Unexpectedly, Shen Xiaolin helped Yu Xiaoting solve the problem of not being able to find the black market the next day.
When Shen Xiaolin came to see her the next day, she asked her to go to the black market with her.
"Going to the black market with you?" Yu Xiaoting looked surprised and a little stunned. "Don't you know where the black market is?"
"My mother told me where the black market is." Shen Xiaolin said.
"Let me tell you, yesterday I went back and told my mother that you had not received the subsidy. The people from the street office did not lie to me, and my parents were relieved.
My parents asked me to go to the street office today to receive the subsidy. Then I would take some money out of the thirty yuan from the subsidy and go to the black market to buy two kilograms of oranges. They would then have my eldest brother take them to my future sister-in-law’s house for my future sister-in-law to eat. …
When my future sister-in-law saw her boss eating oranges, she became very greedy and shouted for some oranges...
We don’t have fruit tickets at home. If we want to buy fruit, we have to go to the black market. Everything in the black market does not require a ticket, but I have never been to a black market and it’s a bit scary to go alone.
I originally wanted my parents to take me there, but they both have to work and are not free, so I just thought of asking you to accompany me. "
After listening to Shen Xiaolin's words, Yu Xiaoting was happy and a little angry at the same time.
She was happy because Shen Xiaolin knew the location of the black market and asked him to accompany her to the black market, but she was unhappy because of Shen Xiaolin's parents.
Why do you feel that Shen Xiaolin's parents favor sons over daughters? First, they asked Shen Xiaolin to sign up to go to the countryside in order to let Shen Xiaolin give up a room for their son, and now they asked Shen Xiaolin to use her subsidies to go to the black market to give her a future. My sister-in-law bought oranges, which was too much.
"Okay, I'll accompany you to the black market to buy oranges, but I don't think you should pay for the oranges.
To please your future sister-in-law, let your eldest brother pay for it. Why should you pay for it? She’s not your girlfriend...
Don't use your subsidy to buy oranges. Go home and ask your elder brother for money before going to the black market to buy oranges. "
Yu Xiaoting didn't expect that Shen Xiaolin would shake her head as soon as she finished speaking.
"I don't dare. If I dare to ask my eldest brother for money, not only will my eldest brother scold me, but my parents will also scold me, and given my mother's character, she will even beat me." Shen Xiaolin's face showed a deep expression of emotion. of fear.
Yu Xiaoting frowned, "Why are your eldest brother and your parents like this? Why do they scold you and beat you?"
"Alas..." Liu Xiaolin sighed, "Although I am the only daughter in the family, I am not favored at all.
My parents both valued boys over girls. They said I was a loser since I was a child. They asked me to do all the housework at home and help my brothers wash clothes. They also beat me and scolded me all the time. My mother loved to beat me the most.
If I want to feel better at home, I must be good and do whatever they say, otherwise I will suffer. "
Shen Xiaolin is so miserable, so pitiful! Yu Xiaoting showed a very sympathetic expression. She wanted to help Shen Xiaolin, but she couldn't think of how to help her at the moment.
Because Shen Xiaolin was afraid of her parents, after she and Yu Xiaoting went to the street office to collect subsidies, she refused to listen to Yu Xiaoting's advice and dragged Yu Xiaoting to follow her to the black market, asking her parents to use her subsidies to buy oranges for her future sister-in-law.
The black market is in a very secluded place on the outskirts of the city. There are several burly men with their faces covered guarding the outside of the black market. When they saw Yu Xiaoting and Shen Xiaolin were about to enter the black market, they questioned them for a few words before discovering that they had entered.
After they entered, they found that the black market was very lively, with many people selling everything.
There are rice, noodles, meat, oil, chicken, duck, fish and goose. There are also many sellers of vegetables, as well as soap and washing powder.
Yu Xiaoting carefully observed her surroundings, observing everything she saw. She also closed her ears to listen to what others were paying for. After walking around the black market with Shen Xiaolin, who was busy looking for oranges, she learned a lot about the market.
"Finally found the orange!"
Suddenly, Shen Xiaolin's cry came to her ears. Yu Xiaoting immediately turned to look at Shen Xiaolin beside her. Shen Xiaolin also happened to look towards her. The two looked at each other and smiled together in the next second.
"After walking around the black market, I finally found an orange. Xiaoting, look there."
Shen Xiaolin stretched out her hand, and Yu Xiaoting looked along her hand, and immediately saw a small fruit stand in the corner. In addition to oranges, there were also peaches and a few pomegranates.
Shen Xiaolin immediately walked towards the fruit stall and asked the stall owner: "How do you sell these oranges?"
The stall owner lazily raised his head and glanced at Shen Xiaolin, "One yuan per catty."
"So expensive!" Shen Xiaolin frowned.
"This is too expensive. The oranges from the supply and marketing cooperative are only 30 cents per catty, but you have more than three times more. You are robbing people!" Yu Xiaoting also frowned and shouted.
How did she know that the oranges sold at the supply and marketing cooperative were only 30 cents a pound? She was wandering around after she and Shen Xiaolin separated yesterday and overheard two passers-by discussing it.
Although everything on the black market is more expensive than outside, it is more than three times more expensive. It is too expensive. It is ridiculously expensive.
In modern times, few people would pick up a dollar if it fell on the ground, because it wouldn't buy anything. But now, it can buy a lot of things. Meat is only 70 cents per pound.
"Oranges from the supply and marketing cooperative require tickets, but I don't want tickets. Naturally, they are more expensive... If you don't think they are expensive, you don't have to buy them!" The stall owner showed an impatient expression and added, "If you don't buy them, there are too many people." purchase!"
What an irritating attitude this stall owner has! Yu Xiaoting gritted her teeth.
"Boss, can it be cheaper?" Shen Xiaolin showed a flattering expression.
Yu Xiaoting frowned slightly, and just when she was about to speak, she heard the boss say: "No, not a penny less."
Shen Xiaolin begged: "Boss, I don't have much money. Please do me a favor and make it cheaper."
One yuan is a pound, and buying two pounds costs two yuan. Although I have a thirty yuan subsidy, I have to buy a lot of things. Two yuan is less, but it is a lot less. I am afraid it will affect the purchase of things I want to take to Xinjiang, so You must ask the boss to lower the price, preferably by several cents, preferably fifty cents per pound.
"Why buy oranges if you don't have money? If you can't afford them, don't buy them!" the stall owner cursed with a bad attitude.
He also squinted at Shen Xiaolin and Yu Xiaoting's patched clothes and cursed: "You can't even afford unpatched clothes. You are so poor that you have to wear patched clothes. How can you pretend to be rich to buy oranges?" , Don’t you know that only rich people can afford oranges and other high-priced fruits?”
His voice was very loud, and everyone looked towards them. Seeing everyone staring at herself and Yu Xiaoting, pointing at them, and some people laughing out loud, Shen Xiaolin was so ashamed that she wanted to find a place right away. Drill into the seam.
Yu Xiaoting was also a little ashamed, but more angry.
At this time, the living conditions of ordinary people were generally very poor. There were many people wearing Puppa clothes on the street, but there were no other people wearing Puppa clothes in the black market. She and Shen Xiaolin were the only ones wearing them. She didn't expect that this would attract ridicule. .
Although she had hoarded a lot of clothes before traveling through time, she discovered after coming here that the clothes she had hoarded were not common in this era and could not be taken out to wear. Otherwise, it would definitely arouse suspicion, and some nice people might say that she was wearing strange clothes. If you are a stranger, report her and the police will arrest her. She can only wear the patchwork clothes worn by the original owner.
