Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 209 Big shopping in the city

"These words make me feel comfortable. No wonder your business is so good, Brother Hu." Zhang Peng said with a smile to Hu Yaohai.

"Haha, you are right. What do you want to do when you come here this time?" Hu Yaohai said with a smile to Zhang Peng.

"I came here this time just to get some bullets, and then save them for use in spring." Zhang Peng said to Hu Yaohai calmly.

"Oh, that's it, no problem. Just tell me how much you want," Hu Yaohai said confidently.

"Come on 200 first. If it's not enough, come back later." Zhang Peng thought for a while and said to Hu Yaohai.

"Okay, wait a minute." Hu Yaohai said, turning back and calling the young man who was with him just now. After explaining the situation to him, he asked him to go back and get it.

"Okay, Brother Hu, there are errands here. The business is really getting bigger." Zhao Chunming watched Hu Yaohai's operations and joked to him.

"Haha, no, they are all friends. It's not that I can't leave, so I have to help him," Hu Yaohai explained.

The three of them chatted, and after a while, the young man ran over with a cloth bag, which was jingling inside, and handed it to Hu Yaohai. Then Hu Yaohai opened it, took a look, and then handed it to Zhang Peng.

"There are 200 in this bag, you guys, count them." Hu Yaohai said to Zhang Peng.

"Can you still not believe Brother Hu? It's not just once or twice." Zhang Peng took the bag, opened it, looked at it, and said to Hu Yaohai.

Then he paid the money and left. After all, they were not the only ones looking for Hu Yaohai. The Chinese New Year was approaching, and his business seemed to be really good.

Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming went to the street market place to look for Wang Xiufen and the others. After walking inside for a while, they saw Zhang Tiejun and Zhao Decai. Wang Xiufen and Li Cuihua were bargaining with the stall owner, who was selling New Year paintings and couplets. This is more important. If there are no couplets with the word "Fu" during the New Year, there will be no New Year flavor.

Wang Xiufen and Li Cuihua both took a fancy to a picture with the Chinese character "福", which was just big enough to be posted on the courtyard gate, and were discussing the price with the stall owner.

Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming walked over and then moved to the side. When Zhang Tiejun saw them coming back, he smiled and motioned for them to watch first.

Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan seemed to have seen a savior. They hugged Zhang Peng and wanted him to take them to go shopping elsewhere. Seeing the adults bargaining was so boring, Zhang Peng also smiled when he saw this. , then told Zhang Tiejun, and walked forward with the two little guys.

Zhang Peng didn't understand until the front, why the two of them were dragging him forward. This was a candied haws shop selling candied haws. Looking at the full candied haws, let alone a child, he couldn't help it. So I paid decisively and got four bunches of candied haws.

The four of them ate candied haws and walked slowly around the market. There was a meat seller in front of them. Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming were interested. It was obvious that it was wild boar meat and roe deer meat. When they inquired about the price, it was one pound. Wild boar meat costs 7 cents, and roe deer meat costs 8 cents. To be honest, the prices are not low.

"Brother, did you get all this meat from the mountains?" Zhao Chunming asked curiously.

"Well, they are all freshly harvested." The stall owner looked Zhao Chunming up and down, and then said with a smile.

"There is this thing on this mountain. Haven't you heard that you can't get anything even if you go into the mountain?" Zhang Peng also asked.

"How is that possible? Our mountain is so big and there is nothing there. You really know how to joke. But there is indeed a shortage this year. I don't know why." The stall owner also smiled and stopped chatting with them. , greeting other people.Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming looked at each other after hearing this, and gave a helpless smile. It turned out that there was nothing in the village area, but there was still some harvest in other places. Zhang Peng took Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan and continued to walk forward. Zhao Chunming Followed by, the two of them chatted and ate while walking.

"Second brother, the price of this meat is okay, but it's too much for us," Zhao Chunming said helplessly.

"What about it? This is the situation now. Okay, don't think about it. Just wait and see how much money is distributed from the village." Zhang Peng said to Zhao Chunming.

Just as the two of them were walking forward, Wang Xiufen and Li Cuihua had already bought a lot of things, and all the food and supplies were carried in the hands of Zhang Tiejun and Zhao Decai. This also made the two of them protest against this kind of treatment, but it was very difficult for them to do so. Protests are clearly ineffective.

"Sister-in-law, come here quickly, there is something we need here." Li Cuihua hurriedly greeted Wang Xiufen, while Zhang Tiejun and Zhao Decai who were following behind looked at each other helplessly and followed them resignedly. If they were asked to regret it now Things to do, shopping with the ladies is definitely the top priority.

When the two of them slowly arrived at the stall, they saw the two of them squatting on the ground, constantly looking at the porcelain in front of them. Porcelain bowls and plates passed through their hands, but neither of them seemed very satisfied.

"Sister-in-law, you look at the colors on the plate very nicely," Li Cuihua said to Wang Xiufen in a low voice.

"Well, the design is OK, but the color is not very good. I think this kind of blue is better." Wang Xiufen looked at the plate in Li Cuihua's hand, and then said.

After more than ten minutes of analysis and discussion, the two finally decided to give it another look.

This made Zhang Tiejun and Zhao Decai who were following behind almost collapse. These two old ladies were really convinced. They are tired and stupid boys.

I followed Wang Xiufen and Li Cuihua like this for almost a whole morning and bought a lot of things. I bought four big live roosters, two for each family, one for tribute, and the other for my own consumption. The rest was bought some apples and frozen pears, plus some miscellaneous seasonings. These many things were carried or carried in the hands of Zhang Tiejun and Zhao Decai. I won’t mention the buying process, anyway. When Zhao Tiejun and Zhao Decai returned to the carriage, they had expressions of despair.

After a while, Wang Xiaoli and Hou Damao's family came back one after another, and they also bought a lot of things. Everyone had big and small packages, but everyone had a smile on their face. They finally felt confident this year. It’s time to buy new year’s goods.

Zhang Peng and the others had visited the market once, and they never stopped having snacks in their mouths. They ate from beginning to end, which made the two little guys happy.Even when they returned to the carriage, Zhang Xiaoxia and Zhang Xiaolan were still holding a piece of steamed cake in their hands and eating it in small bites.

Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming also gained something from this trip. Each of them had a hunting knife. They saw this in the inconspicuous stall at the back. It can be seen that it is purely handmade, and the handle is made of antlers. It was wrapped in deerskin and had a leather scabbard. The knife seller was an old Oroqen man, so when Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming saw it, they couldn't walk. There were only six or seven in the stall, and the price was not bad. Expensive, no bargaining at 10 yuan a handful, Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming picked a handful each. When they were about to leave, Zhang Peng thought about it and picked two more handfuls to give to Wang Xiaoli and Hou Damao.

When Wang Xiufen and Li Cuihua saw Zhang Peng and the others coming back, they hurriedly called them to the state-owned store to buy a new cotton-padded jacket for each of them. Wang Xiaoli and Hou Damao had already finished the shopping and were helping look after the things on the carriage.

By the time Zhang Peng and the others came back from buying cotton-padded jackets, it was already half an hour later.

"Are you all back?" Zhang Tiejun turned to everyone and asked.

"Well, we're all back, and we've almost bought everything." Everyone looked around and then replied.

"Okay, let's go home," Zhang Tiejun greeted the owner of the carriage. As the whip sounded in the owner's hand, the carriage turned around and headed towards the village.

(End of this chapter)