After such an incident, Jiang Si decided to stay in Guangzhou for a few more days.
Firstly, they wanted to see if the police could catch those people.
Secondly, the weather has been extremely changeable these past few days.
Yesterday the sky was clear and sunny, but when I woke up this morning, it was pouring rain and strong winds.
Jiang Si was already prone to seasickness, and if the ship encountered rough seas during its journey, she would be the one to suffer.
Since Huo Tingzhou is away on a mission, she'll just have to wait at the guesthouse when she gets to the military base anyway, so she might as well stay here for a couple of days before setting off.
I took this opportunity to tour Guangzhou in the 1960s and take a few more photos to send back to my third uncle and the others.
Jiang Si acted immediately, and over the next two days she visited all the major and minor attractions in Guangzhou.
The three rolls of film she brought weren't enough, so she bought some more.
During that time, she also went to the black market.
To be honest, Jiang Si really had no intention of going to the black market this time.
After all, she had plenty of food, drink and supplies in her space, and she didn't lack money or tickets, so there was really no need for her to take any more risks.
As I was walking that day, I saw many people carrying baskets coming out of an open-air market.
Jiang Si thought it was a state-run vegetable market because of its open and aboveboard appearance!
Little did I know that once I went inside, I would find out that this was actually the largest black market in Guangzhou!
She had heard her third uncle say before that the "struggle" in the south was not as serious as in the north, but she never expected it to be this lenient.
No wonder that three out of the four pilot cities in the first batch of reform and opening up were in Guangdong Province!
Since we're already here, we might as well take a look around.
Believe it or not, Jiang Si actually found something good!
She had been searching for sanitary napkins in Shanghai for a long time without success, and then she found them here!
The sanitary napkins are the straight type, made of pure cotton, with adhesive backing.
The young man selling things was very honest, but when he introduced the products, his face turned as red as a monkey's bottom.
"Sister, each pack costs 2.5 yuan. With labor and material costs, we can't sell it for less than 3.5 yuan a pack."
A pack costs 3.5 yuan, and each pack contains 10 tablets, so each tablet costs 35 cents.
This price is no problem for Jiang Si.
She acted decisively and bought all the stockpiled items the young man had, but the quantity was too small, only 30 packs!
The thought that China didn't have its own sanitary napkin production line until 1982 left Jiang Si feeling numb.
Seeing her generosity, the young man quickly pressed his advantage, "Sister, I also have some shampoo from Hong Kong, want some? It's five yuan a bottle! I have ten bottles!"
"Absolutely!"
A big bottle for just five yuan, it'll last a long time!
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Si asked the young man another question.
"Do you have any medicines from Hong Kong? I'd like to buy some."
It's not that she doesn't trust domestically produced medicines, but rather that many medicines on the market these days, while truly effective, also have significant side effects!
Take, for example, the most popular antipyretic – Analgin.
For example, gentamicin, oxytetracycline, streptomycin, compound glycyrrhiza tablets, vitamin C and honeysuckle tablets, ribavirin...
If Jiang Si didn't know these things, that would be one thing, but now that she does, she definitely needs to take responsibility for her own health.
"Sis, I don't have any, but wait a moment, I'll go find some for you. I'll take care of it."
Those in their line of work have nothing else to offer but a lot of connections.
Half an hour later, the young man found more than ten kinds of medicines from the port city for Jiang Si and even made her a medicine box.
Jiang Si didn't put these things into her spatial storage; she just stuffed them into her suitcase.
She didn't plan to tell Huo Tingzhou about the space, but for such a trivial matter that didn't involve principles, there seemed to be no need to hide it.
If asked, she would tell him clearly that these were all bought in Guangzhou.
Anyway, he knew she was rich and couldn't endure any hardship!
Perhaps it was the relaxed environment in Guangzhou that allowed Jiang Si to temporarily lower her guard.
With nothing else to do the next day, she went to visit a fishing village near Guangzhou.
October is the season when seafood is at its fattest and most delicious.
Before dawn, the docks near the fishing village were already crowded with people buying fish, shrimp, and crabs.
Unlike the reserved black market traders, the vendors here practically shout out their wares.
After all, what's not allowed in this era is 'individual speculation and profiteering,' but it doesn't say that collective revenue generation is forbidden!
Fishermen rely on the mountains and the water for their livelihood. If you block all the roads, how will they survive?
Moreover, in this kind of weather, if the seafood caught that day cannot be sold in time, it will rot in your hands the next day.
Rather than dumping it into a septic tank to compost later, it's better to sell it cheaper.
So every morning, there's a small fish market at the pier near the fishing village, where all the seafood is not only cheap but also free.
Of course, those who came to set up stalls were all fishermen from the nearby communes.
Jiang Si originally just wanted to come and take a look, since there is no shortage of seafood on Qiongzhou Island.
But when she asked about the price, she was immediately tempted.
Family members, does anyone understand?
Wild yellow croakers that cost thousands or tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram in later generations are only 50 cents per kilogram here!
Wild yellow flowers, 35 cents a pound!
Giant grouper and various wild grouper, all for only 4 cents a pound!
Plump, large swimming crabs with roe, only 25 cents a pound!
Abalone with a single head bigger than a fist costs 2 cents per pound. If you only want the meat and not the shell, the price will be even cheaper.
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