So when she saw the pig offal, she deliberately bought a set and deliberately asked Gu Qingmeng to ask Pei Xinghe for help. Now the man happily agreed to help clean up the pig offal.
What could Gu Qingmeng say? Of course, her bestie's happiness was the most important thing!
"you......"
Pei Xinghe's frown could kill a fly when he saw the pig's offal! He stared at Su Xue's face, as if he could spit fire at the next moment.
He remembered this grudge. He was a vengeful person, and she felt like she had hit a brick wall by provoking him.
Just wait! If he doesn’t avenge this, he wouldn’t be called Pei.
"Sister Su, I can help clean up. My cousin..."
Pei Xiaohua was interrupted by Pei Xinghe before she could finish her words.
"Don't worry, Gu Zhiqing. If necessary, I will definitely help you clean up the offal! But the pig offal has a strong fishy smell, so I'd better buy you some high-quality pork belly!"
Pei Xinghe thought Gu Qingmeng had no meat coupons, so he turned around and went to the commune to buy meat.
"No need. We want to make Beijing's specialty snack, braised pork, so we have to use the lower ingredients. That's how it tastes. We've bought the pork belly, so you don't have to buy it." Su Xue said, patting the backpack.
There was pork belly, pork fat, kerosene and seasonings in it. They bought quite a lot.
"The supply and marketing cooperative had a lot of meat today, so we bought some extra. We're going to mail a letter. Could you please wait a few minutes?"
The letters written by the two younger brothers have not been sent yet. There is a post office next to the supply and marketing cooperative, so they can go there to mail a letter and buy some stamps.
After sending the two letters, Gu Qingmeng remembered the package her grandfather had mentioned to her: "Comrade, could you please tell me if there is a package for Gu Qingmeng?"
"Gu Qingmeng from Peijiagou, the package just arrived today. You're so timely. Otherwise, I'd have to wait three or four days for it to be delivered to you."
Gu Qingmeng was able to pick up the package only after she showed her ID. It was a whole sack of stuff. Fortunately, she came today, otherwise she would have been exhausted waiting for the postman to deliver it on his bicycle.
No wonder the staff were so enthusiastic. This reduced a lot of their workload. The people on the ox cart were stunned when they saw Gu Qingmeng coming out with a sack.
They had never seen such a big package in their lives!
Pei Xinghe hurried forward to take the sack. The bag weighed at least forty or fifty kilograms. He was a little curious about Gu Qingmeng's family. The educated youth in the village did not receive as many packages as she did in a year.
"Gu Zhiqing, your family treats you so well, why would they let you go to the countryside? You don't have to tell me if it's inconvenient for you." Pei Xinghe asked curiously.
"There's nothing inconvenient to say. I'm the only girl in my family, so my grandparents and uncles are all very kind to me. I was worried about my two younger brothers going to the countryside. They lied about their ages to respond to the call. The youngest was fourteen, and they were only twelve. My family was worried about me, so I followed them."
Gu Qingmeng said a lot of true and false things. Knowing that Pei Xinghe and the others were going to the captain's daughter's house to deliver vegetables, they left Dongbeixi on the ox cart and took the initiative to suggest strolling around the commune.
It was almost eleven o'clock, and it would not be nice to go to someone else's house at dinner time, especially since they were strangers. Pei Xinghe and the others were okay because they were going to her sister's house.
She and Su Xue didn't want to make trouble, so they rejected Pei Xinghe's invitation to stay and dinner, and went straight to the state-owned restaurant. Of course, the braised pork that Su Xue had been craving had to be prepared.
"No, there's not even any braised pork?"
Su Xue stared at the dishes on the blackboard in amazement: red braised fish, stir-fried potatoes with chili peppers, eggplant stewed with potatoes, and mutton offal soup.
Staple food: corn buns, white flour cakes, and sorghum rice.
"What to eat? Mutton offal is not available every day. The chef's specialty is mutton offal soup."
The waitress only said a few words to Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue because she saw that they were well dressed, otherwise she would not bother to pay attention to them.
"I believe you! Then I'll have two bowls of mutton soup and four white flour cakes."
They decided not to try the braised fish because they were a bit picky about fish. River fish had a strong muddy smell, so they wouldn't eat it if it was made by anyone other than themselves.
"Eight ounces of grain coupons, four ounces of meat coupons, plus one dollar and eighty cents."
The waiter calculated the bill very quickly, and after collecting the receipts, he sat behind the counter to knit a sweater. He would shout when the mutton soup was ready without even lifting his butt.
The mutton soup was delicious and the pancakes were soft. The two of them ate until they were sweating profusely and walked out of the state-owned restaurant with round stomachs!
Su Xue: "Mengmeng, let's go to the black market to digest the food!"
Gu Qingmeng: "If you want to go to the black market, just say so. Who in their right mind would go to the black market to digest food?"
Su Xue: "Hehe! Aren't you curious about what the black market is like?"
Gu Qingmeng: "Curious."
The two hit it off immediately and started sneaking around to find and track their target.
You can't just ask someone where the black market is, right?
Fortunately, fifteen minutes later, Gu Qingmeng saw an aunt covering her face with a cloth at the intersection. There was a forest not far ahead, so the black market must be in the forest.
The two men quickly found a toilet to change their clothes, and ten minutes later two gray-haired old men came out.
"Olaf, you still think of stocking up on wigs in just one day."
Gu Qingmeng was full of admiration for her best friend at this moment. She couldn't help but admire her for her attentiveness. If she were at home, she would at least kowtow to her best friend.
"I don't mind if you kowtow to me."
Su Xue smiled and joked, and soon the two of them sneaked into the black market. It must be said that the black market in Gaoling County is too dark!
Money is collected as soon as you enter the door. Two cents is charged from each person who buys things, and five cents is charged from each person who sells things.
But when he thought about the risks that others would take if they leaked the information, Gu Qingmeng felt relieved. These few cents would not be wasted, and he couldn't let others leak the information for nothing.
They paid a total of seven cents. One person bought things and the other sold things, so they couldn't pay a bit more. They still calculated the bill and saved wherever they could.
There weren't many people in the black market, and it was quiet everywhere. People had to bargain in a low voice, and some people just gestured without saying anything. Gu Qingmeng attracted a lot of attention with the basket on her back.
They found a big tree and squatted quietly at the roots, feeling a little nervous as it was their first time to sell things in the black market.
Cheer up, one person squats and watches the backpack, and the other stands and looks around vigilantly, ready to run away if anything goes wrong.
When Gu Qingmeng saw the two people walking towards him, his heart skipped a beat. Why did Pei Xinghe and Pei Weidong also come to the black market?
Although both of them had their faces covered, Gu Qingmeng still recognized Pei Xinghe at a glance. After all, there are not many people with such beautiful eyes, and he also has a unique temperament.
There are not many people in this era who are lazy and have a ruffian vibe. Gu Qingmeng likes this style more and more. Everything about it fits her aesthetic.
Pei Xinghe glanced at the old lady in front of her a few times, her eyes gradually deepening. She should have never seen this old lady before, so why did she feel that she was inexplicably familiar?
Before he could figure out anything, the other party had already looked away.
"Auntie, what are you selling? Take it out and let me see it." Pei Weidong said naively.
"Why call her auntie? Call her grandma." Su Xue said in a low voice.
Gu Qingmeng said calmly, suppressing a smile. "Five pounds each of Fuqiang flour and white noodles."
It was Gu Qingmeng’s first time at the black market, just to test the waters. He didn’t think about how much he could sell it for, so he only took out ten kilograms of stuff.
"Grandma, how much is one pound of Fuqiang flour and white noodles?" A gleam of light flashed in Pei Weidong's eyes.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
