Chapter 87: Rare things are valuable

Unlike Zhou Qiuyu who was focused on the pig head, Yi Chichi was greedy.

She was not short of money, so she was very willing to spend money on food. Besides, she had to subsidize her great aunt and others.

Of course, the more meat, the better.

However, pigs today are not like pigs in later generations that weigh two or three hundred kilograms.

Without feed, a pig raised entirely on wheat bran, pumpkin, pig grass and other green crops would weigh only a little over 100 kilograms at most.

Therefore, the villagers only got a limited share.

Fortunately, the amount of wild boar meat distributed in the last autumn hunt was not small, so when the villagers targeted by Yi Chichi learned that she wanted to buy some meat, they readily agreed.

Aunt Ma gave her two pounds of pork belly, which cost 0.85 yuan per pound. If she went to a state-owned meat stall to buy pork, the price was between 0.42 yuan and 0.78 yuan.

But you need a ticket.

You don't need a ticket to buy from villagers, so it is normal for the price to increase.

Yi Chizhi didn't bargain. After handing over the money and the goods, she stuffed the pork belly into the basket and went straight to Aunt Niu.

"Auntie, what kind of meat did you get?"

Aunt Niu looked unhappy and started complaining as if she had found a trash can when she heard the sound.

"Don't mention it. There was not much meat left when it was my turn. They gave me a few pounds of ribs and a piece of plum meat."

Yi Chichi's eyes lit up, "Aunt, don't you like eating ribs?"

"Who likes to gnaw on bones? I just want to eat meat."

It has to be the kind of fat meat that is plump and crunchy, that’s what’s delicious.

Ribs……

"Well, it's better to have it than not to have it."

Yi Chi Chi felt a little strange when hearing these words. She stared at the ribs in Aunt Niu's basin and said faintly, "Aunt, I don't even have a share of the bone residue."

As she said that, she raised her eyes and looked at Aunt Niu, "How about you give me some, Auntie?"

Aunt Niu was frightened by her green eyes and felt her whole body was covered with hair.

This kid is so greedy for meat that his eyes have turned green.

"Are you stupid? What's so good about bones? Go find your Aunt Yang. Her meat is good. It's all fat three fingers wide. Your mouth is full of oil when you take a bite. That kind of meat is really delicious."

Before she finished speaking, she lowered her voice and reminded, "Go and negotiate with your Aunt Yang for a higher price. She will definitely be willing to give you two kilograms."

Yi Chichi looked at Aunt Yang, who was talking to the people who got the meat, with a smile on her face as bright as the sun.

Even from a not-too-close distance, one could hear her hearty laughter.

"I'll go find Aunt Yang later."

Seeing Aunt Niu was about to leave, Yi Chichi pointed at the basin in her hand and said, "Aunt, give me two pounds of bones."

"??? Do you really want bones?"

"want."

"...Okay, I'll give you two pounds, or you can take all of it."

It’s so annoying to see it, only this silly kid Chi Chi likes to chew bones.

"Really?"

When he heard that everything was taken away, Yi Chichi's eyes lit up surprisingly.

The corner of Aunt Niu's mouth twitched. This stupid girl took it seriously.

"Just kidding, I'll give you two kilograms, no more."

Yi was not greedy and nodded quickly to say yes.

Spare ribs are not very popular in this day and age, not even as popular as pork belly.

The price is also cheaper than pork belly.

Aunt Niu gave her 0.54 per pound, a total of 1.62 for three pounds. Aunt Niu rounded off the price, so the actual payment was 1.6.

After handing over the money and the pork ribs with one hand, Aunt Niu went home happily with the money in her pocket. Yi Chichi, after stuffing the pork ribs into the basket, glanced around and went straight to Uncle Liu.

She saw that the man who was given a front leg had more bones than meat and looked unhappy.

Hopefully it will be won.

Wen Shi and the others, who had been paying some attention to her, panicked when they saw her running towards Uncle Liu.

"Old Wen, hurry up and act. If you don't, Yi Zhiqing will wipe out the village like the Japanese invaders."

They won't be able to buy anything then.

He Yunsong hurriedly pulled the man away, and Wen Shi took advantage of the situation and used his strength to stand up and go buy meat.

Zhou Qiuyu was still calculating the price of a pig's head per pound and whether she could buy the whole pig's head with the money she had. When she saw that everyone had run away, she panicked and ran straight to the team leader who was distributing the meat.

"Uncle, can you sell me the pig's head?"

There was not much meat left on the chopping board. The cleaned pig's head was extremely conspicuous and hideous on the chopping board.

Pig heads are difficult to handle, with more bones and less meat, and are even less popular than pig trotters.

Especially when dividing the New Year pigs, people would like to exchange all the pig heads for meat.

In previous years, when the team slaughtered pigs, the pig heads were basically divided up among a few people who liked to eat them.

This year, even those who like it are unwilling to order pig heads, because their momentary appetite cannot resist the complaints from their wives and children.

Just when he was worrying about whether the pig head could only be solved by drawing lots, Zhou Qiuyu's words came like a long-awaited nectar, washing away all his irritability.

"You want a pig's head?"

The captain looked at her with a smile, his eyes as loving as if he was looking at his own child.

“How much is a pig’s head?”

"???"

This is a good question. The captain and the others remained silent.

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"Lao Xu, how much is the whole pig's head?"

The branch secretary asked, poking the butcher Xu Changsheng.

"I have no idea."

Comrade Lao Xu shook his head and said, "I only know how much a pound of pork head meat costs."

"60 cents, no ticket required."

Wen Shi took over the conversation, and Yi Chichi, who had bought some meat to join in the fun, said, "It's more expensive than pork belly."

“Scarcity makes things valuable!”

Wen Shi said succinctly, "A pig is only one head, so the price will naturally be higher."

Don’t be fooled by the fact that pig heads have many bones. Those who like this are true lovers.

The captain said "oh" and asked Zhou Qiuyu, "Zhou Zhiqing, 60 cents a pound, do you want it?"

Zhou Qiuyu thought for a while, and said rather embarrassedly, "Uncle, if it's 60 cents, can I take half of it?"

She thought a pig's head was only three dollars at most, so she decided to buy the whole thing.

As a result, the price difference was half, and buying the whole thing became a luxury.

You can't spend all your money, you have to keep some for emergencies.

"Okay."

Half of one makes no difference to the captain and the others.

The pig's head was divided into two parts. Zhou Qiuyu took half and the remaining half was bought by Wen Shi.

Seeing that no one moved the water under the chopping board, Yi Chichi came up with the idea of ​​diving in.

In the end, he refused to sell it, and the waste belonged to the butcher Lao Xu.

He likes this and it is his reward.

Helplessly, Yi Chichi could only return empty-handed.

However, her harvest today was not bad. She collected two kilograms from this merchant and two kilograms from that merchant, and she finally collected nearly ten kilograms of meat.

And a piece of pork liver.

In the evening, she cut half of the pork liver and asked Wu Yongfei to make some pork liver soup. She taught Wu Yongfei how to cook verbally. The pork liver soup was fragrant, tender and smooth, and Wang Nan and the others looked very satisfied after drinking it.

He kept exclaiming that it was delicious.

Yi Chichi wondered, "Wasn't it delicious before?"

"It smells fishy, ​​tastes weird, and doesn't taste good."

"How?"

Several people talked about the recipe at the same time, and Yi Chichi suddenly understood after listening. No wonder it tasted so bad.

The processing method was wrong, the cooking method was wrong, and the heat was not controlled well.

Of course it can’t be delicious.

“There are actually many ways to cook pork liver.”

Wu Yongfei became interested and asked, "What other methods are there?"

"Stir-fried liver tips, braised pork liver, stir-fried pork liver, pork liver in sour soup, etc."

“Teach me!”

"I'll teach you next time when we have pig liver."

That's fine, but -

(End of this chapter)