Jiang Lai Di still remembers that before she was reborn, she was shopping for discounted frozen goods in a supermarket. There seemed to be a commotion in front of her, and she lost consciousness after hearing shouting and the sound of bullets.
Because gun ownership is legal in the United States, there are often cases of crazy people carrying guns shooting in schools or public places, as well as various terrorist attacks. He didn't know which situation he was encountering.
Now, I found myself in that supermarket again.
The supermarket was huge, with the merchandise arranged in an orderly manner, not looking like a riot had just taken place. The air conditioning in the freezer was still in use as usual, but the supermarket was empty, with no one in sight except him. Jiang Lai Di subconsciously reached out to touch the things in the freezer, but her fingers went straight through the freezer and could not touch anything inside.
He raised his hand. Now he seemed like a disembodied soul. His body was translucent. Through his palm, he could vaguely see the scene behind it.
What is going on.
Jiang Lai Di floated in the air and drifted out along the supermarket shelves.
The supermarket she is in now is on the basement floor of the building. This supermarket is the largest supermarket in their area, occupying two floors of the building. The basement floor sells all kinds of snacks, grains, oils and fresh produce, and half of the second basement floor is used to sell all kinds of cleaning products, and the other half is the supermarket's warehouse for storing goods. Because the supermarket has a large flow of people, the supermarket has sufficient inventory. The day he went to the supermarket was the day for replenishing the warehouse, so the fresh produce in the freezer was promoted to make room for the newly arrived goods.
At this moment, he was walking through the imported food area. The goods there were extremely expensive. He didn't even dare to look at those things in the past, and now it was even worse. He couldn't even touch them.
Jiang Lai Di felt a little regretful. There were so many good things in front of him, but unfortunately he couldn't touch them. If only he could take the things here back to the real world, then his sisters wouldn't have to go hungry.
Just as he was thinking this, in an instant, he appeared in the dilapidated old house again, sleeping next to Gu Dongmei, covered with a thin quilt, and the sound of several people snoring loudly in his ears.
He touched his side and turned his head suddenly. The candy box next to him was exactly what he had been staring at.
A flash of ecstasy flashed through Jiang Lai Di's heart. Could it be that, as described in some fantasy novels, he had a space and everything there followed him to the 1960s?
He knew how terrible the supplies in that supermarket were. With that supermarket, he could live a happy life with his sisters.
He barely suppressed his inner excitement, closed his eyes, and concentrated his mind - I want to go in, I want to go in. He carefully imagined the appearance of the supermarket. The next second, he came to that space again and turned into a virtual body again. The candy box that he had been holding in his hand in reality fell to the ground with a snap.
Just as he thought, he could not only take things out of the space, but also bring things from outside in.
He ignored the candy box that fell on the ground, and instead controlled his virtual body to try to float upwards.
The supermarket was located on the basement floor of the shopping mall, and he wanted to see whether he had brought only the supermarket with him, or whether the entire shopping mall had come with him to the 1960s.
Unfortunately, the stairs from the basement to the upper floors seemed to be covered by a layer of fog. He tried to get through the fog, but in vain. He could only sigh regretfully at the stairs.
However, having this supermarket was already a pleasant surprise, and he didn't feel particularly regretful even if the upper floors of the shopping mall were gone.
He then walked around the entire supermarket.
Rice, flour, grain and oil are what he cares most about. Americans don't eat much rice, but there is a great demand for flour. Since there are many Chinese living in this area, there is still a supply of rice in the supermarket. He made a rough estimate that each bag of rice weighs 20 kilograms, and there are more than 100 bags on the shelves alone. There are even more wheat flour and other coarse grain flours, about 200 to 300 bags in total, not including the inventory in the warehouse.
He calculated that the food was more than enough for his family to get through that period comfortably.
In 1960, oil coupons were supplied on a monthly basis, with each person only receiving one or two oil coupons per month. Basically, every household was short of oil and were reluctant to use oil when cooking. For this reason, the fatty meat from the supply and marketing cooperatives could not be bought without some connections, and everyone was waiting to satisfy their cravings for the fat.
He probably would not be able to use up all the oil in the supermarket in his lifetime. The only problem was that the quality of the oil was too good. In that era, the oil used by every household was basically squeezed from rapeseed. The color was dark, with some residue and a strange smell. If he took the oil in the space out, it would easily arouse the suspicion of his family.
Jiang Lai Di felt a little worried when looking at the pile of abundant supplies in front of her. How could she reasonably take out these foods without arousing other people's suspicion?
He shook his head and walked to the other side, planning to take inventory of the items in the supermarket before thinking about the question.
The most important food and oil supply was solved, and he also wanted to take a look at the fabric area.
China's coupon era only ended completely in 1993. Of course, after the reform and opening up, most of the coupons had lost their meaning. But before the reform and opening up, coupons were related to everyone's life. Without coupons, many necessities of life could not be bought with any money, unless it was on the black market.
The black market is a mixed bag, and once you are caught doing private transactions for money, it is a felony.
Among the tickets, in addition to the most important food tickets, there is another ticket, which is also known as the three major tickets, that is, cloth tickets, also known as cotton cloth purchase certificates. Normally, urban residents can obtain cloth tickets between 13 feet and 15 feet every year with their household registration book. These cloth tickets are definitely not enough for an adult to make a decent set of clothes. Usually, the cloth coupons of a family are combined to make one or two pieces. The rest can only be worn as last year's old clothes.
Three years new, three years old, and three years of mending. This was the overall style of that era. Some families who were a little tight on finances would save their cloth coupons and secretly exchange them with those who had surplus food. Their own clothes would be made from urea bags, which were bags for rice. They were strong and cheap. Many families with little labor would do this.
At that time, walking in the county town, almost everyone's clothes were patched. Only a few people had enough cloth to make a fashionable Lenin suit like his aunt. It was like a foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes appeared in a small town in China in the 19th century. Everyone would stare at him and see him. This is why Fan Xiaojuan was so jealous when she saw the dress.
The Jiang family has clear social classes, and the cloth coupons they receive every year are used to make clothes for the men in the family. Old Mrs. Miao is better off, as she can make a new set of clothes every two or three years. The clothes of Gu Dongmei and her five sisters are mostly altered from old clothes, and some are basically covered with patches and their original appearance can no longer be seen.
The second wife's love for the country and the party meant she could make a new set of clothes every year, all of which were saved from the fabrics of her sisters. Before leaving the Jiang family, she had never worn a new piece of clothing, which had been bothering her for a long time. Before Jiang Dani got married, the cloth coupons sent by the old widower were snatched away by Fan Xiaojuan after all kinds of coaxing and persuasion, and she was just given a piece of tattered clothes that she wore when she got married. Poor eldest sister, she never wore a decent piece of clothing until her death.
Many American housewives like to buy cloth to sew their own clothes, and many people like to buy their favorite patterns to make curtains, so supermarkets have set up a special cloth sales area, which has all the cloth you can think of. Jiang Lai Di knows that some people like to buy white cloth to dye themselves. White cloth is the original color cloth woven from cotton yarn. In the 1960s, people's clothes did not have many colors, basically blue, gray, and black. Supermarkets have dyes of various colors, which can be used to dye different colors.
In the fabric sales area, bundles of cloth were stacked on the shelves, forming small hills.
Jiang Lai Di passed by the colorful fabrics printed with various patterns and sequins. In addition to the white cloth he was looking for, he also found a pile of gray indigo cotton cloth in a corner. These fabrics saved him the trouble of dyeing and could be used directly.
There are also various snacks, drinks and seasonings on this floor. There are ten extra-large freezers in the frozen area, which are filled with frozen fish, meat and some quick-frozen foods.
He was a little unsure for a moment. Was the time in this space stopped or was the supermarket's backup power box keeping the freezer running? If it was the latter, it meant that the food would expire and rot, which was another problem for him.
Of course, this still needs time to verify.
Jiang Laidie was woken up before he could even go to the detergent area and warehouse downstairs. It was his mother who woke up in the middle of the night to feed him milk.
He couldn't run away because he had space in his hands, and he was hungry. Babies get hungry quickly. He drank breast milk without any psychological pressure, but he was thinking about a sweet worry in his heart.
The question I just thought about came to my mind again. There are so many things in the space, how should I take them out?
In the 1960s and 1970s, material things were wealth. How to use these things safely and reasonably would lay the foundation for future life. In this life, he already had advantages that others did not have, and he must not live like that again.
After drinking the milk, he no longer had the energy to explore the space, and fell asleep in a daze with this worry.
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