Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

"Girl, what are you selling?" He couldn't help but lift the cloth cover on the backpack.

When I opened it and saw it was just socks, I was a little disappointed because I thought it was some rare food.

"Big sister, do you want socks? Nylon socks are the most popular now. They don't require tickets. They are 8 cents a pair. The supply and marketing cooperative sells them at 8 cents a pair but requires tickets."

Lin Qingyan enthusiastically promoted her socks. After buying so many socks, she had to sell them.

"Nylon stockings?"

The eldest sister looked down at the basket in confusion, a little hesitant, and then thought about what her daughter said a few days ago about the ugly girl next door who bought a pair of nylon socks and showed them off in front of her.

I know my girl's personality very well, and she is not easy to get along with, but it is definitely not okay for her to be bullied by the neighbors.

The eldest sister decided to buy, and bought an extra pair, yes, two pairs, wore one pair, and used the other pair to slap herself in the face.

"Bring me two pairs."

The eldest sister generously paid for two pairs of shoes. Lin Qingyan didn't know that during this period of time, they had already fought several rounds.

With the start, people came one after another, and I sold out 60 pairs in an hour or two. I took the rest back to sell in the village.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Lin Qingyan prepared to go back. After all, this was a black market and she couldn't stay there for too long. If she was caught, it would be a big deal.

When Lin Qingyan had packed up and was about to leave, she saw a woman carrying a basket covered with grass. It might be her first time here, so she looked nervous and a little overwhelmed.

Lin Qingyan walked up to her and asked, "Sister, what do you have here?"

"Sister, sister, these are the eggs from my house, do you want them?"

In this era, chickens cannot be raised casually, but in places where management is not strict, you can raise a few secretly. It takes a long time to save a basket of eggs.

"Sister, why are you selling these eggs like this?" Lin Qingyan.

"6 cents per pound, do you like it?" The elder sister was a little hesitant to speak.

In fact, it has not been long since Lin Qingyan was reborn, and she has long forgotten the prices of things in her previous life.

She actually didn't know how much a pound of eggs cost now, but after seeing the modern prices, she thought this price was very cheap.

"Sister, how many do you have here?"

"My eggs are big. Here are more than 80 of them. I weighed them at home and they weigh 10 kilograms. How many do you want?"

There are 10 eggs in 80 jin, and 6 cents per jin, so one egg is 1 cents. The price is not cheap, but eggs are in great demand now and are hard to buy. Just buy them when you see them.

"Sister, I'll take them all. There are many people in my family."

As Lin Qingyan spoke, she took out some money and handed her 6 yuan. The woman quickly took it, wrapped the money in a handkerchief, and then wrapped it in several layers before putting it into her underwear.

By the time she put the money away, Lin Qingyan had already transferred the eggs to her backpack. She put the backpack on her back and said to the woman who was still standing there stupidly,

"Sister, it's okay, you should go back quickly, it's not safe here."

Only then did he pick up the backpack and prepare to go back.

Suddenly he remembered the newspapers pasted on the wall of Gu Yizhou's house. It made the room look a lot cleaner, so he turned around and walked towards the scrap yard again.

It is now 76, and she knows clearly that the college entrance examination will be resumed in one year.

She came to the countryside after graduating from high school. The resumption of the college entrance examination would be very beneficial to her. Now that she is not busy, she will go to the scrap yard to see if she can find some books.

Lin Qingyan came to the scrap yard. The whole yard was quiet, with only an old man guarding the yard.

The old man was lying leisurely on the chair, holding a palm-leaf fan in his hand. Oh, in this weather, he was still holding a fan. You can imagine how leisurely this old man's life is.

The gatekeeper felt someone coming in, he lazily opened his eyes and looked at Lin Qingyan.

He said to her, "Girl, what do you want?"

"Uncle, I want to buy some newspapers." Lin Qingyan quickly replied sweetly.

"In the room over there, they're in a stack at 2 cents a piece, go get them yourself." The old man pointed to the house next door.

Lin Qingyan walked into the room, where there were piles of newspapers, a lot of them, each pile was of the same edition. This Hu wall was just right, and toilet paper would also be fine.

Lin Qingyan took a few stacks and looked around the house to see if there were any other books.

After searching for a while and not finding it, I couldn't help but walk up to the old man.

"Uncle, do you have textbooks for junior high and high school?" Lin Qingyan asked in a low voice.

The old man, who had been leisurely all the time, finally opened his eyes and squinted at Lin Qingyan.

A kind reminder: "Little girl, what do you want the textbook for?"

"Uncle, I have younger brothers and sisters who are in school. I want to buy some for them so that they can learn some knowledge."

Lin Qingyan pretended to be a younger brother or sister who went to school somewhere unknown.

"Little girl, you are lucky. The management has been relaxed recently. If it was two years ago, you couldn't even ask this question."

As the old man spoke, he pointed to the other room and said to Lin Qingyan, "Go look in that room."

Under the guidance of the gatekeeper, Lin Qingyan walked to another room. There were many things in the room. It was very messy and cluttered.

Lin Qingyan rummaged around in it and luckily found a set of junior high school and a set of high school textbooks. She was very satisfied.

Today's task was completed. I picked up the books I needed and was about to go out to pay, but I was tripped by something under my feet and almost fell.

Looking closely, it was a wooden box. The box was not very big and seemed to be used to store jewelry in ancient times.

The box was red and quite heavy. When she opened it, she found it was empty. Since her rebirth, she had an extra space. Lin Qingyan believed in some things.

Now this box gave her an intuition that she should buy it, otherwise she might regret it, since she had a strong desire to buy it, not to mention that she was not without money.

He was holding a pile of books with a wooden box under them, and he placed several piles of newspapers he had taken earlier next to the gatekeeper.

"Uncle, I have chosen. How much are these?"

Lin Qingyan started to speak sweetly to the old man again.

"Newspapers are 2 cents a stack, books are one dollar a pound, and the box... Oh! Give me two dollars for the box."

The gatekeeper looked at the things lazily for a few times, was stunned when he saw the box, but still quoted a price.

Lin Qingyan looked at the things in her hand, and now she realized her shortcomings.

She didn't seem to know how to bargain. In her previous life, she was spoiled by her family before she went to the countryside, so she had no chance to bargain.

Later, he returned to the city due to illness and lay at home all day, with no chance to bargain.

She hesitated for a while, but still silently took out the money to pay. The old man probably didn't expect her to be so honest. Few people who come to the scrap yard don't bargain or cry poor.

Alas, it’s all because of poverty. Thinking of this, the old man felt a little kind and picked up a stack of the latest newspapers beside him and handed them to Lin Qingyan.

"Girl, this is for you too."

"Thank you, uncle." Lin Qingyan took the newspaper and was very happy.

Although they didn't know how to bargain, it didn't seem like they were at a loss, and both were very satisfied with the deal.