The master surnamed Guan seemed to have seen such a tough rural person for the first time. He said, "You, you, you..." for a long time, but he did not dare to take her to the police station.

Zhang Chunnuan looked away, stopped looking at him, raised the apple to Lin Xiaoling, and said:

"My husband is a driver in the mine. He took the goods to the north and brought some back. If you want it, I will share it with you.

But let’s be honest, I don’t have much myself, so you don’t have much if you want it, and if your price is too low, I won’t sell it!”

Her words explained the origin of Apple and showed her intention to ask the other party to make a price.

As Zhang Chunnuan raised her hand, the fragrant aroma of apples on Lin Xiaoling's nose became stronger and stronger.

She swallowed a mouthful of saliva and stared at the apple in Zhang Chunnuan's hand.

I want to buy and eat!

But she herself had concerns, especially what Master Guan said.

If you are a chef in a state-owned hotel, there is no need to scare yourself as a waiter.

Seeing her delay in responding to him, Zhang Chunnuan put away the apples, stood up, picked up the basket, and walked out without saying a word.

Please! The era of planned economy is not a buyer’s market!

I've never seen tellers at supply and marketing cooperatives asking for money like 2,500,000 to 80,000 yuan. It's just because I have such a good attitude that I'm suspected by others.

Seeing her leaving without saying a word, Lin Xiaoling hurriedly chased her out, "Hey! Wait a minute..."

After chasing him out of the store, he only had time to see Zhang Chunnuan's back.

She walked back to the state-owned hotel in a depressed mood.

Seeing that she had returned safely, Master Zhang smiled and shook his head, without saying anything, and turned back to the kitchen.

On the contrary, although Master Guan looked a little embarrassed, he still said stiffly:

"You're right not to buy it. Master Guan has eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. Those country people..."

Lin Xiaoling didn't want to listen to what he said behind her, so she sat down facing outside.

I thought that the sister-in-law should have taken this road when she left the city, and I must wait for her!

…

After Zhang Chunnuan left the state-owned hotel, he first went to the county supply and marketing cooperative.

The area is at least ten times that of the countryside, and there seems to be a lot more types of goods, including large bicycles and sewing machines.

Zhang Chunnuan walked in with a backpack on her back, ignored the salesperson's glare, and asked for ten homework books, a box of pencils, and two erasers. These were bought for the third son to go to school.

I saw a yellow satchel with the words "Serve the People" on it and took one too.

Then I saw that the bowls sold in the supply and marketing cooperative were good, and I picked a few. The bowls at home were bought by the original owner when he and Shen Hu got married, and they were all chipped.

After walking out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhang Chunnuan transferred the things he bought to the farm and stuffed some food into his backpack.

No one in the county knew her, so she must sell as much inventory as possible in the warehouse.

Zhang Chunnuan put the last piece of fabric he took out into his backpack and walked towards the county hospital.

She had never been to Baiguan County. When she was in Shanjiao Village, she consciously inquired about the situation in the county with Wang Dongxue and Zhou Jiefang who had been there before.

Although Baiguan County is small, it is well-equipped with two courtyards, three factories and four workshops.

The two hospitals are the county hospital and the county cinema; the third factory is the meat joint factory, the textile factory, and the rubber shoe factory; the fourth workshop is the bamboo weaving workshop, the match workshop, the oil pressing workshop and the tofu workshop.

People who go to work in these places are all her potential customers!

Zhang Chunnuan decided to go to the hospital first.

After all, those who can really afford to live in a hospital these days are not ordinary people. At the very least, they must be holding a golden rice bowl and eating national food.

Moreover, if you go to the hospital, the chance of being caught by the pickets is also smaller.

Zhang Chunnuan walked and asked around and came to the county hospital.

The two-story building facing the street has a signboard with the words "Baiguan County Hospital".

There were not many people going in and out, but there were quite a few people in the alley next to it.

Zhang Chunnuan stood at the entrance of the alley and looked in. He saw people inside, including men, women and children, squatting or standing, smoking or talking.

While she was observing, someone came in carrying a bamboo basket and a basket on his back. Before he could open his mouth, he was surrounded by people guarding inside.

With Zhang Chunnuan's excellent eyesight, he could clearly see those people were trading.

Why is it different from the plot in the period novels she read before traveling through time?

She had noticed it before when she went to the commune to attend the market. Now that she came to the county seat, she felt even more deeply.

Didn’t it mean that speculation was not allowed in the 1960s?

Why does it feel like it’s not the same thing?

Zhang Chunnuan did not go in rashly, but just watched from outside the alley.

At this time, she saw the aunt carrying a bamboo basket who had completed the transaction come out, and quickly greeted her: "Hello, ma'am."

The aunt was startled when she stopped her. She took a closer look and saw that it was a young daughter-in-law carrying a backpack, so she patted her chest and said, "Oh, you really scared me to death!"

Zhang Chunnuan: "..."

You look so full of energy and you look stronger than me, can I scare you to death?!

She just saw it. This aunt just traded the pork in the bamboo basket to a man.

At this time, every household is short of meat. If her family can trade meat, even if it is lean meat that is not popular at the moment, it will have a price but no market.

Zhang Chunnuan guessed that someone in this aunt's family must work in the meat factory.

The aunt calmed down and looked at Zhang Chunnuan calmly. When she noticed the backpack she was carrying behind her, her eyes flickered.

"Why did you girl suddenly stop me?"

Zhang Chunnuan did not tell her purpose immediately, but just said:

"My dear, my sister has given birth to a baby and is in the hospital. I heard that I can come here to buy some good stuff to supplement her.

I saw you bring out a piece of meat just now, and I know you have a way, and I wanted to ask if you can get two pairs of pig's feet?"

The aunt couldn't help laughing when she heard this. With this excuse, she could hear several different versions every time she came here.

However, she didn't expose Zhang Chunnuan's lies. After all, anyone who could come to this place had difficulties at home.

If her own food was not enough, she would not sell the meat.

"Girl, if you want pig's feet, you have to get up early and queue up to buy them. Otherwise, you just go inside and wait to see if you are lucky enough to get them."

As she spoke, she pointed to the alley she had just walked out of, and continued:

"You don't need to go anywhere else. This alley is the safest in the entire Baiguan County. People from the picket team will not come here easily.

As long as no one has the bad intentions to go out of his way to report it, you just have to guard against some second-rate people and punks robbing things."

"Why is this the safest place?"

Seeing that the aunt spoke sincerely, Zhang Chunnuan became less defensive.

I heard the aunt sigh and say: "When people live in this world and eat whole grains, who doesn't get sick sometimes?
Chapter completed!