Traveling through 70's wine

It was almost 12 o'clock when the eldest brother Wen Lei returned home with his wife and children.

His son Wen Yu was just three years old. Su Mei loved him so much when she saw him that she kept holding him in her arms. The child kept calling her "Grandma, Grandma". Su Mei took out the candies and peanuts that she had kept and gave them to him to eat.

When Wen Lei saw Wen Qing, he just said dryly: "Wen Qing, I haven't seen you for a few years. You have grown taller. What are you doing now?"

He pulled the woman next to him over and said, "Let me introduce you. This is your sister-in-law, Li Lifang."

Wen Qing called out, "Brother, sister-in-law, hello. I'm farming in the countryside, where else can I go?"

Said to Li Lifang: "Sister-in-law, I was unable to come back to attend your wedding, mainly because I didn't have the money for the trip. I'm sorry."

Li Lifang smiled and said, "Big sister, there is no wedding at all. It's just a gathering of relatives and friends. Now that you're back, can't we get to know each other?"

Wen Lei asked, "Wen Qing, how many days will you stay after coming back?"

Wen Qing said: "I'll come back to see if I can find a job. Our commune said that if I find a job, I can transfer my household registration back."

Wen Lei said, "There is an opportunity. Did Dad tell you about it? It's the person I introduced to you."

Wen Qing said calmly: "Don't worry about it."

When Wen Dayong saw that the dishes were served on the table, he said, "Wen Yu, call your grandparents to come for lunch."

The family sat down in a crowded manner, and Wen Dayong said, "Wen Qing, I'll ask your cousin to make some arrangements tomorrow so that we can go meet the people."

Wen Qing shook her head and said, "If Xiao Qing doesn't want to, forget it."

Wen Lei snorted and said nothing. Grandpa Wen said, "Xiao Qing, life in the countryside is too difficult. Don't you want to find a way to come back?"

Grandma Wen advised: "Although the person your cousin introduced is a little older, he can go back to the city, which is not bad. Women have to get married anyway."

Wen Yu said: "Sister, just get married. If you can't get along in the future, you can always get divorced."

Wen Qing laughed and said, "All bad ideas."

Everyone knew that Qing was unwilling, but there was nothing they could do.

In the afternoon, Wen Qing went out shopping after Wen Lei's family left.

Although Wuhan is not as prosperous as Beijing, it is also a big city. She took the bus to Hanzheng Street in the city center, which was a wholesale market that she was familiar with in her previous life.

When individual businesses were not yet seen in other places, Hanzheng Street had already become a place where small commodities were concentrated.

There are many buildings here, and electric wires on both sides of the road are like spider webs. There are many people standing in twos and threes on the street. When they see pedestrians passing by, they greet them in a low voice, "Clothes are wholesale upstairs." People who want to buy clothes follow them upstairs.

Wen Qing followed a young woman upstairs. The woman was holding a half-finished sweater in her hands. As she walked, she said, "Our goods are cheap and good quality. It doesn't matter if you see them or not."

Wen Qing went in to take a look. It was a small shop selling clothes. They had fashionable clothes from the south and locally processed clothes. The prices were not expensive, about the same as those of the clothes sold in the supply and marketing cooperative, and no tickets were required.

Wen Qing bought a dress, paid for it, stuffed it into her backpack, and then went to look at other stores.

Wen Qing walked into a tea shop, looked around, and asked, "Who is the owner of your shop?"

The girl watching the shop looked towards the door and said, "Brother Lin, someone is looking for you."

Middle-aged Brother Lin asked, "Who's looking for me?"

Wen Qing said, "I'll look for it. Do you want some tea?"

When Brother Lin heard this, he hurriedly took Wen Qing out of the store and asked, "Are you selling tea? What kind of tea?"

Wen Qing took out a box of tea and said, "I have a tea garden. I grow this myself. I'll give it to you at wholesale price."

Brother Lin opened the bag, smelled it, and said, "This smells good, I wonder if it tastes good?"

He walked more than a hundred meters with Wen Qing to a tea stand on the street and said, "Old Li, can you lend me two cups?"

Mr. Li, the vendor: “Take it yourself.”

Brother Lin took two cups from the cabinet, grabbed a handful of tea leaves, put them in the cups, filled them with water, and asked, "Where do you grow tea?"

"Yunnan Province, these are all Pu'er ripe tea."

Brother Lin picked up the cup, smelled the slightly floral tea, took a sip, and enjoyed the smooth and sweet tea flavor. He thought it was very good. Wen Qing's price was not very high, 100 yuan for a 3-gram bag, while ordinary Tuo tea costs 2.5 yuan a piece. So the price was not expensive.

But Brother Lin still lowered the price to 2 yuan per bag, and Wen Qing agreed to give him 200 bags.

After agreeing on the price, Wen Qing said she was going to get the tea and left the tea shop. Half an hour later, she came in with a big bag and brought him 200 bags of tea, for which she received 400 yuan.

The next day, Wen Qing waited for her family to go to work, and then she left the house. While there was no one around, she took out the fruits, tea and a 5-pound piece of bacon that she had prepared last night from the space, put them in a large net bag, and walked towards the teachers' dormitory near the school. She was going to visit her head teacher, Teacher Zhang.

Wen Qing came to the teacher's dormitory according to her memory. She asked the old man who was exercising in the garden about Teacher Zhang's home. She knocked on the gate and heard someone say, "Come in."

Wen Qing pushed the door open and asked, "Is Teacher Zhang here?"

A middle-aged woman came out from inside. "Who is it?"

Wen Qing took one look and said hurriedly, "Teacher Zhang, it's me, Wen Qing from the 69th grade of junior high school."

Teacher Zhang looked at her carefully and said, "Wen Qing, I heard that you went to the countryside. Are you back?"

Wen Qing handed over the things in her hand and said, "Teacher Zhang, I haven't visited you for a long time."

Teacher Zhang quickly declined, "I'm very happy that you can come to visit me. Why would I need to spend money to buy something?"

Wen Qing put the things on the stone table beside the courtyard gate and said with a smile: "Teacher Zhang, you look healthy and you haven't changed at all."

Teacher Zhang: "Come in and sit down."

Wen Qing walked into the house. It was a bungalow with a small width and a long depth. The light in the room was a little dim, but it was obvious that the house was very tidy. There was a calligraphy hanging on the wall of the living room that read "Do without relying on others."

Wen Qing sat at the square table. Teacher Zhang made some tea and they sat down to chat.

"Wen Qing, have you returned to the city?"

Wen Qing didn't want to hide it from the teacher, so she said, "I was admitted to university and now I'm studying in Pingjing."

Teacher Zhang was very happy and talked about the recent situation of other students in the class.

According to Teacher Zhang, among her classmates in the 69th grade who went to the countryside, five were admitted to universities, the others basically returned to the city, and now only three remain in the countryside; most of the classmates who did not go to the countryside have married, and Teacher Zhang has attended the weddings of several classmates.

Wen Qing talked about her life in the countryside and her experience in taking the college entrance exam. Teacher Zhang was also moved and encouraged her to study hard.

Wen Qing didn't disturb him for too long and said goodbye.

It was hot during the summer vacation and the sun was scorching, so Wen Qing went to Shengyuan Temple.

Shengyuan Temple is a temple built in the Ming Dynasty, with a history of five or six hundred years. The clay sculptures of arhats inside are very famous.

When she arrived at the gate of Shengyuan Temple, she found it closed. Then she remembered that it was still the period of "Destroying the Four Olds". She wondered if the arhats had been smashed.

She walked around Shengyuan Temple. The area near Shengyuan Temple used to be the place for temple fairs, and it is still very popular today.

Many vendors were pushing tricycles to do business, some were selling roasted nuts, some were selling ice water, some were selling fruits, some were selling steamed buns, and there was also someone in tattered clothes performing monkey shows, attracting the attention of the children.

Wen Qing stood and watched the monkey show for a while, then dropped a 1-yuan note into the bowl. The old man was very happy and shouted, "Those with money can support the show with money, and those without money can support the show with their presence." Soon, there were some notes and coins in the bowl. He collected the bowl, struck the gong and made the monkey do somersaults. The children watching the monkey show shouted, "The monkey is doing somersaults."

Wen Qing strolled in the bustling crowd, surrounded by the noise of children, the laughter of adults, and the hawkers' cries, as if she had returned to her previous life.

She bought one for 5 cents, a big, snow-white ball. It tasted so sweet when she took a bite that she couldn't eat it. She held it in her hand and watched it gradually melt like snow. Finally, she threw the small wooden stick into the trash can.