Early the next morning, Jiang Ning, Chen Yan and Jiang Weimin set out for the market.
Because Jiang Weimin often goes to the mountains to cut some bamboo when he is not busy, and then cuts it into strips to weave winnowing baskets, bamboo baskets and the like to sell at the market, he is quite familiar with this market.
The three of them came to the market, chose a location and started setting up their stall. Since they arrived early, there were still many people setting up stalls in the market, and relatively few people shopping.
So Jiang Ning took advantage of the fact that the market crowds hadn't arrived yet and went for a stroll. He wanted to see the scenery of the seventies. He had often heard his grandmother talk about it when he was a child, but he had never seen it. Today, he had the opportunity, so he definitely wanted to open his eyes.
There were all kinds of things for sale in the market, including vegetable seeds, fruits, brooms, vermicelli, fish, meat, melon seeds and peanuts, as well as jugglers and performers. The whole market was very lively.
This was completely different from what she had imagined before, but everything was just right. Jiang Ning bought three strings of candied haws from the stall and went back to find Chen Yan and her second brother.
When she approached her own stall, she could hardly squeeze in. Her brother and Chen Yan were busy having fun, so Jiang Ning quickly put the candied haws aside and started to help.
"Sister, give me a pound of meat so I can try something new."
"Brother, can you give me two and a half kilograms of meat? How much is it?"
"Um, that's two dollars and fifty cents."
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Their wild boar meat is very reasonably priced, one yuan per pound, which is the price they negotiated after an inspection in advance. Of course, if you don't have money, you can use meat coupons or grain coupons to exchange, which is fine.
Since meat was in short supply in those days, Jiang Ning and his team sold out all the meat in a short time, earning a total of 87 yuan in cash, five grain coupons and eight meat coupons.
After packing up the stall, Jiang Ning handed them the candied haws he had bought earlier.
The three of them were walking and eating candied haws, feeling so comfortable.
Since grandpa arranged last night that he would get ten yuan from the wild boar meat, Jiang Ning planned to go to the shopping mall of that era, which was also known as the supply and marketing cooperative, to buy some things for the Jiang family. I heard that there was everything there, such as clothes, snacks, cloth, daily necessities, hardware, etc., which were all exclusively sold by the supply and marketing cooperative.
But he refused to accept the ten dollars given to Chen Yan. He said that his life was saved by the Jiang family and they provided him with food and drink, so he would not accept the ten dollars. Jiang Ning had no choice but to keep the ten dollars.
The three of them walked to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, only to see her walk into the cooperative without looking back.
"Finally, I can be generous." Jiang Ning thought to himself.
"The Jiang family has been so kind to me, I have to repay them. We don't need to buy meat right now, so what should I buy for them?"
"Why don't you buy some clothes? Don't you sew their torn clothes every night?" The system looked at Jiang Ning who was thinking hard, and gave her a prompt.
"Yes, it is true that what the family lacks most right now is clothes. The whole family's clothes are patched up and new patches are added on top of old ones. It would be better to buy more suitable clothes."
And the eldest brother seemed to have no clothes to wear, he was only wearing the clothes of his eldest and second brothers.
But because the eldest brother is taller, she estimated that he should be over 1.85 meters tall, so for him, the clothes of the eldest and second brothers are a little small. Anyway, their pants are all made to look like cropped pants by the eldest brother, but it is not abrupt. After all, his appearance is there. Most people are busy looking at his face, so they don't have time to pay attention to his clothes.
Jiang Ning immediately took Jiang Weimin and Chen Yan to a clothes shop and started shopping. The second brother refused to buy anything, mainly because the clothes were too expensive. He said that the clothes he was wearing were fine and there was no need to spend the money. Chen Yan also said that he didn't need them.
Jiang Ning had no choice but to choose by herself. After choosing clothes for the whole family, she spent less than seven yuan. Although her ten yuan was almost used, she was very happy that her family could wear new clothes.
Then, following Father Jiang's instructions, he bought ten kilograms of flour and twenty kilograms of rice, spending a total of three food coupons.
The prices here are indeed low. Jiang Ning bought clothes for the whole family without even having to pay for a bowl of noodles in the real world. It’s quite a good deal when you think about it.
If you lose your money, just earn it again.
But on the way home, I heard my second brother chattering all the time.
Jiang Ning knew that his second brother cared about him and his money, so he felt that buying clothes was unnecessary. He wanted to save money so that he would feel more confident.
After all, an adult laborer who works non-stop all year round only earns 60 yuan. Sometimes, when it rains and he doesn't earn work points, he goes to the mountain to cut some bamboo and weave some baskets to exchange for money. After a year of hard work, he only earns more than 70 yuan. In the end, he spent almost 10 yuan on a lavish spree.
She comforted him, "It's okay, second brother. If it weren't for you, I would have starved to death since I was a child. Now that I can earn a little money, I want to improve our family's life."
After hearing what Jiang Ning said, Jiang Weimin knew that his sister was a very loyal person, otherwise she would not have been bullied by her aunt and sister Qiufang for so many years without saying anything.
He had just learned about Jiang Ning being bullied. If his grandfather hadn't privately advised him not to mention this matter again to avoid upsetting Jiang Ning, and to stop associating with them in the future, this matter would definitely not have ended. Fortunately, Jiang Ning had become strong herself, so he didn't have to worry about her being bullied anymore.
He had no choice but to say, "Ning girl, I know you mean well, but you are a girl, and it would be more convenient to have some money in your hands."
"Okay, okay, I get it, but now I've bought everything, so I might as well be happy and wear new clothes. Next time there's a wild boar picking up something, I'll keep the money for myself."
When Jiang Weimin heard her say this, he couldn't help laughing: "Silly girl, where can I find so many wild boars for you to pick up!"
Chen Yan, who was standing by, couldn't help laughing when he heard the conversation between the two siblings.
The three of them returned home happily. Jiang Ning gave the money from selling wild boar meat and the grain and meat coupons to his grandfather, and gave the money given to the boss to Old Man Jiang. He repeated what the boss said to him to Old Man Jiang, and he had no choice but to accept it.
Jiang Ning then took out the clothes he had bought for his family and distributed them to everyone, and also bought some snacks for the two little kids.
As expected, her uncle, aunt, eldest brother and sister-in-law all said that she was spending money recklessly and should save the money for emergencies.
Before Jiang Ning could speak, Father Jiang said, "This is a token of your appreciation from Miss Ning. Just accept it, and that's all. But Miss Ning, you're not allowed to buy any more in the future. We all know how much you mean to us."
Grandma beside him also said: "Ning girl, it's enough that you have this intention. Everyone knows it. Don't spend so much money in the future."
There was no other way. Since the authority in the family had spoken, the whole family happily accepted it.
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