"Yes, look at the alley over there, there are quite a few people staring at the market here." Sun Jianhua had been observing carefully along the way and found that there were people staring at the market here. Judging from their attire, they were obviously not good people.
Song Tanglan was stunned by what the two said. She didn't expect that there would be dangers everywhere at a gathering.
Su Tao felt a little guilty after hearing what the two said. After all, she was the one who acted alone with Song Tanglan. I thought that as long as they didn't leave the rally, no one would notice them. I didn't expect that these people had been spying on them openly.
"Got it. Then we'll follow you. Oh, and have you prepared your winter shoes? The thick-soled shoes sold by that stall owner are pretty good."
Sun Jianhua and Yu He looked in the direction Su Tao pointed. There was indeed someone selling shoes there, and several educated youth were standing in front of the stall asking for prices. "Then you wait here for us. I'll come find you after I finish buying things. Don't run around."
"Okay, okay." Su Tao patted her chest after seeing the two of them leave, then turned around and whispered to Song Tanglan beside her.
"I didn't expect a rally to be so dangerous. I just thought Comrade Cheng was exaggerating!"
"I didn't expect that." Song Tanglan actually didn't take this matter to heart just now, but after being told this by the two male educated youth, her skin suddenly tightened.
The stall owner selling dry goods also heard what the four educated youth said. Seeing the frightened looks of the two female educated youth and the two children who were as old as his own children, he couldn't help but comfort them.
"This kind of thing has happened before. When we go back, we follow the team members, and those ruffians won't be able to do anything bad."
When Song Tanglan first came to the brigade, she heard that there were some ruffians in the brigade who did nothing all day long, were idle, and liked to steal and rob.
At that time, my second sister specifically emphasized to her that she was not allowed to go to any place in the team. She was very obedient and listened carefully, so she rarely went anywhere else except to work.
She was so regular that she almost forgot about it.
"Thank you, uncle. How do you exchange these things?"
"These are not worth much. They are readily available in the mountains. It's just a bit troublesome to get them back. If you want them, the dried mushrooms are 30 cents a pound, the chestnuts are 20 cents a pound, the pine nuts are 10 cents a pound, and the dried persimmons are 8 cents a pound."
When the two heard that it was so cheap, they looked at the things in the bag and saw that they had already been dried. The price was a little higher than the price offered by the recycling station, but it was still within their acceptable range.
Song Tanglan thought about it and quickly decided how much he wanted to buy. "Uncle, I want 5 kilograms of dried mushrooms, 3 kilograms of chestnuts, 2 kilograms of pine nuts, and 2 kilograms of dried persimmons."
"Okay, I'll pack it for you now. All it costs is a one-pound sugar ticket."
Song Tanglan thought about it. A pound of brown sugar only cost one yuan, and this sugar ticket could be exchanged for something worth more than two yuan, which was indeed not expensive. She happened to have a lot of tickets on hand, and it would be nice to exchange them for some food, so she agreed to this exchange method.
"OK."
After the two exchanged, they turned their attention to Su Tao.
"Would you like some too, little girl?"
"I want three pounds of dried mushrooms, five pounds of chestnuts, three pounds of pine nuts, and three pounds of dried persimmons."
"Little girl, what are you going to exchange for?" The uncle had already exchanged for a pound of sugar tickets, thinking that he could buy a pound of candy to share with the children at home during the New Year.
Now he no longer plans to exchange the sugar tickets, but instead leaves the decision-making power to Su Tao.
Su Tao bought a lot of things recently, and most of the bills she had on hand were spent. She still had use for the remaining ones, and she was reluctant to spend them all at once.
So he whispered, "Uncle, I'll pay." After that, he put the money he wanted to pay under the black cloth and asked the stall owner to count it. When he saw him nod, he took the things and put them in the backpack.
Song Tanglan had already transferred a small part of the things into the space when she put them in the backpack. They had only visited three or four stalls, and there was still a long list of things behind them, so they had to leave some space for them.
The two did not leave after buying things, but continued to chat with the uncle in front of the stall for a while. Then Sun Jianhua came back with his cousin. They also changed into shoes of suitable sizes. Seeing the dried mushrooms, dried fruits and other things in front of them, they also exchanged a lot of them.
Seeing that the four of them wanted to continue looking down, the uncle smiled and sent them away, then welcomed the next customer.
The next few stalls were not what they wanted to exchange for. They were not selling various pickled vegetables, but were originally exchanging for vegetables from home.
They didn't need all of these, but these stalls were also very popular. They also saw a familiar face next to those stalls, Zheng Hongying from the Youth League Institute.
However, they did not go over to say hello, but continued to walk inside. Soon, their appetite was aroused by the delicious food in front of them.
This gathering was still a small one. There would be a big gathering before the New Year, when there would be a lot of people. Because everyone had harvested the crops and distributed the grain, many villagers would make all kinds of delicious food and exchange them.
At the gathering, only snacks such as pancakes and sesame strips were available for exchange. The four people were not stingy with the food and each exchanged a lot. These things were very durable and could be kept for a long time.
Someone passed by to change socks and gloves, which Song Tanglan didn't need, but the other three people squatted down to change into several pairs, so Song Tanglan could only stand aside and wait for them with nothing to do.
As she looked around, she unexpectedly saw the person she least wanted to see.
At this moment, she wanted to curse herself inwardly, "What are you looking at for no reason? Seeing this person is really bad luck."
That's right, she met Yang Chunyan who went to the countryside with her. At this time, Yang Chunyan no longer had the glory she had before going to the countryside. She was wearing clothes with several patches and had simple double ponytails. However, she no longer tied her hair with the beautiful leather rope as before, but the most common and cheapest black leather rope.
Even the shoes on her feet were the same pair she wore to the countryside. The skin color on her face was much darker than before, and her cheeks were obviously dry and flaky.
I saw her exchanging vegetables not far away, and there was a man next to her who was paying her.
After a closer look, I found that the man was not the male protagonist in the original book, but a very unfamiliar person.
Maybe because she was focusing too much attention, Yang Chunyan also noticed that someone was looking at her. She turned around and saw the person she hated but was delighted with.
Yang Chunyan looked at the person who was standing not far away and went to the countryside with her. Even though she had been in the countryside for so many days, her skin was still fair, and the blush on her cheeks caused by the cold made her look very pretty.
Compared to her current miserable state, she was very angry. However, after this trip, she was no longer as easily angered as before and no longer showed her inner thoughts on her face. Now she had learned to hide them.
At this time, she walked towards Song Tanglan very generously and asked in a familiar manner.
"Lanlan, you're here for the gathering too? How have you been lately? Are you tired from work?"
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