Hard times have room

Chapter 976

Early the next morning, Pauline went to the black market next to the bus station, bought twenty eggs, two catties of pork and two catties of brown sugar there, and went out full of satisfaction.

Her schoolbag is only that big, and it can only hold so many things, and she dare not use the space in public, otherwise, those who specialize in stalking in the black market will definitely become suspicious.

Because the things she bought were not many and the value was not high, so Pauline took her things back to the guest house opposite the train station without any surprises or risks.

I don't know if it's because the Chinese New Year is approaching, or for some other reason, but there are quite a few people in the black market trading alley next to the bus station who don't come in for the purpose of buying and selling things.

From time to time, those people's eyes lingered on the people who came and went, and some people would go together and wink at each other, which frightened Pauline, who was good at observing and had always had a good eye, and realized that there were such people in the alley Afterwards, she bought something and left quickly. She would not dare to go to any remote trails, and only chose places with many people on the road.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Pauline returned home before dark.

Except for eggs and a catty of brown sugar, she packed the rest of the things she bought on the black market in her schoolbag and gave them to her parents.

That night, what their family ate was meat, fatty pork belly, the kind that was stewed with ginger and salt after refining the oil, it was very fragrant and oily.

When cooking lard with pork belly, Baolin deliberately left some oil in the meat, so that the meat tastes better when cooked.

Two catties of pork belly boiled out half a bowl of lard, which was enough oil for their family for several days.

After several days of repairing at home, on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, Baolin and Wang Jiandang took the bamboo rats to the county town and sold six of them for more than 80 yuan.

Their bamboo rats were sold to the black market, and they went to Chen Jun, a black market purchase point. Last summer, the black market trip before Baolin went to school left a deep impression on Wang Jiandang. His money was stolen by thieves. Although there are not many, the signal sent out by this is really scary. It shows that someone is staring at him in the black market, and it is really unsafe to sell things in the black market.

Coupled with Pauline's persuasion, he chose to trade directly with people in the black market. Although the selling price will be lower, it is safe and secure.

Of course, another reason why he chose the black market is that he can exchange some bills with people in the black market, especially industrial vouchers. The iron pot at home should be replaced. Also, he wants to buy a kettle, which needs to be warmed. Kettle tickets.

Although there are ready-made things on the black market, they are not cheap. Besides, buying things directly on the black market is too big and too conspicuous. I am afraid that the things I buy will not end up in my hands.

The money for buying tickets in the black market plus the money for buying things in department stores is generally higher than the money for buying things directly in the black market. The black market will not allow people to take advantage of loopholes, especially for expensive industrial products. .

There is also a reason why they don’t buy things directly in the black market. They are afraid of being targeted by people in the black market. Now that they have money-making projects at home, they should take safety as the standard when doing things in daily life. Those who are capable of the black market have a somewhat unclean foundation. .

Therefore, they would rather trouble, make an extra trip, spend a little more money, and then go to the Jiangning County Department Store to buy it later.

After coming out of the black market, the father and daughter didn't go anywhere else. They went directly to the bus station and found the bus to Taiping Town. Tongmao Village is very close to Taiping Town, only three or four miles away. They got out of the car and walked for half an hour.

The two of them had no other idea, they just went to the Daba in Tongmao Village to buy some seafood and so on, and went home to have a good New Year.

Before, because the people in the old house pressed for the source of the seafood, they were afraid of recruiting people and disturbing Li Ting's life here, so they never went to Tongmao Village again. It has been more than a year in the past, and they plan to do it today. Go to Tongmao Village to have a look.

At noon, the father and daughter ordered a bowl of plain noodles at the state-run restaurant next to the train station.

After Baolin had a bowl of noodles, she was already seven or eight percent full, and Wang Jiandang was almost five or six percent full, but they didn't continue to eat. They took out what they brought home from their back baskets, and they were already full. The cool sweet potato is ready to eat.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the bus to Taiping Town left on time. The father and daughter sat in the front seat, looking at the scenery outside the window, as if trying to remember something.

When the car arrived at Taiping Town, it was already past 20:[-] in the afternoon. The whole journey took about two hours. Taiping Town to Jiangning County was much farther than Hongxing Town to Jiangning County. After all, the latter only took more than an hour. time.

Pauline and the others asked three people in Taiping Town to determine the specific location and route of Tongmao Village before starting to walk. They took the main road, and those who could go directly from Taiping Town to Tongmao Village would go all the way to the end. , although it takes a little longer to walk, it is safe in the end.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Pauline and the others walked to Tongmao Village, a familiar place, and the two of them relaxed a lot, and went straight to Qin's house.

At this time, Qin Dashan, Qin Xiaoshan, and Li Ting were all at home, and the three of them were nestled in the kitchen, warming up at ease.

The arrival of the Wang family's father and daughter was a surprise for their family. They did not expect that they would come again after such a long time.

The two parties had a good relationship in the past, so they welcomed the arrival of Wang's father and daughter.

After Pauline entered the kitchen, she noticed that Li Ting's figure was completely out of shape. Her stomach looked obvious, as if she had put a watermelon on her stomach. Li Ting's stomach looked five or six It's been a month.

"Sister Ting, how many months have you been?" Seeing Li Ting with a big belly, Baolin was both surprised and happy, but it was more of a blessing, especially when she saw the bright smile on this woman's face. At that time, she should be living happily now!
"The doctor said it's been six months." Li Ting rubbed her belly with one hand and smiled very gently.

She has been married to Qin Dashan for more than four years, and she finally got pregnant with this child. She really treats her like a treasure. Now that she doesn't do heavy work, she just does some light work such as weeding and catching insects. So as not to be exhausted.

"Pauline, I'm glad you could come and see me at this hour."

The two women were chirping with each other in the main room, wishing they could share their experiences of more than a year with each other on this day.

The three men were talking in the kitchen. Since Wang Jiandang was the elder, he was the one who asked the questions, and Qin Dashan or Qin Xiaoshan answered them. In short, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

(End of this chapter)