It had only been two years since the Great Movement, and the eldest lady in charge was really afraid of a young man like Ning Yuan who was full of slogans.
She could only laugh dryly: "Yes, yes... yes."
Can she still say that this kind of advanced thinking is wrong?
The eldest sister finally took out two marriage certificates, wrote the names of Ning Yuan and Rong Zhaonan, stamped them, and sent them away quickly.
Ning Yuan looked at the marriage certificate printed with the leader's quotes, suppressed her racing heart, and walked out of the office with Huazi.
After walking out the door, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, put her hands on her waist, made a puff, pressed her chest and laughed out loud: "Hey, it's done!"
Hua Zi also let out a sigh of relief: "Ning Zhiqing, you are so awesome. You scared me to death just now."
He didn't even know how to reply.
Ning Yuan looked at Hua Zi's honest look and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Hua Zi. You will go pick up fertilizer later, and I will go to the county department store."
The marriage office is not far from the county department store, only ten minutes away.
Huazi nodded: "Okay, then I'll wait for you at the door of the department store."
Huazi drove the tractor away again.
Ning Yuan went all the way to the department store in the county town. People on the street were either wearing green military uniforms, blue work clothes or white shirts.
Unpretentious.
The most impressive building in the county is the three-story department store, which was just renovated and opened last month. It was originally called the department store sales department.
When it opened, there was a long queue. Today is a working day, so there are still many people.
She looked at the bustling entrance of the department store, touched the five dollars in her pocket, and walked in.
Now that she was reborn and returned to her youth, she had to get familiar with the environment again and think about how to make money in the future.
There are counters on both sides of the first floor of the department store with various daily necessities, and the cashier is at the highest place.
She had just walked in and stood in front of the counter to take a look - there was a "whoosh" sound, and a small splint holding money flew over her head along the wire.
Ning Yuan was startled, raised her head, looked at the various wires above, and then remembered -
By the way, at this time, you don’t need to go to the cashier to pay for things.
There are many long wires above the checkout counter connected to the sales counter. If you choose something, you have to pay and give the ticket to the salesperson.
The salesperson would clip the money slips and written receipts to the small plywood, then push the small plywood hard, and the small plywood would slide along the wire to the cashier.
After getting it, the cashier calculated the money, clipped the change, tickets, and stamped receipts, and slid them back to the salesperson's counter.
She looked at the thin ropes, and then at the lively looks of the department store salespeople and cashiers, and couldn't help but smile.
Ah, I really miss it...
"What do you want to buy? If you don't buy it, don't block the people behind you!" A salesperson wearing a headband with two bows looked at Ning Yuan standing there with a silly smile and rolled his eyes at her.
Ning Yuan was not angry because of her attitude. Instead, she was in a very good mood and smiled at the salesperson.
When things are scarce, department store workers have a good job, better than many cadres in government departments. The salesperson has many ways to get things that cannot be purchased without a ticket, so the service attitude is poor.
But seeing such a salesperson again made Ning Yuan even more sure that her life was really coming back!
She walked up and down the department store. The department store in the county town was still the same as in her memory. There were many things, but nothing fancy.
Soon after the reform, the south became rich first. In the mid-to-late 1980s, cloth stamps, food stamps, postage stamps, meat stamps, industrial stamps... would slowly begin to become unnecessary.
However, we are still in the era of planned economy, and all kinds of tickets are rarer than money.
Fortunately, she still had some meat stamps, cloth stamps, etc. saved by herself, and was not stupid enough to pay tribute to Tang Zhenzhen.
An hour later, Ning Yuan came out carrying a bottle of Songhe Liangye, a shoe box, and a thermos bottle.
Far away, she saw Hua Zi's tractor carrying fertilizer. She hurried over with the things in hand and smiled: "Brother Hua Zi, let's go back!"
Hua Zi smiled and said: "Okay, let's go!"
The tractor chugged all the way out of the city and headed for the village.
It was already afternoon when the two of them returned to the village in a pesticide truck.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, Ning Yuan saw no one around and suddenly handed the wine to Hua Zi: "Brother Hua Zi, this is for you and the old branch secretary."
Hua Zi immediately refused in astonishment: "Isn't this the wine you used for your wedding? This is not acceptable!"
A bottle of Songhe Liangye costs 2 yuan and 50 cents, which is not the cheap wine sold at the Brigade Supply and Marketing Cooperative for a few cents.
Ning Yuan smiled and rolled her eyes: "Yes, I'm married. I'm asking someone who helped me drink. If it doesn't violate discipline, I'm leaving!"
With that said, she stuffed the wine bottle into Hua Zi's arms, jumped off the tractor with the remaining things and ran away.
Although she used some words to coax the old party secretary to help her.
But the old party secretary is a good person, otherwise he would not sympathize with her and asked Hua Zige to help her go to the city to get the certificate.
"Wait... Oops..." Hua Zi was still driving the tractor, so he could only quickly stuff the wine into the bed of the truck so that no one would see him gossiping.
Let’s drive the tractor back to the village production team’s office first.
"Abba, look at this...!" Hua Zi told the old branch secretary.
He was afraid that accepting gifts would violate discipline.
The old party secretary smoked a hookah, looked at the bottle of Songhe Liangye, and nodded——
"That girl gave us wedding candies yesterday. The little kids were so happy. She is a person who repays her kindness. Just keep it. It's not a violation of discipline. It's just a wedding drink!"
Hua Zi was very happy: "Okay, I'll ask Manhua to fry a plate of peanuts and dried fish tonight."
These days, snacks such as peanuts and fried dried fish are very cheap.
The old party secretary thought for a moment: "By the way, tell Manhua that even if Ning Zhiqing is given wedding leave these days, no work points will be deducted."
Manhua is the work scorer in the team and the daughter-in-law of Hua Zi. She is a third-generation educated youth who is married to the village party secretary.
Hua Zi nodded: "Okay."
Ning Yuan carried the shoe box and the hot water bottle all the way back to the cowshed.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, under the bright autumn sunshine, Rong Zhaonan saw a figure trotting over from a distance.
The girl's two braids were swaying, and she looked like a brilliant daisy in the field.
Rong Zhaonan looked at it for a while, then lowered his eyes and continued to repair the roof.
The little spy was so happy because she completed her mission in the county?
Ning Yuan returned to the small house next to the cowshed, put her things away, and took a sip of water from an enamel cup before she felt her thirst was quenched.
"It's strange. I didn't see Rong Zhaonan in the bullpen just now. Where did this man go?" Ning Yuan looked around, a little confused.
Suddenly, a man's cold voice came from the roof: "Do you have a problem with me?"
Ning Yuan was startled and looked up, only to find a cat on the beam.
"What are you doing up there? You're so scared!" She couldn't help being frightened.
Rong Zhaonan casually held up with one hand, performed a neat and beautiful backflip, and fell down brushing Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan couldn't help but widen her eyes and applauded: "That's awesome. Have you ever learned gymnastics before?"
Rong Zhaonan: "This is not gymnastics."
Ning Yuan was very interested: "Wow, so you used to learn acrobatics? Do you know how to stand on stilts and hold a bowl?"
It’s hard to imagine that such a powerful person in the future would have to learn acrobatics as a child.
Rong Zhaonan's lips twitched and he glanced at her coldly: "..."
Does this little spy really don't know, or is he just pretending to be stupid?
Didn't she do a background check on him before approaching him?
