Soon it was the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, and there was a market in town. Early in the morning, Wang Yulan found Li Wei and said that she would go to the market with her.
Liu Chunzhi was washing clothes at home, and Li Wei didn't know whether to leave. This woman has a somewhat weird temperament, and she doesn't dare to mess with her.
Li Wei was detained at home these days and was not allowed to go anywhere. Liu Chunzhi thought to herself that since she had promised Li Wei to continue studying, her daughter should have thought about it and would not seek life and death again. She nodded and said, "If you want to go, just go with Yu Lan. We just happened to run out of soy sauce at home. Go buy a pound and bring it back."
Li Wei naturally wanted to go out for some air. Although his face didn't show anything after his mother's permission, he was happy in his heart. Liu Chunzhi gave Li Wei fifty cents, and Li Wei followed Wang Yulan and left.
It takes half an hour to walk from the village to the town, which is not far. The last time she went to town, she fainted. Li Jianping sent her to the hospital for treatment. After coming back, she was detained at home these days and couldn't go anywhere. Today, she was finally allowed to go out, and she felt like a bird out of its cage.
When I was almost at the entrance of the village, I saw three or five women sitting on a stone under an old tree chatting. Some of them were holding insoles in their hands, and some were knitting sweaters. Their hands were not idle while chatting.
"Wei Wei, are you going to the street?" A woman knitting with wool greeted Li Wei.
Li Wei agreed: "Yes."
"Come sit here for a while, let's all show off." The woman took the initiative to invite Li Wei to sit over, but Wang Yulan secretly pulled Li Wei's sleeves and whispered to her: "Ignore these talkative women, leave us of."
Li Wei knew what was going on and said to the women chatting: "I still need to help my mother buy things, let's talk about it later."
Wang Yulan pulled Li Wei and ran away.
The women's chat here did not end. A buck-toothed woman said: "This girl from the second family of Li's family is amazing. She can even read into the bed of her male classmates. Do you think this girl from the Li family has something in her belly?" Already?"
The woman who stopped Li Wei just now said hurriedly: "Li Wei is not even fifteen years old yet. Is that the only one here?"
"Now the little girl came here earlier than when we were little. I said, if she hadn't been pregnant, then if Liu Chunzhi could beat her so hard, would she still be able to run and jump into the river?"
"Come on, this Li Wei is really restless. Girls who are only a little older already miss men. We didn't have any books to study at that time, we only knew how to work, and we would blush even if we said a word to a man. These children now are amazing... "
At that moment, a different voice appeared: "I heard that's not the case. Her aunt secretly told me..."
If any news about someone's family is spread by these gossiping women, in just half a day, the whole village will know about it, and the next day, the next village will also know about it.
As the parties involved, Li Wei and Wang Yulan were already on the street. There was not much farm work in the fields during the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year was coming soon, so more and more households were busy buying new year's goods. Even the markets in remote towns have become lively.
Yongning Town is not big, and Chang Town is even smaller. There are only two streets, one running north-south and one running east-west.
Li Wei stared blankly at the big iron box walking on the road. This thing was a car of this era. It could be made as long as you had money, and it could run by itself without the need for animals to pull it.
It has been a while since I came to this era, but it still feels new and wonderful.
The car stopped, the door was opened, and many people got out one after another. Some were carrying baskets on their backs, and some were carrying baskets with chickens and ducks in them. They were all people coming to the town market.
Li Wei looked at everything blankly, full of curiosity. Until Wang Yu came to pull her away: "Have you met someone you know?"
Li smiled and shook his head, said nothing, and followed Wang Yulan.
Although the town is small, it sells a variety of things. There is everything from agricultural and sideline products to daily necessities.
Wang Yulan took Li Wei to the supply and marketing cooperative. The supply and marketing cooperative is a large shop surrounded by glass cabinets. In the middle is a large platform supported by wooden boards, with various fabrics neatly stacked on it. Near the inside are more than a dozen sewing machines. The tailor stepped on the sewing machine skillfully, making a clattering sound. The Chinese New Year is approaching, and many people come to buy fabrics to make new clothes. In addition to those selling fabrics, there are many ready-made clothes hanging on the east wall, in various colors, but with a single style. Apart from ordinary cotton, she couldn't recognize any other materials.
There were many things in the glass cabinets that she had never seen before. There was a shop selling daily chemicals in one place, and a shop selling shoes and socks in another. There are neatly folded towels of various sizes and handkerchiefs with beautiful patterns. There are also boxes of soap, toothpaste and toothbrushes.
Wang Yulan pointed to a small carton and said, "Here comes a piece of jasmine scent."
The salesperson took the carton out of the glass cabinet and Wang Yulan paid for it. Li Wei picked it up first, put it to his nose and smelled it. I can't smell it clearly through the paper box, and I don't smell much of the aroma of jasmine.
"What floral scent do you like?" Wang Yulan was a little amused when she saw that Li Wei was holding the soap box well.
"I love the fragrance of gardenias."
"Gardenias only bloom in May and June. I remember there were two gardenia trees in the flower bed of primary school. Do you still remember that we used to pick them secretly when school was over?" The teacher found out and criticized us severely. "
These trivial matters were already very vague in the memory of the original owner. She smiled faintly and said nothing.
Wang Yulan bought soap and toothpaste. Then I bought a piece of bright red wool for her mother.
After buying these things, Li Wei looked around. She only had 50 cents on her, so the things she could buy were limited, so she didn't dare to buy randomly. The two of them came out.
When passing a shop, Li Wei was surprised to find that there was a square box on the family's table. The box seemed to be covered with a layer of glass. There was a bright light inside the glass, and there was actually a figure moving.
"What is this?" Li Wei had never seen anything before and was very curious.
Wang Yulan chuckled: "You don't even recognize a TV? Doesn't Zhang Carpenter have one at home? Can we go watch TV together again sometime?"
"Oh, okay." Li Wei agreed somewhat numbly. She just wanted to understand what was going on with the figure inside
Later, the two went to a store selling grain and oil. Li Wei bought soy sauce for only twenty-five cents. Wang Yulan bought salt, chili noodles, and pepper noodles for her family, and gave her father two kilograms of wine.
I bought my things and went home. Li Wei still clutched the remaining two and a half cents in his hand, thinking that the shrewd Liu Chunzhi would definitely go there soon. She still had to find a way to save some money on her own. But there seems to be no way to get money, unlike when she was in Daqi, where she had monthly payments. In addition to silver, there are also a lot of jewelry. In a pinch, jewelry can be taken to a pawn shop and exchanged for money. But she didn't use her money much, and she didn't take it seriously most of the time.
(End of chapter)