Or maybe she was thinking too narrowly.
Hu Lin nodded to show his understanding, and then asked: "How long will it take to walk back?"
"We walked quickly and non-stop, and arrived in two hours."
Hu Lin: "..."
She was speechless about this. After that, she could fly across half of the map in two hours.
"We will be back on time." Hu Lin said and left with Li Aihua.
*
Although this place is called a county town, in her opinion it is just a group of villages that are several times larger than Xiaohe Village.
Some of the roads are still dirt, and only the main road is paved with gravel.
Most of the houses are still made of adobe, but occasionally you can see a few brick and tile buildings, and there are also one or two ancient buildings.
The trees are scattered and the overall look is very fragmented.
Perhaps it was because the place where she lived was really remote, on the edge of a province, so the county town under the city level was still so primitive.
But the two iconic things, the supply and marketing cooperatives and state-owned restaurants, are still there.
Hu Lin was curious all the way there, and when she finally arrived at the place and saw what it looked like, she couldn't help feeling disappointed.
But thinking about her future plans, she still patiently studied the market.
Because they only had three hours, Hu Lin and Li Aihua did not dare to stop for a moment and visited every corner of the county.
After going through the whole process, she estimated that it took about an hour and a half.
There is no black market or bartering now. It seems that everyone is still very honest. I guess this kind of trend will only emerge in a few years.
Li Aihua found everything new and interesting along the way, and she didn’t feel tired carrying the small backpack.
This was the first time she came to the county town again after so many years.
After she got married, her husband brought her here several times.
I took her to the county town several times to buy clothes. Later, when the supply and marketing cooperatives and state-owned restaurants were just established, my husband also joined in the fun and took her there to buy things and have meals.
But after my husband had a falling out with my parents' family, this kind of thing never happened again.
The last time she came, there were no brick and tile houses and the roads were not paved with gravel. In her opinion, the county town had changed a lot.
After shopping, they finally went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things.
When they arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, they were surprised to see that it was crowded with people.
Hu Lin did not expect that the supply and marketing cooperative's business would be so good. It could be so popular even now when the per capita income is low and the living standards and quality are poor.
It's just that the salesperson seems to have a bad attitude.
He had a sullen face and didn't do any sales. He just worked as a cashier behind the tall counter.
When there is no surveillance, they are really not afraid of petty theft.
Of course, it is also possible that people today are not brave enough to act wildly on state-owned territories.
When someone came to pay the bill, he was not enthusiastic, even a little impatient, and looked like he just wanted to get rid of the person quickly.
With this attitude, no boss would want such an employee in the future. He doesn't even smile.
But nowadays it is a real golden rice bowl, a position that everyone is scrambling to get.
Not only is it enviable, it's also respectable, and the salary and benefits are top-notch nowadays.
Hu Lin took a walk around the supply and marketing cooperative and found that the products here were quite complete, no wonder the business was so booming.
But there was no map she wanted. She wanted to know which province and where she was now, and also to make plans for a long trip in the future.
First, if you don’t have an acquaintance to lead the way and second, if you don’t have any communication equipment, you will have a map so that you won’t be blind wherever you go.
Unable to find the map, Hu Lin took Li Aihua to get a mirror, a clock and eggs to prepare to pay the bill.
Their bodies are in need of nourishment now, and they can't rely on nutritional supplements at the moment, so they can only buy eggs to make do.
Eggs cost three cents each, and they could buy a lot.
Hu Lin asked Li Aihua to take twenty eggs, the mirror was 15 cents, the clock was 12 cents, and there was 13 cents left. Hu Lin looked at the goods on the shelf, wondering what to buy.
Groceries include vanishing cream, clam oil, wall clocks, table clocks, screws... Snacks include nougat, canned fruit, Changbai cake, fried melon seeds, Cuban sugar... Vegetables include potatoes, beans, squash, eggplant... and a series of other things.
After looking for a long time, Hu Lin decided to buy some vegetables.
No matter how good Li Aihua's cooking skills are, after eating wild vegetables for several months in a row, she now feels a little disgusted when she smells the smell of wild vegetables.
"Let's buy some more vegetables." Hu Lin said as he took Li Aihua to the vegetable shelves.
Li Aihua carried a small backpack and squeezed into the crowd holding Hu Lin's hand.
Soon she saw a hairpin on a row of shelves. She was so interested that she even stopped for a moment.
She wanted to put her hair up.
She has never had her hair cut since she was born, and her hair is very long, reaching her knees.
I can only braid my hair every day to make it look shorter, but it is still past my hips.
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