Looking at the table below, there are still more than four hours before Xiaomei's train to Rongcheng.

Li Duoyu simply walked around the square.

There are quite a few dry goods shops in the square, which are doing very well in this era.

The most sold in the dry goods store are dried shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots, as well as a large number of dried squid, the small ones are in bulk, and the large ones over 30 cm are wrapped in plastic bags, and the four big red characters of "Fresh Squid King" are printed on them.

In addition to dried squid, the shop also sells a lot of dried salted fish and dried oysters.

Most of the people who buy dried seafood in places like the train station are mainlanders who are rushing back to their hometowns, especially this kind of dried squid, which is very fragrant when used to make pork ribs and salty porridge.

Li Duoyu looked around and found that there was no dried kelp, as long as there was no problem, the stall owner might have to sell his dried kelp by this time next year.

Seeing that he was looking so seriously, the boss hurriedly greeted him warmly: "What do you want to buy, I have something very cheap here." ”

Li Duoyu smiled, there are ghosts when the things sold at the train station are cheap, but he still asked:

"Boss, how do you sell this squid?"

The boss smiled: "Little brother, your vision is really amazing, this big squid is a top good product, the fishermen on the beach may not be able to catch such a big one for half a month, look at the way you come for the first time, I will sell you cheaper, one is worth nine yuan for you, and I will sell ten yuan for others." ”

Seeing that the boss came with his mouth open, Li Duoyu smiled awkwardly.

Big squid is not common, but when the third uncle and their fishing boat go to the deep sea to trawl the net, sometimes they can catch dozens of such big ones in one net.

There are also fishermen in their village who often dry this kind of dried squid, and after such a large one is dried, the price is less than one piece, but I didn't expect it to be here, and it has increased tenfold directly.

This boss does a one-time business, and it seems that he can slaughter one.

"Then how much is this dried oyster?"

"This is cheaper, six yuan a catty."

Li Duoyu knew that this place was not cheap, but he really didn't expect it to be so expensive.

But if you want to open a shop and set up a stall in such a mixed place, it is not so easy to do, and it is estimated that most of the money earned has to be handed over to the people above.

"It's too expensive to afford."

"Then little brother, don't tell anyone else, this big squid, I'll sell you eight yuan."

"It's still expensive."

"Seven yuan, it's really the lowest price."

Li Duoyu shook his head and left, he found that most of the merchants and vendors in the square were abducted and deceived, and the prices were slightly more normal, and they were all fairy scales.

But there's nothing wrong with thinking about it, doing serious business in this kind of place, maybe you will be shut down by your peers the next day.

What Li Duoyu didn't expect was that the scam of marbles and chess already existed in this era.

He watched it for less than half an hour.

I found that many people were recruited.

After a walk, Li Duoyu looked at the time, and then went to the exit to wait for someone, in this era, train delays are also commonplace, want to pick up people at the train station, all rely on patience and good eyes.

And not far from the exit of the station, a large group of passengers with large bags and small bags, tied quilts, and enamel teacups hanging from their waists are queuing up to buy tickets.

At this time, the train station still sold hardboard tickets, which were pre-printed, and the date on them had to be typed by needles.

Even if a skilled conductor opens a ticket, it takes three or four minutes, which may not be efficient, and the queue to buy a ticket is very long.

It is really hard to find a ticket, and some passengers live directly at the train station in order to buy a ticket home, and as soon as the quilt is opened, they find a place to sleep directly.

You have to fight with scalpers, after all, in this era when there is no ID card, there are not many scalpers in the queue.

Especially when the end of the year is approaching, scalpers go directly to the whole family, and their division of labor is still very clear, some people are responsible for queuing up to buy tickets, and some people are peddling train tickets around.

As for his father Lao Li, how did he know that his little sister was coming back in this era without the Internet.

One is that there have always been correspondence and know the holiday time of Xiaorong's school, and Lao Li has repeatedly asked Xiaorong to grab the ticket, so he must send a telegram to his home as soon as possible.

In the 80s, the telegraph was arguably the fastest way to get in contact, but it was also the most expensive, money by the word.

It costs about 7 cents per word, so when sending a telegram, everyone will not be verbose, and try to use the least number of words to explain things clearly.

The content of Li Xiaorong's telegram to his father is very simple, only a few words, not even a single punctuation mark.

"The ticket has been bought (72) o'clock twenty-five."

Meaning: I bought a ticket, I had to take a 72-hour train, and I arrived on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar calendar.

In addition, the receiving address also costs money, and it is charged by the word, so Li Xiaorong tries to write nine words every time, because the telegram is guaranteed to be low-cost, and if it is less than ten words, it must also be counted as ten words.

When the telegram is sent, the telegraph operator of the Rongcheng Post Office will translate the content of the telegram and then write it into a letter and hand it to the post office postman.

Even on an island like Dandan Island, which is inaccessible to access, he can receive a telegram within almost three days, which is also the reason why Lao Li knew that Xiao Rong was coming back.

However, except for one piece of overseas in their province, the rest is all mountains, and it takes three full days to come back by green car from the province where Xiaorong studied.

After waiting at the train station for five hours, Li Duoyu waited for several groups of people to leave the station, but he still didn't see Li Xiaorong leaving the station.

Li Duoyu looked at his watch, he was already more than an hour late, but Li Duoyu was not in a hurry, if I remember correctly, I was late for a whole day last time.

Almost in the evening, an old man rode a 28-bar bicycle that had been modified, with two rectangular iron boxes hanging on both sides of the bike.

There is also a place below that is used to burn charcoal, and the old man rode through the square, holding a pair of bowls and spoons, knocking out the clatter of ceramics, and shouting in a peculiar tone:

"Fish Ball~Fish Ball~"

"Delicious fish balls~"

Li Duoyu, who was already a little hungry, couldn't help but swallow his saliva after smelling this fragrance.

"Uncle, how can you sell this?"

"Ten fish balls and three cents."

Li Duoyu bargained: "Fifteen three cents." ”

"Then give you twelve."

"Cheng, bring me one."

Immediately afterwards, Li Duoyu took out three sheets and a dime from the inner pocket of his pants.

In fact, he has two inner pockets, one of which puts change, and the other puts a few big solidarity.

These two inner pockets were sewn for him overnight after his mother knew that Li Duoyu was going to pick up Li Xiaorong at the train station last night.

It's just under the trousers, and if you want to steal the money here, you can't steal it unless a pickpocket pulls it in.

After receiving the money, the uncle took out a washed bamboo tube and put the fish balls and soup into them separately.

Li Duoyu said: "Uncle, put more white vinegar, as well as pepper and chopped green onions." ”

The uncle smiled: "Your way of eating is very authentic, it's our local." ”

"Almost, I'm from Lianjiang."

"You're good at fish balls over there."

Li Duoyu smiled: "It's okay, but I still like your taste the most." ”

"That's right, your fish balls over there are too right, the fishy smell is relatively strong, ordinary people are not used to eating them, it's really not easy to sell at the train station, my taste is lighter, but it sells better."

The uncle felt that this young man was very kind to him, so he said to him: "Don't lose this bamboo tube later, if you meet me again, I will take it back for you for two cents." ”

"Okay."