Chapter 244 - 240 Not As Happy As Imagined
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Xie Jingchen let his little wife ramble on about various schemes on the way, and only after meeting up with his parents and youngest sister’s family did they finally leave by car. Any longer, and Xiao Si and Xiaoqi would practically be implementing an empty city strategy with their empty stomachs.
The county town of X is after all an economically significant place. Though the areas surrounding the city still have a rural feel, once you reach the city center, you’ll find it already has the makings of a shopping district from later eras.
The buildings are two or three floors high, with the ground floor clearly comprised of small shops – tailors, barbers, snack vendors – among them, those newly renovated are selling ready-to-wear clothes or fashionable items and the like.
After a year of observation, in cities with relatively high transparency, commercialization is an inevitable trend that has been gradually emerging.
Having tasted success, or seeing others getting rich, has emboldened everyone.
In this era, the legal system has indeed progressed a few years faster than what Zhang Shanni had learned from history; the effects are gradually becoming apparent.
After having a late lunch with the family, Xie Jingchen took everyone to the bustling street where the supply and marketing cooperative was located.
The group split into two, with the youngest sister and Xie Tiesheng taking charge of another team. Xiaoqi wanted to follow Second Aunt, but the little aunt shook her head, so Xiaoqi obediently clung to the hem of her little aunt’s clothes.
Once they decided on a meeting point, Zhang Shanni, worried that her aunt’s family might lose track of time, even lent her wristwatch to her little aunt.