Chapter 8: Shortcuts

Huang Lanxiang was muttering about this account all the way to get in the car, and in summary, she felt sorry for my money.

I didn't pick up, my eyes looked out the window curiously, Huang Lanxiang grew up in the village, got married and went to the city to eat public food directly, and I don't know much about many things in the city.

Although the supply and demand of tickets after the reform is not as strict as in the sixties and seventies, it was not until ninety-three years that the end of the ticket era was completely announced, especially in the early days of the reform, when materials were scarce and productivity was lower than the consumption level.

Take food stamps as an example, a normal heavy manual laborer monthly ration is forty catties, remember, I'm talking about heavy manual laborers, ordinary workers are more than 20 catties, children are only seven or eight catties, the ration is not all rice, including sweet potatoes, sorghum rice, corn and the like, take food stamps to the grain store to buy grain, with the ticket a pound only costs more than a dime, then what if you don't have enough to eat?

Don't say that I lose weight, the staple food is not eaten for nothing, a few dozen catties of grain at home is enough, this is 80 years, before that, my country has suffered a major famine, the bran can not be eaten, most of the people use locust leaves to mix cornmeal pot steamed as a staple food, I won't say more cut throat, can't come out!

As for the word 'weight loss', is there any such thing as a word in this year?

Yes!

But that has to be another layer of the realm pursued by the children of the family with quite good conditions, you are in the mood to think about lust when you are warm, ordinary people have no children at home shouting this, the long-term lack of oil and water The amount of food is amazing, and it is not enough to eat at all, you can say 'weight loss' during this period, then the parents have to praise you for your dedication!

As for Ma Tiehong, I think she should be the product of a serious endocrine disorder......

Ahem, the book is back to business, if you don't have enough food to eat, you can only buy bargaining grain, you don't need food stamps, but you need more than four cents and a catty, that is, you spend the market price to buy grain, just like when we were admitted to high school, and if we couldn't pass the exam, we would be bargaining students, and we would spend tens of thousands more to go to school, and I suspect that the word 'bargaining' came from here.

In other words, eggs are the same, are rare things with a ticket ration, not enough to eat, you can only buy through other channels, the market price must be higher than ZF pricing, exhalation in my heart, my nursing home miscellaneous work now provides me with a lot of shortcuts, at least it has been popularized almost!

"Yikes!"

This exclamation frightened Huang Lanxiang for a moment, "Sister, what's wrong?!" The eggs are broken! ”

"No ......"

I stared out the window and saw that it was the pillar of the Ximen Stone Building, which had not been demolished yet!

Inside the pillar is the western vegetable market of Bac Ninh City, this vegetable market is behind a few small buildings, you can see people riding bicycles shuttling through it, there are vegetable baskets hanging on the handlebars, there are some vegetables inside, the car bells are endless, Huang Lanxiang asked me what was wrong, I smiled but didn't answer, I wanted to say that I grew up listening to ghost stories here.

The welfare director who adopted me is equivalent to my adoptive father, he knows all the ghost stories in Bac Ninh City, this place is now called Caishikou, it used to be the execution ground, and the old Bac Ninh has a curse saying, 'You are out of the West Gate!' Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, this place was a city gate tower, and then it was demolished, and there was a stone pillar left, and when I was born, the stone pillar was gone, and the vegetable market finally disappeared, and when I grew up, it was only prosperous.

I didn't think about it, but I really had a chance to see the true face of this era.

After the West Gate Stone Pillar bus is about to arrive in the city, you can see a small square car shuttle on the road, I stared at the car mark for a while, this is Rada Niva, imported from the Soviet Union, and there is a model that is relatively similar to it, people give the nickname 'Little Potato' Fiat 126P, it is also the first choice of contemporary 10,000 households and film and television stars, and the appearance is like the later Alto small POLO!

The Santana crown is not visible from the street now, and it was all from '83.

"Girl, why are you so happy to see this way! Haven't we been here before? ”

I didn't see enough until I got off the car, who is not curious, especially a little bit to confirm what was said by those elders, the mood, it is really up and down!

Huang Lanxiang took my hand and wanted to go directly to the department store, I signaled her not to be in a hurry, followed the flow of people into the residential alley behind the department store, and stopped near a red residential building, Huang Lanxiang asked me who I was looking for, I lifted the basket in my hand to look at her, "Aren't these things to be dealt with first?" ”

Her eyes widened, "You're going to sell." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly controlled the volume, looked around cautiously, and saw that no one was paying attention, so he pulled my hand and whispered, "Buying and selling is speculation." ”

"Speculation refers to illegal acts such as buying short and selling short, hoarding, making and selling counterfeit and inferior, to put it bluntly, it is not for nothing, is it appropriate for you to deduct this hat to me."

I looked at the passers-by in front of me and replied to her expressionlessly, "Who doesn't know that the spring water in Qinghe Village is sweet, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, do you think the nutritional value of these eggs will be low?" ”

"This ......"

Huang Lanxiang was speechless by what I said.

"I changed her eggs to see that they were in difficulty and wanted to help the farmer friends, but there are so many eggs, you also say that I can't eat them, and the people who send them to the canteen have to see Dr. Huo's face to reluctantly accept them, and finally this nutritious native egg becomes an ordinary chicken farm The eggs were stewed with a spoonful......"

Turning my face to look at her, "Don't you think it's a pity?" ”

Huang Lanxiang stammered, and her mouth opened for a long time, "Sister, you, you are really talking now, I can't talk about you, but this kind of thing must be ......"

"Hey, big sister!"

I didn't wait for Huang Lanxiang to finish speaking, I jumped my eyes behind her, more than ten meters away, a woman about thirty years old led the hand of an eight or nine-year-old boy and was walking this way, the woman I felt good at a glance, a little familiar, hot fashionable little curly hair, round face, slightly fat.

Of course, the reason why I can say hello is what she is wearing, a dark women's suit, small block-heeled leather shoes, and a leather bag in her hand, and the boy is wearing brushed bib pants, white and clean, reading books while walking, waiting for this kind of intellectual family who looks well-off with children!

The eldest sister didn't realize that I called her, and she didn't get slightly stunned until I walked in front of her, "Little comrade, do you know me?" ”

"I don't know."

I smiled politely and carried the basket, "That's the case, my relatives in Qinghe Village sent me some native eggs, I really can't eat them alone, and it's a little heavy to carry back, I want to ask you if you want to, the Luhua hen, the chickens are all eating insects and packed grains, many of them are double yellow!" ”

With it, I also lifted the cotton cloth on the basket and showed her, "Sister, look at this head, this is not the kind of eggs supplied by the chicken farm in the farmers' market, you can't buy them normally, give the child one in the morning, and then drink a glass of malt milk essence to ensure that the child's learning ability is greatly improved!" ”

She didn't rush to respond, first looked me up and down, and then frowned a little puzzledly, "Eat bread grain?" Are the chickens in the countryside eating bread grain now? Don't grind cornmeal? ”

As soon as I saw that she was not in a hurry to leave, there was a play, "Sister, now the village has all the productions to the households, and every household can eat enough, so this chicken has also strengthened its nutrition, cornmeal should be ground and grinded, how many chickens will eat a few bags of grain, Qinghe Village, you know, the spring water is famous for its sweetness, you can give this local egg to your child, a native egg, than two or three eggs in the chicken farm are more nutritious!" ”

There is no GMO in these years, and food safety is absolutely assured!

The eldest sister was a little moved, picked up an egg in my basket and looked at it, and then gave me a look towards the alley on the side, it seems that she is still a little taboo, I followed her into the alley, Huang Lanxiang didn't follow, I don't know if I thought I was really doing something unseemly, and I was nervous enough to choke her!

"How did you sell it?"

I looked at the egg in my eldest sister's hand and pulled the corners of my mouth slightly, and replied in a low voice, "You will pick, this one is double yellow, three cents one." ”

"Sanmao?"

She was a little surprised, "I'm ...... at the farmer's market"

"Eldest sister, this is a native egg."

I knew what she was going to say, so I leaned in front of her and whispered an emphasis, "Do you want to believe me and go home with you to take a look, how about you look at the yellow, it is different from the color of the chicken farm under the feed, you can eat the eggs after scrambling, hey, hey, the burnt yellow is called a tender, and the entrance is called a slippery ......"

I don't dare to say anything else, I think the eloquence is okay, the eldest sister swallowed her saliva, and gritted her teeth, "Two cents and five, I want twenty!" ”

I smirked, "It's not good to count, big sister, it's two cents and eight, I don't want a ticket yet, it's really a ...... that I can't take it."

"Two cents and six!"

The eldest sister made a decision, "If you want to do it, just go upstairs with me and let's open one first, don't be fresh, think it's okay, I'll give you money right away, if it doesn't work, forget it!" ”

I saw that it was almost the same, nodded in agreement, followed her into the courtyard door of the community and turned around and shouted to let Huang Lanxiang wait for me in the same place, she stood there with a nervous face and nodded, I really don't know what to be afraid of, the eldest sister chatted with me all the way, asked me what my name is, which unit, I told the truth that I haven't worked yet, and I got married.

The eldest sister was a little surprised when she heard that I was married, "Look at your age, are you twenty?" ”

"In the countryside, everyone gets married early."

She sighed, still holding the boy who knew to read without saying a word, "Then which unit is your lover?" ”

"He works at the military hospital in the West Side."

"Doctor!"

The eldest sister was surprised again, I nodded, people of any age have a sense of precaution, my decent dress is the first priority, and secondly, I have to rely on the identity of that buddy to name me.

Doctor, it's a very decent and respected profession anywhere, and he hasn't been divorced yet, so it's useless to borrow his name.

The eldest sister asked very carefully, the address of the family compound of the title and rank of the family can be answered when I see it, so I am slightly relieved, after entering the house, it is really a big two-bedroom, I don't see the things used by men, the eldest sister is single?

In my heart, the eldest sister let the boy read in the living room, she took me into the kitchen, took a bowl and knocked an egg, and then smiled, "What a stupid egg, the color of this egg yolk is different from the farmer's market......

I smiled and didn't say anything, the eldest sister also smelled the smell carefully, and after making sure that it was fresh, she carefully put down the bowl and went to the leather bag in the living room to get the money, I followed her, and by the way, I looked at the awards of some advanced workers pressed under the desktop glass, and inadvertently glanced at her name, Wen Minghui, this ......

Shocked, he looked carefully at the eldest sister who was counting the money, and the portraits in her mind gradually coincided, "...... Mrs. Wen?!! ”

The eldest sister was stunned for a moment, and the money was still in her hand, "What?" ”

I looked at the little boy who was reading the book and looked like no one was around, "Brother Yuan?!" ”

The little boy was a little unhappy when I was disturbed by this, "Who are you calling, my name is Wen Yuan, not your brother." ”

"Far away!!"

The eldest sister scolded the little boy not to be rude, but I was chilled all over my body in an instant, Wen Yuan?

Isn't this kid my brother, a decade older than me, the only son of Aunt Wen, and a barrister who lives in the United States!

"Comrade Xiaojin? You're alright. ”

I shook my head like a rattle, I couldn't slow down for a while, the sky and the earth, I said how to look at her, she is familiar with her face, and she is my Aunt Wen in my nursing home!

Qinghe Village has good water quality, native eggs are highly nutritious, how to sell this stubble, she told me!