Tang Wan's heart almost rose to her throat. She swallowed hard and forced a smile.
"I couldn't sleep, so I got up and went to the bathroom."
Seeing how haggard she looked, Lu Huaijing thought of what happened to the Tang family yesterday and dispelled his doubts.
She must have felt bad when her parents were sent to the countryside, so her tone became a little softer.
"It's still early. You can go back and rest for a while. I'll come back after running and buying breakfast."
"Thanks."
Tang Wan sighed slightly, moved to the door of his room like a ghost, opened the door and went in. There was no trace of sadness in his back.
Lu Huaijing couldn't help but feel a touch of distress in his eyes. Even if he wanted to repay her grandfather for helping his father, he had to be nice to her!
Tang Wan didn't know what Lu Huaijing was thinking briefly, and she happily entered the space.
It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on anyone. She looked at a bunch of things and smiled wildly.
After laughing enough, she first opened the wooden box dug from the yard of Su's deputy factory. Good guy, there was half a box of small yellow croakers and some miscellaneous gold jewelry and jade bracelets.
Come to think of it, it's not something that was obtained through legitimate means.
She sneered and started counting the tickets. When she left the Tang family, her mother gave her a cloth bag.
In addition to the letter of introduction and the household registration books of their siblings, there were 800 yuan and a bunch of tickets. She also plundered 930 yuan from her uncle Qin's house.
Presumably her mother gave her uncle in the Qin family eight hundred to foster her younger brother.
In addition, she also received 6,000 yuan from Deputy Factory Director Su's family. It must be said that the other party was really rich. Her father, a factory director, could not afford so much money at one time.
As for the tickets, Tang Wan quickly sorted out the local tickets and those that were about to expire, and stuffed the rest into the iron box.
She touched her chin and thought for a while, packed her luggage and changed into plain clothes. When she arrived at the front desk, the aunt at the front desk was drowsy and her head was pounding.
"Sister."
Tang Wan gently pushed the aunt at the front desk. The aunt at the front desk was frightened and said angrily:
"What do you call someone so early in the morning? I call you Hun!"
Tang Wan didn't pay attention to her annoyance, but lowered his voice and asked her: "Sister, I'm leaving Dongcheng. I have some local tickets that I haven't used yet. Look..."
She quietly revealed a corner of the cloth bag. The aunt at the front desk, who was angry just now, suddenly became energetic. She looked around, then pulled Tang Wan with a smile and said:
"I just woke up, don't be surprised. You want to take a bath so early, don't you? I will take you to get the key to the bathhouse."
As she said this, she pulled Tang Wan to the small room behind the front desk, where they took a nap while on duty.
As soon as the door closed, the aunt at the front desk said excitedly: "Sister, do you have any cotton tickets? My eldest nephew is getting married soon, so all he needs are cotton tickets and radio tickets!"
The other tickets were more or less close, but I could make do with it, but I couldn't make do with this big one.
"have."
Tang Wan smiled mysteriously, who made Deputy Director Su rich? Not to mention radio tickets, he even had bicycle tickets. They were universal across the country, and she was not in a hurry to take them out.
As soon as the colorful tickets were taken out, the aunt at the front desk smiled so hard that she wanted all of them.
"Big sister, what do you want to exchange for?"
“It doesn’t matter, it’s money or food.”
Tang Wan took the train and left with these tickets, but he couldn't use them when he got there.
"Okay, I'll give you the market price."
This is a rare thing. After the aunt at the front desk reluctantly gave up a few votes, she counted the votes in her hand.
"The most expensive thing is the radio ticket. I'll give you one hundred and twenty. I'll do the math for the rest. How about I give you fifty yuan for a piece of soap and an enamel bowl?"
There are a lot of tickets in this handful, as well as rare brown sugar tickets and oil tickets. The price given by the aunt at the front desk is very reasonable, and Tang Wan will not refuse.
"Sister, you are a cheerful person. I will give you these tofu tickets."
Seeing Tang Wan being so generous, the aunt at the front desk was even happier. She smiled heartily and said, "Sister, wait for me. My house is behind the guest house. I will go back and get the money now."
"good."
Tang Wan was not worried about her running away. Work these days was a mess, so she would be afraid of losing her job if she ran away.
The only thing to worry about is that she will report her.
So Tang Wan was prepared for the worst. About five minutes later, the aunt at the front desk came in mysteriously, carrying a bag.
"Sister, look at it quickly."
She didn't exchange grain with Tang Wan. These days, people in the city were eating commercial grain, and the supply of grain was already in short supply. She still wanted to exchange grain stamps with Tang Wan.
"Just right."
Tang Wan counted the money and found that the items were in good condition, so she took the bag and returned to her house.
There were still some tickets left, so she was too lazy to go out and change them. Lu Huaijing was a soldier, and she didn't want to reveal too many lies.
If it expires, it expires. You can keep it as a souvenir. Fortunately, there aren't many left.
After counting the small treasury, it was almost 8,000 yuan, which was a lot of money in the 1970s. No matter where she went to live, she could live well.
The ingredient issue needs to be resolved as soon as possible, as well as her parents...
Bang bang bang...
Time passed quickly. Tang Wan packed her luggage and went out. Lu Huaijing and Tang Zhou stood at the door of her room. "It's still a long way to the train station. We have to go there in advance."
"Sister, let me carry your things for you."
Tang Zhou actively stepped forward to grab her suitcase, but Lu Huaijing grabbed it first.
It suddenly occurred to Tang Wan that she didn't accompany Tang Zhou back to pick up her luggage yesterday. Fortunately, she emptied the Qin family's house at midnight last night.
Thinking of this, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, "Zhouzhou, when we get to the place, I will buy you cloth to make clothes."
"It's okay sister, the weather is hot now, I can wash it at night and wear it in the morning."
Tang Zhou grinned and left the Qin family. The smile on his face was a bit more, but he couldn't help but feel lonely every time he thought of his parents.
"I bought some steamed buns."
Lu Huaijing handed each of his siblings two steamed buns and one egg. This time they were white-flour steamed buns. Although they were a little dry, Tang Zhou and Tang Wan both ate them deliciously.
Eggs were not comparable to the artificial eggs of later generations. Tang Wan felt that she could eat several in one sitting.
When leaving the guest house, Tang Wan and the aunt at the front desk looked at each other. They both looked away as if they were strangers, and neither mentioned what happened that morning.
That's how it is these days, be careful when sailing.
They didn't have much luggage. After receiving the telegram from Tang Dynasty, Lu Huaijing hurried over by train, bringing two changes of clothes and a letter of introduction.
When the cotton textile factory was in a state of panic, Tang Wan and the others had already arrived at the train station. Lu Huaijing went to the side to make a call to his comrades. When he came back, Tang Wan looked a little suspicious.
"Comrade Lu, what's wrong?"
"The home of deputy director Su and Qin's home of the textile factory were robbed in the middle of last night. The whole family was evacuated. Someone also wrote a letter of report to the Revolutionary Committee."
Lu Huaijing thought about meeting Tang Wan at the door in the morning, and he felt suspicious in his heart, but he saw Tang Wan's eyes shining brightly and he clapped his hands in praise.
"Who is so powerful that he can get rid of such a big disaster!"
