Rebirth begins with the waste wood returning home

Chapter 5 Meeting an acquaintance?
"Who?"

Jiang Defu stood up warily and asked.

"Ah! Ah!"

Jiang Defu was very familiar with the voice of Ula Ula outside. It was Jiang Decai's voice.

Jiang Decai is said to be mute, but he is actually half-speaking. He has some hearing, but it is relatively weak. You can basically guess the general meaning by looking at his gestures, expressions and the sounds coming out of his mouth.

Jiang Defu saw his general gesture through the window.

Jiang Decai came to the backyard to get a new whip for driving the donkey tomorrow. He saw that the lights in Jiang Defu's house were still on and he was not sleeping. They had to go to the town tomorrow. They got up early, so he wanted to tell him to go to bed early to avoid being there by then. Can't get up.

Jiang Defu has not adjusted to the time difference since he came back. He is not like the farmers here who work at sunrise and rest at sundown.

He only woke up when the sun was almost blazing his buttocks.

Jiang Decai and Zhang Guilan also refused to let him work, saying that they wanted him to take a good rest, since he would have nothing to do if he didn't sleep.

"I'm fine, go to sleep now!"

Jiang Defu gestured outside, blew out the lamp and lay down.

I have to go to town tomorrow, so I need to have a good rest.

On the second day, as soon as it was light, the Jiang brothers set out.

There is no convenient transportation to the town in Shi'ao Village.

The means of transportation these days are either legs or animals that drive and pull the cart.

After the family's strong old scalper was sold, Jiang Decai sold some grain and bought a cheap donkey for use.

They hitched their own old donkeys, carried dry food, and set off on the road.

The town was too far and they had to go early.

Yesterday, Jiang Defu wanted to finish writing the letter early so that it could be mailed in the town the next day.

I just searched around and couldn't find even a clean piece of paper, let alone a pen!

This is not a past life, where things like paper and pens were household items.

It's basically a rarity here.

Jiang Decai and the others were not literate at all, and there were not many literate people in the whole village.

It seems that there was a scholar in the village more than ten years ago, but since then there have been no scholars.

Nowadays, it’s good to have enough to eat. Who has spare money to study?

Jiang Dehua's mother-in-law heard that Jiang Defu could write now, and she looked at him differently!

Several others showed expressions of shock and pride.

"Third brother is different. He can learn to write even when he goes out. He is better than... than the teachers in this town!"

Jiang Dehua had only been to the town when she was a child, but had not been there for so many years. In her world, the teacher in the town was already the most knowledgeable person.

I heard that when writing letters to him, the money is calculated based on the words!

My third brother can write and write letters, what could be more proud of than this?
Jiang Defu thought that if there was a post office in the town, there would definitely be paper and pens, so he could just write at that time.

Anyway, it's just a matter of finding someone for help. It's enough to express it clearly in a few sentences. It's not like writing a long paper.

Based on the yellowed letter originally sent back by the original Jiang Defu, the number of the team where Liang Shuanzi originally worked was found.

Although you can't find the person with this number, based on the breadth of information about the person above, you may be able to know the general direction of the person.

It wasn't until the afternoon that they arrived in the town.

The town is not small. I heard that this place was originally an old county seat and it was once prosperous.

Nowadays it is somewhat withered.

There are not many people on the street, they are all in a hurry, and there are more people in uniforms.

Occasionally, people driving donkey carts or mule carts passed by, with bundles of firewood stacked on the carts.

Jiang Decai said it was people from the surrounding villages who came out to sell firewood.

“Is firewood expensive?”

Jiang Defu was like discovering a new continent.

There is no system now, and they only have the money in their hands. If firewood can make money, they have a lot of it in the mountains nearby, and they can cut some and sell it.

It doesn't matter if it's hard work, as long as you can make money and eat better food!It’s better than going hungry every day!
Jiang Defu, who used to enjoy himself as a young man, now has no so-called peaceful thoughts. The only thing he thinks about now is to fill his stomach and prevent it from suffering. He has never thought about whether he can chop wood.

"Nothing for sale! They are all...all given...as gifts..."

Jiang Decai said with gestures.

It turns out that in this town, there are places where firewood is supplied, usually from nearby villages. Some areas are designated. The local villages help cut it and deliver it to the town, and the town provides some supplies.

Why!The road to selling firewood has also been cut off!

Can we do other business?
Jiang Defu thought.

But after walking around, I didn't see a single restaurant or shop in the town, let alone anyone selling things.

He couldn't find a place to spend money.

If you can't buy anything, think about sending letters first and go to the post office first.

After asking around, many people have never heard of a post office.

But I understand what the situation is now:
Not long after Zhangdian Town was liberated, it was just getting on the right track, and everything was waiting to be done.

There are no shops, let alone a so-called post office.

However, a kind-hearted and enthusiastic aunt told them that if they wanted to write a letter or send a telegram, they could go to the Zhenzheng Mansion Office Building and have a look. There might be something there.

Anyway, if people have any problems nowadays, they will go there for help.

The two brothers followed the instructions and drove the donkey to the office building.

The town office building turned out to be a large courtyard, an antique building, and it looked like it should be an old house.

It was inconvenient for Jiang Decai to go in with the donkey cart, so Jiang Defu asked him to wait in the shade in the distance while he went there by himself.

A guard stood at the door and asked him why. He told him the situation, but the guard hesitated to let him in.

"What do you do?"

Jiang Defu was struggling with the guards.

A middle-aged man wearing a khaki shirt and glasses appeared not far away.

He was holding an empty water bottle in his hand, obviously looking for water.

"secretary!"

The guard immediately saluted.

"Hello, comrade..."

Jiang Defu immediately greeted him, feeling that this person had an unusual identity and he might be able to help.

"You are……"

The man seemed a little surprised to see that Jiang Defu was so polite and that what he said was not in the local dialect. .

"I...I am Jiang Defu!"

Jiang Defu unconsciously saluted. After spending a few days with Erzhuzi and the others, he subconsciously made such an action when facing people wearing the same clothes.

The other party was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but reply.

"Are you on the team?"

The man asked with some confusion.

"Forget...forget it..."

Jiang Defu said vaguely.

He was originally from the team, so he couldn't tell. After all, he didn't understand many situations.

If you admit that you are, if the other party asks you about the situation and you don't know anything, wouldn't that reveal your secret?
"Which team?"

Jiang Defu said it truthfully.

Fortunately, Erzhuzi told him the number of their team before leaving, and gave him a rough description of the situation inside, but it was just a rough outline and not detailed.

He was too confused at the time and couldn't remember to ask many questions.

"Are you a subordinate of Cong Yang?"

The man looked a little serious at first, but when Jiang Defu said his team number, his expression changed instantly.

(End of this chapter)