There is a street in the center of the county seat, the smooth road surface is swept clean, and the brick houses are arranged, which is one heaven and one underground compared to the countryside.

The supply and marketing cooperatives are located in the middle of this old street. A bungalow with eight or nine rooms connected to it, diagonally opposite the only state-run hotel in the county.

It is much larger than the supply and marketing cooperatives in the township, and it is even more huge than the consignment points in the village, and almost all the supply and marketing cooperatives will have the slogan of "developing the economy and ensuring supply".

In fact, it is difficult to guarantee in this era.

The consignment point in Guan Ping'an's memory is a small room in the village's drying field, and it is that place that the children in the village like to take a look every day when they have no money.

There is only one room, with a counter in front and shelves in the back, and a widow and aunt of Lao Ma's family is a salesperson, and the captain's daughter-in-law is designated to buy goods from the commune supply and marketing cooperative.

According to her selfish discussion of the eldest aunt with a broken mouth, this fat shortage can make a lot of oil and water, and after being beaten several times by her grandmother, she still refuses to change her teachings, and she can't wait to catch someone's handle.

And now the supply and marketing cooperatives crowded with customers in front of them, there are still four big characters of department stores hanging at the door, is this a supply and marketing cooperatives or department stores?

Guan Ping'an felt that he had to inquire again.

Embraced in her father's arms, she looked curiously at the boxy wooden cabinet and the various goods crowded together at the counter.

Although there are stickers on the walls to serve the people, some of the salespeople have a bad attitude at all. loves to ignore it, and as soon as she opens her mouth, she wants people to slap her ear.

There are smooth mouths among the people: stethoscopes, steering wheels, personnel cadres, salesmen.

She didn't understand it before, but after listening to the comments of the adults in the ward, she finally understood that these jobs were good jobs that people envied.

It is said that a salesperson is not something that ordinary people can do. In addition to a salary of 24 yuan a month, he can often buy internal goods, so he is usually a related household and a knowledgeable young man.

The reason why her father wants their brother and sister to go to school has a lot to do with these, it should be that he doesn't want his children to face the loess with their backs to the sky in the future.

"Girl, tell your father what you want, and your father will buy it for you. After Guan Youshou finished speaking, he didn't forget to tell Guan Tianyou, "Son, you too, tell your mother what you want." ”

The brother and sister nestled in their parents' arms, looked at each other and smiled, and both shook their heads. Guan Ping'an was worried about their family's debts, while Guan Tianyou understood that nine times out of ten, his grandmother would find an opportunity to confiscate it when he bought it.

Guan Youshou bought a red head rope and stuffed it into his daughter's hand at the counter, and squeezed it aside to buy a pound of brown sugar and a pound of loose sugar without sugar paper packaging with a sugar ticket.

This squeeze made his forehead sweat, Guan Ping'an wiped his sleeve for him distressedly, and pushed his arm, "Dad, you let me down, I'll stay over there and wait for you." ”

"No, there's a flower shot. ”

"I don't go out of the door, I don't talk to people I don't know. Guan Ping'an beckoned to Guan Tianyou, who was in Ye Xiuhe's arms, "I'll wait with my brother." ”

"Hahaha, why is my daughter so smart. Guan Youshou saw her twisting her body and wanted to come down, "Okay, dad will take you to the corner, remember to call dad when something happens." ”

The couple put their two children in the corner, thinking that they were not at ease and let them hold hands and stuff a candy into their mouths, so they wouldn't run away with anyone now!

"Sister, sugar sweet, right?"

Guan Ping'an nodded happily, sweet to her heart.

"Go back and hide it, we won't give it to anyone. ”

"Good. ”

Guan Tianyou licked it reluctantly in his mouth, his eyes focused on the things in the hands of pedestrians entering and exiting the gate, and then at the rows of counters on the far left.

Lifting his leg, he put it down after thinking about it, and saw a boy next to him who was also waiting for an adult, and pulled his sister to rub it to him, "Little brother, are you waiting for someone?"

"Who are you? I don't know you. ”

Seeing that the other party looked wary and couldn't help but approach them, Guan Ping'an almost laughed.

"My sister and I are also waiting for adults. Little brother, are you from the county seat?"

The little boy looked at them hesitantly and nodded.

"Do you know where to put straw sandals?"

"Out the door next door. The little boy pointed to his right, "I also collect straw ropes, ten knots for a penny." ”

Six-year-old Guan Tianyou was stunned, scratched his head, what do ten knots mean? His father didn't tell him.

"Where are you?"

"Ma Liutun, do you know?"

The little boy shook his head.

Guan Tianyou straightened his chest proudly, "You don't know this, take the ox cart and keep walking, and when you reach the foot of the mountain, it is Ma Liutun." ”

Guan Ping'an turned her head to look outside, and then looked at her parents in the crowd, she wanted to go shopping next door, I don't know what to buy?

"Oh. ”

The little boy glanced at him, sat on the ground and took out a villain book from his pocket, and was so envious that Guan Tianyou let go of his sister with one hand, sat down beside him, and pulled his little head closer.

"Little brother, where did you buy it?"

"Bookstore. ”

"How much?"

"A dime and a half. ”

Guan Tianyou immediately remained silent, glanced at the villain's book, stood up and took Guan Ping'an's little hand, and coaxed her as if comforting himself, "Sister, I'll buy it when we go to school, and I can't understand it now that I buy it." ”

It's a little more expensive.

Based on Guan Ping'an's current understanding, how much is a pound of sugar, and how much is a white-flour steamed bun? In addition to being busy with farming, her family only has two meals a day, and they are still dry and thin.

Cornmeal wotou big cake, drinking big rice porridge, this is already a good day, most of the year is still vegetable dumplings and wild vegetable porridge.

She sighed secretly, she had never worried about money in her previous life, but now she is really a hero who is hard to beat with a penny.

"What's wrong?" Guan Youshou pulled his daughter-in-law out of the crowd, and when he walked to the corner, he saw the two children sullen and worriedly swept around.

The brother and sister replied in unison, "No." ”

"Dad, shall we go over there?"

Guan Youshou saw his son speak, nodded, stuffed the things he had just bought into his daughter-in-law, led a child in one hand, and walked to the far left.

The further you go to the left, the more valuable the goods become, from hot water bottles, enamel washbasins, and iron pots to watches, radios, sewing machines, and bicycles.

Seeing those prices, not to mention Ye Xiuhe, even Guan Youshou was not interested, and the joy of carrying a huge amount of money was seriously hit in front of these goods.

A Shanghai watch costs 120 yuan, not to mention his daughter-in-law's sewing machine, it seems that he still has to think of ways to make money.

However, Guan Ping'an's brothers and sisters looked at it with relish, not to mention Guan Tianyou, who went to the department store for the first time, even Guan Ping'an, an ancient, was curious about these strange things.

I thought that this dynasty was so poor that it could only implement a planned economy, but I didn't expect that there would be such an advanced thing. Look at the hour, there is no hourglass, and the two wheels can actually run over the carriage.

Come on, think about making money!

Out of the door, she dragged Guan Youshou to the right, and didn't go to the acquisition station to take a look, who knows if it is the Year of the Monkey next time.