Rebirth 1983

Chapter 28
"Hi sister-in-law, I'm Daniel."

It was not the first time for Daniel to meet Wang Yao. On the day Wang Yao married Chenjiaao, Daniel had been to Chen Wenze's house for a wedding banquet. He was not unfamiliar with Wang Yao, and of course he was not very familiar with her.

"Daniu, I know you, you came back from the delivery today?"

Wang Yao did know about Daniu, the only two in the village with the most difficult life, how could he not know?
"Okay, we've known each other for a long time. We have to hurry up and go to the county. It's about six o'clock now. We will go there in a donkey cart, and we will arrive in the county at about 7:[-]."

Chen Song pulled Daniel and motioned him to help lift the lobster pot.

"Yes, leave early and come back early."

"By the way, how do you pack these snails? Lobsters have plates, but snails can't be sold in large portions. You have to pack them in smaller ones before selling them?"

Just as she was about to walk, Wang Yao suddenly came to her senses and asked the snail barrel.

"I've already prepared this."

Chen Song took out a bunch of bamboo tubes from the donkey cart. The big bamboo tubes made of moso bamboo looked quite large, but in fact there was not much room inside.

"and this."

Along with the bamboo tube made of this section of moso bamboo, is a large string of bamboo toothpicks.

Chen Song waved these two things in front of Wang Yao: "Put the snails in a bamboo tube, and eat the snails with a toothpick."

Wang Yao's eyes lit up and she gave Chen Song a thumbs up.

The toothpick is just a backup. Everyone is used to eating snails, so eating them with soup makes them more delicious.

So, Daniel drove a donkey cart, carrying Chen Song and Wang Yao, and the little girl Yaotiao, two pots of lobster and a bucket of snails and set off towards the county town.

When everyone came to this small commercial street, there were more people coming and going than Chen Song yesterday.

People in the county don't care much about the addition of a donkey cart here. The commercial street is crowded with people, and the way everyone transports goods is basically at the stage of livestock transportation. There are bicycles and tricycles, but there are not many. Only when a small car appears, people will pay more attention.

Daniel wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Chen Song cautiously: "Are we going to sell it here? They look really nice in clothes. Will they like our things?"

Chen Song understood what Daniel meant.

In 1983, the county basically had no consumption power. The average worker even entered the department store once a year, let alone bought crayfish and snails at the stalls that seemed not to be full.

For older people, things that cost money should be avoided.

Although the wages of this group of people in the 80s were not high, their savings rate was indeed the highest, and they were also the group of people who were able to save the most money in the decades from the founding of the country to later generations.

They spend conservatively, and the Engel coefficient is over 80% all the year round, which means that they spend only a little bit of money on services and entertainment every year.

"Don't be afraid, I bought this thing yesterday, just look at it."

If it weren't for the hot sales yesterday, Chen Song wouldn't dare to boast about Haikou.

Add the boards of the donkey cart, put the lobster pot and the wooden bucket containing the snails on the boards, and lift the lid.

As soon as Chen Song lifted the lid, a familiar voice came over.

"Young man, uncle, I have been waiting for you for a long time, and I thought you would not come."

The old man in the familiar T-shirt of the First Iron and Steel Works, waving a fan of palm leaves and walking in slippers.

"Yo, what a coincidence, uncle, are you going for a walk again today?"

Chen Song looked at this old man, wasn't he the old man who bought lobster yesterday and disliked having no beer?
"Why, sir, can't I come for a walk?"

The uncle spoke quite aggressively, but Chen Song laughed and didn't answer.

"Today, no beer?" The uncle glanced at the crayfish and snails, swallowed his saliva when he saw the delicious and spicy lobsters and the shiny snails, but he frowned when he looked around and saw no beer.

"Oh, look at my brain." Chen Song patted his forehead, took out a card of great unity, and handed it to Daniel.

"Daniu, help me go to the small restaurant at the county hospital and bring back two cases of beer. This is money."

Daniu looked at the big unity in his hand, nodded, and ran towards the county hospital.

"Grandpa, look, don't people buy beer, why don't you just wait, it will be here in a few minutes." Chen Song looked at the uncle, but he didn't dare to talk too much.

"Are you bringing your family here to sell things today?" The uncle looked much better when he heard Chen Song's words, and when he saw Wang Yao and the little girl Yaotiao, he immediately became interested and teased the little girl: "Little girl, are you going to sell things with Dad?"

Hearing this address, Chen Song and Wang Yao looked at each other, but tacitly did not say anything, but said gracefully: "Grandpa, this is my uncle, not my father, although I also want him to be my father."

The old man glanced at Chen Song and Wang Yao suspiciously, he didn't say anything, he just teased the little girl, it seemed that the old man liked Xiao Yaoyao quite a lot.

Daniel quickly returned with two boxes of beer and put the beer on the donkey cart.

"Daniel, well done."

Chen Song praised a big bull.

Daniel took out the remaining change and handed it to Chen Song: "This is the rest, here, here you are."

Chen Song took it and asked Daniel to rest beside him for a while.

"Master, look, there are lobsters and beer, how about it?"

"Come on, one serving of spicy, one serving of minced garlic, and another serving of snails and a bottle of beer." The uncle looked at the beer and was immediately satisfied, so he directly gave Chen Song a big order.

"Two lobsters cost 7 yuan, snails [-] cents, and beer [-] cents. Chenghui costs [-] yuan, sir."

"Your lobster is really expensive, but it tastes good."

The old man called the poker players who were watching from a distance to come up, and the old men walked to the table next to them with their food and started to eat.

"That's seven yuan in the account?"

Chen Song handed the money to Wang Yao, and Wang Yao's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Look." Chen Song smiled at her.

"It's supper, come and have a look, pass by, pass by, everyone, come and have a look, freshly baked spicy crayfish, garlic crayfish, stir-fried snails, it doesn't matter if you buy it or not, come and have a look..."

Chen Song yelled loudly, Wang Yao and Xiaoyao looked at Chen Song and yelled timidly, the little girl stared at Chen Song's movements with wide eyes, and wondered in her heart whether someone else would come to buy it.

"Look, take a look, crayfish, snails, beer, and supper are on their way."

Chen Song's yelling was quite effective, and soon attracted many people to the booth.

"How do you sell crayfish?" The second customer was a middle-aged man in a suit with his hair brushed back.

"Boss, lobster costs three yuan a piece, and you can choose the taste. Snails and beer are both [-] cents, what do you want?" Chen Song picked up the plate and was about to choose instead of the man.

"Bring me garlic, I can't fall asleep after eating spicy food at night."

"Okay, look at it." Chen Song gave the middle-aged man a plate of garlic crayfish, the middle-aged man handed over the money, and Wang Yao took it
The man looked at Wang Yao, and a look of amazement flashed in his eyes, and soon he stopped looking at her and took the crayfish.

"Boss, would you like some snails and beer?" Chen Song was promoting his snails: "Look at the oil on the snails. Now the pork costs two yuan and five pounds a catty. Let alone the fat, the oil on my snails is worth the price."

The man looked at the oil on the snails, his eyes lit up, he gritted his teeth, and swallowed unconsciously: "Okay, just get me another plate of snails and a bottle of beer."

"okay."

Successfully credited one dollar again, Daniel was surprised when he saw Chen Song.

When someone buys it, someone will watch it. If there are more people watching, the list will naturally come.

Looking at the oil on the snails and smelling the aroma of the lobster, within an hour, all the lobsters and snails were out of stock, leaving only three bottles of beer.

"Da Niu, how are you?" Chen Song pointed to the empty pots and barrels on the donkey cart.

"Brother, I really have you. Can I still try what you said before to do this with you?" Seeing Chen Song's small amount of money transferred into the account with his own eyes, and transferring so much in just one hour, Daniel was moved even though he was honest and honest.

"Of course, Da Niu, you come to help me, I can't ask for it." Chen Song himself had a plan. Originally, there was only Wang Yao alone. Now that more Da Niu came to help, he could expand his career.

"Come on, don't leave these bottles of wine, let's drink before leaving."

"Uncle, I want to drink too." Xiao Yaoyao jumped out untimely.

"You can't drink it!" Wang Yao watched the two men blow beer on the bottle, and pulled the little girl aside.

The little girl pouted, stirred her hands, and shouted, "Hmph, bad uncle!"

(End of this chapter)