Daji is said to be a big market, but in fact it means two to three hundred meters of stalls set up along the roadside of the second row of houses in the commune.

The road at the entrance of the commune is paved with stones and is about ten meters wide. On both sides of the road are communes, police stations, supply and marketing cooperatives, hospitals, post offices, credit unions, state-owned hotels, grain management offices, food stations, animal husbandry and veterinary stations, etc.

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Li Wen stopped and watched along the way. Most of the stalls on the roadside were handicrafts made by farmers, such as straw shoes, straw hats, and farm tools. There were few good things for sale. The better ones included eggs and wild vegetables picked from the mountains.

and mushrooms, as well as some fruits from their own trees, and there are very few food and meat stalls.

Come, take a look at the newly hatched chicks. At this time, a woman wearing a handkerchief was shouting to a passing lady.

Li Wen hurriedly walked over and saw more than twenty chicks chirping in a bamboo cage. They were very cute.

"Auntie, how do you sell this little chicken, Li Wen asked?"

"One cent per piece, if you want more, it's eight cents per piece," the aunt said enthusiastically.

"Yes, the price is fair." At this time, an egg only cost 35 cents. It took more than 20 days to hatch it, and it cost 8 cents. A dime was not expensive.

"Auntie, I don't have any money, but how about I trade things with you? I want all of your chicks," Li Wen whispered.

"Child, what do you want to exchange for? The aunt looked around and whispered."

The stalls are set far apart from each other to conceal the transactions. After all, nowadays, many things are not allowed to be bought and sold, and everyone trades secretly.

Can you think of sugar, canned food, and bread? Li Wen put down his backpack and whispered."

"Ah, you have such a good thing," the aunt said with her mouth wide open.

"Look, Li Wen opened the backpack and said!"

In the backpack were a one-pound bag of sugar, a one-liter jar of canned food, and two loaves of bread.

Young man, my aunt has changed. I have thirty-two chicks here. Counting your eight cents, the total is two dollars and fifty-six cents. You don’t need to pay a dollar or two for this bag of sugar. The canned fruit costs one dollar. These two loaves of bread are relatively floury now.

It's only 15 cents for you, so it's 2.5 yuan in total, so let's forget it's 6 cents. Do you think that's okay?

Li Wen nodded in agreement. He knew that buying things now requires tickets, especially candy tickets, which are relatively expensive. The total value of these items to him is at least three yuan, but if the price is too high, it will be difficult to sell them.

"Come, let's go to the state-owned hotel to do business. My sister is working safely inside. Auntie said to Li Wen excitedly."

Li Wen had an idea and followed his aunt into the nearby state-owned hotel. It was still early at about ten o'clock, and the state-owned hotel was empty and no one was there.

"Xiaoxia, come out for a moment and then don't come out again, the aunt shouted inside."

"Hey! We came out. A woman in her thirties came out of the room. Sister, what's wrong?"

The woman who came out was slightly fatter, her face was fair and she was wearing makeup, and she looked very healthy. The treatment in the hotel was good! Li Wen said silently in his heart, Li Wen had never seen anyone in better health than this one in the past few days.

"Xiaoxia, you find a place and I will trade something with this young man. Auntie will be very happy."

The three of them came to a living room in the backyard of the hotel. My surname is Zhang, young man. You can call me Aunt Zhang. This time, your aunt took advantage of you. I will give you this cage as well.

The chicken coop was handed to Li Wen!

Seeing that this aunt was a good person, Li Wen smiled and nodded his thanks, took the things out of the basket and put them on the table.

"Yeah! Sugar, cans and bread, good things. Second sister, you have changed to good things this time. My sister Xiaoxia, who was standing beside me, said with a surprised smile."

"It's nothing, your family works in the county supply and marketing cooperative and you haven't seen any good things," Aunt Zhang smiled and put the things into the backpack.

"Alas! He works in the supply and marketing cooperative, but the supply and marketing cooperative does not belong to my family. The things in it are good, but he doesn't have a share in them. At most, he just picks up some rags and brings them back," the woman complained.

"Little brother, do you have any good things? Take them out. Auntie won't treat you badly. My sister Xiaoxia looked at Li Wen and said with a smile."

Li Wen watched the two of them talking and laughing, revealing a lot of information, and took note of it in his mind.

"Young man, you have been here for a while and you still don't know what your name is. How do you address yourself? Aunt Zhang sat on the chair, picked up the water glass, took a sip and said with a smile."

Li Wen smiled and said, "My name is Li Wen, and the two aunts can just call me Awen. I really have something good to sell, but the two aunts have to keep it a secret."

"Awen, don't worry about this. Your aunt and I have been setting up stalls outside all year round. Integrity is the first priority. Everyone is working in the town to make a living. People who don't follow the rules can't set up a stall in the town for a day. Aunt Zhang

Smiling and explaining to Li Wen.

Li Wen had also vaguely heard the unspoken rules of the gathering. He smiled and took out six or seven big fish from his backpack, which weighed more than thirty kilograms in total.

"Hey, these fish are not small. Each of them weighs five or six kilograms." The two of them said in surprise.

"There are too many fishes for us to eat. Awen, my sister and I each want one, and I will take you to the kitchen to sell the rest to our restaurant later," Zhang Xia said with a smile.

You two each pick a fish, it costs one yuan a piece, and Aunt Zhang will help me sell the rest to your restaurant, Li Wen looked at Zhang Xia and said with a smile. "

"You kid is capable of causing trouble. Auntie will definitely not let you suffer in the future. Zhang Xia said with a smile."

Zhang Xia smiled and picked up two fish that were not the biggest and put them into the eldest sister's basket.

Lao Wu, come and see if there are any good things. Zhang Xia called the chef from the kitchen.

"Not bad, Zhang Xia. That's a big fish. I can add braised fish and sweet and sour carp to the menu today. Chef Wu walked out of the kitchen and said with a smile when he saw a few fish on the ground."

"This is a fish caught by my cousin's nephew. My sister brought it to you to see. Zhang Xia looked at Li Wendao with a smile."

Lao Wu patted Li Wen on the shoulder and said with a smile: "That's good, young man. I've collected them all. If you have any good things in the future, just bring them over. Zhang Xia, please weigh the front and give it to the child for 40 cents per catty." He turned around

Walked out of the living room.

Awen Cheng, let your aunt take you to weigh the fish. The three of them walked to the front hall. A house that specializes in buying bulk goods weighed the fish. It was twenty-three pounds in total. It cost nine yuan and two cents. They also gave two pounds of meat coupons for five pounds.

Food stamps are a good thing.

At this time, because fish is fresh, meat tickets are generally not required for buying and selling. If you eat some big dishes such as braised carp, sweet and sour carp, etc., you will be charged some meat tickets as appropriate for each dish. The fish Li Wen took are relatively large and can be made into hard meat.

Cai therefore paid him two kilograms of meat for Zhang Xia's sake.

Li Wen was overjoyed when he took the money note. This was his first honest income, and he put it in his pocket and said goodbye to the Zhang sisters.

When they came to a small alley to put the chicken into the space, Li Wen walked around the street and saw a stall selling steamed buns and steamed buns in the distance. There were many children watching around.

The white meat buns and steamed buns are fist-sized. A meat bun costs 1 cent for free, and a steamed bun costs 5 cents for free. Li Wen bought five meat buns and ten steamed buns for a total of one yuan and put the others away.

After getting into the basket, Li Wen picked up a bun and took a bite. It was stuffed with pickled cabbage and pork. It was sizzling and oily after one bite. It was so delicious that the children around him swallowed their saliva.

Li Wen didn't sympathize with them. He didn't dare to open this hole. Once it was opened, it would be easy to be robbed.

I walked around and took a look, and stopped in front of an old man in his sixties. In front of the old man was a bamboo basket with six little hares in it, and two children of four or five years old were holding it.

The leaves tease.

"The young man has taken a fancy to them. They cost 20 cents each, and I'll give you all six of them with cages for just one yuan," the old man said with a smile.

"I want that line. Seeing how straightforward the old man was, Li Wen didn't even think twice about taking out a dollar and handed it over."

"Grandpa, after selling the rabbit, I also want to eat meat buns. Looking at the buns in Li Wen's hand, the four or five-year-old grandson on the side shouted with greed."

"Okay, business is done today. Grandpa is going to buy buns for my sweet grandson." The old man was also very happy after selling the rabbit. He closed the stall and took the two children with him with a smile.

After walking down the street, Li Wen bought a few more ducks and three goslings. He also walked back and forth on the street to buy some cages and put them in the space. This shopping was finally over.

Looking at the sun, it was already past 11 noon. Li Wen came to the supply and marketing cooperative.

The supply and marketing cooperative in the town is really quite big, with an area of ​​100 square meters. It has everything from firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, candies and cakes. There are also two bicycles hung on the wall.

Li Wen ordered two kilograms of pork and paid eighty cents for a kilogram of meat coupons. He also bought five kilograms of large bones for one yuan without any coupons. He was really lucky.

Originally, Li Wen was not planning to go to his grandpa's house. Unexpectedly, he unexpectedly got two kilograms of meat tickets today. Li Wen took out one kilogram of pork and five kilograms of big bones and walked towards his grandpa's house.

"Grandma, I'm here again. Let's see what good things I brought you. Li Wen opened the door first and saw the old lady sitting in the yard and smiled."

"You kid, where did you get the big pork bones? This is too luxurious. Just bring it home and let your grandma and the others eat it. What are you doing here?" The old lady said, looking at the pork bone in Li Wen's hand.

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"Haha, Awen is here. When I came back this morning, I heard your grandma say that you were here this morning. She also said that she hadn't seen you. She was muttering that your kid is here again. Grandpa in the house heard the noise and came out and laughed.

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"Your boy brought such expensive things in the morning, and then brought meat over at noon. Your family is no match for this. Grandpa Wang Baogui teased Li Wendao."

Grandpa Wang Guogui is sixty-five years old this year. His body looks relatively strong, but he is very thin and his back is a bit hunched.

"I missed my grandpa, so I came here for lunch again," Li Wen said with a chuckle.

"I welcome eating rice, but there is no one who carries meat to eat rice." Wang Guobao walked to the yard and patted Li Wen's chest and said, "You have grown up and become a man."

Li Wen and his grandparents were chatting in the yard, constantly urging the two old people to take good care of their health.

Creaking, the door opened again from the outside. Wang Xiaohua followed two little boys of six or seven years old and walked in. When she saw Li Wen, she ran over happily.

"Brother Wenzi, the candies you gave are so delicious. I gave two to Xiaohu and Xiaoying. They said they had never eaten such delicious candies," Wang Xiaohua said panting.

Quickly call Brother Wenzi. Wang Xiaohua pushed her two younger brothers. The two little guys are still relatively young. Li Wen hasn’t been to grandpa’s house for a long time. They don’t know each other anymore. When Wang Xiaohua said it, she quickly shouted

: "Brother Wenzi!"

Haha, for these two little guys, Li Wen took out a few milk candies from his pocket and gave one to each of them, and gave the rest to Wang Xiaohua. He smiled and said: "Xiaohua, these are milk candies. Keep them well.

Let’s share it with my brothers from time to time.”

"Wow! Toffee, this is such a beautiful paper flower. Little tigers and eagles, if you eat the candy, give it to me." Wang Xiaohua looked at it with stars in her eyes. Women love beauty, and you can tell it from a young age.

"Xiaohua, you go to the fields and call your mother and second aunt. Third aunt comes back to cook. Your cousin is here and he brought meat. Our whole family has eaten well today, grandpa shouted."

Only then did the little guys see the pork and bone on the table. They couldn't wait to eat it, and their mouths were watering.
To be continued...