Portable Space in the 1960s

3. Familiar and Unfamiliar Times

The most arduous and difficult three years have passed, and the country is still implementing a united front strategy to overthrow the US imperialists, overthrow all the bourgeoisie, overthrow the reactionaries in various countryside, and fight against private criticism.

What else is there to dig deep and store food.

The Three Red Flags General Line, the Great Leap Forward, the People's Commune; to the mountains, to the countryside, to the poor and lower-middle peasants, and

Tang Bao came to this strange place, but what happened was a bit familiar in time and space. change anything.

Of course, when she thought of her current situation, she cried silently, what could she do with what she was doing now, and now she really has no other expectations, just to be able to act like a normal person.

She had to follow her to the city this time, also to find opportunities.

According to the experience she has explored in the past, she has obtained good things in this space, which will make herself normal.

She also wondered in her heart whether it was because of this dimension that she was talking and acting slowly like this; if one day the dimension got enough good things, it would allow herself to recover.

After more than an hour, the bus swayed to the station. Tang Bao was very glad that she didn't get motion sickness. The current yellow mud road is really indescribable.

When she got off the bus, Tang Bao couldn't help but look around curiously. Most of the buildings he could see were two-story blue-brick houses, and there were also courtyard houses. From a distance, there were several new third-floor buildings, and the blast furnace towered up. I don't know if it's made of steel or what it does. Anyway, there are many smiling and confident men and women riding bicycles of the permanent and Phoenix brands, with exciting slogans playing in the loudspeakers. In twos and threes, the military police and public security joint defense teams patrol near the station to prevent enemy specialties and maintain law and order.

Tang Bao stepped on the flat bluestone road in Dongyan City, and watched the men and women striding to and fro in neat clothes, with deep jealousy and envy in her heart.

She also wanted to wear a really good shirt made last year, and a grey plaid woolen coat, but the weather is too cold now, and her body is weak. Her parents are afraid that she will freeze if she doesn't wear a padded jacket, and it will take at least half a month. chance to wear.

Looking at the men and women wearing white shirts in Lenin uniforms, she secretly scolded them for being ugly.

Tang Mingyuan was deeply afraid that his daughter would get lost, but in this day and age, he couldn't hold hands, so he simply walked behind his daughter with a cloth bag to guide the way.

"Turn right and walk slowly, we're not in a hurry."

The passers-by who passed their father and daughter glanced at them curiously. Your speed is already leisurely enough. Still want to race with the tortoise?

That really has to be slow, lest the tortoise can't catch up with you.

Tang Bao wanted to go to the black market because she knew that the black market was not far from the station. According to his father's instructions, he turned a few corners and came to a long, bottomless alley

. It was the basket with the buckle turned upside down, and he squatted on the side vigilantly. On the bottom of the basket were the things he brought, rice, japonica rice, flour, etc., as well as white sugar, crisp twist, assorted sugar, fruit candy, salt and golden dates, Soap, soap, home cloth, foreign cloth, cloth shoes, chicken, duck, fish, cigarettes, cabbage, radish, and all kinds of watery wild vegetables are almost everything.

Anyway, it is a pattern of large and small baskets.

The people who come and go, men, women and children, all have their heads lowered, and they look around cautiously. When they see something they like, they go forward and talk in a low voice to see if the other party wants money or tickets.

Of course, if both parties are willing, they can also exchange things for things.

Tang Ming, who was familiar with the way, came to an old man in clean and neat gray clothes and black trousers who was sleeping with his eyes closed. He called out to Uncle Gu, and talked a few words in a low voice. All kinds of herbs, he simply handed him a dozen scattered pieces of one yuan or two yuan, and a few tickets.

He also said with a bit of dissatisfaction, "You don't come, be more diligent, next time if I'm not here, you can go directly to my house to find me, remember, next time bring more medicinal materials, you haven't come for more than a month. It's over."

Tang Mingyuan replied with a smile, "Okay, when the spring comes, there will be more herbs. You can rest assured, Uncle Gu, and I will definitely bring more next time."

"Okay, I'll go back first." He smiled contentedly and turned to leave.

Tang Mingyuan also came to his daughter's side and whispered softly, "Dad now has more than ten yuan and a few tickets. I will take you to buy things. Say whatever you want."

Tang Bao felt that after he came here, I felt much more comfortable, and even walked faster than usual. Pointing to one side, I whispered, "Dad, I want to go, take a look there.

" Looking at the several wooden combs on the basket with interest, I watched from the side, for fear that the inspection team would arrest people.

Coming to the black market depends on luck.

Anyway, these years, the food supply has not been tense. The average worker's grain index is only a few taels of meat a month, and there are only one or two catties of rice in the 30 catties of grain. The rest is cornmeal, dried sweet potatoes, and even rice bran. , enough for thirty pounds.

Those with better conditions will come to the black market and buy some good food to improve their food.

Even the inspection brigade or the public security will take off their uniforms and secretly come to buy some good things.

If it weren't for the above tasks, they would turn a blind eye to the black market anyway.

The old lady who sold the comb saw that Tang Baochang was white and his clothes were clean, so she whispered, "Girl, this comb is made of good materials for a dollar apiece."

After speaking, she looked at her anxiously.

The main reason is that a comb and a small mirror the size of a palm cost only sixty cents in a state-owned store. Although these are the treasures left by his man, they are really worthless now.

Tang Bao saw the old lady's thick, half-grey hair neatly pulled behind her head, and a few neat patches on her faded blue blouse. Difficult to speak.

She pointed to the cloth bag in front of her and asked in a low voice, "Auntie, what else is in it?" Before she finished speaking, she was filled with ecstasy. It was really nice that she said it so smoothly.

Anyway, she could feel that there was something she wanted in the dark old cloth bag, and she decided to buy it no matter how expensive it was.

When Tang Mingyuan heard his daughter's words, he was stunned for a moment, and the clear and divine Danfeng eyes fell on his daughter instantly, and the excitement in his heart was needless to say.

"Okay, here are a few seals and some old objects left behind." The old lady opened the bag, and Tang Bao smelled a faint scent of grass and trees.

Although Tang Bao didn't understand wood, she found that her hand wanted to put a black lacquered wood seal into the space. She held a wooden comb in one hand and the black wood seal in the other and asked in a low voice, "These two. How much is it?" The old lady hesitated a bit, to say that these two things are really worthless now, but now she is in urgent need of money, and whispered, "Five dollars, plus a pound of meat and two pounds of rice."

For many days, but the people who have asked them think it's too expensive, and I don't know if they think it's too expensive, but my wife is sick, so I took it out and exchanged something. Ten dollars, she really dared not say it.