Looking at the crowds of people in front of him, and the commune compound filled with dense black heads everywhere, Xia Li took a breath of cold air, and the expression on his face became a little tense.
The captain didn't think there was anything wrong with so many people here, and told Xia Li, "You line up here, I'll go out."
Xia Li took a deep breath: "Are there always so many people lining up here?
How about we come back when there are fewer people? "
If she couldn't go to the supply and marketing cooperative today, she wouldn't go to the supply and marketing cooperative. She didn't want to be crowded here and felt like people couldn't breathe.
The brigade leader's serious face clearly showed a hint of speechlessness, "Now everyone pays public wages, and it happens every day. If we come here to queue in a while, we have to continue to queue in the back.
Just wait here obediently. I'll be there soon. I'll go out and be back in a while. "
Xia Li: ..."Okay."
When the captain left, Xia Li and the old scalpers in the team stared blankly.
The people in front of him were so densely packed that he couldn't even see the members of the commune who were attending the meeting from his position.
Xia Li lowered his head and glanced at the old bezoar with big eyes and long hair next to him. He stretched out his index finger to touch the old bezoar's long, curly eye hair, and sighed sincerely, "Your eyes are so hairy." It’s so long.”
The old scalper who was harassed for no reason:...
Members from other brigades nearby came to deliver public rations:...
The captain who had just bought a bottle of soda and came back with a teapot:...
Xia Zhiqing, this city kid, seems a little abnormal...
The captain walked up to Xia Li with an orange soda, stretched out his hand and handed the soda over, "Xia Zhiqing, drink some to relieve the heat!"
People here in the South Island are not very wealthy. When the captain took out this bottle of soda, many people around him looked over secretly.
People were speculating in their minds that this was some kind of relative of the captain of the South Island First Battalion, so that the unsmiling and rough captain of the South Island First Battalion could carefully deliver soda to her.
Xia Li glanced at the teapot in the captain's hand, and then at the soda the captain handed over, and suddenly felt that the bubbling ice-cold soda wasn't that delicious anymore.
However, he still reached out to take it and took a sip under the gaze of everyone.
"Thank you, Captain."
The captain grinned and began to tell Xia Li about their South Island side.
Xia Li listened carefully. She always felt that the team leader was subtly trying to make her understand how difficult it was on the South Island and how hard the team members of each team were living when they said this to her.
After a while, after finishing the drink in my hand, there was still a long queue in front of me. They were all teams pulling carts to deliver sugar cane.
Although there were still a lot of people, at least we could see the commune members.
Xia Li said to the captain: "I'm going out for a walk."
The captain thought Xia Li wanted to go to the toilet and nodded, "If you can't find a place for a while, just ask other people."
Xia Li: "Okay."
Xia Li squeezed out from the crowd, asked someone for a while, and went straight to the soda shop.
She doesn't like to take advantage of others, especially the poor.
The captain himself was reluctant to drink it, but he bought her a bottle.
At that time, he had bought everything, and the bottle had been opened. If he didn't want the captain, he would definitely feel more distressed, and he would still be a little embarrassed to get off the stage.
But she can ask for a bottle back.
Xia Li bought two bottles of soda at a soda stall, priced at 15 cents each. It was so cheap that Xia Li felt that the money in his hand was really a waste.
As I slowly walked back with two open bottles of soda, I heard someone chatting among the crowd.
"The price of sugarcane has increased this year. It costs ten kilograms for one cent, compared with twelve kilograms for one cent last year. It seems that the team members can get more money at the end of this year."
"Thanks to our brigade growing some sugar cane last year, otherwise I might have to owe the team members money again at the end of the year. It would be really embarrassing for me as the brigade captain."
Xia Li frowned slightly as he listened to their conversation, his steps slowed down a lot, and he gradually had an idea in his mind.
Returning to the captain, there were only a dozen people left in front of them.
Xia Li handed the untouched bottle of soda to the captain, "Captain, please drink."
The captain was stunned for a moment. When he saw the soda in Xia Li's hand, he waved his hand quickly and refused: "Don't give it to me, I won't drink it. You can keep it and drink it!"
Xia Li didn't hold back and just said: "I bought it all, and you can't return it after opening the lid.
What's more, I'm not short of money either. "
Captain: ...In the whole brigade, only Xia Zhiqing can say this confidently.
He took the soda with some embarrassment, reached out and wiped it on the soda bottle cap with his palm, and said with a smile: "It cost you money."
Obviously he wanted to reward Xia Li, who helped push the car all the way, but in the end he got a bottle of soda himself. Xia Zhiqing didn't take advantage of him at all.
While drinking soda, Xia Li asked the team leader: "How much is ten pounds of sugar cane this year?"
