Chapter 90: Buy and Sell
The eggs are already fragrant, and if they are fried with the leftover oil from frying the lotus root, they will become even more fragrant when they turn golden yellow.
When Chu Tong saw the oil on the noodles, she once again thought to herself that her sister's noodles were delicious, but they used too much oil.
"Let me cook from now on, right?" Chu Tong couldn't help but say, "The oil Xiaohong uses at night is enough for other families to eat for three days."
Xiao Yuer, who was still concentrating on eating noodles, raised his head and said with embarrassment: "Mom, Auntie's noodles are delicious, and the dishes she cooks are also delicious."
It's hard for her to say that her own mother's cooking skills are not good, but she also clearly expressed that the food cooked by Chu Hong is more delicious.
Everyone in the family laughed when they heard this.
Chu Hong also touched her head and smiled from ear to ear: "Xiao Yu'er, you really know what's good."
Chu Tong didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If someone is as willing to use oil as you are, how bad can the food they cook be?"
Wu Xiu said, "From now on, Chu Hong will cook lunch and Chu Tong will cook dinner."
Then he said to his eldest daughter in a gentle voice, "Don't be reluctant to give up the oil. Our family has no foreign debt now, and we still have some savings. Eat and drink as you should. Health is more important."
He also told his eldest daughter about Chu Hong's plan to earn some food from the enamelware factory: "The village is also planning to start collective breeding. If it succeeds, our food will be better in the future."
Chu Tong's heartbeat quickened as she heard this: "If this can really be accomplished, it would really be a great thing, right?"
Seeing that Party Secretary Song had put down his bowl and chopsticks, Chu Hong urged him, "Dad, go around the village first and ask if everyone would be willing to exchange thirty kilograms of grain for a defective enamel pot."
“When the time comes, we’ll say if everyone wants it, we’ll fight for it with the leaders.”
"If everyone doesn't have this demand, and we haven't finalized it yet and haven't signed or sealed it, then we'll reject it tomorrow."
She had agreed readily before, but now that the deal had really to be finalized, Chu Hong began to get nervous, thinking that she had been hasty and forgot to investigate market demand first.
She had previously put herself in her own shoes and thought that it was a good deal to exchange thirty kilograms of food for a washbasin.
But it is not certain whether the villagers will have the same idea as me.
When Secretary Song heard this, he agreed, went back to his room, got a flashlight and went out.
After Secretary Song left, Chu Tong quickly cleaned up the dishes.
Chu Hong asked Xiao Yuer: "What are you doing with your mother today? If you are bored, you can go digging wild vegetables with Chu Chu."
The weather is still very cold now, but there are shepherd's purse and wild arugula in the fields and on the ridges. You can just dig them up and blanch them in water and eat them.
Of course it doesn’t taste very good, everyone would rather eat vegetables.
However, Old Man Chu and his friends didn't get much vegetables, and it wasn't enough to eat. The four old people, including Grandma Jia, had to go to work, so they asked the younger ones to dig wild vegetables.
She said eating shepherd's purse has many benefits and is good for their health.
Chu Hong agreed with this. People now look down on shepherd's purse, but in forty or fifty years, wild shepherd's purse will become a precious wild vegetable.
Whether it is dumplings or ergonomics, I like to put some shepherd's purse.
After forty or fifty years, no one will be willing to farm in the countryside, and city dwellers will instead run to the countryside to pick shepherd's purse and experience the joy of farm life.
When the farmers saw that people from the city were coming to pick shepherd's purse, they also followed suit.
Perfect interpretation: those who grab the good things are the good ones.
Xiaoyuer and Chuchu are already familiar with each other, so of course he is willing to play with her.
Not to mention that children nowadays don’t have many toys, and mud is their favorite toy.
"Yes! I dug a lot of vegetables back." Xiao Yuer suddenly nodded heavily, and looked at Chu Hong expectantly: "Auntie will cook for everyone."
How much does she dislike her mother's cooking skills?
Chu Hong burst out laughing: "Okay, okay, auntie will make you shepherd's purse dumplings."
Chu Tong pointed at Chu Hong's forehead and said harshly, "What nonsense are you talking about? We have used up all our meat coupons to make lotus root dumplings."
I never realized that my second sister was such a spendthrift person before?
Maybe it was because her grandparents were at home before, so she had to restrain herself?
Wu Xiu said at the side: "You don't have to put meat in the dumplings. Tofu and shepherd's purse, or eggs and shepherd's purse will do, right?"
Chu Tong didn't want to say anything anymore.
How could she forget that her own mother also loves to eat, and when it comes to food, no one is more sophisticated than her.
At this moment, Chu Tong felt more and more that the burden on her shoulders was heavy.
Grandpa Song and Grandma Song also came back to live here, because second uncle's house only has two rooms and they are more accustomed to living here.
So after dinner I came back to sleep and found out about this.
Chu Hong also wanted to ask them what they thought: "Grandpa and grandma, would you be willing to exchange thirty kilograms of rice for a washbasin?"
Old Man Song hesitated for a moment before speaking: "If it were me, I wouldn't want to change it. I'm used to the wooden basin."
Grandma Song disagreed: "I will change it. It's okay to eat less. The wooden basin is too heavy. We are old and it's tiring to carry it."
"The enamel washbasin is light and beautiful, and can be used for many years. You don't have to spend money to buy it, so why not change it?"
Secretary Song went out at about six o'clock and came home at nearly nine o'clock. Seeing the whole family waiting for him, he smiled and said, "Most of the families in our village are willing to make the exchange. I also visited a few families in Lingzhong Village. When they heard about exchanging rice, they all thought it was a good deal."
Chu Hong felt relieved when she heard this, she yawned and stood up: "That's good, I'll go back to sleep first."
Secretary Song hurriedly reminded her: "Get up at six o'clock tomorrow, just in time to go to the commune for a meeting. You also have to study, and then go to the enamel factory after you're done."
Chu Hong thought that she was now the director of the Women's Department and had to go to the commune, so she had no choice but to agree.
Early the next morning, the father and daughter went to the commune.
Secretary Song went to report the start of the reservoir construction to his direct superiors, and Chu Hong also went to the Women's Office to learn from their experience.
The commune has a new benefit starting this year, issuing meal tickets three times a month. Village cadres who come to the meeting can use the meal tickets to eat three meals for free in the cafeteria.
With the meal ticket, each person could get three taels of rice, and the dishes included green vegetables, fried tofu, and braised winter melon.
The chef in the cafeteria has pretty good cooking skills, and even the vegetarian dishes taste great.
Chu Hong couldn't help but whispered: "No wonder they say it's good to work here. Just for the food, I want to come to work."
After dinner, the father and daughter went to the enamel factory.
It was still Secretary Song who rode his own bicycle to take Chu Hong there.
Director Xiao had also finished lunch and was waiting for them in the office. When he saw them coming, he still warmly made tea and entertained them: "Secretary Song, thank you for your trouble."
"Have you eaten yet? If not, I'll treat you to a meal in the cafeteria?"
Secretary Song also smiled and said, "Hello, Director Xiao, we have already eaten."
He opened the door and went straight into the mountain and said, "The village has started digging a reservoir. There is a lot of work to do. We will have to go back soon."
"I wonder if you have finished discussing this?"
Director Xiao first told them the result of the discussion after the meeting: "Secretary Song is a straightforward person. We will give him 30 yuan in salary and exchange 28 kilograms of rice for each defective washbasin."
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