Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

I passed by the square I visited last time. There were a lot of people in the square at this time.

The square was full of children playing and their parents watching over them, and there were also many stalls selling things.

Lin Qingyan stopped. She had been to Modern many times but seemed to have never had a good look around. She looked around, trying to find a place to park her bike, and saw many bicycles of the same color and style parked on the roadside not far away.

She pushed the bicycle over, parked it there, and locked it. She walked a few steps, but felt uneasy, so she turned around and looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to the bicycle, she walked towards the square.

The bag, power bank and backpack that Zhou Limei bought for her had already been placed in her space. Now she was strolling around the square leisurely with empty hands.

There are all kinds of children's toys on the stalls, glowing balloons, running cars,

There are also many children holding a rectangular transparent toy that seems to contain liquid. When they take it out and blow it gently, transparent or colorful bubbles appear and float in the air, which is very beautiful.

Many children were running after the bubbles and having a lot of fun.

Lin Qingyan liked it very much and thought: I will buy one for my brother and bring it back for him to play with during the Chinese New Year.

So she went up to him and asked, "Boss, how much is the bubble-making toy for the kids over there?"

"Bubble? There are 5 yuan ones and 3 yuan ones. Which one do you want?" The boss looked in the direction of her hand.

"Then give me a 3 yuan one and a 5 yuan one." Lin Qingyan took out 10 yuan and handed it to the boss.

"Are you using cash? Can you just scan the code? I don't have cash change." The boss looked at her in confusion.

Lin Qingyan had her ID card and mobile phone, but she didn't have a bank card, so she naturally had no money to use in her WeChat account.

I could only shake my head and say, "I'm sorry, I don't have any money in my phone."

The boss looked at her with some pity, wondering how come such a young girl didn't have any change?

"I really don't have any change, so I'll give you a small bubble. Is that okay?" The boss took out another bubble and handed it to her.

Lin Qingyan thought about it and nodded, then took it, planning to bring one for Tongtong to play with tomorrow.

Lin Qingyan was holding three bubbles in her hand and moving among the children. When the children saw her holding so many bubbles, they all wanted to play with her, but when they saw that she had no intention of opening them, they stopped following her.

I walked around the square and bought a bunch of things, including a spinning top, a dragonfly that could spin and fly into the air. There were a lot of toys, but none of them dated back to the 70s. These little things were fun to play with.

Seeing that it was almost 9 o'clock, I was about to go back. Two old ladies walked by and said,

"It's almost 9 o'clock. The supermarket is having a discount on fresh meat. Hurry up. If you go too late, it will be gone."

"The vegetables are not good now, and the discounted ones are not good either."

"Vegetables are bad, but meat is good, right? Some fruits are not bad, they are just a little overripe, so they are just delicious when you buy them."

"Sometimes the fruit is still good. I think you can still buy it now."

Discounted meat? Lin Qingyan ignored the fresh produce and only heard about meat, and quickly followed the two old ladies to the supermarket.

She had been to this supermarket once last time during the day and bought brown sugar and noodles.

Lin Qingyan followed them directly to the fresh food counter. As soon as she walked over there, she heard the salesperson shouting, "Fresh meat is sold at a 5% discount. People's vegetable baskets, fresh food is not left overnight, buy safe vegetables."

"What kind of meat is left now?"

"All the meat is here. Which piece do you want?" The salesperson pointed at the meat in the fresh food cabinet.

“The meat isn’t very good.”

"All the meat was delivered today. Look at this piece of tenderloin, how beautiful it is, not a bit of excess. And this piece of pork belly, it's tender and fat. This pork belly is so beautiful. It's great for braising or making steamed pork with rice flour."

The salesperson picked up two pieces of meat and showed them to a few people.

Lin Qingyan was attracted by a piece of lard in the corner and asked hurriedly, "Sister, is this piece of lard also 5% off?"

The salesperson looked at the girl and said with a smile, "Little girl, you want lard? This is also 5% off. Do you want to refine the oil? Not many people eat lard nowadays."

"If I buy all of these, can it be cheaper?" Lin Qingyan looked at the ten pounds of lard.

"You want both? If you're sure you want both, I can ask the manager for a discount."

After the salesperson finished speaking, he called out to another salesperson in the distance: "Manager Liu, come here for a moment."

Manager Liu came over and asked her, "What's the matter? Call me over."

"This little girl wants to buy all the suet and asked if you can give her a discount."

Manager Liu looked at Lin Qingyan, then turned around and asked the previous salesperson, "There seems to be another piece of lard. It was placed in the refrigerator this morning and was not taken out."

The salesperson reached out and patted his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I forgot about the lard on my head."

"Girl, there's another piece of suet that's about the same weight. Can you take both?"

Lin Qingyan was delighted. This lard was very popular in the 70s. If she bought two pieces and boiled them into lard, it would be enough for her to eat for half a year.

She was so happy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, so she said with embarrassment: "Two yuan is too much. I have a lot of people in my family, but if I buy too much, they might scold me."

Manager Liu looked at the salesperson and it seemed that the lard could be sold.

"How about this, if you want both, I'll arrange a special price for you, a 3% discount, and then I'll install them for you if you want them."

Lin Qingyan looked at the fish next to her again. Of course, they were not live fish, and there were many varieties that she had never seen before. She wanted to buy some to try.

“Are these fish also 5% off?”

"Fish is 5% off. These fish have just died. They were placed in ice before they died. You can buy them with confidence because they are fresh."

“Can the fish be cheaper?”

Manager Liu looked at the dozen or so fish lying on the ice and asked Lin Qingyan, "Do you want all of these?"

Ah? Both? Lin Qingyan only wanted to buy two to try. This was a bit exaggerated.

He quickly shook his head and said, "I don't want that many. I want two."

Manager Liu looked at his watch and saw it was 9:10. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the supermarket, he made up his mind and said to Lin Qingyan,

"Okay, I'll give you a 70% discount, but you can buy a few more and put them in the refrigerator. When you want to eat them, just take them out and thaw them in advance."

The refrigerator is frozen. Lin Qingyan slapped her head in annoyance. She seemed to be stupid. She could buy some and put them in the space, but after touching the money in her pocket, she gave up. She still needed to make money, and make a lot of money.

Carrying two plates of lard and two fish, Lin Qingyan didn't want to go back yet. She wanted to see if there was anything on sale.