Chapter 127 126. Buying food
The problem of overnight accommodation is quite easy to solve. Although housing in rural areas is not abundant now, in general, it is not a problem to tidy up a few houses.
Just ask the neighbors and ask them to help.
There is a bit of a shortage of quilts, but if we all work together, it will be enough.
Du Chuan took his third and fourth children to live in a neighbor's house nearby, while his parents lived in his uncle's house.
Du Chuan didn't sleep very well that night. It wasn't the bed that was the problem. He had no problem sleeping on a hard bed now. The main reason was the cold.
The weather has turned cold now, and their clothes are not thick. In addition, it is already colder in the countryside, which makes Du Chuan wake up several times a night.
But at almost three o'clock, Liu Zhiyuan came and knocked on the door to look for him.
Du Chuan woke up the third child first, talked to her, gave his quilt to the two of them, and then followed Liu Zhiyuan out.
“So early?” Du Chuan was shivering from the cold.
Liu Zhiyuan said: "The black market basically disperses at six or seven in the morning. We used to wait for more than an hour, but now it is already late."
"If you are tired, just take the car, I will Pushing you."
Du Chuan looked at his wheelbarrow and immediately shook his head and said: "No, this road is still fine."
"And just keep sitting. It’s also cold, so it’s better to go for a walk to warm up.”
As they spoke, they walked outside. It was getting dark at this time, but fortunately the weather was okay, and the moonlight in the sky could barely illuminate the way forward, which made them feel better. Walk some.
During the journey, Du Chuan and Liu Zhiyuan chatted about each other, and Liu Zhiyuan was basically the one asking questions.
Liu Zhiyuan is very curious about the situation in the city, especially the capital.
Du Chuan also told everything he knew, making Liu Zhiyuan even more envious.
"If you have time to go to the capital sometime, I will take you for a good tour. Then you can see the scenery of the capital for yourself." Du Chuan said with a smile.
Liu Zhiyuan said with a hint of hope: "I hope, the life in your city is really enviable."
The gap between rural and urban areas is indeed a bit big now. There is a huge difference between urban and rural hukou alone.
This is all caused by the times.
As he spoke, Liu Zhiyuan's tone gradually became lower, "But it's basically impossible. It's too difficult to get to the capital."
Du Chuan said with a smile: "This is not necessarily the case. If you want to go, just tell me and I will make arrangements."
Liu Zhiyuan was very moved when he heard this, but in the end he shook his head and said: "Forget it, I'll just stay home in case I go. After a trip to the capital, I became wild and it would be bad if I couldn’t even stay at home.”
He laughed and told Du Chuan an interesting story in their village.
There are people in their village who have been to the city twice, and then they think they are city dwellers, pretending every day, and they don’t want to work.
The number of work points you can get every year will be less. If you have less work points, you will naturally get less food.
Anyway, I am hungry for nine meals in three days, but I still regard myself as a city dweller and like to run to the city when I have nothing to do.
I was arrested several times and sent back. I heard that I suffered a lot of crimes.
Because of his incident, many old people told the young people at home not to be like him, who went to the city and didn't know their last name.
The two of them chatted like this while heading to the black market. Du Chuan did not feel tired at all. Slowly, his body became more flexible and he was no longer cold. When he arrived at the place, Du Chuan found that the place was quite lively, and he could even hear many people hawking.
“Is the black market so bold now?” Du Chuan said with some surprise.
He thought the black market was quiet, with everyone buying and selling quietly, but he didn't expect it to be so lively here.
Liu Zhiyuan explained with a smile: "Now the control is much looser. It was not the case before. In the past, everyone was very careful and would run away immediately when they heard some noise."
" But now I heard that we don’t care much about this kind of thing, and gradually, everyone is letting go.”
Du Chuan nodded suddenly when he heard this. It seems that the above policy has already affected it. under.
There is more than meets the eye.
Reform and opening up, although many rural people may not know about it or what it is.
But a black market like this, which should have been a quiet place, has now become so lively, and you can see a lot of things.
This is some subtle influence that slowly affects social changes in places that many people are not aware of.
Liu Zhiyuan is still very familiar with this place. It can be seen that he runs here a lot.
He took Du Chuan to some stalls, looked at the food on them, and started bargaining.
Du Chuan followed him, and when he finished negotiating the price and was about to pay, he quickly handed over his money.
He knew that Liu Zhiyuan was embarrassed to speak, and he would definitely bring some money, but since it was Du Chuan who proposed it, how could he be asked to pay.
After they bought two bags of grain, Liu Zhiyuan was ready to go back. Du Chuan immediately said: "Buy some more. This is not enough to eat. I don't want to run here every day."
Liu Zhiyuan said: "That's enough, that's enough. Then add some vegetable leaves, wild vegetables and the like, it's completely enough."
Du Chuan disagreed with this. Since he had already come to buy it, Then buy more.
“Buy more, and in the next few days, people will come over for dinner, and they all need food.”
Du Chuan pulled him to other stalls without any doubt. Liu Zhiyuan could not say anything and could only help negotiate the price.
Du Chuan really doesn’t know how to bargain, and it makes him worried just looking at it.
It wasn't until the trolley Liu Zhiyuan pushed that it couldn't fit anymore that Du Chuan stopped under Liu Zhiyuan's pull.
But then Du Chuan saw someone selling game. ,
Now that there is not enough food to eat, naturally I want to go to the wild to find some food, pheasants, wild ducks, hares, etc., as long as they are edible, I will not let them go.
As for animal protection and the like, no one takes it seriously at this time. Filling your stomach is the key, and everything else is put aside.
"How do you sell these?" Du Chuan squatted in front of an old man who was looking at the dry tobacco. There were the most game here, including six or seven pheasants, wild ducks and so on.
The old man glanced at Du Chuan, "Seven yuan each."
"Why don't you grab it?" Liu Zhiyuan said angrily, the price is too high.
Du Chuan stood up and left, knowing that the old man realized that he was not from here. After all, the accent was different, and the clothes were completely different from the people here. This was treating him as a fat sheep and slaughtering him. .
When the old man saw Liu Zhiyuan speaking, and Du Chuan stood up to leave, he quickly said: "Don't leave in a hurry. If the price is not suitable, let's negotiate."
(End of Chapter)