Chapter 28: Food Distribution
Soon it was Tang Yue's turn. Although she had only worked for more than two months, she had been working very hard. Before and after the autumn harvest, she earned only a few more work points than others. When she had enough work points, she could get per capita rations. In the end, Tang Yue only asked for ten yuan, and the rest of the money she wanted was food. After all, she had to eat for a year. Tang Yue asked for 250 yuan for millet, 200 yuan for wheat, 500 yuan for corn kernels, 300 yuan each for sweet potatoes and beans, and ten yuan each for red beans and mung beans.
Tang Yue was quite satisfied, at least she had enough to eat. She planned to use the sweet potatoes to wash the sweet potato flour and make sweet potato vermicelli, and then use it to eat hot and sour noodles. However, there were not enough sweet potatoes, so she would take more red ones from the space when she was preparing to make them, and then make more so that she could eat them for a longer time.
She borrowed a cart from the brigade, put all the distributed food on the cart, and prepared to push it back home, "Captain, how can you be so biased? We got so little, why does Tang Yue get so much food? I am convinced."
Tang Yue heard the voice and turned around. It turned out to be Zhao Yingying. Looking at the two bags of food at her feet, she must have enough to eat. When she saw that she had so much food, it was obvious that she was jealous.
Before Tang Yue could respond to her, the team leader spoke first, "If you are convinced, come and look at the work point book to see how many work points you earn every day, and then look at how many work points Tang Zhiqing earns every day, and then say whether you are biased." This sentence made her speechless.
Zhao Yingying knew her working situation very well. It was her fault that she could get eight work points during the autumn harvest. She was even more lazy at ordinary times and only got 4 work points. Tang Yue saw that Zhao Yingying had said something and deliberately asked, "Do you have any questions? If not, I'll leave now."
"You, you did it on purpose," she said, so angry that she jumped up and down.
Tang Yue didn't care whether she was angry to death or not, she pushed the food back home quickly. She had to return the cart quickly later because others needed it. She didn't care about her at all. It took her ten minutes to get home, open the courtyard door, push the food to the kitchen door, carry a bag in each hand and put them in the storage room first, walk a few times and put them away, push the cart out of the courtyard door, lock the door, and go to the team headquarters to return the cart.
After Tang Yue returned the cart to the brigade headquarters and came back, she wanted to go up the mountain to pick fruits, but it was too early, so she decided to go next time. Now only the autumn vegetables had been confiscated. Those autumn vegetables were the villagers' vegetables for the winter, and the people in the city were also waiting for these vegetables to survive the winter. When the time came, half of them would be handed over to the commune, and the remaining half would be kept by the brigade for distribution according to work.
Tang Yue is getting ready to go up the mountain now. The weather is getting colder and colder, so she is going to make cotton coats and trousers, as well as knit sweaters and trousers. She will close the gate and feed the chickens in the backyard for a few more days. She will kill them in a few days. They will lay eggs even if it is cold, so there is plenty of space to eat eggs.
She returned to the bedroom, took out the sewing machine, took out the cloth and cotton, cut them first, and then added the cotton in little by little. Soon the cotton coat was finished. The same was done for the pants. The only trouble was to stuff the elastic band inside. After making two sets of cotton coats and pants, Tang Yue saw that it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, so she put the cotton coat away and put it in the kang cabinet.
Back in the kitchen, Tang Yue cooked a big pot of rice, fried a bowl of greens, and said she would take out the stewed pork ribs from the space and eat them later. After dinner, she picked up the dishes and chopsticks. It was almost nine o'clock, and she had to work again tomorrow. Tang Yue prepared some meat sauce and mushroom sauce to store, so that she could eat them with steamed buns when she wanted to cook. It was a little dark in the room, so Tang Yue prepared to go into the space to cook.
Entering the space from the bedroom, Tang Yue took out a large piece of beef, about ten grams, from the space warehouse, cut it into fist-sized cubes, first rinsed it in water in a pot, put onions, ginger, garlic, and cooking wine, put it on the fire and simmered it for five minutes. During this time, Tang Yue took out the garlic and peeled it, and smashed it on the chopping board. It was very easy to peel. About five grams of garlic, five grams of ginger, and 20 grams of dried chili peppers, peeled four grams of peanuts, and two grams of sesame seeds. , put the garlic and dried chili in the machine and crush them, take out the beef and rinse it with cold water, then take it out and cut it into the size of a little finger, wash the pot, turn on the high heat, pour in five grams of oil, first put the garlic and dried chili in the pot and fry them until fragrant, then pour the peanuts in and fry them, add salt and a bottle of soy sauce, then pour in the beef cubes and sesame seeds, and add water so that it can be stored for a longer time. After it is done, put it in a large bucket and wait for it to cool before putting it in a glass jar.
After Tang Yue fed the space animals and picked up the eggs, she came back to see that the meat sauce in the basin had cooled down. She took out a five-pack glass jar and filled it with eight five-packs, and also filled a one-pack glass jar with five bottles. She took out these five bottles and put them outside, and put the rest in the space warehouse.
Thinking about how I had just used so many peppers, and how I had used a lot last time, I took out the peppers stored in the storage compartment, spread an oilcloth in the space, washed the peppers and put them on the oilcloth to dry. By then, they would be able to dry out thousands of peppers. I also had to dry some outside. Ming Xiao asked Aunt Guihua if she had any peppers for sale, and if she suddenly had peppers at home, she would buy some and go over.
Tang Yue cleaned the pot in the kitchen and boiled water in a pot that had never been touched by oil for bathing. While the water was boiling, Tang Yue took out a lot of garlic from the space and peeled it to make chili sauce. She also took out a lot of ginger, washed the peeled garlic and ginger and put them outside to dry. She also washed dozens of chilies and put them outside to dry. She would start making chili sauce tomorrow.
After packing up her things, she fetched water to go to the bathroom to take a shower. After the shower, she washed her clothes and hung them outside the space. Seeing that it was getting late, Tang Yue was ready to dawdle, so she went straight into bed to sleep.
It was already past seven when Tang Yue woke up. She cleaned herself up, ate two eggs and a glass of milk, and prepared to go to Aunt Guihua's house to see if anyone could sell peppers. She could also buy some beans. You didn't have to buy a lot, as long as you let others know that you bought them. You could use the rest in the space, as there were plenty of vegetables in the space.
When I arrived at the captain's house, I saw that the door was not closed. I didn't go in, but just shouted at the door, "Auntie, are you home? It's Tang Yue."
"I'm here, come in quickly, why are you here, girl Yue?"
Tang Yue walked in and saw the captain also called him uncle, "Uncle, how come you have time to stay at home today? You are usually so busy."
"After paying the public grain, there is nothing else to do. I will wait until the autumn vegetables are harvested and I will hibernate. Is there anything you want when you come here today?" Does he mean he is visiting you because he knows there is nothing to do?
Tang Yue was a little embarrassed, and said quickly with a smile, "Uncle, are you preparing food for the winter? We have just arrived and the food has not been collected yet. I was thinking of buying some peppers and vegetables to make some pepper sauce and pickled vegetables. If your family has some, buy some. If not, let your aunt help you ask who sells them."
"You have to ask your aunt about this."
Aunt Guihua, who had been silent the whole time, said, "Whatever you want, there's not enough here. If you want more, you have to buy some from other houses."
"Auntie, you don't need to buy a lot. We dried a lot of wild vegetables and pickled some at home. I'll buy 50 grams of peppers, 10 grams of beans, and 10 grams of kohlrabi. That's enough. Auntie, do you have any?"
"Yes, this is a lot. Is this enough for you?"
"That's enough, auntie. We have several sacks of wild vegetables and several sacks of mushrooms."
Thinking that the captain and his aunt were very nice, Tang Yue was ready to tell everyone about Brother Hu's collection of wild vegetables. Nowadays, every family has a few sacks of wild vegetables. Although it is a bit late to tell everyone now, there is still next year, and everyone will definitely pick more next year.
"Uncle, I have something else to tell you. I met someone in the commune. They collect wild vegetables there in winter and dry them for one yuan a piece. You should tell everyone about it, or you might be reported." Tang Yue didn't plan to make money from everyone. After all, she would be staying here for so long, so it was necessary to get along well with the villagers.
Before the captain could say anything, Aunt Guihua next to him got excited first, "Really, there is such a good thing, you are not lying to us, are you?"
"Auntie, how could I lie to you? I'm just afraid of being reported by someone jealous." After hearing what she said, I couldn't tell that the person she knew must be someone from the black market.
The team leader was a little hesitant. After all, this was considered speculation. Aunt Guihua said to him, "Why hesitate? It's rare to make money."
"Uncle, you should ask us to put the wild vegetables at your house first, and then ask us to collect them in the middle of the night when no one is around. When you put them at your house, try to ask us to deliver them at night, and ask us to improve the quality. Try to pick out the ones that are too old, so they look better."
"If it seems that there is no problem, we should also notify them in a high-profile manner. I will tell the old sisters later and let them inform each other. When the weighing happens, you, the old man, will supervise it. Yue girl also knows everyone, so you can record who has how much."
When Tang Yue heard this, she said, "Aunt is really smart. When the time comes, bring the money back and ask Captain Uncle to share some with us."
"Girl Yue, this will implicate you, don't get yourself involved, it will be worth it."
"Uncle, don't worry, I will. Please let me know when the time comes. The wild vegetables and mushrooms will be dried."
"Okay, no problem. When can I start delivering the food to you?"
"Aunt, you can start tonight. When most people have sent their goods, you can go to the town to contact people. You don't need to show up then. You should know that this is not happening."
"Okay, no problem."
After Tang Yue finished speaking, 늀 and Aunt Guihua went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables, put them in the sack from the backpack, put some more vegetables in the backpack, paid the money, and then said goodbye to the team leader and Aunt Guihua.
After Tang Yue left, the captain was still sitting there smoking. Aunt Guihua knew he was worried when she saw him like that, “What are you worried about? We don’t need you to intervene. Let’s just leave the things at Yue’s house. How can she harm herself?”
After saying that, Captain 늀놊 went to smoke a cigarette, and returned to the warehouse to count the wild vegetables and mushrooms to see how much they could be sold for. He suddenly regretted picking too few, and after counting, he hurried out to find his old sisters to pass on the message.
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