Salespeople in this era were quite different from those in later times; they wielded considerable power...
Just like now, even though there are fresh ones available, they insist on giving you the bad ones. What can you do about it?
If you dare say anything, they'll just call for the next person.
Old Mrs. Tian hurriedly grabbed the yellowed radish, repeatedly saying, "Yes, yes, yes..."
As she stepped out of the crowd, her neighbor couldn't help but mutter, "Sister-in-law, did your family offend someone?"
Old Mrs. Tian also felt that when she looked at the fruits of her family's labor—their family had only managed to snatch a wilted radish on the monthly groceries day—and then she looked at the pile of stuff her neighbors had managed to grab…
The fresh, juicy radishes look so tempting compared to my own!
Old Mrs. Tian: ...
What deity has she offended?
These days, you can't just buy things anywhere; if you can't find it here, you have to go somewhere else.
If you can't buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative, then you'll have to go hungry. Of course, you can also buy it on the black market, but back then you'd be risking your life.
No one dares to go unless they really can't hold on any longer.
Old Mrs. Tian returned home with a dark expression, accompanied by her daughter-in-law who had also come away empty-handed.
Grandpa Tian was leisurely strolling around the house, thinking that when his wife came back, he could have a change of pace.
But look what he saw: nothing but a wilted radish.
For the entire month, have we relied on just this one wilted radish?
Old Mrs. Tian said she suspected she might have offended someone. Old Mr. Tian thought about it carefully and realized it shouldn't be like that; their Tian family had always been honest and upright.
Old Mrs. Tian instructed her daughter-in-law to pickle this radish; they were counting on it for the month.
Just as the Tian family was pondering this, the aunt from next door came to visit. Old Mrs. Tian thought about all the things that the aunt had bought and her envious face twitched.
The aunt next door said, "Sister-in-law, I've inquired about it for you..."
Old Mrs. Tian hurriedly invited them to sit down, and said hastily, "Sister, please tell me quickly, look at all these people in the family, how are we going to survive on just one radish..."
The aunt next door coughed twice, and Grandpa Tian gave her a wink. Tian's eldest daughter-in-law hurriedly brought out three eggs from the house.
Old Mrs. Tian secretly resented her for kicking someone when they were down, but she was counting on her for news, so she stuffed the egg into her hand and said, "Sister, don't be disgusted."
The aunt next door cleared her throat and said, "Didn't your grandson get into a fight the other day? Do you know he hit the sales clerk's nephew? Do you think he'd give you a good look? Besides, the clerk gave you a radish, didn't she..."
If they hadn't been given radishes, the Tian family would have had something to say, but now that they'd taken them, it was like a hot potato. They were working hard, and if you had a problem with it, that would be you being picky. Where had your hardworking and frugal spirit gone?
Are you thinking of acting like a capitalist?
Old Mrs. Tian panicked. Wasn't her grandson hitting Fu Weidong? How did the sales clerk's nephew get involved?
The aunt next door happily took the three eggs home to give her grandson a treat.
That evening, the Tian family drank thin porridge, and there was only a small dish of pickled vegetables on the table, which only adult men could eat.
My mouth had been bland for a month, and now...
Tian Guoqing and his son knew that there was no food available today and were hoping for a change of pace. Now that even radish strips were unavailable, they immediately started making a fuss.
Grandpa Tian slapped his grandson across the face with his palm-leaf fan: "Isn't this all your fault? If you don't want to eat, get out..."
In an instant, no one in the Tian family dared to speak.
Tian Guoqing felt extremely wronged. In a three-on-one situation, he managed to land a few blows on Fu Weidong, and he was clearly the one who was getting beaten up.
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