Chapter 53 Buying Meat

"Haha, Wang Zhiqing, you are too modest. Don't worry, we will go to your house on time tomorrow at noon to gather people."

"Okay, I will welcome you all at home tomorrow.

Oh, Captain, if you go to the commune to buy meat at this time today, they will have no meat for sale.

So I'll have to trouble you to give me a letter of introduction. I have to go to the provincial capital later to buy some meat and vegetables for tomorrow's reception."

"This is a small matter. I'll give it to you right away."

After getting the letter of introduction from the team leader, Wang Yuanchao came to Secretary Zeng's office. After issuing a private invitation, he left the team headquarters and headed for the provincial capital.

When the Red Flag Brigade went to the provincial capital, after the intersection of the brigade's main road and the county highway, there was a straight road leading directly to the provincial capital.

There was no tractor to pick him up this time, so Wang Yuanchao could only go on foot. It was a journey of more than ten miles, and Wang Yuanchao hurriedly took almost two hours to reach the edge of the black market.

Wang Yuanchao knew about the history of Northeast China and knew that the black market of that era had a larger urban area and a larger population than Xingcheng. As the eldest son of the Republic and the pearl of heavy industry, the black market had a population of 1.86 million in 1967.

When he arrived at the edge of the black market, Wang Yuanchao did not rush in, but found a stone on the side of the road to sit down and rest his feet.

Using his consciousness, he killed a wild boar in the space. After shaving the wild boar's skin with his consciousness, Wang Yuanchao found that the meat of the wild boar was rather fishy and tough, with mostly lean meat and less fat.

So Wang Yuanchao cut a pig thigh from the pig's arm, preparing to save it for tomorrow's banquet, and then cut off the wild boar's lard and fat and put them in a static space, preparing to refine them into oil.

The remaining lean meat was cut into strips of three pounds each, leaving a bone rack in a static space, ready to be used for stewing soup.

Although wild boar bones are fishy, ​​the smell can be suppressed by adding spices. The soup stewed from them is very nutritious and delicious. It is a fun thing to cook.

Wang Yuanchao looked at the main road and saw that it was busy with cars and people, so he walked into the city and found an empty alley. He took out a bamboo basket from the space, put all the lean meat strips into the basket, found a piece of cloth, covered the basket, and

A bamboo basket contains exactly 40 pieces of meat, 120 kilograms of meat. Wang Yuanchao, who is so strong, doesn't find it difficult to carry it.

Then slowly search for targets near various factory compounds in the black market,

In that era, in order to prevent cadres from being separated from the masses, the housing of cadres and workers was in the same place. Wang Yuanchao looked along and saw row houses, large courtyards, tube-shaped buildings, and family quarters. The actual conditions of each factory were different, and the conditions of the houses in the family quarters were also different.

After searching for a long time, Wang Yuanchao finally saw an old lady who met his target near the machinery factory’s family quarters. The old lady was dressed neatly in a black Lenin suit without a single patch on her body. She looked very energetic and peaceful.

Judging from his facial features, he seems to be calm and graceful.

Wang Yuanchao walked over quickly and said loudly beside him:

"Hello, Auntie. Can I ask you something?"

When the old lady heard Wang Yuanchao calling her, she stopped and looked at him calmly, smiling and said, "Kid, who do you want to ask about?"

Seeing this, Wang Yuanchao quickly approached the old lady and whispered:

"Auntie, my old man in the family shot a wild boar, and the whole family couldn't finish it, so he wanted me to exchange it for something in the city. I saw that you don't dress like ordinary people, so I wanted to ask if you are interested in exchanging two pieces of wild boar meat to improve the taste."

People judge by appearance. The old lady looked at Wang Yuanchao's gentle and dignified appearance and felt that Wang Yuanchao should not be a bad person, so she whispered:

"Come with me."

After saying that, he took Wang Yuanchao to the family quarters of the machinery factory.

The family quarters of the machinery factory are rows of houses built with red bricks. The layout of the houses is very simple, with a main room and two courtyards in the front and back.

Along the way, people from the family quarters kept greeting the old lady.

"Aunt Qu, the guy next to you is so handsome, do you have a boyfriend?"

"Hey, my nephew from my mother's side has a girlfriend."

"Aunt Qu, are there any relatives coming to our house?"

"Yes, this is my nephew from my mother's side. He came to see me today and will go back later."

"Your nephew from your mother's side is so handsome, where does he work?"

"Hey, the child is still studying and hasn't started working yet."

"Oh, this kid is obviously a good kid. After he finishes school, he should strive to get a job in a factory. Our worker elder brothers are the best."

"Haha, that's right. Okay, Aunt Qiu, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to take my nephew back to rest first."

Aunt Qu took Wang Yuanchao through all the obstacles and finally arrived at Aunt Qu's home.

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After arriving home, Wang Yuanchao took the bamboo basket off his back, removed the cloth, and let Aunt Qu see the meat.

Aunt Qu saw that the meat in the bamboo basket was all lean meat, and asked with disappointment: "Why is it all lean meat, no fat?"

Wang Yuanchao smiled awkwardly at Aunt Qu and said:

"Auntie, you know there is a shortage of oil in the countryside, and it's hard to get oil coupons.

So my family kept the fat at home to make oil.”

Although it was disappointing that there was no fat, it was still meat after all. Aunt Qu continued to ask, "Wait, how would you like to exchange this meat?"

"Auntie, I know everyone likes fatty meat. Now my meat has no fat and I won't sell it at a high price. No tickets are required. It's 80 cents a pound. What do you think?"

When Aunt Qu heard Wang Yuanchao's offer, joy flashed across her eyes, and then she turned into an embarrassed expression and asked:

"Indeed, people buy meat to fill their stomachs with oil and water. Not only does your meat have no oil and water, but it also wastes everyone's oil."

After saying that, Aunt Qu reached into the bamboo basket and picked up pieces of wild boar meat. She saw that there was still a lot of pig blood soaked in the meat. The meat looked very fresh. After putting down the meat in her hand with satisfaction, Aunt Qu continued to ask:

"Wait, how many pounds of meat do you have here?"

"Auntie, my family has weighed all the meat. Each piece is three pounds. There are a total of 120 pounds of meat in this basket."

"My son, it's not easy for you to go to the city to sell meat. I'm saving you the trouble.

Auntie, take all of these down, and if you give me a discount, I'll sell them all to you at 70 cents a pound, what do you think?"

Wang Yuanchao looked at Aunt Qu with an embarrassed look on his face, then lowered his head to think for a while, and finally agreed with a painful look on his face. After taking the 84 yuan handed over by Aunt Qu, Wang Yuanchao poured the wild boar meat in the bamboo basket on the table in Aunt Qu's kitchen, and rushed out of the family area with the bamboo basket on his back.

(End of this chapter)