The old man was shocked, "Mr. Qin is your seventh aunt's father?"
"yes."
Jian Yuelan nodded and said with a smile, "You know each other?!"
"Your grandma has seen it."
The old lady hummed, "I did meet him once, but I'm not familiar with him. It was all a long time ago."
"This person's piano skills are truly superb."
After saying that, she asked Jian Yuelan, "I'm a little curious about your piano skills now."
"Don't be curious, I can only say that I can, but I don't know."
There is a big difference between being good and being good. If you can be good in all walks of life, you can become everyone.
Will it work?
After flying an elephant, she said, "There will be a big gathering in a few days. Do you two want to join in the fun?"
"go."
This is a big event once a year, don’t miss it.
Today's large gatherings are called socialist large gatherings. Some places have them and some places don't.
Going to the black market is called speculation, and there is a risk of being caught.
Going to the market but not.
There is a big market in Qingshan Commune, which is not like the one held once a quarter on the island.
It is held once a month in Qingshan Commune, and the items bought and sold are mainly food and daily necessities.
For example, rattan utensils, gourds, gourds, etc.
Rural people don’t lack these things, but urban people lack them.
However, urban people are not short of industrial tickets, soap tickets, etc., but rural people are in short supply.
Therefore, socialist collectives are equivalent to legal mutual exchanges.
On the day of the big gathering, Jian Yuelan and the others had just finished breakfast when Zhang Nan and the others came to invite them to come with them.
The family simply tidied up, then took their money, Daji and Zhang Nan to the market.
"Xiao Jian, what are you going to change today?"
"Take a look first and then make a decision."
"I want to buy cloth."
This is the first time Jian Yuelan has been to the island for so long. She has no idea what kind of things are sold on the market.
Hearing Zheng Wan's words, she was surprised and said, "Is there any cloth on the market?"
"Yes, I have."
Chen Qiuju answered, "The cloth weaved by fellow villagers is pretty good-looking, but the quantity is small."
"You have to try your luck."
There are good people everywhere, and islands are no exception.
The big fair is a thing known to the whole island. Every big fair is crowded with people, including urban residents from the county and fishermen.
Cloth is considered a scarce item. The scarcity here does not mean that it is not available in the city, but that buying cloth in places like supply and marketing cooperatives requires cloth coupons.
As for cloth tickets, the share is basically fixed.
But the big set is different.
There is no strict requirement to buy cloth at the market with stamps. You can buy it with money, or you can exchange it for industrial stamps.
Therefore, the cloths handwoven by the villagers in the market are basically robbed as soon as they are taken out.
After learning about this situation, Jian Yuelan became interested, "Then I have to go and take a look."
The cloth from the supply and marketing cooperative was too ugly, and she wanted to see cloth from ethnic minorities.
The cloth woven by ethnic minorities in later generations is particularly beautiful when made into clothes, especially the unique traditional weaving and dyeing techniques of the Li people, which are still intangible cultural heritage.
The weaving skills of the Li people have played an indispensable role in and promoted the development of cotton spinning technology in my country.
However, she was unlucky. When she arrived at the stall under the leadership of Chen Qiuju and others, not to mention the cloth from the Li ethnic group, even the cloth from the Bai ethnic group and other ethnic minorities had been robbed to the last thread.
"Is it really gone?"
She persisted in asking, and the woman who did not speak Mandarin and only spoke dialect smiled at her and waved her hand. Jian Yuelan sighed, smiled back at the woman, and turned around to leave.
But he came face to face with Uncle Atta.
"Big daughter."
"Uncle Atta."
Seeing him carrying a backpack on his back, Jian Yuelan smiled and said hello, "Are you here to sell something?"
"Selling Yanzhan."
He took off the backpack and gave it to Jian Yuelan, which contained complete and clean swallow-cups.
"Give it to me, I'll buy it."
Jian Yuelan was so happy to see such a high-quality bird's nest that she was not ready to give up, but Uncle Atta handed the basket in front of her and said, "Send it to you."
"Then I don't want it."
Jian Yuelan stepped back and refused, Xiao Doudou made a milky sound and said, "Master, buy it."
As he spoke, he took out a dime from the small pocket on the chest of his clothes and said loudly like a domineering president, "I have money."
"Don't take advantage of grandpa."
Uncle Atta didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he still cooperated, "Well, we have money, so Uncle Atta will sell you these bird's nests."
"OK."
The child nodded repeatedly and handed the money to him with his little hand.
Atta took it and handed the basket over.
The child waved his little hand and said, "Mom, pick it up."
"This money is not enough."
Jian Yuelan didn't answer, but took Uncle Atta aside to talk, "Tell the truth, how are you going to sell these bird's nests? You won't be able to sell them for a dime."
Little Doudou finally realized that he had bought it cheaply, and immediately said, "Yes, Mom is rich, but I am unconscious."
The selling mother sold it very quickly.
Atta looked at Jian Yuelan and said, "I'm not going to sell the money, I just want to exchange for some votes."
"What ticket?"
He was silent for two seconds, and then said with some embarrassment, "Industrial vote."
"How many do you want?"
"Can I add two yuan to five industrial tickets?"
The tone of the discussion was very cautious, for fear that she would disagree.
Jian Yuelan smiled and said, "Okay."
She doesn't lack industrial votes, but she lacks bird's nests.
It’s not that she hasn’t thought about picking it herself, but after going there once, she wouldn’t go there a second time even if I beat her to death.
Without him, the bird's nest would have to pick its feathers.
This is a job that requires patience and carefulness. If she has time to pick things out, she might as well do embroidery. After all, her embroidery is expensive.
The little money she spent to buy the bird's nest was not even a fraction of the cost of her embroidery.
Therefore, there is no need to waste time, it is more cost-effective and easier to buy directly.
After taking out five industrial tickets and two dollars from Doudou's small backpack and handing them to Atta, Jian Yuelan asked him, "Uncle, do you have any extra cloth to sell in your clan?"
Atta was a little embarrassed when he heard that, "It's already sold out."
"Weaving takes time. Every household saves it for their own use and waits for the big market. Sometimes it is also sold to the buying station. If you want it, you need to order it and you have to wait for a while."
Jian Yuelan asked Doudou, "Son, do you want it?"
"want."
"Listen to you."
Then, Jian Yuelan went to Atta to order a ten-meter piece of cloth.
This amount shocked Atta, but he didn't say anything, but nodded in agreement.
Jian Yuelan wanted to pay the deposit, but he waved her hand and refused, "No, we believe you."
"You go shopping, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a thermos bottle first."
After receiving the industrial ticket, Atta couldn't wait to say goodbye and leave.
Jian Yuelan, who watched him leave, held Little Doudou's hand and said, "Son, tell your mother what you like and she will buy it for you."
"good."
She nodded with satisfaction and told the old man and the old lady with the cat, "The same goes for you two elders. Don't be afraid to spend money on whatever you like. I can afford to raise you."
"I don't intend to save you any money."
After getting along with her for such a long time, the second elder knew her temperament and started shopping with Doudou.
Then, they bought candied abalone, prawns, dried fish, dried fruits and other foods, as well as some bamboo, rattan and leaf woven items such as baskets and dustpans.
Daji and the others also picked food for themselves.
They particularly like the large pieces of squid. When they smell it, they will stay in front of the fellow who sells the squid slices and refuse to leave, meowing non-stop.
The original squid slices are made without any seasonings. They are washed, cut into slices and dried in the sun.
Except for the sea smell of squid, there is no other taste at all.
Therefore, Jian Yuelan generously bought a large pack of them.
When Ye Linxing came home in the evening, she learned that the man she had bought a large bag of squid slices for her cat had knocked over the vinegar vat.
"You are always thinking about buying things for the cat, why don't you think about buying them for me?"
"But I have prepared a gift for you."
Jian Yuelan smiled, and the man looked surprised, "And there are gifts?"
"Yes."
"What gift? Show me quickly."
"Here it is!"
Jian Yuelan took a box and handed it to him. Ye Linxing opened it with a smile, took out the items inside and took a look. He suddenly froze.