Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

There were many people coming and going in the black market at this time, but it was very quiet. People were in a hurry to buy and leave, and would not stay here to avoid being caught by people with red armbands.

To buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative, you need not only money but also tickets. Some things cannot be bought even with money, such as brown sugar, fine white flour, and noodles. These are all in short supply.

However, placed on the newspaper in front of Lin Qingyan were these three hot-selling items.

A well-dressed older sister, holding a bag in her hand, Lin Qingyan watched her walk around the black market, and the expression on her face changed from hope to disappointment.

Seeing her approaching, he whispered, "Big sister, do you want brown sugar?"

The elder sister, who was worried about not being able to buy what she wanted, heard the word "brown sugar" and her eyes lit up. She turned around and came to Lin Qingyan.

Looking at the two things wrapped in newspapers and a cloth bag on the ground, she couldn't tell whether the two obviously dressed-up little girls in front of her were calling her.

"Little girls, do you have any brown sugar here?" The elder sister was somewhat suspicious whether the two little girls in front of her were fooling her.

Lin Qingyan quickly squatted down, picked up the square packet of newspaper, opened a corner of the newspaper and showed it to her.

"Sister, look, this is authentic brown sugar."

When the elder sister saw that there was really brown sugar in the newspaper, the corners of her mouth curled up obviously and she breathed a sigh of relief. Her daughter had given birth and was in confinement after giving birth, and she had no tickets, and she couldn't even get brown sugar. She was getting anxious and angry, but she didn't expect that she would really find it after going to the black market.

The elder sister turned around and looked around, then asked softly, "How much is one pound? Do you need a ticket?"

"One yuan per pound, no ticket required."

Lin Qingyan also replied to her in a low voice. Ye Yi looked at them warily from the side, then looked around.

"Sister, how many do you have? To tell you the truth, I am a girl and I am about to give birth, so I need to prepare more brown sugar."

"There are 4 pounds of brown sugar. How much do you want, sister?"

"Give me all 4 jin." When the elder sister heard that there were 4 jin of brown sugar, her expression became more relaxed. Now that her daughter has given birth and she can take the sugar to her in-laws' house, her daughter's mother-in-law will no longer be rude to her.

When her daughter gave birth to a girl, she cursed the hen for not laying eggs before the midwife left. Two days after the birth, she made her daughter work and cursed her in a roundabout way.

My daughter cried many times when she came back, but what else could she do in this era? Every woman has gone through the same thing.

Even when she went to her daughter's home to see her, she was criticized by her daughter's mother-in-law in a sarcastic tone. Her daughter had to live her own life and she had no way to force her way out. So, was she not going to live her life?

Fortunately, the son-in-law is a good man and secretly takes care of his daughter without his mother’s knowledge. Otherwise, she would have been bullied. Life will be better after the family is divided.

Lin Qingyan had no idea what the buyer on the other side was thinking. Seeing that she bought all the brown sugar she brought, she recommended it to her.

"Sister, I have some noodles here, all made from fine flour, take a look and see if you want any."

After saying that, he opened the long strip of newspaper and showed it to her. She saw that the noodles inside were clearly visible and white in color. They were better than those sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives.

"How much is this noodle?"

"8 cents a pound. This package contains two pounds. No ticket is needed." Lin Qingyan introduced.

The elder sister bought 4 kilograms of brown sugar and 2 kilograms of noodles without hesitation, put them in her bag and hurriedly left the black market.

Most of the food that Lin Qingyan brought today, which was placed in the backpack, has been sold. Only one cloth bag of flour weighing about 1 kilograms is still for sale.

Ye Yi saw that it had not been long since she came in and she was almost sold out. She was in a very good mood, and the two of them stood and squatted there, talking in a low voice.

"These things sell really well. It would be great if there were more. What else do you need to sell?" Ye Yi sighed.

"There are some socks and clothes. These things may not be as easy to sell as food. We need to meet people who want them. We will wait for another half an hour. If we don't sell them, we will not stay here. We can't stay here for long."

Lin Qingyan also glanced at the backpack. It seemed that she had made a mistake this time. The clothes should have been taken to the entrance of the textile factory where many girls were working.

Seeing that half an hour was about to pass, Lin Qingyan took care of Ye Yi and said, "Let's get ready to go and change places."

The two of them were packing the things on the ground into the backpack, and then they saw the older sister who had been shopping earlier hurried over and said to them breathlessly,

"Luckily I made it in time, and fortunately you guys haven't left yet."

Ye Yi looked at her nervously, thinking, you don't want to return the goods, do you?

Lin Qingyan looked at her elder sister calmly and asked with a smile: "Sister, what's wrong?"

"Girl, do you still have those noodles? I didn't look at them carefully just now. I took them back and saw that they are in great condition. How many do you have? Give them all to me."

"Sister, we're out of noodles this time. If you want, I'll bring you some next time."

The woman opposite was a little disappointed when she heard that there were no more noodles. She didn’t know if she could get them next time, and she didn’t know what to do for a moment.

"Sister, if you are confident, you can leave me your address and I will deliver it to you next time. If you are not confident, you can leave me your approximate address. If there is stock next time, I can go to your neighborhood and the chance of meeting you will be greater."

Lin Qingyan thought about it and gave two solutions.

The eldest sister looked at Lin Qingyan, whose real face was not shown in front of her, and finally gave a rough address, which fortunately was near the textile factory.

The elder sister who was about to leave without buying the noodles was stopped by Lin Qingyan.

"Sister, I have some white flour here, do you want to take a look?"

The elder sister looked at the cloth bag in Lin Qingyan's hand again, and walked forward to open the bag. Inside was very fine flour, which was obviously much better than the one sold in the supply and marketing cooperative. The elder sister decided to buy the white flour as well.

"Sister, how much is this? I bought a lot of things from you today, you have to give me a lower price."

"Sister, this flour is about 5 jin. The cloth bag is the bag I use to carry my own food. If you have a bag that you can spare, you can give me 8 cents for the flour. If you want a cloth bag, you can give me 1 yuan. After all, you have to buy a cloth bag."

Lin Qingyan looked at the cloth bag in her hand and thought that she should go to Modern as soon as possible to see if Zhou Limei had bought the bag for her.

"Okay, I'll give you 1 yuan. Next time you have noodles or brown sugar, remember to send some to me. I think a lot of people in my family need them."

The two paid the money and delivered the goods.

After selling the last piece of food, Ye Yi was obviously relieved. She sorted the newspapers and put them into her backpack, stomped her feet which were numb from squatting, and prepared to leave.

At this moment, there was a sudden whistle outside, sometimes long, sometimes short, very urgent.

Lin Qingyan and Ye Yi were both a little confused, but they saw the people next to them running with the basket and the noise coming from not far away.

Then I realized that it was the red armbands coming.