That day Huaihua came to her and said, "Tian Cai, are you going to the market tomorrow? Tomorrow is a big market held by several of our communes. It's over at Hongxing Commune. I was wondering if you would like to go tomorrow?"

Tian Cai had never been to a big market before, but he had participated in Qianjin Commune's own small market, which was located on the road next to the commune. It was all about bartering, and some villagers just took out their own homemade products to exchange for other things.

"Go ahead, however you want to go, I want to bring a few more people with me."

"With whom?"

"The doctors and nurses at the sanatorium haven't left since they came here. I think they'd be interested too."

When Huaihua thought of their identities, she was immediately happy. "I think it's okay. Go and ask. I guess the captain will let you ride on the tractor when the time comes. Maybe I can even get a ride on it!"

She had originally planned to walk there, but now she thought she could get a ride.

Seeing that she had no objection, Tian Cai went to the sanatorium after sending the person away and told Meng Fanmei and others about going to the market tomorrow. The three girls all expressed their desire to go, and even Yang Zhengping, a grown man, was tempted.

So they hit it off and decided to go together tomorrow, and agreed to meet at the brigade headquarters at seven in the morning.

Tian Cai went home and took out her money box. Now she was no longer as short of money as when she first arrived. She didn't have to think for a long time before spending a dollar. Her wallet was now bulging. Not to mention the deer penis wine that she had sold on the black market before, the hemostatic powder she made for the military district also brought in a lot of money.

Now that she has a job in a nursing home, she doesn't have to worry about the future anymore.

Tian Cai discovered that she still had various tickets accumulated over the past two months that she hadn't spent yet, and she could also use these things to exchange.

Tian Cai took twenty-eight yuan, and also took some grain coupons, meat coupons, cloth coupons and medicine pills and put them in his small bag. The rest was still locked in the kang cabinet.

The next day, Tian Cai woke up at 5:30 thanks to his powerful biological clock, and it was still gray outside.

After washing up, she drank a bowl of sweet potato grits porridge cooked yesterday, heated up a piece of pancake, cleaned the kitchen and closed the doors and windows. It was only half past six, so she put on her cotton jacket and carried a small shoulder bag and went to the village entrance.

Before arriving at the place, Tian Cai saw many people already standing in the brigade headquarters. She heard that some people knew they would not be able to get on the bus and set off early. She thought she was early, but she didn't expect them to be even earlier.

When the villagers saw Tian Cai coming, they greeted her one after another. Tian Cai responded with a smile. Just as she met up with Huaihua, Yang Zhengping and others came over.

Tian Cai couldn't help laughing when she saw what they were wearing. They were all wearing army green cotton-padded jackets, but she was the only one not wearing one. She was wearing the cotton-padded jacket that Huaihua had made for her before. It was made of this year's new cotton and was very warm. What's more, she also wore a rabbit fur waistcoat inside, which was no worse than a military coat.

Several people were dressed very warmly, so they were inevitably clumsy when moving. This was what Tian Cai had reminded them last night, asking them to wear as thickly as possible. As someone who has experienced it, she had to share her experience in riding a tractor in the middle of winter.

The brigade also had some things to take to the market to sell today, and Sun Aiguo was here to take them. Tian Cai went over and told Zhang Defa with a shameless face. Several people from their sanatorium also got a ride, and there were several other children in the car. When they arrived, they waited at the brigade's stall and waited for their families to arrive to take them away. It was said that this was the case every year.

No one in the village had any objections. They all knew that these doctors and nurses were from the city. It was impossible to ask them to walk to the market like they did. They would probably freeze to death before they even got there.

What's more, they still have a donkey cart. This year, Carpenter Chen made a cart, and the old cows in the village can also pull one, so it's more than enough.

The cars roared along the way, and the cold wind blew on their faces. Meng Fanmei and the others were almost blown to death. They couldn't help but feel grateful to Tian Cai in their hearts, and were also glad that they were used to obeying orders, otherwise they would have been frozen to death.

They soon arrived at the Red Star Commune. Tian Cai had never been here before, so everything was new to them. After noting the brigade's parking location, they went their separate ways.

The reason why we went separately was because it was unrealistic for a group of people to squeeze together.

Yu Xuewei had been waiting here for a long time. He walked up to Qiao Weiwei and stood beside her. The girl blushed with embarrassment under the teasing gazes of several people.

Huaihua came with her younger sister Xinghua, and they happened to be in a group. Tian Cai handed Meng Fanmei to Yang Zhengping, and went with Liao Yuanyuan to make sure that these girls had reliable people around them. Then he made an appointment with them to come back in two hours, and the group separated here.

Although they said they were separated, Tian Cai observed and found that everyone was actually heading in the same direction, they just visited different stalls.

She adjusted her bag and asked Liao Yuanyuan, "Is there anything you want?"

"I don't know what to change yet, but I've never seen Ganji before and wanted to come and take a look. If I see something I like, I'll change it later."

"Yeah, I think so too. Let's just stroll around for now."

After saying that, Tian Cai and Liao Yuanyuan linked their arms and walked towards the market.

There are all kinds of goods on the ground, there is really everything, most of them are homemade handicrafts that can be used in daily life.

The place with the most people was where couplets were being written. Tian Cai and Liao Yuanyuan also went over to take a look. There were two young men setting up the stall. The one in charge of writing couplets was wearing glasses. They heard people around them say that these two men were educated youth from the Red Star Commune. They came here to write couplets for everyone as the Chinese New Year was approaching, and asked them to prepare the red paper.

"For those who really don't have red paper, we have some here. Fellow villagers can just prepare something to exchange. We are not picky, as long as it's edible, it's fine. My two brothers haven't prepared anything for the New Year yet, so thank you all in advance!"

The male educated youth who was shouting was not tall, with a smile on his fair and clean face, and seemed to have a good temper.

Tian Cai stretched his head to look at the rewards given by everyone in the basket next to him. There were all kinds of things, some contained potatoes, some contained eggs, and some contained a handful of melon seeds.

The man didn't care what people brought and happily exchanged them. Many people couldn't read at all, and the male educated youth didn't fool them. He just picked out blessings with good meanings and wrote them on red paper.

“That’s amazing!”

Liao Yuanyuan admired her in a low voice. She looked quite normal on the surface, but was actually very introverted. Only after getting familiar with her could she slowly let go of herself and show her true emotions. That was why she particularly admired people like this who could get along well anywhere.

"Yeah, I think it's amazing too!" Tian Cai also admires people like this, who work hard and never give up in the face of adversity, making their lives better.

The two continued walking forward, and soon Tian Cai saw a stall selling shoes. They were all handmade cotton shoes that looked thick and warm.

"Auntie, how much are these shoes?" Tian Cai picked up a pair of dark gray cotton hoodies and asked the old woman selling cloth shoes.

The old lady had a kind smile on her face and was not surprised at all to see Tian Cai and Liao Yuanyuan. She had originally planned to sell these shoes to the educated youth, otherwise, how many girls in the village would not know how to make shoes.

"If you want one, it's 80 cents a pair, or 1.5 yuan for two pairs. If you buy two pairs, I'll give you a pair of insoles."