Chapter 110: Buying Meat Before the Festival
After everyone had left, Su He looked at Mrs. Yuan with a questioning look.
But Mrs. Yuan still asked her to help operate the sewing machine and sew clothes.
After Su He finished sewing a shirt, Mrs. Yuan took out a small stack of meat and oil coupons from her pocket, handed them to her, and said, "Here, this is an extra reward!"
Su He: "Master's wife, I will give you a reward if you can. What kind of reward is this?"
Mrs. Yuan: "Those two children..." She blinked and refused to continue.
Su He then realized that these were the two children they had helped some time ago. Someone close to the two children must have been expressing their gratitude to their family.
She accepted it happily. She had to accept it. If she was too polite and refused it, the other party might think that it was not enough and wanted more benefits. It would not be good if she was misunderstood like this!
After Su He took it, he nodded towards Mrs. Yuan and said, "Mrs. Yuan, this is really... thank you! I can have a good birthday this morning!"
Mrs. Yuan was also happy: "Well, find some time and hurry up and buy all these tickets! The closer it gets to the closing time, the longer the queues and the more crowded it gets!"
Su He nodded and said goodbye to Mrs. Yuan.
After entering the house, Su He took out the meat and oil coupons from her pocket and showed them to her mother-in-law: "Mom, I just went to Yuan's house, and Master's wife gave me the coupons. She said they were a token of gratitude for the favor she had done us last time!"
Teacher Wu nodded. "Oh, that's quite a lot! Ten kilograms of meat coupons and five kilograms of peanut oil coupons! Peanut oil isn't always easy to buy! It's a rare commodity!"
Su He only knew that tickets were good things, but he didn't know that peanut oil was hard to buy here.
Teacher Wu explained to her, "There aren't many peanut farmers here, and the peanut oil is all imported. I doubt the town's supply and marketing department will be able to spend it all. But we should accept this receipt. Consider it a favor and a thank-you gift, and we're even."
Su He said that she meant the same thing, so she took the call immediately: "Then Mom, I'll go buy some meat in the next two days. The sausages haven't been stuffed yet. After I buy the meat, it's time to collect this month's rations. I also need to buy some coal before the end of the month!"
Teacher Wu: "Then why not take your bike and go to the county or city supply and marketing center? Everything else is fine, but I'm afraid peanut oil is only available in the big ones. Remember to go find your high school textbooks. After the winter, once you've prepared the supplies, we won't be going out anymore. You can stay home all winter, which is perfect for you to study with Damao and the others!"
Su He agreed.
Early the next morning, Su He rode his bicycle to the city's supply and marketing department and bought ten kilograms of pork coupons and five kilograms of peanut oil coupons.
After she finished shopping and came out, she thought about it and realized that deep-frying would require a lot of oil, so she cheated and bought a ticket for five kilograms of peanut oil. She put the things she just bought in the warehouse, turned around and went back to buy another five kilograms of peanut oil!
After buying the most important meat and oil, she went to buy some snacks and candies, including two kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy and two kilograms of fruit hard candy.
After buying these, she rode her bike back. When she passed by the town, she went to buy coal from someone again. This time she made an appointment with the person that when she came to buy grain the next day, she would take the coal back with her on a tractor.
They had arrived in Du'e Town and the Laba Festival had passed. According to Grandma Cai, some families should have started to slaughter pigs, so she went to Grandma Cai's house to try her luck.
When she got close to that place, she called out to Granny Cai twice. Sure enough, Granny Cai looked at her and said, "What a coincidence you came! Our production team slaughtered the pig yesterday, and we only divided the meat last night!"
Su He asked hurriedly, "Is there anyone willing to exchange it?"
Granny Cai: "Of course there are people willing to exchange. Old Lu's family up ahead has a lot of strong laborers, so they'll get the most meat. His old lady knows how to make ends meet, so she's willing to exchange five pounds. There are also several other families. Anyway, I've put together a few for you. Wait a moment, I'll get them for you when I get home!"
Su He thought for a moment, then pulled out a handful of fruit candies from her pocket and stuffed them into Grandma Cai's pockets. "Give these to the children! Thank you for coming up with this idea. Otherwise, how could I have bought such a good deal of meat?"
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