It was already half past three in the afternoon, and Grandma and Youyou went straight to the bus station. Pingcheng to Shuikeng ten miles of road, the road takes more than an hour.

You You saw that the fields on both sides of the road were planted with spring cotton, which had grown to a height of more than a foot, and the ground was verdant.

At first, I felt fresh, but after watching it for a long time, I felt strange, "Grandma, why is there so much cotton, what do they eat if they don't grow food." ”

"It's all saline-alkali land here, and there are few crops to grow other crops, so we have to grow cotton. Planting cotton in alkaline land, you can harvest a lot of seedlings. ”

Shuikeng to Hantun took the road to the east of the village, returned to the village, and first sent a roast chicken to his uncle's grandfather's house.

When my uncle and grandmother saw the empty bucket behind my grandmother's bicycle, I still told my grandmother to be careful and not to smash it.

When the people in the village saw their grandmother coming back, they all asked if they could accept it. Grandma told them to continue to collect, and several people followed Grandma to the house to buy flashlights.

A flashlight is less than 06 yuan, and with a flashlight, you can touch more than 100 monkeys in one night, and everyone's accounts are very clear. Besides, flashlights can be used for many years.

With more flashlights, the results were seen that night, and grandma collected more than 200 catties of monkeys.

This time, grandma and Youyou went directly to Shuikeng Commune to take a bus, and it was not yet nine o'clock when they arrived in Pingcheng. Grandma hired a puller and went directly to Grandma Yang's house.

When Grandma Yang saw them enter the alley, she greeted them, opened the gate, and pulled the car directly into the yard.

When the goods were unloaded into the house, Grandma Yang gave 1,200 yuan to Grandma. Looking at the old man's coolness in taking money, her business is definitely not small.

The two said goodbye, and the grandmother took Yoyo with her on a bicycle, and then walked around the county to familiarize herself with the situation. To the northwest of Heijo is a residential area, where most of the old residents of the county live.

The courtyard is spacious compared to the family courtyard of the workers, which yard has to have more than half an acre, although the house is old, most of them are blue bricks and small tiles, the eaves are chic, each with its own characteristics.

The southwest corner of the county seat is n various institutions, one by one the courtyards are neatly arranged, and the spacious double-open large iron gate is welded with pig iron.

This reminds you of the childhood memories of many old people in later generations who climbed the gate, which was not easy to understand, but now when I see the real thing, I have a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

Nowadays, the offices have a common place, the front is the office space, and the back is the family area. Between the office and the family area, there are separate and connected, and they are very quiet. All the organs are bungalows, even the county party committee and n are no exception.

The county high school and the county hospital are also here, one after the other, and they occupy a large area. In particular, the playground of the high school occupies more than half of the entire campus. It's not like later generations who shouted "a century-old plan, education-oriented", but the school was so crowded that there was not even a playground.

In the southeast corner of the county seat are various factories, such as cotton mills, woolen mills, weaving mills, knitting mills, quilt factories, the first cotton factory, distilleries, monosodium glutamate factories, enamel factories, sack factories, agricultural machinery factories, and straw weaving factories.

Large and small factories are independent, and each factory has a family courtyard next to it, which is separated from the factory by a wall.

The big factories occupy a street, and the smaller ones are much larger than the institutions. The entire factory area is larger than the other three districts combined.

After a long count, there are three east-west streets and five north-south streets. There are all kinds of stores, but not one. There are many, too, and it is quite lively.

In the middle of the factory is a workers' house, and in front of the tall house is a large open space, surrounded by various trees, with curved aisles and seats. It seems to be a combination of a plaza and a park, but there is no wall. The whole area must be more than 100 acres, and it seems that it is a place for workers to relax and recreation.

Under a tall tree, dozens of people gathered. Youyou pulled her grandmother over, and saw that many people were carrying this bag, which contained all kinds of small things, and were trading with each other.

Yoyo found that there were people selling their own clothes here. The women's short-sleeved ones were bought for four dollars, the n dresses were bought for the ones, and the children's ones were bought for five dollars. A group of women gathered around to pick out the colors, and there was no counteroffer, and it seemed that the consumption of Pingcheng was not lower than that of Linshui.

There are everything sold here, and I have turned around, clothes, shoes and socks, belts, buttons, hairpins, head ropes, some are specially resold, and some are bought that are not suitable for processing.

What interests Yoyo the most is the one that sells hairpins and headbands, a plexiglass hairpin, which sells for one to two dollars, and a rubber band with colored plastic balls also sells for a piece. Even the plexiglass buttons, one of which sells for three cents and five cents, looks like the business is okay, and there are many people who buy it.

This reminds you of all kinds of jewelry houses in later generations, there are physical stores and shops, the cost is small and the profit is large, and the business is booming.

These things are sold by weight in my own mall, which is the price of a few cents. Yoyo shouted that this trip to Pingcheng was worth it, and found a viable business.

Grandma pulled down Youyou, it turned out that the person who sold his clothes was going to leave after selling them, and someone told her: "Next time, you must remember to bring it to me, I am allowed to give it to my daughter-in-law who has never passed the door, saying that I am familiar with you, you can't let me lose face." ”

"I can't give this to you, you don't know that it's not easy to buy it, they are from Shanghai, and it happens that there is, and I can't touch it. The man answered her.

"Then when are you going to buy the goods, I'll go to your house to find you. ”

"That's not good, you better come here, I don't know when I'm at home, you can't find it when you go. The man said and walked away.

Grandma pulled Yoyo to follow her, "Big sister, is it okay to stop, I have something to do with you." Grandma called out to her.

"Sister, are you looking for me?" she asked, pausing in confusion.

"Yes, I want to ask, do you still want this dress?" Grandma went up and went straight to the point.

She grabbed her grandmother's hand and asked excitedly, "Sister-in-law, do you have the goods?"

"Yes, my relatives are doing this, I came here today to see the situation, I saw you selling here, I am not ready to come, if the price you give is right, I will give you directly." ”

"Sister-in-law, come with me. She took her grandmother's hand, took her to a big tree where no one was around, and sat on a stone bench.

"Sister-in-law, if your clothes are the same as the ones I sell, I will give you 350 yuan for short sleeves, 700 yuan for dresses for adults, and 400 yuan for children. As you can see, the price at which I sell it, I make pocket money. ”

Youyou listened and thought secretly, your pocket money is enough, and you have sold more than 20 pieces in a while, and you have earned at least a dozen yuan.

"The price is OK, we'll meet here in the afternoon, I brought 30 short-sleeved and 30 n skirts. If you read it, no, I'll deal with it here. Grandma replied simply.

"Okay, I'll prepare money for you when I go back, and I'll come here after dinner, and you will wait for me, sister-in-law." She instructed her grandmother eagerly.

"Don't worry, I'll wait for you, I'll come over around one o'clock in the afternoon, you don't have to be too early. After Grandma finished speaking, she led Yoyo away.