Wedding Night in 1980: the Soft Wife Wins by Lying Down in Space

Chapter 49: Xiang Baiwei is ready to sell fish

Jiang Sui secretly got on the bicycle and followed Xiang Baiwei.

It happened that there was a big fair today, and Xiang Baiwei quickly got into a mule cart of an unfamiliar villager from the next village.

Following Xiang Baiwei all the way to the outside of the town, Jiang Sui looked at the mule cart that Bai Wei was sitting in and stopped, braked to a stop, and observed Xiang Baiwei from a distance.

After Xiang Baiwei came down, she looked around, she came earlier, and there was no one around.

There is only a rider in the distance, but that man looks like something is wrong with the bike, and he is bending over to handle the bike.

Xiang Baiwei felt relieved and continued to move forward.

After walking a few steps, she suddenly stopped, turned her head and looked back, and saw that the man seemed to be still tinkering with the car, so she turned her head three times and continued to walk forward.

I don't know if it's her illusion, but I always feel that the figure tinkering with the car is very familiar.

Xiang Baiwei shook her head the next moment an idea popped up in her mind.

I must be a little guilty and flustered, so I think so.

It's not yet dawn, how could someone acquaintance come.

Jiang Sui bent over and worked for a long time, then slowly straightened up, hunched over, and moved to the other side of the car, looking towards Bai Wei with a somewhat wretched posture.

By now, he had already guessed what Xiang Baiwei wanted to do.

But there is one thing he is still curious about, which is what Xiang Baiwei put in the back basket.

He knew exactly what was in the house, and what he put in Bai Wei's back basket should be exchanged.

But he couldn't figure out what Xiang Baiwei would give in exchange.

Xiang Baiwei took out another black gown from the back basket, and then put a blue scarf on her head, and the scarf covered half of her face.

Wearing this attire, she turned around and came to a special street in the town.

If I remember correctly, the so-called free market is on this street.

This town is not too big, with only about a hundred families, the business that can be done is estimated to be limited.

The sky had gradually turned pale, and Xiang Baiwei stood at the entrance of the street, looking at the sparse people inside.

Most of those people are scattered and stand alone.

There are also groups of two or three, and those who make a group will carry a bamboo basket on their arms.

It looks like it should be trading.

Xiang Baiwei walked forward step by step with her back on her back.

Every time a person passes by, they will receive a scrutinizing sight.

After walking back and forth twice, Xiang Baiwei picked a man who was also walking back and forth. She leaned in front of the man and lowered her voice: "Boss, do you want fish?"

The man looked around the circle vigilantly, pointed to a small corner next to it, and walked over by himself first.

Xiang Baiwei followed closely behind, untied the pannier from her body, and hugged it to her chest.

"What kind of fish do you have? How big?"

Xiang Baiwei recalled the types of the three fish she put in in the morning: "Two crucian carp and one carp, each weighs four catties, and the price is [-] cents per catty."

The price outside is usually [-] cents a catty, and the quality is not as good as this. Xiang Baiwei is confident that this man will accept his price.

The man hesitated for about half a minute: "Each one is four catties in size? Show me."

Xiang Baiwei looked around the surroundings, lifted the cloth covering the quilt, and turned the fish tied up with straw ropes on top, letting the man just look at it.

The man took a look at the gills of the fish, weighed the weight of the fish in the basket again, and nodded very readily: "Okay, I want them all."

For the first time doing business, Xiang Baiwei specially wiped the zero on the man for auspiciousness, three fish, and charged the man a total of six dollars.

The man took out three green banknotes and stuffed them into Bai Wei's hands, and then quickly put the three fish into the bamboo basket on his arm.

After the opening, Xiang Baiwei put six yuan into the bag, looked up at the sky, saw that there was still enough time, turned around and ran to the hiding place, hid it, and took out three fish from the space.

After coming back, someone who noticed her transaction just now came over: "It seems to smell like fish just now, is there any more?"

Xiang Baiwei was overjoyed, and said "Yes", "There are crucian carp, grass carp, and carp, which one do you want?"

"I want crucian carp. My wife is in confinement and needs this fish. Can you discuss the price?"

Xiang Baiwei lifted the cloth in the back basket and let the man look at the fish inside: "It's very fresh. I just caught it before dawn today. Each fish weighs four catties. I charged the man just now fifty cents per catty." , You, for the sake of your daughter-in-law's confinement, I will give you five yuan and three items."

The man showed joy, and hurriedly took out five yuan, and waited until Xiang Baiwei gave the fish to him before giving the money to her.

The deal had just been completed, and when Xiang Baiwei was hesitating whether to get some more fish to sell, a man standing guard at the alley in the distance ran into the alley in a gust of wind, imitating a dog barking as he ran.

These dog barks are the secret code in the free market.

When Xiang Baiwei and the others heard the barking of the dog, they packed up their things one after another, and quickly left the alley from different directions.

After running not far, Xiang Baiwei vaguely heard a few violent shouts, and then another dispute broke out.

Xiang Baiwei was so frightened that her heart hung high, and she ran forward without looking back.

She ran all the way to the market area, where she saw a few ladies from Xiangjia Village who came to the market.

In order not to arouse suspicion, Xiang Baiwei found a toilet, went inside and changed her clothes, and then came out to meet those aunts.

Before going out of the toilet, she deliberately put the clothes she had changed, and the cloth that was stained with fishy smell when the fish was placed just now, into the space.

It is not safe to put it on the body, but it is safe to put it in the space.

Near noon, Xiang Baiwei returned home with a basket of vegetables on her back.

In the yard, Jiang Sui was cutting sweet potatoes with a knife, and he planned to dry some sweet potatoes while the sun was still good.

Dried sweet potatoes are a very high status food in this era.

"Are you back? Is the set lively?"

Xiang Baiwei, who had earned 11 yuan in the morning, felt a little excited, and happily described to Jiang Sui what vegetables she had bought.

Xiang Baiwei dug out all the radishes of various colors in the back basket, poured them on the ground, and then pointed to a piece of land in the corner: "I think it's a good location. It’s enough for us to eat all winter.” (In the cellar, bury the radish in the soil to ensure that it will not go bad in one winter.)
Jiang Sui looked at the dazzling pile of radishes, and suppressed the doubts in his heart: "Put it here first, and I will dig out the cellar later. After I finish these dried sweet potatoes, I will go to the radish cellar."

"Then I'll cut the sweet potatoes for you."

Xiang Baiwei took off her coat and sat down.

(End of this chapter)