Chapter 14 - 014 Jigu Commune
The matter of attending the literacy class wasn't going so smoothly because even after Li Erfu agreed to let Li Xianglu go, Ge Sanmei still made a fuss. However, Li Erfu was very firm, so Ge Sanmei compromised, but she demanded that household chores must be completed before going.
And then Li Jianqing said something that hurt Ge Sanmei to the core: "I'll help my sister finish the chores, and we can go together."
The literacy class had already started, and Li Jianqing alongside Li Xianglu had nothing, so they needed to go to the township commune to buy some study supplies.
Therefore, Li Erfu made a firm decision to check out the market three days later and, by the way, buy some pencils and notebooks for the two children.
Li Xianglu was very excited about going out for the first time. Based on the original host's memory, it seemed that she had only gone to the market once when she was six and never again after, so she was quite unfamiliar with the market.
Moreover, Li Xianglu had another plan, which was to buy some legal books of the era, as well as some newspapers concerning current affairs, as she wanted to see the recent situation from above.
But the biggest difficulty was that Li Xianglu had no money on hand; she had to figure out a way to get some money.
Three days later, early in the morning before dawn, Ge Sanmei was taking a large piece of pork to the township subsidiary food purchasing station to exchange for money, while Li Erfu was driving the cart. Another person who Li Xianglu rarely saw was also there, Li Jianwen, who Ge Sanmei called a mortal Wenquxing—a seventeen-year-old youth.
A clean, slender, and tall youth, unlike any of the Li Family men, dressed in a brand-new blue jacket and a pair of new black cotton-padded shoes.