Chapter 224 Shopping
As the capital of the country's eldest son, Heilongjiang Province, the black market is definitely a first-tier city in this era, except for the four-nine cities and Shanghai.
Whether in terms of population, urban construction or economic scale, the black market is definitely at the top of all cities in the country.
Now that I am approaching the hibernation season, the streets of the black market cannot be said to be crowded, but there are people coming and going.
The people coming and going all have sallow complexions and look like they lack oil and moisture.
But everyone's spirits were so high, and everyone had an expression of confidence and pride, as if there were no difficulties in this world that they could not overcome.
"Little ball, kick it, the amaranth flower blooms twenty-one. Twenty-five, six, two-five, seven, twenty-eight, two-nine, thirty-one..."
The young wife held the baby in her arms, and the mother-in-law held Nuannuan. Wang Yuanchao's family strolled leisurely down the street, and unknowingly came to the door of the black market grocery store. A group of children were singing nursery rhymes in memory of Miss Qiu's explosion and jumping around in front of the grocery store. Wang Yuanchao's family was very jealous of this scene of a prosperous China. The grocery stores of that time were equivalent to the small shops and supermarkets of later generations.
The old saying is that the seven necessities of life are firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
You can't find anything except rice and firewood in grocery stores, everything else is sold here.
There are all kinds of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, soybean paste, sesame paste, various kinds of alcohol, vermicelli popsicles, cigarettes, vegetables, various kinds of meat, cooked food, raw meat, everything you can think of.
It seemed that after the autumn harvest, a lot of people came to the city. This grocery store had a lot of things, but there were too many people. After a while, Wang Yuanchao's family came forward to ask, " Eggs are only 40 cents a pound, but they are out of stock."
Pork is 79 cents a pound, out of stock.
Then the family looked at the few items on the counter and had no intention of buying anything. They left the grocery store and walked towards the department store.
Soon, the family arrived at the No. 1 Department Store in the Black Market.
The autumn harvest in the countryside is over, everyone has free time, and everyone needs to buy New Year's goods, so there are crowds of people here.
The family first went to see the candy counter. For the holidays, the family must prepare some candy. Although Wang Yuanchao still had a lot of brown sugar, white sugar, fruit candy and White Rabbit milk candy in his space, and there was also a lot of candy at home, but these days, sugar is a strategic resource. Not to mention that it is expensive, it is also difficult to buy.
No one would complain about having too much sugar.
Wang Yuanchao gave all the sugar coupons he had to his mother-in-law, and then his mother-in-law used all the money to buy brown sugar, white sugar and White Rabbit milk candy.
At this time, there were too many people in the department store. People inside were pushed by the people behind them, and the voices of "Hurry up, hurry up, comrades, hurry up" were everywhere in their ears.
The room was so crowded that it was about to explode. The salesperson in the department store didn't dare to show any attitude at this time. He just handed the things over after receiving the money and receipts. He was very efficient.
It was still early, and the whole family was busy.
Wang Yuanchao exchanged a lot of tickets with several units this time. His wife and mother-in-law were shopping in front, and Wang Yuanchao carried a sack to put things in. The family strolled upstairs and downstairs in the department store. The family also went to the watch counter. There were not many watches to choose from at that time.
I handed over 240 yuan along with the watch ticket, and directly bought two Shanghai brand A581 ladies watches.
Now that the family is apparently wealthy, Wang Yuanchao took the opportunity to make some big items for his family. In rural areas, watches still play a very important role.
When the young wife and mother-in-law saw that he only bought watches for them and not for himself, they became dissatisfied and demanded to buy one for Wang Yuanchao.
There was no other way, Wang Yuanchao could only confess and tell the mother and daughter that he had a watch at home, which was left to him by his parents, but it was too valuable, so he couldn't bear to wear it and had always collected the good ones. He could just buy the watch for the mother and daughter.
Finally, after a lot of coaxing and deception, he finally managed to convince the mother and daughter.
Then the family continued to go shopping in the department store. Enamel pots, thermoses, washbasins, cloth, shoe soles, cakes, firecrackers, window decorations, couplets, malted milk, and some things that were missing from the house or that the family didn't have at home were all taken by the mother and daughter and put into the sack that Wang Yuanchao was carrying.
After shopping in the department store, the mother and daughter brought their baby and the family found a state-owned restaurant for dinner. They ordered a sweet and sour pork, a Northeastern hotpot, and six big meat buns, and the tired family started to eat.
"Oh, sir, this stew tastes just as good as yours, except it lacks a little spiciness. Otherwise, it would be even better."
"Hey, he's a master chef at a state-owned restaurant, so the dishes he makes must be good.
Luckily no one heard it, otherwise people would definitely say you are looking down on someone."
"Haha, sir, you are so funny."
After the family had eaten and drunk their fill, Wang Yuanchao finally fulfilled his promise and took his family to the cinema to watch a movie.
The movie we watched today was "Liu Sanjie", a story about the battle of wits and courage between Liu Sanjie and the landlord. The mother and daughter, holding their baby, watched the movie with great interest. Wang Yuanchao naturally would not spoil the fun and accompanied them throughout the whole process without falling asleep once. After the movie, the family went home happily with the spoils they had gained after a day of shopping.
It’s a pity that Wang Yuanchao didn’t get a TV ticket, otherwise he would have to send the whole TV back.
The north wind was blowing across the wilderness, and the temperature in the northeast had already dropped below zero at this time of year.
As the family was walking on the road, pieces of snowflakes fell down without them noticing, landed on the ground, and slowly melted, only to be covered by another piece of snow the next second. This cycle continued over and over again. When Wang Yuanchao and his family arrived home, the ground was soon covered with a hint of fluorescent white.
Wang Yuanchao has gotten used to it. In the Northeast, it starts snowing in October every year.
It snows every ten days or half a month, but it rarely snows.
Most of the time, heavy snow falls for three or four days, and before the snow melts, the next snow comes.
Half a year of the year was covered in white. After returning to the house, Wang Yuanchao began to move firewood, burn the fire wall and the kang. His mother-in-law and his young wife held their two little kids and warmed themselves by the fire beside the stove on the fire wall. After the house heated up,
Put the two little balls on the sheepskin and let them play by themselves. The mother-in-law went to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients for dinner.
"Mom, it's snowing today, let's have a mutton hotpot. Use the frozen lamb ribs to make soup, cut up some mutton, venison, pork, and roe deer meat, stew some radishes with the bones, wash some cabbage, and eat it when it snows.
I'll get the wine I made this year, and today we can have a couple of glasses at home to celebrate the snow."
"Haha, it snows every year, what's there to celebrate? But eating mutton hotpot is good, eating mutton hotpot is fine.
But eating venison on snowy days is good, it's very nutritious! Do you want to stir-fry a plate of venison separately?"
"Yes, mother, then thank you for your hard work."
"Hey, it's hard work, don't suffer."
(End of this chapter)
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