The four people started from home and walked for more than half an hour to the Majiabu market.
Majiapu is actually a large open space. Every time it rains, the ground becomes pitted and muddy. This muddy open space is where many people gather on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. Over time, it becomes Fucheng.
The largest farmers’ market, and in the 1950s and 1960s, it was the largest farmers’ market in Fucheng.
At that time, you could buy things here with money or exchange them for things. But during the Ten Years of Catastrophe, the country no longer allowed any private economy to exist, so this place was abandoned.
In 1983, sporadic businesses began to appear again in Majiapu, but at that time people were still very cautious, fearing that they would be caught for engaging in private activities. But two years later, even Fucheng felt the atmosphere of openness.
Although private enterprises have not yet appeared, Majiapu has returned to its original appearance. Every New Year's Day and the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, many people from villages and towns within a dozen miles will come here to attend the market in horse-drawn carriages. People no longer discuss anything.
The only thing about being caught or not is the sound of bargaining.
Liu Lang knew that this farmer's market would always remain. In the 1990s, the government provided iron shelves for vendors to place goods. Liu Lang's father once brought his chickens and ducks here.
In 2005, the government built a four-story building here, so that the vendors were no longer exposed to wind and rain and could trade all year round.
Liu Lang witnessed the changes in Majiapu alone. This is the change of the times.
Because today is the New Year's Eve, there are a lot of people in the market. The vendors are shouting at the top of their lungs, hoping to sell their goods as soon as possible and then go home to celebrate the New Year.
Of course, the variety of products cannot be compared with those more than ten years later. They are nothing more than pork, live chickens, ducks, eggs, sesame cakes, soju and other non-staple food, as well as vegetables and fruits such as cabbage, sauerkraut, apples and oranges. Basically, they are all
It was for food, and there were also some "tramps" carrying clothes, pants, shoes and other clothes brought from the south and shouting, attracting many people to watch.
"Second brother is here? Look at our pork. We just killed it yesterday. It's full of oil! It tastes delicious when stewed!"
A vendor buying pork saw Liu Lang's second uncle Liu Dongxue and hurriedly greeted him.
Liu Dongxue is now very "popular" at home, and he takes care of things like grocery shopping. These things were originally the responsibility of Liu Lang's father, but now Liu Donglai has been admitted to the university as a correspondence course, and he has to study in addition to going to work, so these things are left to him.
Gave it to the second brother. Liu Dongxue has been naughty since he was a child and doesn't like to study.
He is the best at communicating with people. Liu Lang's grandfather gives him 100 yuan every month to buy groceries. Even if the family eats meat every now and then, the 100 yuan can't be spent, and he can still
The remaining twenty or thirty yuan all went into his own pocket. This was a very "lucrative" job.
All the vendors in Majiapu know that Liu Dongxue's nephew is the legendary child prodigy, and Liu Lang's uncle is a "golden sign". Not to mention their small businessmen, even the district mayor and mayor have to say hello to Liu Dongxue when they meet him.
"Well, the meat is good. Cut off this fat piece for me, and put on this piece of meat at the rear!"
Liu Dongxue gestured with his hands.
"Second brother really knows the goods. There are fat and thin meat in this back. It's best to make dumplings at home, especially this piece of fat. One pound of meat can produce seven taels of oil. If you buy three pounds of oil for the Chinese New Year, it will come out!"
The butcher's back molars were exposed. Others bought meat for one or two kilograms, but Liu Dongxue bought it for ten or eight kilograms. The other man's gestures just now were probably close to fifteen kilograms.
"Stop cutting it, I want half of it!"
When Liu Dongxue saw that the opponent wanted to make another cut on the back groove, he quickly stopped him.
"Okay, half of this fan is yours!"
The butcher is so happy. The second brother bought half of the back trough as soon as he started selling. It seems that he can close the stall before noon.
"This is... twenty-one and a half kilograms, don't count half a kilogram, just think of it as a new year's gift for my second brother... Fatty fat is three kilograms and one liang, take off one liang, and count it as three kilograms, a total of twenty-four
Catty, one catty is one yuan and nine, twenty-one catties... Let me do the math...!"
The other party scratched his head and flexed his fingers. He usually sold a few pounds or two, but today it was a bit too much and he couldn't calculate it.
"Forty-five dollars and six, Dad, give him fifty dollars!"
Liu Lang opened his mouth and said.
"Liu Donglai directly threw out five "Great Unity" cards from his pocket and handed them to the other party!"
The butcher looked at the money and hesitated. He didn't know if the other person was right. If the meat cost more than fifty yuan, he would lose money!
"Take it, your meat is forty-five and six dollars, this is fifty, and the rest is what my eldest nephew rewards you with. If you don't take it, is it too little? How can my eldest nephew cheat you?"
Liu Dongxue put the money into the other person's hand, picked up the meat, turned around and left with everyone.
"The eldest nephew? The second brother's nephew... Damn it, is he that prodigy genius Liu Lang...?"
The four of us shopped for more than an hour and bought three fish. They were all wild carp from the Hetao in the suburbs. They were not very big, weighing only two or three kilograms each. We also bought six pieces of tofu. We wanted to have a fish stew with tofu in the evening.
I already have pork, but I also need chickens. I bought three more chickens, five pounds of eggs, and more than ten pounds of bean buns. I basically have all the New Year supplies.
There was an old man selling candied haws on a stick, and Liu Lang's old uncle was so greedy that he drooled. Liu Lang bought the candied haws in a wooden bucket and gave the old man a total of ten yuan. He was so happy! This year
The New Year's goods are all gathered.
There was also a family of three selling breakfast in the market, including fried dough sticks, soy milk and tofu curd. The couple and their eleven or twelve-year-old daughter were so cold that their ears turned red.
It happened that the four of them were a little hungry, and Liu Lang didn't mind. They sat on a small wooden pier and gathered around a wooden table to have breakfast. Of course, prices in Fucheng were not as high as those in the capital, and the total cost of this breakfast was just over one yuan.
The money was half cheaper than the breakfast that Liu Lang and his family had in the capital two years ago. After eating, Liu Lang asked his second uncle to give the other party five yuan. Before the other party poured the money, several people turned around and left. The other party shouted
No one shouted to stop.
It is not easy for these small businessmen and hawkers. They are basically unemployed people, mostly farmers from surrounding villages and towns. They have to make money in order to live in their thirties. Liu Lang is not short of a few or dozens of yuan, just as a
It's a red envelope given to them during the Chinese New Year.
"I said, that's the second brother! What's wrong today? I don't even want money. It's not like this usually!"
A person eating breakfast on the side was a little puzzled.
"Yes! The four of them were walking around in the market just now. Look at what they have in their hands. They have chickens, ducks, fish and meat. Look at people celebrating the New Year and buying all the food for the whole year. They are really rich!"
The other person was envious.
"Who is that kid? I've never seen him before. He's dressed so well!"
"Yes! That one is the eldest brother, and that little guy is an old man... Damn it, isn't the younger generation in his family Liu Lang? That one is Liu Lang!"
One person reacted.
"Yes! That kid is Liu Lang, the child prodigy Liu Lang!"
One person shouted, and everyone reacted.
Liu Lang's name is well known to everyone in the country, but in his hometown of Fucheng, he is like a hero. Every time he is mentioned, people are full of pride. People in other places even know this small northern city because of Liu Lang.
"Liu Lang is here!"
A group of people became excited when they heard Liu Lang's name. A few people even wanted to see Liu Langzhi's "Zunrong" and even ignored the stall. However, at this moment, Liu Lang and his family turned into a small alley and disappeared.