Chapter 16 Han City
The train roared all night and arrived at Hanshi Station just after dawn.
Ye Qian tidied her clothes, followed the crowd and walked out of the train station.
There was a state-owned hotel not far from the station. Ye Qian walked in, took out her letter of introduction, asked for a single room, paid one dollar for the room, and followed the front desk clerk upstairs.
After closing the door, Ye Qian lay down directly, letting out a sigh of relief, finally being able to rest.
Ye Qian didn't sleep all night last night. She went out alone and was surrounded by strangers. How could she dare to sleep? Now she finally has a decent place where she can have a good sleep.
After lying down, Ye Qian fell asleep in a short while. She slept until after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. After getting up, washing up, she entered the space.
Ye Qian came to Han City this time to familiarize herself with the environment here and also wanted to buy some things, which required money and tickets. She had 3,000 yuan in cash on her, but not many tickets, so she needed to go to the black market to exchange some money and tickets.
After entering the space, Ye Qian began to organize supplies. The living conditions here are good and everyone has money. Forget about coarse grains and prepare some fine grains and scarce supplies.
First soak the canned food in the space, including canned meat, canned fish, and canned fruit.
Then I started packing rice, millet, white flour, noodles, red beans, mung beans, and also some brown sugar, white sugar, rock sugar, and honey.
After hesitating for a while, he took out some milk powder and some fat pork (I don’t like fatty meat).
After preparing these, I cleaned the cans that had been soaked before. The logos on the outside of the cans were pasted with paper, which could be wiped off after soaking in water. However, there were a lot of them, and it was already past 6 o'clock in the evening when I finished all this.
Ye Qian went downstairs and checked out of the room. She was going to stay here for a few days, and it would be too troublesome to run back and forth to stay in the state-owned hotel near the station. She could just find another place to stay when the time came.
After leaving the state-owned hotel, Ye Qian found a deserted place and took out the bicycle she had placed in the space. She had only ridden this bicycle 2-3 times and it was still as good as new.
Ye Qian did not forget to tie a scarf around herself, put on a pair of gloves, and button up her military coat. Now that she was fully armed, she was not cold at all after riding her bicycle.
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In the 1960s, the architecture in Han City was much more prosperous than that in Xiao City where he lived.
The road surface was obviously newly paved and very flat, and I didn't feel any bumps when riding the bike.
There is a state-owned restaurant not far ahead. It is a three-story building. The first and second floors are the lobby with a lot of people, and the third floor is all private rooms.
The restaurant was bustling with people filling almost every seat as far as the eye could see, and there was a wide variety of dishes on offer.
Ye Qian approached the waiter, ordered a plate of candied pork elbow, stir-fried shredded radish, and a serving of rice as a staple, paid the bill and ticket, and found a place to sit down.
Before, Ye Qian was worried that the prices in Han City would be higher, but after ordering the dishes, she found that the prices were the same.
The food here is served very quickly because the place is big, so the waiters will bring the food to you as soon as you order it.
The fragrant pork elbow, the sauce-colored skin, and the thick soup are all mouth-watering.
Before I could even start eating, the waiter brought me shredded radish and rice.
Ye Qian, who had been hungry all day, didn't care about her image. She scooped a spoonful of the soup from the elbow and mixed it into the rice.
Just one bite makes your mouth water and you can’t stop.
Although Ye Qian could eat a lot, she couldn't compete with the portion sizes in today's state-owned restaurants. She took out the lunch box from her small bag, packed up the remaining dishes, and walked out of the state-owned restaurant.
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Ye Qian was from Han City in her previous life, so naturally she had heard her grandparents talk about their youth, including the location of the black market.
The black market was not far from where I used to live, so whenever I took a walk with my grandparents after dinner, we would talk about it when we passed by this place.
It was already very late when I rode my bike to the black market.
Ye Qian walked to a deserted place, put the bicycle into the space, and then went into the space to put on a wig, put on makeup, changed clothes, and took out her small backpack. Of course, she also put all the supplies in it.
The black market here is a little different from the ones I've seen before.
Everyone gathered together, took out their supplies, and sold them like stalls at a night market.
He walked over, found a corner and sat down, picked up a corner of the backpack, and took out the noodles and rice inside.
As soon as it was taken out, it attracted the attention of others.
There's no way. Although life is better here, there is still a shortage of goods.
This is fine grain, which is really hard to find nowadays.
Before the food was even put on display, someone asked, "How much are these noodles?"
"Two dollars and a half per catty, plus five taels of food coupons" is indeed more expensive than the price in Xiaoshi, but isn't there a smaller population in Xiaoshi? There are so many people here, if you don't buy, someone else will. If you don't raise the price now, when will you wait?
After the price was announced, some people did leave, but more people stayed to buy.
Ye Qian's backpack was small, and she couldn't take things out all the time. When her backpack was empty, she would run out, find a place where there was no one, put the things in the backpack, take a breath, and then take some things in to sell.
I ran back and forth 5-6 times, and after selling all the supplies I had prepared in the space, I quickly left the black market.
Not long after walking, Ye Qian found that someone was following her. Ye Qian guessed that this person was jealous of the money she made and wanted to rob her. After all, everyone could see that her business was doing well, and everyone was watching her collect the money, and she couldn't hide it.
I quickly hid in a space at a corner. The person would leave soon if he couldn't find me.
Ye Qian was not in a hurry. It was already late and she had no plans to go out again. It was hard to explain why a woman was looking for a hotel so late at night.
Ye Qian first removed her makeup in the space, changed her clothes, and then began to count the money. She earned more than 1,700 yuan and some tickets this time.
These are enough for shopping.
I just slept in my own space, and the tent was still the one I had set up before.
Ye Qian felt hungry as soon as she lay down. She had just run several times and had digested her dinner long ago. She thought about it and decided to eat if she was hungry. So she had another midnight snack.
A bowl of beef offal noodles, a whole chicken, a bag of French fries, and a cup of milk tea.
Ye Qian felt so good to fall asleep right after eating.
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Ye Qian remembered that she had randomly found a corner to hide in the space yesterday. She was afraid that she would be seen when she came out of the space, so she got up early.
I still had breakfast at the state-owned restaurant and ordered soy milk, fried dough sticks, and buns.
It was still early after breakfast, so Ye Qian did not forget to appreciate the scenery of Han City in the 1960s.
(End of this chapter)
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