For people like him who have experienced real life and death hardships, they are not afraid that future generations will have the means, but they are afraid that future generations will be kneaded like dough.
Young people are actually good at some things.
Zhang Yu was silent for a moment, then nodded solemnly: "Grandpa, I can do it."
Zhang Yu was idle and bored. Since someone was looking for trouble, he naturally had to return it.
It happened that something happened in the team the next day. The team leader came over and asked Xie Zhiying to go to the commune with him. Zhang Yu took the opportunity to join the ox cart.
After arriving at the commune, Xie Zhiying and the team leader were going to a meeting.
Zhang Yu separated from the two of them on the pretext of strolling around the commune.
"Then Xiaoyu, you go shopping by yourself first. If you are hungry, go to the state-owned restaurant to eat first and don't worry about us."
"I understand, second uncle." Zhang Yu nodded.
"Okay, if we haven't come out after you finish eating, you can wait at the place where we got off the bus. Brother Liu will usually come to pick you up after two o'clock."
Before leaving, Xie Zhiying warned with some worry.
Seeing the other person's eyes revealing the intention of taking him wherever he wanted to go, Zhang Yu was a little bit dumbfounded. He was so grown up that he really couldn't lose it.
"I know, second uncle, I'm such a big man, I really can't lose it."
"Okay, please be careful." Xie Zhiying wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by the captain who couldn't help but said: "Okay, Xiaoyu is not a child anymore, our commune is only so big.
Let's move on. Nothing will happen. Let's go quickly. The meeting time is coming soon."
Watching Xie Zhiying leave three times, Zhang Yu did not go directly to the destination of his trip.
Instead, as he said, he walked around the commune first.
The commune is not a big place. Apart from the government departments, there is only a supply and marketing cooperative, a state-owned hotel, a grain station and so on.
However, although the commune is not big, it is very lively.
Although unified purchasing and marketing began in 1953, after the rural free market was opened in 1956, although the free market was closed several times due to various reasons in the following years.
But after all, we haven’t reached those years yet, the policies are not so strict, and the free market is still allowed.
Compared with the capital city, which is the political center of the country and is naturally more serious, Grandpa Xie and his friends are much more relaxed here.
At least Zhang Yu didn't go far before he found the free market, which the villagers called a large market.
He walked around out of curiosity, but was a little disappointed.
Maybe it's because the aftermath of those three years is not over yet. There are very few people selling food on the free market. Most of them are handmade products, such as bamboo baskets, straw hats, straw sandals, etc., or some home-grown vegetables.
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It was rare to see someone selling red dates. Before he could surround him, the stall owner was surrounded by a group of people.
You said something to me, and after a few words, the more than ten kilograms of red dates that the old man carried were divided up by this group of people.
There was no one in the back, so I couldn't help but complain that the people in front were quick.
And from the smile on the old man's face, we knew that he had gained a lot this time.
The old man was about to leave when he saw an old lady running over in a hurry, looking at him and asking eagerly: "Is this where red dates are sold?"
The stall owner nodded, pointed to the empty box at his feet, and said, "It's sold out."
"Ah!" The old lady looked disappointed, and then asked: "Brother, do you still have some at home? Can you sell me some more?"
The stall owner shook his head: "No, no, these red dates were specially prepared by my old lady last year for my daughter's confinement period.
For these red dates, the family was very busy at that time, not only taking care of the tree, but also choosing through thousands of choices to save these dates. It was not easy to save them until now.
But now the younger son is anxious to get married, so he has no choice but to sell the red dates first. It just so happens that my daughter will probably have to wait until the end of the year to give birth to the baby, and she won’t be able to use it in the first half of the year. I will dry it for her after the red dates are harvested this year.”
The old lady looked disappointed, but she still held on to the last glimmer of hope and asked: "Is it really all gone? I also use it to replenish my daughter's body during confinement."
The stall owner shook his head: "No, let me bring them all."
Looking at the old lady's look, the stall owner couldn't bear it, and then said: "Why don't you go and look elsewhere."
The old lady shook her head, and the disappointment on her face deepened: "Hey, I asked someone to help me look for it half a month in advance, but I couldn't find it. I finally heard that someone was selling red dates here, but it was a step too late."
Seeing the old lady like this, the stall owner was a little embarrassed. He thought for a long time and gave the old lady an idea: "Why don't you go and ask those who bought a lot if they can share some with you?"
As soon as these words came out, the old lady's eyes lit up.
"Thank you, brother, I'll go and ask."
The old lady looked around, and after asking several people, no one was willing to sell it.
Just when the old lady was about to give up, she saw an aunt in front of her who had bought too much. With the last glimmer of hope, she went over to discuss: "Sister, can you share some of your red dates with me? I don't want it in vain. How much did you just buy?"
For money, I’ll give you another ten cents every day.”
The aunt who was stopped wanted to earn the price difference of one pound and ten cents, but she was reluctant to part with the red dates.
And she hesitated, the eyes of the old lady who called her brightened, and then said: "Sister, you bought so much, you won't be able to finish it in a while, so share some with me.
My daughter just gave birth to a baby two days ago, and the birth was not smooth. I wanted to buy some red dates to replenish her blood, but I searched many places but couldn't find it.
Today, when I heard someone say that there is a store selling red dates here, I hurried over here and I was just one step away from selling out all the dates..."
When I heard that the old lady was using it for her daughter's confinement, the aunt felt the same way.
He looked at the red dates in his hand, hesitated, and then said, "Okay? I'll give you half of it. I don't want more money from you. Just give me the price just now."
"Thank you, big sister." The old lady happily took half of the red dates from the other party's hand, and then handed over the money.
Then he stuffed the red dates into his arms, just like holding some treasure.
"More, more!" Looking at the money in her hand, the aunt shouted quickly.
The old lady shook her head: "Not too much, not too much, just right. Sister, you are kind-hearted and are willing to give me half of the red dates. I can't let your work go in vain. Just take it."
After watching this scene, Zhang Yu silently added red dates to the things he wanted to "buy" back.
Zhang Yu walked around the entire market, and except for the one selling red dates, he could only see two stalls selling grains, and they were all miscellaneous grains. The quality was not very good.
