However, back in the remote Beidahuang of those days, there was no Supply and Marketing Cooperative at all. To gather all their supplies for the New Year, everyone had to brave the wind and snow, hurrying to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative in the town, or even to the supply districts in cities much further away.
The hardships of that journey were beyond description. In the freezing cold, the roads were rugged and muddy, and the horse-drawn carts labored painfully through the snow.
The wheels often sank deep into snowy pits, forcing everyone to get out and push. Frigid snowflakes would pour down their collars, making them shiver with cold.
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