Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Lin Qingyan followed the instructions on her mobile phone navigation and walked towards the wholesale market.

Although Xishui Town is a town, due to the development of tourism, there are many people coming and going. The town is different from other ordinary towns. The various facilities in the town are relatively complete.

Logically speaking, wholesale markets should only be available at the county level and above, but Lin Qingyan doesn’t understand this yet.

At this moment, she was interested in the navigation on her mobile phone. This era really refreshed her cognition again and again. The mobile phone could actually help people find the way and lead the way. If she went back and told Ye Yi about it, she would probably think she was dreaming.

Lin Qingyan lowered her head to study and followed the voice prompts. After walking for more than 20 minutes, she arrived at the wholesale market in the town. The wholesale market was actually not very big. It was a two-story building that looked a bit shabby.

It's a little after eleven o'clock now, and there aren't many people in the wholesale market. The people coming and going at the door are a bit older, and young people are very rare.

Lin Qingyan walked in. There was not enough light inside, and the whole place relied on lights for illumination. The first few shops at the door sold clothes, mostly middle-aged clothes, but there were also some children's clothes, which looked better than those on the stalls.

Lin Qingyan was not ready to buy anything for the time being. She continued walking inside. A little further inside, she began to see a lot of furry things that looked like cotton jackets. They were brightly colored and looked pretty.

Someone happened to be buying something inside and asked, "Boss, is this homewear padded?"

"It must be quilted. Look how thick it is. It's very warm to wear. The outside is made of coral fleece, which is soft and comfortable to the touch."

"How much does a set cost?"

"The row over here is 128 yuan a set, the ones over here are 158 yuan a set, and the ones over there are last year's models, 98 yuan a set."

"Can I get the 158 for 128?"

The boss rolled his eyes, turned around and walked inside, angrily saying: "Why don't you want it? I'll just give it to you!"

"If you can give it to me, that's fine too!"

"Go away quickly. Don't stand here and get in the way. There are all kinds of people here." The boss was speechless and drove the man away.

Lin Qingyan looked at the brightly colored "home clothes" and wanted to buy them, but she had not forgotten her main purpose for today, which was to see if there was any cotton. She could look at other things next time.

Lin Qingyan walked around the first floor and didn't see any cotton quilts, but she saw a lot of candies in various packages that looked delicious.

She couldn't help but pick out some candies that didn't have too many words on them. She bought a pound of one kind, and then she bought more than ten pounds of one kind so that she could take them back and share them.

After buying the candy, she asked the candy seller, "Sister, where can I buy cotton?"

"Little girl, you want to buy pure cotton? It's hard to buy. What do you want to buy cotton for?"

"I want to make beds, quilts, and cotton coats and pants." Lin Qingyan answered honestly.

"Puchi! Little girl, nowadays we don't buy cotton to make our own cotton-padded jackets. Everyone wears down jackets. But in the Northeast, cotton is still warmer.

Go upstairs, you will find ready-made cotton-padded jackets and trousers, quilts made of various materials, and cotton-padded shoes as well." The proprietress smiled and pointed her in the direction.

Lin Qingyan thanked the proprietress and went upstairs. When she got there, she saw a lot of bedding, including four-piece sets that had been packaged.

Most quilts from the 70s were made with quilt covers and sheets made from old clothes, stitched together one stitch at a time using needles longer than a finger.

At that time, making a quilt was a big job, and quilts were not washed every few days like they are today. In that era, washing a quilt two or three times in a winter was considered very diligent.

Otherwise, so many families in the village wouldn’t have lice.

Fortunately, the educated youth were a little more particular and no lice appeared.

Lin Qingyan found a place that sold quilts, in a corner. There were even fewer people here. Apart from the shop owners, there was no one buying anything.

"Business is getting harder and harder now. I haven't seen many people this morning."

"That's right, at least you have an order. I haven't received a single order yet."

"If I hadn't opened an online store, I would have lost a lot of money because of the squeeze on these goods."

"What can we do? Nowadays, people shop online and never come to physical stores. I heard that there are plans to demolish this wholesale market."

"Is this true? Is your information reliable?"

"I heard it from the boss across the street, who heard it from his neighbor's colleague from the sister's family of his brother-in-law's wife."

Lin Qingyan, who had already walked up to the two of them, was confused by the interpersonal relationships in their conversation.

The two also noticed someone coming over, and greeted them warmly, "Little girl, what are you going to buy? Just look around the store, and if you find something you like, we'll give you a discount."

"Sister, do you have cotton for sale here? Or quilts made of cotton." Lin Qingyan asked as she looked at the various quilts of different colors, sizes, and thicknesses in the store.

"You've come to the right place for cotton quilts. My shop is the only one that sells them in the entire wholesale market. Take a look at the one you like and I'll give it to you." The boss pointed Lin Qingyan in the direction.

I continued chatting with the owner of another shop.

"Young people now buy silk quilts, down quilts, and even soybean fiber quilts. Those are not as good as the cotton our ancestors have been using. We don't even know what they are buying. They are not as good as the cotton that you can see at a glance."

"That's true, but we can't sell them at a high price. The cheapest product is still a quilt." Another boss nodded in agreement.

Lin Qingyan has already walked into the store and is looking at quilts of various colors, all with quilt covers. They look much more convenient than what they have here. If the price is right, she plans to buy two more.

"Boss, how much is this quilt?"

"How many pounds do you want? For a blanket or a quilt?"

"I need both a quilt and a mattress pad. The mattress pad needs to be 6 kilograms, and the quilt needs to be 8 kilograms."

"How big is the bed?"

Lin Qingyan thought about how big the kang was. It seemed to be about two meters. But since she slept alone, she probably didn't need such a big quilt.

"I sleep alone, and the kang is quite big."

"Using a kang?" The boss looked at Lin Qingyan carefully.

"Then you can take two mattresses and quilts. They won't be wasted if you put them on the kang. Do you want the other four sets?"

Lin Qingyan didn't know what the four-piece set was specifically, but she knew it was related to the sheets and quilt covers, so she asked, "Boss, do you have separate sheets and quilt covers?"

"Yes, it's inside. Wait a minute, I'll get it."

When the boss took out the simplest bed sheets and quilt covers, Lin Qingyan was almost dazzled by the choices. They were all in various patterns, beautiful, beautiful, and beautiful.

Finally, Lin Qingyan spent five or six hundred yuan to buy two quilts, two sheets and quilt covers, and also bought a few pairs of cotton shoes from the boss next door.

I even bought two sets of bright red floral cotton-padded jackets and trousers. These are the big floral jackets from Northeast China that have become popular in the past two years. This jacket was more suitable for wearing in the 70s.

She bought too many things today, and she couldn't put the human face into the space, so she put the candies she just bought into the space while going to the toilet, leaving only an empty bag outside.

She also put the quilt, coat and shoes she bought into the space in several batches, and then she was ready to go back with ease.

The male comrades at the educated youth point have to patrol tonight, so she has to go back early to help.