A Time Travel Effort in the 70s

When Shen Jiaren was selling things at the stall, people were coming and going in front of the stall, but no one looked at her.

Shen Jiaren was still wondering whether she should take down all the straw so that it would be easier for others to see what she was selling and facilitate the transaction.

Shen Jiaren was struggling over whether or not to remove the straw. She was squatting on the ground thinking about it when she saw a shadow falling in front of her.

Shen Jiaren looked up and saw a short-haired, very young, thin young man standing in front of her stall.

Before Shen Jiaren could speak, the young man pointed at the basket in front of Shen Jiaren and said in a low voice, "How much?"

When Shen Jiaren heard this, she thought the voice was quite nice, but how to sell it? What was it talking about?

"Eggs are two cents each, and rice is twenty cents a pound." As soon as Shen Jiaren finished speaking, she saw the young man reaching directly into Shen Jiaren's basket.

The young man's fingers were slender and white like jade. His nails were trimmed very neatly, and you could see the semicircular crescent on his nails. The most important thing was that from Shen Jiaren's perspective, the young man's hands were glowing white. Especially when the young man put rice in his hand and looked at it carefully, Shen Jiaren felt that the whiteness of the rice was not as good as the young man's skin color.

The young man took a handful of rice, looked at its shape, smelled it, and said to Shen Jiaren, "What do you need in exchange? Money, tickets? Or something else?"

Shen Jiaren was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that in addition to cash transactions, this black market could also allow barter?

Shen Jiaren replied, "Money is fine, if you have anything else that's fine too, but I'll see if I'm interested.

Money is the best, because I don’t know how to estimate the value of other things, and I’m afraid I’ll give you a low price, which may not be suitable for you.”

When the young man heard Shen Jiaren say this, he raised his head in surprise and stared at Shen Jiaren intently.

When Shen Jiaren saw this young man staring at her like that, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Shen Jiaren suddenly felt her face getting hot.

When the young man saw Shen Jiaren's nervous expression, he smiled and said, "I don't have much money, but I want to buy all your eggs and rice."

When Shen Jiaren heard this, she wondered what it meant. She wanted to buy something without money? She was planning to rob him.

"So what are you going to give me in exchange for my rice and eggs?

As you can see, my rice is new rice, not old rice. And it is not broken, but whole grains.

Whether it is cooked into rice or porridge, it is delicious and you can definitely make rice skin. "

"I know, but I don't have enough money, and I'm going to buy all your rice and eggs.

So I'm going to exchange some things for it, some things I'm going to sell, would you like to take a look?

See if you are interested?

If you are interested, we can exchange.

If you're not interested, I'll just buy as much as I can afford.

Then we can only say that we are not destined to be together."

Shen Jiaren became even more curious when she heard this, especially when the other party said that he was going to exchange it with something he was selling. She became even more curious about what it was and why he was selling it on the black market.

"Sure, take it out first and let me take a look to see if I'm interested."

As soon as Shen Jiaren finished speaking, she saw the young man in front of her squatting in front of her and said to her, "It's on my arm, take a look."

The young man rolled up his clothes, revealing a bracelet wrapped in cloth. Shen Jiaren followed the young man's movements and watched the bracelet reveal its true appearance little by little.

Although Shen Jiaren doesn't know how to identify jade, she can tell that this jade bracelet is really good. Not only is it crystal clear, but the color is also very beautiful.

After Shen Jiaren read it and nodded, she said to the young man, "Put it away quickly.

Although I don't understand this jewelry, your jade bracelet is really great. I don't know if these rice and eggs I have can match them.

Otherwise, you can buy as much as you want and I can give you some more.

Forget about this jade bracelet. You have protected it so well. It must have special meaning to you. Just keep it for yourself."

After hearing what Shen Jiaren said, the young man's eyes soured and he said with a somewhat aggrieved tone, "But I need these food, I didn't bring anything else, otherwise, can you come back to my house with me to get it?"

Shen Jiaren became choked up when she heard the young man's voice. She was even more frightened when he said it would be difficult to take her home. After all, it was her first day in the black market and she was asked to go to his house.

In this era, the public security is not that good to be honest. If a person disappears, he is really gone. Death is better, but the most worrying thing is being abducted and sold. If he is sold to a remote mountain village, Shen Jiaren will really cry to death.

After all, I had read some historical materials or rumors about this period before. Countless people were abducted, died, or disappeared. Some of them could not be counted and might not even be known to others, whether they disappeared or for other reasons.

But Shen Jiaren saw that the young man opposite her might really need these things, because the city at that time was not like the village where people could be self-sufficient and plant some private plots. Even if they were not full, they would always have something to eat.

In addition, in some places you can go out to dig wild vegetables, get some food in the mountains, etc. All in all, life is a little better than that of city people.

Although city dwellers claim to eat commercial grain, they may not always have enough to eat.

Thinking of this, Shen Jiaren said embarrassedly, "I didn't even count the number of eggs in this basket. It could be that there are more eggs or more rice.

If you buy a portion, I can really give you some more. It's like a half-sale, half-gift deal. I can sell the rest."

The other party saw that although Shen Jiaren sounded a little apologetic, her attitude was so firm, and she was even offering him half a purchase and half a gift, so he felt too embarrassed to say anything to ask her to follow him back.

After thinking for a while, he said to Shen Jiaren, "Can you leave me your address or something? Or we can make another appointment and I'll buy some from you."

Shen Jiaren thought that she had to come to the town tomorrow to deliver eggs and old hens to Sister Su Hongmei, but she couldn't make an appointment at the supply and marketing cooperative. What if the other party knew that she had a good relationship with Su Hongmei from the supply and marketing cooperative, and followed the clues to find where she went to the countryside, exposing herself?

He said, "I will come to town tomorrow, at the same time, and we can meet at the entrance of the state-owned hotel."

"A state-owned restaurant? A state-owned restaurant is not appropriate. Can we meet at the alley next to the post office?"

Although Shen Jiaren was very curious about why it was the alley next to the post office, she didn't ask. After all, it was someone else's privacy, so she replied, "Okay. But do you just want rice and eggs? Anything else?"

When the other party heard that there was something else, he quickly asked, "Anything else?"

Shen Jiaren thought about the cucumbers in her field and the things in the warehouse and replied, "Nothing much, just some mushrooms, cucumbers, hens and roosters, and the rest are eggs and rice."

Shen Jiaren paused for a moment when she said this. It seemed that she still saw the apples she had picked before, as well as pine cones under the rain shed, by the canal of her own manor. She added, "Oh, there is also a wild vegetable called apple. There are also unroasted pine nuts."

When the other party heard that there were so many things, including various mushrooms, hens, roosters, etc., he quickly said, "I want a hen, some mushrooms, some apples, and cucumbers."

Shen Jiaren replied, "Is there a specific number? I need to see if I have it."

"Can I buy the hens one by one? As for mushrooms, any kind, one pound will do. As for apples and cucumbers, ten pounds each will do."

When Shen Jiaren heard that apples and cucumbers would weigh ten kilograms each, she asked in surprise, "Can you eat so much?"

"Prepare to eat some, dry some, pickle some, and store food for the winter."

After hearing this, Shen Jiaren nodded and said, "Okay, just buy the hens one by one. I don't have to come to the town every day. It depends on fate."

"Okay, either is fine. Let's talk about the details tomorrow when we meet. After all, today is the first day we meet, and we still feel a certain degree of unfamiliarity and wariness towards each other."

Shen Jiaren nodded and said, "Okay, how much do you want to buy now? Because I didn't hear you say you wanted to buy rice and eggs just now."

"For rice, I want 20 kilograms, and for eggs, 20 eggs."

After hearing this number, Shen Jiaren calculated in her mind: rice is 20 cents per pound, so 20 pounds is 4 yuan? Eggs are 2 cents each, so 20 eggs is 40 cents?

After Shen Jiaren figured it out, she said to the young man, "Four dollars and forty cents? But what are you going to use to pack it? You don't have any tools with you."

As soon as Shen Jiaren finished speaking, the young man took out a cloth bag from his trouser pocket.

Shen Jiaren was moved. What a portable bag. "I don't have a scale. How can I weigh it for you?"

"It's okay, I can carry out the weight. If you trust me, I can weigh it myself."

"Then weigh them yourself and I'll count the eggs for you."

After a while, Shen Jiaren saw that the other party stopped weighing his cloth bag and said directly to Shen Jiaren, "This is 20 kilograms. If you don't believe it, you can find a scale to see if it is 20 kilograms."

Before Shen Jiaren could say anything after hearing this, a big brother who squeezed over next to her interrupted and said, "I have it, I have a scale, I'll weigh it for you.

I don’t know what you two were thinking. Why did you spend money to come to the black market without bringing anything?

A seller without a scale, a buyer without money, what can you two do?"

After listening to it, Shen Jiaren and the young man couldn't help but lower their heads with shyness. After all, what the other person said did make sense, and they really didn't do it well enough.

The eldest brother hung the cloth bag on the scale bar, moved the weight with his hand, and began to count. "Yes, it is indeed 20 kilograms. The little kid has a good hand."

After saying this, he returned the cloth bag to the young man and returned to his stall.

Upon seeing this, Shen Jiaren quickly scooped up some rice and put it into the cloth bag several times.

When the young man saw Shen Jiaren's action, he immediately prepared to hide with the cloth bag.

Shen Jiaren was seen holding the cloth bag with one hand and putting rice into it with the other hand.

The young man saw Shen Jiaren was still playing and said quickly, "Okay, okay, it's really okay, that's enough.

You also need to sell it for money.”

When Shen Jiaren saw that the cloth bag was already half full, she stopped what she was doing and said, "Hurry up and put the eggs in the rice.

Remember to pay first, then pack the eggs."

When the young man heard what Shen Jiaren said, he smiled, took out five dollars and gave it to Shen Jiaren. After borrowing the money, Shen Jiaren began to search her pockets, preparing to find change and give it to the other party.

As a result, the other party took advantage of Shen Jiaren looking for change and directly put the eggs in the cloth bag, then took the things and left without asking for change.

Shen Jiaren stood up and took two steps after him, but she could no longer see the other person.

Shen Jiaren thought that they would meet again tomorrow, so if it didn't work, she could give the money tomorrow, or bring more food tomorrow. Don't let others suffer.

An old lady nearby saw Shen Jiaren standing there, not knowing what she was looking at, and quickly called out, "Comrade, comrade, are you still doing business?"

When Shen Jiaren heard someone calling her, she quickly said, "Yes, yes," and returned to the stall.

The old lady was carrying a bamboo basket, flipping through the rice in Shen Jiaren's basket, and said, "I saw you delivering rice just now.

If I want to buy this, will you give it to me?"

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren smiled and said, "Sister, you have also seen my rice. It is really good, and it is also real new rice. There is no broken rice in it. It is a very good grain.

Besides, you should have shopped around in other places. The price of my rice is already very low. I can’t give it away any more, and it can’t be any cheaper.”

After hearing this, the old lady curled her lips and said sarcastically, "This world is really strange nowadays. They sell the same things, but the prices for gay men and lesbians are different. What's the idea behind this?"

Before Shen Jiaren could say anything after hearing this, the older brother next to her rushed over and said to the older sister, "Why do you care how they sell rice?

If you want it, buy it. If you don’t want it, just leave.”

When the other party heard the eldest brother's aggressive tone, he quickly said, "Buy, buy, buy, why not buy? Can't I say a word when buying things? Where did you come from to make such a request?"

"You're talking so much bullshit. This is a black market. If you want to buy, buy. If you don't want to buy, leave. And you're still saying a few words. Do you think this is your own home? You can take off your pants and shit however you want."

When the elder sister heard what the elder brother said, she put her hands on her waist and said, "I bought it from her, what does it have to do with you? Why do you care so much?

Aren't you meddling in other people's business?"

When the elder brother heard that the elder sister was still stubborn, he said directly, "Use my scale, this is my stall, do you want to buy it or not? If not, get out."

When the eldest sister saw that the eldest brother was angry, she didn't dare to say anything else and said directly, "I want all the rest, the eggs and the rice. You can weigh them and count the eggs to see how much the total is?"

Seeing this, Shen Jiaren quickly took out three eggs from the egg box, put them aside, and said to her eldest brother, "Brother, you just weigh the rice in here, and I'll pay for the eggs."

After a while, Shen Jia counted the number of eggs, and there were still fifty-six eggs. Seeing that there were no eggs in the rice, the eldest brother started to weigh the rice.

"Forty-five pounds of rice, fifty-six eggs, a total of ten yuan and twelve cents. Give me the money, and I will give you the goods at the same time."

When the eldest sister saw this, she counted out ten yuan and twelve cents from her pocket and handed it to Shen Jiaren.

After Shen Jiaren took the money, she directly took the backpack and poured rice into her elder sister's bamboo basket.

After pouring the rice, the eldest sister and Shen Jiaren quickly stuffed the eggs into the rice in the eldest sister's bamboo basket.

Seeing this, the eldest sister wanted to take the three eggs that Shen Jiaren had taken out from the side. Seeing this, Shen Jiaren simply pocketed the three eggs with both hands, walked to the eldest brother's bunk next to her, and handed them directly to him.

When the eldest sister saw Shen Jiaren's action and then the look in her eldest brother's eyes, she just spat and turned away.