Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 14 Pork Feast

People these days basically choose fatty meat when they buy pork. The main reason is that a person only has three taels of oil a month, which is not enough to eat. Therefore, in order to ensure that the cooking at home has oil and water, it is necessary to buy pig fat to consume oil, and the leftovers Under the 'oil shuttle', can be used for cooking.

But for Duan Yun, lean pork ribs are obviously his favorite.

In addition, the price of other meat is also cheap, which makes Duan Yun slap his tongue: Grade meat is [-] cents a pound, while waiting for a small steak, it only costs [-] pound!
Without further ado, Duan Yun directly bought two pounds of lean meat.

In fact, Duan Yun wants to buy more meat, but there is no refrigerator these days, and there is no place to put it back when he buys it, so sometimes he can only buy it now.

Seeing that there were still [-] jin of bones on the stall, Duan Yun planned to buy it for stew, but was told by the stall owner that the bones must be certified by an orthopaedic doctor in a local hospital. This stuff is as nutritious as pork liver. Cai, in desperation, Duan Yun had to give up.

From the butcher shop, Duan Yun went to the shop next to him to buy some condiments such as pepper anise and cinnamon for stewing meat.

Duan Yun plans to improve his life by himself at night.

Although Duan Yun in his previous life has always been rough about life, he is a little particular about food.

A few days after his rebirth, there was no meat on the table, which made him feel a little broken, so now that he is rich, he must replenish himself and his family with oil and water.

After shopping, Duan Yun returned home.

In fact, Duan Yun originally wanted to make a braised pork meal, but he couldn't buy that kind of pork belly without a meat ticket, so he could only retreat and cook some ordinary meat dishes.

But when Duan Yun took a full two pounds of meat to the water room to wash off the blood and foam, he still surprised the seven or eight neighbors who had gone home from get off work and started cooking.

You know, in the past, the mother and daughter of the Duan family seldom cooked meat, not even once a month.

The old ladies in the neighbors also like to compare each other, who eats fish today and who eats meat tomorrow, but no matter what, you can always find some sense of superiority from the Duan family's food...

Today, Duan Yun will start to reverse the consistent contempt of his neighbors.

"Buying so much meat, isn't it enough for the Duan family?"

"It's a waste of money. I bought all the lean meat. The Duan family's head really is a fool!"

"It's only been less than half a month since I entered the factory, and the wages haven't opened yet, so it's starting to squeak..."

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Several old ladies who were washing vegetables together whispered with their backs to Duan Yun, their faces full of disdain and contempt.

It is said that the folk customs of the 80s are simple and honest, but Duan Yun's family is a little 'unfortunate', surrounded by some 'excellent' neighbors.

Duan Yun didn't hear the discussions behind these people, but even if he did, he wouldn't take it seriously.

A full two kilograms of meat were cut into slices, and all the meat slices were made into semi-finished products, completely disregarding the poor meat oil at home.

Of course, it is impossible for Duan Yun's family of three to eat more than two catties of meat in one meal, and the semi-finished products are easier to save.

In fact, it did not use much oil. Although the meat that Duan Yun bought was all lean meat, there was still some fat on it, so it was not enough for Duan Yun to consume all of his 'family property' in one meal. .

"Brother, you are crazy..."

The younger sister, who had just come home from school, was stunned and stunned when she saw that Duan Yungang had made half a pot of sliced ​​meat.

Although Duan Fang told her brother that she wanted to eat meat before, she also knew that he had some spare money now. He originally thought that his brother would buy two or three taels of meat to open meat, but he did not expect that he would buy so much at one time.

"Just in time, help me wash the dishes." Duan Yun looked back at his sister and said.

"When did you learn to cook?" Duan Fang saw her brother cooking for the first time, and continued, "You didn't study in the countryside again, did you?"

"I know and ask!?"

"Brother, you also bought too much meat. The weather is hot, so you won't be able to keep it for long." Duan Fang said with a frown.

"If it doesn't grow long, then let's eat more at night." Duan Yun pouted his lips when he heard this, and continued: "You see that you are thin now, just when you are growing your body. If you are too short, you will not be able to marry!"

"It's up to you!" Duan Fang blushed when she heard this, and angrily raised her small fist and slapped her brother's back lightly.

But the next moment, Duan Fang brought a smile to the corner of her mouth, turned around and went home to help her brother wash the vegetables.

In the previous life, although Duan Yun was 'supported' by his girlfriend Xiao Luo most of the time, he rarely went to the kitchen by himself, but occasionally when his girlfriend worked overtime, Duan Yun would cook by himself.

Duan Yun's cooking skills are not as good as his previous girlfriend Ronaldinho, but his level is actually better than the average person.

Duan Yun turned the fire to the maximum, and the billowing oil smoke instantly rose in the corridor.

Potato slices, stir-fried pork with green peppers, shredded pork with mustard, over-oiled pork...almost all meat dishes.

The aroma of meat and vegetables in the corridor almost made the children in the corridor cry. After seeing Duan Yun making meat, children from two families cried and shouted with their mother to eat meat. The scene seemed very funny at one time.

And when the mother got home from get off work, the Duan Yun brothers and sisters had already prepared a whole table of sumptuous dishes.

"This is..." Duan Yun's mother, Gao Xiuzhi, frowned when she saw the sumptuous dishes on the table.

"Mom, sit down and eat." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"What's the matter with this meal?" Gao Xiuzhi has always been diligent and thrifty. Even during the New Year's and festive seasons, the dinner table at home has never been so rich.

And so many meat dishes require a lot of money and oil, which is simply too extravagant for Gao Xiuzhi, who has always wanted to spend a penny in half!
"Mom, brother is starting to make a lot of money now." Fang Fang, who was very obedient, served her mother a bowl of steaming rice and said with a smile.

"Isn't your brother just working for half a month, what kind of money can you make?" Gao Xiuzhi said with a sigh.

"Wages are wages." After Duan Yun sat down, he put a piece of meat in his mother's bowl and said, "Mom, I've done a little business recently..."

"Doing business? What business?" Gao Xiuzhi's face suddenly sank when she heard that.

Speculation in the past two years has been a serious crime. Although the state has allowed the existence of self-employed individuals in 82, in fact, many relevant policies at that time were in a stage of crossing the river by feeling the stones, and the attitudes towards small traders and self-employed individuals were ambiguous. In the city of Daxing, it has always been the focus of the public security crackdown.

In addition, the reputation of self-employed small traders is not very good. Many people even scare children who do not work hard and say, "If you don't study hard, you will be allowed to practice on the street and become self-employed!"

There is also a popular saying: "If a big girl wants to experience life and practice shouting, she should quickly marry the self-employed!"

In the Red Star Gear Factory, the people who do small business are basically some unemployed young people who have been released after serving their sentences or are unemployed in the society. They are usually looked down upon and despised by the factory workers. The employees of state-owned enterprises have a natural feeling for such small traders. A sense of superiority, but I don't know that these small traders may make more money every day than they do every month.

Gao Xiuzhi knew that her son was not smart enough in the past, and that the business was lost. If the police were caught by the police as a speculator, it would definitely be a disaster for their family!

"Mom, brother, he's in the whole electrical repair business, so it's not speculative." Duan Fang saw her mother's worries and interjected.

"Electrical repair?" Gao Xiuzhi was taken aback when she heard the words.

"It's like this..." Duan Fang started talking to her mother about Duan Yun's maintenance work in the past two days.

In addition, Duan Fang also told her mother about the things that the school teachers helped to promote, and the more than 100 yuan Duan Yun earned in the past two days.

"Xiaoyun, do you really know how to repair electrical appliances?" Gao Xiuzhi asked in disbelief after listening to her daughter's story.

What makes Gao Xiuzhi even more incredible is that Duan Yun has earned more than 100 yuan in just a few days, which is almost equivalent to her salary for several months!
"Mom, my brother's modified radio is good. There is no noise, and more than a dozen channels can be found." Duan Fang said aside.

"I went to the countryside and met a radio expert in the brigade in the past few years. He learned from others. Although the technology is average, the small problems of ordinary household appliances can still be repaired." Duan Yun said with a smile.

"If you really have this ability, that's a great thing, and it's worth celebrating." At this moment, Gao Xiuzhi's face finally softened.

"Let's eat, you have to reheat when it's cold." Duan Yun motioned for the meal.

"Brother, I wish you a prosperous business, you eat this piece of meat first." Duan Fang said, and put a piece of oily meat into Duan Yun's bowl.

"Okay, the family is so polite to eat." Duan Yun smiled when he saw this.

"I'm starving to death..." My sister Duan Fang heard the words, she couldn't hold back the temptation of the table full of sliced ​​meat, she took a piece of oily meat and put it in her mouth.

The fresh and tender pieces of meat seemed to melt on the tip of his tongue, and the rich aroma instantly occupied all her taste buds, feeling a little hot, Duan Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't wait to put another piece in his mouth, the strong aroma of meat made her mouth hot. There were tears in her eyes, and she looked at her brother with a sense of surprise and happiness.

Duan Yun also tasted the dish he made himself, and the deliciousness of the sliced ​​meat surprised him too.

The pork in the 80s is basically native pigs raised by farmers, which is completely different from the feed pigs of later generations.

In addition, in this era, there is no refrigeration and freezing equipment, and pork is sold immediately, so in terms of taste and freshness, it is also better than the pork of later generations.

"Brother, so your cooking skills are so good..." Duan Fang was full of praise for her brother's cooking.

Maybe it's the reason why I haven't seen meat for a while, Duan Fang was very happy to eat, her greasy mouth was full, she kept pulling the food into her mouth, and she didn't have the restraint that a little girl should have.

The mother's face also showed a long-lost smile. From time to time, she served the two brothers and sisters with dishes, and the atmosphere was extraordinarily warm.

Duan Yun was also very happy to see this scene. He also ate quite satisfied with this meal, and wiped out three whole bowls of rice in one go.

After the meal, after the three of them tidied up the table, their mother, Gao Xiuzhi, motioned Duan Fang to go out. She wanted to talk to Duan Yun about something alone.

"Mom has something important to talk to you about." Seeing Duan Fang leaving, Gao Xiuzhi took out a large suitcase from under her bed.

(End of this chapter)