Chapter 36 Catch up with the market (although there are only two watches, it is more than 10,000)

Back in this era, it's been a few years.

Every morning when he woke up, Wushan always involuntarily followed some habits from his previous life. He jumped out of bed and the first thing he did was open the window.

Rubbing his eyes, he saw a low wooden lattice, pasted with not very transparent plastic paper, and Wu Shan dragged his cloth shoes and sat on the bed.

Grandparents got up early, the quilt was really big, and grandma said sixteen catties of cotton.

This is the most solid sleep in Wushan after going to Hong Kong Island.

He doesn't have to think about anything, he doesn't need to do anything.

"Duoduo, Duoduo," Jianjun, the little heel, probably got up a long time ago and kept staring at the door.

Seeing Wushan, he ran out of the house again: "Grandma and grandma, there are a lot of them." ”

The grandmother came in with her little feet twisted, saw the eldest grandson leaning on the bed, and pulled the thick quilt on top of him.

"Xiaoshan, have you slept enough?" Grandma reached out and touched Wushan's forehead.

Grandma's hands were full of green muscles, and it was cold in winter, and Wushan involuntarily shrunk his neck.

He stretched his long waist and yawned in his mouth: "Almost, where's my clothes, grandma?" ”

"Roasted on the stove," grandma's little feet were about to go out again, and Wu Shan grabbed them.

"Grandma, I'll go by myself." Wu Shan jumped out of bed and put his cloth shoes on.

In the winter of Wu County, there is no heating. Every night, my grandmother put everyone's close-fitting clothes on the stove and roasted them.

Grandma put on grandpa's military canvas coat for Wushan.

A cylindrical bamboo basket full of holes is woven into a strip and fastened to the stove. The clothes were baked warmly, making Wushan sweat all over his body.

Jianjun was always by his grandmother's side at any time, but at this time, he hurriedly took his eldest cousin's hand and walked out of the door.

Grandpa's handwashing rack, next to the gate.

Mom was walking around the yard slowly. Wu Shan didn't pay attention last night, but now he sees that his mother's lower abdomen is significantly higher.

"Mom? Do I have a brother or sister? Wiping his face indiscriminately, Wushan was ecstatic and ran to his mother's side.

He bent down and rested his ear on his mother's lower abdomen, but unfortunately he couldn't hear anything.

Jianjun looked like a learner, and he listened attentively, his height was just enough.

The grandmother who just came out laughed happily, and the mother and Wushan also laughed when they saw it. Jianjun didn't know why, but he was happy to see everyone and grinned there.

"I don't know what to say yet," Mom's voice was a little lazy: "Doctor Wang took the pulse and said that everything is normal." ”

"That's good," Wu Shan rubbed his hands: "Oh, I forgot, I didn't prepare for my future brother or sister to wear." ”

"Hmph, it's just that the three of you don't know," grandma counted on the side: "Don't worry, your father and I have already prepared several sets." ”

Actually, Wushan is very guilty. If I were to go into politics in the future, and my father was in the prime of life, it would be impossible for him to have time to spend with his parents often. With the company of the little one, he felt a little less sorry in his heart.

"Where's Grandpa?" After breakfast, Wushan remembered.

"He's gone to the market," muttered the grandmother, "the old man, who has no time to be idle, has put on the new clothes and trousers you brought to him to show off." ”

"Rushing to the market?" Wu Shan's eyes lit up: "Grandma, Mom, let's go too." ”

In my life, I have never rushed to the set. In the years when I just returned to this world, how could there be a market in China during the special period? If you show your head slightly, you will be cut off as the tail of capitalism. On Hong Kong Island, naturally, there are no markets.

Rushing to the market itself is a place for ordinary people to gather and buy and sell things independently when the economy is underdeveloped.

The call was answered by my father himself: "How are you?" I'm Wu Lixing! ”

"Dad, it's me, Wushan. I'm going to get out of the car. You let Brother Wang take us. "In this era, there is no private use of public cars, there is no advantage, is it possible to lead the grandmother with small feet and the mother with a big belly to walk?

"Okay! I'm going out and there are other cars" Wu Lixing didn't say a word: "Go ahead, take care of your grandma and your mother." ”

"By the way, Dad," Wu Shan suddenly thought of a very serious question: "Let's go to the market here, will it touch the nerves of some people and accuse you of crimes?" ”

"Ha Luha, you kid, I thought you wouldn't think of it." Wu Lixing's tea could be clearly heard: "Don't worry, your father and I have already thought about it." Speaking of the person who decided on this name, you still know it, it is Yang Yuanchao of your Yang Yun's grandfather's family. Your Uncle Yang has a good head, and it is called the Workers' and Peasants' Exchange Conference. Besides, in Wu County, who dares? In the entire Yixian area, which one dares to touch me? Don't forget, your dad and I'm the first deputy commissioner for the district! ”

Wang Jianguo's car drove very steadily, maybe Wu Lixing had told him, and he himself knew that Ruan Xiuyuan was pregnant.

Grandma didn't go at first, because she was afraid that there would be no one at home. Mother came and said, "Mom, you haven't been out for a long time?" Let's get out of here and go for a walk. "was dragged by Ruan Xiuyuan and Wu Shan to the Volga, and the apron was still in the old lady's hand.

"Sister Ruan, there are a lot of places today, where are you going?" The car left the county seat, and Wang Jianguo asked.

The field is the name of the market in Wuxian County, and the market is called the market here.

The two elders looked at Wushan, waiting for him to make an idea.

"Brother Wang, where are they?" It's messy enough.

The people around Wu Lixing call Ruan Xiuyuan Sister Ruan, and Wushan calls them brothers and sisters.

He had some impressions from his previous life, and God knows if this era was the same. I don't have a clue about the changed bazaar Wushan, and since I was reborn, I have been to the place where I was born in my previous life, and I have basically never been to the countryside.

"Director Wu told me that you are going to go to the market, I didn't go in the direction of Qinling Province, and there is only Bailu Creek on that road today. There are a lot of places here, go to the left, the chestnut tree in the first district, the Longwang Temple in the third district, and the ancient road ditch; If you walk on the right, there is a water chestnut weir in one district, a new shop in the fourth district, and a Tianba in the sixth district. It seems that Wang Jianguo's story is quite familiar, and several treasures have been reported.

"It's still here in the third district, you can go around the chestnut tree and go to Gulugou. District 4 is too far away, and we don't want to travel at night. Wushan was not familiar with another road in his previous life, and grew up not far from Gulugou: "Grandma, Mom, what are your opinions?" ”

Mom's home is in the county seat, and grandma's mother's house is in the second district north of the county seat, on the way to Qinling Province, but unfortunately there is no one in my hometown.

Both shook their heads, indicating that it didn't matter.

"Eh, where's Grandpa?" Wu Shan remembered: "Where did he go to catch the market?" ”

"What a set is he rushing to!" Grandma sneered: "It's just wandering around in the county, for fear that others won't know what the descendants will do, so they will buy him new clothes." ”

Wushan Ha Luha smiled, he didn't expect that his usually old-fashioned grandfather also had such a cute side.

Huali tree is an old place name, located in the middle of the county seat and the three districts of the administrative office, after the liberation of the Huali Commune.

Each district of Wu County is a dam and the surrounding mountains. Huali is a mountainous area on the edge of the first district, and you don't have to worry about drinking water in summer, but you can only go to those underground springs to fetch water in winter. I remember another time and space, when this place was already called Huali Town, and a cistern was built next to the town.

It can't be called a street, there are so many of them, and the whole of them adds up to less than thirty households.

There is no clamour, and the people of the supply and marketing cooperatives, one by one, have their nostrils facing the sky, and they love to buy or not. The peasants carried their mountain goods and rested there on the side of the road, and they sat on their poles and silently watched the people coming and going.

Supply and marketing cooperatives, Wushan they will not look at a look, the goods of the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county, whether it is the type or quantity, are incomparable here.

The car was parked on the side of the road and became the only vehicle on the side street, causing quite a stir.

The group, including Jianjun, was very calm and ignored those envious eyes.

The farmer was very sincere, and bought so many chestnuts and walnuts, and the total amount was less than ten yuan. Of course, this is also related to the low prices in this era.

The old peasants are wandering aimlessly through the streets, and the resumption of the market after many years of banning has added a touch of joy to the peaceful mountain village. They don't come to the streets to buy anything, as if to prove to old friends they once knew that they are still alive and well.

Grandma discussed it with her mother, and the mountain goods were bought here. For bacon and other meat that you need, let's go to Gulugou, which is much bigger than here.

Farmers also have their own way of survival, bartering. Wushan saw that they exchanged bacon and roosters for chestnuts, walnuts, and melon seeds needed for the New Year.

There is actually a restaurant here, I don't know whether it is state-run or private. In this era, even if it is private, it is inextricably linked to the secretary or deputy secretary and so on. Business is booming, and I don't think much cash will be collected. This year, the peasants have a bumper harvest of agricultural products, but they cannot communicate with each other. The boss is also quite simple, everyone eats and pays for food or other agricultural products. As for the price, I guess it's not high. The streets are full of people selling things, people changing things. Those who buy things with cash, except for Wushan, have not seen a second case so far.

Wang Jianguo started the car, and the two short horns made people from near and far focus their eyes here again.

Suddenly, a middle-aged fat man ran over. He was running out of breath and sweating profusely. The popular individual hat in this era is held in the hand and constantly waved to the car.

"Who are you?" Wang Jianguo rolled down the window, his face full of vigilance.

"May I ask you, are you Master Wang by Director Wu's side? My name is Du Zhengguo, and I am the secretary of the commune here. "The fat man ran so violently, and there were beads of sweat in this weather, and he kept wiping them with his hands.

"I don't know, what's the matter?" Wang Jianguo was about to roll up the window, and the accelerator made a whining sound.

"Du Zhengyin, the director of the agricultural bureau, is my eldest brother, Master Wang knows the way, right?" Du Fatzi smiled all over his face.

"Huh? You are the younger brother of Director Du. Today I took Director Wu's family to Gulugou. Wang Jianguo's face softened.

"Du Zhengguo?" Ruan Xiu rolled down the window and revealed half of her face: "It turns out that you are a secretary here." ”

"It's the eldest sister, they said that a small car is coming here, and I guess it's you. I thought I'd like to invite you to lunch here today. His eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile: "Eldest sister, is it convenient for you to see?" ”

Ruan Xiu asked, "Mom, are you hungry?" His sister-in-law is Zhang Chengying. ”

Oh, Jang Sung-young is her mother's cousin, the eldest daughter of her aunt's family, but she hasn't had much contact. Come to think of it, if my uncle-in-law can become the director of agriculture, my father may have contributed.

Grandma and Wushan said that they were not hungry, only Jianjun shouted that he was hungry and was gagged by a gummy candy in Wushan.

"Second child, let's go back to the city and come to my house as a guest." Ruan Xiu smiled apologetically at Du Zhengguo: "We just had breakfast. ”

Lunch, unexpectedly and unexpectedly, was settled in the upper sulphur of the third district.

As soon as the car arrived at the office, it was stopped by a jeep.

Wang Jianguo is in Wu County, and it is a bit exaggerated to say that he is walking sideways, but driving this car, at least in Wu County, no one dares to argue with him. The jeep just wouldn't move, so angry that he honked the horn hard, and if it weren't for these people in the car, he would have started cursing. The right door of the jeep opened, and a cadre-like figure about the same age as his father got out of the car, smiling brightly as he greeted the car.

Wang Jianguo patted his head, opened the door next to the driver, and went down to greet him.

Then, the man stuck his head into the car: "Auntie, Sister Ruan, this is my eldest nephew." ”

"Xiao Cheng," Grandma moved Jianjun who was sitting on her lap to the side with difficulty: "Let's go to Gulugou to catch up." ”

"Licheng, this is the boss of our family, Xiaoshan, call Dad." Ruan Xiu pushed Wushan, who was closing his eyes on the co-pilot.

Wuxian has a very strong family concept, and he calls his uncle his father. As long as you are younger than your father, the male is called Dad, and the female is called Dad. And those who are older than their fathers, regardless of gender, are called uncles. But it can't be generalized, for example, in Wushan's family, from the eldest father to the father.

"Hello, Dad!" Wu Shan hurriedly got off the train, shook hands with Wu Licheng, and ran the train with his mouth full: "I often hear them at home that there is a very powerful father here, and I have never met. ”

In fact, he has no information about this person in his head, whether it is in his past life or in this life.

"Really?" Wu Licheng was so happy that he couldn't do it: "Quick, Xiaoshan, go and help your mother to the hotel in front." Dad's all arranged, don't be polite to me. ”

Then, he familiarly helped his grandmother down from the back seat: "Auntie, your clothes are so beautiful, and my Sister Ruan's, the material is very good, where did you buy it?" ”

I can't imagine that this person knows how to please his grandmother, and he makes the old lady smile in every word.

"Is it pretty?" Grandma couldn't help but shake her clothes: "Liquan and Libi are soldiers in the Huacheng Military Region, and Xiaoshan is also in the army. Xiaoshan brought it to me when he came home. When will you come to my house and bring a few sets back to your house? ”

Wu Licheng couldn't imagine that his casual words would have such a good effect. I usually want to go to the old witch's house, but I can't find any good excuses.

"It's the boss of your Wu Tianhuang third grandfather's family, haven't you seen it yet, Xiaoshan?" Ruan Xiuyuan was slow to move, and his whole weight was supported on his son: "The old Wu family is very powerful now, and there are people from the Wu family in four of the eight districts, either the secretary of the district party committee or the deputy head of the district." ”

These things are not in memory. Wu Shan listened quietly, and Jianjun next to him took Wu Shan's hand, looking curiously east and west with big eyes.

On the table, in addition to Wushan and his party, the leaders of the district committees of the three districts were accompanied. Wu Shan thought about it, Wu Licheng was not without suspicion of demonstrating here. There were no other guests in the entire hotel, and the remaining tables were all people with heads and faces in the third district of the Wu family. They kept coming over to toast Grandma and Mother with their glasses.

Of course, neither the two ladies nor Wushan drank alcohol, and replaced them with home-produced drinks.

The name of the drink, I guess my uncle came up with it, it is directly called orange water. The original flavor is much greener than the drinks that were advertised in later generations.

The dishes are sumptuous, much richer than the ones they had in Wushan last night. Chicken, duck, fish, pork, as well as game such as muntjac and hares. Everyone had a great time.

Jianjun is a snack product, using both hands, and his face is shiny.

The two ladies just moved their chopsticks, and these things were not uncommon in the old witch's house.

Wu Shan didn't care about it, threw off his arms, and ate four bowls of rice in a row. Grandma and Mom kept putting vegetables on him, and Wu Licheng also kept sandwiching a lot of Wushan, and the bowls were all piled into small mountain buns. In this way, Wu Shan may still use chopsticks by himself. Anyway, this meal, Wushan didn't eat any vegetarian dishes, and he worked hard to run for meat.

Wang Jianguo and the Wu family's family sat together, according to Wushan's instructions before, you can't drink while driving, but you also eat with a red face.

Everyone was full of wine and food, and they were all waiting there for the two ladies of the Wu family to give orders.

Wu Licheng is indeed very clever, and when he was talking to Wu Lixing on the phone, he knew that everyone was coming over. He was just thinking about some possibilities, but he didn't expect to wait for it.

At first, before Wushan and his party came, he gathered the others together, and he didn't say anything about the purpose, just to get together. At this moment, the old lady shouted with a little sincerity, Ruan Xiuyuan called with sincerity, Wushan was also very face-saving, and the eldest father called it so that everyone felt respectful in it.

Now, Wu Licheng has all the face.

Approaching the end of the year, there are not many things in the district. The district party committee and the district office shared a correspondent, and Wu Licheng instructed him: "Xiao Huang, you go back, write down the small things, and wait for me to come back to deal with them." If there is a big matter, call the Gulu Commune, and we will see if there will be any emergencies over there. ”

Huang Xinjun felt a pang in his heart, didn't he just accompany Director Wu's family, and he said it so high-soundingly. But he replied respectfully and turned away.

The ancient road is about four kilometers west of Shangsuo.

The people of Wuxian County will always add a word after the name of the place, so that others will know what kind of terrain this place is when they hear it. For example, Shangsuqing, located in the upper dam of Yangqiao Dam, although it is not as far as the eye can see, it is also flat in the mountains. From spring to autumn, looking at the past, a piece of green, hence the name of sulphur green.

Obviously, the ancient road ditch itself is a ditch-shaped ancient road. From ancient times to the present, passing merchants have stopped here, and a bazaar has slowly formed.

Today's ancient road ditch has gradually shifted to the middle of the dam. The former ancient road ditch was slowly filled by manpower. The ancient road ditch was connected to a large one before liberation. Peaceful. The hub of the county and Kuifu City. In the whole of Wu County, it is the premier market.

After the liberation, the government built a highway that passed through the Hongyan Shangsu line in the east, and the status of the ancient road was slowly changing. But even now, when it comes to Gulugou, everyone in Wuxian knows it.

The market here is obviously not comparable to the families in the mountains of Huali. The commune secretary of Gulu is also a member of the Wu family, called Wu Lihua. This person is very capable, and as soon as Wu Lixing gave an order, he immediately took the matter of the Gulu market as a top priority.

On the easternmost side of the ancient road is a large playground, where the commune used to show movies.

Today, it is very lively, on the left and right, there are pig markets, chicken and duck markets. It's obviously a live livestock trade, and you can see a few goose-headed geese with their long necks stretched out, chirping here.

Inside, on the left is where the commune is located, and on the right is a place where incense wax paper money and firecrackers are sold. At the beginning, Wu Lihua received that the masses wanted to sell incense wax paper for money, and made a special report to Wu Lixing, saying that it was not a feudal superstitious thing. Wu Lixing said: "Who has no ancestors who fell from the sky and let him come to me!" "I don't know how the news came out, and now even those so-called revolutionary generals are wilting. Wax paper money is to pay tribute to ancestors, can it be called feudal superstition?

There are a few restaurants from time to time. It's interesting to see the restaurants here, each one sells something different, this one sells wontons, the one next door sells noodles, and next to it Chinese food. Customers will know which one to eat if they want to eat. Unlike those restaurants in the north that Wushan has been to in later generations, the plaque is a dumpling restaurant, and everything is sold after entering. Of course, this should have something to do with the population of the north and the south, which has a large population and fierce competition for business. The ancestors have already known that everyone should not swarm to sell the same thing. Anyway, every customer's needs are different, don't you see a Yemeni Tingruo market over there that specializes in selling steamed buns and porridge?

In the past of the intersection in front, there is the popular store of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Along this road, there is a market for agricultural and sideline products. Almost the entire population of the towns in the three districts came here to buy things, and there were even a few customers who deliberately said that they came from the county town.

On the ancient road street, people come and go, shoulder to shoulder.

It is also strange to say that there are so many people, occasionally a car comes by, and as soon as Didi's horn sounds, the crowd automatically divides to both sides, revealing a road for the car to pass. As soon as the car passed, the crowd immediately closed again, and there was no longer a single gap.

Seeing a jeep honking its horn all the way, the speed of the car here is not much slow. A few people slowed down a little and almost got crushed by the car. The windows were open, and there was unbridled laughter from inside, and passers-by who were almost hit opened their mouths to curse, looked at the car and closed their mouths.

There was a "squeak", and the car drove to the middle of the farmer's market and stopped.

Two young men "clang" and close the car door.

"Junzi, what did you say about selling muntjac?" An obese young man, pacing and looking left and right.

"Brother Hua, it's over there, you see, it's that person, I know." Occasionally, spicy next door, why do you look more than ten years older than others and still call others brother? The person next to him had a chill.

"Dog baby, how do you sell this muntjac?" Junzi walked over and kicked the seller with his foot. Originally, he was going to kick people, but after that, he changed his mind and kicked on the flat shoulder where the young man was sitting.

"Not for sale!" The young man wore a torn cotton jacket, and the cotton was exposed in many places. He looked around boredly, turned his head at the voice, and then retorted in disgust.

"Hey, what's the matter with you comrade? Specifically picking up the wax muntjac to exercise back and forth? Brother Hua saw the frightened look of the army and stepped forward in person.

"Others buy, I sell; He buys, I don't sell! The torn padded jacket looked stubborn.

"You are paralyzed," Brother Hua's fat face couldn't hold back: "Remember, Junzi is my buddy." Today you have to sell if you sell, and you have to sell if you don't sell! ”

"You're his buddy?" The torn cotton jacket slanted at him strangely: "If you open your mouth and scold people, then you are not a good person, don't sell!" ”

"Grass mud horse," Brother Hua took out two yuan from his body and threw it in his face: "Take the money, I bought the muntjac." ”

"You want to buy something that is more than five yuan, and you give me two yuan? I didn't think you were a good thing, but now I'm even more sure. "I didn't even look at the money on the ground when I was torn padded jacket.

"What the hell are you doing?" Junzi laughed heartily: "You dare to say that the son of the deputy director of the Wuxian Revolutionary Committee is not a good thing?" Boy, you're in trouble, you're in trouble! ”

Deputy Director of the Revolutionary Committee? Looking at the lively faces, the face of the torn cotton jacket also changed.

"Spicy next door," this scolding was already commonplace for Brother Hua, and when Junzi said this, he was annoyed and angry, and immediately pulled up a scale from the stall next to him: "Dare to scold me?" Lao Tzu will not only take the muntjac away today, but also kill you. ”

It seems that Brother Hua has done a lot of things like this, and he sees that the scales are about to fly over.

"Stop!" A loud shout came, and a big hand squeezed Brother Hua's hand tightly like an iron tong.

Brother Hua was in pain, he didn't grasp the rope on the scale, and fell down carelessly, just hitting his own feet.