Reborn as a Superpower Girl in the 80s-Chapter 61 - Ideals are Plump Reality is Skinny

She might have been too naive. She visited two state-owned restaurants only to find that they required fish every day, but the issue was, firstly, they already had regular delivery people, and secondly, they insisted on door-to-door delivery.

The larger markets, now run by state-owned enterprises, were willing to come and collect goods, but required proper documentation from a collective farm to prove the origin and ownership of the products.

Luo Qiao stood in a corner, watching the busy street and thought of a saying from the future, “Ideals are beautiful, but reality is skeletal.”

Her stomach was growling with hunger, so she found a quiet spot and used her basket as cover, taking out a two-layered bun from her space, along with a pickled radish strip, and made do with a makeshift meal.

After drinking some water from a bamboo container, she realized she would miss the midday transport, so she decided to catch the afternoon ride home instead.

She got up and asked several passersby before finally finding the waste station. It was slightly out of the way but still larger than the one at the commune, as you’d expect in the city. Luo Qiao told the gatekeeper auntie that she was looking for high school textbooks.

The auntie, whose daughter was near Luo Qiao’s age and also in school, perhaps moved by compassion, even gave her a few tips. Luo Qiao thanked her with a smile before making her way inside.

She first headed for the room with books, which were piled high. After some searching, she found the specific books she wanted, along with some exercise books, and picked out some of the better ones to put in her basket.

Then she thought of checking the other warehouses to see if there was anything else she might like. At the very back, there was one full of old furniture, most of which was missing arms or legs.

Just as Luo Qiao was about to leave, she noticed two Taishi Chairs against the wall. They were obviously antiques, and there was a small table nearby that seemed to be part of a set, made of the same type of wood.

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For some reason, Luo Qiao suddenly felt the urge to take these quaint, ancient-looking pieces of furniture with her, especially considering that aside from one Taishi Chair which had a broken leg, the rest looked undamaged.

She thought that with some repairs, they could still be used, not to mention to serve as collectibles. Unexpectedly, the broken leg turned out to be resting on top of a nearby broken cabinet, which gave her a sense of finding something that was once lost. Finding someone skilled to restore it later, it should be hard to tell it was ever damaged.