Chapter 5, Going to the Market
The village chief also got up early and walked around the village with Aunt Liu and her husband.
This time, the two of them took away two-thirds of the young people in the village.
As the village chief, of course he had to give them good instructions.
When you are away from home, you must not let the people from your village suffer injustice. Although he has not been in this village for a long time, after so many years, he has long regarded himself as a member of Xiaxixi Village.
Aunt Liu and her husband agreed readily.
Of course they would not let the villagers suffer any injustice. Besides, they still have to live in the village. They have children, brothers and sisters, and elderly people at home. If they really do something unscrupulous, can their family still stay in the village?
With the village chief taking the lead, every adult handed their children over to Aunt Liu.
He also asked Aunt Liu to take better care of his children.
The sky is getting brighter.
An Qianqian didn't know how long she stood here until all those people got on the carriage.
That’s right, it’s a horse-drawn carriage. The villagers travel by horse-drawn carriages, but when there is no emergency, most of them still walk.
Aunt Liu was generous and rented several cars at once to take the children out for a walk.
When the carriage started moving, the village chief stopped Aunt Liu and said, "You can make money, but you can't go against your conscience. I'll leave the children in your hands. If anything happens to any of them, you can't come back to this village."
The village chief grabbed Aunt Liu and her husband and spoke to them sternly.
Aunt Liu's husband patted his chest and assured the village chief: "Uncle Mao, don't worry, I will suffer the loss myself but not the children. Besides, we also received the head fee, so we will not let them suffer any loss." He earned the money in an honest way.
"That's good." The village chief took a deep breath and exhaled slowly: "Then let's go. Here, I wish you all make a lot of money, live in peace, and return home in glory."
An Qianqian stood in her own yard, looking at the figures going away below, and sang a song to pray for them.
"I wish you peace, I wish you peace..." (Sing it out)
After the migrant workers left, the village became much quieter.
An Qianqian was not affected at all and continued to do what she was supposed to do.
It was market day, and An Qianqian followed her mother on a horse-drawn carriage out of the village.
"Qianqian, why didn't you go this time?" As soon as she got on the bus, many aunts looked at Qianqian and asked with a smile.
An Qianqian was not afraid either. “My mother is in poor health. I wanted to go, but I couldn’t bear to leave her,” she replied with a smile.
Anyway, most people knew that she didn't go because she was worried about her mother.
"You're a good child. Your mother is so lucky to have you." A kind-looking aunt said to Qianqian with a smile.
"Aunt Yu, please stop praising her. If you continue, I'm afraid she will come up with another idea and make a fuss about going to work, which will be bad." Seeing that everyone's eyes were on Qianqian, Mother An immediately spoke up to help.
Aunt Yu's house is by the stream, not far from Qianqian's house. Anyway, the village has many surnames and many people living there, so Aunt Yu is also one of An's mother's good friends in the village.
"Haha, okay, we won't say it. We won't say it." They all agreed with a smile, feeling happy for Qiaoxiu.
Of course, there are more than just Aunt Yu and her friends in the village. There are also some gossipy women who keep asking questions that echo An Qianqian's words.
An Qianqian didn't get angry. She answered every question and showed her filial piety from time to time.
But they were so envious.
There are also some people who can't stand An Qianqian being so filial and have no moral integrity in their words.
What do you mean a girl will get married sooner or later, so how can she stay at home all her life?
Others say that after all, without a son, there is no root at all, etc.
An Qianqian was very angry when she heard this and almost started a quarrel with them.
But he was stopped by An's mother.
An Qianqian stopped talking.
Even to those aunts with good intentions, she just smiled and said nothing.
After arriving in town, everyone separated.
Some went to the supply and marketing cooperatives, and some went to other places.
At this time, tickets are still used for big payments, but they will become invalid in less than two years.
An Qianqian of course knew this, so she planned to use up all the tickets at home in the next few days.
An's mother felt distressed, but she also followed her daughter's lead.
"Mom, let's go buy all the food for the house first." The house was out of soy sauce, oil, etc.
Originally, An's mother wanted to buy some fatty meat and make her own oil, but An Qianqian wouldn't let her because eating too much animal oil is bad for the body.
In order to satisfy her appetite better in the future, she has to buy a lot of seasonings.
No matter who you are, you can never let your mother and daughter suffer.
Besides, the money you earn is meant to be spent, so she had already planned that she wanted to make money.
Start making money by raising poultry.
｜“Okay.” Some of these things require tickets, some don’t.
After the two men got into the crowd, they each started to grab things.
Don’t mention that it’s been more than 1980s and we still have to snatch things. Haha, go to the countryside and try it, what don’t we have to snatch?
If you don't rob, you really won't have it.
An hour later, the mother and daughter finally met at the door. You can imagine how many people were there.
Don't underestimate this small town.
The town is called Qingshan Town because it is surrounded by large forests.
It is lush and green, very pleasing to the eye, and even more frightening. It is said that the mountains and rivers support the people. There are countless villages under Qingshan Town, and everyone depends on the mountains.
The town is quite big and was developed by villagers from the surrounding areas.
It may take a whole day to walk around the whole town.
After seeing what each of them had in their hands, they smiled at each other.
"Let's go to Qingshan Street." Mother An waved her hand and said happily.
The most famous place in Qingshan Town is Qingshan Street, which is the earliest market. Due to the reform and opening up, many people now do business here.
They sell everything.
Of course, the supply and marketing cooperatives are irreplaceable. Some daily necessities cannot be bought on this street.
Of course An Qianqian had no objection.
She also wanted to buy chicks and piglets, but the supply and marketing cooperative didn't have them. In the past, she had to go to the farmer's market to buy them. But now there is no farmer's market anymore. People from the surrounding villages trade directly here on Qingshan Street.
Because there are a lot of things they want to buy, they act very quickly and buy them right away after negotiating the price.
They had to get back to the carriage quickly, otherwise when others came back, they had so many things that they might not even have a carriage to ride in.
Fortunately, they moved quickly and there were only two or three people in the carriage when they arrived.
Seeing the mother and daughter return with so many things, everyone was surprised, "Qianqian's mother, why did you buy so many things?"
"That's right. If you buy piglets now, you won't get any meat during the Chinese New Year. You'll lose a lot if you buy now."
"Yes, we buy chicks from outside, and we don't know if they are good or not. If you want chicks, you should go to the village and ask."
These aunts all mean well.
With their help, An's mother and An Qian quickly put the things into the innermost part of the carriage.
There's nothing we can do, they have too much stuff.
"Thank you, aunties." An Qianqian took out some fruit candies from her pocket.
"Take these back and give them to the children as sweet treats." Of course, you have to thank others for their help.
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(End of this chapter)
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