Chapter 247 Returning with a Full Load
Wang Yuanchao and his family were strolling around when they unexpectedly discovered several stalls connected together, which actually sold cotton, linen, homespun and other fabrics. Although the production was a bit rough, no tickets were required.
In addition, these stalls also sold some simple ready-made clothes, such as cotton jackets, cotton pants, single clothes, etc., but the styles were relatively simple and the sizes were not very complete.
These ready-made clothes look like they were handmade, and the quality and workmanship appear to be very poor.
Although these stalls selling low-quality cloth and ready-made clothes were crowded with people and selling very hot products, Wang Yuanchao and his family had no interest in them, so they continued to stroll around the fair slowly.
After arriving at a fried food stall, Wang Yuanchao and his family discovered fried cakes, twisted dough sticks, and fried pancakes, which were popular foods of that era.
Wang Yuanchao bought a little of each and tried the flavors. The fried cake was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and delicious; the fried dough twist was crispy and refreshing. It can be eaten as a snack or as a staple food. Although the taste is simple, the texture is good.
So I bought five pounds of each and saved them for entertaining guests during the New Year.
The most common commodities in the whole fair are undoubtedly mountain products.
The Northeast has many mountains and rich mountain resources.
The stalls in the big market have all kinds of dry goods such as fungus, mushrooms, red dates, walnuts, pine nuts, wild grapes, wild tea, etc. However, in the Northeast, mountain products are not rare. Every year, local people go up the mountain to look for mountain products, so the business of selling mountain products in the big market is not very good.
However, Wang Yuanchao likes these mountain products.
However, there were too many mountain products in his own space to eat, so Wang Yuanchao had no plans to buy any, but continued to walk to other stalls.
Soon, Wang Yuanchao and his family came to the busiest place in the market, which was a stall selling all kinds of fresh snacks, such as roasted sweet potatoes, boiled corn, and candied haws. These were the children's favorite foods. In addition, the Red Flag Brigade was rich now, and the adults were willing to spend some money to make the children happy. Wang Yuanchao looked at the groups of children gathered in front of the food stalls, and their eyes were shining with excitement.
Some stood on tiptoe, trying to look into the stalls, trying to get a clear view of the tempting delicacies;
Some of them tightly grasped the few cents in their hands, unable to wait to taste it.
The steaming delicacies at these food stalls exude a rich aroma that makes people salivate.
The children gathered together, chattering and discussing, with happy smiles on their faces.
Wang Yuanchao watched the children's laughter and cheers intertwined together, full of innocence and joy.
Especially watching the children carefully holding the delicious food in their hands and then savoring the wonderful taste, expressions of happiness bloomed on their faces.
The entire food stall area is full of vitality and joy.
Wang Yuanchao felt the children’s love for food and the infinite beauty of life.
At the big market in the Northeast, there are many stalls selling farm tools such as hoes, sickles, shovels, and plows, as well as some sickle heads and hoe handles, which are convenient for farmers to replace and repair farm tools.
As well as hardware tools such as hammers, pliers, screwdrivers, nails, etc.
The most important thing is that these simple industrial products do not require tickets, and the sales on site were so hot that even Wang Yuanchao's family bought one of each, such as hoe, sickle, hammer, pliers, nails, shovel and other household tools. They put them in sacks, tied them to a wheelbarrow, and continued to shop at the fair.
Throughout the fair, stalls selling New Year pictures and couplets are doing very good business. These things are cheap and are indispensable items for everyone during the Chinese New Year.
The New Year pictures at the fair are rich and colorful, including mythological stories, historical figures, flowers, birds, fish and insects, which symbolize good luck, happiness and contentment; the Spring Festival couplets are written on red paper with neat parallelism, expressing people's good wishes for the New Year.
Wang Yuanchao and his family were happily strolling around the fair. When the three of them saw things that interested them, they all spent money to buy the supplies.
In fact, in this era, the villagers going to the big market is actually a kind of speculation, but when it comes to the traditional custom of the Spring Festival, the authorities also tacitly allow it to happen a few times at the end of each year.
After all, every family has many relatives and friends, and many people in rural areas rely on the big market to celebrate the New Year.
Anyway, Wang Yuanchao took a walk around and found that the market sold everything, food, clothing, daily necessities, toys, new and old. There was nothing you couldn't see, only things you couldn't think of.
Wang Yuanchao and his family were contentedly walking home with the spoils they had purchased after shopping for the whole morning, without paying any attention to Liu Qianqian and Wang Susu.
It goes without saying that Wang Yuanchao was well-known in the Red Flag Brigade. Along the way, villagers from various villages greeted Wang Yuanchao one after another, "Hey, Wang Zhiqing, you have finished shopping with your wife and mother-in-law."
"Haha, yes, Aunt Lihua, we just took a look around and have almost finished buying New Year's goods.
You haven't started yet?"
"Yes, I came late this morning after finishing my housework."
"Haha, that's fine. There are many vendors coming to the market today, and there are a lot of supplies. It's still in time to go and buy some now."
"Okay, Wang Zhiqing, I won't chat with you anymore. I'm going to go shopping first."
"Hey, Wang Zhiqing, are you five people from your family planning to go back home?"
"Yes, Uncle Tao, we have finished shopping at the market and are ready to go back."
"Okay, it looks like your family has had a good harvest today."
"Haha, it's mainly thanks to the brigade. The brigade is doing well, so we can live a good life."
"Oh, Wang Zhiqing, you are too modest. If it weren't for you, how could we have such a good life this year?"
"Hey, Uncle Tao, what are you talking about? Work is done by everyone together, and good days are created by everyone together. It's not that I play a big role alone. Okay, Uncle Tao, we have too many things on our hands. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going back first."
"Okay, Wang Zhiqing, go back quickly."
After watching Wang Yuanchao leave, a young couple next to Uncle Tao said, "Uncle, this is Wang Zhiqing. He looks young, but how come he is so powerful?"
Uncle Tao said proudly:
"Hey, he's an intellectual who came from a big city to work as an educated youth. How can he not be awesome? The good life our Red Flag Brigade can have today is all thanks to educated youth Wang."
"Hey, you said there are educated youth in our team too. Why are they all sneaky and cunning, and there is no one as capable as Wang Zhiqing?
Otherwise, we wouldn’t have rejected these educated youth.”
“Hey, can this be the same?
Let me tell you, Wang the educated youth volunteered to go to the countryside and help us build a new countryside.
What are the educated youth in your brigade? They were all driven to the countryside to make a living as educated youth.
Can this be the same? "
(End of this chapter)
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