Early the next morning, Zhao Jing woke up before dawn, ate something simple, and swept the yard before dawn.
It takes more than an hour to get from the village to the town, and almost three hours to go back and forth. In addition to shopping and other things, you have to walk early in the morning.
After hearing the whistle for starting work, Zhao Jing locked the door and walked to Zhao Xiaozhen's house with her basket on her back.
People on the road greeted Zhao Jing one after another and hurried to work.
Zhao Xiaozhen and Zhao Huaijun were already waiting at home and hurried out when they saw Zhao Jing coming.
"Auntie is going to town now?" Zhao Xiaozhen ran to Zhao Jingyi excitedly and grabbed her sleeve and asked.
Zhao Jing glanced at Zhao Huaijun, nodded to him, and said to Zhao Xiaozhen, "Well, can you go?"
Zhao Xiaozhen nodded quickly: "Okay, okay, brother, hurry up and pull the ox cart."
Zhao Huaijun nodded, walked in the opposite direction and said as he walked: "You go to the entrance of the village and wait for me."
"okay."
After saying that, she took Zhao Jingyi's hand and walked toward the entrance of the village. Zhao Jingyi raised her eyebrows, which seemed to mean the captain.
"Auntie, why don't we drop by the hospital to see Xiaofu later?" Zhao Xiaozhen said with some worry in her tone as she walked.
"Do you want to go?" Zhao Jing asked her.
Zhao Xiaozhen nodded and shook her head, and said somewhat depressedly: "My mother said you can go, but you can't disturb Xiaofu's rest."
Zhao Jing glanced at her and frowned slightly: "Your mother is right, then why are you unhappy?"
Zhao Xiaozhen lowered her head, her eyes red: "I originally went to the mountain with Xiaofu yesterday, but then we separated. Not long after, something happened to her. If I hadn't separated from her, nothing would have happened to her."
Zhao Jingyi was a little surprised. It was not Zhao Xiaofu who went up the mountain alone yesterday. He touched her head and comforted her: "It's not your fault. You don't have to blame yourself. But did you see anyone else following you around yesterday?"
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Zhao Xiaozhen shook her head: "I didn't see it."
Maybe we still need to ask Zhao Xiaofu about this matter, but I don't know if she is awake yet. Zhao Xiaozhen still looks very remorseful, and Zhao Jing touches her head and comforts her softly.
"We'll go see Xiaofu together later. It's okay. This might be an accident. Don't blame yourself."
Zhao Xiaozhen raised her head and looked at Zhao Jingyi with red eyes, and nodded heavily: "Well, Auntie, you are so kind."
Zhao Jing twitched the corner of her mouth, and after a few words of comfort, she got a good guy card. She smiled helplessly and shook her head.
After a few words, we quickly arrived at the entrance of the village. As soon as we stood there for a while, we saw Zhao Huaijun approaching with an ox cart and a wooden cart tied to the back.
Oxen were very valuable in this era. The captain was willing to let the ox cart take her to town. You can imagine how much the original owner was cared for by the captain in the village.
As soon as Zhao Jing thought about it, Zhao Huaijun had already driven an ox cart to them: "Auntie, Xiaozhen got in the car and left."
"good."
The two of them climbed onto the oxcart and got ready. Zhao Huaijun turned around and pointed at the straw hat on the oxcart and said, "Put it on, the sun will get really hot in a while."
Zhao Jingyi and Zhao Xiaozhen nodded, holding straw hats and putting them on their heads.
Zhao Huaijun felt relieved and said, "Let's go."
Then he set off slowly in an ox cart.
The oxcart moved very slowly, not very fast, and the road was not easy to walk.
They are all dirt roads, with a pit in the east and a small slope in the west. It can be said that you have suffered along the way.
As soon as Zhao Jing was shaken, she felt that her internal organs were about to be broken, her head was dizzy, and her buttocks hurt.
I finally made it to town, and when I got off the bus, my legs were so weak that I almost fell to my knees.
Fortunately, Zhao Xiaozhen was quick and held her hand, otherwise she would have been embarrassed.
Zhao Xiaozhen looked at Zhao Jingyi worriedly: "Auntie, your face is so pale, are you okay?"
Zhao Jing waved her hand and said, except for her soft feet, pain in her butt, and pale face, she was fine.
"It's okay, just take a rest."
Zhao Huaijun jumped off the bullock cart, looked at the pale Zhao Jingyi and scratched his head in embarrassment.
"Auntie, I didn't mean it. I'll be slower next time."
Zhao Jingyi didn't want to pay attention to him. She was driving a bullock cart like a dragster, and the road was not easy, so it was her fault.
Zhao Xiaozhen glared at her naive brother, supported Zhao Jing with one hand and rubbed her waist with the other.
She also had pain in her waist and buttocks, but her health was relatively good, so she didn't react as strongly as Zhao Jingyi.
"Junzi, you are here watching the bullock cart. Xiaozhen and I will buy some things and go to the hospital to see Xiaofu. We will come to you after we buy something."
After resting for a while, Zhao Jing felt better and looked at Zhao Huaijun and said.
Zhao Huaijun hesitated, he was worried about Zhao Jingyi and Zhao Xiaozhen walking around the town, but the ox cart was very expensive, and he did not dare to leave the ox cart here alone.
In the end I could only nod in agreement.
Zhao Xiaozhen stuck out her tongue at Zhao Huaijun, and left hand in hand with Zhao Jing.
In fact, there is nothing to visit in this town, except for the state-owned hotel and the supply and marketing cooperative.
However, Zhao Jingyi came here under the pretext of shopping to find her way around, and the original owner’s memory of the town was very vague.
If she wants to do something, it will be more difficult if she doesn't know the way.
Two and a half older children walked into the supply and marketing cooperative. The salesperson looked at them and frowned, but didn't say anything.
Zhao Xiaozhen didn't notice, but Zhao Jingyi did, but she didn't care.
"Auntie, what should we buy to see Xiaofu?" Zhao Xiaozhen brought her New Year's money, which was only fifty cents, which is quite a lot for this era.
"I don't know." Zhao Jingyi shook her head. She didn't know either. It's not like the 21st century where she could buy some fruit or something.
Fruit is a rare thing in this day and age, so it’s not a good idea to go empty-handed.
"How about we buy something to eat? I don't know if the things in the hospital are expensive." Zhao Xiaozhen was also very distressed. The fifty cents in her hand were New Year's money that she had saved for a long time.
Zhao Jing nodded. After buying the notebook and pen, she went to pay.
Zhao Xiaozhen took three headbands, all of which were the same, but with different colors.
"The book is 12 cents, the pen is 20 cents. The total is 32 cents." The salesperson took a look and said calmly.
Zhao Jing took out three cents from her pocket and handed it to the salesperson. After the salesperson took it, she looked at the headband in Zhao Xiaozhen's hand.
"Three headbands cost nine cents."
Zhao Xiaozhen also took out nine cents from her clothes and handed them to the salesperson.
After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Xiaozhen pouted and whispered: "Grandma, that person looks so fierce."
"Ignore her. We won't have any interactions with her in the future. There is no need to affect my mood." Zhao Jingyi is not surprised. In this era, anyone who can work in a supply and marketing cooperative will feel that they are superior to others.
Zhao Xiaozhen thought about it and thought it was true, so she didn't worry about it anymore. She took Zhao Jing to the state-owned hotel, bought a few big meat buns, and went to the hospital.
Zhao Xiaozhen made a small portion of the meat buns, and Zhao Jing made a large portion, five of them, three for each of them, and one for Zhao Huaijun. The other two were left for Zhao Xiaofu and her father.
Zhao Xiaofu's father is an old carpenter and has a good reputation in the village.