The 1980s were crazy, the island beauty was too cruel

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Chapter 16 The six newly arrived educated youths, each one more clumsy

than the last. Things went better than expected. Chu Yao politely declined the islanders' intention to keep her for lunch, took Xiao Liu with her, and went back. When she came out, she held her cross-body I got a bag and it was bulging.

"Xiao Liu, I won't start the fire at noon. There is still the last pack of mung bean cake. You can eat it first to fill your stomach."

"Sister Chu, I'm not hungry. You can keep it for yourself."

Xiao Liu was flattered. Mung bean cake, yesterday Chu My sister gave him a pack, and in the evening my brother told him that the mung bean cake was so sweet!

"It's expired. My stomach is not good and I'm afraid of diarrhea. You boy, your stomach should be better."

Chu Yao pursed her lips and stuffed the thing into Xiaoliu's hand.

"Thank you, Sister Chu."

Wuwuwu~

Xiaoliu was so touched. Even if it was expired, nothing would happen to him. It must have been specially given to him by Sister Chu!

"Click~"

Chu Yao put the rusty lock on the door and put away the key. She thought she would borrow tools from the islanders when she had time to completely repair the door.

Xiao Liu took a piece of mung bean cake and sipped it. It was so sweet.

It doesn't smell weird at all. Where did it expire?

I didn't want to eat the rest, so I put them in a small bamboo basket that I brought with me. After I finished my errands, I took them home to my grandparents, brothers and sisters to eat!

"Xiao Liu, where are the six educated youths who came with me yesterday working now?"

"Sister Chu, there is a salt factory on our island. The residents and laborers on the island all work in the salt factory.

I heard Director Liu said that the newly arrived educated youths were also put to work in the salt field, with 4/5 work points in half a day and 8/10 work points in a day. "

Xiao Liu has never been out of the island, has never read a book, and is still Liu. The director took him to a literacy class run by uncles from the People's Liberation Army to learn how to read.

In his opinion, 8\/10 work points a day, 240\/300 work points a month, converted into money, is enough to feed and clothe his family of five.

It's just that his family doesn't have any labor, and his grandfather is too old to do hard labor.

He is too young to be an important person in the salt field.

So, let's run errands.

"Oh."

Chu Yao had a new understanding of the poverty on the island. In her impression, two years ago, the country began to gradually cancel the countryside and resume the college entrance examination. From the collective system to the household contract system, it seemed that This year's thing.

According to what Xiao Liu revealed, there is only one salt factory on this island, which feeds more than 300 islanders. They still use the work-point system. Such exhausting work, in one month or one year, the per capita disposable income can be imagined. And know.

Chu Yao is a stranger, and Xiao Liu is a person familiar to both the soldiers and civilians on the island.

I encountered patrolling guards along the way, and they were all allowed after a brief questioning.

"Sister Chu, don't be afraid, uncles from the People's Liberation Army are all good people!"

"Yeah, I know, the military and the civilians are one family~"

"Tu tu tu tu~"

"Unity is strength, and this power is iron~"

After walking for about ten minutes, When passing by a loudspeaker playing music, Xiao Liu took the initiative to explain:

"Sister Chu, this is the salt farm. It should be off work at noon."

"Oh, let's go quickly, don't get caught by Director Liu, otherwise He was so long-winded that he delayed my shopping.

"Yeah!"

Xiaoliu was convinced. Indeed, Director Liu was quite long-winded.

In this way, the pace of the two people accelerated a lot...

Director Liu was in a particularly unhappy mood today. The six new educated youths were each more clumsy than the last!

Female educated youths know how to cry, but male educated youths cannot carry their shoulders or lift their hands. They have been doing nothing for them all morning!

Compared with Xiao Chu's educated youth, these few are not as ideologically aware as they should be!

I don't know how Xiao Chu's teaching is going. I'll go take a look at

the southwest pier after dinner later. The boss of the ship didn't receive any business in the morning and was about to put away the rivets and go home.

"Uncle Ajin, wait~"

"Xiao Liu, it's you, do you want to take a boat to Yuanshan Village?"

"It's not me, it's Sister Chu. The new female educated youth on our island is amazing!"

" Oh?"

The boatman wearing a straw hat laughed and took a look at the female educated youth in Xiaoliu's mouth.

It looks ordinary, nothing outstanding.

What's so great about it?

But the visitor was a guest, so he still believed in Xiao Liu.

"Uncle Ajin, could you please send me and Sister Chu to the Yuanshan Village Pier? It's around three o'clock in the afternoon. Can we wait for the boat at the pier ?

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down.

While talking, Chu Yao got on the boat and found a seat in the cabin.

Xiaoliu sat on the bow of the boat and started chatting with Uncle Ajin.

"Buzz buzz~"

After turning on the engine, the boss of the ship skillfully steered and talked to Xiaoliu from time to time, laughing.

Chu Yao peeled off a mint candy and held it in her mouth, thinking about what she would buy next~

Bedding, mat, pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. On the bright side.

I need a kettle, but I don't have a lighter at this time. I need matches and candles.

It would be best if you can buy hens, so that getting the eggs out is not so abrupt.

Get some garlic, ginger, and dried chili peppers, otherwise the seafood will taste bad when you cook it.

Rice, flour, grain and oil were taken out of the space when Xiaoliu was not paying attention. Xiaoliu was still young and would not delve too deeply into it.

And with Xiaoliu's "witness", it can save her a lot of trouble later.

That's all I can think of for the moment. I'll buy it based on this idea first. It won't be easy to get it if there are two more of them.

Half an hour later, the boat boss docked, and Chu Yao took out the money note that she had prepared and handed it to him.

It's 30 cents for adults, 20 cents for the elderly and half-year-old children, and 50 cents for her and Xiaoliu.

Of course, if you go back and take the bus, it will be just the two of them, but if you add a boatload of things, then I'll give you an extra 20 cents.

The boat boss accepted the money, and the two parties agreed to come back at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Next, Xiaoliu found an old man who was familiar with the road. After negotiating the price, the two of them took a car to Haiwan Town for about 20 minutes. When they got there, the old man followed them all the way. Wherever they went, the old man drove to wherever they went.

Chu Yao couldn't help but admire Xiao Liu's negotiating skills. With the convenience of the old man's ox cart, they went shopping, and after buying, they just moved it to the ox cart before going to the next location.

In less than an hour, Chu Yao had all the things she wanted to buy!

Although she spent more than forty yuan, her life on the island will be much more convenient.

Passing by a commodity store, Chu Yao got off the car and bought three popsicles.

It's not easy for an old man on a hot day.

Not to mention Xiaoliu, he helped her negotiate the price and became very talkative.

After some hesitation, the three of them returned happily with popsicles in their mouths.

During the conversation, Chu Yao learned about the background of Yuanshan Village. Almost every household in the village dug wells and drank water from the wells.

Even the old man's house has two wells!

"Little comrade, I heard from Xiao Liu that you still want to buy a hen?"

"Yes."

"I have a few hens at home. If you want to buy one, you can come to my house to pick one."

"Okay, thank you very much, sir ." "It's gone!"

Chu Yao thought to herself, she couldn't find anything even if she broke through the iron shoes, it didn't take any effort at all!