Chapter 29 A Strange Encounter
The food in the state-owned restaurants in the city is still very affordable at this time, but you need food coupons and money to eat.
A family of five walking on the street is very eye-catching.
The man was tall and handsome, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, which made him look more refined; the woman had her head wrapped up, revealing only a pair of big watery eyes with a smile in them. That smile seemed to be contagious, making people want to laugh along with her. But after laughing, they would think again, what is there to be happy about when life is so difficult? It's really ridiculous!
The man was holding a baby girl in his arms. The little girl was very cute. The woman was holding a little boy in one hand.
When a family walks on the street, even if they are wearing black or gray clothes, they are the family with the highest rate of hair loss.
The family went to a state-owned restaurant together and ordered the local famous Dandan noodles and a plate of stir-fried pork with pickled mustard greens.
They ordered three bowls of dandan noodles, which had a little minced meat topping and eggs mixed into the noodles when they were kneaded. This made the noodles quite expensive, costing 30 cents a bowl and requiring one or two taels of grain coupons. Stir-fried pickled mustard greens and pork cost 80 cents a bowl, and no meat coupons were required.
In this era, the portions of food in state-owned restaurants were very generous. Even though Su He was mentally prepared, she was still shocked by how big a bowl of noodles was when a family of five ordered three bowls of noodles. The plate of meat was also very large.
When the food was served, Jin Weiguo asked the waiter for three more small bowls. The attitude of the waiters in state-owned restaurants was usually lukewarm and not very enthusiastic, but when he saw the appearance of the family of five, he suddenly became enthusiastic.
One waiter even came over to ask, "You have a lot of children in your family, do you need a cup of hot water?"
Su He was well prepared to go out with her three children.
There was a military water bottle at home. She had filled it with cold water and a little sugar when she went out. Now it was almost finished and she needed to add some water.
Su He thanked the waiter and said he needed water.
The waiter then asked, "Are you and your family working on a movie set? You look like you're working on a movie set!"
Su He thanked him politely: "We are not making a movie, we are a family!"
The family finally finished their meal, and Jin Weiguo took care of the rest. Su He went to the window and bought ten steamed buns and five meat cakes.
There were two kinds of buns: vegetarian and meat. The vegetarian ones were five cents each, and the meat ones were ten cents each. They were all large, weighing a standard 1 or 2 taels each. Meat scraps sesame cakes were eight cents each, and since they didn't require a ticket, Su He bought these, thinking that after a long day out, she'd be tired from cooking in the evening, so these would be enough for the kids' dinner.
Thinking that their family would be returning to their hometown in Liancheng soon, Su He and Jin Weiguo went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the city again to buy some food to eat on the road.
There were ten packs of snacks at home at the beginning. In the past few days, the three children ate them for breakfast and on weekdays, and the two adults ate them as breakfast. A lot of them have been consumed, and by the time my parents go out, there probably won't be much left.
I arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative and heard someone in line say, "I just heard there are freshly baked egg cakes!"
The fragrance could be smelled from far away. Su He looked at the man and said, "Let's buy some egg cakes too!"
Jin Weiguo nodded, which was considered as his agreement.
Su He thought to herself: I just want to give in to you and ask you, even if you don't agree, I will buy it for the children. Food is too expensive these days, and the children don't have the problem of overnutrition at all.
Big Maomao followed his father out and felt like it was New Year's Day. He was very happy.
Su He bought two more kilograms of egg cakes and glutinous rice sticks. The glutinous rice sticks can be kept for a long time, while the egg cakes are only for the next few days.
After buying snacks, Su He went to buy three aluminum lunch boxes and two water bottles.
Both items require business tickets. Fortunately, Jin Weiguo has all these tickets, otherwise he couldn't buy them even if he had money.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com