Forty-One to Go to the Market

During these five days, Shen Jiao has also become familiar with the situation of the farm. For example, the enthusiastic Aunt Ma is the mother of Captain Ma, and the siblings Ma Hongqi and Lanhua are the children of Captain Ma. Captain Ma is only a few years older than Qian Wenliang. , but looks like Qian Wenliang's father.

"Then I have to call your father Uncle Ma, not Grandpa Ma!" Shen Jiao was a little ashamed.

Ma Hongqi's face was a bit irritated: "My dad is too tired, he is the only one in the team to find him no matter what!"

Shen Jiao didn't know what to say, so she had to divert the topic: "Brother Hongqi, do you really need a ticket for shopping at the Sanlibao Market?"

Ma Hongqi nodded: "As long as you don't go to the supply and marketing cooperative, you don't need a ticket. I'll take you to the backstreet of the town. There's a lot of things and everything there, but it's expensive. A chicken (egg) costs five cents. Good luck. I can still buy wild things!"

Shen Jiao is happy, she is not afraid of you, as long as there are more varieties, so that she will have a chance to take out the things in the bowl!

It turned out that today was the fifth day of the lunar calendar. Ma Hongqi was going to the market. When Shen Jiao found out, she held Ma Hongqi to take her there. Ma Hongqi's second sister, Ma Xinghua, was also there. She was a beautiful fourteen-year-old girl with a very good temperament. refreshing.

Captain Ma has five children. The eldest son, Ma Hongbing, is 22 years old. He is a soldier in the G province. He is the pride of the Ma family and the idol of Ma Hongqi.

The eldest daughter, Ma Taohua, is nineteen years old and married. The third daughter is Ma Xinghua, Ma Hongqi is the fourth, and the youngest is the little girl Lan Huahua.

Shen Jiao carried a small basket that Grandpa Ma Hongqi made for her on her shoulders, and followed closely behind Ma Xinghua. This Xinghua girl walked like stepping on a hot wheel. He also ran so fast that he couldn't catch up if he didn't run at all.

Little Orchid also had a hard time running, she let Ma Hongqi drag her away, and Ma Xinghua turned back to dislike them: "Hurry up, big brother is going!"

The eldest brother in Ma Xinghua's mouth is Ma Xixi, the handlebar style who picked them up from Sanlibao Town the day before, a man who is not gentle, and the nephew of Captain Ma.

Ma Hongqi simply picked up the orchid and carried it on her shoulders. Shen Jiao clenched her teeth and followed behind without saying a word. The Ma family dislikes people who are squeamish and squeamish. Tired.

Ma Xixi sat at the front of the car with a sullen face, the three thin horses were still so thin, and the wound on the mouth of the jujube red horse was still bloody, making Shen Jiao feel sour.

"Why is it so late? The sun has already climbed high!" Ma Xixi scolded.

Ma Xinghua didn't frighten him at all, and smiled heartily: "Brother, where are your eyes? The sun has just come out!"

Ma Xixi glared at her, picked up Ma Lanhua and put it in the car, and took out a candy from her pocket to feed her. Sugar must be given to our orchids because Xiaocao doesn't like to eat it."

Her voice was not too small, Ma Xixi could hear it clearly, a look of unnaturalness flashed across her face, and she threw the whip a little angrily. The poor horse shook her ears and tightened the reins.

Shen Jiao took out three toffees from her bosom, peeled off the candy wrappers and fed them to the three horses, and whispered, "I'll give you eggs next time!"

The three horses looked at Shen Jiao gently. They could feel the kindness of the girl in front of them. The jujube red horse put out its tongue and licked Shen Jiao's hand. How good, sometimes even he has to be slapped!

It's good to meet this little girl, tsk, what a rare thing!

"Let's go!"

With a shout from Ma Xixi, Shen Jiao hurriedly climbed into the carriage and sat beside Ma Xinghua. Farm Team 6 was 30 to 40 miles away from Sanlibao Town. The carriage was quite fast, and they could arrive in less than an hour.

They arrived at the town around ten in the morning. Ma Xixi went to the first purchase station to exchange the farm's production for money.

Sister Ma Xinghua will also sell the dried medicinal materials, and the money in exchange can be used to supplement the family.

Ma Xinghua and the others used common medicinal materials, such as salvia and platycodon, which could not be sold at a good price, only nine cents a pound, and a total of one and six cents was exchanged for two full baskets. The two brothers and sisters were already very happy. Ma Xinghua carefully collected the one yuan and held the extra six cents in her hand. She said to the younger brother and sister, "We will buy sesame seeds for the six cents!"

Orchid clapped her hands happily: "Buy cakes to eat, the cakes are delicious!"

With a smile on his face, Ma Hongqi said to Shen Jiao, "The biscuits are delicious!"

Shen Jiao is not too interested in biscuits or anything. No matter how delicious they are, they are nothing more than biscuits. There is no meat buns that are delicious. Later, she will have to see if there are meat buns in the restaurant. If there are any, she will buy some and take them home .

Ma Xixi couldn’t leave for a while at the purchasing station, so she told Ma Xinghua to take her younger siblings. Ma Xinghua responded nonchalantly, put the orchid in the basket, and left happily.

The restaurant in Sanlibao Town is not too big, and the sanitation situation seems to be quite good. Fortunately, there are buns sold in the store, and they are also white-faced mutton buns. Just asking for food stamps.

The sesame cake is two cents a piece, and six cents can buy three sesame cakes, but three or two food stamps are needed (the food stamp consumption at this time is not too clear for Laoyang, so I can only write it casually).

Ma Xinghua took out a half catty of local food stamps from her pocket. The half catty food stamps were still given to her by milk. She reluctantly touched the food stamps. Ma Xinghua gritted her teeth and resolutely handed the food stamps and six cents to her. The waiter, with a heroic expression on his face, made Shen Jiao die of joy.

After recovering two taels of food stamps and three biscuits, Ma Xinghua glanced at Shen Jiao, then looked at the biscuits in her hands, swallowed her saliva, turned her head and distributed the three biscuits to her younger brother and sister and Shen Jiao.

"Hurry up and eat!"

The tone was not very pleasant, it was a bit harsh, but Shen Jiao was very comfortable to hear it. She could see that Ma Xinghua was very greedy for biscuits, but she could endure the greed to share the precious biscuits with an outsider like her. It is a hundred times more precious than biscuits!

Shen Jiao took the biscuits and put them in the basket, took out money and food stamps from her pocket, and shouted at the waiter, "Buy six meat buns!"

One meat bun is five cents, two taels of food stamps, six buns are three bucks plus one catty and two taels of food stamps. Shen Jiao used the national food stamps, she took two catties of food stamps, but the waiter retrieved hers. It is a local food stamp.

Shen Jiao didn't understand the truth, but Ma Xinghua knew it, and immediately shouted, "What do you mean? My sister clearly gave you the national food stamps, why are you looking for her local food stamps?"

Although Ma Xinghua is young, she is very pungent, with her hands on her hips, her apricot eyes wide open, and staring at the waiter. The waiter doesn't seem to be too daring, and when Ma Xinghua yells, she is persuaded, and she whispers with a smile: " There is no national food stamp to look for, do you want to buy an extra bun?"