How to Thrive in the ’60s

The two left the city and rode southward for more than ten minutes. They saw dozens of people scattered under the bridge in front of them. Some of them carried baskets in their hands, and some had snakeskin bags in front of them. Some people put bamboo baskets under their feet, or stood or squatted to pick goods. From a distance, it turned out to be a small lively market.

Yun Shang's eyes widened in surprise, and she asked Gu Shinian, "Second Brother Gu, aren't you allowed to do business in private now? Why is there a market here?"

This is still the boundary of the provincial capital, not a small remote village like Xinglin Village. Shouldn't the market be banned?

"It's not the most strict time yet. There are still markets in many places. But this is not a market, it's a small free market, and it closes at around nine o'clock every morning."

Seeing Yun Shang still had a look of incredulity, "So many people come out to set up stalls, no one cares?"

"These people are also bartering goods when they come out to set up stalls. As long as they don't trade with money in the market, it is not a violation of the policy."

As for going out of the bazaar, whether the buyer and the seller are trading with money or goods, no one will be held accountable if no one sees it.

Hearing what Gu Shinian said, Yun Chang was also a little worried. The market is all about bartering. Who can afford to exchange her two baskets full of meat?

Besides, in this season, vegetables are the most sold in the market. There are so many fresh and juicy vegetables in her space, is it necessary to exchange vegetables with others?

Even if you change eggs, it won’t work. There are hundreds of catties of meat, including a hundred catties of bear meat. If you change all the eggs, you won’t be able to return to a mountain of eggs. How can you take them home?

The bicycle stopped quickly on the bridge, and Gu Shinian pointed to the basket hanging on the handlebar and told Yunshang, "Ah Chang, put some pork in the basket, and I will exchange some eggs for you later, save it for later." Take your time to eat..."

"Oh," Yun Shang replied, using the basket as a cover, moved three pieces of pork outside, and followed Gu Shinian off the bridge.

Although the Qiaoxi Free Market is not big, there are quite a few farmers selling fresh vegetables and eggs at stalls. Not only are they cheaper than non-staple food stores, but they are also fresher than those sold in stores. People from several state-owned restaurants in the provincial capital will come to shop Replace with fresh vegetables.

Gu Shinian took Yunshang down the bridge, glanced around the crowd, paused for two seconds on a man in a cadre outfit, took Yunshang to stop the car not far from the man, and took out the bag from the basket. A piece of pork.

Before Gu Shinian could put the pork on the back seat of the bicycle, someone surrounded him, "Hey! Comrade, you are... pork? How do you change it?"

"It's wild pork. This piece weighs about two catties. We only exchange eggs and nothing else."

While Gu Shinian was talking, he put the wild pork in his hand on the back seat, took out two other pieces of pork from the basket, and put them on together.

As soon as the three pieces of fresh wild pork with red blood were displayed, they immediately attracted the attention of most people in the market.

This is pork.

The last time pork was served in the city was during the Chinese New Year. It has been more than half a year, how can we not be greedy for meat.

Hearing that Gu Shinian was going to exchange pork for eggs, several people held egg baskets, pushed through the crowd, and squeezed to the front.

And the cadre who was still in the next booth pretending to be a man also squeezed in.

"Little comrade, where did you get this wild boar? There are very few wild boars in Linyang."

Linyang belongs to the plain area, and at most you can catch pheasants and hares in the fields. Where can you catch species like wild boars that live in deep mountains and old forests?

Where did these two kids get so much meat?

Seeing that the people around were also looking over curiously, Gu Shinian smiled, and said generously, "This wild pork was given by relatives out of town. It's hot now, and fresh pork can't be kept, so I thought about replacing it with marinated meat." Order some eggs."

As soon as the words fell, the man's eyes lit up.

Listening to the voice, the two children still have wild boar at home, and they are not old or young.

After changing the eggs, Gu Shinian put Yunshang in front of the bicycle, pushed the bicycle onto the bridge, and the man quickly pushed through the crowd and followed.

Gu Shinian saw this,

Deliberately slowing down, allowing the man to catch up and grab the back seat of the bicycle.

"Little comrade! Little comrade, wait a minute, I'll discuss something with you."

"Comrade, what are you discussing with me?"

The man looked around, motioned for Gu Shinian to push the cart and walk slowly forward with him, and said in a low voice, "Little comrade, I just heard what you mean, you still have fresh wild pork at home, how many catties is it? You Can you ask my family members if they are willing to share some of this fresh wild boar meat for me?"

Seeing that Gu Shinian's brows were slightly frowned, and his eyes showed a look of defense, the man slapped his forehead suddenly, with a look of surprise on his face:

"Little comrade, I am the buyer of the state-run restaurant on Guanxiang Road. My surname is Su, and I am not a bad guy who speculates. If your pork can be distributed to our restaurant, the price will definitely not let you suffer. Food stamps, cloth stamps, I can exchange industrial tickets with you!"

No wonder he was in a hurry. In fact, the non-staple food store had no pork supply for several months, and the restaurant had been out of meat for several days, but the restaurant in the next street had collected a lot of pheasants and wild rabbits from unknown places. Many higher-level leaders have hooked up.

This time, the manager who has been trying his best to be different from the restaurant on the next street will be pissed off.

If it is because the master chef assigned to the restaurant is not skilled enough to keep customers, then that’s fine, but because there is no fresh game in the restaurant, it is impossible to keep customers, how embarrassing and embarrassing it is?

Both the manager and the chef in charge were dissatisfied. As a buyer, Comrade Su was under a lot of pressure.

In addition to going to the non-staple food store to watch the meat every day, I also saw Tian'er running to various small free markets in the surrounding area, just to find some wild game.

Today, I finally saw wild boar meat in Qiaoxi Free Market, and it was the freshest wild boar meat. Naturally, I would not miss this good opportunity.

It's just that seeing that Gu Shinian's brows were still furrowed, and even the expression on his face didn't change, the man's heart skipped a beat, and his eyes unconsciously showed anxiety.

Seeing this, Yunshang sang a red face at the right time, "Second brother, we still have a big pig's head, half a piece of pork, why don't you give it to this comrade? If you exchange the money, you can buy me popsicles." gone."

The man was speechless for a long time, the little girl wants to exchange pork for popsicles?

What a little loser.

A popsicle costs one cent, and a cream popsicle is only two cents, but a catty of fresh pork on the market costs at least two yuan, not to mention that this is a rare wild pork in Linyang.

If it is really used to exchange popsicles, half a leaf of wild boar meat can be exchanged for a popsicle in the cold storage for the little girl.