cents for 2 jin."
Liu Jingxue calculated that 7 kilograms was 2 cents, and 3 kilograms was 6 yuan.
She took money out of her pocket, counted out 4 yuan, and took out the coal ticket.
He handed the money and bills to Uncle Liu, "Uncle, here are the money and bills, please count them."
Uncle Liu took it and counted it. There were 4 yuan.
"Little educated youth Liu, five hundred kilograms of coal won't cost four yuan, only three and a half yuan will do.
You gave too much.”
As he said this, he counted out 4 cents to return to Liu Jingxue.
Liu Jingxue didn't answer, "Uncle, there is also the rent of the ox cart from the team, and the labor fee for the two brothers."
“It costs less than 4 cents to rent the team’s ox cart.
As for labor fees, there is no need to mention them.
Do they have any shame to charge you a few cents for doing such a small favor?" Uncle Liu insisted on returning the money.
"Uncle, I heard that we have to line up very early to buy coal here.
Moreover, 500 kilograms of coal cannot be transported back in one truck, and it has to be transported in two batches.
This isn't what you'd call a little favor.
I don’t think I have the guts to ask you two big brothers to help me for nothing.”
Liu Jingxue advised, “Uncle, please accept it and let me feel at ease.
If I have any problems in the future, I can ask you for help.
If you insist on not accepting it, I will be too embarrassed to come to you for help when I encounter problems in the future."
When Old Uncle Liu heard Liu Jingxue say this, he had no choice but to say, "Then I will take it for your two brothers.
If you have any problems in the future, just ask me, and don’t bother with these so-called labor fees.”
Liu Jingxue thought to herself, I'll agree to it first, and it's my business whether to give it or not.
"Okay, Uncle Liu."