This is a small mountain town. Although it is called a market town, it is actually very simple. The supply and marketing cooperative still has adobe walls, and the farmers' market is also very small, just on the side of the road.
It just so happened that this day was not a market day, and it was almost noon, so there were hardly any people in the market.
Zhou Yuan took Ouyang Xiaomei to the market and saw that there were some vegetable sellers, but not many. There were only two people selling meat. Fortunately, they had not sold out, but there was not much good meat left.
The fat loin meat is gone, the kind with ribs, and what's left are some front and hind legs, which look very thin.
If it were now, this would be authentic good meat and you would have to spend a little more money to buy it.
But in 1986, the best-selling meat on the street was fat, and the hardest-selling was lean meat and bones, especially the big dragon bones.
Today it is said to be very nutritious for making soup, but back then everyone disdained it because it had neither meat nor oil, and it took a lot of fire to make soup, so most people would not buy it and the price was not high.
Of course, money was valuable back then. Although meat only cost a little over one yuan per pound, most people couldn't afford it.
However, Zhou Yuan, who had experienced rebirth, knew that dragon bones were indeed nutritious and cheap, so he directly said to the butcher:
"Uncle, give me two dragon bones. Oh, two shouldn't be enough, three, and some hind leg meat."
"Okay, young man, you have good taste. Look at my hind leg meat, it's so beautiful."
The butcher was probably in his forties. Nowadays, people in their forties are still considered young, but back then, people in their forties felt very old.
At least his face looks weathered.
I heard someone wanted dragon bones, three at a time, and also wanted meat from the hind legs.
The quantity requested was quite large, and the butcher was so excited that he almost jumped up and waved his knife, saying, "Do you want to chop the dragon bones?"
"Cut it." Zhou Yuan nodded, holding a thick wallet in his hand.
Ouyang Xiaomei pouted and said, "Boss, other people only buy the fat meat, but you buy the lean meat and even bring back some bones. It's strange that the brothers don't complain."
"It's okay. Let's eat something good today. We'll make some cold lean meat and some dragon bone and yam soup. It's nutritious. Come early tomorrow and get some fatty meat from them. We'll have a treat every other day."
Zhou Yuan understood that Ouyang Xiaomei was not a reborn person, and her thinking was definitely different from his own.
"That's more like it. Who likes to eat lean meat these days? Especially for you men, eating it won't solve any problems at all.
Just like my dad said, lean meat is not as delicious as cabbage, it is too hard to chew. "Ouyang Xiaomei said excitedly, gesturing:
"I remember a few years ago when the team was slaughtering a pig for the Lunar New Year, one family was given this kind of hind leg meat and almost got into a fight with the person distributing it, saying they didn't want any of it.
This kind of meat is not only lean, but also has bones. The meat is not enough for one person in the family. However, those who get the fatty meat can not only eat it all, but also make some fat, which is much more cost-effective.
Boss, haven’t you experienced this kind of life? "
"Why not? Of course I have. But beauty, that's all in the past. Life will get better and better in the future."
Zhou Yuan thought that in another 20 years, lean meat would be more valuable than fat, and bones would be even more expensive, especially spare ribs, which would sell for more than 40 yuan per pound at their most expensive.
But he didn't dare say this out loud, for fear of scaring Ouyang Xiaomei.
After buying meat, I bought vegetables, and finally rice, oil, and salt. There were so many things I needed to buy.
Ouyang Xiaomei couldn't carry anything except the things she bought, so she just took two bags of salt.
Zhou Yuan had to carry rice, meat and vegetables by himself, and he almost died of exhaustion.
When we returned to the base, it was almost 1:00 p.m. The brothers were already starving and crying out in the shed.
Seeing the boss coming back, everyone rushed out to help get things.
But when they saw how thin the meat was, they all pouted their lips high. They didn't say anything, but they were thinking:
"Is this boss crazy? He bought meat like this, what's the point of eating it? Isn't it a waste of money?
There are so many big bones. How can I eat this thing? It’s so difficult.”
But despite the thought, everyone did not stop helping.
Liu Yiming had already prepared the firewood at home. He brought the pot from home, and the stove and other things were all ready. First, he put the rice into the pot and started cooking.
Then some people started washing vegetables, some started cutting meat, and some started making bone soup. Everyone was busy and having a lot of fun.
When it was almost time for dinner, Zhou Yuan remembered that there was a refrigerator in his warehouse, and there was wine in the refrigerator.
So he hid in a deserted place outside the shed, quietly slipped into the warehouse he had brought with him, and took out a few bottles of beer, as well as some unprepared bowls and chopsticks.
Then everyone gathered together to eat. After the meal, everyone rested for a while. Then Liu Dayong came over and took everyone to the construction site. He explained some things that needed to be explained clearly and asked them to go to the project department to get the tools they needed.
Finally, Liu Dayong said to Zhou Yuan, "You are mainly engaged in earthwork engineering, but unfortunately you don't have an excavator. If you had an excavator, it would be much faster, the cost would be reduced, and you would make more money.
But excavators are too expensive these days. It's not cost-effective to buy one for a project like yours. The profit you make won't even cover the cost of the excavator."
"It's just an excavator, don't worry, boss. I have a friend who has one. We can just rent one."
Zhou Yuan didn't dare to say that he had a warehouse with such things in it, so he could only say that he rented it.
Liu Dayong laughed heartily, patted Zhou Yuan on the shoulder and said, "You're amazing! Not only do you have so many materials to sell these days, but you can even rent an excavator. You're even more impressive than me."
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