Chapter 92: Determining the price of food and setting off for the county town

Early the next morning, there was a knock on the back door of Mingdai's courtyard.

Zhou Sinian, who was heating up buns in the kitchen, came out with a fire poker to open the door.

He opened the door and glanced at Liu Dazhui, Liu Qingmin and Liu Guoqiang outside. After confirming their identities, he turned around and went back to the kitchen.

Liu Dazhu looked at the fire stick in his hand which was still emitting sparks and swallowed his saliva. He waited until he went into the kitchen before going into the yard with the other two.

After closing the gate again, the three of them looked around the yard and were amazed by the two large piles of firewood.

Mingdai heard the sound coming out of the room and saw the three people staring at the pile of firewood in a daze.

"Uncle Captain, Uncle Secretary, Accountant Liu, have you had breakfast?"

Liu Dazhu finally came back to his senses: "We have eaten, we have eaten, Xiaoming, we are here a little early."

Ming Dai smiled and shook her head: "Let's go to the kitchen to talk. It's warm there."

The three of them nodded and followed her into the kitchen.

Zhou Sinian had already heated up the breakfast and was holding a bowl to make fried noodles for the two of them.

Mingdai asked him to make three more bowls, and he agreed. However, he only put one spoonful of fried noodles in each of the three bowls, while he and Mingdai each put three spoonfuls in their bowls.

Liu Dazhui and the other two looked on in a daze until Mingdai brought the fried noodles to them, then they reacted.

Liu Dazhui: Xiao Ming's daughter is so brave that she even dares to order a madman around!

Liu Qingmin: Xiao Ming is a really good educated youth! Even crazy people listen to her!

Liu Guoqiang: Woohoo, I can finally drink the same fried noodles as Crazy!

Ming Dai also took the fried noodles that Zhou Sinian poured for her and drank it. It tasted so sweet after one sip.

Zhou Sinian sat next to Mingdai and placed the hot buns and steamed buns between them. He then went to the cupboard to get some fried pickled vegetables and sat opposite Liu Dazhu and the other two. He took a bite of bun and a sip of fried noodle soup, which tasted delicious.

The three people were stunned by the smooth movements.

Ming Dai invited the three of them to drink fried noodles and asked about the delivery of food.

Liu Dazhu came back to his senses and told the results of the three people's discussion.

"Let's go to the county tomorrow. The wife of the third son of Qingmin's second uncle has a relative in the county who knows the lady who washes dishes in the county government cafeteria. She can help make some connections."

Ming Dai nodded: "Then I'll pack all the food from the past two days and bring it over tomorrow."

Liu Qingmin took a sip of the sweet fried noodles and smacked his lips to savor the taste. “Weigh the vegetables before you go tomorrow and put them in the account for Xiao Ming the educated youth. What you planted is still yours, and I’ll give it to you when the money comes.”

Liu Dazhu nodded in agreement: "Yes, Guoqiang, stop drinking. Remember this and bring the scales here tomorrow!"

Liu Guoqiang swallowed the fried noodles that he had been holding in his mouth for a while and said, "I understand, Captain. I'll come early tomorrow morning to help weigh the dishes."

Ming Dai reminded: "We need to find some straw to cover the vegetables. These vegetables are afraid of freezing."

The three of them nodded in agreement, drank the fried noodles in their bowls carefully, and stood up to say goodbye.

Ming Dai sent the three people away and returned to the kitchen. Zhou Sinian frowned and looked at her: "I'm going to wash the dishes."

Mingdai finished her fried noodles, handed him the bowl, and took the two buns he gave her.

Zhou Sinian was satisfied then. He took away the plates, put the bowls in the pot to boil water and went to wash the bowls.

Mingdai sat in a chair eating a bun, watching Zhou Sinian wash the dishes while thinking about how to price the dishes.

After dinner, the two of them put away the vegetables in the basket.

I cut two large bunches of leeks, and there were more leek greens. I put them in an opaque basket to illuminate them without hindering their growth. They grew very tall, and I harvested half a basket.

This time you have to wait at least half a month before you can eat them after harvesting them, so the price of these leeks and leek greens must not be low.

There are the most mushrooms, a large basket weighing more than 30 kilograms.

Afraid that it would no longer be fresh, Mingdai put it in a storage space, planning to take it out tomorrow morning.

Mingdai and her friends were busy harvesting vegetables inside and outside the space, and were very busy.

The educated youth site in the front yard was extremely deserted.

The old educated youth all asked for leave to go home to visit their families. Since the working hours in Heilongjiang Province were short, their family leave was extended accordingly.

Except for Chen Erhong and Zhou Guiping, the other old educated youth returned home one after another to visit their relatives and celebrate the New Year.

Since this was the first year for the new educated youth, they were not allowed to visit their relatives.

Qi Zhijun has been very silent these past few days, and he was in a daze. He was almost scalded by the hot water. Fortunately, Liu Yan helped him block it, otherwise his hand would have been burned.

Ever since Fang Rou unilaterally announced that there was no possibility for the two of them, Qi Zhijun began to think about returning to the city.

After several fruitless attempts to communicate with Fang Rou, he gave up completely and began writing to Qi's mother in the capital, arranging for him to return to the city.

Unfortunately, he received a reply letter telling him to stay in the countryside.

In the reply, my mother said that the situation at home was not good. My father had been cooperating with the investigation, and several of his brothers had been sent down to the countryside or transferred to other places. They could no longer stay in the capital, so there was no way to bring him back for the time being.

Let him stay in the countryside and keep a close eye on Fang Rou. The Fang family was the first to get into trouble this time, and the Qi family was implicated. If Fang Rou does anything, he must send a telegram to tell her.

Qi Zhijun was confused. He had gone to the countryside for a good time, but now he couldn't go back?

Not only did his childhood sweetheart reject him in person, but his family might also be brought down by it.

What the hell is going on?!

He found it hard to accept this for a moment and fell silent. He often stayed in his room and even had his meals brought to him by Liu Yan.

The new educated youth didn't pay much attention and were busy with their own things.

Fang Rou naturally saw it as well, and guessed that the Qi family had told him about it.

Looking at his devastated expression, I was filled with ridicule. Is this really unacceptable?

There will be a more cruel reality waiting for you in the future! My brother Zhijun!

The only happy person is Liu Yan. She now takes care of Qi Zhijun's daily life and can enter and leave Qi Zhijun's room at will. She secretly went through his luggage and saw the letters that Qi Zhijun had written to his family. She became more convinced that Qi Zhijun is a rare golden son-in-law who must be caught!

She wondered whether she should take advantage of this period of time when there were few educated youths at the site and make things a done deal with Qi Zhijun, and completely tie him up and kill him?

In this case, it would be difficult for Jun Ge to not marry me, right?

In the end, she was timid and gave up the idea for the time being.

Otherwise, given Qi Zhijun's current mental state, he would be able to trap everyone with ease.

The front yard is confused, but the backyard is happy.

Early in the morning, Mingdai got up early and had breakfast with Liu Guoqiang before he arrived.

Liu Guoqiang came over with a scale and weighed the vegetables Mingdai had cut.

Leek: 5 jin;

Chives: 8 jin;

Mushrooms: 72 pounds!

Liu Dazhu and Liu Qingmin smiled happily when they heard this number.

Several people started discussing the price of vegetables.

Liu Dazhu looked at the basket full of mushrooms and said, "Miss Xiaoming, you grew these vegetables. Please tell me the price first."

Ming Dai was not polite either: "Uncle, these vegetables of ours are unique in winter, and growing them is very difficult, requiring labor, firewood, and energy. We would be sorry for ourselves if we don't have enough.

So I see leeks and chives are only one yuan per pound, and mushrooms are 50 cents per pound if they are large in quantity.”

(Family, please take a look at the prices of winter vegetables!! I really don’t think they are expensive!!)

"How many?!!"

Liu Dazhu simply couldn't believe his ears. At this time, pork was only 70 or 80 cents per pound, but vegetables cost one dollar? ! !

Mingdai repeated the price of the vegetables again, and the three of them were sure that they had heard it correctly.

"Ms. Xiao Ming, isn't this price too high?"

Ming Dai shook her head seriously: "Uncle, you should know that it's not the vegetables that are expensive, it's the fresh vegetables in winter that are expensive!"

Liu Dazhu was still a little hesitant. This was too high.

Instead, Liu Qingmin thought about it and nodded in agreement: "I think we should first follow Xiao Ming's offer. If the county government doesn't want it, we can bargain."

Ming Dai nodded: "That's fine too."

Liu Dazhu smacked his unlit pipe and said, "Okay, let's go. We may have to stay in the county town tonight. The village will reimburse us. Xiao Ming, the educated youth, give me the key later. I'll ask my aunt to come over and heat the kang. These vegetables are golden nuggets. We can't afford any mistakes."

Mingdai nodded, saying that this was the best option.

If they were going to the county town, Zhou Sinian would definitely follow. He was quite excited. He had never left the commune since he came here and didn't even know where the county was.

This time they went there in a carriage, and Master Liu San was already waiting at the door fully armed.

The car was covered with straw. Liu Guoqiang moved the vegetables onto it, wrapped them with straw, and finally put two quilts on it to keep them warm. I don't know whose quilts they belonged to.

Mingdai and the others also brought a quilt and covered their legs with it.

She was wearing her little flowered shirt, a woolen hat, and a large scarf.

Zhou Sinian wore a military coat and a Lei Feng hat, and insisted on wearing the red headscarf outside despite Ming Dai's dissuasion.

Only after the horse started running did Mingdai dare to look at its tail.

Aunt Huang was afraid that the horse would get cold, so she sewed a cotton cover on the bald horse's tail to keep it warm and tied it to the horse's butt with three cloth bags.

At first glance, it looks like the horse is wearing a thong!

Sorry to the horses, but it's really funny!!!