Chapter 35: Big Meat Sellers
"It feels like the animals are more precious than us."
Wu Yongfei stared at the cattle, horses and other animals drinking water and chewing grass with relish, and once again lamented that humans are not as good as animals.
Aunt Ma said without thinking, "You are not as good as animals. They can work hard and pull hundreds or thousands of pounds of things. You spilled the water when you were carrying it and broke the bucket."
The tone was full of disgust.
Wu Yongfei became autistic after hearing her ruthless words.
Yi Chichi and the others thought he was pretty good. When Wu Yongfei didn't speak, he looked like a decent person, but when he spoke, people wanted to sigh that he was a good young man, but he had a big mouth.
This is a person who is only fit to be a mute.
The market was bustling with activity. Aunt Ma and her friends not only bought things, but also sold things.
There are only a few opportunities a year to legally buy and sell, so you have to seize them.
"We'll set up the stall, you guys can go shopping on your own, and we'll meet up at three in the afternoon."
Worried that the young people were unstable, Aunt Ma added, "You can go back early after buying the things you want."
The implication is: don't wait for them foolishly.
"Okay, auntie, we'll remember that."
Yi Chichi and the others heard the subtext in her words and replied obediently.
After the others left, a few of them exchanged glances, then rushed into the crowded crowd like wild horses.
Yi hadn't had breakfast for a long time, so when she passed by the breakfast stall, she couldn't move her feet and went over to it. She found fried dough sticks, noodles, sesame cakes and tofu pudding.
"Uncle, do you want food coupons?"
"don't want."
The uncle didn't even raise his head. Not many country people had food coupons, and the trading model at the market had always been barter or pure monetary transactions.
"Comrade, do you want to eat?"
"eat."
Yi Chichi quickly ordered the food, "Give me two sesame cakes and a serving of tofu pudding."
"Fifteen cents."
"Give."
She handed over the money, and the uncle took it, wrapped two pancakes in oil paper and gave them to her, and asked, "Child, do you want chili with your tofu pudding?"
Yi Chichi, "...No."
She didn't dare say she put sugar in it, for fear of getting beaten.
If I remember correctly, people in Northeast China are very salty when it comes to soy milk and tofu pudding, and it is said that they even add chili peppers.
The Sweet Party is a heresy.
Also, the boss doesn't necessarily have sugar.
Soon, the tofu pudding was ready.
She sat at the table in the thatched hut, eating tofu pudding and sesame cake with relish.
"Uncle, give us half a pound of fried dough sticks, four sesame cakes, and three bowls of tofu pudding."
A pleasant and cheerful voice was heard, and Yi Chichi moved his ears. The voice sounded a little familiar.
I turned around and saw that it was indeed an acquaintance.
"well!"
She shouted, and the little girl standing next to the young man was stunned for a moment, then raised her eyes and looked over.
Then, she met Yi Chichi's smiling eyes.
"Chichi!"
She looked surprised and a big smile appeared on her face.
"You are here to attend the fair, too."
"Yes."
Seeing that she had a companion with her, Yi Chichi smiled and invited, "Come sit together."
"Okay."
So, the table that was originally occupied by Yi Chichi now had one more man and two women.
Through An Hao's introduction, Yi Chichi learned the identities of the young man and woman traveling with her.
The man is her cousin, named An Li. He went to the countryside in 1966 and was assigned to a forest farm.
Now he works as a clerk in the forest farm.
The young woman is the daughter of Uncle Anli, her surname is Zhou and her name is Ni.
Because she is older than Anhao, she calls her sister.
Zhou Ni also works in the forest farm.
Upon learning of the two people's identities, Yi Chichi narrowed his eyes slightly. As expected, An Hao's background was quite interesting.
But it has nothing to do with her.
Yi, who only wanted to survive until the reform and opening up, had no intention of climbing up the social ladder and currying favor with powerful people, so he greeted the two of them calmly and started chatting with An Hao.
"Are you used to working in the forest farm?"
"……fine."
The suspicious pause made Yi Chichi look up at her, but he didn't say much, "Why did you come to the market today?"
If I remember correctly, the forest farm where An Hao is located is about fifty kilometers away from here.
She didn't think An Hao had the leisure to travel such a long distance to go to the market.
An Hao poked An Li, and when he looked at her, she signaled with her eyes, "Do you want to tell the truth?"
An Li thought about it for a while and shook his head slightly to indicate no.
An Hao understood immediately and made up an excuse to get away with it.
"We heard there was a big fair here, so we asked for leave and came here."
Yi Chichi sneered in her heart, the eye contact was too blatant, luckily she didn't have the hobby to get to the bottom of it.
So I followed her words and said, "We can go for a nice stroll after eating."
As she spoke, she finished the last bite of tofu brain and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, "Then you guys eat slowly, I'm leaving first."
"Okay, I'll play with you again when I have the chance!"
An Hao felt a little guilty. Seeing Yi Chi leaving, she didn't dare to stay. Instead, she followed her words and sent her away. Then she looked at her leaving back and whispered, "Brother, I think I can tell the truth."
It's a sale anyway, so it doesn't matter who you sell it to.
"I don't want you to feel, I want me to feel."
"Why?"
Zhou Ni rolled her eyes and said in a somewhat aggressive tone, "Less trouble is worse than more trouble. Why are you asking so many questions?"
They come to make money in exchange for things, not to make friends.
They are just educated youth. It is of no help to them at all, so there is no need to tell them the truth.
Thinking of this, she solemnly warned, "Well, since you call me sister, I have to teach you that not everyone is suitable to be our friend."
An Hao was indignant, "I think Chi Chi is pretty good."
"I didn't say she was bad, but you told her the truth. If she shamelessly asked you for something, would you, as a friend, give it to her or not?"
An Hao was silent for a while, then sighed, "I know."
Chi Chi, I'm sorry, we'll meet again if we're lucky!
I hope that when we meet next time, it will be just the two of us, with no one else around.
However, no one expected that they would meet again an hour and a half later.
"Leave late, come back here later."
Yi Chichi was looking at wooden products such as kang cabinets, boxes, and wooden basins at a carpenter's stall. Wang Nan and Ge Sujuan, who were passing by, grabbed her and walked out.
“??? What good stuff?” Yi Chichi, who was being carried away, blinked and asked curiously.
"There is meat."
"where?"
When it comes to meat, Yi Chi Chi gets excited. In her original world, she was a carnivore. She would be hungry if she didn't eat meat. After coming to this world...
Forget it, let’s not talk about it.
"A small forest in the east."
Yi Chichi, "..."
Good man, these two are nosy, right? She walked around the market and didn't find any meat seller, so she wanted to buy some eggs, but there were none.
There are a lot of dried goods such as pine nuts and mushrooms.
"Where did the news come from?" she asked in a low voice like a thief.
"Old White told us."
Wang Nan whispered to her in a concise manner, "It is said that a big butcher came today."
This is really good news. Yi Chichi is eager to take over the whole thing.
But it was unlikely because she found that there were many people heading in the same direction as them.
After confirming through eye contact, we found out that they were all people who received the message and came to buy meat.
"We have to hurry. I'm worried that if we go too late, they'll be sold out."
That makes sense.
"Walk."
Soon, the destination arrived.
Yi Chichi was surprised to find that the big meat seller Wang Nan mentioned was the An Hao brother and sister.
(End of this chapter)
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