Soon people came to her stall to inquire.
"Is this wild boar meat?"
"Of course! We were lucky today, we caught a wild boar and a roe deer."
"Auntie, if you want it, I'll sell it to you for a cheaper price."
When the old lady heard that she could get a discount, her eyes immediately lit up and she said:
How much cheaper can it be?
"80 cents! This is absolutely the lowest price in the entire market."
If you go to the meat processing plant, it costs 70 cents a pound and you need a ration coupon.
I'll just give you the 80 cents per pound price without any tickets, and I'll even throw in two extra big bones to take home and make soup.
If you have kids at home, drink more bone broth; their heads will pop up like crazy.
I won't say much more, how many kilograms do you want?
Jiang Wenwan even went out of her way to buy a scale for this purpose.
Right now, they took it out to weigh it for that auntie.
When the aunt heard her ask, she thought that the meat he sold was cheaper than elsewhere, where it cost one yuan per pound!
So he said:
"Weigh out three jin for me."
"Alright! Look how high this scale is, three jin and three liang, I'll give you three jin, and I'll add two big bones for you."
Upon hearing this, the auntie happily paid the money, took the meat, and left.
The man selling rice nearby said:
"Hey girl, your wild boar meat is only 80 cents a pound, that's really cheap. Save me two pounds later."
Because she sold them for one or two cents less than others, she quickly sold out all the wild boar and roe deer meat she had.
After selling everything, I rode my bicycle back home. Before I even reached the village, I saw the village head pulling an oxcart and leading people back to the village.
"Captain, what are you doing?"
The brigade leader drove an oxcart to see her.
"The commune assigned four more educated youths to our brigade, and I went to pick them up."
Jiang Wenwan glanced at the three men and one woman on the oxcart. She never expected that she would become one of the older members of the educated youth settlement after only a few months.
However, this has little to do with her.
With a powerful kick, he naturally returned to the educated youth settlement before them.
"Wanwan, where did you go this afternoon?"
Zhu Xiaomin waved to her happily.
"Why are you so happy to go for a stroll in the county?"
Then Zhu Xiaomin took out a watch from behind her back and said:
"Look, my fiancé mailed me a watch; it's made in Shanghai."
Hehe, I've seen this kind of table in state-run stores. Not only did it require an industrial ration coupon, but it also cost over a hundred yuan!
Oh my gosh, I'm so happy! Let's have a delicious meal tonight to celebrate!
Oh, by the way, I'll send him the rabbit fur gloves as a return gift. What do you think?
If you were to ask what Jiang Wenwan has the most of, it would be rabbit skins.
Zhu Xiaomin was also present. Uncle Qiao from the village was not only skilled at peeling leather, but also adept at making leather gloves.
When Zhou Yunting left, Jiang Wenwan gave him two pairs of leather gloves.
She also made two pairs for herself to use in the winter.
Zhu Xiaomin also bought leather from Jiang Manman and paid Uncle Qiao to make two pairs of men's shoes and several pairs of women's shoes.
She said she was waiting to mail it home in winter, but now it seems she's going to mail it back to her fiancé ahead of time.
"Great, they gave you such an expensive watch."
It's perfectly normal for you to mail him two pairs of gloves.
Oh, by the way, I have some deerskin here. Would you like me to make him a pair of deerskin gloves later?
Zhu Xiaomin's eyes lit up.
"Deer hide?"
Should I make him a pair of deerskin shoes?
She spoke excitedly, then frowned.
"But I don't know how big his feet are?"
Jiang Wenwan tapped her forehead.
"Forget about it. Instead of deerskin shoes, a pair of deerskin gloves would be much better."
It's not that I'm superstitious, but some people say that if two people in a relationship give each other shoes, it will cause the lovers to drift apart.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Xiaomin was so frightened that she quickly shook her head.
"Never mind then, I won't send the shoes. I'll send a pair of gloves instead!"
I'll mail the rabbit skin back first; I'll wait until winter to swim back and surprise him.
Jiang Wenwan thought about hunting a few more deer later.
Make two pairs of deerskin boots, deerskin gloves, and a deerskin hat for winter.
Even deerskin, when sold on the black market, doesn't fetch as much as in state-run stores.
However, they still choose to sell them on the black market.
To sell them at state-run stores, you need a letter of introduction from the village. Pheasants and rabbits are fine.
Large-scale properties like these are collective assets. The village needs to issue a letter of introduction, and after the sale, the money is brought back to the village and divided equally.
If she wasn't willing to split the profits, she had no choice but to sell herself on the black market.
This is why those people go to the black market.
Zhu Xiaomin suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she said excitedly:
“I’ll embroider two stitches on the gloves to make a mark.”
After she finished speaking, Jiang Wenwan skipped back into the house and smiled.
Suddenly I realized that her idea was pretty good.
When I make clothes for Zhou Yunting later, I'll also embroider a couple of stitches to mark it.
Just as she was thinking about what to embroider, she saw the brigade leader pulling an oxcart over.
"This is your educated youth settlement. As usual, you will arrange your own accommodations."
I'll go and get your rations.
Zhang Weiguo took the opportunity to look at Jiang Wenwan and shake his head.
Jiang Wenwan was surprised; even he didn't know?
The captain did a good job of keeping things secret.
The three female educated youths and one male educated youth who got off the oxcart carried the same large and small bags as when they came.
The male educated youth stayed in the room with Du Zhiyuan and his group, while the female educated youth, needless to say, stayed in the room with Tan Yumiao.
"It's so annoying. I've only been living in a single room for a few days and now I have to squeeze in with other people."
Tan Yumiao looked very unwell.
Three female educated youths, one of whom, named Wang Guihua, frowned as she looked at Jiang Wenwan's room.
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