Chapter 8: Go to the market

Soon it was the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month. On that day, there was a fair in the town. Early in the morning, Wang Yulan approached Li Wei and said that he would go to the fair with her.
Liu Chunzhi was washing clothes at home, Li Wei didn't know whether to leave. This woman has a weird temperament, and she dare not provoke it.
These days, Li Wei was detained at home and was not allowed to go anywhere. Since Liu Chunzhi had promised Li Wei to continue studying, her daughter should think that she would not go to life again. She nodded and said, "If you want to go, go with Magnolia. It just so happens that the soy sauce at home is gone. Go and buy a pound."
Li Wei naturally wanted to go out and get some air. Although there was nothing on his face with the permission of his mother, he was happy in his heart. Liu Chunzhi gave Li Wei fifty cents, and Li Wei followed Wang Yulan.
It takes half an hour to walk from the village to the town, which is not far. The last time she went to town, she fainted. Li Jianping took her to the hospital for treatment. After returning, she was detained at home nowhere. Today, she was finally allowed to go out, just like a bird out of a cage.
When I walked quickly to the entrance of the village, I saw three or five women chatting on a rock under an old tree. Some were receiving insoles in their hands, and some were knitting sweaters, but they were not idle during the chat.
"Weiwei, go to the street?" A woman holding a woolen yarn greeted Li Wei.
Li Wei agreed: "Yes."
"Come here and sit for a while, everyone." The woman invited Li Wei to sit there, but Wang Yulan secretly pulled Li Wei's sleeves and whispered to her: "Don't pay attention to these women with long tongues, and leave us. of."
Li Wei knows how to talk to the women who are chatting: "I still want to help my mother buy things, let's talk about it later."
Wang Yulan took Li Wei all the way and escaped.
But the woman’s chat here did not end. A buck-toothed woman said: "This girl from the second family of Li is very good, and she can read it on the bed of a male classmate. Do you think there is something in the belly of the Li family? Is it?"
The woman who called Li Wei just now hurriedly said, "They Li Wei is not fifteen years old yet, are they here?"
"Now the little girl came here earlier than when we were young, I said if it wasn't for her, then Liu Chunzhi could beat her so hard, she could still jump into the river?"
"Come on, this Li Wei is really restless. Older girls think of men. At that time, we didn't have books and only knew how to work, and we blushed when we talked to a man. Now these little kids are amazing..."
Now there were different voices again: "I heard that this is not the case, her aunt told me secretly..."
Some news about someone's house was passed on by these broken mouth women, but within half a day, the whole village would know, and the next village would know it in a day.
As the person involved, Li Wei and Wang Yulan have already gone to the street. There is not much farm work in the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year is about to come. Every household is busy buying new year goods. Even the markets in remote towns have become lively.
Tonghua Town is not big, and Chang Town is even smaller. There are only two streets, one going north-south and the other going east-west.
Li Wei stared blankly at the big iron box walking on the road. This thing is a car of this era. As long as you have money, you can make it, and you can run it by yourself without livestock.
It has been a few days since I came to this era, but I still feel novel and wonderful.
The car stopped, the door was opened, and many people came down one after another. Some carry baskets on their backs, and some carry baskets. There are chickens and ducks in the baskets. They are all people who come to the town to go to the market.
Li Wei stared at everything blankly, full of curiosity. Until Wang Yu came to pull her: "Have you met an acquaintance?"
Li smiled and shook his head, without saying anything, just followed Wang Yulan.
Although the town is small, it sells all kinds of things. There are everything from agricultural and sideline products to daily necessities.
Wang Yulan took Li Wei to the supply and marketing agency. The supply and marketing cooperative is a huge shop, surrounded by glass cabinets. At the center is a large platform, supported by wooden boards, on which various fabrics are placed neatly. To the inside are a dozen sewing machines. The tailor stepped on the sewing machine proficiently, making a rustling noise. The New Year is approaching, and many people come to buy fabrics to make new clothes. In addition to selling fabrics, there are many ready-made garments hanging on the east wall, in various colors, but in a single style. Except for ordinary cotton, she can't recognize other materials.
She hadn't seen many things in the glass cabinet, one selling daily chemicals and one selling shoes and socks. There are neatly folded large and small towels and beautiful handkerchiefs. There are also boxes of soap, toothpaste and toothbrush.
Wang Yulan pointed to a small paper box and said: "A piece of jasmine fragrance."
The salesperson took the carton out of the glass cabinet, and Wang Yulan paid for it. Li Wei picked it up first, put it on his nose and smelled it. I couldn't smell it really through the paper box, and didn't smell the scent of jasmine.
"What floral fragrance do you like?" Wang Yulan saw that Li Wei was holding the soap box well, a little funny.
"I like the fragrance of gardenia."
"The gardenias will not bloom until May or June. I remember that there were two gardenia trees in the flower bed of the elementary school. Do you still remember that we used to secretly picked them when school was over. The teacher found out and criticized us severely."
These trivial matters were very vague in the memory of the original owner, and she smiled faintly, and said nothing.
Wang Yulan bought the soap and toothpaste. Then he bought a big red wool for her mother.
After buying these things, Li Wei looked around. She only has fifty cents, and the things she can buy are really limited, so she dare not buy it randomly. The two also came out.
When passing a shop, Li Wei was surprised to find that there was a square box on the family's table. The box seemed to be covered with a layer of glass. The glass was shining brightly, and there was a shadow moving.
"What is this?" Li Wei was very curious about something that he had never seen before.
Wang Yulan chuckled: "You don't even recognize the TV? Don't Zhang Carpenter's house have one? When will we go to watch TV together again?"
"Oh, good." Li Wei agreed somewhat stupidly. She just wanted to understand, what's the matter with the figure inside?
Later, the two went to the shop selling grain and oil, and Li Wei bought soy sauce for only two cents. Wang Yulan bought salt, chili noodles, and pepper noodles for the family, and gave her father two catties of wine.
I bought something and went home. Li Wei still held the remaining two cents in his hand, and Liu Chunzhi, who was so astute, would pass by soon. She still has to find a way to save herself a sum of money. But it seems that there is no way to get money, unlike in Daqi, she had a monthly routine. In addition to silver, there are a lot of jewelry. At a critical juncture, jewelry can also be taken to the pawnshop to exchange money. But she doesn't spend much money, and often she doesn't take it seriously.