Liu Yanran ordered 50 kilograms of pork, divided into 1 kilogram, 2 kilograms, and 5 kilograms packages. She also ordered 30 kilograms of rice and 20 kilograms of flour. Of course, she removed the packaging, and then happily ordered a Ken's breakfast. You know what, after not having eaten it for a long time, it really felt like a delicacy, and now the feeling of having it served as you order is really great.
Then she thought about tonight's menu. Her nephew was one month old, so she didn't plan to let her mother cook. It's not that her cooking was bad, but influenced by the times, Ms. Cao Cuilan was reluctant to use more ingredients when cooking, so there was not enough oil and water. No wonder it was rare to see fat people in this era, and having enough to eat was a luxury.
Although Liu Yanran was a rich woman in her previous life, she was a love-brained person. She also believed her best friend's advice that to capture a man's heart, one must first capture his stomach, so she specially learned to cook. It can be said that her cooking skills are also at the master level.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Liu Yanran slipped out of the space with the backpack on her back. Of course, she didn't carry all the things on her back, after all, they were too heavy, so she only carried some of them symbolically. When she got into the house, she used the cotton-padded jacket covering the backpack to get the things out. When she was almost there, she saw Aunt Liu waiting at the gate of the brown sugar factory's staff quarters from a distance.
"Auntie Liu, who is this? Come and register!" There are security guards at the entrance of the family compound. If they see unfamiliar people entering, they must register.
Aunt Liu certainly wouldn't take the risk. She stuffed half a bag of brown sugar into the security guard's pocket and said, "Xiao Wu, this is my cousin's daughter from the countryside. She's illiterate and never went to school. She came to deliver something to me and will leave after she's at her home. We're old acquaintances, so let's not bother with this."
Xiao Wu put the things in the drawer and turned a blind eye. "Okay, but you can't stay here for long, or I'll be embarrassed." Xiao Wu thought Aunt Liu was looking for a man for her niece in the family compound. After all, in this era, men with formal jobs were very popular, regardless of their appearance.
Liu Yanran followed Aunt Liu back home, then found a place to put down her backpack. She opened her cotton-padded jacket and took out all the things from the space. "Auntie, I prepared 50 kilograms of pork, 30 kilograms of rice, and 20 kilograms of noodles. Take a look at the quality."
"Oh, there are so many things. You look quite thin, but you are quite strong!" Aunt Liu was not vague and started to look at the quality. She first looked at the flour, which was very fine. Then she looked at the rice, which was also very clean. Finally, she looked at the pork. Well, it was quite fresh. It seemed that this little girl was a real person and she did not trust the wrong person.
"Hehe, I do farm work at home, so I'm a little stronger. Don't worry, Auntie. I give you enough. If you don't believe me, you can weigh it. To be honest, I'm aiming for long-term development. I think you're a real person, Auntie. I'll come to you when I have goods in the future. If you introduce customers to me, I'll give you an extra pound of meat each time." A pound of meat was a precious gift in that era.
Aunt Liu smiled cheerfully and said, "Okay, we're both straightforward people. I'll take 10 pounds of meat, 10 pounds of rice, and 5 pounds of noodles." As she spoke, she poured Liu Yanran another cup of sugar water. "I'll get you the money." According to the agreed-upon price, Aunt Liu counted out 14.44 yuan to Liu Yanran. Liu Yanran gave Aunt Liu 11 pounds of meat, 10 pounds of rice, and 5 pounds of noodles.
Aunt Liu put the things away, then turned to Liu Yanran and said, "I'll go find some good sisters I know and see to it that all these things of yours are sold." Then she left the house. She was also a carefree person and was not afraid that a stranger like Liu Yanran would empty her family's money. But maybe this was the characteristic of people in this era, simple and kind.
In less than five minutes, Aunt Liu came over with six other aunts. Liu Yanran doubted whether these few people could divide up the remaining 39 kilograms of meat. In the end, she still underestimated the strength of the sugar factory's family members. The minimum purchase was 5 kilograms, and the most was like Aunt Liu who wanted 10 kilograms. There was not enough to sell.
Aunt Liu explained that most of them have several relatives working in the sugar factory, so when they buy meat, they usually share it among themselves. So when they come across meat that doesn't require a ticket, they naturally buy more.
One of the ladies who only bought 5 kilograms grabbed Liu Yanran and said, "Daya, will you come again next time? When will you come?" For convenience, Liu Yanran used the pseudonym Daya, a rural girl whose brother worked in a slaughterhouse.
"Aunt Xu, I'll come again next Saturday. My brother slaughters pigs every Saturday, but I can only leave you 50 kilograms at most." Although Liu Yanran could take out a lot of pork, it was hunger marketing. If she took out so much at once, these people would feel that it was not so precious.
After the payment and goods were settled, Liu Yanran put on her backpack, said goodbye to everyone and left. Then Liu Yanran repeated the same trick and went to the nearby steel plant and soap factory residential areas, earning a total of more than 200 yuan.
Finally, Liu Yanran went to the flea market and bought a used bicycle for a little over fifty yuan. Then, she took the food she needed for dinner and returned to the military family compound. Having a bicycle was definitely a convenience, though!
"Mom, I'm back." Liu Yanran put down the backpack, gave each of the three children two White Rabbit candies, and let them continue with their homework.
Cao Cuilan emerged from her eldest daughter-in-law's room. To make it easier to care for them, she and the children were staying at her eldest son's house. After dinner, the two sons would move to the second son's house. However, for convenience, the courtyards assigned to the two of them were next door to each other, with Aunt Wang's house on the other side. "Nuannuan is back! Have you eaten?" Nuannuan was Liu Yanran's nickname.
"Mom, I've eaten. You take care of my sister-in-law and the children, and I'll prepare dinner for tonight." In fact, it was already past two o'clock, and Cao Cuilan just asked casually.
Liu Yanran had shown off her cooking skills before, so Cao Cuilan knew her daughter could cook. "Okay, then tell me if you want to help." Then she returned to the eldest daughter-in-law's room. After all, the eldest daughter-in-law was still in confinement after childbirth, and she even asked the second daughter-in-law to continue recuperating in her room. A woman can only recover well after confinement.
Liu Yanran sorted the ingredients and started to clean up. She planned to make chicken nuggets with potatoes, fish with pickled cabbage, pork with dried beans, mapo tofu, pork intestines with vinegar, cabbage residue, braised lion's head, stir-fried bean sprouts, cold cucumber salad, tomato and egg, and a corn and pork rib soup. The staple dishes were fried rice with egg and big meat buns, which was considered a very sumptuous meal in that era.
When Cao Cuilan came out to check out her worried self, she discovered that her little girl was busy but organized, and she cooked very well, with many more tricks than she knew.
When Liu Guoqiang and Liu Guodong returned home with their good brothers, they saw their mother and children in the living room. There were already several dishes on the table. So who was busy in the kitchen?
Just as everyone was greeting each other, a little girl in a pink apron came out of the kitchen carrying dishes. Her hair was a little messy from being busy, and her face was red from cooking, but Gu Shijing said that for many years to come, he would remember that beautiful figure when they first met.
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