Chapter 7, eight cents a pound
Listening to the voices around her, Mei Xue knew something, "Grandma, how much can we sell for so much?"
Grandma He smiled, seeing that Xiaoxue was so nervous, she thought that Xiaoxue was frightened by the money: "No less than thirty yuan." ”
Mei Xue is going crazy, there are at least thirty catties here, and they are all sold for only thirty yuan, oh my God, can she not sell them?
"Haha, this is expensive, and now it can be sold for at least eight cents a catty. Grandma He said proudly.
Eight Mao?
Mei Xue is really crazy: "Grandma, let's not sell it, okay?"
"What's wrong?" Grandma He asked, finding a spot, pausing.
"It's so cheap, and it's sold at a loss. "Mei Xue can't say that this thing can be sold for hundreds or thousands in the future.
When I was not alive, meat was not something that ordinary people could eat, even if it was a rich family, it was just a few meals a month.
She's hungry for meat, too.
"Cheap?" Grandma He couldn't help laughing, "Do you know how much pork costs a pound? Pigs are only two cents a pound a piece, this thing has meat and meat, but it can't stand up to thorns, it's a few cents cheaper than pork." ”
Hearing this, Mei Xue didn't dare to ask any more, so she could only listen to her grandmother's words and sell it.
Fortunately, there are really a lot of people who like this thing, and it was sold out in about an hour.
With thirty yuan in her hand, Grandma He looked happy, "Let's go, grandma will buy you meat to eat." ”
Hearing the meat, Mei Xue's mood was better. "Well, I also buy oil. "There's still crabs in her space that haven't been fried.
"Haha, buy. ”
At this time, everyone eats lard, and few people eat vegetable oil, which is expensive.
Besides, you can boil a lot of oil by buying some fatty meat, and the oil residue can also be eaten with rice, which is more cost-effective.
So, the unwitting Mei Xue was taken to a deep pit road again, which made her like the smell of lard.
Now the buying and selling are all private, and when Mei Xue followed her grandmother to the pork stall, the meat here was still bleeding, and it looked like it had just been killed.
"The old lady wants meat?" Boss Pig was also very hospitable, and asked Grandma He with a rough smile.
I don't panic when I have money in my hand, and the old lady has dozens of dollars, and the confidence is called a foot.
"Bring me two pounds of fat and half a pound of lean meat. "Generally, there will be fewer people who buy lean meat and more people who buy fatty meat, because fatty meat can be boiled in oil.
And lean meat has no oil and water, and it is still very firewood, if it is not cheap, it will not be bought at home.
Smelling the aroma of this pork, Mei Xue swallowed her saliva, the soft and glutinous braised pork (only seen in the picture), and the sweet and sour pork ribs (in the picture) and so on.
Mei Xue wanted to rob this boss, but reason stopped her.
However, the appearance of swallowing saliva made everyone look at it, and Grandma He looked distressed.
If she is her granddaughter, how could she be so gluttonous, and her distress starts here.
"Xiaoxue, grandma will give you stew to eat at night. Grandma He held Mei Xue's hand tightly, as if she couldn't help but step forward to eat raw meat.
Mei Xue also came back to her senses at this time, and was a little embarrassed, "Hehe, grandma is so nice." ”
The boss saw that the grandfather and grandson were very kind, and laughed loudly: "The old lady really loves the child, if this meat is to be stewed, it is better to have this piece of meat, and the price is cheaper than fatty meat." ”
The boss took out a piece of pork belly from behind the board, which was almost a pound or more, which was originally reserved for his son to eat.
Seeing them so loving, the boss couldn't help but take them out.
As soon as she saw the pork belly, Mei Xue's eyes lit up, and she looked at Grandma He with a longing expression.
Where could the old lady stand Mei Xue's pleading eyes, and immediately nodded painfully: "Cheng, the boss will take this piece, and the lean meat will not be wanted." ”
The boss is blinded, why don't you want lean meat, he... Forget it, forget it, be kind.
Of course, Mei Xue saw the embarrassment of the boss, but she didn't have much money, so she could only buy more meat next time she had money.
"The old lady gave it to you, a total of four catties and one tael, count you four catties. The boss threaded the meat with straw rope and handed it to the old lady. 、
Mei Xue hurriedly took it.
Looking at her like a little childish, the old lady couldn't cry or laugh: "Give." "After paying, it's not early, and the work in the field is not finished yet, so I have to go back.
"Xiaoxue, let's go home. The old lady pulled Mei Xue and walked the way she had come.
"It's all up to grandma. "Mei Xue doesn't ask for much, it's good to have meat to eat today.
Grandma He was happy, and the grandparents and grandchildren walked home with a full harvest.
When I got home, it was almost noon, and after walking all the way, I ate something at home in the morning, and now my stomach is already empty.
As soon as she entered the house, Mei Xue walked to the kitchen with the meat: "Grandma, you go and rest for a while, I'll cook." ”
The old lady was really tired, and she was not polite to her granddaughter-in-law: "Cheng, then I'll go sit down, I'm old and useless." ”
sat under the eaves and rested for a while, and when she came to her senses, the kitchen also emitted a fragrance, and the old lady was a little reluctant in her heart, but she saw Xiaoxue's thin body again.
"Forget it, it's a blessing to be able to eat. ”
I got up, went to the well and washed my face, and the whole person was much more energetic.
Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, this well is also the groundwater in the mountains, which is cool and thirst-quenching, and has a hint of sweetness.
There is a water well in the front yard of the house, and there is a shallow well dug by the house at the back of the house, which is used to wash clothes and vegetables on weekdays.
Mei Xue washes rice and washes vegetables with the water behind the kitchen, Mei Xue is a person with strong mobility, and she quickly stuffed the food, and she didn't make the dishes too complicated.
Of course, no matter how complicated it was, she could only cut some lean meat, chop it up, and then make a meatball soup.
The vegetables are simpler, they are all home-grown, and this is the time of the harvest of vegetables at home.
Two simple dishes, one dish and one soup, one meat and one vegetable, "Grandma, it's time to eat." "The sun is getting bigger and bigger, and it's hot in the kitchen because of the fire.
Mei Xue brought the dishes to the small table outside the kitchen, which is usually used by her family to eat, and visitors will eat in the kitchen, because there is a large table in it.
If you want to do wine at home, you have to eat at the courtyard and in the hall, and it is just right for the grandparents and grandchildren to eat at a small table.
The rice was also turned on early, and the stove is used for cooking here, and Mei Xue will use it, which is similar to her cooking in the field on weekdays.
"Come on, my Xiaoxue is a disaster. The old lady hung her towel on the wall of the house.
The houses in Hejia Village are wooden houses, and many things can be hung by nails and ropes on the wooden walls.
This lunch was very sweet, Grandma He was happy that her grandson finally married her daughter-in-law, and Mei Xue was happy that she could finally live a full meal without being afraid.