Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Lin Qingyan was strolling aimlessly in this small town in late autumn. At this time, she had already reached an empty corner and put the backpack in the space.

She came to a large square with many old people and children. Several old people were dancing, and there were people standing by with their children watching. The square was very lively.

Lin Qingyan sat in the square for a while, listening to the old men and women chatting nearby.

"How did your daughter's last blind date go? Is there a follow-up?"

"Let the two add each other on WeChat and let the young people chat on their own. They still have to live their own lives, so it's better for them to get to know each other."

"Old Wang, you can't be confused. You need to explain to your daughter clearly that marriage is not just a matter between two people. Various conditions must be met."

"I told the girl that we don't care about the man's conditions, but his character must be good. There is only one girl in our family, and my husband and I will definitely give them everything we have. As long as the boy has good character and is willing to treat us well, that's enough."

This is the chat content of a group of old men and women. The main topic is their children’s marriage, and some of them complain about their daughters-in-law.

"How many months old is your eldest grandson? Can he start eating complementary foods?"

"My daughter-in-law bought some organic vegetables from a store. The vegetables were sold for 10 yuan per pound. It was a blatant robbery, but she still insisted on buying them."

"Isn't it? My daughter-in-law asked me to buy organic vegetables for my granddaughter last time, but I don't know where to buy them."

"There is a store across from the square. The name of the store says organic vegetables. You can go and have a look when you go back later."

"Really? Then I'll go check it out later."

"How many teeth does your granddaughter have?"

"Oh, you are such a great grandson. You snatched the toy from your little brother."

This is a group of grandmothers taking care of their children, and another group discussing their children's studies.

Lin Qingyan sat in the square for more than half an hour, discussing where to buy vegetables cheaply, the children's eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, and the marriage problems of adults.

Sure enough, no matter what era, as long as there are people, there will be gossip.

Lin Qingyan was more interested in the two places they mentioned. One was a supermarket, where it was said that all items were 7.8% off today, except for fresh food, tobacco and alcohol.

There is also a wholesale market, which is said to have a wide variety of goods at very cheap prices. Lin Qingyan plans to take a look at both places.

The supermarket was just opposite the square. Lin Qingyan crossed the road and came to the entrance of the supermarket, which read Fuxing Supermarket.

When she got closer, she saw that the supermarket was huge, several times bigger than the supply and marketing cooperative in Xishui Town, and even bigger than the supply and marketing cooperative in the city where she lived.

It was just as bright inside as outside in the sun, and if you looked closely, you could see that all the lights in the supermarket were on.

She has been to modern times many times and visited many night markets. The lights at night were so bright that she sometimes couldn't tell the difference between night and day.

The shelves are filled with a wide variety of items, and the prices are marked next to the items.

People coming and going were either pushing small carts or casually picking up merchandise, putting whatever they liked into the carts, without paying, and continuing on their way.

"Why don't these people pay for their purchases?" Lin Qingyan had a question in her mind, but she didn't know who to ask.

But there were more than just one or two people like this. Almost all of them just casually put their things into the cart and pushed it forward.

Lin Qingyan travels back and forth between the two worlds, and she clearly knows one thing, that is, existence is reasonable. Since everyone is like this, there must be a reason for existence.

She followed the young couple, watching them pick up and put things away casually for more than ten minutes.

The young couple pushed the cart to a cashier counter, where someone was picking up items one by one, scanning the codes, and putting them into bags. They then took out their mobile phones to scan the cashier, and then left with the items.

She learned this from Zhou Limei today and knew it was mobile payment.

Lin Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief. It was okay as long as they didn’t refuse to pay. She almost wanted to call the police just now.

She relaxed and prepared to go shopping in the supermarket. She returned to the supermarket entrance and walked forward slowly.

The vegetable area didn't really attract her, but she saw a lot of unfamiliar vegetables. When she had time, she would look for where to buy seeds so she could buy some and plant them in her space.

"Hello, where is the rice wine?" At this time, an old lady asked the supermarket staff who were wearing uniform.

"The rice wine is in Area D. Go over there and ask our staff which row it is in." The staff pointed to a large Area D sign not far away.

After shopping for half an hour, Lin Qingyan was shocked by the prices. Everything was too expensive. Even a bowl cost six or seven yuan.

The plates are nice-looking, but a plate costs at least a dozen yuan, and some even cost thirty or forty yuan. She cannot accept this price at the moment.

Suddenly she remembered brown sugar, which was in short supply and very expensive in the 70s, so she walked up to the supermarket staff and asked like the man before her: "Hello, where is the brown sugar?"

"Brown sugar is at the back of the third row of shelves in front. You can see it when you get over there." The staff pointed to the shelf in front.

"Thank you!" Lin Qingyan quickly expressed her gratitude.

Walking to the back of the third row, there was indeed a large sign, Sugar, and all kinds of packaging on the shelf,

Lin Qingyan picked them up and took a look. Some of them were labeled white sugar, some were labeled cotton sugar, and some were labeled rock sugar. There were many varieties of rock sugar, and finally she found brown sugar at the top. The varieties of brown sugar were obviously much less than the first two.

"Brown sugar is just over three yuan a bag, and one bag weighs one kilogram." Lin Qingyan was very surprised at the price of brown sugar. The prices of other commodities here are many times higher than in the 70s, but the price of brown sugar is really cheap.

Lin Qingyan took 10 bags at once and put them in the cart, and then took 5 bags of white sugar and 3 bags of rock sugar. When she was about to leave, she thought about it and went back to get 5 bags of brown sugar, preparing to send some back home.

I consulted the staff again and went to the place where noodles were sold. I bought about 10 handfuls of dried noodles and some instant noodles that were on sale.

In an instant, the cart was half filled.

"The flour manufacturer here is having a promotion with a 5% discount. Do you want to take a look, little girl?" The supermarket staff saw various kinds of noodles in the cart in front of her and tried to sell her flour.

Lin Qingyan's heart moved, so she asked, "Which one is the promotion?"

"Hey, this one used to sell for 5 yuan for 18 jin, but now it's only 5 yuan for 9 jin. The flour of this brand is also 5% off, and the other products in the supermarket are all at a 8.8% discount today."

"Thank you, sister. I'll take a bag of both styles!" Lin Qingyan put the flour into the cart and walked towards the cashier.