Reborn 1980, Dr. Su became popular in the XNUMXs

Chapter 5 Eat now and pick now
The county is so financially poor that it cannot allocate funds for education.

Most of the teachers are private teachers, and they are also farmers, and they all farm at home.

It is difficult to support the family with the meager salary of a private teacher. Whenever there is wheat holiday and autumn vacation, the teachers are busy going to the fields to harvest their own crops.

In addition, in order to prevent some parents in the village from letting their children go to school because they are too poor, the school will also let the children go back to the fields to help during the busy farming season, and the wheat, millet, sorghum, etc. harvested can be used to offset the tuition fees.

The first is to respond to the national policy of “returning grain to warehouses”;
The second is that the school pays "food tuition fees" to teachers intact to offset long-overdue teachers' salaries.

"Whose house do you want to borrow some grain from?"

"No, no, I don't want to cause trouble to my work. The school said that I don't have to pay food, but I can pay 15 yuan, so I want to take the duck meat and duck eggs to the gate of the family home to sell them. My uncles and aunts have worked hard all day. Do you think it’s okay to have a meal of meat when you get home?”

Su Xiaoli didn't say that her sister-in-law had robbed old Su's family of all their money, and she didn't want to talk about such a bad thing.

"Haha, you little girl, your brain is as good as your father's. If you dare to think and do it, I think you can do it. As the great leader said, be self-reliant and have enough food and clothing!"

With Li Zhengde's support, this deal is finally over.

Su Xiaoli felt much more at ease.

Li Zhengde was short-tongued and not only allowed her to set up a stall at the gate of the family courtyard, but also allowed her to borrow pots and pans from the canteen.

Just after five o'clock, Su Xiaoli carried a pot of stewed duck meat and more than 40 wild duck eggs to the door of Shouzhengqu Family Courtyard to guard.

There were not enough ingredients for pickling salted duck eggs, so she discussed with her grandma and simply sold the fresh duck eggs together.

After setting up the big pot, Su Xiaoli stood next to a scrap wooden board with the words "Two corners for a fresh duck egg, seven corners for a bowl of stewed duck meat."

Many of the people returning home from get off work knew their grandfather and grandson. When they saw Su Xiaoli hawking at the gate, they couldn't help but walk over.

"Hey, isn't this Xiaoli? What are you doing?" An uncle surnamed Liu passed by in the channel.

"Hello Uncle Liu, I'm working here as part of a work-study program. Can you bring me a bowl of the newly stewed duck meat, Grandpa Liu?"

Uncle Liu in front of me has three generations living under the same roof. The old man in the family is over 70 years old.

Uncle Liu looked into the pot and his reaction was stronger than Li Zhengde's. He had been working on the dam all day and was already starving.

"Okay, you little girl doesn't study hard, but you start doing business. I support you!" Uncle Liu handed Su Xiaoli 7 cents without bargaining.

After opening the business, Su Xiaoli filled a bowl of meat and poured two spoons of thick soup into it.

"Uncle Liu, you've finished serving it. Just return the bowl to the cafeteria tomorrow. Come back if it's delicious."

Just after seeing Uncle Liu off, a fat aunt came over with her new daughter-in-law.

"Xiao Li, why are you here?"

"Aunt Shen, Sister-in-law Hongxia, you are back. I am on a work-study program." Su Xiaoli greeted with her eight teeth exposed.

"Hey, you are so sensible. Are you...a duck egg?" Aunt Shen asked.

"You're absolutely right. These are fresh duck eggs, which are bigger than chicken eggs and cost the same as chicken eggs. Come here and give me, sister-in-law Hongxia, some food to replenish your body and try to have a grandson as soon as possible." Su Xiaoli Smiling.

"You kid is really good at talking." Aunt Shen was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She just married her daughter-in-law two months ago.

The country's new policy is "family planning, eugenics and upbringing, and it's good for a family to have only one child." Since my family is in the public sector, I naturally have to respond to the call.

only……

The old man's family is a single family of three generations, and now the whole family is looking forward to his daughter-in-law becoming pregnant as soon as possible.The new daughter-in-law is good in every way, but she is too thin. If she doesn't make herself fatter, she will be wronging her future grandson.

"Okay, Hongxia, do you want to eat?" Aunt Shen looked at her daughter-in-law Guo Hongxia.

Guo Hongxia blushed, thinking about how this teenage girl could talk more aggressively than the aunties. She also saw that the duck eggs were really good, and she was quite moved.

"Mom, I don't know how to make these duck eggs..." Guo Hongxia whispered.

"Hey, what can't you do? Steamed egg custard is a bit fishy, ​​so fried leeks are just right."

Aunt Shen has been a housewife for many years, and her words sound like a mother-in-law.

"But we didn't buy leeks today..."

Su Xiaoli's eyes lit up, "Aunt Shen, I grow leeks in my backyard. The price is the same as the market price, 2 cents per catty. You can eat them now, they are fresh."

"Isn't that what you and your grandma eat?" Aunt Shen looked at the vegetables in the basket. She had already bought a lot today, and I'm afraid it would be a waste to buy more.

"How can the two of us finish the meal? You can take my sister-in-law to see it. If you like it, come and have some." Su Xiaoli did not give up and continued to encourage the two of them.

Although Lingzheng County is a poor county, Aunt Shen and her husband work on the Shouzheng Canal and the other at a veterinary station, and their son Da Zhuang is also a worker in a fertilizer factory.

A family of four with three earners can earn more than 100 yuan a month, so there is no shortage of money in their pockets.

Aunt Shen was obviously moved, "Hongxia, I'll take you to see it. If you want to eat it, we can buy a handful."

"Well, I listen to you." Guo Hongxia nodded.

Her hometown is in a mountainous area. Her family is poor and cannot eat eggs a few times a year. This time she has duck eggs, which makes her feel happy, but she is still reserved on the surface.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bought ten duck eggs in one go, and then went to Grandma Su's vegetable patch in the backyard of the unit.

Grandma Su was recognized as a good farmer in the brigade back then. She grew leeks so that they had strong roots and fat leaves, and were shiny.

Aunt Shen was not polite to Grandma Su either. She cut off a lot of money for two cents, and then left with her daughter-in-law satisfied.

On the way back, Aunt Shen met several aunts from the family's courtyard. After greeting them, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked about Su Xiaoli's small business at the entrance of the courtyard.

These days, meat, eggs, and milk are rare items, and it is even rarer to do small business in a poor county, not to mention that Su Xiaoli is only a teenage girl.

After receiving the latest information from Aunt Shen, the aunts ran to the entrance of the hospital one after another to see the excitement.

Su Xiaoli has a sweet mouth and sharp hands, and always welcomes people with a smile.

These aunts are the "bank presidents" of their families, and they all have cash in their hands.

Some people bought duck eggs and stewed duck meat on the spot, and a few others heard that they could go directly to the backyard to pick vegetables, and went straight to Grandma Su's vegetable patch. They were all fighting so hard that not a single strand of leeks was left.

When an aunt saw that all the leeks had been harvested, she picked a handful of long beans for [-] cents and went back to cook them.

Su Xiaoli welcomed the aunts back at the gate of the courtyard with newly picked vegetables.

After selling the last drop of soup in the pot, she touched her bulging trouser pocket and walked home happily.

"Grandma, how much do you think you made today?"

Su Xiaoli handed a stack of mao tickets to Grandma Su.

(End of this chapter)