Tang Niannian agreed. She would indeed go to Shanghai in August. Minister Niu said that preparations for the Canton Fair had begun, and the list of participants in the Canton Fair must be finalized before mid-September.
Then participate in training and guidance, mainly memorizing quotations.
In the Canton Fair in the 1960s and 1970s, everyone who participated, whether they were sellers or buyers, had to receive ideological guidance for at least a week and recite quotations every day, because when entering the Canton Fair, you must recite a quotation. If you cannot recite it, you may get hurt. Disqualified from participating.
In the blink of an eye, it was early August, and the temperature was getting higher and higher. Tang Niannian really didn't want to go out. This day can make people insolate.
She just wants to stay in the house every day to enjoy the wind and enjoy the wild fruits that Jiujin brings back. There are many wild fruits in the mountains in August, and the most delicious ones are black rice fruits and thorns. Jiujin will bring a bag back every day, filial piety. The second sister earns fifty cents.
Wufanguo
Jiu Jin and Tang Niannian were very satisfied with the wild fruits and the five cents.
"Second sister, do you want to eat this?"
At noon that day, in addition to the black rice fruit and milk grandpa, Jiu Jin also brought back other wild fruits, including the blue Bangui fruit and a very beautiful orange-red fruit with a lot of hairs on the surface.
Tang Niannian picked up the Bangbangui fruit and stuffed it into her mouth, then picked up a fluffy orange-red fruit. She remembered that it was called Jinyingzi, which is a kind of medicinal material. The fruit is very sweet, but the taste is not good. It is usually used to make wine. , is also a medicinal material.
Golden Sakura
wild hawthorn
Guai Zao, called Mu Gou Liu in local dialect
Tang Jiujin also picked some wild grapes, wild hawthorns, and dates, which were snacks for children. Tang Niannian ate a little of each, and her favorites were black rice berries and thorns.
"Third sister, let's eat for you!"
Tang Jiujin grabbed a handful of Wufanguo and stuffed it into the mouth of Tang Liujin who had just entered the house.
Tang Liujin went home during the summer vacation, and she was not idle either. She went to the sock factory to pack socks every day. The sock factory was busy now, and with Tang Mantong, a sales expert, she had to work overtime every day.
Moreover, Tang Niannian also added twenty sock machines, and the number of positions in the factory increased a lot. Many old ladies would help wrap socks, and they could earn three or four cents a day.
Wrapping socks is an easy job, and you can also gossip. The aunts in the village especially like to do this. They don’t have to go to the factory to work. They take a bag of socks home and sit in the yard to enjoy the cool air. Three or five people sit together and gossip while wrapping. , you can not only make money, but also help take care of your children, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
Tang Liujin didn't take it home, so she went to work in the factory, and she was quick with her hands and feet. She could earn seven or eight cents a day, so she didn't have to worry about paying for tuition and study materials.
"I went to cook!"
Tang Liujin finished eating the wild fruits in his mouth, wiped his mouth, and was ready to make lunch.
"Second sister, what do you want to eat for lunch?"
Tang Liujin would ask Tang Niannian for his opinion every time before cooking, and he was much more considerate than Mrs. Tang.
"Steam fish, steam snails, and steam some potatoes?"
Tang Niannian yawned lazily. On such a hot day, it was easy to feel sleepy just lying down.
"Okay, let me steam some more edamame."
Tang Liujin nodded obediently and took the basket to the vegetable field to pick edamame. When he came back from picking edamame, he took out a bowl of snails from the bucket and cut the buttocks. His movements were slow and orderly.
"Liu Jin, you are so virtuous!"
Tang Niannian suddenly said with emotion, Liu Jin is a good wife and mother. She can go out in the hall and work in the kitchen. Who knows which man will take advantage of her in the future?
"Second sister, what did you say?"
Tang Liujin blushed and said angrily.
"Let's get down to business. Make some more vegetable soup. I want to make some crispy rice."
Tang Niannian touched her nose. On such a hot day, dried vegetable soup tastes best.
It's sour, especially refreshing.
"good."
Tang Liujin agreed. She also liked to drink dried vegetable soup.
Dried vegetable soup, a perfect match for summer
It should be said that there is no one in Zhucheng who does not like to drink this soup. From July to August, almost every household will have this soup on their dining table.
The preparation is very simple, no oil and no salt. Use Zhucheng's unique dried vegetable roots and add water to boil. It is a dried vegetable soup that relieves summer heat and quenches thirst. Eating this soup in the hot summer is very good for digestion and relieving heat.
Old Mrs. Tang also came back. As soon as she entered the house, she drank a tea jar of herbal tea. It was for the exclusive use of the old lady and Tang Manjin. They were the only ones drinking it, and the others were not used to it.
There is a special kind of herbal tea in Tangcun, called Digestive Rice Tea. It is a kind of wild grass in the mountains. It is picked and dried in the sun. It can be brewed as tea in summer and is very effective in relieving heatstroke. Especially during double rush, drinking this will definitely prevent heatstroke.
Xiaofanhua, scientific name Liu Jinu
But the taste was too bitter. When Tang Niannian was a child, she watched her grandfather drink this tea with gusto. She got greedy and secretly took a sip. It was so bitter that she couldn't eat.
She also couldn't understand why the old man liked to drink this kind of bitter tea. It didn't taste very good, and it was more bitter than bitter melon.
Mrs. Tang drank the tea in one breath, wiped her mouth with satisfaction, and then walked to the electric fan to blow the wind for a while. Her whole body felt comfortable, and her life was happier than that of a god.
"Nai, I'm going to Shanghai tomorrow."
Tang Niannian said lazily that she could not delay any longer. Minister Niu promised to introduce the person in charge of the Canton Fair for her, and she had to go and walk around.
And before going to the Canton Fair, she had to go to the capital to get rid of this cancer in the Zhou family.
"It's such a hot day, bring some rice flowers."
Mrs. Tang is a little worried. This girl is most afraid of heat. People say that big cities are much hotter than rural areas. What to do if she gets heat stroke.
"don't want!"
Tang Niannian shook her head vigorously. How could she have a heat stroke? She would rather drink ten drops of water to drink this tea.
"You kids don't understand, Xiaomihua is a good thing..."
Mrs. Tang rambled on and on about the many benefits of Xiaofanhua, but she still couldn't convince Tang Niannian.
She doesn't even drink Kuding tea, let alone this Xiaofanhua, which is even worse than Kuding tea.
Early the next morning, Tang Niannian got up, had some rice dumplings, and then went out on his bike.
She also brought samples carefully prepared by Tang Jianshu, wheat straw fans, bamboo crafts, pearl and shell crafts, and hairpins sent by Zhou Guoqing in Wucheng.
They were made according to the samples provided by Tang Niannian. They were bright and shiny. As soon as these cards were made, Zhou Guoqing contacted domestic department stores and the sales were particularly good.
Even if you can't get an order at the Canton Fair, you don't have to worry about domestic sales.
But Tang Niannian still wanted to win foreign exchange, and it was interesting to make money from foreigners.
Director Qian helped buy the train ticket. Tang Niannian went directly to the train station to get on the train. He arrived in Shanghai in the afternoon. After getting off the train, someone sent by Minister Niu came to pick him up, which was very convenient.
The accommodation was also arranged by Minister Niu, in the guest house of the steam turbine factory.
In the evening, Minister Niu greeted her in the cafeteria, accompanied by Zhang Xuecheng and an unfamiliar middle-aged man.
"Miss you girl!"
Zhang Xuecheng is very happy. He is in better spirits now than he was in Tangcun. He is well-dressed and clean. When he was in Tangcun, he had to deal with cows every day and couldn't get clean.
Tang Niannian hugged him.
"Xiao Tang, this is Director Xie."
Minister Niu introduced the middle-aged man he met, without mentioning his employer, but Tang Niannian understood immediately that he must be the cadre in charge of the Canton Fair.
