Chapter 93 Ruby Apple
Xie Yun also saw people selling apples at the market.
It is no exaggeration to say that the aroma of fruit is everywhere.
A group of people gathered there.
There are two ways of selling: selling by the piece, 6 cents each; selling by the pound, 20 cents per pound.
The apples aren't big, so a pound weighs about four or five. Some people buy a few and just want to try one. Since the stall owner can't weigh them, he sells them individually. Buyers can choose for themselves.
Xie Yun pulled Xie Shen in and squeezed in. It was a type of jade that was very rare in later generations: ruby.
Ruby Apple
These apples are incredibly sour when freshly picked, but once they're stored in winter, their flavor is indescribably delicious. After the household contract responsibility system was implemented, these apples were phased out. The Red Jade, Green Banana, Red Banana, and Flower Banana varieties in the collective orchards were all cut down for firewood, leaving the orchards largely dominated by Fuji apples.
Xie Yun knew all this from a previous life when she visited a famous apple-producing area and bought apples. She also saw a red ruby tree at a fruit farmer's house and bought a few kilograms from him.
She has this in her space.
After coming to this world, she had seen the prices of fruits at the supply and marketing cooperative. Hongyu bananas were 18 cents per pound, Guoguang bananas were 30 cents, and green bananas and red bananas were both 35 cents.
But unfortunately, when she visited the supply and marketing cooperative, she only saw the price, not the apples themselves. They were always out of stock.
You don’t need a ticket to buy fruits, so they will probably be bought up by nearby residents as soon as they arrive.
The stall owner's price was two cents higher than the listed price. It looked like he had no trouble selling.
Someone asked the stall owner, "How many apples did you harvest this year?"
"Not many. There's only one tree in my yard, how many can there be? From autumn till now, I haven't been willing to eat any of them. I'm just waiting to take them out during the Chinese New Year to sweeten everyone's appetite."
"Are there any bad ones?"
"Yes. About ten of them were rotten, so I left them at home for the children to eat."
Xie Shen saw his sister looking at the apple with sparkling eyes, so he said, "Sister, have some."
"Hmmmm."
Xie Yun nodded and picked up the apples one by one and put them into the small basket used by the stall owner to weigh the apples. She picked only medium-sized ones.
Ten pieces, a little over two kilograms.
"Can you chip in fifty cents?"
"OK."
Xie Yun picked out two bigger ones and put them in.
As the stall owner was weighing the items, he said to Xie Yun, "Look, my scale is high."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "I see."
If I put it on 2.5 jin, the weight wouldn't be able to hold it down. It should be more than 2.6 jin.
Xie Yun took out a small sack from his backpack and put the apples into it.
Someone asked her, "Girl, you bought so much, can you finish it?"
Xie Yun smiled and said, "I can finish it, but I can't eat it all. These are not for my family, but for several families. I will go back and share them with everyone. I can only keep one for my family to taste."
"You're quite kindhearted, carrying it all the way back for someone."
"We are all revolutionary brothers and sisters, and we should help each other."
Xie Yun took his brother and chatted nonsense with everyone with a smile, then squeezed out of the crowd and left.
Xie Shen was full of admiration for his sister's ability to lie with open eyes and her reaction speed.
He learned that it’s true and false, real and fake, and he can just talk nonsense about things that can’t be told to others!
When the two returned home, Xie Yun first cut the mutton into pieces and soaked it in cold water, then killed the chicken and bled it. He prepared and marinated one chicken and kept it for his family. He would cook the other one early the next morning and send it to Li's house.
At noon, she and Xie Shen shared the fried dough stick they had in the morning. The feeling after being steamed was different from that of freshly fried ones, not as crispy, but still delicious. Then, they ate half of the braised pork left over from yesterday with mixed flour pancakes. They would have to wait until Zhang Ruifeng came back in the evening to eat the stewed mutton soup together.
They didn't touch the snacks and apples, waiting for their mother to come back.
In the afternoon, when he had nothing to do, Xie Shen would do horse stance, boxing and leg exercises in the yard, while Xie Yun would read the newly bought comic books in the yard, occasionally giving instructions on his movements.
An old cotton mat covered her legs, and beside her were two clay pots, each containing a burning fire, the ashes growing bit by bit. Xie Yun stopped adding wood and buried two sweet potatoes and a handful of peanuts, stirring them up every now and then.
Let the peanuts cool down a bit before eating, otherwise they won’t be crispy enough.
Roasted sweet potatoes should be eaten while they are hot. Peel off the dark, sticky outer shell and you'll find the flesh inside is sweet and chewy, though not quite soft and sticky enough.
"Mumu, take a break and come eat something."
"Why."
Xie Shen went back to the house, washed his hands, wiped the sweat off his face, sat down next to Xie Yun, took half a sweet potato from her hand and started eating it, then leaned over to read the comic book with her.
At around four o'clock, we started to stew the mutton soup.
Wash the mutton several times until there is no blood, then blanch it. When stewing, add onions, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, and two drops of vinegar. The seasoning is limited, so this is all you can do.
When the mutton is about 70% to 80% cooked, add the radish and cook.
While the mutton soup was stewing, Xie Yun kneaded the dough and made three pancakes.
When Zhang Ruifeng comes home from get off work, she breaks the pancake into pieces and soaks it in the soup, which becomes mutton soup steamed bun.
As five o'clock approached, the sky suddenly turned gloomy and the air became gloomy and cold.
Xie Yun said to Xie Shen, "It might snow today. You stay home, I'll go and greet our mother."
"I'll go with you. I'll seal the stove."
"Mom and Hongxia are coming back together. I brought a straw raincoat for Mom, and I have to bring one for Hongxia too. We only have three sets of straw raincoats at home, no extra ones."
"I'll go to Director Yan's house to get a set. It's for Sister Hongxia anyway."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "Then go ahead. I'll put out the fire."
"Hey. I'll go right away."
Xie Shen agreed and left the house.
Xie Yun added a handful of firewood into the stove, sealed the stove mouth, simmered mutton soup over a low fire, prepared a straw raincoat and a straw hat, and waited for Xie Shen to come back to set off together.
The straw raincoat is made of straw, and is woven tightly, so it can keep out wind and rain. It can protect you from wind and rain while keeping you warm. Apart from being a bit heavy, there are no other problems.
Xie Shen came back with Director Yan.
Director Yan sniffed as he entered the room and asked with a smile, "Are you stewing mutton? This stuff has a strong smell. I saw it when I went to the commune a few days ago, but I didn't buy it. But it doesn't seem to have that strong smell after you stewed it. It smells okay."
Xie Yun: "I don't care if it smells strong or not, it's meat after all. I figured that compared to pork and chicken, aside from the taste, the nutritional value should be about the same."
Director Yan smiled and said, "You're right. It's meat after all. I'll go pick them up, so you two can stay away. Bring me a straw raincoat and hat, and I'll take them to your mother."
Xie Yun handed the things to her and said with a smile, "Thank you for your help."
"Don't be so polite."
"hey-hey."
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