Chapter 9 Grocery Shopping

After withdrawing the money, Wang Yuanchao took his shoulder bag and vegetable basket and took the bus back home. He still had to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables.

After arriving at the vegetable market, Wang Yuanchao recalled the original owner's expression and posture.

His body suddenly bent like a hunchback. His expression also seemed timid. He hunched his shoulders and had a timid expression on his face, as if he would be frightened at any time. He began to look at the vegetables in the vegetable market.

The truth is that the original owner had been buying vegetables in this market every day since he was a child, and every staff member in this market knew the original owner. If the original owner changed too much, Wang Yuanchao felt that he was causing trouble for himself.

"Aunt Liu, today's chili is really good."

"It's Yuan Chao. I picked it from the vegetable garden early this morning. It's very fresh. There are peppers, chili peppers, and chili peppers. Would you like some?"

"Aunt Liu, give me two pounds of peppers, two pounds of sharp peppers, and one pound of chili peppers."

"What's the matter? Why are you buying so much today? Are you having trouble getting by at home?"

"Aunt Liu, my family was frightened yesterday and I was injured, so I bought some more food today and went back to nourish my body."

Aunt Liu looked at Wang Yuanchao with pity, thinking that this child was really miserable. He had been coming to the vegetable market to buy vegetables since he was young. It was heard that this child was doing all the housework at home, and he was also implicated by his family to suffer such suffering. However, Aunt Liu was just an ordinary person. She had the will but not the ability. She could do normal business, but she really didn't dare to lend a helping hand to Wang Yuanchao for fear of being implicated.

"Okay, peppers, sharp peppers, and chili peppers are all 2 cents a pound, a total of 5 pounds of peppers, 10 cents."

Wang Yuanchao put the peppers that Aunt Liu had weighed into the basket and handed Aunt Liu a dime.

"Aunt Liu, this is money, keep it."

"Okay, the money is right, just go get busy."

"Okay, Aunt Liu, you go ahead and do your work. I'll be leaving first."

"good"

After buying the peppers, Wang Yuanchao came to the meat stall and started queuing.

By the time Wang Yuanchao arrived, the meat had been almost sold out, with only some pig offal, bones and pig's feet left.

Nowadays, everyone's stomach is short of oil and water. At the meat stalls, fat and lard are the most popular, followed by pork belly. Tenderloin is lean meat, and people will buy it only when the pork belly is gone.

Wang Yuanchao looked at the empty pork stall with a pitiful expression, then looked at Wang the butcher at the stall and asked hesitantly,

"Uncle Wang, I was injured yesterday. I want to buy some bones and pig's feet to replenish my body. Do you think it's okay?"

Butcher Wang also watched Wang Yuanchao grow up, so he naturally knew what Wang Yuanchao's current situation was.

Moreover, as long as people have compassion, they will know that the current vegetable market has long been a public-private partnership, and the people at each stall in the vegetable market are actually regular workers.

In principle, you don't need a ticket to buy bones, offal and pig's trotters at meat stalls these days.

But this kind of thing is meat after all, and it is very popular. Plus, the job of butcher is very popular in this era, and with so many friends and relatives, the leftovers from the meat stalls every day are simply not enough to share.

Although most meat stalls don't dare to blatantly withhold these scraps, most butchers will be cautious when selling these scraps and will ask for meat tickets.

Generally, few people would use their precious meat coupons to buy these things, so these scraps would easily be kept by butchers for their own consumption or as favors.

You have to know that meat coupons are now distributed per person. For urban residents, each person only has two taels of meat coupons per month, which are very precious, so this little trick is very practical.

But the original owner had been buying vegetables in this market since he was a child. He was very familiar with every staff member in this market and was very familiar with the little tricks here.

When Butcher Wang heard Wang Yuanchao's request, he carefully looked at the gauze on Wang Yuanchao's forehead, which was still stained with blood from yesterday. He sighed, picked up two rattan bones on the chopping board, put a pair of pig feet on the scale, handed them to Wang Yuanchao and said,

"Two pig feet are 13 pounds, and rattan bones are 11 pounds. A total of 12 yuan.

Hey, you kid, be careful and pay more attention."

Wang Yuanchao smiled at Butcher Wang in surprise, took out 12 yuan and handed it to Butcher Wang, and said

"Thank you Uncle Wang for your concern. I am grateful."

Then put the pig's feet and rattan bones into the vegetable basket and walk to the grocery store in the vegetable market.

At the grocery store, I bought two pounds of ginger, two pounds of garlic, two pounds of cinnamon, and star anise and put them in the basket, then asked:

"Grandpa Yan, salt and MSG don't require tickets, can I buy some more from you?"

When Mr. Yan from the grocery store heard what Wang Yuanchao said, he looked at him seriously and said,

"Yuanchao, you were also raised by Grandpa Yan. Your living environment is already very bad, so you must not make any mistakes."

Wang Yuanchao smiled gratefully at Old Man Yan and said:

"Grandpa Yan, you've watched me grow up, and you know me. I'm very timid and I dare not make any mistakes.

Today I signed up at the Youth League Office to go to the countryside as an educated youth.

You know, the country is short of salt right now, and I'm afraid it will be hard to buy salt and MSG in the countryside, so I'm just trying to get a favor from you."

Grandpa Yan stared at Wang Yuanchao carefully, then picked up the notice of going to the countryside that Wang Yuanchao handed over and took a look at it.

Then he returned the notice to Wang Yuanchao, sighed and said:

"Well, given your current situation, it's good for you to go to the countryside, away from your uncle's family, you should be able to live a better life in the future.

OK, I'll give you a 50-jin bag of salt and a 20-jin bag of MSG. Do you have anything to put them in?"

"I'll have to trouble Grandpa Yan to sell me a sack."

The old man put the loose salt and MSG into a sack and said,

"It's ready. The loose salt is 1.4 yuan per pound, and the MSG is 1.5 yuan per pound, a total of 10 yuan. I'll give you the sack."

Wang Yuanchao took out a big unity and handed it to Grandpa Yan, took the salt and MSG packed in the trouble, and said gratefully:

"Thank you, Grandpa Yan."

"It's okay. We've been friends for so many years, and I hope you're well. Live well after going to the countryside, okay?"

Wang Yuanchao's eyes suddenly warmed up. This help and concern from a stranger made Wang Yuanchao, who had been cautious and trying to survive after traveling through time, break down his defenses for a moment.

"Thank you, Grandpa Yan. I will definitely do that."

After gratefully thanking Mr. Yan, Wang Yuanchao put the sack on his back, carried the vegetable basket and walked towards the exit of the vegetable market.

Old Master Yan looked at Wang Yuanchao who fled in panic, sighed, and continued to work busy with his work.

Wang Yuanchao, who was walking out of the vegetable market in a hurry, suddenly saw a farmer at the entrance of the market. He was carrying a pair of bamboo baskets, carefully observing the surroundings, and occasionally looking at people coming out of the vegetable market.

Wang Yuanchao was moved and came to the farmer and asked,

"Comrade, what are you selling?"

(End of this chapter)

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