Not long after Chu Heng left the Ni family, the heavy rain gradually stopped, and the blazing sun hung high in the blue sky. Almost in an instant, the coolness after the rain was taken away, and the ground
The stagnant water evaporated rapidly under the scorching sun, turning the entire ancient city into a sauna.
"What the hell is the weather like this!" He cursed and stopped the car, took off his heavy raincoat, folded it carefully and put it in the back seat, and continued on his way.
Ten minutes later, Chu Heng returned to the unit.
After exchanging a few words with Sun Mei, he hurriedly ran into the office, found a blank letter of introduction from the drawer, quickly wrote down Ni Yinghong's information, and then took out a stack of bills from the warehouse.
I ordered out 200 kilograms of national food stamps and then rushed home with my things.
At this time, Ni Yinghong was packing her luggage for a long trip at home. While putting the folded clothes into the rattan suitcase, she wiped her red and swollen eyes with her little hands, but her tears seemed to have burst.
, no matter how hard I wipe it, it can’t be wiped dry, and it even keeps getting wiped more and more.
When Chu Heng returned home, the girl had already burst into tears and was squatting on the ground helplessly, hugging her head and crying.
He hurriedly walked forward, knelt down and pulled up his wife, hugged her tightly, and comforted her softly: "Cry, cry, let it out and it will be fine."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Ni Yinghong cried even louder. She threw herself into the man's arms and cried sadly: "Chu Heng, I feel uncomfortable."
While gently patting the girl's back, Chu Heng advised in a low voice: "Be more open-minded, wife, birth, old age, illness and death are human nature. This day will happen to each of us, and didn't the telegram only say that he is critically ill?
Isn't this the last step yet? Maybe the old man will feel better after seeing you, and his condition will get better?"
"Will it?" Ni Yinghong raised her head when she heard the words, her pretty face full of hope. She knew it was the man comforting her, but at this moment she needed some hope, even though this hope was slim.
"Yes, I will definitely do it." Chu Heng gave her a look of affirmation, lowered his head and kissed the girl's forehead gently, and wiped her tears: "Hurry up and pack your things. The sooner you leave, the better you can
The sooner we meet the old man, right?"
"Um."
Ni Yinghong reluctantly left this solid embrace, squatted down and continued to pack her luggage.
Chu Heng also started to work. He first found Ni Yinghong's small 54 and gun certificate from the bedside, then went to the chest of drawers to dig out the military kettle that had been idle for many years, filled a full pot of cold boiled water, and then
I also put all the canned meat and fruit at home into bags, preparing for my wife to take them with her on the road.
After he had everything ready, Ni Yinghong also packed her luggage.
Chu Heng hurriedly handed over the small pistol in the holster and said: "It's not safe outside. Keep this close to your body. If you are in danger, don't hesitate and just kill him."
"Yeah." Ni Yinghong didn't resist this at all. These days, she also saw how chaotic it was.
Helping her put away the gun, Chu Heng took out the letter of introduction and the food stamps and handed them to her: "You'd better keep the food stamps separately, so that even if they are stolen, they won't be taken over by others."
"This is too much!" Ni Yinghong looked at the thick stack of national food stamps in her hand in astonishment.
"You don't understand the principle of a poor family getting rich? And you don't know how long you will go this time. There are still four of you. How can you make it with less?" Chu Heng pinched her cheek and said with a smile: "It's always good to get more.
, if you don’t use it up, just bring it back.”
"Then I'll take it." Ni Yinghong thought about the same reason. When you go out, it's better to carry more food stamps with you, just in case.
After wiping herself, the girl went to find some needlework and pieces of cloth, divided the food stamps into five parts, and sewed them on the inside of her clothes and trousers respectively.
Looking at his busy and enthusiastic wife, Chu Heng asked again: "Hey, how much money do you bring?"
"One hundred." Ni Yinghong raised her head when she heard this. This time she learned to answer quickly. She blinked her big eyes and said, "Is it a little less?"
Chu Hengshen nodded in agreement: "It's better to bring more."
"Then take out the box from the chest of drawers. There seems to be more than a hundred in it." Ni Yinghong pointed behind him and said.
"What is more than one hundred enough for?"
Chu Heng knew the location of the girl's small treasury. He turned around and walked to the closet, took out a box from it, counted out a full three hundred yuan and handed it to his wife: "Don't be careful where you go, spend it when you need it, eat it when you need it.
When I come back and find you have lost weight, let’s see if I don’t spank you.”
"I'm going to my grandma's house, not to escape!" Ni Yinghong rolled her eyes at him, smiled softly, reached out to take the money, and added several more pockets to her clothes.
I don’t know where this tradition comes from. It seems that people all over the country like to sew money on their bodies, and the tighter the body, the better.
Miss Ni was very good at needlework. It didn't take long for her to sew the money and the tickets. In addition to her clothes and trousers, she also made a small cloth bag tied with a rope and hung around her neck.
Well, there's no trace at all, it's very, very deep...
After everything was ready, the couple left the courtyard with their large and small bags.
When they returned to Ni's house again, the others also came back, and they were all busy.
Mother Ni and her sister-in-law were pasting corn cakes, and there were eggs boiling on the briquette stove next to them, which they wanted to take with them on the road.
Ni Chen was pouring boiled water into the kettle, while Father Ni was counting the national food stamps that he had scraped together.
It's really not easy to get out of the hospital these days. The trains are not fast, and there are no people selling things. If you want to travel far, you have to prepare food and drink. It's useless if you don't have anything.
There is also the issue of food stamps. Each place has its own local food stamps. Food stamps from the Four-Nine Cities cannot be used in the Northeast. In the past, the Ni family could only use precious national food stamps. If it were not for the resources in the hands of big dogs,
Rich, this trip for their family is definitely a budget trip.
After Chu Heng went into the house and got their letters of introduction, he walked out of the yard in a hurry and went straight to the railway bureau, planning to ask Shen Tian for help in getting some sleepers.
At this time, sleepers were not something you could buy if you had money like in later generations. You had to be of a high level to be able to sit on a sleeper, otherwise you would have nothing to gain even if you had gold and silver.
Obviously, the Ni family is not high enough, but this doesn't matter to Chu Heng. We can't say goodbye loudly. It's just a big crowd and just a few sleeper tickets, so let's sprinkle water on it!
He flew all the way and arrived at the place not long after.
This is a newly built courtyard. There is a wooden sign with black characters on a white background hanging at the door, which reads "China Railway No. 49 City Bureau" in bold big characters. Inside the courtyard stand three newly painted snow-white four-story buildings. In today's Sijiu City, this can be regarded as standing out from the crowd.
Boss Tie is Boss Tie, much more impressive than the Grain Bureau.
Chu Heng stopped at the gate on his bike, handed over a cigarette, and said to the old gatekeeper: "Man, let me look for Shen Tian. Which building is he in?"
"Shen Tian?" The old man's expression changed. After sizing him up, he waved his hand tabooly and said, "He's been transferred. You can go look for him elsewhere."
