Chapter 323 This scene seems familiar!
"You're going to mail a letter. It just so happens that I have a letter to Brother Ji here. You can mail it to him as well. There's also this letter to Big Brother and this manuscript to the newspaper. Please help me mail them all."
Ning Qingyuan took out three letters that had already been written, stamped and sealed from his pocket and handed them to Ning Xiyue.
"Okay, but your brother Ji has gone to school to study for three months, and his address has changed. You have to change the address in your letters. If you want to contact him in the future, just send it to this address."
Ning Xiyue took out the letter with the address written on it and handed it to her second brother, asking him to change the address according to it, and returned the letter that he had handed over to Comrade Ji.
"You're going to study. That's a good thing. I have to congratulate you."
Ning Qingyuan and Ning Xiyue had the same thought when they heard the news.
After receiving the letter, he opened the envelope, took out the pen hanging in his pocket, and added a few words of congratulations and praise at the end of the letter.
After writing, he put the letter in without changing the envelope. He used the original envelope and changed the address on it to the correct address. After finishing, he handed the letter back to Ning Xiyue.
He put his hands on his hips and exhaled, "That's it."
Ning Xiyue put all the letters into her cloth bag and asked again: "Second brother, is there really nothing you want to buy?"
"No, you buy whatever you want."
Ning Qingyuan stood up and cleaned up the dishes.
"I'll get you some money and tickets when we get back to the front yard. I haven't used the salary the newspaper gave me last month. You want to buy some meat, right? Let's buy some more and make dumplings."
"Okay, then I'll buy some more. There's still a lot of meat sauce, so I won't cook it. I'll use it all to make dumplings. The wild vegetables outside have grown up these days, so I'll go get some fresh wild vegetable hearts to make dumplings and steamed buns."
Ning Xiyue thought of the newly grown tender shepherd's purse that she and the captain saw on the roadside when they went up the mountain today. She felt itchy in her heart. They were so fresh and tender, and they would definitely be delicious when steamed with buns.
I guess it came out after the heavy rain last night.
She planned to go picking them when she returned from town tomorrow morning.
Anyway, she can use her morning time as she pleases. Whether she wants to go to the clinic or do other things, it won’t affect her and no one will bother her.
As long as you are not going to a place that requires a letter of introduction, you don't have to report to the captain, it's very free.
Ning Qingyuan was very interested when he heard that wild vegetables had grown on the mountain, and volunteered, "Well, after work this afternoon, I'll ask Zhiyu to go dig them up, and we can cook some with our noodles tonight."
"Okay, go dig it." Ning Xiyue readily agreed.
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In order to buy meat, Ning Xiyue rode her bicycle to town at five o'clock the next morning.
The first stop was to go straight to the supply and marketing cooperative. It was only half past five when she arrived, but there was still a line at the meat stall. Fortunately, it was not very long, with only about ten people in front of her.
When the shop opened, Ning Xiyue arrived in a short while.
When it was her turn, there was still most of the pork on the chopping board for her to choose from, and there was still a lot of good lean meat left.
When she saw the lean meat on it, a smile appeared on her face and she pointed at the thinnest part with a smile.
"Master, give me five pounds of meat. I want lean meat with a little bit of fat, and two pounds of pure lean meat. Cut the five pounds and two pounds separately."
When the meat-cutter heard that she wanted to buy so much meat, especially lean meat, he looked up and saw that she was young. He was afraid that she didn't know how to buy meat and would be scolded by her family when she returned home, so he kindly reminded her.
"My daughter, lean meat is not tasty. Look at this piece of meat. It is the best for cooking with oil. It is very fragrant. How about I cut this piece for you?"
Ning Xiyue looked at the piece of meat that the master pointed to. There was only a little lean meat, and the rest was all fat. It was completely out of her consideration. She quickly shook her head:
"No need, chef. Just cut the piece of meat according to what I point out. I'll take it back to make dumplings. It's not good if it's too fatty. I like to eat lean meat."
"That's fine."
The meat-cutter cut the piece of meat along the direction Ning Xiyue pointed to. He controlled the weight very well, and with one cut he got exactly five pounds.
This piece of meat was perfect in Ning Xiyue's eyes. It had only half a pound of fat, and the rest was lean meat. It looked delicious.
With the second cut, two pounds of pure lean meat was cut.
One good thing about this era is that the price of buying pure lean meat will not increase, and you will get the same amount of money and tickets as you should.
When Ning Xiyue paid the money and left the line with two pieces of meat, the people behind Ning Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief, their eyes shining as they stared at the big piece of fat meat that he had taken a fancy to.
He pointed at the piece of meat that the master recommended to Ning Xiyue at the beginning and said eagerly: "Master, I want this piece of meat, the whole piece."
The people queuing behind him couldn't help but grumble when they saw him buy the fattest piece of meat on the chopping board.
The aunt behind him shouted, "Boy, leave some for me, it's so big."
"I'm sorry, auntie. There are many people in my family and we haven't eaten meat for two months. I saved up all the tickets to eat it today." The man in front refused with a smile.
Ning Xiyue smiled knowingly after hearing this. Fortunately, her hobby was the opposite of others, so no one competed with her to buy lean meat.
After putting the meat into the backpack, Ning Xiyue went to the counter selling vegetable seeds to buy some seeds. She bought some lettuce seeds, green beans and cowpea seeds.
After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, her second stop was to go to the scrap yard and buy some old newspapers and books.
I brought back the old newspapers to paste on the windows and walls. Last night's heavy rain made the newspapers on the windows damp, so they need to be replaced.
I bought the book to find an excuse to give the vehicle maintenance book to my second brother, and the scrap yard was the best excuse in this era.
After leaving the scrap yard, she went straight to the post office, which was also her last stop. After she sent all her things out, she finished her business in the town.
It was only eight o'clock in the morning when I got on my bike again.
It's still early.
When she left the town, the captain had just arrived in the town in a ox cart. The two of them were driving one in front and one behind, and they just missed each other.
After leaving the town, Ning Xiyue rode her bike to the roadside, picking wild vegetables as she went. When she arrived outside the brigade, she rode directly to the riverside, where there were many tender mustard greens.
Ning Xiyue's eyes lit up when she saw this. She parked her bicycle and started prying the thing with a sickle, having a lot of fun.
When digging to the edge of the slope near the river, Ning Xiyue discovered new wild vegetables, standing there one by one.
"Ha, isn't this fern moss? It can be used to stir-fry the meat I bought today."
Ning Xiyue climbed up and picked one, which was very tender. She quickly put the backpack in front of her and picked all the tender fern moss.
There didn't seem to be much in this patch, but when she picked it, she found some low, tender vegetable sprouts covered by the grass. She picked a big handful, enough to stir-fry two or three dishes.
Unexpectedly, she also pried open some dandelions. Although they were just newly grown sprouts, they still surprised her.
Normally it would take about half a month for it to grow, but I didn't expect it to grow earlier this year. Maybe it's because the temperature is higher this year, so it grew earlier.
All the wild vegetables dug today were the first batch, they had just grown and were fresh and tender.
The joy of digging wild vegetables made Ning Xiyue smile with joy.
Seeing that there were already a lot of wild vegetables in the backpack, more than enough for making dumplings and buns, and it was getting late, he stopped prying, put on the backpack, and rode his bicycle back to the Youth League Home.
Just as she rode to the big willow tree of the brigade, Ning Xiyue saw several people standing under the tree from afar.
When I rode closer, I could see clearly that it was the captain and four unfamiliar faces standing there talking, two men and two women, carrying large and small bags.
This scene seems familiar!
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