Fengcheng old events

Chapter 228 Mom, Take a Rest
Liu Guixin was going to buy goods, so Zhang Qingzhi had to get up earlier.

He had to let Liu Guixin have a bite of hot food before going out.I can't help you in business, and if you can't do it well in life, you can't say it.

Before four o'clock, Zhang Qingzhi got up quietly, put on his clothes, and carefully came out of the big house and closed the door.

Liu Guixin and Zhang Xingbing were still sound asleep.He wanted to get her to sleep as long as possible, even if it was just a few minutes.

I went to the kitchen to wash my face, cooked porridge in the electric rice cooker, looked at the leftovers from last night, took out my lunch box and put it in my lunch box pocket, and then cleaned up and cooked.

There is still a little yellow seedling at home, which is the last fresh vegetable. After eating this little cabbage, until next May, there will be only potato sauerkraut and some radish, but it won't last long.The cellar isn't everything, either.

Fortunately, there is a free market now, and I can occasionally buy some braised pork head meat or tofu, add yuba kelp, occasionally make a fish meal or stew a chicken, instead of eating potatoes and sauerkraut until the spring blossoms like before.

In the past few years, the factory has been raising wages, prices have basically remained the same, and the living standards of ordinary people have been raised repeatedly. Workers’ families have lived a happy life that they could not have imagined before: they can have meat every meal, and eat every few days. There are fish and chickens.

Even the quality of life of agricultural households has surpassed the level of worker families at that time.

In Zhang Qingzhi's house, his salary is used to live and eat for the whole family, and Liu Guixin saves the money he earns to pay off debts. Even so, the quality of life has improved significantly.

The children will no longer see their classmates drooling when they eat pork ribs, but they can only watch helplessly.

Zhang Qingzhi can always think of the past when he is busy alone, so he is more satisfied with the present life and cherishes it even more.

Make as little noise as possible, and cook breakfast in a kitchen full of fruits and vegetables.

It was useless for Zhang Qingzhi to go into the room to shout, Liu Guixin had already got up by himself, washed his face, quietly went into the hut and called Zhang Xinglong up.

After Zhang Xinglong brushed his teeth and washed his face, the two of them ate breakfast and went out, Zhang Qingzhi heated the breakfast in the pot, and poured it for a while when he entered the room.

Zhang Xinglong followed his mother to the small railway station in the dark, and took the small train to Nanfen to catch the commuter train.

In winter, the dawn is late, it is not until 04:30 or [-]:[-], but it gets dark very early at night, and it is completely dark at [-]:[-] and [-]:[-].

However, the winter in Northeast China is not dark even when it is dark. As long as there is snow, people can see things. People with night blindness like Zhang Xinglong can walk normally, which is actually more convenient than in summer.On summer nights he could see nothing.

It was dark until the farmer's market in Yidongqiao, and the two of them drank a bowl of wontons at the old place and went into the market to see the goods.

Winter goods are all in the warehouse, blocked by heavy cotton curtains, and people are crowded together in heavy coats and cotton shoes, picking under the dim light.

The old way, Liu Guixin took the goods and found a place to surround the goods with the cotton pads he brought and put them away for Zhang Xinglong to watch, and she continued to look for them.

Beans, hot peppers and green peppers, garlic sprouts, leeks, cauliflower, celery, green onions, parsley, cucumbers.There are also fruits, bananas, pears, oranges and apples.

Everything must be carefully selected. The person who delivers the goods just collects the money on the scale, or collects the money by the basket. They are not responsible for the rotten ones that have been frozen. It is up to you to distinguish.

Like leeks, garlic sprouts and coriander, they are bundled in bunches, and there are often soil and stone strips inside. How thick is the wrapping paper under the fruit basket? Is it soaked in water or sandwiched with stones? If you come out, you will only suffer.Still a big loss.

You can't open the basket to see the goods, you can only look at them from the outside. It really requires a keen eye and some luck.

Counting to the middle of winter, in the ice and snow, it is better to walk around rather than stand still.To stand still is to suffer.

Zhang Xinglong stood by the side of the basket, not daring to walk away, so he could only endure the cold, and soon his feet became stiff and began to ache.It was a piercing pain.

Jumping and walking can only be relieved for a while, and it will be useless after a long time, but it cannot be stopped.

After freezing, the pain will increase instantly every time you move, but you can't stop, you have to keep moving, or you will really freeze.

Exercise can at least increase some blood circulation, but every time I move, I will feel a pain like a pinprick, and my two feet become lumps, and I lose consciousness and the solid feeling of stepping on the ground.

I could only grit my teeth and stand upright, pacing slowly on the ice and snow, hoping that my mother would come back with good goods soon.

The sky is gradually brightening, everything in the winter morning is misty, like a black and white projection, the white becomes dazzling, and the black is deeper.

The old trees around the yard stretched out their dry branches and swayed slowly in the morning breeze.

There are also more people, and when it comes to the peak hours for picking up goods, there is endless noise, including harsh horns and occasional quarrels.

A large trailer came in through the gate and stopped by the wall. The driver climbed into the trunk and lifted the heavy quilt, and the moisture inside rose into the air: "New arrival Fuju, today is the car, sweet and fresh .”

A market manager wearing a red cuff walked over with a notebook, checked the torn ticket, and collected the money.

The sun is like a pancake that has been thinned out, white and white, climbing to the top of the head, without any heat.

Liu Guixin hurried over carrying a basket of beans, Zhang Xinglong quickly lifted the cotton pad, helped Liu Guixin put the basket of beans in, and then wrapped it tightly with the pad.

"Is it cold?" Liu Guixin asked after stretching his sore shoulders.

"It's okay." Zhang Xinglong himself didn't know why, he couldn't bear the pain without saying that his feet hurt, and he even shed tears just now.

"You go outside to look for a car, or the original place, remember?"

"I know." Zhang Xinglong nodded and trotted outside the market.

I found the truck, confirmed the location, and ran back all the way: "Over there, the driver is laying quilts."

"Then get these over there first, I'm afraid it will freeze after a long time."

"I'll carry it, mom, just watch." Zhang Xinglong lifted the cotton pad, held the basket beam in one hand and pocketed it in the other, and he lifted the basket to his shoulders alone, and trotted outside the market with it on his shoulders.

"Slow down, don't fall." Liu Guixin yelled.

The driver had already laid out a thick quilt, and just about to light a cigarette while standing on the deck, Zhang Xinglong ran over: "Guobao's."

The driver put away his cigarettes and went to the side of the car, bent down to pick up the bamboo basket, and mentioned that it was placed inside and covered tightly with a quilt: "Do you have a lot of goods?"

"Not too many, just a few baskets." Zhang Xinglong ran towards the market with his arms bent.Running can warm up the body, and the feet don't hurt as much as before.

After running back and forth twice, my body was active, my whole body was hot, my feet no longer hurt, and I felt my vitality returned to my body, and my whole body was full of energy.

"Mom, just rest, I'll just carry it."

(End of this chapter)