There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

In the early morning, Zhang Guoqing's biological clock rang, but he didn't wake up his wife when he woke up. After confirming the time first, he closed his eyes and sorted out the things that still needed to be arranged today.

After a while, he felt a strange movement, and said with a smile: I woke up a long time ago, seeing that you are tired, I want you to sleep again. Are you sure you want to go to the morning market?

Zhou Jiao rubbed her eyes, lifted the quilt and got up, said with a smile: I was shocked, I thought I overslept. Go! Grandma Jiang said that there were people pushing hairy crabs and saury for sale in the Eight Immortals Bridge early in the morning. I want to see See if there are any special products that are not available in Northeast China. Even if you come here again after this year, it will not be easy to buy.

When I came back last night to see her tired and drowsy, Zhang Guoqing didn't tell her that he had inquired about the good news. He was afraid that she would be so excited that she would not be able to sleep peacefully after learning about it. It was just to tease her.

Yesterday afternoon, you were not there. I already made an appointment with the sampan boatman to let him buy it for us. After half past five, he will be waiting for us not far from the pier.

Zhou Jiao looked at him with squinted eyes, and said with a smirk, Okay. You're starting to tease me. After speaking, she stepped forward and reached out to tickle him, only to stop when she saw that he couldn't laugh.

Did you give the money? Could it be that he didn't keep the agreement and ran away?

Zhang Guoqing shook his head and said in a low voice: There was a helper in the Chinese restaurant who introduced me to the boatman. To avoid the helper, I asked the boatman to let him buy a large number of hairy crabs and river fish for me in private, and he took as much as he could. His eyes widened with joy. It's bright, how can it run?

Anyway, the price is very cheap. Give him some money to save us from running around in unfamiliar places. I didn't even ask him for a deposit, saying that he would bring it over first and then give the money. Be smart! Before leaving, he kept winking at me to keep it secret.

Zhou Jiao knew that this guy was smart. She happily praised him vigorously, and seeing his frightened face, she said slowly, Then accompany me to Huaihai Jiu after seeing the boatman?

Zhang Guoqing immediately said with a bitter face: Wife, daughter-in-law, baby, do you really want to go? Can you not go? It's useless to buy those things... Before he finished speaking, he saw her covering her mouth and grinning, and he jumped down in anger. Picking her up on the bed, he tickled her body.

After playing around for a while, the couple calmed down and began to discuss how to cover up. After discussing it, it was almost five o'clock, Zhang Guoqing pulled her up to wash up, then handed the child to his aunt, and the two hurried out.

When we arrived at the appointed place, we saw two sampan boats of different sizes leaning against the shore before the time came. When the boatman saw Zhang Guoqing and his wife, he waved excitedly.

Zhang Guoqing pulled Zhou Jiao, came to him, glanced at a woman and a young man behind him, guessed it was a family action. He went up with a smile and said, I'm tired. Are you ready? Show us the goods first.

Seeing the two of them coming empty-handed, the boatman hesitated and said, Do you want my eldest son to be delivered to the hotel?

Don't! Once you send it over, won't everyone know about it? There is a cart in front of you. You can just load and unload the boat later. Zhang Guoqing hurriedly stopped him.

The boatman took the two of them onto the boat, and saw a boat full of sacks and bamboo baskets. Zhang Guoqing glanced at the other party more. He didn't expect to meet a capable person.

The boatman opened several sacks, revealing the hairy crabs and prawns in the bamboo baskets.

Seeing that everything was good, Zhang Guoqing nodded. Then they followed their family to another small boat, and sure enough, it was also full of supplies. In addition to hairy crabs, there are many Jiangli specialties.

It's all good. I see that there are small pieces of paper on them. This is the quantity, right? We didn't weigh it, so you can just say the total, how much is the total? Zhang Guoqing said with a smile.

The boatman asked his son to take out the weighing mound, I have it. You weigh it first and then calculate the price. I won't hide it from you, I will pay you the price difference for each item. Except for our own items, we add one or two points .”

Zhang Guoqing knew the number as soon as he heard it, so he stopped him and said, You don't need to weigh it. You can just say a price, how much is the total? Let's pay the bill early so that we can go early.

Zhou Jiao took the list handed over by the boatman's son, looked at the handwriting on it, and smiled at them. She secretly sighed, no wonder this family's brains can get through the hotel's internal response. It seems that there is no shortage of cultural people at any time.

She also didn't know how high or low the price they offered. Seeing that the family's eyes were upright and shrewd, and their conversation was not petty, she nodded towards Zhang Guoqing.

Zhang Guoqing took the list and gave them eighteen yuan directly according to the above total of seventeen and ninety cents. He knew that it was all soaked in river water, so maybe there was an error in the weight. But the above is full of densely packed piles of dime cents. If you really want to weigh them, you may not be able to go back until noon.

Although he doesn't know the local prices, he can guess that the family must earn enough money no matter how busy they are. But he didn't say it out loud, and sometimes let others earn a little money, which also saves himself trouble.

After paying the money and helping them move off the boat, Zhang Guoqing let them go back. Seeing the family happily boarding the boat back from ear to ear, it is estimated that the family feels that they have made a lot of money.

Zhang Guoqing didn't have time to think about the gains and losses, so he looked around to see that there was nothing unusual. He hurriedly asked Zhou Jiao to put all the things on the ground into the space, leaving behind a basket of hairy crabs to repack.

After packing, he frowned and cleaned up the scene. It wasn't until there were no traces that he picked up the bamboo basket with a smile on his face, and pulled Zhou Jiao back.

When the couple returned to the hotel, they sent it to the back kitchen of the Chinese restaurant and asked them to help them steam it.

Mrs. Cheng looked behind them curiously, Didn't you buy it? If you don't have it, it's gone. Those old friends will definitely prepare it for us when we get in the car.

Zhang Guoqing also didn't say that they didn't go to Eight Immortals Bridge today.

Zhou Jiao, who was beside him, shook her head and smiled, I've already bought it. I'm afraid it won't be fresh after a long time, so I put it in the restaurant and ask them to steam it for me to bring back. Didn't they say at the banquet last night that they won't give it away? Why do you want to come again?

Knowing that we are leaving this afternoon, they will definitely come over to see us off. If we refuse to listen, we have nothing to do. We will go out to eat at noon, so as not to prevent them from coming to the door again.

As soon as Mrs. Cheng finished speaking, everyone in the room burst into laughter.

Last night's dinner wasn't a tug-of-war, and it was almost a fight at the end to pay.

Lin Lishan and Cheng Ruzhu disappeared for several days. Last night, she told Zhang Guoqing and his wife privately that they were running out of money to buy.

In the end, Zhou Jiao forced her money, but she refused to know that she had no money, but she actually had more than two hundred. It made the couple wonder how much money she brought this time?

You must know that many things are very cheap nowadays, and I have never seen her buy big ones. As a result, when Lin Lishan reported what she bought, Zhou Jiao couldn't laugh or cry.

Both her mother and Cheng Ruzhu bought high-quality goods, especially her mother bought almost all of them for herself.

Does she dare to wear high-grade silk outside? With a phonograph and a radio, how dare she keep it at home? With a watch, Zhang Guoqing and her father have the nerve to show off with a pocket watch? A family of four gold pens, is this a parent-child package? But she really dare not use it. She did not dare to buy anything in the No. 1 department store except for the white rabbit toffee.

It's strange to see her and Cheng Ruzhu not going out, Mom, where are you and sister-in-law going today?

I was looking for you just now. You will go somewhere with us later. Lin Lishan said with a wink at her. In the past two days, she and Cheng Ruzhu found the black market, but they made an appointment to buy a batch of fabrics today. The other party looked like an old capitalist, otherwise where did the inventory come from.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhou Jiao looked at Cheng Ruzhu. Seeing her nodding and smiling, he breathed a sigh of relief. With her little aunt around, there would be no problem.