Chapter 15: Going to the County Seat Part 1

Zhao Xiulan glanced at Ma Yumei, who was sitting at the table with her head down to eat. This woman has a bad mind again!

Except for blowing wind past Zhao Weiguo’s ears, she doesn’t seem to be able to do anything else!

Zhao Xiulan hooked the corner of her mouth and said to Zhao Weiguo, “Dad, you told me before that I should carry on the **spirit of camaraderie. Isn’t that helping others without asking anything in return?

Our family does not have enough foodstuff to eat now, but it is also difficult to live now, so we can’t keep thinking about other people’s things! Otherwise, our revolutionary feelings will be tarnished and become impure!”

With Zhao Xiulan using such a military banner, if Zhao Weiguo said anything, it would appear to be of poor moral character. In this era of pure thought, he would definitely suffer criticism and accusations if it was spread out. So, even Zhao Weiguo can’t refute Zhao Xiulan anymore.

Zhao Xiulan was afraid that Zhao Weiguo would not say anything, but she had an opinion in her heart, so she said, “Dad, we don’t have much to eat at home and this requires the efforts of our whole family. In this way, I will go to the county seat tomorrow to see if I can beg for some foodstuff to take home. I heard that there are kind-hearted people in the county seat who will give some foodstuff to the poor. If by chance I am able to get some foodstuffs back, I can give Auntie Mei something to eat!”

Zhao Weiguo looked at Zhao Xiulan, as he didn’t expect her to take the initiative to propose this.

Thinking of what he had just said, with the intention of accusing Zhao Xiulan, Zhao Weiguo felt guilty and panicked.

Thinking about Ma Yumei again, he felt that Ma Yumei was too much. She always said bad things about Zhao Xiulan and would say that she’s not being considerate of her in everything. Not accepting foodstuff does not mean that it’s deliberately leaving her to stammer, but to uphold good morals.

Under such a comparison, Zhao Weiguo’s heart naturally inclined towards Zhao Xiulan.

Zhao Xiulan didn’t know what Zhao Weiguo was thinking in his heart. In addition to avoiding Zhao Weiguo from turning towards Ma Yumei, Zhao Xiulan also found an excuse to go to the county seat.

***Original translation is from enchantesstranslations.com. Please read it on the translator’s website.

Zhao Weiguo nodded, “Okay then, Xiulan, you can go to the county seat to give it a shot! If you can get a bite to eat, then you can always add some foodstuff to our family. Tomorrow, I’ll go to the team leader to ask for a leave for you!”

“Okay, Dad!” Zhao Xiulan responded happily. She was a little excited at the thought of going to the county seat. With so many supplies in her space, only the county seat can serve the purpose of having them.

In addition, Zhao Xiulan also wanted to see what the county seat looks like. She hadn’t seen the county seat in this era yet.

Because she had never been to the county seat, Zhao Xiulan asked some questions about going to the county seat. She asked clearly how to go and how long it would take.

The county seat is still a long way from the production team. Fortunately, the route is not complicated. You just need to go all the way south, follow the main road, and you will arrive in two hours by walking.

It’s a bit difficult to walk on two legs for such a long distance. But in this era, the transportation is underdeveloped, and there is no public transportation for the country folks to go to the county seat, so they can only walk there.

Li Lijuan poked her chopsticks a few times and sneered, “Everyone hasn’t eaten enough on these days, so how much can you get from begging? I think you just want to be lazy, don’t want to work to earn work points, and just deliberately find excuses to run out and play! Your mouth speaks so well!”

Zhao Xiulan narrowed her eyes, stared at Li Lijuan, and said with a sneer, “Li Lijuan, you have no conscience when you say that! If you say that you are lazy, no one can beat you, right? Have you earned any work points these days?

It’s because we don’t have enough foodstuff at home and Auntie Mei can’t be hungry, so I can only think of more ways, okay? That’s why I want to see if I can get something to eat when I go to the county seat to beg!

What about you? Look at you, what have you thought about for this family for you to have the nerve to come and find faults with me?

We are a family and we should work hard together. Li Lijuan, I’m just saying that Auntie Mei doesn’t need to be taken care of here, so you should go out and earn more work points in exchange for foodstuffs. Auntie Mei’s food is more important! Don’t be lazy at home. Just like us, go to work in the production team and earn work points!”