With a Door In Mind

the next day

early morning

Before the sky was clear, Jiang Xiaochuan was awakened by the sound of ping-pong-pong outside the house.

In this era, people's daily routine is to go to bed early and get up early, so they have to get up early to make breakfast. Needless to say, it must be their mother and grandma Jiang who did the cooking.

Sure enough, when he walked into the kitchen, he saw his mother was burning firewood at the bottom of the pot, and Grandma Jiang was packing food by the stove.

It's rice noodles and sweet potatoes again.

At this time, it is good to have coarse grains. It is estimated that we will have to eat wild vegetable dumplings this time next year. That is called unpalatable, inexplicable wild vegetables and corn flour, sorghum flour made of vegetable dumplings. It tasted almost the same as pork.

Don’t even think about refined grains such as rice and white noodles, which are similar to pork, and can’t be eaten several times a year.

Yang Yuemei, who was burning the fire, looked at Jiang Xiaochuan at the door, and hurriedly asked, "Why do you wake up now, why don't you sleep for a while."

When the old lady who was cooking heard it, she curled her lips and said, "The chickens are all crowing, it's still early, you see, the children of other families are all up to cook at this time."

Hearing this, mother Yang Yuemei bowed her head and continued to burn the stove.

Indeed, these days, especially the half-old girls will get up in the morning to help the family with the housework.

My two brothers have never been called up to cook. As for the reason! Just for fear of them stealing.

Seeing Grandma Jiang's unhappy face, he hurriedly said, "Grandma, I'm going to dig some mussels in a while. There are many people during the day, and I'm afraid I won't be seen well."

Hearing that he was going to dig for mussels, Grandma Jiang's expression improved, and she instructed, "Okay, don't forget to dig hogweed. I'll leave you something to eat."

"Well, I know grandma. Then I'll go first." After saying that, seeing the other party nod his head, he turned around and went back to the house.

Have to go to the market to change pots and seasonings. In this way, you can secretly cook food in the space.

You can't take Jiang Xiaohe with you when you go out today. But the original Jiang Xiaohe would take him wherever he went, except in special circumstances.

Gotta think of a better reason.

He came to the bed and gently pushed Jiang Xiaohe on the bed. Pushed a few times before being pushed to wake up.

"Brother, what's the matter? It's not yet dawn, why are you up." Looking at his brother by the bed, he said in a daze.

"Xiaohe, I'm going out to hunt hogweed now, do you want to go?" Children like to sleep late. If you want him not to be noisy, you can only let him say no.

Sure enough, when he heard his words, his younger brother Jiang Xiaohe said reluctantly, "Brother, it's not yet dawn, can't we wait until it's dawn before going to work?"

"There will be more people at dawn. Why don't you sleep at home first, I'll go first, and then come to me when you're asleep? Or at the place where the mussels were dug yesterday." Jiang Xiaochuan snickered in his heart.

"Oh, well, then I'll find you when I wake up. I'll sleep for a while." After saying that, he fell back to sleep.

Once you've dealt with this follower, you can do your own thing.

Picking up two large bamboo baskets, he walked out of the yard, the other one was prepared for his younger brother.

Looks like it still has to be done.

Walking on the road, Jiang Xiaochuan slandered for a while, saying that if he did not cook pig food, he would eat less meat, and if he had the ability, he would not fight pig grass.

Follow the village road, all the way to the river. Across the river is the commune.

In memory, it was just across the river, but he was miserable. It took almost half an hour to get there.

When I came to the commune, I looked around and found that there was no one, so I put one of the baskets into the space. Then take out the mussels in the space and put them into the remaining basket, which is covered with some weeds.

Not to mention, it's really heavy.

When I came to the market town, there were already some people setting up stalls one after another.

At this time, private sales are not allowed, only sales to supply and marketing cooperatives are allowed, otherwise it is speculative.

However, farmers will be allowed to replace the items that cannot be used up at home with others. And the amount is not allowed to be too large, barter.

What happens in private is another matter.

Fortunately, this is a rural area, so the control is not so strict, as long as it is not excessive.

Carrying the basket, Jiang Xiaochuan was not familiar with the situation, so let's observe it first. There are scattered businesses doing breakfast on a street, and none of these businesses are private.

There are also some private booths that exist, maybe it's dawn, and these are busy putting things on the ground.

Jiang Xiaochuan took a look and found that it was basically fruits and vegetables, eggs and fish. And the amount is not very large. It was divided into small handfuls and placed on the ground.

Looking at the things placed on the street, Jiang Xiaochuan was puzzled. Isn't that a shortage of supplies? There are quite a few stalls here! Can you sell your own mussels?

In fact, this is not to blame him for thinking wrong. You know, this commune is a gathering place for a dozen miles nearby. There are more or less people in each village, so there are many people.

There are more than 20 people. It's just that the distance between the booths is relatively far, so it feels like there are many people.

Wandering around to the gate of the supply and marketing agency, I found that the supply and marketing agency had already opened its doors. To the left of the gate was a stall with half a fan of pork on it. The butcher is breaking down the pork.

Jiang Xiaochuan thought for a while, couldn't help but tempted, and ran to ask the price.

The butcher replied "six cents a pound" without raising his head.

Hearing this price, Jiang Xiaochuan couldn't help but sigh that the price is really cheap, but now he has no money in his hand, so he can only buy it when he has the money.

But he forgot one thing, that is, tickets are required to buy things in this era. How much meat you buy is how many meat tickets. Food stamps are needed to buy food, cloth stamps are needed to buy cloth, and so on.

"Thank you." After saying thank you casually, he turned to leave.

The butcher who was cutting the meat heard his thank you and was stunned for a moment, because when you are not asking for help in the countryside, usually no one will say thank you to you.

But he didn't think too much, and continued to divide the pork in his hand.

After coming out, he wandered around the street for a while, and saw a person selling clay pots, a water tank and several large and small pots.

He hurriedly walked towards the other party, and the stall was an uncle in his forties, dressed in gray toil.

"Uncle, how did you sell this pot?" He pointed to a casserole with a diameter of about thirty centimeters and asked.

The uncle glanced at him and spit out a few words briefly. "A piece of five."

Jiang Xiaochuan murmured in his heart, "Well, it's not expensive. If it is put in the future, it will be worth dozens of times faster."

"What about the pottery bowl?" Then he pointed to the pottery bowl that was about the size of the sea bowl and asked.

"Two cents", the uncle still cherishes words like gold.

"Uncle, look, can I exchange this mussel with you?" After speaking, he took out a big mussel from the basket, looked at the other party and said.

The other party frowned, mussels are really not a serious meat dish in the countryside, but they can't bear to eat too little now. Even the fish are getting fewer and fewer because of the drought, and so are the mussels.

Seeing that the other party was still thinking about it, Jiang Xiaochuan was impatient for a while. But can't be urged.

Considering that the children at home haven't eaten meat for a long time, the uncle can barely make up for the mussels. So he said, "Okay, then I'll take it. How much do you have? By the way, the price is three cents a pound."

Just when he heard that the other party was willing to accept it, he was overjoyed, and then was stunned by the other party's price. "How much... how much? It's so cheap?" Thinking that he didn't hear clearly, he asked again.

The big man said dissatisfiedly when he heard his words. "Three cents a pound! What? Think I'm getting cheap? If you don't believe me, go ask yourself. When did Mr. Hu ever cheat on others?"

"No, no, uncle, this is my first time here, and I don't know the specific price." Seeing that the other party had misunderstood, Jiang Xiaochuan hurriedly explained it.

Seeing his expression, the other party didn't look like he was lying, so he extinguished his anger and explained, "Did you see that meat sells for 60 cents a pound, why is this mussel so cheap?"

Jiang Xiaochuan nodded quickly, "Yes."

"Can this fish be the same as meat? Today's fish is only about 30 cents per pound. If there is not enough food for mussels now, no one wants a penny or a pound. This stuff was used to feed sows. And how much meat is left after removing the shell?"

Hearing this explanation, Jiang Xiaochuan immediately understood that he still looked at the world from the perspective of later generations.

After reacting, he hurriedly said to the third Hu, "I'm sorry, uncle, I don't know anything about it, you can take it easy. You want to weigh it for me."

Hu Laosan saw that the other party didn't seem to be intentional, so he waved his hand and didn't care.

"Okay, then I'll weigh it." After that, he took the basket from Jiang Xiaochuan's hand.

"Come on, it's not too light, it's more than 30 pounds." Feeling the weight in his hand, Mr. Hu was surprised.

"Well, it's almost," Jiang Xiaochuan replied repeatedly. In fact, he didn't know exactly how many kilograms.

"Remove the basket, 38 catties and 6 taels", after reporting the number, he said casually.

"A total of one cent and eighty cents. Do the math."

Jiang Xiaochuan thought for a moment, and then said, "That's right." Thinking to himself, this person is really powerful, and the speed of settlement is so fast.

"Assuming you are exactly one dollar and two, this pottery pot is here for you." Hu Laosan was also very happy to get so many mussels.

Hearing Hu Laosan's words, he didn't answer. He felt that he should sell all the mussels in his hand. Don't be so troublesome and run several times.

"Uncle, do you still want it? I still have a basket. I'll put it over there. If you want, I'll bring it over." He said, pointing to the path he came from.

Hu Laosan was surprised, "Ah, and ah, how did you get so many?"

Then he immediately said, "I don't have any other intentions, so just ask casually. Then go and get it for me. I'll have it all."

Jiang Xiaochuan didn't take any money either. He ran to the side of the road, found a corner that no one could see, and took out some mussels. At this point, all the mussels in the space have been taken out.

"22 pounds, how do you change it for 6 cents and 6 cents." After weighing, Hu Laosan said to him.

"Give me a pot, and give me three more pots." Thinking that he still has his own brother and mother at home, he plans to buy three sets of bowls.

"Okay, then put your things away, and remember to find me next time you have something good." Hu Laosan was polite.

"Okay, uncle, then I'll go back first." Holding the remaining three cents, Jiang Xiaochuan was polite and left.

Then he came to the supply and marketing cooperative, looked at the cut pork, and drooled, but when he touched the thirty cents in his pocket, he still gave up the idea of ​​eating pork.

I need to buy some seasoning.

It took fifteen cents to buy a pound of salt, but fortunately there was no ticket to buy salt. I was going to buy some oil, but I actually need a ticket to buy oil. Even matches require a match ticket.

Helpless, I could only take the remaining 15 cents and prepare to go back.

At this time, he remembered that there was an old lady selling eggs in front of him, so he hurried over to ask the price, and he paid a penny.

Good guy, it's so cheap, buy...

So the only fifteen cents left in the hand was replaced by fifteen eggs.

I have no money in my hand, so I can only go back.

Find a place where no one is on the road, put everything in the space, and walk towards the road where you came. By this time the sky was already clear.

When I came to the place where the mussels were dug before, I used my own abilities to dig dozens of mussels. But this section has been dug out by itself. If you want to dig again in the future, you can only go elsewhere.

Then I started to fight the hogweed. There are many grasses by the river, so it is relatively simple to fight. Soon the two baskets of hogweed were full. Seeing that his younger brother hadn't come yet, he walked home carrying the baskets.

Before reaching the door of the house, he heard his brother's cry and grandma Jiang's scolding. "Little bastard, how dare you run. See if I won't kill you."

He hurriedly quickened his pace and trotted into the yard, only to see his younger brother Jiang Xiaohe being chased and beaten by Grandma Jiang with a broom. Jiang Xiaohe already had several scars on his body. Cry and hide.

He hurriedly asked, "Grandma, don't be angry, what's the matter?"

Being stopped by Jiang Xiaochuan, he might have been tired from playing before, so he said angrily, "Hmph, this little bastard actually broke a bowl."

No wonder, can you not be beaten for breaking a bowl?

"Xiaohe, what's the matter, why are you so careless?" Jiang Xiaochuan could only say to his brother.

Hearing his brother's scolding, Jiang Xiaohe felt even more aggrieved, "Brother, it's the third sister who wants to eat the meal that my mother left for you. If I don't give it to you, she robs me, and finally falls without catching it."

Hearing what her younger brother Jiang Xiaohe said, Grandma Jiang scolded angrily.

"Little bastard, if your third sister wants to eat, you can give it to him. Your brother is gone. You can do it again when you come back. It's like what my family doesn't give you to eat. It's an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."

Hearing his words, Jiang Xiaochuan sneered in his heart and did it again. Don't believe this shit.

But he can only comfort, "Grandma, you know Xiaohe is wrong. Next time he's here, he won't dare."

As for Jiang Weiying next to him, he stood there with his arms crossed and sneered. He didn't say a word, as if what happened had nothing to do with him.

"A group of unfamiliar white-eyed wolves. Put things down and go out to play when you have nothing to do. Staying at home is an eyesore." Grandma Jiang scolded the two of them.

Jiang Xiaochuan clenched his fist tightly, then released it again. Put down the basket and pull the younger brother to leave.

"Wait a minute. I dug a few mussels today." Grandma Jiang stopped him.

"Oh, it's not easy to dig now, only seven or eight have been dug." Jiang Xiaochuan replied lightly. After wandering around the courtyard, he pulled Jiang Xiaohe out of the courtyard.

"Look, these two white-eyed wolves are just unfamiliar." Seeing the two leave, the third child muttered to his grandmother.

"Die Nizi, you are not a good person. I don't know how to restrain yourself. At least you have to live with your face." Although he was scolding the other party, the angry expression on his face betrayed him.