Mom and Pop Shop

Author: Mahjong Jun

Mom and Pop Shop

July 8, Hongqi Commune.

The Zhao family was still waiting outside the examination room.

Zhao Wenqiu packed up her bedding at noon. Now several brothers and sisters were guarding her bedding, waiting to go home directly after the exam.

No one else is this calm and calm.

Sure enough, as soon as the winding bell rang, the girl ran out with her ponytails swaying.

She rushed to Zhao Wenmu and stretched out her two little hands.

"Give me money and I'm going to the city!"

"Xiaoqiu, how did you do in the exam?"

Zhao Wenyan pulled Zhao Wenqiu aside, and Song Yun, Zhao Jing and Liu Xiumei immediately surrounded her.

"Sister, it will definitely be no problem to get into college!"

Zhao Wenqiu said proudly, waving his hands.

Everyone saw that her expression was relaxed and relaxed, and she didn't seem to be faking it, so they all breathed a sigh of relief.

My little sister has always been reassuring since she was little.

"Okay, let me take you into the city!"

The eldest sister Zhao Wenyan made the decision.

Zhao Jing also looked over, her almond-shaped eyes full of anticipation.

"No problem, I will take Xiaoqiu and A Jing into the city today!"

Zhao Wenmu explained that after Zhao Wenlin returned to the village, he told his two followers to transport the crayfish and crabs to the convenience market.

He picked up Zhao Jing on his bicycle, Zhao Wenqiu got on Zhao Jing's bicycle, and the three of them went into the city.

Zhao Wenmu very proudly gave Zhao Wenqiu 100 yuan and asked her to buy whatever she wanted.

Zhao Wenqiu no longer had the free and easy attitude she had at the beginning. After all, she was just a 17-year-old girl. She held 100 yuan, her face flushed with excitement, and she stopped talking.

Two women were shopping excitedly at the supply and marketing agency, looking at this and that, but they were always reluctant to buy.

But it didn't matter, Zhao Wenmu bought everything they took a second look at.

Zhao Wenqiu was so frightened that he no longer dared to touch it casually.

Zhao Jing then pushed him out.

Don't let him cause trouble here.

When it was almost five o'clock, Zhao Wenmu took them to the convenience market. There were many new things here, allowing them to browse and buy whatever they wanted.

Go to Zhileng Food Stall by yourself first.

Two young and pretty girls were walking around in the convenience market, looking around and finding everything they saw strange.

The two of them rarely have the opportunity to go into the city.

"Third sister, there are some grilled mutton skewers over there, come on, come on, let's buy some skewers to try!"

Zhao Wenqiu pulled Zhao Jing through various stalls.

They bought candied haws, roasted sweet potatoes, and roasted chestnuts. Zhao Jing was a little reluctant to part with them at first, but looking at Zhao Wenqiu's cheerful look and thinking that the little girl had just finished the college entrance examination, she couldn't bear to spoil her happiness.

Zhao Wenqiu only tasted a few bites of each item and stopped eating. The little girl just wanted to taste something new.

Zhao Jing thought the roasted chestnuts were delicious, soft and glutinous, sweet and delicious. She ate a few and carefully wrapped the rest.

Zhao Wenqiu took a few bites of the kebabs, frowned and said, "It's not delicious."

The meat was not fresh and had a strange smell.

It was not baked evenly and was burnt in some places.

Mutton kebabs are not cheap, and the two of us couldn't bear to spend the money, so we ate them all in the end.

Zhao Jing saw a wild vegetable seller not far away and was immediately interested. After all, her family had been digging wild vegetables for more than two months, and their family conditions had improved since selling wild vegetables.

"How much does a pound of gray vegetables cost?"

There happened to be an elder lady who stopped in front of the stall, grabbed a handful of gray vegetables and asked.

Zhao Jing saw clearly that the gray vegetables were processed very cleanly without any impurities, but they were already a bit old. After all, it was already summer.

"3 cents a pound, dug during the day, still fresh!"

The merchant raised his head and said.

Sure enough, as my brother said, wild vegetables are worthless now.

It costs 3 cents per catty. If the sales volume is good, the day's income is also very good, but the vendor's business is obviously average, with only a few customers.

Suddenly she didn't want to go shopping anymore.

The younger brother should have started to get busy over there. Zhao Jing felt that now she just wanted to watch and guard the younger brother.

"Xiaoqiu, let's go help your third brother!"

Zhao Jing took Zhao Wenqiu and planned to leave.

"Sister, wait a moment, I'll go shopping again!"

Zhao Wenqiu still had some unfinished thoughts. Suddenly she closed her eyes and sniffed the surroundings gently.

"Sister, what does it smell like? It smells so good!"

"In that direction!"

As he said this, Zhao Wenqiu pulled Zhao Jing and rushed forward, following the smell.

Zhao Jing also smelled it. She carefully distinguished it and found that it was the smell of homemade spicy crayfish!

The two women quickly crowded in front of Zhao Wenmu's stall.

I was immediately shocked by the huge crowd of people in front of me!

Zhao Wenmu's small stall was surrounded by people on three levels inside and three outside. Standing outside, you could only see the wafting smoke, but you couldn't see what was going on inside at all.

In the huge venue, most of the dozens of tables were already occupied.

Zhao Wenmu found someone to order a batch of iron trays, which were a bit like the stainless steel trays used for barbecues in later generations.

The red crayfish are piled on the tray, which makes people appetizing just by looking at them.

Zhao Wenqiu looked at the plates of crayfish and big crabs on the table and couldn't help but swallow.

The diners were talking and laughing and enjoying their meal.

In this era, people's hair is generally very thick, and the smiles on their faces are innocent and simple.

A few men each have a bottle of beer, and they don't use cups. They take a sip of wine from the bottle and eat a crayfish. Not to mention how comfortable it is.

The girls didn't show any signs of weakness, they laughed and bumped the bottles, and the soda bubbled in the bottles.

This is a good thing! Guangzhou Shashi soda is one of the most fashionable drinks in this era!

The big white pear, Arctic Ocean, which became very popular in the next ten years, has not yet appeared.

Zhao Jing smiled and said: "These are spicy crayfish and spicy crab, your brother's new research!"

Then she lowered her voice again and said close to Zhao Wenqiu's ear:

"Actually, it's just crickets and crabs from the river, but they're delicious!"

The two immediately squeezed into the crowd and soon attracted dissatisfaction.

"Hey, those two lesbians, why don't you line up!"

"That's it! That's it!"

Zhao Wenmu noticed this and when he saw it was the two of them, he quickly said loudly:

"Comrade, those are my wife and my sister, please give way!"

"Brother, your business is so good! The crayfish is so delicious!"

Zhao Wenqiu stuck out his tongue and squeezed over, dancing and saying.

Zhao Jing didn't say anything. She immediately rolled up her sleeves, washed her hands, and started handling the crabs.

Today, the family is short of manpower and there are too many crabs. At this moment, half of the crabs have not been cut and marinated.

Zhao Wenmu was busy frying the crabs as soon as he arrived, and his two followers were too busy to even bother handling the crabs.

"Aqiu, you go find a place to eat by yourself first."

Zhao Wenmu smiled and loaded a tray of crayfish and crabs for her, and handed her a bottle of soda for Zhao Wenqiu to eat first.
To be continued...