Despite the fact that the small traders and peddlers at the food market often sprayed fresh vegetables with water bottles or beverage bottles to maintain their freshness, by evening, if they couldn't sell out, the vegetables would still wilt. Generally speaking, the market closed around eight or nine at night, and that was exactly when Gong Mingxia arrived, just as the market was about to close.
So, whenever there were special deals, she would buy them. Leafy greens were never cheap in this era or the next, costing about fifty to sixty cents per jin. Before closing time, they were sold by the pile, and with two yuan, she bought a large bag of bok choy, a large bag of Amaranth, because tomorrow she planned to make an Amaranth soup and Stir-fried Green Vegetables with Shrimp.