Beautiful beauties in the 80s courtyard

Chapter 487 Tan Ying and Zhao Xiaoman are different

Lu Qiaoge drove quickly to the Shangen Brigade.

The purchasing point was located in an office next to the headquarters of the Shangen Brigade. It was quite spacious and kept clean and tidy.

When I arrived, I saw more than ten people in line.

Lu Qiaoge raised an eyebrow.

Tan Ying and Zhao Xiaoman are different.

Although Zhao Xiaoman's life was tough, she was still lucky. She had a childhood sweetheart who loved her, and apart from her terrible parents, she got along well with her older brother, younger brother, and younger sister.

But Tan Ying was different. She was all alone, with no one to help her or care for her. She was truly in a muddy mess.

To some extent, it might not be a bad thing if Tan Ying really had to go to work on the farm.

But Lu Qiaoge didn't have much hope at the time.

The family situation of Tan Ying is actually very complicated.

Based on what they did at the time, the Tan family elders, including Tan Ying, would certainly have been sent away to do manual labor according to certain regulations.

But there's a strange twist to this.

Regardless of the age of the Tan family elders, the two of them were also relentlessly pursuing the Qu family couple.

After Mrs. Qu pleaded with her, Qu Caifeng forgave her parents for what they had done to her.

Then both the Qu family and the Tan family went to the commune and, in front of the commune leaders, said that the matter would be settled privately.

Such situations are very common in this era; they are not particularly rare or unbelievable.

But the punishments that should be given will also be given.

Both families had to work under the supervision of the brigade leader, and the lazy old man from the Tan family also had to work alongside the male laborers.

Old Tan had to work in the fields, and Tan Ying was in charge of the purchasing point. They didn't have any days off and were busy with the purchasing point every day, so the old lady was the one who took care of the mentally challenged man.

Now that spring plowing has begun, people are eating three meals a day instead of the previous two when they go to work in the fields.

In the 70s, people in rural northern China usually ate two meals a day during the winter when they hibernated. But after spring plowing, they ate three meals a day.

When Lu Qiaoge entered the purchasing point, she saw a lunchbox on the table.

The room was clean and tidy. There was a small iron stove in the corner, which Shao Le had brought over so that people could heat up their food here.

Because the raw materials for the handicrafts we acquire are all flammable, the good ones are kept next door.

Tan Ying saw Lu Qiaoge smiling with her eyes crinkled and said very respectfully, "Director Lu, you've arrived."

Lu Qiaoge waved her hand: "You go about your business, I just came to check in."

The brigade headquarters was quite quiet; everyone had gone to the fields to work and compost.

However, the land was right next to the village. When Lu Qiaoge drove over, someone saw her. After Lu Qiaoge stayed there for a few minutes, the brigade leader came running over.

Lu Qiaoge greeted him with a smile.

He said to the team leader, "I didn't expect the purchasing point to be so orderly."

Before the team leader could speak, a middle-aged woman in her forties, who was in line, said with a smile, "Oh my, this collection point is so convenient for us, it's like a windfall. My family relies on this collection point for everything, not to mention the oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar we need. So we have to follow the rules of the collection point, otherwise, if you city people see us in this mess, you'll laugh at us, won't you?"

People nearby boldly chimed in.

How should I put it? Let's not talk about other places, just take Manshan Commune as an example. Many commune members envied city dwellers, especially those with secure jobs, and they had a kind of awe towards them.

So when I saw Lu Qiaoge arrive, she was driving a big jeep, which was parked right in front of the brigade headquarters. That's really impressive.

Female drivers were quite remarkable in this day and age, let alone a young woman who was a factory director and a street office cadre.

So I didn't say anything.

Seeing that the atmosphere was quite harmonious, a man in his forties said, "We wouldn't dare disobey, Tan Ying is very capable!"

Yes, she broke her mentally challenged brother's leg with a stick. At the time, she didn't feel anything, but many people feel the shock later and become more and more frightened as they think about it.

Not to mention she's now a buyer.

Just like going to a department store to buy things, you have to smile ingratiatingly at the salesperson. If the salesperson wants to pay attention to you, then you don't have to wait. If they don't want to pay attention to you, then just wait on the side. They might even scold you for no reason.

This is a phenomenon observed in some service industries today.

Lu Qiaoge understood.

Tan Ying's work was supported by the military factory, as well as the commune and the brigade, but more importantly, it was her actions—she took a stick and broke the leg of her mentally challenged brother who was a menace to the village.

She is still a buyer at the acquisition point.

So this acquisition point is currently operating quite normally.

After these people handed over their belongings to Tan Ying, Tan Ying carefully checked each item, then gave them a slip of paper and stamped it with the seal of the purchasing point.

She had to deliver these to the commune. If they were not up to standard, she would take them back directly. If they were up to standard, she would pay the recipient. There was no delay at all, and the process usually took one to two days.

They were all villagers from nearby areas, and some from other villages as well; the purchasing point had never been without people.

The nearby villages now attach great importance to the purchasing point in Shangen Brigade and naturally do not want any problems to arise here.

The captain went off to attend to other matters, and Lu Qiaoge followed Tan Ying into the house.

Tan Ying rubbed her hands and said to her, "I saw you were driving. I... I got up early this morning and picked some dandelions and shepherd's purse. I put them in the big water vat behind the house and soaked them in the cool well water. They're so fresh now. If you... if you don't mind, I can take them out and you can take them home to make shepherd's purse dumplings. They're delicious."

Lu Qiaoge raised an eyebrow: "What if I don't come today?"

"I'll pick more tomorrow, because these won't taste good today. I'll dry them. Dried dandelion is also a medicinal herb."

Lu Qiaoge nodded: "Yes, dandelion can also be made into tea."

Upon hearing Lu Qiaoge's words, Tan Ying happily ran outside, picking up a new-looking earthen basket woven from willow branches.

Before long, he brought back a full basket of lush green wild vegetables from outside.

Water was still dripping from the bottom of the basket.

Tan Ying placed the willow basket on a somewhat worn-out washbasin. It seemed that the water had been drained very cleanly when she was scooping it out, and the dripping sound was not frequent.

Tan Ying's face flushed slightly, but she still said, "We'll put it in the back of your car later."

Seeing Tan Ying's somewhat apprehensive yet expectant eyes, Lu Qiaoge smiled and said, "Okay, thank you!"

Tan Ying immediately became happy again, as if she had breathed a sigh of relief. She hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I dug it in my backyard. It's very clean there, and no one comes and steps on it."

Lu Qiaoge was relieved. Given Tan Ying's personality, she certainly wouldn't dig up wild vegetables from the roadside that had been trampled and made dirty for her.

(End of this chapter)