There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

The district department store has a total of two floors, and it is considered the largest market in the suburbs of the city for a hundred miles.

At this time, there is a lot of traffic, even worse than in the city.

Before entering, listen to the tweeter playing what products are on the shelves, and no tickets are required for defective products.

Zhou Jiao hadn't heard these words for a long time, and for a moment she thought they were auditory hallucinations. In the past two years, it was either out of stock, or a limit on how much one person could buy, or if it was out of stock, don't wait in line.

After walking around with Qiao Na, Zhou Jiao still found that compared to the first time she went to the capital, the prices of many commodities had increased a lot, and the quality was also much rougher.

I'll line up to buy fish skin beans first. There are not many of them. Do you want to buy some for Ping An? The hawthorn cake and peanut cakes are loved by children. Buy them quickly. I didn't wait for them last time I came here.

Zhou Jiao glanced at the crowd, and immediately shook her head, You buy it. I'll go and have a look.

Qiao Na waved her hand and hurriedly ran to line up.

Seeing this, Zhou Jiao couldn't help laughing. Where did she agree to buy the fabric? However, looking at the crowds of customers at the food counter, you know that food is still the most popular.

Walking in the shopping mall, there are people everywhere, Zhou Jiao looked at her small body, and resolutely gave up going forward. She couldn't forget how many times those big ladies pushed her until she couldn't breathe.

That's not to mention, if a customer quarrels and fights if one is not careful, causing her to suffer innocent disasters, it will be bad, so Zhou Jiao still feels jealous in places where there are many people.

From downstairs to upstairs, I found a counter with less crowds, but I didn't expect it to sell fabrics and textiles.

Zhou Jiao was not surprised that there were relatively few customers here.

Food stamps are expensive, but cloth stamps are not bad. In the early years, everyone in the capital could still have seventeen or eight feet. In the past two years, she only received a cloth ticket of more than seven feet at the end of each year.

Compared with the previous two years, now every family is even more stretched. The new three years, the old three years, and the three years of sewing and mending have to continue.

It's been 1962, and we still have to endure...

When Qiao Na came over, she happened to see Zhou Jiao picking up pieces of cloth, so she hurried over to stop her. Be darling, buy these scraps with cloth tickets, be crazy.

Why are you buying this? Quickly help me to find out which suits look good. I have saved tickets for two years, and I must keep my eyes open to choose the one I like. You don't know how much I have put into these tickets. It’s very troublesome to change with someone every year when the expiration date is approaching.”

Zhou Jiao was dragged away by her and did not choose again. She really has no shortage of fabrics, but the main reason is that she is too boring. Just now, she thought that this could be used to make a sachet or something.

Seeing summer, there are more mosquitoes. I wonder if I can buy matchlocks this year.

If Zhou Jiao had prepared so many supplies, what she regretted the most was the lack of some raw materials. Before, she thought that wormwood and wormwood were not in short supply, so she just ignored them.

Now comes the retribution. The stored anti-mosquito medicine prescriptions and matchsticks were generously given away by her, and there were very few left, and the mosquito-repellent incense had never been favored by her. If it was in her hometown, she could go up the mountain to find it. But now in the suburbs of Beijing, it is rare to find a single wormwood wherever I go.

(If Zhang Guoqing knew it, he would have laughed to himself—girl, you are too ignorant, and it is still the end of spring. Wait until the end of summer to go to the wilderness with my brother to see it.)

Zhou Jiao followed Qiao Na to the side, looked at the two or three small floral cloths on the counter, and really didn't think there was anything to choose from. It really doesn't feel any difference.

In the end, Qiao Na used the cloth tickets she had saved for two or three years to choose the light pink flower cloth. Seeing her smile all over her face, she should be very happy, after all, she has been looking forward to it for a long time.

Zhou Jiao poked her maliciously, Aren't you ready for a gown?

No, let's make do with it first. The distribution tickets for the next two years have to be prepared for graduation and work.

Zhou Jiao joked: After graduation, I will prepare for the wedding dress.

Yeah... Yeah, you're talking to me.

Now that she bought something, Zhou Jiao didn't want to go shopping anymore, so she dragged her to go back. As for the noodles with fried sauce, Zhou Jiao refused by saying that she would go back to catch up with the meal.

She didn't want others to spend money, and she didn't want Zhang Guoqing to wait for her to eat at school alone. That man will definitely wait for her to go back.

She thought she would return empty-handed today, but she didn't expect that there would be a huge surprise waiting for her after she returned.

After the two returned to school, they bid farewell to Qiao Na, and Zhou Jiao went upstairs directly.

Just arrived at the door of the dormitory, before he had time to take out the key to open the door, unexpectedly Zhang Guoqing opened the door from the inside and pulled her in immediately.

——The familiar scent of wormwood in the room, wild fruits such as cherries and mulberries in the basket on the table. They were all the things she had planned to look for in the small market just now.

Well, their husband and wife really have a good understanding.

Zhou Jiao looked around the room, and asked in a low voice, Didn't you go to work with Dayi? Why do you have these things?

Zhang Guoqing happily picked her up, We went to the farm with them to discuss the double income task. No, after finishing the work, the two of us will separate from them and run to the village.

It cost a lot of money, didn't it?

Zhang Guoqing shook his head, It didn't cost much. It cost three cents a matchlock, and a bag cost only two yuan. The two of us each had a bag, and the captain was very smart. Come over with the matchlock. Many teachers and students bought it from him just now.

Zhou Jiao smiled knowingly.

The school is located in a remote area with a lot of trees, surrounded by farmland and wasteland, and there are a lot of mosquitoes. Many students can't afford mosquito nets, and they simply can't stand mosquito coils.

Matching rope is better than mosquito coils, it is cheap and good quality, a matchstick is 15 centimeters long, it can be burned for a day and a night, there is not a single mosquito in the room, and there is no smoke, leaving only a faint scent of wormwood, clean And environmental protection.

However, except for freshmen and professors from students with good family conditions, veteran students should have rubbed a lot last year and save it for this year.

Before, she also rubbed two according to the fashion, but then gave up directly. Not only is the raw material hard to find, but she also can't do the technical work of rubbing the match. It's not as fast as making it into a powder directly.

The rest of the medicine powder is for Dad and Pingan. In the future, we will directly buy other medicines for dispensing, which will be very troublesome. The captain is too talkative and quick-witted, so I didn't order with him again. I will find a village in a few days and order more matchsticks. If you are worried that it will be inconvenient if there is no raw material in the future, I will ask people to wait until the end of summer when it grows a lot, and then prepare some.

Zhou Jiao nodded. She didn't think dispensing the medicine was troublesome, all the manual work was done by him, but it was tiring for him, and she felt a little bit reluctant. As her mother said, nothing that can be solved with money is not a problem.

Especially the match, which can be solved with money, she is absolutely unwilling to do it again. Zhou Jiao is not interested in twisting hemp rope or matchlock at all. It's easy to watch her mother-in-law at home, but it's impossible to control her when it's in my hands.

She never compares her disadvantages with others' strengths, how silly that is. Especially the job of rubbing the matchlock is extremely troublesome.

The process is step by step, don't be too difficult!

First, you have to pick them all sweaty in the summer, and then carry them back. This is not a big deal, the most difficult thing is not to weave it too thickly or too tightly. If it is too thick or too tight, it will not be easy to burn.

This is not finished yet, after weaving it, it has to be put under the eaves to dry for a long time, and it cannot be dried directly.

When the finished product came out, my whole face was flushed, my waist was sore and my back hurt, and my hands were covered with blisters. Seriously, three cents a piece really devalues ​​the item.

Alas... that is, now, three points? In the future, no one will want to do it if it costs three hundred yuan.