The next day, Wen Nuan, who had slept uneasily, woke up before five o'clock. It was still dawn. Wen Nuan lay in bed for a while and then got up to cook and eat. She had agreed with Sister Xiangyu to leave at six o'clock, so she had to hurry.
Wen Nuan, who had a poor appetite, heated up a bun that she had placed in the space before, then packed up her things, locked the door and waited for Sister Xiangyu.
Sister-in-law Xiangyu also came out quite early. Because they both left quite early, when they arrived at the meeting point, there were only a few people on the car, and Sister-in-law Xiangyu took Wen Nuan to sit in the innermost part.
It takes about three hours to drive from the base to the town. The bus officially departs at 6:30, and the carriage is already full of people.
The carriage was open, so the air was fresh and there was no sun so early in the morning, so apart from the severe bumps, everything else was pretty good. Wen Nuan was worried that she would vomit or something, but in the end she arrived in town without much suffering.
"Go back at 3 pm. Everyone, remember the time and don't be late!" the army purchasing agent shouted loudly.
"Xiao Nuan, let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative first," suggested Sister Xiangyu.
"Okay, sister-in-law!" Wen Nuan replied with a smile.
The town is quite big, and most of the houses are made of red bricks and tiles. It is much more prosperous than the warm but rural town.
Moreover, people's clothes on the streets are not as monotonous as those in small places, and there are more bright colors.
As the two walked towards the supply and marketing cooperative, Sister Xiangyu introduced the situation in the town to Wen Nuan, mainly telling her where some major buildings were.
After walking for about ten minutes, we arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, which was a two-story building that looked like a small Western-style building from the Republic of China.
"This supply and marketing cooperative is much bigger than the one in our army. The first floor mainly sells daily necessities, ready-made clothes and fabrics. The second floor mainly sells the three major items, as well as some tobacco and alcohol. Oh, and I think there are also cosmetics. They are all very expensive!"
"Really? Then I'll go up and take a look and broaden my horizons," Wen Nuan was quite interested in the second floor. She thought about going up and taking a look, and if she found something suitable, she could buy something.
"Then Laogui, why are you going up there?" Sister Xiangyu thought it was unnecessary.
"Just take a look, it's good to broaden your horizons!"
As they talked, the two of them walked into the supply and marketing cooperative. Wow, it was so crowded!
Seeing this situation, the two of them discussed it and decided to buy their own things. After buying, they would gather at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. Sister Xiangyu pointed out which counter to go to for what to buy to Wen Nuan, and then they squeezed into the shopping army.
Wen Nuan looked at the situation in front of her, which was similar to the Spring Festival travel rush in her previous life. She took a long breath, stared at the malted milk counter and squeezed in.
"Serve the people, comrade, I want two barrels of malted milk!"
"Serve the people, 14 yuan plus two tickets!"
After quickly completing the transaction, Wen Nuan put the items into a cloth bag and moved directly to the snack and candy counter next to her.
I looked at the snacks and didn't want to eat anything in particular, but I thought I had squeezed in anyway, so I might as well buy some. I bought a pound of egg cakes, a pound of glutinous rice sticks, two pounds of calcium milk biscuits, a pound of White Rabbit milk candy, and a pound of fruit candy, and then I squeezed out with difficulty.
When she squeezed out, she found herself at the stairs to the second floor. She looked around and found that there was nothing she wanted to buy on the first floor, so she went straight to the second floor.
Compared to the first floor, the second floor is much quieter. Wen Nuan put the things into the backpack on the back and started to walk around.
What surprised Wen Nuan was that in addition to Moutai liquor, there was also milk powder in the wine cabinet on the second floor. Unfortunately, it required milk powder tickets. Wen Nuan thought she would find a way to get the milk powder tickets first.
After looking around the second floor, she found there was really nothing she needed, so Wen Nuan carried the basket and walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative.
When Wen Nuan came out, Sister Xiangyu had not come out yet, so Wen Nuan put down the backpack and leaned against the wall to rest.
"Why hasn't Feifei come back yet?"
As soon as they arrived in the town, Wen Nuan asked Fei Fei to go find the black market, and she hasn't returned yet.
After waiting for about half an hour, Sister Xiangyu and Feifei came back together.
"Ouch, I was almost squeezed to death!" Sister Xiangyu took out a handkerchief from her pocket to wipe the sweat off her face, and said in a tone as if she had escaped from death.
"It's not that exaggerated," Wen Nuan looked at Sister Xiangyu's clothes and hair which were all messed up, and helped to tidy them up.
"Sister Xiangyu, where are you going next? I want to go to the post office. I'm out today, so it's a good time to send a few letters."
"Hey, let's go our separate ways from now on. I have to go to my relative's house. I haven't been here for a long time. I'll go check it out!"
"Okay, Sister Xiangyu, let's meet at the state-owned restaurant at noon, around 12 o'clock."
"OK!"
Having agreed, the two of them went their separate ways.
Since arriving at the army, Wen Nuan sent letters to her parents and the Youth Hostel respectively in the second week. She hasn't received a reply from her parents yet, but the Youth Hostel has received one. Thinking of coming to the town today, Wen Nuan wrote another letter to the Youth Hostel and planned to send it.
"Fei Fei, have you found the black market?"
"Found it, Master. I not only found the black market, I also found the scrap yard. I ran around the whole town!"
"Feifei is awesome! Let's go mail the letter first, and then go to the black market!"
"Okay, Master, the black market is not far from the post office!"
Wen Nuan went to the post office to mail the letter and bought some stamps for later use. Then she followed Fei Fei's instructions, found a public toilet, changed into her previous outfit, and went to the black market.
The black market was in a dark alley two blocks away from the post office. There were guards at the door and you had to pay five cents to buy anything.
Wen Nuan came to the black market this time just to buy more eggs and fine grains. Although she couldn't eat eggs now, she would need to eat them later, so she had to prepare some in advance.
The scale of this black market was obviously larger than the previous black market of Ye Laosan, and there were more types of things, including chicken, duck, fish and meat. Wen Nuan didn't dare to buy too much at once for fear of being targeted, so she first bought 60 eggs, 30 kilograms of rice, 10 kilograms of millet, 30 kilograms of white flour, 5 kilograms of pork belly, and two pig's trotters before leaving the black market.
Under Feifei's guidance, he found a hidden place, put the things into the space, changed his clothes, and entered the black market again.
This time he bought a chicken, three fish, two cans of malted milk, 20 kilograms of rice, 10 kilograms of millet, and 20 kilograms of flour before leaving the black market.
No matter how careful she was, she was still targeted. When Wen Nuan left the black market, Feifei reminded her that there was a short man following her. With Feifei's guidance, Wen Nuan made many detours and finally got rid of the man.
Wen Nuan leaned against the wall, panting heavily, with cold sweat all over her back. She said fearfully, "Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will never go to the black market again. It's too scary!"
"Master, you forgot to use the good luck charm this time. If you had used the good luck charm, this wouldn't have happened!"
"You still say that, didn't you just remember it, it's hindsight!" Wen Nuan generously rolled her eyes at Fei Fei.
"hey-hey……"
After putting all the things bought at the black market into the space, Wen Nuan asked Fei Fei to take her to the scrap yard to see if she could find all the books there first. If she couldn't find them all, she would go to the bookstore again.
"Master, please use a good luck charm this time. It will help you find what you want, hehe..."
"Thank you, I know it without you telling me, why don't you buy it now!"
"Here I come!"
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