The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 11, Grocery shopping

After going out, I walked to the bus station and took the bus for about ten minutes before arriving at Dongdan Vegetable Market.

Dongdan Vegetable Market is not small in scale and is one of the four major vegetable markets in the imperial capital. It has a complete range of vegetables, fish, and dry goods, but Li Weiguo doesn't really need them. He has vegetables himself, so he only needs to buy a chicken and some meat.

But after walking around for a long time, Li Weiguo realized that he was careless.

This chicken is not so easy to buy.

Chicken, duck and geese are only served once a year during major festivals (Spring Festival, National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc.).

According to the household registration, they are divided into "large households" and "small households". Depending on the population, the amount of supply is different.

At that time, you need to go to the vegetable market at three o'clock in the middle of the night to start queuing up, and there are people who use vegetable baskets, bricks, and benches to occupy seats.

At that time, the whole vegetable market was crowded and noisy.

If you want to buy chickens, ducks and geese, you have to wait in line for 6-8 hours, which is not easy.

If you want to buy chickens, ducks and geese in the vegetable market on weekdays, you don't even think about it.

Get up early in the morning and go to the pigeon market to try your luck to buy one.

If you can't buy chicken, let's buy meat. Fortunately, I still have 5 taels of meat tickets in my pocket.

At this time, the meat kiosk has not yet started construction, but hundreds of people lined up one by one and waited patiently.

It was the first time for Li Weiguo to experience this kind of scene, and he followed the queue with great interest.

It wasn't until eight or nine o'clock, when the sun was high, that the pork guy slowly came out, and then began to put various pieces of meat and tools for chopping and selling meat.

First of all, cut off the good pieces of meat ordered by the relevant departments of the government and organizations.

Secondly, part of the pork liver and ribs are reserved for hospitals and kindergartens, and then the backdoor meat of each person's relationship is cut.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, after a while, there were not many good pieces of meat left in my heart.

After the pork guy cuts the back door meat, he starts selling it to the common people.

From the 50s to the early 80s, there was a general lack of oil and water, so fat meat was more popular than lean meat.

If you know the butcher and ask him to "tilt" when operating the knife, it will definitely be a great honor and worth showing off for 5 minutes.

The line to buy meat kept shortening, and some people bought more fat meat, and they were happy for a long time, and kept thanking the pork guy.

Some people have more lean meat, so they can only admit that they are unlucky, and secretly say a few words, but they dare not complain to the pork guy face to face.

The people behind stretched their necks and kept looking forward, wanting to see how much meat had been sold.

After waiting in line for almost two hours, it was Li Weiguo's turn.

At this time, the fat meat and pork suet on the meat stall were gone, leaving only lean and slightly fat pieces of meat, pig offal and pork bones, and there were still some ribs left.

There is no choice, it all depends on how people do it.

"Master, please help me cut 5 taels of meat. How can I sell these big bones and ribs?" Li Weiguo looked at the meat stall and pointed at a pile of bones and asked.

"5 taels of meat, 5 cents, 5 taels for meat. Bones and ribs are [-] cents a catty, no tickets required." The pork guy said while cutting the meat.

Li Weiguo: "Okay, master, please help me with ten pounds of large bones and ten pounds of pork ribs."

As he spoke, he took out ten yuan and thirty-five cents and five taels of meat coupons from his pocket and handed them over.

The pork guy was startled, looked up at Li Weiguo, but didn't say anything.

After receiving the money ticket, he quickly cut five taels of fat and thin pork, and skewered them with bamboo sticks.

At the same time, we weighed 10 catties of big bones, tied them with ropes, chopped another 10 catties of ribs, wrapped them in oiled paper, and put them all in Li Weiguo's vegetable basket.

After buying the meat, I went to the vegetable market again. I saw fish on sale at the fish stand and wanted to buy one, but I gave up after thinking about it. Cooking fish is too expensive. There is not much oil left at home. This fish can’t be cooked well. , let's talk about it later.

After taking the bus for another ten minutes, I returned to Nanluoguxiang.

When passing by a grocery store, I bought two bottles of Red Star.

When I walked to a deserted place, with a thought, I put 5 kilograms of pork bones and 5 kilograms of ribs in the vegetable basket.

At the same time, another ten kilograms of vegetables were put out, including white radish, cabbage, green peppers, lettuce, beans, etc., and some onions, ginger, and garlic were also taken out.

Cover the pork and bones with green vegetables, and then slowly walk home.

As soon as I entered the front yard, I saw the third uncle taking care of the green onions planted at his door.

When the third uncle saw Li Weiguo coming back with a basket of vegetables, he immediately came over and said, "Hey, Weiguo, how can you buy so many vegetables? This radish and cabbage looks so fresh."

Touching the white radish in the vegetable basket, he said with a smile: "Wei Guo, it's troublesome for you to cook by yourself. Do you want to join forces with the third master, and I will leave it to your third mother to do the cooking in the future. You just sit down and cook." Just wait and eat, how about it?"

He is worthy of being the iron abacus Yan Laoxi. He can make you lose three ounces of oil just by walking through his door.

However, although the third master is stingy and calculating, Li Weiguo still appreciates it.

A primary school teacher earns only 42 yuan a month, supporting a family of six.

It is said that the younger ones will eat me to death. They have three sons and one daughter. The eldest, Yan Jiecheng, is two years younger than Li Weiguo and is still in high school. The youngest, Yan Jiedi, is about the same age as Banggeng and is only 6 years old.

The four boys and girls are growing up, and it is the age when there is a lack of oil and water. They can eat better than the other. They can support the whole family with their own salary. They survived the famine for three years and helped them all the way. To start a family and start a business is a great thing.

In the original play, you can see the character of the third master by picking up garbage to earn money to subsidize the silly pillar.

Although he is stingy, calculating, and has some minor flaws, his integrity has not been lost. Li Weiguo still admires the third uncle very much.

Thinking of this, Li Weiguo said with a smile: "Third Master, didn't I join the steel rolling mill? I made an appointment with Shazhu to celebrate together. I will serve the dishes, and he will serve the crafts."

After a pause, he said again, "Why don't you have a drink together later?"

Upon hearing this, the third master became excited: "That's good, okay, I still have a bottle of Xifeng, I'll bring it over later, let's have a drink or two together."

"That's not necessary. I've bought some good wine now. Just come." Li Weiguo shook his head and pointed at the Red Star Erguotou in the vegetable basket.

Just kidding, is the third master's wine so delicious?He is a stingy master who mixes wine with water, but he dare not drink his wine.

You don't have to pay anything, and you can get a free whoring. The third uncle will be so happy: "Okay, I'll come back to you later."

After dealing with the third master, Li Weiguo went straight to Shazhu's room in the middle courtyard.

The Silly Pillar House happened to be open, so I walked in through the door.

At this time, the Shazhu brothers and sisters were in the house all day, and Yushui was helping to clean up.

Li Weiguo: "Brother Zhu, I bought the vegetables, and I will leave the rest to you. Oh, the rain is also here, let's have lunch together later."

"Okay, let me see what's there first." He Yuzhu took the vegetable basket and replied.

15-year-old He Yushui is in the third year of middle school, and Xiao He is only showing her sharp corners, but she is quite tall, at 1.6 meters five.

When He Yuyu saw Li Weiguo coming in carrying something, he playfully called Brother Wei Guo and stretched his neck to look at the items in the vegetable basket curiously.

"Hey, Wei Guo, you're running out of time, buying so many bones and vegetables."

"I can't help it. I went out too late, and the people's pigeon market was also scattered. I didn't buy any chickens. I didn't have many meat coupons in my hand, so I only bought 5 taels of meat. I had to buy some big bones and ribs. Vegetables were purely for quantity. , just watch and do it." Li Weiguo said helplessly.

"Okay, no problem, what to do, look at you."

After saying that, Shazhu took the vegetable basket and placed it on the chopping board next to him, rolled up his sleeves and started to prepare.

Although Shazhu people are slovenly, the kitchen in the house is clean and tidy, with all kinds of utensils and seasonings available.

"Oh, by the way, I bought some white flour and brought the rainwater to help make steamed buns. This will save everyone having to bring their own rations for dinner later." Li Weiguo thought of this and got up and went back to the house to get food.

These days, everyone's rations are rationed. Adults generally only get about thirty kilograms per month. If there is any difference, it will be increased or decreased depending on the severity of the specific work.

Therefore, ordinary people would not take rations to invite people to dinner easily. Even if they invite people, the host will prepare the dishes, and the guests will bring their own rations.

After all, there is only so much food for each person, and if you eat others, they will be gone.

When I got home, I took out a used flour bag, released 4 catties of white flour from the space, estimated that it could make thirty or forty steamed buns, and then went back to Shazhu's house with the bag.

He handed the bag to Yuyu: "Here, Yuyu, I leave it to you."

He Yushui took the bag and nodded with a smile: "Success, Brother Weiguo, sit down, I'll do the rest."

Rain exclaimed as soon as he opened the bag.

"Wow, Brother Weiguo, this is too extravagant. You actually use Fuqiang powder." He Yuyu looked like he wanted to do it but was reluctant to do so.

Li Weiguo: "It's okay, let's make them into steamed buns. I'll just have some extravagance today, and I'll still eat glutinous rice in the future."

"Okay, brother Wei Guo, you have to save your life in the future."

After all, the rain began to add water and noodles.

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