After the policy was liberalized, many people came out to set up stalls and sell things. Supply and marketing cooperatives still exist, but there are fewer people.
Supply and marketing cooperatives require tickets to buy goods, and those salesmen who are fed by the state pride themselves on their superiority and treat you like an uncle in front of customers. Nowadays, there are many self-employed people selling things, and their service attitude is not bad, and they treat you like an uncle.
In contrast, people who buy things naturally go to self-employed people.
Li Rong just wanted to see how far the self-employed businesses in the county had developed. She took her three children and strolled through the streets.
Perhaps the people are in the midst of an upsurge of individual wealth, and they are very enthusiastic about the guests coming and going.
A discerning person can quickly tell that Li Rong is wealthy by looking at Li Rong's dress and temperament. When he sees her, he can ask the girl, "Do you want something?"
Li Rong politely shook her head and said no.
The few little ones were crazy about playing, and would go up to see whatever they saw. The good-tempered stall owner would also smile and ask them if they wanted something.
Fortunately, the family rarely loses snacks from them. They just look at it and don't want it. When the stall owner asked them, they immediately shook their heads and ran away.
When I walked to the street, I saw a bunch of people surrounding an unknown stall, and I couldn't see inside.
The three little ones loved to be lively, so the next one squeezed in, leaving Li Rong watching outside.
It turns out that there are sugar figures drawn inside.
The adults stood and watched, while the children all squatted in front of the stall.
The master who painted the candy figures had an accent that sounded like he was not a local. He had a long white beard and looked elderly, but his hands didn't shake at all.
Li Rong saw that his technique was skillful, probably because he had practiced painting for a long time.
It wasn't the first time she saw a candy man, but it was the first time she saw such a beautifully painted candy man. After the master finished painting a corn, he asked the children in front of the stall with a smile: "What do you want to draw?"
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"Draw a cow!"
"Pig, big fat pig, pork smells good!"
"Draw a bunny!" A little girl said unhappy, "The bunny is cute!"
Erniu shouted: "Ducks are cuter! Quack quack~"
Li Rong glanced at the little guy. He only stared with big eyes and said nothing, as if it didn't matter what the stall owner painted.
When the little guy isn't talking, his plump white eyes are very endearing.
Amidst the chatter, the stall owner noticed the little guy and smiled at him: "My child, what do you want to draw?"
The little guy was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer. He thought pork was delicious, but duck was also cute!
The two cows next to him bumped him: "Talk about duck!"
The little guy turned his head and saw Li Rong. He stood up and ran in front of Li Rong, leaning against Li Rong's legs. He looked up at Li Rong and then at the stall owner.
Li Rong smiled: "Draw a dragon, let's be safe with the dragon."
The little guy didn’t know what the Chinese zodiac sign was, and he had never seen a dragon before, but when his mother asked him to draw a dragon, he said, “Draw a dragon.”
"Then draw a dragon." The stall owner cleaned up and slowly poured out the hot syrup with a small iron spoon.
A few minutes passed and a lifelike dragon was painted.
The stall owner stroked his beard, picked up the dragon with a bamboo stick and showed it to the children: "Does it look good?"
"nice!"
Daniel exclaimed: "This is a dragon, so cool!"
The little guy smiled and narrowed his eyes. His mother said he was born in the year of dragon. So dragons are so cool?
That means he is cool too!
Not happy!
The stall owner showed it around, thinking that no one wanted to sell it, and was about to hang up the sugar dragon. When Li Rong saw that the little guy's eyes were glued to his face, she said, "Grandpa, I want this."
"Did you buy it for me? Mom." The little guy looked at Li Rong shyly.
Li Rong touched his head: "Go get it."
There were not that many adults around the stall, mainly adults with children watching.
The little guy smiled even more happily after taking the candy, and he couldn't bear to eat it even though he held it in his hand.
Li Rong hadn't given the money yet, so she asked Daniu Erniu: "What do you two want? Tell grandpa, and the second aunt will give you the money together later."
Daniel shook his head: "My mother gave me money, we have money ourselves."
The stall owner asked them what they wanted.
Daniel said: "I don't know who I am, but my name is Daniel, and I want a cow."
Li Rong was very happy when she heard it. Did the two cows need two cows?
The stall owner realized that Da Niu and Er Niu were brothers, and asked Er Niu: "You want duck, right?"
Er Niu still wanted ducks, but when his elder brother asked for a cow, he called him Er Niu, so he said, "No, I'm called Er Niu, and I also want a cow."
The old man was happy: "Okay, let me draw a cow for you two brothers. The older one will draw a big head, and the younger one will draw a calf."
The two brothers squatted in front of the human stall and watched in fascination.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the two brothers, Daniel, held the candy cow in their hands with satisfaction, not to mention how happy they were.
Qian Lirong gave it to her two nephews together. How could she ask them to pay for it when she took her two nephews out?
Li Rong took the three satisfied children away, leaving the other envious children clamoring for their own adults to also want candy...
There are also people selling sugar-fried chestnuts on the streets. When the wind blows, along with the fallen leaves, there is also the aroma of roasted chestnuts.
Li Rong didn't expect that before the whole country was opened, these snacks were already sold here. It must be said that the people are smart and know how to make a living like this.
The pebbles used for frying chestnuts and the stones in the pot. When the boss stir-fries, the clattering sound is the sound of the stones colliding.
"Want to eat?" Li Rong asked them.
The third child shook his head and nodded again when he smelled the aroma of sugar-fried chestnuts.
Li Rong said: "You don't want to eat it? I want to eat it, I'll buy it. Boss, please bring two kilograms of chestnuts."
"okay!"
The boss happily weighed it, packed it in oil paper and handed it to Li Rong.
The boss selling roasted chestnuts also had a sack of chestnuts on the stall.
Li Rong likes to eat chestnuts. It turns out that the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county rarely sell chestnuts.
It had just opened, and there were few people growing chestnuts. Li Rong guessed that the chestnuts sold by the stall owner were wild and had been fetched from the mountains.
She asked the boss: "Do you sell raw chestnuts?"
Li Rong bought two kilograms of fried chestnuts. In the eyes of the boss, she was a generous person and said: "Sell, how much do you want?"
"Want to—" Li Rong stopped talking and asked Daniel, "Do you have the strength? Help my aunt carry the things."
Daniel was twelve or thirteen years old, and it was the time when he had the courage to show off. He learned to show off his biceps in front of his younger brother in a beautiful posture, and said proudly: "I can help my mother carry the flour!"
A bag of flour usually weighs fifty kilograms. Li Rong felt confident and smiled: "I don't want you to carry the flour."
She said to the roasted chestnut boss: "Bring me ten pounds of raw chestnuts."
Li Rong gave the money and said she would pick it up later. She was going to buy groceries and couldn't let Daniel hold ten kilograms of chestnuts all the time.
He Xing and the others had gone home early, and Li Rong didn't know if Zhao Qingsong had finished his work. It was really inconvenient not to have a mobile phone at this time.
After she bought the vegetables, without waiting for Zhao Qingsong, she asked Daniel to get the chestnuts and they got on the bus.