On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the neighbors next door finally moved in. The moment Liu Yun saw them, she felt numb and completely gave up.
Upon seeing the two people, Liu Yun remembered that the author had another book, a typical ancient-to-modern time-travel novel, "The Young Lady's Sixties," with the main characters Cheng Ke and Fu Yao, who are the two people next to her.
Cheng Ke came from the Qing Dynasty. Her father was just a seventh-rank county magistrate. She was the daughter of her father's first wife. However, the first thing her father did after becoming an official was to divorce his first wife and marry a daughter of a high-ranking concubine. Therefore, she, the legitimate daughter, was neither loved by her father nor her mother. She went out to worship Buddha but encountered bandits and fell off a cliff, arriving in the 1960s.
She felt extremely uncomfortable when she first arrived here. In ancient times, even if she was not favored, at least she would have enough to eat and wear. But here, she was not full or warm enough, and her stepmother might even use her to exchange for a dowry. So she tried to seduce the promising young man Fu Yao.
The owner of this body had a similar experience to hers. Her scumbag father abandoned his wife and daughter after leaving the countryside. Yuan Chengke had always lived in the countryside with her mother. She was only taken back by her scumbag father after her mother passed away. He didn't take her back out of cold-hearted paternal love, but because he knew that his daughter was beautiful and wanted to find her a high-class family to marry into. Later, Yuan Chengke found out and developed a high fever, and was sent away.
After Cheng Ke transmigrated here, there were only two things that she envied: the monogamous system and the fact that women could hold up half the sky. After accepting the fact that she had transmigrated, Cheng Ke became proud. These were real women who had fought their way out of the inner palace, which was incomparable to her scumbag father's family. Her scumbag father's family had become scum.
What follows is the young lady's bizarre life in the tenement: a widow who frequently comes to beg for food, a love-struck bachelor, a peacemaker old man, a mean-spirited old woman, a thieving brat, and later even an egg-crushing maniac and a latrine battle. Good heavens! Upon reading this, Liu Yun's brow twitched, and she made up her mind to pay close attention to this matter and run far away to stay at the Yu family's house for a while before anything happens.
After learning that the female lead wasn't eccentric and even had a bit of social anxiety, Liu Yun felt relieved. "Is she one of your technicians?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
"I'll cook a little extra stir-fry later and send some over to them! When I'm steaming rice, I'll wash some sweet potatoes and potatoes and steam them together as their staple food."
"OK."
Soon Liu Yun stir-fried a large bowl of tea tree mushrooms and chives with eggs. The fragrant chives and eggs looked very appetizing.
"Take it over later! Remember to avoid the Wang family."
"Okay, my wife is so virtuous." After saying that, he buried his head and rubbed against Liu Yun's neck.
"Go pack the staple food, and come back to eat as soon as you're done."
On the sixteenth, Lin Chaomei came to find her and asked if she wanted to go to the market. There was a small town at the border of Xinshi and Shaoxing, and the market was tomorrow. Liu Yun quickly agreed. She had only been to the market with her grandparents when she was in elementary school.
After breakfast, Liu Yun picked up her woven basket and net bag, rode her bicycle to meet up with Lin Chaomei, and the two happily headed towards the riverbank.
The road was lined with people heading to the riverbank market, all in families, adults and children alike, their faces beaming with smiles. Going to the market in this era was truly a grand and joyful occasion.
It was practically a major form of entertainment, and it wasn't banned in this era. This was the first time she'd ever attended a market in this time since she'd transmigrated.
When we reached the riverbank, a large crowd had already gathered, a veritable sea of people. It seemed as if the entire town had squeezed onto the riverbank. No, actually, there were more than just people from the town; besides those from the town, there were also people from various communes who had come to sell their goods at the market, and since it was Sunday, quite a few people from the city had also come.
There are few industrial products in this market; all you see are agricultural products and handicrafts.
“Xiaoyun, Pingxiang Commune is over there,” Lin Chaomei pushed her bicycle and squeezed through the crowd to grab her.
The comfortable bamboo chair was Liu Yun's main goal today. She had previously mentioned to Yu Qian that she wanted to buy a bamboo chair, and he bought four small chairs to put on the table. Then, she followed Lin Chaomei toward Pingxiang Commune.
Pingxiang is famous for its bamboo products, and a large area was filled with bamboo items. Bamboo baskets, bamboo trays, rattan fruit plates, bamboo mats, large bamboo brooms... The small bamboo chairs that Yu Qianhe bought were also on display in large quantities, clearly a very popular product.
What luck! Behind a bunch of small bamboo chairs, Liu Yun spotted two bamboo reclining chairs! They were even foldable! Without hesitation, she bought them, along with a few bamboo chairs, stools, small baskets, a rattan fruit plate, and a bamboo mat.
Looking at these things, Liu Yun was a little troubled. "Fellow villager, can I leave these things here for a while and come back to pick them up later?"
"What's the big deal? Just leave it there, it won't get lost."
"Thank you."
Surprisingly, the market even had cloth shoes—the kind with multiple layers of soles, and the kind of plain cloth shoes worn by elderly rural women. These shoes were so comfortable, so she immediately bought two pairs each for herself and Yu Qian. She also bought various dried fruits and dried sweet potatoes. She had plenty of sweet potatoes, but she didn't want to make them, and she didn't have the time.
The two strolled around the market until nearly three o'clock. Liu Yun was completely overwhelmed with bags and packages, so Lin Chaomei helped her carry two sacks.
When Liu Yun got home, she was too tired to move at all, but Lin Chaomei was a guest and she had been carrying things for her for so long, so she had no choice but to get up and entertain her.
I poured a bowl of sugar water, and then took out the melon seeds that my mother had helped to roast. The fruit platter I bought today came in handy.
Lin Chaomei looked at the fruit platter filled with peanuts, melon seeds, and candy, her heart itch with envy. "I want to buy one next time."
"Come on in! Don't be shy."
They had originally planned to have her stay for dinner, but seeing that it was almost time to cook, Lin Chaomei quickly rode away on her bike.
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