Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 445

Chapter 445: Chapter 336: The Experience of a Rush Purchase (Part 2)

He hurried over to National Day. From afar, he saw Mr. Zhang already standing by the cart waiting.

"Dad, why did you come over? Take a rest, let me handle it. It’s almost our turn, it won’t be long now." Zhang Guoqing placed the things down, took an old quilt from the cart, and spread it over the cart, letting him sit down. Then he ran forward to greet Zhou Jiao and the others.

Zhou Jiao idly listened to Zhao Yuanyuan’s chatter, paying attention to the chaotic and mixed discussions within the nearby crowd. This family plans to exchange one jin of rice for seven jin of sweet potatoes, while another advises exchanging for corn, which can be mixed with some dried wild vegetables. Undoubtedly, these are life experiences from the elderly, and she needs to remember these little tips well.

There’s also an old lady with a mysterious expression talking about how someone’s daughter-in-law quarreled again, boasting about how filial her own daughters-in-law are and the gifts they gave during the New Year.

Some young women nearby excitedly talked about how fortunate they were to have bought a lot before the new year. They engaged in topics about the newly added egg tickets.

In front, an unfamiliar elder lady, or perhaps should be called grandma, whom Zhou Jiao could not determine the age of. She looked back with a worried face, occasionally glancing enviously at Zhou Jiao and the others.

Zhou Jiao couldn’t bear to look at the woman’s cracked hands, noticing the cloth shoes on her feet were worn and patchy, with the faded fabric sewn into a deformity. She instinctively looked ahead of the woman, seeing a couple who distanced themselves disdainfully.

The couple wore patched clothes, and Zhou Jiao couldn’t see any reason for them to look down on others. Did they really think that hanging a broken pen on their chest made them cultured and entitled to judge others?

Her gaze returned to the elder lady in front, and Zhou Jiao reflexively gave her a smile. The lady was excited but hesitant to speak, tightly gripping her ration book.

Just then, a commotion of curses came from behind, and Zhou Jiao turned around to look.

Not far away, a family using brick stools as markers had returned to queue. As the grain store was about to open, some who had been enduring the cold wind in line were unhappy about them cutting in, and within a few words, the unreasonable ones were publicly scolded.

"You need to rush to work, but who of us didn’t take a half-day leave? Go to the back and queue up!" shouted a big sister with one hand on her hip, pointing angrily at them.

The onlookers in the crowd, thinking it wasn’t lively enough, fueled the fire with laughter: "Didn’t you see the ladies directing you? Better go find your own man for support!"

"Whose kid are you? Living too comfortably, huh?..."

With so many people, each shouting, the words were yelled. If it weren’t winter, with everyone dressed like bears, the temper would have been hot in summer and there wouldn’t have been less fighting.

A few old men and women said a few words and pushed away a few who were cutting in, finally calming the unexpected commotion.

Zhou Jiao saw most of the onlookers regretting they couldn’t continue watching and looked down, chuckling.

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