Space: 60's Survival

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 When I found the office, Sister Li knocked on the door, and a strong male voice came from inside: "Come in." Opening the door, a man in his forties sat in the small office with a pair of divine eyes. Tall nose bridge, tall and thin, with a gentle face, seeing Big Sister Li and Tong Yan, she smiled gently: "If you have something to do, come in and talk." Look at Big Sister Li and say, "Are you from Gao Yue? Mother?" "Yes, yes, Principal Qian really has a good memory, my surname is Li, my name is Li Chunjin, and this is Tong Yan."

Tong Yan hurriedly said hello to Principal Qian, and after everyone had a brief greeting, Tong Yan explained her intention: "I want to come In school, I have already learned some high school knowledge, and I hope to continue my unfinished studies and serve the people better in the future."

Principal Qian listened, and then asked about Tong Yan's situation, and thought about Tong Yan for a while. He said, "Well, I'll give you a set of test papers. If you can pass the test, you can study with us. If you don't pass the test, then I can't help you." Then he found a set of test papers from the desk. When I came out, I took another paper and pen, and arranged for Tong Yan to go to the next office for the exam. Sister Li saw that things were going well, so she said goodbye to Principal Qian, said hello to Tong Yan, and left first.

Tong Yan said goodbye to Sister Li, took the test paper, looked at it, and found that the questions in the 1960s were really not difficult for her. After all, students in modern society all get out of the sea of ​​questions. It takes a long time to write a composition, and it is not easy to write an article that is in line with the characteristics of the times.

Two hours later, Tong Yan handed the test paper to Principal Qian. Looking at Tong Yan's handsome font, Principal Qian was satisfied with three points first, and asked several teachers to correct the test paper. Principal Qian looked at the scores and was satisfied. After a few minutes, she smiled and said to Tong Yan: "The exam is good, this is the test paper for the first year of high school. It seems that you have studied very solidly. Do you want to try the second year of high school? If you pass, you can go directly to the third year of high school. I'm done." Tong Yan is of course willing, in a few years, the situation will change, and there's not much to learn in school, so it's a good thing to graduate early.

Tong Yan did another set of exam papers for the second year of high school. Naturally, her score was not as high as the previous set, but she passed the test. Principal Qian asked Tong Yan to go through the admission procedures, and came to report at the end of August to pay the fee. Now at the end of June, that is to say, in two months, Tong Yan has to make up for the tuition and living expenses, as well as the rent. It's so stressful! But Tong Yan was still very happy, she completed two major things today, found a house and found a school. Everything is going in the right direction.

Walking back all the way, Tong Yan found a quiet place with no one, took a rag and a broom from the space, and went back to clean the room, otherwise she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

The school was not far from the house she rented. Tong Yan carried these things back to the small yard, and happened to meet Mrs. Tian, ​​who was making a stove. When she saw Tong Yan coming back, she greeted Tong Yan and looked at Tong Yan. The thing in Yan's hand said: "Xiaotong, sister-in-law called you like this." Tong Yan smiled: "It's okay, you can call me Xiaotong or Tongyan." Sister Tian continued: "You are cleaning. Room, have you bought a bucket?"

Tong Yan couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, before she realized that now is not the time to have running water! I was still accustomed to modern life, looked at Sister-in-law Tian, ​​and said slightly embarrassed: "No!" I guessed the expression on Sister-in-law Tian's face, "Wait, I have one at home, I'll get it for you first. Use it." She turned around and came out with a wooden bucket, and said, "There is a well at the back of the house. You can see it after you go out and turn left and walk two steps."

Tong Yan took the bucket, and it was quite heavy. He secretly said in his heart, "If you don't look at me, I can get the water myself, and I don't need to carry it at all." When I

left the courtyard, I turned a corner and saw a well. Two or three people were fetching water. When Tong Yan came over, she looked at her curiously, but didn't talk to her. When Tong Yan drank water, those people gathered together and muttered.

Tong Yan carried the water back to the yard. After all, she had never done such a job. The bucket that was 80% full was staggered and carried to the yard, but it was only 60% full, and her trouser legs were wet. Sister-in-law Tian looked at Tong Yan's embarrassed appearance, and laughed and teased: "Xiao Tong, you haven't done this work before, you have to practice hard." Tong Yan could only laugh.

With the help of Sister-in-law Tian's bucket, Tong Yan scrubbed the house up and down several times, and finally she was able to live in. Returning the bucket to Sister-in-law Tian, ​​Tong Yan returned to the house, and then looked at the house carefully.

The house is also simple enough. Looking up, there is an old wooden beam on the roof, the ground is mud, the four corners of the bed are cushioned with bricks, and one of the drawers of the desk is broken with a small hole. No. The saddest thing is that there are no windows in the room, and the only way to ventilate is to rely on a transom on the door. No wonder the room smells when it is opened.

Just as I was about to take out the bedding from the space, I heard someone knock on the door, and as soon as I opened the door, I saw Mrs. Tian standing at the door. Sister-in-law Tian was carrying a kettle in her hand, and when she saw Tong Yan, she asked, "Little boy, I don't think you have anything in your house, so I guess you can't cook or boil water. Sister-in-law has boiled water here, why don't you? ?" Tong Yan quickly took out the cup and poured a glass of water. Sister-in-law Tian was not polite and walked in to take a look around, "Little boy, you don't have anything, how are you going to sleep in a while?" Tong Yan handed the kettle over. Return it to Sister-in-law Tian: "I'll find an acquaintance later, and I'll leave all my things there." "Oh, oh, that's fine, then I'll go first, you can talk if you have anything!" People are sent away.

After closing the door, Tong Yan thought about it, took the key and went out. At this time, it was already sunset and the people in the yard came back one after another. Only then did Tong Yan realize that after a busy day, she hadn't eaten lunch yet, and it was almost time for dinner.

The streets are full of people coming home from get off work. They wear simple clothes, and many of them even wear patched clothes. However, they do not have the anxiety and impetuousness of modern people. Tong Yan found that there are several factories and a small restaurant nearby. It is also very close to the No. 1 Middle School in Lin'an Town, and not far from the No. 1 Middle School is the bus stop. But there were only two cars, one for the county and one for the train station. Tong Yan paid special attention, but did not see the legendary "black market".

After going around in circles, Tong Yan found a hidden place, rolled up the quilt, carried it on her back, took another piece of cloth, and wrapped some daily necessities in the cloth, tied with a cloth bag at the four corners, On his arm, he turned back to the small courtyard. Fortunately, Mrs. Tian was no longer in the courtyard. The others in the courtyard just looked at Tong Yan a few times, and when they saw Tong Yan open the door and walked back to the house, they all understood that Tong Yan was new here. .

Tong Yan had no time to care about other people's eyes, so she spread out the quilt, found a candle, lit it, and the room was finally a little light. I took out the things in the bag again, and after some tidying up, it finally looked like a home. The only trouble is that because there are no windows, the door cannot be closed in such weather, but Tong Yan secretly observed the situation of other people, and the doors are also open. Tong Yan decided that the first thing to do tomorrow is to make a door curtain, otherwise there is something in the room, and others will see it at a glance.

After eating some food taken out of the space, Tong Yan closed the door after washing and entered the space directly. The hut was stuffy and hot, but the space was constant temperature, so Tong Yan decided to sleep in the space tonight.

Before going to bed, Tong Yan sorted out some daily necessities and prepared to take them out of the space tomorrow. People here use coal stoves, so look for a coal stove and briquettes. There are definitely no wooden buckets for fetching water. Although there are many plastic buckets in the space, but this one cannot be taken out for use, then use a washbasin to make do with it. We also found old-fashioned paddle fans, as well as floral fabrics for door curtains. There are no fabrics sold in wholesale markets, but there are bedding products, which can be done by cutting a sheet.

As for tableware, two enamel bowls should be enough. And food, Tong Yan found a cloth bag and put some cornmeal on it. This should be the food that fits the characteristics of the times. These are all used to cover up, and I will definitely use the space for my usual food.

Tong Yan is going to cook some food in the space. In a shop that sells Chinese dim sum, I found a briquettes stove and an aluminum pot. Although Tong Yan has never used a briquettes stove, Tong Yan's grandmother lives in the countryside and uses a large stove to cook. Tong Yan has also learned a little bit. Thinking of her grandmother, Tong Yan couldn't help thinking of her relatives. She wondered if they would miss her after she disappeared. I guess it won't be too long. After all, they all have their own lives. But there was still a surge of soreness in my heart. Forget it, don't think about it, Tong Yan shook her head and suppressed these disturbed thoughts. Yesterday is gone and must not be left behind. The most important thing is to live the present day well.

After working for a long time, Tong Yan finally lit the stove, found a soup pot, simmered a pot of chicken soup, put in the mushrooms, and added a few small choy sums to the pot. I can eat several meals in one pot of soup, and I made two more vegetarian dishes. The dishes for tomorrow are all ready. Tong Yan found the old sheets in the barber shop again. They were blue and white with stripes. Tong Yan took the sheets and looked at them. She found needles and threads. She cut a few pieces of old cloth of different sizes and sewed the cloth on. On the sheet, there were a few more patches on the original plain sheet. Tong Yan looked at the sheet again and had only two words to comment - ugly.

Early the next morning, Tong Yan hung the ugly sheet on the door, so that as long as she wasn't standing at the door, she couldn't see what was going on in the house.

At this time, Tong Yan smelled a choking smell of smoke and looked up. A dark lacquered stove was placed three steps away from the door. The black smoke from the stove drifted into Tong Yan along the wind. house. Tong Yan couldn't help coughing twice, thinking to herself: Who is so immoral to set up a stove at the door of someone else's house.

Just when I was thinking of asking, the door of a room opened, and a woman with unkempt hair came out. She probably just woke up and hadn't washed herself yet. Her clothes were wrinkled, and she had patches of different colors. I don't know what to say. Seeing Tong Yan, she glanced at Tong Yan with a pair of blisters, but ignored Tong Yan, bent her waist with a palm fan, and fanned the stove hard, black smoke mixed with dust all drifted towards Tong Yan, Tong Yan choked He took a step back and quickly returned to the room, the middle-aged woman behind her let out a sneer.

Tong Yan thought while washing her face, she probably met the best. But today Tong Yan has no mood to argue with Jipin, her current task is to make money. The easiest way is to take out the things in the space and sell them, but this is risky, and if you get caught, you will be in big trouble. The best way is to take a part-time job. On the one hand, you can make some money, and on the other hand, you can learn more about this era. Just thinking about it, she heard someone call her: "Xiaotong, Xiaotong." Hearing her voice, she knew it was Mrs. Tian. Tong Yan hurriedly responded, lifted the curtain, and let Sister-in-law Tian come in to speak.

Sister-in-law Tian walked in in no hurry, and stood at the door and said to the woman who was making the stove: "Zhang Lanlan, hurry up and move your stove away, you will choke to death!" When Zhang Lanlan heard it, it was like a lit cannonball. Holding the palm fan, pointing at Sister-in-law Tian, ​​and shouting in a loud voice, "You don't care, I will make a stove for you, too. It's early in the morning, but you can take care of it. It's fine when you're free, right? You can! Sister-in-law Tian also showed no signs of weakness: "Your stove is out of the house. You are not bullying people, don't let me say it, move it away, or I will pour a basin of water down, you don't want to do it today." It's dinner." Neither of them to be outdone, they shouted one by one.

The people in the yard also came out one after another, and a few people who were washing in the yard came out to persuade, "Okay, okay, it's early in the morning, let's just say a few words, and there are people who haven't gotten up yet, Your yelling has woken everyone up."

"Sister-in-law Zhang, move the stove to the side. For the new house, you can usually raise the stove at the door of the house, but now someone has moved in, you It's not suitable anymore."

Sister-in-law Zhang said angrily: "I didn't know someone moved in, I've been raising the stove there all the time. It's just that there are a lot of people's affairs, so I'm in a hurry." Staring at Sister-in-law Tian, ​​and at Tong Yan again.

Tong Yan looked at Sister-in-law Zhang coldly, and Sister-in-law Zhang looked at Tong Yan and scolded: "You little girl, you just hid, there will be someone backing her up, and she dares to stare at me." I wanted to say something, but a rough voice came from the house: "It's early in the morning, you didn't do anything, and you're talking nonsense, hurry up to cook, and you don't want to eat."

Sister Zhang heard it. The voice immediately muted, and turned back to the house. When everyone saw it, they all dispersed, what to do.

Sister-in-law Tian smiled proudly, dragged Tong Yan into the house, and said, "Let's go, let's go into the house and talk." Tong Yan was stunned for a moment, and said in her heart: This sister-in-law Tian is really welcome, it's obviously my family , now I'm a guest. Depressed in his heart, he still followed Mrs. Tian into the house with her feet.

Sister-in-law Tian looked at the house carefully, turned and sat beside the bed: "Your house is quite clean, and everything is packed. It's quite capable!"

Tong Yan pretended to be shy and smiled. Sister-in-law Tian lowered her voice and said, "Sister-in-law Zhang next door, don't be afraid of her, she is very rude. If she bullies you, you will go back. There is no one in our yard who doesn't quarrel with her." Tong Yan's heart moved, Asked: "We are all renting houses? What do their families do?"

"Yes, all of them are rented here. My family, Zhang Lanlan's family, and another one work in a machinery factory, but my family is officially Workers, their family is a temporary worker, and her man dare not let Zhang Lanlan and me quarrel." Tong Yan also wanted to laugh with the complacence inside and outside the words.

Sister-in-law Tian patted her thigh, "Look at me, I forgot to come to see you when I quarreled. I knocked on your door last night, but you didn't answer. Are you out?" Xian, only said: "I've been looking for a house in the past few days. I'm too tired to move. I guess I'm sleeping deeply, but I didn't hear it."

Sister-in-law Tian nodded and accepted this statement, and asked Tong Yan what she was doing now? Are there any relatives here? How can a girl live alone? Tong Yan picked up what she could and said a little, but only said that she had acquaintances here and planned to continue her studies. After chatting for a while, Sister-in-law Tian finally asked, "I have a young man here. It's good. Would you like to see each other?" Tong Yan only felt three drops of sweat on her forehead. When I was young, I still had to study, and then wait until I finished reading. Sister-in-law Tian had a sad look on her face. However, before leaving, he still said warmly to Tong Yan, let her talk when she has something to do, don't be polite.

After sending Mrs. Tian away, Tong Yan let out a long sigh of relief, but this incident taught her a lesson, she couldn't hear the outside voice in the space, and it was not safe to sleep in the space at night. She originally thought that the space was a golden finger, Now that I think about it, I am still careless, and I still need to reduce the time for entering the space.

After thinking for a while, Tong Yan found that the yard was gradually quieting down. It was estimated that everyone who should go to work went to work, and everyone who should go to school also left.

Tong Yan plans to go to the supply and marketing agency to learn about the commodities and prices of this era. If she wants to sell the things in the space, they must be of similar quality to the present.

Tong Yan took something at random, stuffed it into a cloth bag and went out. It was lively along the way, office workers in work clothes walking in a hurry, talking and laughing in a low voice; children who went to school with schoolbags chased after me, leaving behind the sound of frolic all the way; there were also old men and women with baskets to buy food; A peaceful and harmonious scene made Tong Yan's mood relaxed.

Occasionally, in the alleys by the side of the road, there will be one or two people covering their faces, holding vegetables or eggs, and looking around very cautiously. I guess it's a small trader. Tong Yan was not in a hurry to inquire about these, and walked into the supply and marketing cooperative leisurely.

The scale of this supply and marketing cooperative is not small, and the salespersons are also lazy. There are quite a few people buying things, and no one casually talks to the salesperson. The customers of this era are the best.