Pastoral Chronicle of Space

Chapter 17
The team leader and his wife sat on the tractor that squeaked, the accountant in the team, the wife of Uncle Tian Shouye's family, and Zheng Xiaofang, a female educated youth in the village.

Zheng Xiaofang and Xia Zhiqing came together, and later married a villager, who is also Tian Tian's cousin.

Tian Yongming, who is about to be the groom, drives the tractor.

It was the first time in Tian Tian's life that he rode a tractor. It felt really extraordinary, even more attractive than a convertible.

It took more than half an hour to get to the town, and everyone was busy when they set the time to go back.

In his memory, Tian Tian was fairly familiar with the town, so he found a corner where no one was around, took out an old suit from the space and changed into it, and ate a 'Variable Pill'.

It is recorded in the slips of space that the elixir of "Wan Bian Pill" is very powerful, "Wan Bian's body, children and relatives don't know it."

It is ever-changing and works magically.Moreover, after taking it, even the gender can be changed, and the body can be completely changed. After the change, even the closest people cannot recognize it, and it is also very good for the body.And every time you take it, the changes are different, and there are many changes, which is very magical.

It is a pity that there are many kinds of herbal medicines that have long been extinct and cannot be refined.

Later, in order to refine it, Tian Tian went to many places and found other herbs to replace it, and finally refined the current 'Variable Pill', the effect can be seen from the name.It can only simply change the face shape, skin color and voice, and the time can only last about two hours.There is no way to achieve other miraculous effects, so they can only be legends.

Tian Tian tidied himself up and put on a hat again. Seeing that he became unrecognizable, he was very satisfied, so he picked up his backpack and walked towards a residential area with a timer on his back.

There are a lot of people here, and the alleys extend in all directions, so it is easy to get out if you have something to do.

Tian Tian walked through two alleys, and after a short walk, he saw two old ladies chatting in front of him.Slowly pass by them and listen to the two talking.

"Hey! It's almost the same, adults can't stand it, let alone children, my little grandson is crying from hunger these days. There is no way, I can't buy food, not even on the black market."

"It's all the same. In the past, it was more expensive to buy on the black market, but now it's difficult!"

Tian Tian decided that they would be the first clients.She took a few steps back, approached the two old ladies, and asked in a low voice;

"Does grandma want food? There are rice and noodles."

"real……"

The little old lady came up and grabbed Tian Tian's hand, for fear that she would run away.

The big old lady patted her clothes with both hands, and pretended to go to the entrance of the alley to observe, to make sure it was safe.He came back quickly, excitedly grabbed Tian Tian's other hand, and asked again and again;
"Girl, good girl, do you really have food?"

"Grandma, there is food, I won't lie to you, there are white rice and white noodles."

"Good boy, thank you grandma, you saved our lives."

The big old lady was very excited, and the little old lady wiped away tears.

"Girl, if you can trust me, go to grandma's house. It's not safe for people to come and go here. There is no one at grandma's house, and there is a back door. It's reliable."

"Yes, your grandma's house has a back door. Don't worry, little girl, we won't harm you. It's too late for us to thank you for selling food to us! Don't worry, my surname is Gong. You can call me Grandma Gong." !"

The big grandma Zhang and the small grandma Gong, they are not easy, and it can be seen that they are all kind people.

"Okay, go to Grandma Zhang's house, it's safe."

Follow them and walk about 200 meters, the first one on the right is Grandma Zhang's house.Entering through the small door, the small yard is quiet, and there is really no one in the house.

The old lady understood people, so she took it directly to the back door.

"This is the back door. You can go out from here later, and turn right is the way you came in just now. It's very convenient."

"Okay, but I didn't bring a scale, the two grandmas have to find a scale."

"I don't have one at home. I remember Lao Gong has one at yours."

"Yes, yes, I'll get it right now, and I'll be here soon. Little girl, I'm going soon, don't go! Wait for me!"

The old lady looked back and told her while running, she looked very cute.

"Don't worry, I'll wait."

"Little girl, don't joke, it's all about the food."

Looking at Grandma Gong who went out, Grandma Zhang was afraid that she would make a joke, so she explained.

"It's okay. Grandma Zhang, you need to find something to hold the rice first. When Grandma Gong comes, we will weigh it directly."

"Alas, good. Please wait a moment, girl."

"Well, don't worry, you can go find it."

After sending away Mrs. Zhang, I added another ten catties of rice and flour to the basket, and took two handfuls of dried noodles.

Soon Mrs. Zhang came out with two cloth bags in her hand, just as Mrs. Gong also arrived.Holding the scale in her arms, she took out two cloth bags from her bosom, and it seemed that she needed rice and noodles.

"I have a total of [-] catties, [-] catties each of rice and noodles, and two handfuls of dried noodles. I'll weigh what you want."

"I can ask for half, how about you, Lao Gong?"

"Okay, our two families are separated, and it happens that each of us has noodles. I don't know when we will meet next time?"

When they opened the bag, they could only see rice that was full of grains and crystal clear. They had seen such good rice in their entire lives. The flour was even more white and fine, and the dried noodles were neat and clean. They were all very good things.

"You also watched the rice noodles. I won't say much. It doesn't matter if you give tickets or not. You can watch it."

"Is it okay if you don't need a ticket?"

"Yes, Grandma Zhang, you can see for yourself."

"Then what is the price of this free ticket?"

"Grandma Gong, rice like this on the black market is easy to sell for three or four cents, and the rice at the grain and oil station costs [-] cents. I think the two grandmas are good people, so I don't need a ticket, [-] cents. The flour, grain and oil station is [-] cents. I don’t want a ticket for twenty-five cents. You can give six cents for a handful of dried noodles. If you think this price is okay, then…”

"Okay, that's great, the little girl is kind, the price is too fair, thank you, grandma, thank you so much, we want all these grains."

"Okay, let's weigh the total weight, twenty catties of rice, twenty catties of flour, after weighing, give me the bag, how about you divide it among yourself?"

"Okay, let's weigh it first. After the weighing is done, you are busy with your work, and we will divide it among ourselves, so as not to delay the little girl."

"Hey! The rice is more than a catty, and the flour is almost two catties too.

"Even if it's for the two grandmas, if you have more, you can divide them equally."

Ten yuan and twenty cents, not much, but a good start.

Take your time, safety first, don't be too conspicuous.

Seeing that it was still early, I took out ten catties each of rice noodles and two packs of dried noodles from the space, and went to the other side for a stroll.

Strolling out from the innermost alley, I saw a couple in their 30s walking opposite.The woman supported the man, both of them looked bad.The man was seriously ill, his face was gray and lifeless, and the woman was carrying an empty basket on her right arm, her eyes were hollow and her expression was numb.

The health is not good and there is no food to eat. This is really waiting for death.

well!Just ask, it's fate if you meet.

"I have food, do you want to buy it?"

The man looked at Tian Tian with a look of surprise, but the woman obviously hadn't reacted yet, and was dumbfounded.

"I have food, rice and noodles, do you want it?"

The woman finally came to her senses, her eyes turned red when she saw Tian Tian, ​​and two lines of tears just slipped down from her eyes unconsciously...

She held Tian Tian's left hand tightly with her skinny hands, and stroked the back of Tian Tian's hand with one hand.She didn't say anything, just pulled Tian Tian to tears, but the man opened his mouth first.

"Not far ahead is my home, if it's convenient for the little girl, let's go together."

The man has a bad complexion, he is tall and thin, but he looks good.A pair of cold eyes just looked at Tian Tian openly, without saying anything.

"No inconvenience, let's go!"

He suddenly smiled, joy from the heart.Like a child who got candy, with a bright and dazzling smile.

Suddenly, he realized that he should just be standing in the sun and laughing happily.He shouldn't die like this, the world would be better with him.

The woman supported her husband who was carrying a vegetable basket with her left hand, and Tian Tian was pulled with her right hand.The three of them were walking in this empty alley, and those who didn't know it thought they were a family of three.

Not far away, their house is not big.The small yard was kept very clean, and the couple brought Tian Tian into the house without any worries.

The room is simply furnished and tidy.

The woman helped the man to sit down first, and then moved a small chair for Tian Tian to sit down.He got up and poured two glasses of water, one for Tian Tian and one for the man.

(End of this chapter)