That's why I bought a little more; I'm not sure how much pork I bought, so I won't count that for now.
After Zhang Wenshu left, Wen Qiao made some plans in her mind.
She knew a little about the prices here, all of which she learned from Li Qin.
However, with the year-end approaching, prices, especially for meat, are bound to rise.
Zhang Wenshu is quite efficient.
That very evening, they had 200 jin of beef and mutton delivered.
But they only managed to buy fifty jin of pork.
It's only an exception that's made when it's a military unit member who buys it.
The chicken, duck, and fish were all delivered in sufficient quantities.
Zhang Wenshu told Wen Qiao that he bought it at the military's internal procurement price, which was not as expensive as the market price.
Excluding pork, the meat cost a total of 198.
Including pork, the price of pork here is cheaper than in the north of the city.
It's 85 cents a pound in the north, and 65 cents here.
The total is over two hundred.
Wen Qiao thought it was alright.
Watching Zhang Wenshu continuously deliver meat to Deputy Division Commander Shen's house, truckload after truckload came.
When Wang Yueju saw it, she was so curious that she couldn't help but scratch her itch. She grabbed a handful of peanuts and went to Li Qin's house to chat.
Curious, he asked, "What's going on at Deputy Division Commander Shen's house? Why did he buy so much meat?"
Li Qin knew about this; Wang Gang had told her about it a long time ago.
Li Qin glanced at Wang Yueju.
"If someone buys meat, it means they have money. What are you envious of? If you have money, why don't you go buy some too?"
"You've been quite generous lately; I've noticed you've been buying a lot of meat."
When her daughter Er Ya was queuing up to buy pork early in the morning, she ran into Wang Yueju, who was in front of her in line.
I bought ten pounds of pork, and I wanted the fattest cuts.
Wang Yueju is such a stingy person; she can cook noodles in sauerkraut water in the summer but won't even put in an egg.
He was able to buy ten pounds of pork in one go.
She wouldn't have believed it if her own daughter hadn't told her.
But it's clear that Wang Yueju has been eating well lately.
Before, when there was nothing good to eat, she never took her bowl and chopsticks out of the house.
Now she eats meat every day, and she brings out her bowl and chopsticks to show off every day.
When Li Qin mentioned that she ate meat, her tone was sour and sarcastic.
Wang Yueju smiled wryly, secretly pleased with herself.
She enjoyed seeing Li Qin's envious and jealous expression towards her.
He then boasted:
“It’s because my god-sister lives in my house, and she’s the one who pays for this. She gives me five yuan a day and lets me spend it however I want. She eats really well; she has to eat eggs and lean meat every day, and she pays for her food separately.”
"Tell me, who wouldn't like such a wonderful god-sister?"
Li Qin felt something was wrong, so she counted on her fingers.
Yu Mengxian gives Wang Yueju five yuan a day, and that's one hundred and fifty yuan a month...
My goodness, for an ordinary person, earning 25 yuan a month is considered good.
They also have to pay extra for food. Wang Yueju said that Yu Mengxian will spend two hundred yuan a month on food.
After Wang Yueju left, Li Qin sat under the eaves, pondering her next move.
When Wang Gang came home from get off work, he didn't see any smoke coming from the chimney. Instead, he saw his wife muttering strange things.
"What are you muttering about, what five or ten yuan?"
"Old Wang, let me tell you something. Wang Yueju's god-sister, who is Deputy Division Commander Shen's friend, what does she do? She lives at Director Li's house and gives Director Li's wife two hundred yuan a month."
Wang Gang glared at her. "What nonsense are you talking about? No matter how good their relationship is, you can't give his family two hundred yuan a month. Stop talking nonsense and go cook."
Li Qin snorted.
"Who's joking with you? I'm just wondering what Yu Mengxian does for a living, and how she's so rich. Giving Director Li's family two hundred a month, does her family have mountains of gold and silver?"
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