Chapter 88 Little Book
"Meat is hard to buy, but pork liver is easy to buy, and it doesn't require a ticket."
No tickets for pig liver? Yi Chichi raised his eyes and looked over, "Who told you that?"
“I don’t know about other places, but the security guards don’t charge for tickets for pig liver, offal, pig feet, etc.”
Wow, there is such a good thing.
Yi Chichi regretted it very much. If she had known that these didn’t require tickets, she could have gone to the commune meat stall every day.
"Every day?"
"What good things are you dreaming of? Pork is all distributed by the meat processing plant."
Having said this, Wu Yongfei was struck by another bomb.
"In addition, pig livers, offal, and pig feet generally cannot flow out. They are basically divided up by people from the meat processing plant or their relatives."
Yi Chichi, ...that is to say, even if she was willing to go to the commune every day to squat, she might not be able to get it.
Instantly, she gave up the idea of waiting there, "Tomorrow is the 23rd, do we have to clean the house?"
"Let's go to the commune tomorrow."
"What?"
"Take a shower, hand in the matchbox, and visit the supply and marketing cooperative."
The New Year is coming soon, and the supply and marketing society has distributed a batch of non-staple foods that do not require tickets.
"Are you going?"
"go!"
So, the next day a group of people went to the commune.
Yi Chichi followed Wang Nan and the others to the bathhouse in Erdaokou, only to find that it was packed with people. Countless people were queuing at the door holding basins for washing.
Yi Chichi and her friends waited in line for almost an hour before it was their turn.
The cost of a bath is 30 cents, and employees are entitled to a bathing and haircut fee, which is specifically used for bathing and haircuts.
Yi Chichi and her friends didn't have receipts, so they needed to pay for tickets on the spot.
The price for children under one meter is 1.5 cents, and for those over one meter, the price is the same as that for adults, which is 30 cents.
Many parents bring their children to take a bath.
The men's and women's areas are divided into two sections. As soon as you enter, you will see a vast expanse of white and a wave of heat.
Yi Chichi let out a long sigh and thought it was really warm here.
"Hurry up and take off your clothes and take a shower. There is a time limit."
Wang Nan and Ge Sujuan, who come here to wash once every year before the New Year, are familiar with the place and pulled Yi Chichi and Zhou Qiuyu, two green hands, to get busy.
More than half an hour later, the four of them came out, feeling refreshed and with rosy cheeks.
Then--
"Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative and meet up with Bai Chen and the others."
"Walk!"
But when I arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, I found that the people here were even more outrageous than those in the bathhouse.
It is no exaggeration to say that there were huge crowds of people.
At least people in the bathhouse were queuing up in a very orderly manner. No one came in until the waiter called out, and everyone waited obediently.
The supply and marketing cooperatives are different. They are messy, disorderly and crowded.
As soon as Yi Chichi and the others entered, they were separated by the crowd.
The original plan of going to which counter to buy what first was just a dream. There was no way I could squeeze through those aunties, aunties and sisters, and many men couldn't squeeze through either.
I can only move with the flow of people.
After finally breaking through to the counter with a slogan "Serve the People", the waiter told me that the goods were sold out.
The smile on Yi Chi Chi's face froze, and he said in disbelief, "All sold out?"
"All tickets that don't require tickets are sold out, but there are still some tickets available for those who want them."
I pointed to the counter on the opposite corner and the waiter said, "You can go over there if you have a ticket."
Yi Chichi looked in the direction where her finger pointed, and saw that there were just as many people there, and she felt desperate.
But she could try her best, just in case she got lucky.
Thinking of this, Yi Chichi took a deep breath, turned around and rushed into the crowd upstream.
Five minutes later, she arrived at the counter with her hair disheveled and her feet felt swollen from being stepped on.
However, the joy of shopping made her ignore the pain in her toes.
The customer in front had just left with his things, and Yi Chichi, who had been observing them for a long time, excitedly pounced on them and spoke out a long list of the names of the items.
"Comrade, give me half a pound of hard candy, White Rabbit, and biscuits, pastries, and sausages... What is that?"
She pointed at the item wrapped in brown paper and asked curiously.
"cake!"
"???"
Are there cakes for sale now? She had a question mark on her forehead. After looking at the cakes that were soaked with oil and paper, she thought for two seconds and asked, "Are they sold by the pound or by the piece?"
"catty."
"How much is one pound?"
“2.2 per pound, no ticket required!”
Wow, this price is really expensive.
"Give me a pound."
Try something new and see what cakes taste like in this era.
"Anything else?"
"Three packs of the same for the Spring Festival construction, and two cans."
Yingchun was sent to grandpa and others, and Dajianshe was sent to the team leader and the branch secretary. We still have to be careful about interpersonal relationships.
"Anything else?"
“No more.”
The waiter glanced at her and quickly calculated the bill, "17.68 in total, six cigarette coupons, and candy coupons..."
"Give!"
After she finished reporting, Yi Chichi finished counting the tickets and handed them over along with the money.
The waiter took it, looked at it, tore off the bill, and clamped it together with the ticket and money on the iron clip above the wire.
Then he pushed it hard, and the iron clamp flew out and went straight to the checkout counter.
After the cashier collected the money, he put the stamped ticket and change in an iron clip and pushed them back.
Yi Chichi took the change, picked up the basket, and put all the things packed by the waiter into it.
After leaving the tobacco, alcohol and grocery counter, she was about to go to the daily necessities section, but ended up running to the stationery section, where she saw the picture books.
This can be bought.
There were not many people in the stationery area, so she bought pencils, stationery and other items, and also took picture books such as "The Great Changes in the Mountains and Villages", "Zoya and Shura", "Military Station No. 51", and "Little Hero Yulai".
A set of four books of Great Changes in Mountain Villages costs less than one yuan.
Zoya and Shura 0.25... Four sets of picture books, the total cost was less than 2 yuan.
Looking at the brand new picture book in his hand, Yi Chichi couldn't help but sigh in his heart that picture books nowadays are really cheap.
Just as I was about to leave, I saw a calendar and bought one.
Then she went to the daily necessities counter. The supply and marketing cooperative had a complete range of daily necessities, including tea sets, thermoses, washbasins, etc.
In addition, there are soap, vanishing cream, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hair oil, needles, thread and so on.
Yi Chichi bought soap, toothbrush and toothpaste.
If she doesn't buy the vanishing cream, she can make it herself.
The oil was almost gone, so I ran to the grain and oil area to buy a pound of oil and a pound of vinegar, then left the supply and marketing cooperative and waited for my friends at the door.
About half an hour later, Wang Nan came out.
Next came Ge Sujuan and others.
Wu Yongfei came out last, holding a string of candied haws with only one hawthorn fruit left.
Seeing the candied haws, Yi Chichi felt a sour taste in his mouth, "Where did the candied haws come from?"
"It was sold before, I grabbed one."
I couldn't bear to eat it, and ended up only having one left.
Seeing Yi Chizhi staring at the candied haws, he took a bite, reluctantly handed it over and pretended to be generous, "Would you like to try it?"
"Thank you, no!"
She has no interest in candied haws. She has never liked eating them since she was a child. She finds them sour even if they are coated with syrup.
Wu Yongfei was eager to do so. He immediately retracted his hand and took the candied haws into his mouth in a snap.
Bai Chen and the others rolled their eyes. It wasn’t necessary. It really wasn’t necessary. It made it seem like they were trying to snatch his candied haws.
"go back?"
"Yes."
A group of people were returning home with a full load. Halfway through the journey, just as they turned a corner, a familiar figure came into view.
(End of this chapter)
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