Chapter 16

flashed with an unfathomable light: "You, why would you help me"One who offers unsolicited favors is either a thief or a traitor.Ning Yuan heard the coldness and wariness in his words, and fell silent...After the big movement, it had only been two years, but Sister in charge was still a bit afraid of young people like Ning Yuan who were full of blood and empty slogans.

She could only chuckle wryly: “Yeah, yeah...yeah.”

Can she still say that these advanced ideas are wrong

In the end, the older woman still took out two marriage certificates, wrote Ning Yuan and Rong Zhaonan's names on them, stamped them, and quickly sent them off.

Ning Yuan looked at the marriage certificate printed with the leader's sayings, suppressing her racing heart, and walked out of the office with Hua Zi.

As soon as she stepped out, she finally let out a sigh of relief, put her hands on her hips, and burst into laughter, “Ha! I did it!”

Hua Zi also let out a breath: “Ning Zhiqing, you're amazing! You almost scared me to death just now.”

He doesn't even know how to respond.

Ning Yuan looked at Hua Zi's naive appearance and smiled, "Hua Zi ge, you've worked hard. You go fetch the fertilizer first, and I'll go to the department store in the county."

The Civil Affairs Office is not far from the county department store, just a ten-minute

Hua Zi nodded. "Alright, then I'll wait for you at the entrance of the department store."

Hua Zi drove the tractor

chugging along.

Ning Yuan went all the way to the county town's department store. On the street, people were either wearing green military uniforms, blue worker clothes, or white shirts.

Plain and unadorned.

The most impressive building in the county town is a three-story department store, which was renovated and opened last month. It was originally called the department store branch.

When it first opened, there was a very long queue. Today is a weekday, and there are still many people here.

She gazed at the bustling entrance of the department store, felt the five dollars in her pocket, and walked inside.

Since she was reborn back into her youth, she had to familiarize herself with the environment again and think about how to make money in the future.

The first floor of the department store has counters on both sides, displaying various household goods. The cash register is located at the highest point.

She just stepped in and stood at the counter for a moment—then "whoosh," a small board with money on it flew from above her head along the wire.

Ning Yuan was startled. She looked up and saw the various wires above her, and then she remembered—

Then, you don't need to go to the checkout to pay for things.

Above the cash register were several long wires connected to the sales counter. When a customer had chosen their goods, they would pay the cashier and receive a receipt.

The salesperson will put the money ticket and the completed receipt in a small tray, then push the tray hard with force. The tray will slide along the wire track towards the cash register.

After the cashier counted the money, they put together the change, bills, and stamped receipts in a neat pile and slid it back to the clerk's counter.

She looked at the thin ropes, then at the sales clerks and cashiers in the department store bustling about, and couldn't help but smile.

Ah, how I miss it......

"What are you buying Don't block the way for the people behind you!" An employee with two butterfly clips in her hair looked at Ning Yuan standing there giggling and rolled her eyes.

Ning Yuan didn't get angry because of her attitude, instead she was in a very good mood and even smiled at the salesperson.

When material resources were scarce, department store employees had it good, even better than many bureaucrats in government agencies. Salespersons had many connections to obtain goods that couldn't be bought with tickets, so their service attitude was poor.

Seeing such salespeople again made Ning Yuan more certain that her life had truly restarted!

She strolled through the department store, up and down. The county town's department store was still as she remembered it. There seemed to be a lot of stuff, but nothing particularly stylish.

Soon after the reforms were implemented, the South prospered first. In the late 1980s, it gradually began to do away with ration coupons for cloth, food, mail, meat, and industrial goods...

But now it's still a planned economy era, and tickets are harder to get than money.

She still had some savings of various meats and coupons, thankfully. She wasn't stupid enough to donate all that to Tang Zhenzhen.

An hour later, Ningyuan came out with a bottle of Songhe liquor, a shoebox, and a thermos flask.

From afar, she saw Hua Zi driving the tractor loaded with fertilizer. She hurried over carrying something and smiled: "Hua Zi Ge, let's go back!"

Hua Zi laughed and said, "Okay, let's go!"

The tractor sputtered and chugged its way out of town, heading back to the village.

Two people sat in the pesticide truck and returned to the village by afternoon.

When they reached the village entrance, Ning Yuan looked around to make sure no one was watching. She suddenly handed Hua Zi a cup of wine: “Hua Zi, this is for you and Lao Zhishu.”

Hua Zi immediately and incredulously refused, "This isn't the wine for your wedding! It won't do!"

A bottle of Songhe Grain Liquor costs two yuan and five cents, it's not like the extra cheap few-cents liquor from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

Ning Yuan smiled and curved her eyes: "That's right, I got married. Please drink to those who have helped me, it doesn't violate discipline, I'm leaving!"

Saying that, she shoved the bottle into Huazi's arms and, with the rest of her things in hand, jumped off the tractor and ran away.

Although she used some sweet talk to persuade the old general to help her.

Lao Zhi Shu is a good person, otherwise he wouldn't sympathize with himself and let Hua Zi Ge help her get into the city to get a certificate.

"And so on... Oh dear..." Hua Zi was still operating the tractor, so he quickly shoved the bottle into the truck bed, not wanting anyone to see and gossip.

First, drive the tractor back to the production team's office.

"Dad, look at this......!" Huazi told the elder, what had happened.

He is afraid that accepting gifts would violate discipline.

The old literati puffed on his cigarette, looking at the bottle of Songhe Grain Liquor and nodded.

"That girl even gave out candy yesterday, the little kids were delighted. She's a grateful person, so keep it. It's not against regulations, just wedding wine!"

Hua Zi was very happy: "Alright, let's have Maoflower stir-fry some peanuts and dried fish tonight."

These days, the snacks you have with your drinks are just peanuts and fried dried fish because they're cheap.

The old headmaster thought for a moment: “That’s right, tell Manhua that these days, even if you give Ning Zhiqing a marriage leave, we won't deduct work points.”

Mànhuā is the team's scorekeeper and also Huázǐ's daughter-in-law. She is a third-generation intellectual youth who married into the village secretary's family.

Hua Zi nodded. “Okay.”

Ning Yuan carried a shoebox and a thermos of hot water all the way back to the cow shed.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, under the brilliant autumn sunshine, Rong Zhaonan saw a figure running towards him from afar.

The girl's two braids swayed, and her whole being looked like a radiant daisy in the field.

Rong Zhao Nan looked for a while, then lowered his eyes and continued to repair the roof.

Was Little Agent so cheerful after completing her mission in the county town

Ning Yuan returned to the small house beside the cattle shed, put down her things, and took a large gulp of water from her enamel cup before feeling quenched.

"Strange, I didn't see Rong Zhaonan in the cow shed just now, where did he go" Ning Yu looked around, a little puzzled.

Suddenly, a cold voice from the top of the house echoed: "Do you have something to say to me"

Ning Yuan jumped in fright, looked up, and found someone crouched on the ceiling beam.

"What are you doing up there You scared the living daylights out of me!" she exclaimed, jumping back in fright.

Róng Zhāonán with a single hand, propped himself up casually, and executed a clean and elegant backflip, landing beside Ning Yuán.

Ning Yuan couldn't help but widen her eyes and clap, "Amazing! Did you used to learn gymnastics"

Rong Zhaonan: "This is not gymnastics."

Ning Yuan was excited: "Wow, did you learn acrobatics before Then can you walk on stilts and stand on a bowl"

It's hard to imagine such remarkable figures in the future, who had to learn acrobatics as children.

Rong Zhaonan's lips twitched, and he gave her a cold glance: "...."

This little spy is truly clueless, or is he just pretending to be

Did she not do a background check on him before getting close to himpeople."No matter what, he doesn't want Ning Yuan to get into trouble.Ning Yuan looked at the man protecting her in front. He was handsome.As the youngest head of the commune, he was handsome and warm...