There is Room for Rebirth in the 1950’s

Zhou Jiao has never been out of the military district compound since returning from that large courtyard.Every day during the day, I either chatted with the newly met little sisters in the compound, watched movies, or played chess and cooked some new dishes.

Recently, Zhang Guoqing was often taken out by his father-in-law for a stroll. Sometimes, he was dragged by the elders of the compound to drink and listen to ideological classes. In the evening, he had to brag about Fang Fei and other buddies.

The life of the two people in the compound had a beautiful life.

Seeing that it was New Year's Eve in a few days, the couple learned that more than forty free markets had been opened in the seven districts of the capital since the second half of last year. They were secretly happy, knowing that they had just arrived in good time.

Considering that their husband and wife are going back to the Northeast after the first month, the couple decided to go to the largest free market in Beijing to buy some inventory, and smuggle some things to keep at home.

At four o'clock in the morning, Zhang Guoqing and his wife handed the child to Aunt Chen.After leaving the compound, he directly hired a carriage to inquire about a good Ladder Free Market.

On the adjacent road outside the Tianti Free Market, there are small vendors selling New Year pictures, baskets, roasted seeds and nuts, and toys. The market is divided into four parts: non-staple food, local specialties, vegetables, and chickens and ducks.

In the market, except for a small number of township vendors, the most are farmers from other counties who produce and sell themselves.Now in winter, all the slack farmers come out to do business.There will be some old uncles with a Hebei accent. In addition to chicken, duck, fish and shrimp, cabbage, green onions, garlic, ginger, dried chili, vermicelli and some local specialties are on the stall.

Zhang Guoqing and the two went around the market first.It was discovered that in addition to food, various varieties are abundant.Compared to state-run vegetable stores, the free market is more convenient, with a complete variety of fresh ingredients, and bargaining.

Standing at the entrance of the market, people are constantly coming and going. You can also see a lot of carts parked in the remote area of ​​the market. Someone is guarding the carts and constantly receiving goods sent by their families.

The two saw that as the sky lights up, more and more citizens enter.Looking at the sack in hand, I immediately bought a few large bamboo baskets not far from the door, and started buying from the innermost with the basket.When I arrived at the egg stall, there were already a few people in front of them who were bargaining prices.

Zhang Guoqing immediately asked Zhou Jiao to look at the goods in the bamboo basket, and quietly negotiated the package with the egg seller.As for the price, after the beginning of spring, how many eggs are there?

Zhang Guoqing moved the bamboo basket and placed it next to the stall, letting Zhou Jiao stay here.He hurried to a short distance with the sack himself and then snapped up.

Seeing that Auntie is a good talker, Zhou Jiao asked her what markets were around and whether there were any markets.The egg seller and her man drove a horse and cart with the villagers in the middle of the night last night. In addition to her man, there were river fish and prawns that were not sold. She was fine.

This made her interested, and she talked in detail about the markets and bazaars she knew. She was very sensitive to where and what to sell and prices.When Zhang Guoqing came back again, Zhou Jiao had already understood that he was inseparable.

For example, the dry and fresh fruit wholesale market outside Beijing Yongpingmen.The main varieties are seasonal fruits, such as Beijing chestnuts, Huairou apples, Shanxi pears, persimmons and black dates.The pricing method adopted by this wholesale market for fruits is not that price inversions often appear along with the market.

For example, Tuodi in the Jingxi mining area is the original market, and there is a market every two days in the Tuodi market every month.The two markets in Dongba and Sun Village in the eastern suburbs have markets on 3, 7 and 10 every month.There are three days in the old and new factories on the 24th, 27th and 29th of the twelfth lunar month every year.The varieties sold in these bazaars are similar to those in the urban area, with more local products with rural characteristics.

After Zhang Guoqing finished shopping, the enthusiastic aunt lent him a cart.After going out of the market, Zhang Guoqing repacked it and returned the cart.The couple found a carriage and returned to the compound not far away.

Zhou Jiao stayed where she was, and Zhang Guoqing carried two sacks back, pushing a bicycle to carry it.The couple were cautiously hiding things at home like mice in the winter.

After returning home, Zhou Jiao and Zhang Guoqing began to deal with live chickens and ducks immediately after feeding the baby.This time the most strenuous is these living creatures, so that Zhou Xiaozheng and the two can often drink fresh chicken soup.Zhang Guoqing bought the chicken when he saw it and stuffed it with a sack.

Aunt Chen looked at the twenty or so old hens that had been cleaned up, and she hated them so much that she wanted to scold them for the prodigal.Especially a few old hens still have small eggs in their belly, she feels even more distressed.

Zhou Jiao saw that she couldn't bear to look straight, knowing she was distressed, and said, "Don't feel distressed, it's all in your stomach. I'm not at home. My dad must get busy and take care of a few mouthfuls. I pack it up and put it on the ice every week. Please stew it for them to drink. I will send you dry goods in the future. Don't bear it. If you can eat it in my parents' stomachs, you won't lose money. This time I bought a lot of eggs. I will marinate the duck eggs into salted duck eggs and drink them with porridge. Leave the eggs to my parents to eat slowly. My aunt remembers that my dad likes hard-boiled eggs."

Aunt Chen nodded.In the past few months, she has figured out her chief's dietary preferences.Knowing that Zhou's family tastes close to southerners, they pay attention to diet and hygiene.Except for Lin Lishan who wakes up late, everyone else needs to drink two cups of hot water before getting up and drink porridge after running.Especially Zhou Jiao and his daughter must have a boiled egg in the morning.

For several days in a row, Zhou Jiao and Zhang Guoqing ran to markets and suburban markets every day.After returning to Beijing this time, Zhou Jiao had sufficient funds on hand after the small courtyard rent deposit certificate was cashed out.She secretly sought to exchange cash for supplies.Because there was room, they took advantage of this rare opportunity to add a lot of supplies without knowing it.

After frantically snapping up one after another, Zhou Jiao and the two were worried that the movement would be too noticeable. Considering that they might want to go to City S, even if the prices are extremely low, they can only stop.

Zhou Jiao and the two were afraid of attracting attention without worrying about funding.Now she still has more than 5,000 cash in hand, let alone the 10,000 US dollars in space.

This time when she returned to Beijing, Zhou Xiaozheng gave her the certificate of deposit returned by Gu Ruyi and asked her to cancel her account.Zhou Xiaozheng personally took this cash with her three times in batches. After taking it out, her father didn't want to keep it with her.

With the amazing purchase of the young couple, Zhou's warehouse was full.Zhou Xiaozheng had no objection. He felt deeply that the child had suffered from starvation in his early years, and he had no sense of security deep in his heart and developed a hobby for storing supplies.Such misunderstandings made him, who loves children very much, also interested in the market economy.Years later, he often said with a smile that his daughter was a lucky star.

The Zhou family's dishes are changed every day, and the fruits are constantly dried. The youngest sons of Cheng Yongxian and Lin Liying from the Cheng family are happy to stay in the Zhou family and resolutely not leave.Even if Cheng and Lin's family bought a lot of products afterwards, they couldn't shake their obsession with Zhou Jiao's cooking.

As they moved in, Zhou Jiao took the opportunity to gradually reduce contact with Mrs. Lin.During this period of time as an excuse to cultivate the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, Mrs. Lin had a lot of tricks-either a piece of old material or a few old cheongsams was given to her, or she walked around the compound with grandparents' affection and pulled her out as a guest.

In the face of her stalking summons, all kinds of deliberate attempts to show off, Zhou Jiao knew it well and was able to cope with it freely.Fortunately, Mrs. Cheng's permanent presence in Zhou's house made Mrs. Lin scrupulous and dare not step into Zhou's house.Otherwise, Mrs. Lin pretended to be confused and play rogue temperament, the Zhou family may become her performance venue.

At the end of 57, the two brothers in the Gu family in Beijing were torn apart. An unpredictable storm was one high C and one after another, which made people uncomfortable.

Since ancient times, many people have fallen into trouble. As the situation gets worse, there are more and more interested people, and the truth is getting closer.From the quarrel between the two brothers of the Gu family and the children of the two families, it was revealed that the side house was in arrears of ten thousand taels of gold from the main house, and there were successive reports of caring people. The side house of the Gu family jointly murdered the blood of the same family to death.At the end of 57 years, the family of Jiangnan Gu family was familiar to the world, and this drama also made the city residents of Beijing full of excitement.

Two days ago, after Gu Ruyi's eldest brother Gu Changqing was imprisoned in the footsteps of his grandson, Mrs. Lin Gu Ruyi stayed behind closed doors and cut off contact with her natal family.

There were rumors outside that Zhou Xiaozheng and his daughter had expected the result long ago, and now they are as steady as Taishan and Jing waiting for the last knife to fall.They still have patience and are waiting for the opportunity.

The day before the Twelfth Lunar New Year’s Eve, two sisters Lin Xueli and Lin Xuezhen from the Northwest of China took the lead in returning to Beijing to celebrate the New Year.The 21-year-old Lin Xueli is like a wild boy with short black hair and a military uniform. She is straightforward and rude.Seventeen-year-old Lin Xuezhen was innocent and lively, and she knew everything quickly. This was their first impression of Zhou Jiao.

The three Lin family sisters, compared to Lin Xuelin who pretended to be pretending to be, the sisters love not only special, but also all beautiful things, which undoubtedly satisfied Zhou Jiao more.

The sisters are good at lively atmosphere and good at communicating with others.One afternoon had not arrived yet, and a large number of brothers and sisters in the compound had already been gathered at Zhou's for dinner.Plus the two sons of Cheng Yongxian and Lin Liying from the Cheng family who have recently been resident in the Zhou family.For a time, Zhou's family was very lively.

Zhou Xiaozheng held Lin Lishan to avoid Cheng's house early.The Zhou family had no elders present, especially their fearful Zhou Xiaozheng, who made a group of people happily ran to the outside service agency to bring the wine back, and left slowly until the movie in the compound began.

The next day, Zhang Guoqing and his wife drove a military card, along with their cousins ​​from the Lin family and the same generation, to the Dongfeng market to brush lamb.The truck tarpaulin leaks everywhere, and the cold wind blows everyone's neck in the winter, but it still can't help the young people's love of play and food.

After Zhang Guoqing spent more than five yuan inviting everyone to have lunch, the third-year-old Lin Xuezhen rioted with the salary-paid boss Lin Xuelin for a haircut.According to her, once the salary is paid, the adult should treat him.She pulled Zhou Jiao, who was about to speak, to pinch her behind her back, and Zhang Guoqing, who was distressed, said quickly and followed his treat, but was interrupted by the rude cock, Lin Xueli, and pushed aside.It made everyone laugh.

In the end, the men and women were divided into two groups.Zhang Guoqing was dragged away by the Li brothers, who had always remembered to hang up firecrackers.Last night, he promised the two little guys to prepare enough firecrackers for the first month to make them have a good time.After buying them at Dong'an Market with the two brothers of Lin Dinghui and Cheng, a group of boys drove a truck and looked around when they asked them where else to buy new-style firecrackers.

The four girls went to the nearby Silian Barbershop.Lin Xuezhen has already arranged her afternoon schedule before her hair has been adjusted.She came back in a hurry and waited to make some clothes without bringing her clothes.She inquired, her uncle gave Zhou Jiao a lot of tickets.She secretly asked Zhou Jiao for it last night.Now that she has the ticket and the money from the old lady Lin, she can't wait to visit the market, especially the Wangfujing Department Store that she has been thinking of for a long time.

Zhou Jiao knew that she liked high-end items, but she didn't dislike it.Who doesn't love beauty, little girl?Lin Xuezhen had been touching her sheepskin jacket last night and couldn't put it down, but she didn't want to dominate.So when she said she wanted a ticket, she gave it to the other party.It's just that she is still worried that the girl is too uncontrollable in pursuit of clothes.

Lin Xuezhen, who came back from the Northwest, seemed to want you to make up for the regret of not being in the capital for many years. She took three people in a rickshaw and ran through the four major shopping malls throughout the afternoon.In the end, the night fell before I was still interested and reluctant to go home.