Chapter 36 Wild Mandarin Ducks
Anhao, they are disguised.
But to be honest, there is no difference between them pretending and not pretending.
You can only fool strangers, not acquaintances.
There were many people selling things in the woods, and there were also many people buying things, but it was very quiet.
It's all a silent transaction.
Apart from the sound of footsteps, there was almost no sound of talking.
"What?"
A young man in blue overalls stopped them. Yi Chichi's heart skipped a beat. Is there anyone in the forest who cares about this? Wang Nan, however, was not surprised. He said softly, as if he had been prepared for this. "Buy meat."
"One dime, go over there."
He pointed to where An Hao and the other man were, then reached out to Wang Nan.
Wang Nan quickly took out a dime and handed it over.
Then, the young man stepped aside and continued to look around and listen carefully.
There were too many people in Anhao's group, so Wang Nan asked softly, "Where are we going?"
"The young man's side."
Yi Chichi walked towards the place where they were settled. The men over there were too fierce. There were several strong men, and one of them had a strange look in his eyes, filled with hostility.
She is scared.
The Anhao siblings gave her a strong sense of security. The most important thing was that they were from the forest farm, which was far away from here.
The chance of being implicated after an accident is small.
As for the awkwardness of meeting acquaintances...
What is that? As long as she can buy meat, she can pretend she doesn't know them.
Thinking of this, she calmly treated An Hao and the others as strangers.
An Hao didn't have such good psychological quality as her. When she found out that the new customer was her, the little girl's face turned red with embarrassment and guilt, and she didn't dare to look at her at all.
Seeing this, An Li sighed inwardly. It seemed that he could not bring Haohao with him next time because his mentality was too unstable.
Standing in front of An Hao, he lowered his voice, came over with the bag, and whispered, "What do you want?"
It sounds like there's a lot of meat in it.
"Is there any pork?"
Yi Chichi started talking to him as if he was meeting with underground party members.
"have."
An Li told her that there were still about ten pounds of pork, but it was all lean meat.
There are still some smoked chicken and smoked rabbit left, as well as a few large bone sticks. You can take them all away if you want.
Yi Chichi realized that this meant she was the one who bought everything.
She didn't have any objection, but she was afraid that Wang Nan and the others would have objections.
Turning around, she and Wang Nan whispered in each other's ears.
"Do you want it?"
"want."
"Then can I buy our three points?"
"OK!"
Then, Wang Nan and the others took the initiative to keep watch, while Yi Chichi followed An Li to look at the goods and negotiate the price.
Prices are low nowadays. A fried dough stick weighs about half a pound and costs four or five cents. A bowl of plain noodles costs 15 cents, and a bowl of mixed noodle soup is about 25 cents. All of these require food coupons.
The price will be higher without food stamps.
The price of freshly slaughtered pork in the market is 0.7 yuan per pound, and it is fat meat. The price of lean meat is cheaper.
Because people nowadays lack oil and water, fatty meat is full of oil and water, while lean meat such as pig heads and pig ears are not very popular among the public.
She flipped through the remaining things, looked up and said, "You name a price, and if it's suitable, I'll buy it all for you."
An Li, "..."
This person doesn't look like a rich person.
"I don't need tickets here. The price is relatively high."
"Know."
"I'll charge you 80 cents a pound for pork. It's about 9.6 yuan for 12 pounds here. Smoked chicken is 2.5 yuan a piece, 7.5 yuan for three... and 50 cents for a few bones. The total is 23.6 yuan."
"Give."
Yi Chichi quickly paid the bill, and An Li quickly took the money and put it in his pocket, "Where's your bag?"
"You won't give me the bag?"
Yi Chichi was shocked. How could you buy something without giving a bag?
An Li was even more shocked than her, "This is a cloth bag."
"???so?"
"I saved up my cloth coupons and hired someone to make it. You have to pay extra."
"How many?"
He held out a hand. "Five bucks."
"Oh, then I don't want it."
It’s too expensive, smells bad, and is hard to clean.
She turned around and requisitioned a new wooden barrel that Wang Nan had bought.
It's perfect for storing meat, the only downside is that this barrel is too big, so I have to be careful when I leave the forest.
An Li felt very sorry. Why didn't he want it? He could make a lot of money by selling the cloth bag for five yuan.
Yi Chichi had no idea what he was thinking. She put the meat into the bucket and tried to lift it, but found it was too heavy.
The wooden barrel was not light to begin with, and with the twenty pounds of meat in it, the weight increased dramatically.
Just when he was worried, Wang Nan skillfully stuffed the mushrooms, chopsticks and other sundries he had bought into the pot, and even pulled some grass to cover it.
"Walk!"
She turned around and left with the bucket. Yi Chichi quickly pulled Ge Sujuan and followed quickly.
After delivering the goods, An Li and his companions left in the opposite direction.
Soon, the two sides parted ways.
The transaction in the woods continues.
There are too many things, so I definitely won’t go back to the market.
Besides, raw pigs have a strong smell, so to be on the safe side, the three of them talked for a while and then Wang Nan waited for them in the meadow beside the trail with the things.
Yi Chichi and Ge Sujuan went back to the market to find Aunt Ma and the others to get their things, and then came to meet her.
Soon, the two of them settled Wang Nan down.
"Don't make a sound until we get here."
Before leaving, Yi Chichi whispered a warning.
"Know."
Wang Nan nodded and waved his hand like he was shooing away flies, urging them to go quickly and come back soon.
"good."
After leaving the path, Yi Chichi and Ge Sujuan turned their heads and looked around. Not finding anyone nearby, they walked briskly back to the market.
I didn’t see Bai Chen and the others, and neither did Zhou Qiuyu.
When I arrived at Aunt Ma's stall and asked, I found out that Zhou Qiuyu had gone back with Liu Lan, who had just returned from the commune.
Bai Chen and others also joined them.
Yi Chichi said "oh" and said to Aunt Ma, "Aunt, Juanzi and I will go back first."
"Go back."
Twenty minutes later, Yi Chichi and the others successfully reunited with Wang Nan.
It's just that her expression is a little strange, like the kind that is hard to describe and that makes her eyes open.
Yi Chichi was a little surprised to see this, "What's wrong?"
"I met a pair of wild mandarin ducks."
"A place like the meadow is wild..."
Before he could even utter the word "mandarin duck", Yi Chichi's eyes suddenly widened, "Is this the wild mandarin duck that I understand?"
Ge Sujuan laughed, "Otherwise, the meadow has no water, and it is not a wetland, so it is not suitable for mandarin ducks to survive."
It is obvious that the wild mandarin ducks Wang Nan mentioned are humans.
Yi Chichi was immediately filled with gossip, "He wasn't discovered, was he?"
"No."
She hid well, but those two wild mandarin ducks were really bold. She was scared for them because of the noise they made.
Afraid they would be discovered.
"Do you know him?"
There was a somewhat conflicted expression on Wang Nan's face, which seemed like something was going on.
"Do you really know him?" Ge Sujuan was shocked and began to brainstorm about who was so bold as to run to the meadow and be a wild couple on such a busy market day.
"You also know each other. To be more precise, you have seen him before."
As soon as Wang Nan said this, Yi Chichi had a bad feeling in her heart. It seemed that she knew who one of the wild mandarin ducks was.
(End of this chapter)
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