Early in the morning on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Jiang Wanyue got up with a few children.
There were too many supplies for her to carry by herself, so she borrowed a cart from the fishery, put a large backpack and two snakeskin bags on it, and let her three children sit on the cart. She pushed the cart towards the commune.
"Mom, I'll push with you."
Song Huaizhi jumped off the cart, and Song Yunying also jumped down when he saw it.
Jiang Wanyue laughed and said, "Pushing the cart is easy, just sit still."
The two sensible children refused to get in the car and followed her.
They soon arrived at the station. The ticket seller knew her. She took the bus frequently and was very nice and enthusiastic. The ticket seller helped her put her things in the luggage cabinet under the bus.
Jiang Wanyue then left the cart at the commune and took a bus to the county town.
After riding in the car for a long time, she gradually stopped getting carsick. Jiang Wanyue leaned back in the seat holding Huazi and looked at the scenery outside.
Soon, we arrived at the county town.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it’s the last day of the market, and the county town is full of people.
Jiang Wanyue waved her hand to stop a three-wheeled vehicle, and went directly to Aunt Wang's house with the children and the goods.
This is a residential area. Every household is preparing for the New Year. The alley is filled with the smell of fried food, which makes people dizzy.
Aunt Wang was busy at the door. When she saw the three-wheeled motorcycle parked at the door, she immediately smiled and said, "It's Sister Jiang. It's cold outside. Come in and sit down."
As he spoke, he called his daughter-in-law out to pour some brown sugar water, and he grabbed a handful of freshly made sesame candies and stuffed them into the hands of the three children.
Jiang Wanyue took out a big grass carp from the backpack and said, "It's almost the New Year, and I don't have anything good at home, so I brought a fish for you."
"This fish must be at least five or six pounds. It's too expensive. I can't take it for free." Aunt Wang said quickly, "Just calculate it according to the normal price. None of us can take advantage of others for free."
"Last time, Auntie helped promote the crispy fish slices, which helped our fishery a lot. Please accept this grass carp. Otherwise, I won't dare to ask you for help again in the future." Jiang Wanyue said with a smile, "If Auntie really has money to spend, then buy something else. Look, I brought a lot of things this time."
A big backpack and two large snakeskin bags, there are indeed a lot of supplies.
Aunt Wang couldn't handle it all by herself, so she called all her sisters over.
During the Chinese New Year, almost everyone has some money in their hands, and everyone wants to eat something good during the New Year, so they are not stingy at all when it comes to spending money.
Grass carp and pork, these were sold out as soon as they were taken out.
The adults all wanted to buy fruit snacks for the children, and even if several families bought a little each, they would buy them all.
As for rice, brown sugar, and coarse grains... no one will complain about having too much of these things.
The supplies Jiang Wanyue brought were sold out in less than half an hour, and she made more than 60 yuan.
After thanking and saying goodbye to Aunt Wang, she picked up her empty backpack and walked to the department store with her three children.
Department stores are crowded at ordinary times, let alone during the Chinese New Year. It can be said that people are squeezed together and stepped on each other, and it takes a lot of effort to squeeze in.
Jiang Wanyue held the child in one hand and held Song Yunying with the other, and let Song Huaizhi hold her clothes to prevent the mother and child from getting separated.
She went to the food area first, wanting to see with her own eyes how the products developed by the fishery were selling.
As soon as I walked over there, I heard a customer yelling, "I was here first. I want 20 packs of fish tofu. Don't fight with me."
This customer first bought the crispy fish fillets once and got addicted to them. When he came back to buy them the second time, they were out of stock.
After waiting for so many days, the crispy fish fillets were still not available, but the same manufacturer produced another product called fish tofu. The name didn't sound very good, but since it came from the same fishery, it should taste good. He didn't dare to buy just one pack to try it, for he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to buy it next time, so he ordered twenty packs at once, which cost him four dollars.
In this day and age, if you can spend four dollars at a time to buy snacks, your family is considered to be quite wealthy.
With this generous customer taking the lead, the others also became curious about what fish tofu is.
"I'll try one pack too."
"Tofu products are 20 cents a bag. It's really a rip-off."
"Can't you see it's fish tofu? It's tofu made with fish. It's from the same manufacturer as the crispy fish slices. I just tried it. It's super delicious."
"I want ten bags too."
“…”
The scene was very lively.
Jiang Wanyue stood there for a while and estimated that the salesperson had sold more than a hundred bags of fish tofu, which was definitely not enough.
But luckily this is the last day before the New Year. If it’s not enough, then it’s not enough. We’ll talk about it after the New Year.
She bought some snacks that she didn't have at home in the food section, such as White Rabbit milk candy, walnut crisps, mung bean cakes, red bean cakes...
Then they went to the clothing area. Of course they had to buy new clothes for the New Year. The children each bought a sweater, a cotton jacket, and a pair of cotton shoes. She bought herself a Zhongshan suit and a cotton coat. These alone cost her more than 40 yuan.
Although she is not short of money now, it is not a big deal to spend like this.
So she went and bought a few balls of wool of different colors, and then made the cornucopia produce a lot of wool, and then asked someone to knit a sweater for her.
After buying clothes, I went to buy New Year gifts for the children.
Huazi was not even two years old, so I bought him a toy gun. The little guy loved it so much that he kept holding it in his arms.
Song Yunying shyly took a fancy to a stuffed bear.
Song Huaizhi is different. He wants to buy a pencil case.
After satisfying the children, Jiang Wanyue was ready to reward herself.
After traveling to this era, I have been busy and hard every day. Now that I have a little money, it’s not too much to reward myself.
Her requirements were not high. She just wanted to buy a watch because she didn't know the time and was always late for something.
When you get to the industrial area, there are much fewer people.
Under the glass counter, there were many watches of various brands, and Jiang Wanyue couldn't recognize any of them.
She pointed at one at random.
The salesperson said, "This is the most expensive watch in our department store. It's imported from abroad and costs eight hundred dollars."
Jiang Wanyue: “…”
During this period of time, she had saved about 180 yuan, and after spending a lot of money just now, she had less than 50 yuan left.
She couldn't help but ask, "How much is the cheapest one?"
The salesperson showed a trace of disdain on his face: "If you don't have money, don't come to buy watches. Why are you trying to be so pretentious?"
Jiang Wanyue frowned and was about to speak.
The salesperson in front of him suddenly changed his expression and greeted with a smile: "Hello, Section Chief Zhou."
"Ms. Jiang." Section Chief Zhou walked up to Jiang Wanyue in one breath. "Just now, when I went to the food area, I saw a figure that looked very much like you. I thought I was seeing things, but it turned out to be you. By the way, the fish tofu from your fishery is selling very well. Today, everyone is buying New Year's goods, and they buy ten or twenty bags at a time. The ten thousand bags you sent will probably be sold out by evening. Our department store will be closed tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and will open for business on the second day of the New Year. Do you think you can send another batch of goods?"
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