Siheyuan: Starting from the Pig Killer

"Comrade, get some medicine!"

Xiang Yunduan received the money and did not leave. Instead, he went to the medicine-taking area on the other side. He took out a piece of straw paper from his arms and handed it to the apprentice who was taking medicine.

This was what his grandfather handed to him when he set out in the morning, asking him to see if he could grab a few doses of the medicine on it and go back after selling the Ganoderma lucidum.

"How many copies are there?" the apprentice asked after looking at the contents on the papyrus paper.

"How much does this medicine cost?" Xiang Yunduan asked.

"I'll do the math!"

The apprentice grabbed the abacus next to him, crackled for a while, and quickly said: "A pair of sixty-eight cents."

"Then let's grab ten medicines first!" Xiang Yunduan said.

He had just received fifty-five yuan and sixty cents, so he was considered wealthy.

He also knew what this medicine was used for, because he had used it when he was a child. It was an exclusive secret recipe passed down from his family. It was said to have the effect of strengthening the body and strengthening bones and muscles.

After grabbing the medicine, Xiang Yunduan continued shopping. It was not easy to go into the city. He had to buy everything he had been told by his family.

Fortunately, there are not as many tickets as there were in the past, and there are many things that can be purchased without tickets.

In fact, when tickets were first issued, there were only a few types such as food stamps, coal stamps, cloth stamps, and oil stamps. It was only after the 1960s that tickets fully covered all walks of life, ranging from match tickets to sewing machines, Bicycles, etc., almost all imaginable products require tickets. For example, in rural areas, there are special urine tickets and dung tickets. Before the chemical fertilizer industry developed, organic fertilizer made from dung and urine was very important.

An hour later, Xiang Yunduan's figure appeared at the bus stop.

At this time, his hands were already full of things, including a large iron pot, two enamel basins, a kettle, as well as tea, wine, cigarettes, candied haws, snacks and many other odds and ends.

When we came here in the morning, we took a ride on a coal truck, but it was not that convenient to go back. In addition, it was impossible to carry so many things with our legs, so Xiang Yunduan had no choice but to come to the bus station.

In the past few years since the liberation of Forty-Nine City, buses have developed very rapidly. There have been dozens of bus lines in Guangcheng District, and the number of shuttle buses in the suburbs has also gradually increased. In the past few years, there have been buses that can run to Toumou Gou. .

"Please buy a ticket when you get on the bus and show your monthly pass!"

Xiang Yunduan found the bus to Meotou Gou, and as soon as he got on the bus, he heard the voice of the conductor.

It's easy to swallow the words in these four-nine cities, like "bedded platform", "police station", "breast market scrambled eggs", etc. If Xiang Yunduan hadn't been here for more than half a year, It's not always possible to hear the conductor clearly.

"Is there a monthly pass?" the conductor asked.

"No!" Xiang Yunduan shook his head.

The so-called "monthly ticket" actually means buying a monthly ticket. There are four types in total, namely "suburban school", "city school", "suburban worker" and "city worker".

Xue means student tickets, which are cheaper. Those with the word "suburban" mean that you can ride on all buses, while those with the word "city" can only ride on city buses.

Monthly tickets are very cost-effective for people who need to take buses frequently. The most expensive "suburban worker" ticket only costs three yuan a month.

"Where?" the conductor asked again.

"Terminal station, Meotougou." Xiang Yunduan replied.

"Fifty cents," the conductor continued.

Xiang Yunduan paid the ticket, then found a seat in the back, put his things away, and then waited comfortably.

Looking through the car window, there are quite a few buses at the bus station, but there are many types. There are Dodge cars with protruding mouths left over from the Republic of China, and there are also newly rolled-off "57-type" domestic buses, and there are also buses with boilers. There are those who burn coal and those who carry gas bags to burn gas. It can be said that there are all kinds of people.

After waiting for a long time, I don’t know whether it was the departure time or people were almost boarding, but the bus finally left.

It was okay in the city, the road was relatively flat. After leaving the city, it turned into a dirt road, which became worse and worse as we walked. It was bumpy all the way. After about two hours, we finally arrived at the terminal.

"When you have money, buy a bicycle. It's really painful to ride on this!"

After getting off the car, Xiang Yunduan felt like he was really in the clouds and couldn't stand firmly.

Although the coal-pulling bus in the morning was bumpy, it was more tolerable due to the large space. There were so many people on the bus that they were so crowded that several people got motion sick and vomited. The situation was really indescribable.

We walked back to Liangjiazhuang from Meotougou Station for another forty or fifty minutes. By the time Xiang Yunduan got home, the sun was almost setting.

Xiang Yunduan's house is at the east end of the village. It is the first house after entering the village. The house is in the shape of a triple courtyard, with a structure of rammed earth and wood. The roof is made of thick thatch, and the courtyard walls are surrounded by wooden fences.

The house is relatively new, as it was only built five or six years ago.

There was a big willow tree planted outside the gate, and an old man was enjoying the shade under the big tree.

"Ewa, you're back! Oh, why did you buy so many things!"

The old man heard footsteps approaching and turned around to see that it was his eldest grandson. He quickly took a few things from his grandson.

"Master, come in, I've bought all the medicinal materials you want!" Xiang Yunduan said.

The hunched-over, unattractive little old man in front of him was his grandfather, the famous Xiang Cunbao.

"Looking at you, that Ganoderma lucidum must have sold for a lot of money!" the old man asked as he walked.

"It cost fifty-six yuan, I didn't even expect it!"

"Hey thief, there is so much Wo!"

The two of them were talking and had already entered the gate.

A middle-aged woman was washing clothes in the yard. When she saw Xiang Yunduan, she quickly stopped what she was doing and asked, "Boss, is everything going well? Nothing happened?"

This woman is Xiang Yunduan's mother, named Liang Honghua.

"Mom, nothing happened. Not only did it go smoothly, but it's also a big happy event!"

Xiang Yunduan said with a smile.

Before time travel, Xiang Yunduan was an orphan. He grew up in an orphanage. Naturally, he had never experienced family affection. Instead, he experienced the warmth and coldness of human relationships and the harshness of the world from an early age. He developed feelings such as being withdrawn, inferior, arrogant, and cold. His personality is somewhat dark.

After traveling through time, perhaps because he had experienced life and death, or perhaps because all his previous interpersonal relationships were severed, he felt a sense of relief.

During the more than half a year in the Xiang family, his grandfather was kind, his parents were loving, and his brothers and sisters were in harmony with each other, which made him truly appreciate the taste of family affection.

So I integrated into this big family very smoothly.

"What's the big happy event?" Liang Honghua asked curiously.

"Where is my father? And where is Longlong?"

Xiang Yunduan took the things he bought into the house and found that his father Xiang Chuanzong and his younger brother Xiang Yunlong were not at home, so he asked strangely.

"The field has been leveled, and the wheat is about to be harvested now!" Liang Honghua said.

Hearing these words, a memory emerged in Xiang Yunduan's mind, and then he showed a stunned expression.