Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 873 Good intentions lead to bad things

As Aunt Zhou spoke, she leaned next to Zhang Yu and murmured in a low voice: "Let's hurry up. I heard that there will be fish at the grocery store today. If you go there late, you won't be able to buy anything."

"Fish!" Zhang Yu was really surprised this time. To be honest, except for the fish he saw in Banggeng's arms that day, he hadn't seen a fish for a long time.

The fish he got from signing in before were quickly consumed after the system upgrade went awry.

As for the fish he raised in the small pond he dug in space, to be honest, Zhang Yu still doesn't know if the fish in it are still alive because the lotus leaves on it are too dense.

He can eat meat every day if he wants to, but as for fish, he may not be able to eat it unless it happens by chance.

Zhang Yu was thinking in his mind whether to clear out part of the lotus plants in the pond to see if there are any fish left alive, and if so, catch a few fish out. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so it’s a good time to add a dish to the dinner table. .

Having more than enough every year is a good sign, right?

Aunt Zhou said excitedly: "I've been waiting for a long time, and the grocery store has finally started to serve fish. It's good to have fish! If you want to say it's nutritious, it's better to have fish."

In fact, compared to the excitement of being able to eat meat, Aunt Zhou was more concerned about the fact that her daughter had suffered such a heavy punishment last night, so she had to buy a fish to replenish her body.

After Aunt Zhou finished speaking, before Zhang Yu could speak, she grabbed his arm and walked out.

The two of them walked out of the gate and walked directly towards the grocery store.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and grocery stores have begun to supply New Year’s items one after another.

When he came to the non-staple food store, Zhang Yu pretended to take something out of his bag, but in fact he took out the "Beijing Residents' Non-staple Food Purchase Certificate" from the space.

This voucher is the mainstream way to buy things now. Without a voucher, if you want to buy something, the salesperson will not sell it to you.

Because Zhang Yu has an independent household registration, he can usually buy six taels of pork and two taels of sugar every month with the "Beijing Municipal Resident Non-staple Food Purchase Certificate"...

Because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, half a catty of oil and half a catty of meat are given to me this month. With the household registration book, each household can buy two more catties of Fuqiang powder, one catty of soybeans, two catties of mung beans...

Because there is space, Zhang Yu usually uses things purchased openly, such as purchase certificates, to subsidize his sister-in-law and the others.

My sister-in-law and uncle are also very busy this month, so they just make do with whatever they can when it comes to meals. If they really can't make it, my uncle will get a meal from the canteen at work.

My sister-in-law and the others cook less often this month and are often too busy to go home, so Zhang Yu is too lazy to do anything this month. This means that more than half of the month has passed, and Zhang Yu's purchase voucher has not been used at all this month. .

"We're here, we're here, hey, we're just in time, hurry up, hurry up, get in line!"

Aunt Zhou and Zhang Yu were also lucky. As soon as they walked to the door of the grocery store, they saw a truck parked in front of the grocery store, and three porters were unloading things.

You can smell the unique fishy smell from a long way away.

Aunt Zhou was happy when she saw it, and quickly took Zhang Yu and ran to queue.

When Zhang Yu and Aunt Zhou ran over, there was no one in front of them. One of them took the first place and the other took the second place.

Another old lady, one step behind them, came in third place.

Looking at Zhang Yu and the others who were in front of her, the old lady's eyes were full of displeasure. When Zhang Yu and the others were buying fish, the old lady wanted to take them away.

If it weren't for the fact that he came with Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhou's intimidation, Zhang Yu had no doubt that the old lady would directly pull him away.

Looking at the old lady's reaction, Zhang Yu was puzzled. Although the supply of fish today was not too much, he had just seen it. It was definitely not something that a few people could buy. What's the point of being ranked second and third? The difference, as for the regretful look on his face?

When the fish stall in the grocery store opened, the two of them bought the fish very smoothly. After Zhang Yu finished buying the fish, he looked back and saw that there was already a long queue behind him. Zhang Yu knew from a casual estimate that there must be at least thirty or forty people.

The people at the back stared intensely at the fish in Zhang Yu and his hands. Zhang Yu was so frightened that he quickly put the fish in his bag, then turned and walked away.

Aunt Zhou had already said hello to Zhang Yu. She was in a hurry to go home and make fish soup for her daughter, so she was going back after buying the fish, so she didn't wait for Zhang Yu.

Walk a few steps inside and you'll find the meat stall.

Looking at the young man selling meat, Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment. Shouldn't he be at the department store? Why did he come here?

However, seeing that there were only a few people at the meat stall, Zhang Yu thought about the meat tickets in his hand and decided to cut two kilograms of meat and go back to stew braised pork for his sister-in-law and the others.

Just when Zhang Yu was about to go over and queue up, the young man selling meat happened to see Zhang Yu.

After recognizing Zhang Yu, the other party pursed his lips and motioned to Zhang Yu to wait aside for a while.

Although he didn't know why, Zhang Yu knew that the other party would not harm him, so he waited by his side honestly.

After the first few people left, two more people came, and the young man motioned for Zhang Yu to line up.

When it was Zhang Yu's turn, the pork counter happened to be sold out, so the young man took out a new piece from the house and cut a good piece of pork belly for Zhang Yu.

Then he motioned to Zhang Yu to just leave and not talk to him.

Zhang Yu naturally accepted the young man's kindness.

At the same time, I secretly sighed that no matter which profession I was in, I had my own way.

After cutting the meat, Zhang Yu thought about it and felt that he already had most of the other things in his space, and there was nothing left to buy.

If it weren't for the name of eating meat, he wouldn't buy it from outside.

Since he was not going to buy anything, Zhang Yu also planned to go home.

But before leaving, Zhang Yu still went out for a walk, and then took out three kilograms of eggs from the space under the cover of an alley.

Just after walking around outside, the meat stalls were sold out.

When Zhang Yu passed by, the young man's stall was almost cleared.

Now I finally have time to say hello to Zhang Yu.

"Xiaoyu, you didn't even tell me when you came to buy meat. If you tell me, I'll save it for you directly, so you don't have to wait in line here."

Zhang Yu: "How can I bother you again? Besides, I just came here today for a casual stroll, and I also wanted to buy meat on an impromptu basis."

When Zhang Yu said this, the young man waved his hand directly: "What relationship do we have? You are still polite to me. Next time you buy meat, just tell me in advance and I will save it for you in advance."

"Okay, okay." Zhang Yu agreed verbally. As for whether he would do that in the future, he definitely wouldn't. He is not short of meat. Besides, no matter how good the relationship is, he can't always trouble others.

(End of this chapter)