Chapter 36: Hit the spot
The owner of the butcher shop was already familiar with Lin Chuxia and had packed the meat he needed long ago.
The fat and lean pork belly and the pork belly at the tip of the hip are both good places to make fillings.
Lin Chuxia gave the money to the boss and saw a large basin of pig offal next to her. "How much is this one?"
The boss took a look and said with a smile, "This is not worth much. There is no pig head. If you want it, give one dollar and take it away."
A whole set of offal usually includes the pig's head, four pig's feet, and the whole pig's internal organs.
Although pig heads are considered offal and are low-grade meat that cannot be served at banquets, just like pig offal, they also have an important function.
In Lin Chuxia's place, the most important offering is a pig's head holding a pig's tail, representing a whole pig.
Without the pig head, the value of the offal would be greatly reduced. If the internal organs are not handled properly, there would be a fishy smell, and no one would be willing to handle these things.
Lin Chuxia gave the other party one dollar and asked him to install the sewage. When he lifted it, it weighed about five or six kilograms, and she felt that she had made a profit.
After buying the things and returning home, Lin Chuxia first went to Qin's mother's room and took out 30 yuan to give to her.
When the family was divided, the famine money was also divided. They got 60, the eldest brother got 80, and Qin's father and mother got 20. Lin Chuxia couldn't bear to see the old people still in debt, so 20 yuan was to pay off their debt, and the other 10 yuan was their pension for the old people.
Qin's mother was not willing to accept it and kept refusing. Finally, Lin Chuxia had to bring up Qin Yang, saying that it was Qin Yang's idea. If she didn't give it, Qin Yang might misunderstand. Qin's mother stopped refusing and took out one of the three big unity notes and gave it back to Lin Chuxia, "Your father and I can still work, so why do we need you to support us? You gave us all the tomato harvest, so we can't use this money. You can give it to us when we need it."
Lin Chuxia knew that even if she refused the 20 yuan, Qin's mother would not take it, so she had to accept the money.
After lunch, it was cloudy outside again. It was estimated that it would rain again soon. Lin Chuxia only made half of the buns as usual, cooked them early and went to the train station.
I thought she came early today, but I didn't expect that the bun seller I met yesterday
The old lady was already there, still in her old position.
Seeing that Lin Chuxia came so early today, he first widened his eyes with a look of disbelief, then became angry and didn't even look at her.
Lin Chuxia ignored her and pushed the cart to the opposite side and started setting up a stall.
When Sister Liu saw Lin Chuxia, she came over, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and talked to her in a low voice while eating them.
"See the one across the street? She didn't sell much after you left yesterday, so she came here after noon today. She probably wanted to sell more while you were away. Who would have thought that you would come so early? Look how angry she is..."
Seeing Sister Liu laughing unscrupulously, Lin Chuxia also laughed, "I think the weather is not good, so we should set up the stall earlier and close it earlier."
"That's right. I heard from the music box yesterday that it would rain today."
The bun stall was set up, the wind shield of the coal stove was opened, and Lin Chuxia put out a small table and placed a thermos and bowls on it.
After doing all this, I looked up and saw an old man sitting in a corner not far away, looking at the train station.
The old man was very thin, his hair was gray, and his beard was mostly white. His eyes were looking into the distance indifferently, as if he was looking at something, but also as if he was looking at nothing.
This is not the first time she has seen this old man. He comes here almost every day and sits here for most of the day.
Sister Liu and the others were already used to it. They heard that he was an old man living alone, with no one at home and some mental problems.
Lin Chuxia looked at the old man and recalled an incident from her previous life.
At that time, she and Li Guangyuan no longer sold vegetables. They opened a snack bar in the county town. Some people were eating and chatting in their shop. She only heard a general idea...
It tells the story of an old man at a train station. Something happened at home. His wife died, his daughter broke off relations with them, and his only son was taken to a farm for reform. He never heard from him again after he left. Later, the old man returned to the city, and his son never came back either.
The old man's son left by train at the railway station. The old man stood at the entrance of the railway station, waiting for his son to come back every day. Finally, he probably had no hope left and so he lay on the tracks.
It was dinner time and there were quite a few people eating in the snack bar. After that person finished speaking, he immediately aroused dissatisfaction from the people at the next table. It was only after Lin Chuxia stepped in to mediate that the situation was settled, so Lin Chuxia remembered it clearly.
What she didn't expect was that not long after that she heard the follow-up of this incident: the old man's son had returned.
Because of his good performance, the policy was relaxed and he joined the army. He participated in the war against Y and went to the battlefield, so there has been no news of him since then.
If the old man in the legend and this old man are the same person...
Lin Chuxia took two meat buns from the steamer, wrapped them in oil paper, and walked over.
Old man He was staring at the entrance of the train station in a daze when a scent of meat wafted into his nostrils. He looked down and saw two plump white meat buns in front of him. Then he looked up and saw a pretty face.
She knew this girl who sold meat buns at the entrance of the train station. People said her meat buns were delicious.
Lin Chuxia gave the old man a smile and raised the meat bun in her hand. Old He turned around silently with a wooden face, "I'm not a beggar, and I don't need others' pity."
Lin Chuxia squatted down, "It's not because I feel sorry for you, but because I think you like me, I want you to try the meat buns I made."
"I'm not someone who will just taste other people's things."
Lin Chuxia wanted to laugh. This old man looked so proud and arrogant, he didn't look like he had any mental problems at all.
"Then I'll put the meat buns here, you can do whatever you want."
She saw someone standing in front of her stall, put the meat buns wrapped in oil paper next to the old man, and trotted back to the bun stall.
Before I even got to the stall, I heard the lady opposite me mumbling, "Why are you so stubborn? I also have meat buns here, come buy one from me, we are one family..."
"You and I are not from the same family," Lin Chuxia interrupted the old lady, "I don't even know you."
Being caught stealing business on the spot, Auntie Sun looked a little embarrassed and snorted coldly.
Lin Chuxia had already put on a smiling face and was asking customers to get buns.
After a while, a train came into the station and the train stopped after selling several trays of buns.
Looking at the old man again, the meat bun was no longer there, and the old man was wiping his mouth.
Lin Chuxia chuckled again.
Sister Liu also took a break from her busy schedule and came over to ask gossip, "Why are you bothering him? Seriously, is he mentally ill?"
"It's okay," Lin Chuxia replied implicitly and went back to her business.
I brought few buns today, so they were sold out early. Even so, it was still drizzling when I was closing the stall.
It’s said that the weather forecast is quite accurate right now.
Lin Chuxia quickened the pace of her men, packed up the things, and rode the cart back home.
When passing a slope, the road was slippery due to rain, the wheels slipped, the handlebars twisted, and a stack of baskets on the cart fell off.
The cart cannot be parked on a slope, and the fallen cages must be picked up. At this moment, a figure appeared, holding the cart with one hand, bending down with the other hand to pick up the cage on the ground, put it back on the cart, and pushed the cart up.
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