Back to the 70s: My Childhood Sweetheart Spoils Me Rotten-Chapter 114 - 113: It’s not bad character that causes a lack of friends

Chapter 114: Chapter 113: It’s not bad character that causes a lack of friends

Gong Ruini had imagined many things, like the waste station here might be rather run-down and have nothing.

Or a messy pile of things, of course, all worthless items, but when Gong Ruini went inside, she found everything was quite different from what she had imagined.

"Is this a waste recycling station?" Gong Ruini was stunned, knowing there wouldn’t be anything good here, but there should at least be some things, right?

Not to mention Zhao Gang had said he once found good stuff here, but unfortunately, he couldn’t take it back.

At that time, Gong Ruini had some expectations, always thinking her luck couldn’t be so bad that there would be nothing good.

Unexpectedly, apart from waste newspapers and waste books, there was nothing worth anything, even things resembling furniture were absent.

Could it be that her luck was really so bad, like having no friends? Gong Ruini was shocked.

Gong Tao was even more dumbfounded. Did they go through all the crying and running here just to see these things?

Gong Tao glanced sideways at Zhao Gang. If it weren’t for this guy making a fuss on the side, saying there must be good stuff here, they wouldn’t have come.

Now, well, they’ve come and are dumbfounded too.

Gong Ruwen was also bewildered and turned to look at Zhao Xuran.

The latter was also quite puzzled, "When we came here last time, there were quite a few things, there was furniture."

"When did you come last time?" Gong Ruini suddenly realized she seemed to have forgotten to ask an important question.

This, well, Zhao Xuran was a bit forgetful. After thinking a little, he said, "It should be over half a year ago."

It had been over half a year, what could Gong Ruini say, although it shouldn’t be like everything was disposed of, right? Could it be that the workers here took the wood to make a fire?

Zhao Gang was also bewildered, what’s this situation, did the waste station just process a batch of items, "Maybe it was unfortunate timing, they just processed the items."

"You know this kind of waste station, it’s not possible for items to always pile up, every now and then they clear things out."

Gong Ruini understood this, of course, but her luck couldn’t really be so bad, right?

"Why are you standing at the entrance?" Perhaps because a group of people standing at the door was too conspicuous, an old man who was inside warming himself by a fire came out.

"Grandpa, hello, we are from the Red Flag Brigade. I was commissioned by the village to come get some elementary school textbooks." Zhao Gang pulled out a certificate from his pocket.

Since when did the village commission Zhao Gang? Gong Ruini was taken aback, wasn’t this their private matter? How did it become a serious business in Zhao Gang’s mouth? The change of pace was so fast.

Gong Tao was also stunned; a few days ago Zhao Gang went to find the village chief, but didn’t expect he went to get a certificate, why get this, is it for caution’s sake?

The old man, hearing they were from the Red Flag Brigade, his face slightly softened, "I remember the Red Flag Brigade doesn’t have an elementary school, why are you here to buy books?"

"Aren’t books supposed to be bought from a bookstore?" The old man still felt all sorts of odd.

"Books are expensive at bookstores; getting books for the kids, saving a bit is good." Zhao Gang pulled out a cigarette from his pocket, "We just wanted to check out old bookstores, it would be great if we can get notebooks."

"Then follow me." The old man stared at Zhao Gang for a long time, and didn’t spare Gong Ruini and the others.

What’s going on, weren’t they here to purchase old books? Why did this old man stare at them so seriously? Gong Ruini felt as if in the old man’s eyes they were a bunch of bad guys.

Fortunately, in the end, he still allowed them to go inside. In two lifetimes, this was the first time Gong Ruini dealt with a waste recycling station, but couldn’t be so strict, it felt less like going to a waste station and more like to a military base.

Gong Ruwen was also acting with extreme caution, just worried about making any loud noise and angering the old man away.

"Sis, why do I feel so nervous?" Gong Ruwen couldn’t hold back and whispered to Gong Ruini.

Gong Ruini’s situation wasn’t any better; she also wore a worried look, could this be the local custom in the Northeast?

Moreover, Gong Ruini remembered reading novels before, none said waste stations were so strictly managed, perhaps this is the gap between novels and reality?

Gong Ruini gently tugged at Zhao Xuran’s clothes, "Brother Xu Ran, is it always like this when coming here?"

Originally, Gong Ruini considered smuggling out some good items, but seeing this setup, how could she dare?

The old man’s gaze always felt so sharp, seemed like any little plot would be laid bare before him.

Zhao Xuran was also quite surprised, "When I came last time, it wasn’t this strict."

Zhao Xuran remembered last time it was a middle-aged woman at the waste station. Upon entering, you would just say hello to her, then you were told not to carry out prohibited items, then select your things and go weigh and pay at the entrance.

As for whatever happened inside, nobody managed it at all, after all, the items here weren’t worth anything. As for carrying prohibited items, barely anyone did such things nowadays.

Once caught, it would be a big hassle, immediately becoming an educational subject.

Listening to Zhao Xuran recounting the process of finding things last time, Gong Ruini thought this was the kind of waste station she imagined, was there an issue in between, like someone carried prohibited things and got caught?

Besides this possibility, Gong Ruini couldn’t think of why it was managed so strictly here.

But could an old man really handle it? What if someone strong showed up, is this old man a match for them?

"Don’t underestimate him, he should be from the military," Zhao Xuran actually thought it was strange earlier, always feeling the old man’s walking style and mannerism resembled some people he remembered.

Ah, from the military? Gong Ruini was startled, could he be an oppressed old revolutionary?

The thought just arose and Gong Ruini immediately suppressed it, if he were such a person, he should be undergoing reeducation in a cattle pen, under the people’s supervision, not freely working at a waste station.

However, if he were really an old revolutionary without any persecution, shouldn’t he be enjoying life at home or serving as a leader in some department, why would he be here minding the waste station?

"Careful." Gong Ruwen really didn’t understand why the old man being from the military made his sister think so much, "Watch your step over the threshold."

If Gong Ruwen hadn’t noticed something wrong and grabbed his sister, she might have fallen flat on her face.

Though there was snow on the ground, with his sister’s somewhat finicky personality, being her brother, Gong Ruwen knew, he didn’t want his sister to keep complaining for the rest of the day.

Only then did Gong Ruini realize there was quite a high threshold, and she was stunned by the sight inside the place.

Gong Ruini hadn’t expected such a hidden world here; her mouth opened wide in surprise.

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