The No. 2 courtyard of the San'er Hutong was also involved in a big buying trend.
All the households in the hospital and all the people are ordinary people. This is too natural but it is inevitable.
In fact, since Aunt Mi works in a side dish, their courtyard became the first courtyard to notice this social change in several streets around them and immediately take action.
For example, on November 1, 1979, the sales prices of eight major non-staple foods, including pigs, poultry, eggs, aquatic products, and vegetables were raised. This was when Aunt Mi took advantage of her position and knew that she had left a lot of goods for the whole hospital and made great contributions to everyone.
And don’t forget that there is also an aunt Bian in this courtyard who can handle things.
The old lady is still in charge of the street affairs and is also in charge of Ning Weimin's wholesale of clothing and products.
It is normal to contact those people in society every day and find out in advance that something is wrong.
The news of the big price reduction of chemical fiber cloth in 1983 was brought to everyone by Aunt Bian.
Furthermore, the most important thing is that both Aunt Mi and Aunt Bian are women.
What are the characteristics of women?
It's just about living at home.
As long as this happens, every family will definitely communicate with each other.
So whoever can fail, it is impossible for them to fail.
For example, on August 17th, it was Wednesday, which was the day when the rush to buy was just around the corner, and it was ten o'clock in the morning.
Aunt Bian was abnormal and rushed back in a flatbed cart.
Moreover, not only did she come back, but she also pulled a truck of goods.
I immediately directed the young man from another place who was riding a flatbed to help her move things to her home.
The things on the car were stacked high, all of which were wool, cotton wool pants and fabric.
While helping to carry things, the pedaler was curious, "What did your old lady buy so much white cloth?"
Aunt Bian was too lazy to say more to him, "Don't you do it, save it."
The pedaler said, "Don't say, there are so many new things today. Guess what? Before I pulled you, I pulled a quilt to buy. As soon as I bought it, I bought twenty shops and many boxes of soap. Why did you discuss it with me? You all bought things like this..."
Aunt Bian was not convinced, "Twenty quilts and a few boxes of soap are nothing. I will buy them later. These are just the first batch."
The pedaler listened to the freshness and planned to ask again, but she didn't expect that Aunt Bian had no time to grind his teeth and pointed him where to place the goods.
The old lady rushed straight to her house, picked up the cold white-haired house and got angry first, and then greeted Mr. Bian, who was playing with flowers and grass at the door.
"Hey, you old man, you still have the time to mess with your broken flower. Do you know what it is like outside? It's amazing!
Aunt Bian's exaggerated expression and tone made Mr. Bian confused.
"Oh, look at you, you're so fussy. As soon as you come back, I'm yelling, my head is so big. What's wrong? Did you see Jia Bolin under the Qianmen Building, or were you picking up gold ingots on Dashilan Street?"
(Note: Jia Bolin is Chaplin, the name in the mainland during the Republic of China period.)
Aunt Bian curled her lips and was particularly dissatisfied with her husband's jokes.
"Oh, what's up with it. I'm telling you seriously. I heard that it's been rumored outside, saying that starting from September 1st, prices will rise across the board.
"It is impossible to rise in all respects." Mr. Bian didn't believe it at all. He also curled his lips and competed with the flowers and plants again.
Seeing that my wife was unmoved, the aunt below was really anxious.
"Oh, why do I say to you? You don't know anything at home all day long, you know how to drink, grow flowers, and listen to the opera and fish. What else do you know? I said you go out and have a look. The outside is full of people, and the shops are crowded with people. People are like crazy, robbing whatever they see. Hurry up, give me your passbook at home."
"What do you want to do for a passbook?"
"There are long queues in the bank. If you are late, you can't get it out. Hurry up."
"Hey, I said you're crazy! The family finally saved some money. Don't you tell me to keep it for our eldest grandson? You have to take out all of this? The appliances are now complete, refrigerators, color TVs, and washing machines. What are you going to buy!"
"What do you know, you old man? Your money is getting bigger every day. If you really get bigger, it's better than waste paper. Buying something is better than putting it on the bank. It can keep the value of things, how much money can be worth? Besides, Aunt Mi is still guarding the whole courtyard in the side dish store. I heard that there are twenty ribs, twelve boxes of cans, pots and pans, a few boxes of eggs, half a jar of sweet noodles sauce, and a sack of salt. I also got a lot of fabrics from the wholesale department, and there are more than fifty cotton wool pants. Looking back, our entire courtyard is divided into pieces, and each family will not have to worry about food and clothing..."
"Hey, I said, who said the RMB is going to depreciate? Where did the rumors come from? You are from the neighborhood committee. When you see others clamoring for slaughtering. You should take care of them. You can't believe it easily, let alone spread it..."
"Hey, I'm too lazy to tell you, you might as well go out and have a look. The banks of all sizes are crowded with people, and they are withdrawing money. You old man, you're so confused..."
I didn't have time to grind my teeth with Uncle Bian anymore. My aunt, who was so tired of talking, drank enough water and simply went into the house to get her passbook. She ignored her wife at all, but turned around and went to the Luo family at the entrance of the yard.
At this time, the pedaler had already placed everything in front of the Luo family according to her assignment.
Aunt Bian thanked her a few times, took out five dollars to pay the car money, and sent the pedaler away.
Master Luo and Aunt Luo looked at this Jing'er but couldn't help but be stunned.
"I said, auntie, are these things you bought?"
"Oh, there's too much! You're almost moving all the stores back. Where is this going?"
Seeing the Luo family's mother-in-law and mother-in-law look confused, Aunt Bian smiled.
"I'll be relieved if I really move the store back. Don't you know? There's a price increase outside, and people are going crazy. The shops are crowded, and they line up when they see the team, and buy things when they see them. They are all better than the Spring Festival temple fair. These are what I got from the wholesale department and I'm divided up for our entire courtyard. Isn't this a bit of convenience in this regard? Oh, I'm so tired. Oh, just this towel and these cotton wool pants are enough for our entire courtyard to spend a few years, and we don't have to go to the store anymore. It doesn't matter if you don't have money at the moment, give the things first and then the money. Who told us that we are old neighbors..."
"Yes, but that's too many. When will you use up so many towels..."
"That's right, these cotton wool pants are so good that there are dozens of them..."
"Just use it slowly, by the way, I forgot to tell you. This is nothing. The most important materials are all in the side food restaurant, and Aunt Mi also watched the goods for our yard. We have food and drink. We still benefited from her, just like in the 1979. However, she has no room for reconciliation, and the public office has to use cash. So I took out my passbook. Is your family's cash enough? Should I go to the bank to get some, let's go together later?"
Master Luo and Aunt Luo looked at each other and were also a little moved.
"The family only has more than one hundred yuan in cash, right? Otherwise, let's withdraw the money too."
"Well, how many can I take? "
Aunt Luo couldn't help asking Aunt Bian, "My aunt, how much is enough to withdraw? Is one thousand enough? Or two thousand?"
"Oh, I can't say that." Aunt Bian shook her head, "Anyway, my family has more than 8,000 yuan in three notes, so I plan to take them out."
"Retrieve all?" Master Luo's couple was startled. "His aunt, have you withdrawn so much money? Are you going to live? Do you really have to move the store?"
"Look at what you said, I took it out because I had to live."
Aunt Bian had her own reasons and said with a sensation, "I'll tell you this, the price increase is because everyone heard that all the prices of goods will be relaxed next month. You think, if merchants want to set prices themselves, they are not determined? So now everyone is buying things that can be saved to maintain their value. Don't look at the many towels, it won't break. There are also these wools, and the sweaters knitted after thirty years are also new. Is this the reason?"
Master Luo and his wife looked at each other again, and were really moved before they knew it.
"Yes, let's go to the bank to withdraw money and then grab the goods. It's too late and I can't grab anything."
"What are you going to grab?"
"What can't you rob? His aunt is right. As long as you buy something, you can keep your value. Anyway, we can't look at the money..."
Seeing that the old couple of Luo family could have such awareness, and seeing that they were both very advised, Aunt Bian was also very pleased.
"Don't worry, just listen to me. You can buy whatever I buy at that time. You must buy with me. Oh, by the way, you have to call Guangliang. He not only has cash, but also has a car, so he has to drive back quickly."
"Oh, is this necessary? His aunt, the child has been doing a lot recently and is very busy. Otherwise, can we hire a car to get it back?"
Aunt Luo is a mother who is afraid of delaying the serious affairs of the child, but Aunt Bian doesn't care about this.
"What else is more important than price increase? If it were anything else, it would be fine. I am worried about food now. You said that there are so many people in our courtyard that we should not get a thousand kilograms of rice or a thousand kilograms of white flour. Otherwise, it would be enough for us to eat, and I would have to ask your third brother to do this...
As he was talking, he called a few people from outside and heard these words, and someone squirted at that time.
"Oh, aunt, I think you are really confused. You are so good. If you want to buy so many rice noodles, you really want to buy them. Where can you put them? You are not full of insects in the yard."
Aunt Bian saw that, okay, it turned out to be the second girl of the Mi family, Mi Xiaoran's sister Mi Xiaohui.
There are two girls of her age around her, and you can tell at a glance that they should be her better classmates.
This is a summer vacation and visiting home.
The old lady had no time to argue with the little maid, so she quickly told the serious things, saying that Aunt Mi also asked her to bring a message to the Mi family and asked Master Mi to withdraw money from her family's passbook.
Unexpectedly, Mi Xiaohui had an idea.
Besides, she is already old and has a good study. This year she is a fresh graduate of the college entrance examination and is waiting for the admission letter at home.
So after hearing what Aunt Bian said, Mi Xiaohui refused to do it. Instead, she said that when the price was reduced in the first two years, Aunt Mi bought chemical fiber cloth and soap, and she should have learned a lesson.
And now there is not much money at home.
In addition to having to support his family in college, even his American nephew has to spend money.
I didn’t have any spare money at home to hoard useless things, so I stopped interfering with it and actually pushed the matter here.
But where is it possible to do this?
Not to mention anything else, I just say that the whole yard is full of Aunt Mi’s treasures to buy goods. What’s the point of putting someone down?
Aunt Bian didn't dare to let her down, so she started blaming Mi Xiaohui for being disobedient and asked her to do business quickly.
However, Mi Xiaohui said that her mother did this purely a blind rush to buy, without any financial acumen, and did not think about whether it would be useful to buy these.
Of course, Aunt Bian said the same thing, "You young people don't understand, just keep your value alive."
Unexpectedly, this sentence worked for my wife and old neighbors. It became useless to deal with Mi Xiaohui, a contemporary young man who has thoughts, his own judgment ability, and his personality.
It was okay if it didn't even say it, but once it was said, it aroused the common disgust of Mi Xiaohui and even her two classmates, and thus triggered a debate that was strikingly argued.
A female classmate said, "What is value preservation? You understand this word first before speaking. At the beginning of the market economy, before you can't bear it. This is just the beginning, just making a fuss. Can't you survive in the future? Ignorance, too ignorant!"
Aunt Bian can't block the little girl, so she refutes immediately.
"What do you kids know? They are still ignorant. This is common sense. Go back and ask your parents. If the country does not limit the price, then soy sauce is less than ten yuan per pound? Whoever sells things will cost as much as they want, it will be messy!"
Another female classmate said, "The country does not restrict the market, economic laws can limit the market. If no one buys soy sauce that costs ten yuan per pound, it will not cost one yuan per pound."
OK, now, Aunt Bian said that she had no words.
However, Aunt Luo said at a critical moment, "It's better to save some money and make some peace of mind. Anyway, I'm afraid of being poor."
Who would have thought that at this time, the eldest grandson of the Luo family and the eldest grandson of the Bian family came out from somewhere.
They are good friends, one cake, and they eat it separately, but while eating it, they are all messy.
They are only one year apart, one is seven years old and the other is six years old. They are a little sensible and still confused when they say they are ignorant.
The eldest grandson of the Bian family was a dog who couldn't spit out ivory. When he saw the goods at the door of the Luo family, he was amazed at it.
"My God, why are there so many white cloths here? How can I use this? Could it be for funerals, filial sons and grandsons are all white, just like they are played in movies..."
The eldest grandson of the Luo family is even more amazing, "Take it down. Are you stupid? Who can use this to hold a funeral now? That's called feudal dregs, which have been eliminated long ago. Now, if you only need to tie a half-foot of black cloth to your arm, you can wear it for a long time and throw it away. That's still filial..."
It is said that children are free to speak, but at this moment, Aunt Bian’s fire is really uncontrollable.
The old lady was annoyed for the two children.
Chapter completed!