Since it was decided to leave, the next day Zhou Jiao went along with one mother-in-law and one mom — the two of them to the market.
Since the in-laws went back, they had to bring some local specialties for them as gifts. In Beijing, there's not much in the way of local specialties, but the candied fruits and pastries are quite good.
And Zhang the Second came over this time. It seemed he brought over even all the supplies from his home, more than enough. This kind of sentiment can't be reciprocated with just some small trinkets.
Nowadays, though this ancient city is changing daily, there are visible changes every other period on the streets; however, resources are still lacking, and tickets still hold sway.
Luckily, four people in her family work, and she is too lazy to queue, so she exchanged expiring tickets with friends and family, accumulating quite a few now.
