A group of people got on the bus. There were a lot of people on the bus. Judging from the situation, you can tell that most of the people on the bus are going to the market.
Although there are not many industrial products to buy at the market, most of them are agricultural and sideline products. However, for those who live in cities, industrial products are easier to get, while those agricultural and sideline products are really hard to come by.
Even if it was sold in the supply and marketing cooperative, you still had to compete with others and queue up in a long line. Therefore, people of this era especially liked to go to the market, and some even brought their entire family.
The bus drove for a long time and many people got on one after another. The road was bumpy, but Lin Siya was already used to it.
She found that she had a good ability to adapt. She used to feel carsick the first time she took a car, but now she remains calm and even falls asleep on the bus.
It was indeed a famous big market, and Lin Siya was attracted as soon as she got off the car.
This market was the largest of all the ones she had ever visited. The stall selling bamboo products alone was several dozen meters long.
Everything inside was made of bamboo. Lin Shiya was delighted. This was great. There were not only bamboo chairs, bamboo stools, and bamboo chopsticks, but also various bamboo baskets, fruit plates, etc. Lin Siya even saw a bamboo lounge chair, which was amazing. It was even foldable.
Just imagine how comfortable it must be to lie on this bamboo lounge chair on a summer night, fanning yourself with a palm-leaf fan and counting the stars.
It’s a pity that the recliner is too big, and it seems a bit unrealistic for her to take it back with her ability.
You can buy a few more small items woven with bamboo, especially the bamboo fruit plates, which come in various sizes and are very delicately made. When she touched them with her hands, they were very smooth and without any burrs.
After asking about the price, she was shocked. It was too cheap. The smaller one only cost a few cents, and the larger one only cost a few dimes. What's the difference between this and giving it away for free?
Lin Siya directly asked for two sets of fruit plates, from small to large, three in a set, each set cost 80 cents, and two sets only cost 1.6 yuan. They can be used not only to hold nuts and fruits, but also some small items.
I ordered three pairs of bamboo chopsticks, each containing 10 pairs. These are consumables and they are prone to mold and need to be replaced frequently.
I asked for four bamboo chairs. We already had stools at home, so these bamboo chairs could be placed in the yard for convenience. I also bought a lot of bamboo woven items one after another, spending a total of eight yuan and seventy cents.
But when she saw the pile of things, Lin Siya was dumbfounded. It was only the first stall, and there were so many things. She couldn't take them away at all.
"Comrade, can I leave these things I bought with you temporarily?" The bamboo products were sold by a family, and Lin Siya asked the female comrade who collected the money.
"Okay, you can put it there." The female comrade obviously saw Lin Siya's embarrassment and pointed to a place not far from her.
Lin Siya put the small bamboo products she bought into the newly bought bamboo basket, then took out a long hemp rope from the basket she had carried before, tied the bamboo chair and bamboo basket together, and then went shopping with peace of mind.
Now is the time when there is a shortage of food. Although we can't eat any fresh vegetables, this is the time when wild vegetables sprout.
The fresh wild vegetables were still covered with morning dew, and they looked very fresh. Lin Siya ordered two handfuls of each.
"Rice cakes, fresh rice cakes!"
When Lin Siya heard that someone was selling rice cakes, she hurried over to take a look. The rice cakes here were particularly delicious, and the method was a bit complicated. The old rice was soaked overnight and then ground into a paste. After fermentation, it was poured into a mold and steamed. You can add white sugar or brown sugar.
The finished rice cake is sweet with a little bit of sourness, and tastes unique.
Lin Siya can also make it, but she is usually too busy and doesn’t have time. Now it would be great if she could buy ready-made ones.
She observed the lady selling rice cakes. Her hair was combed meticulously and wrapped with a piece of cloth. Although her clothes had many patches, they were washed very clean. Her fingernails were also clean. It seemed that she maintained good hygiene.
I looked at the rice cakes in the basket again and was very satisfied.
"Auntie, how much are these rice cakes?"
When the old lady saw someone asking about rice cakes, she started to introduce them enthusiastically.
"My daughter, this rice cake is homemade, and it was made early in the morning, so it's very fresh. Try it."
The old lady is very good at business. She even offers tastings of rice cakes.
Lin Siya ate a small piece and found it tasted really good.
"Auntie, I want two with white sugar and two with brown sugar."
A rice cake is about eight inches in size and can be cut into many small pieces. If you buy more, you can store them in your space and eat them slowly.
"Oh, okay!"
The old lady didn't expect that the young wife in front of her would be so generous and buy four large pieces at once.
You have to know that she usually sells rice cakes in small pieces. Even if someone buys a lot, they will only get a few small pieces at most.
This was the first time she had ever encountered such a huge sum of money in her entire business life.
The old lady moved very quickly, wrapping the rice cakes piece by piece with oil paper and tying a thin hemp rope around the outside of the oil paper.
A large piece of rice cake weighed almost two kilograms, and four large pieces weighed eight kilograms. When Lin Siya put the rice cakes into the backpack, she secretly put three pieces into the space and left only one piece outside as a decoration.
Rice cakes are made of indica rice. Because sugar is added to them, they are not cheap. They cost one yuan and fifty cents per pound, and eight pounds cost a total of 12 yuan.
After buying the rice cakes, Lin Siya bought a basket of eggs and a basket of duck eggs at the market. She planned to use the duck eggs to pickle salted duck eggs, which would be best used to make porridge in the morning.
However, chicken eggs and duck eggs are easier to break, so she secretly put them all into the space when no one was paying attention.
Next to the shop selling eggs, there is a shop selling chicks. The newly hatched chicks are yellow and furry and very cute.
There are no chickens at home, and we usually buy eggs. Lin Siya wants to raise a few chickens so that she can feed them with rotten leaves in the vegetable garden. However, she is afraid that the smell of chickens is too strong, so she finally decided not to raise them for the time being. If she wants to eat eggs, she will just buy them.
I walked around the entire market. Although I was not as lucky as before and bought wild boar meat or something, I still gained a lot, including vermicelli, dried vegetables, homemade chili sauce, dried sweet potatoes, sweet potato flour, and a few pieces of cloth that can be used to make cushions and other things.
I also bought two hens and three rabbits, so it can be said that I had a great harvest.
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