The next morning, Lu Xiaoxiao woke up while Liu Xiaofeng was folding the blanket. When she saw that it was already dawn outside the window, she knew that it was getting late, so she quickly got up and put on her clothes before folding the blanket.
After breakfast, Wang Gang helped her bring all her things to the small courtyard. From that day onwards, she would live in her own house.
After the items were brought to the small courtyard, Lu Xiaoxiao did not unpack them. Instead, she locked the door and returned to the captain's house with Wang Gang. On the way, Lu Xiaoxiao told Wang Gang that she wanted to go to the county to buy something with him. Moreover, she had to collect the monthly allowance there.
Wang Gang nodded in agreement after hearing Lu Xiaoxiao's words.
Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly remembered that her house was still short of a pot, so she said to Wang Gang, "Uncle Wang, do you know where in the county I can buy an iron pot and a small stove that can burn firewood?"
When Wang Gang heard Lu Xiaoxiao's words, he thought for a moment and said, "There's a place that might have it. I'll go take a look when we reach the county. If there is one, you can buy it. If there's none, I'll have to buy it in the city and send it to you."
When Lu Xiaoxiao heard Wang Gang's words, she was very sure that he was going to the black market to buy a pot. However, she could only pretend not to know anything. She did not dare to say that she knew about the black market and had even been to it.
When Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the captain's house, she saw that Uncle Liu was still the one driving the ox cart to the county this time, and the second brother of the Liu family was accompanying Liu Xiaofeng.
After Liu Xiaofeng placed everything on the ox cart, everyone sat on it. When they reached the village entrance, Lu Xiaoxiao saw a few youth workers waiting there. It seemed that they were also going to the county. Speaking of which, she had not seen them since she left the Zhiqing Point.
After they got into the ox cart, Lu Xiaoxiao realized that other than the five people who had come with her, there were three other senior workers. When they saw her looking at them, they nodded at her. Seeing this, Lu Xiaoxiao also nodded at them.
With her previous experience on the ox cart, Lu Xiaoxiao was wearing two pairs of warm long johns this time. She also wore two pairs of socks and firmly tied the bottoms of her long johns. Although this could not completely stop the wind from getting in, it was much better than her first time here.
The female youth workers were no longer wearing skirts. They were all obediently wearing cotton pants. It was probably because they had been frozen stiff last time.
It had not snowed for the past few days, and the road was easier to walk on. They quickly arrived at the county. After getting off the ox cart, Uncle Liu said that they would gather here at two in the afternoon. If it was too late, they would have to think of a way to return themselves.
Wang Gang had asked Liu Xiaofeng and the second brother of the Liu family to wait in the ox cart for a while. He would bring her to settle something first.
First, Lu Xiaoxiao had to go to the post office to get the allowance. Then, she had to send a telegram to tell Zhang De that everything was fine here.
After Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the post office, Wang Gang took her certificate to the counter to register. He even asked her to go over and tell the comrades in the post office that she would be the one coming over to collect the allowance every month.
After Lu Xiaoxiao received the allowance, she went to the other side to send a telegram. It was an urgent message. At first, she thought that sending a telegram was the same as sending a text message, so she told the comrade the content, "I have already arrived at Tianshui Village. Everything is fine. Uncle Zhang, don't worry. I'll go back to see you when I'm free."
After saying this, she even sighed. It was much more expensive to send a telegram than a text message at that time. A text message was only one cent, and this was already several dollars.
Before she could feel sorry for the few yuan, she heard the comrade say that it was 72 cents.
What? How much did he say just now? 72 cents? Wasn't it 1.2 cents per character? She had just read out many characters. How could it only be 72 cents?
Lu Xiaoxiao glanced at the paper he was preparing to send a telegram on. There were only five words on it. 'Safely arrived do not worry. Is this how the telegram is sent? Are you sure the other party can understand it?'
Seeing that the telegram had been sent, Lu Xiaoxiao could only pay. Since he had sent the letter like this, Zhang De should be able to understand it. She could only comfort herself like this. However, she did not know how others sent telegrams. Many people only sent one or two words. She had already sent enough.