In the middle of the market is a two-story grocery mall, and there is still a circle of shops in the structure of the mall, with a total of three floors of shops inside and outside, and there are dozens of large and small shops, all of which are small businessmen who make a living in it.

A store house of 100,000 yuan was enough to buy two buildings in the 90s, but in order to make a living, even if a small trader bought his own house and land, he had to buy it hard, and if he had no place to live, he could make do with it on the second floor of the store house.

Because there are still a large number of people living in the market, but the store is not equipped with a living bathroom, so in the morning you can see families carrying garbage cans and dumping household garbage and feces into the well outside the door.

All kinds of garbage outside stinks, and there are people in the store who have to make fires to cook, do small business and live in a big market, like the slums abroad in Shen Dapeng's impression.

Shen Dapeng rarely came to the big market before, firstly, because buying vegetables and cooking rice has always been his mother's business, and secondly, because the environment is dirty and messy.

But even in such an environment, those who do small business still have to survive and sell goods, and people have to live for food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and they also have to buy the necessities of life.

If it was in the past, Shen Dapeng would have turned around and left without hesitation when he saw the environment of the market and smelled the stench, but now he knows that it is not easy to be a human being, and can understand the hardships and hardships of life.

Perhaps, the most simple people should be the most worthy of more understanding and respect.

The winter in the north drips into ice, and the smell in the market is not as unbearable as in summer, and in time for the last period of purchasing New Year's goods before the year, farmers in the villages and towns around Qingshu County have also rushed to the county's big market to do New Year's goods.

Before the fifteenth day of the first month, there are very few buses from villages and towns to the county, and people must try to prepare for rations between the Chinese New Year's Eve and the fifteenth day of the first month, among which big fish and meat are naturally the first choice for the Spring Festival, so the first half of the year can be described as the hottest time period for business in the big market.

If you can choose, maybe the merchants will want to be a holiday every day, even if they are tired, but at least they can make money, instead of more than ten hours a day as usual, busy and earning only enough to support their families.

People in the non-staple food mall are next to people, feet to feet, if you don't pay attention, you may step on others alive and be stepped on by others, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a sea of people, Shen Dapeng and his mother are squeezing around in the crowd, walking and stopping, choosing the ingredients needed for the New Year.

Pork, beef, little stupid chicken, fresh vegetables, my mother can chat with the stall owner warmly wherever she goes, and Shen Dapeng follows behind to carry bags and vegetables.

"Sister Liu, this is your son, right? It's nice to be big and tall. ”

"Sister Liu, your son has won glory for our county, the national champion, and he will definitely have a future in the future."

"Sister Liu, your son looks like you, good-looking, but he's too thin, I need to buy some meat to go back!"

"Sister Liu......"

Every time Liu Fengxia introduces her son to others, she can listen to everyone's praise for Zhuangyuanlang's son, and her face is full of contented smiles, maybe this is not a low-key show off, but no one does not cast envious eyes, after all, most people live for the children of the younger generations, who doesn't want their children to be glorious?

Shen Dapeng just followed around the market, and suddenly became a hot topic of discussion, and it inevitably became what everyone called 'other people's children', and it is estimated that these parents will hold meetings for their children in the evening.

"Mom, do you know them well? After going around the shopping circle, at least a dozen people will talk to you. ”

Shen Dapeng was carrying a bunch of ingredients in his hands, large bags and small wraps, more than ten catties, but for him a young man, it was obviously not heavy.

"Three hundred and sixty-five days a year, they open their doors every day to do business, I come to buy vegetables every three or five days, even if I am familiar with my face for a long time, since you have become the champion of the country, I can also be regarded as your light, and I have made some fame in this market, you kid, I don't hurt you in vain."

Liu Fengyun is in her forties, and she actually held her son's wrist like a little girl, as if she was showing off to everyone, such an excellent child is my son, you ...... Only for the sake of greed.

"Mom, if you bring me to buy groceries every day, I guess their children will go crazy."

Looking at his mother's kind face, Shen Dapeng suddenly had the urge to hug his mother, but because the large bags of ingredients in his hand were not very convenient, he could only give up his thoughts.

"I don't care about them, my own son is promising, and you won't let me show it off? So didn't I live in vain for half of my life? ”

"You also have a husband who is a deputy county magistrate, why don't you show off?"

"Your dad? Ignore him, my son has a chance, and I still care about him? ”

Liu Fengyun pointed to the stall selling dry goods in front of him, "I'll go over there to buy some spices, you can wait for me at the door, find a tricycle, take a taxi for five yuan, and the tricycle is only two yuan." ”

"Okay." Shen Dapeng estimated that his mother was tired of showing off, and he didn't like the feeling of being praised to the sky, the small trader said that he was envious, but in fact it was just a way to communicate, even if he was already busy and praised him a few words, in the end it was just to sell goods to his mother, and it was not hypocritical to talk about, but it was always careful and purposeful.

Mother went to buy spices, Shen Dapeng returned to the original road, to the main entrance of the big market, outside a neat row, seven or eight manpower tricycles are waiting at the door according to the rules, the tricycles are buckled with a frame made of transparent plastic sheeting, which can play a role in blocking the wind and snow in winter, and it can be regarded as a very humanized service.

These tricycles are quite disciplined among themselves, lining up in order to work, not fighting or grabbing, and a lot of quarrels and contradictions can be reduced.

Shen Dapeng didn't want to break the so-called rules, but his mother was still shopping, and it should take a few minutes to come out, so in order not to delay the business of the first tricycle, he directly chose the last one, and when he got into the car, he instantly noticed that several other tricycle masters cast strange glances.

"Young man, go and get in the car in front, we have rules, we are all in line." Through a layer of foggy plastic sheeting, the tricycle master pointed to the first car in front of him, whispering, but also helpless.