The middle-aged woman opened the door to let Tian Cai in, and then left the door half open. People passing by the door would only think it was a greeting between relatives.
After the woman saw how many chestnuts were in Tian Cai's bamboo basket, she realized that she had been bragging a little. She definitely couldn't eat so many chestnuts by herself, so she had to let Tian Cai wait in the yard while she went to find her little sisters.
Before leaving, he did not forget to bring a bowl of hot water to Tian Cai.
Tian Cai took a sip only after making sure that there was no problem. The weather was cold in the morning and evening, and she was afraid of being cold while riding in the donkey cart, so she specially put on a thin cotton coat. Now it was almost noon and she felt so hot that she was sweating.
After just a few sips, the woman came back with several other women of similar age.
As soon as they entered the yard, their eyes were glued to Tian Cai's bamboo basket. Seeing this, Tian Cai inexplicably felt that the chestnuts he brought might not be enough to share.
Sure enough, after seeing the quality of the goods, several people started buying them in bags of ten or twenty kilograms. The middle-aged woman at the beginning became anxious. If they bought all the goods, she would have nothing left, so she quickly grabbed a bag.
"I want these!"
In order to sell better, Tian Cai had sewed several bags with coarse cloth and asked Luo Xiuyan to help weigh them. Each bag weighed ten kilograms, and now he poured the whole bag directly into the women's baskets.
After a while, the bamboo basket was empty, and some people were still not satisfied and kept asking Tian Cai when he would come next time and how many more kilograms he would want then.
The three pheasants were also sold. The middle-aged woman at the beginning was in tears. If she had known, she would have come back to them after she had sold them. Now she only got ten kilograms of chestnuts and didn't even get a single pheasant feather.
After clearing out all the goods in hand, Tian Cai looked at the banknotes in his hand. He did receive two industrial coupons, but he had almost no food coupons. Come to think of it, every household now has not enough food to eat, so how could they possibly exchange them for anything else?
She wanted to buy expensive crops with all the money she had, but she felt that she was going in the wrong direction. Should she choose to grow crops with dew?
The total amount of these things was sold for eighteen, plus two industrial coupons, one cloth coupon and one two-liang grain coupon.
Thinking of the cellar full of chestnuts, Tian Cai seemed to see colorful banknotes waving at him. He secretly looked at the bean sprouts in his hand and complained that since God had given him a golden finger, why couldn't he just give him a space or something, which would make it much more convenient to sell goods.
Douya twisted her slightly thick waist in Tian Cai's sight.
Since the bamboo basket was empty and the payment had been made, Tian Cai planned to leave.
The middle-aged woman was still very enthusiastic when she came out to see Tian Cai off. Tian Cai almost thought that she was really her relative. "Big sister, come over next time if you have something good. I will definitely make sure you leave satisfied. Let's come often!"
Tian Cai also stepped forward and shook the woman's hand. "Yes, I remember it all. I'll come see you again later, big sister!"
Hearing this, the middle-aged woman immediately smiled happily. It is easier to talk to smart people, and the two of them smiled knowingly.
The goods have been sold out, and Tian Cai is going to start purchasing more. However, thinking of the pitiful two taels of food coupons, she decides to go to the state-owned restaurant and buy two meat buns first.
Tian Cai didn't mind the attitude of the comrades from the state-owned restaurant after seeing her honor. She used the two-liang food coupon to buy two buns and added two cents.
After eating the buns, Tian Cai asked about the location of the county supply and marketing cooperative and left.
Not far from the supply and marketing cooperative was the grain station. Tian Cai was about to go in to inquire about the price of grain when she happened to see the person who had lent her the bamboo basket coming out of the grain station with several men.
He was whispering something to the person next to him. Since she didn't see Tian Cai, she didn't go over to talk to him and went straight into the grain station.
After inquiring about the food prices, she was really disappointed. Everything required food coupons, not to mention the rice and flour she had been longing for.
The most common white flour in the previous life was not yet made with such sophisticated technology. Now, strong flour is the best quality among all flours, but it is still much worse than that in the previous life.
It seems that we have to go back to the village to find a solution for the food problem. The price of eggs is the same as in the village, but tickets are not required in the village but are required here.
Tian Cai looked around and felt that his chance of making a big purchase today seemed to be gone. No matter how much money he had, he couldn't spend it. Unless he went to the black market, it would all be in vain without tickets.
Tian Cai couldn't help but sigh. Why did he have to travel to such a poor and destitute era, with nothing and such a low quality of life?
She continued to walk towards the supply and marketing cooperative with her head down. Since she couldn't buy food, she still had industrial coupons and cloth coupons, so she could still spend them all.
The simple glass display case was filled with a wide variety of goods. The salesperson was sitting leisurely at the counter knitting, and she didn't even raise her eyelids when she saw someone coming in.
However, Tian Cai quite liked this. She was not used to the later style of people rushing up to customers and welcoming them warmly when they saw them. She just wished they could speak more politely.
Tian Cai looked at everything and felt that he was missing everything: candles, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, and toilet paper. But after asking around, he found out that everything sold here required a ticket.
She finally understood why the black market was so rampant at this time. It was definitely a case of supply exceeding demand!
Tian Cai felt that she was probably the most miserable time-traveling woman. She was so poor that she couldn't afford anything!
She looked at the kettle counter for a while and picked out a dark blue one with prints on it. It looked more solid than the others. She asked the price and found out it was four dollars and fifty cents. The enamel pot next to it looked nice too, but it was not a necessity so she decided not to buy it for the time being.
According to the salesperson, these things are in short supply. They are only available today because they have just arrived. Otherwise, you can't buy them even if you have money or tickets.
She definitely had to buy a thermos. The weather was getting colder, and hot water was needed for drinking, washing her face and feet. So she simply asked for two at once.
The two industrial coupons were spent in minutes. Tian Cai put the thermos in a bamboo basket and went to the fabric counter again.
She actually needed gauze, but since she was not a regular doctor, she couldn't get it. She could only prepare some white cotton cloth, wash it, dry it, and then steam it in a pot, using this clumsy method to disinfect it.
Tian Cai didn't have many cloth coupons, so she only bought two feet of white cotton cloth. She also wanted to use some of it to make underwear.
Accustomed to wearing tight-fitting panties, these big, dangling shorts always make her feel insecure.
However, Tian Cai's own handicraft skills are not very good, so he will have to ask Luo Xiuyan for help and guidance when the time comes.
Afterwards, she bought a piece of unwanted pig pancreas at the grocery counter. The salesperson didn't ask for a receipt, so Tian Cai only spent five cents. City people don't think this thing is a good thing, but it is indeed a must-have skin care product for people in the countryside. She planned to try making some moisturizing cream according to the methods in ancient books.
The county town is not big, and Tian Cai has bought everything she could. She has no desire to continue shopping, so she asks someone about the place Sun Aiguo told her.
Tian Cai waited at the agreed intersection for almost half an hour before he saw Sun Aiguo driving a tractor.
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