Shen Chi and Sun Tao were happily preparing to go to the provincial capital. Shen Fang, who was standing by, was so jealous that she couldn't help but run to the side and beg her father Shen Changlin: "Dad, I also want to go to the provincial capital with my aunt."
Shen Changlin had no choice but to nod and agree to Shen Fang's request. However, seeing his sister raising three children alone, Shen Changlin was really worried, so he sent four days' worth of vegetables and food to his mother and daughter-in-law. I bought eggs and some meat and left some money, planning to go with them.
"Aizhi is going to the provincial capital to purchase goods, and several children are clamoring to go with her. I am worried about her raising three children by herself. I plan to go with her to take care of her." Shen Changlin told his wife and mother that he planned to go with her. Take a long trip.
"Then you really should go with us. We are doing well, so you don't have to worry." Mrs. Hu comforted Shen Changlin.
Shen Changlin said that he would be back in four days at most. After explaining, he and Shen Aizhi took Shen Chi and the others to the provincial capital.
At this time, transportation was extremely inconvenient. It took most of the day just to transfer to the city. When I took the last train and rushed to the province, it was already dark.
First, he found a small restaurant to fill his stomach. The provincial capital was far more prosperous than the county town, and the busy traffic at night dazzled Sun Tao.
"It would be great if Dad buys a small truck sometime, otherwise it would be too inconvenient to go to the city to pick up goods." Shen Chi complained while eating.
"Then we have to wait until we make money." Shen Aizhi said with a smile.
A few people found a guest house and asked for two single rooms. Shen Changlin took Shen Chi and Sun Tao to share a room, and Shen Aizhi and Shen Fang shared a room. They spent more than ten yuan a night, and Shen Aizhi felt so distressed that she had to fight more. Get some goods and save the money.
After a night's rest, the next few people went straight to the wholesale market.
The wholesale market in the provincial capital was a famous small commodity wholesale place in the 1980s. Small traders from all over the country came here to purchase goods.
At this time, the wholesale market had not yet been expanded. The streets paved with bluestone were only two or three meters wide. There were rows of shops on both sides with blue bricks and gray tiles. They were no more than two stories high. Even the door was made of more than a dozen wooden boards. The grandeur of later generations.
People were coming and going in the market, and people were rubbing shoulders one after another. Sun Tao had never seen a place with so many people, and he held Shen Changlin's hand tightly in fear.
Upon seeing this, Shen Aizhi also held Shen Chi with one hand and Shen Fang with the other for fear that they would get lost.
After all, Shen Fang was a girl, and she was quickly attracted by those colorful gauze scarves. Shen Aizhi saw her and bought her a pink one. Shen Fang happily held it like a treasure. She held it in her hand, causing Shen Changlin to glare at her repeatedly.
A few people were looking around while shopping. Here, there are wholesale buttons of various colors and shapes, beads for wearing beads, leather belts, rubber band socks, and shoe insoles. The dazzling array of products made several people overwhelmed.
Sun Tao also ate real ice cream for the first time in his life. It was not the hard sugar-water popsicles sold at the entrance of his school, but soft ice cream made from milk. It was also at this time that Sun Tao learned that the original popsicles in the world There are others like this.
Shen Aizhi and Shen Changlin spent half a morning shopping and came to the cloth wholesale area. The cloths here were of various colors. Shen Chi chose a piece of woolen fabric, a piece of dark green corduroy fabric, a piece of Chuiliang and a piece of orange fabric for her aunt. printed and a piece of dark blue polyester fabric, and finally bought a piece of pure cotton material with a dark red plaid pattern.
Each horse has one hundred meters, fifty meters and thirty meters. The shop owner asked Shen Aizhi which one he wanted.
Shen Aizhi was thinking about picking up the size of a horse with a size of fifty meters, but Shen Chi said: "Auntie, it's not easy for us to come here. We want to pick up a horse with a size of one hundred meters."
One hundred meters per piece? Shen Aizhi was surprised. She had just asked the price. On average, one meter of cloth cost about eighty cents per piece. The retail price in the mall was between one yuan three to one yuan four. Although The more you buy, the more you save, but the price of one hundred-meter horse is almost eighty or ninety yuan. The six horses Shen Chi picked cost more than five hundred yuan.
"Why buy so much? Come back when you're done." Shen Changlin doesn't recommend buying so much at once.
"It's free to travel back and forth, and it's free to stay and eat and drink once in the city." Shen Chi counted the accounts with his little fingers.
His appearance made the shop owner laugh out loud: "You're good, little guy. He's a good business man."
When Shen Aizhi heard these accounts calculated by Shen Chi, she thought of the money spent on staying in the guest house yesterday, so she said to Shen Changlin: "Second brother, I think it would be good to buy more."
"But how much does this cost?" Shen Changlin said distressedly.
"These things won't break anyway, buy them back and sell them slowly." Shen Aizhi decided to listen to Shen Chi.
Seeing that his aunt accepted his opinion, Shen Chi felt relieved. The reason why he insisted on asking his aunt to buy so much was because he knew that there would be a big price increase at this time in his previous life.
Shen Chi clearly remembered that pencils and exercise books originally cost 10 cents, but overnight, they suddenly increased to 20 cents, and other prices also followed suit.
If it weren't for his failure to convince his father and the others, Shen Chi would have spent all his family's money to buy fabrics.
After buying the fabric and paying for it, Shen Chi said hello to the store owner and told them to buy some other things and come over later.
The store owner also agreed with a smile.
Then Shen Chi went to a place that sold buttons and various beads, picking out buttons with bright colors and exquisite shapes.
Because at this time, people were still in an era when supplies were still scarce, and all aesthetics were dominated by beauty.
The beads are actually made of plastic, and they are no different except for different colors and sizes. Shen Chi helped pick out a lot of them, and finally bought a dozen packs of imitation pearls.
The bead is actually a kind of porcelain with a layer of powder on it. The workmanship is very particular. Shen Chi even picked it up and pinched it and found that the powder did not fall off. It can be said that the imitation is extremely lifelike, but the corresponding price is several times more expensive than ordinary plastic beads. .
Then I bought a dozen rolls of round and flat rubber bands. After buying these things, I spent another three to four hundred.
Seeing the speed at which Shen Chi spent money made Shen Changlin's heart beat fiercely. He secretly thought that this son was so talented that in the future he would not even be able to earn enough money to buy it from him.
However, Shen Aizhi had great trust in Shen Chi. He would buy whatever he said. In the end, it was all up to Shen Chi to choose. She stood aside and watched and just paid.
After packing the things, since tricycles couldn't enter the market, we had to find poles to carry them to the street. It took three trips to pick out six pieces of cloth. We hired two more tricycles to load the cloths with the group and went directly. Passenger terminal.
Shen Chi and the others bought a lot of goods, so the conductor asked them to make up the goods tickets. It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived in the city. Fortunately, they caught the last bus from the county town. It was just inconvenient to take the bus at this time, so they missed the point. Just have to wait until the next day.