Rebirth starts with small money

Chapter 3 Tasks and Pork Head Meat (for investment in collection)

After leaving the gate of the grain station, there is a road outside.

Uh... not concrete, not even asphalt.

This is actually a country road made of stone and dirt.

On this road, when it rains, any car with a lower chassis will drive over, 100% will lie down.

At this moment, because of the previous white rain, some potholes on the road had accumulated some water, which made Chen Li have to pay attention to his feet all the time.

And on the other side of the road is the Erlong River, which is also the place where Wei Lao Er wanted to go fishing before.

It seems that there are still many people fishing in the Erlong River at this moment. Obviously, these people were not affected by the white rain just now.

After all, for fishermen, what is a white rain?

Not far away, in the shallower section of the river, there were a few bare-bottomed children playing in the river. In the dialect of Erlong, this is called a bath.

After walking through this section of the muddy road for more than [-] meters, it is considered to be the streets of Erlong Town.

In the entire Erlong Town, there are only two streets.

An old street, a new street.

Chen Li didn't go to the old street, but walked directly to the new street.

The new street and the old street are actually two parallel roads, but the old street is relatively narrow, and the new street is actually just a section of road.

In the past few years, the old street was actually fine, but with more and more people doing business, the old street gradually could not meet the needs of these people, so some people began to occupy the road on both sides of the road.

Especially when it comes to rushing to the market, this section of the road will be surrounded by farmers who come to the town to sell vegetables and fruits, as well as small vendors selling other commodities. Over time, this section of the road is also called Xinjie.

Today is not a day to go to the market, so there are actually no people on Xinjie.

On non-market days, almost all the "business" in Erlong Town is concentrated on the old street.

However, there are exceptions.For example, the stewed vegetable stand that Chen Li went to right now.

In fact, there are braised vegetables in Laojie, but the taste is not as good as this one. What's more, the braised vegetables stall in Xinjiekou looks more hygienic.

"Uncle Deng, cut me a pork head for five yuan."

"That's great! Oh, it's Xiaoli! Put more coriander and chili oil, right?"

Uncle Deng, the owner of the stewed vegetables stall, first agreed, and then he recognized Chen Li.

Obviously, this Uncle Deng also knew Chen Li, the "child of someone else's family", very well.

In fact, most of the people in Erlong Town knew each other, basically there was only a question of familiarity and unfamiliarity.

Skillfully cut the meat, weigh it, then cut the meat, add minced garlic, sesame oil, chili oil, coriander and other ingredients, mix well, and a cold pork head meat is ready.

"Thank you!"

"No thanks, no thanks. Oh, Xiaoli is still sensible and polite."

Chen Li took out five yuan, then took the plastic bag handed over by Uncle Deng, turned around and prepared to go home.

He actually prefers to eat cold pork ears, but unfortunately, the price of pig ears is more expensive than pork head meat. Today, his money is a bit "tight", so he has no choice.

Don't look at the five yuan pork head meat, but in 97, the pork in Erlong Town was only three yuan a catty, so five yuan pork head meat was actually quite a lot.

After all, it's not about eating this stuff, it's just improving the food.

Chen Li was carrying a plastic bag, and had just walked past the entrance of the old street when he heard a shout from behind.

"Qiangba~! Come back for dinner~!"

Chen Li couldn't help raising his hand and poking his ear. This is probably the legendary "communication basically depends on roaring"!

Well, it's just a joke.Even though Erlong Town isn't very developed now, it's been 97 after all, so it's not that backward.

Chen Li knew by the voice that the person shouting was Ms. Wang (aunt) who sells clothes in the old street, and the strong baby she was talking about was her son who just entered the first grade of junior high school.

Chen Li was about to go home, but suddenly he was taken aback. The task came.

"Ding dong~!"

"Task: (Find someone)"

"Mission description: Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, please help Wang Chunhua find her own son."

"Mission Reward: Huaxia Coin (2 Yuan)"

"Receive it?"

There was no reason to hesitate, Chen Li took the task directly, then turned around and walked towards the lady Wang who was about to shout again.

"Madam Wang, Qiangwa is taking a bath over there in the pump room! He can't hear you calling here."

After approaching, Chen Li lowered his voice so low that only Madam Wang could hear it.

"What's the matter? Sun Qiang, who's a bitch, ran to take a bath in the river again. I'm going to beat your ass to pieces today."

Chen Li did not receive any thanks for his "whistle-blowing" behavior, because after listening to Chen Li's words, Madam Wang picked up the clothes rail in the store and ran towards Erlong River.

However, Chen Li knew very well that although he did not receive any thanks, his favorability with this Madam Wang had actually increased a bit.

In this way, when the family buys clothes in the future, this Madam Wang will earn a few dollars less for her family.

It's just a drink and a peck, which increases the favorability here, and Chen Li's favorability with Sun Qiang will naturally decrease.However, Chen Li didn't care about this either.

Sun Qiang is just a kid in the first grade of junior high school, and his threat to him is almost equal to zero.

And now that the system upgrade is approaching, no one can stop Chen Li from doing tasks.

Chen Li had done statistics in a small notebook before. Since the system was upgraded to two yuan, he has completed 297 tasks.

The task itself is not difficult, almost all trivial things.

It's just that the time span of these 297 tasks exceeds one year, and on average, there is less than one task per day.

If Chen Li's estimate is correct, once he has completed 300 missions, the experience required for system upgrade should be full.

Today, Chen Li accepted two tasks in one day, not only earned four yuan, but also brought him one step closer to the day when the system would be upgraded.

This made Chen Li feel elated instantly, and even the pace of going home seemed lighter.

"We ordinary people, we are really happy today, we ordinary people, we are really happy today, hey~ happy!"

In addition to being overjoyed, Chen Li couldn't help humming this little song that he didn't know if it had been released yet.

Returning from the original road, just as he walked to the gate of the grain station, Chen Li heard the voice of the lady Wang again, but it was also mixed with the cry of a child.

Uh. The singing in Chen Li's mouth stopped instantly, he changed his walk to run, and ran directly into the gate of the grain station, not even paying attention to the sound of mission completion in his head at this moment.

He didn't want to run into Ms. Wang's mother and son. If Ms. Wang said thank you again, then that little brat Sun Qiang wouldn't hate him?

Although Sun Qiang, a kid who just entered the first grade of junior high school, did not pose any threat to him, but such things as whistleblowers should be avoided as much as possible.

Chen Li is what everyone calls "other people's child", and he still cares about reputation.

After entering the gate of the grain station, Chen Li returned home with a bag containing pig's head meat, but before entering the house, he saw Chen Xue who had just returned from school.

"Brother, what are you doing? Are you buying pork head again?"

The sharp-eyed Chen Xue saw the plastic bag in Chen Li's hand at a glance, and couldn't help swallowing while speaking.

"Well, you can eat more later."

Chen Li touched his sister's little head, but felt a little emotional in his heart.

Hey~!Look, this kid is holding back, seeing pork head meat is like seeing some delicacies from mountains and seas.

But it's not that Chen's father and Chen's mother are stingy, the Chen family's life is still good, but Chen Xue still has relatively few chances to eat braised vegetables.

Generally, if it is not a special day or a visitor from home, Chen's father and Chen's mother will definitely not go to the stewed vegetable stall to buy food.

It's not that I can't afford it, but that I don't have a chance to eat it.

In Chen's father's and Chen's mother's opinion, spending money to buy stewed pork is better than cutting a catty of meat and frying it at home.

A catty of meat is enough to feed the four members of the Chen family for two days.

The current eating habits of the Chen family are quite regular. Breakfast is porridge and kimchi, and Chen Li and Chen Xue each have two boiled eggs.

Lunch is considered a main meal, and there are usually two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, or one meat and one soup.

If it is boiled meat soup or meatball soup, then it is one soup and one vegetarian dish.

And for dinner, noodles are most of the time.Chen Li and Chen Xue will each have a fried golden egg.

Don't think that this kind of diet is very simple. Although the living conditions of the Chen family are not good in Erlong Town, they can be regarded as above average.

You must know that even those residents of Erlong Town who have urban household registration these days, not everyone can eat meat every day.

"Mom, brother bought pork head meat back."

Chen Xue took the plastic bag from Chen Li's hand, bouncing and walking towards Chen's kitchen.

But as soon as she entered the kitchen with her front foot, Mother Chen's voice came from the kitchen with her back foot.

"Bought these things again, what's so delicious about this pig's head meat?"

"I told your son not to spend money indiscriminately. You bought so many pork heads in a blink of an eye. I think you want to get a beating."

As his mother walked out of the kitchen with a plastic bag in one hand and a spatula in the other, Chen Li shrank his neck involuntarily.

However, he was not too worried that his mother would beat him, after all, Chen Li had basically never been beaten since he was reborn.

Not only was he not beaten, but he even became what other parents called a "child of someone else's family".

But he was really afraid of his mother's nagging.If Chen Li didn't give an explanation, then the meal at noon today might not be clean.

"Mom, didn't you get caught in the rain when harvesting grain in the white rain?"

"I thought Dad would definitely drink at noon today. This is the appetizer I bought for Dad."

"And I didn't buy much, I just bought three yuan worth of pork head meat."

"Look, there are two yuan left!"

Chen Li took out the two yuan reward for the task from his pocket, and waved it in front of his mother.

"Three dollars?"

Wang Dongmei weighed the weight in the plastic bag in her hand and nodded.

"You bought it from Lao Deng again? You Uncle Deng is quite honest in his business."

"Unlike Zhang Mazi in Old Street, I used to go to his house to buy stewed vegetables, and I would definitely be short of catties."

"But don't spend money indiscriminately in the future, or you won't be given pocket money in the future."

Wang Dongmei spoke fiercely, but she was actually quite satisfied with her son.

A total of five yuan was given to his son before, but Chen Li did not spend it himself, but chose to add food to the family.

For example, compared to those children who took their pocket money and went to the game arcade to spend it, her son's performance was quite satisfactory to her.

"Oh, I see!"

"Mom, give me the pork head, I'll put it on a plate!"

Chen Li nodded quickly, he knew that he would not have to be nagged by his mother for this lunch today!
(End of this chapter)