"You're going to mail a letter. Coincidentally, I have another letter here addressed to Brother Ji. Please send it to him as well. There's also this letter addressed to Big Brother and this manuscript addressed to the newspaper. Please send them all for me."
Ning Qingyuan took out three letters that had already been written, stamped and sealed from his pocket and handed them to Ning Xiyue.
"Okay, but your brother Ji has gone to school to study for three months, and his address has changed. You have to change the address in your letters. If you want to contact him in the future, please send to this address."
Ning Xiyue took out the letter with the address written on it and handed it to her second brother, asking him to change the address according to it, and returned the letter he had handed to Comrade Ji.
"You're going to study. That's a good thing. I have to congratulate you."
Ning Qingyuan and Ning Xiyue had the same thought when they heard the news.
After receiving the letter, he opened the envelope, took out the pen hanging in his pocket, and added a few words of congratulations and praise at the end of the letter.
After writing, he put the letter in without changing the envelope. He used the original envelope and changed the address on it to the correct address. After finishing, he handed the letter back to Ning Xiyue.
He put his hands on his hips and exhaled, "That's it."
Ning Xiyue put all the letters into her cloth bag and asked again, "Second brother, is there really nothing you want to buy?"
"No, you buy yours, whatever you want."
Ning Qingyuan stood up and cleaned up the dishes.
"I'll get you some money and tickets when we get back to the front yard. I haven't used the salary the newspaper gave me last month. You want to buy some meat, right? Let's buy some more and make dumplings."
"Okay, then I'll buy some more. There's still plenty of meat sauce, so I won't cook it. I'll use it all to make dumplings. The wild vegetables outside have grown up these days, so I'll go get some fresh wild vegetable hearts to make dumplings and steamed buns."
Ning Xiyue thought of the newly grown tender shepherd's purse she saw on the roadside when she and the captain went up the mountain today. She felt itchy and wanted to eat it. They were so fresh and tender, and they would definitely be delicious if steamed with them.
I guess it came out after the heavy rain last night.
She planned to go pick them as soon as she returned from town tomorrow morning.
Anyway, she can use her morning time as she pleases. Whether she wants to go to the clinic or do other things, it won't affect her and no one will bother her.
As long as you are not going to a place that requires a letter of introduction, you don’t have to report to the captain, so you are very free.
Ning Qingyuan was very interested when he heard that wild vegetables had grown in the mountains. He volunteered, "Well, after work this afternoon, I'll ask Zhiyu to go dig some. We can even cook some for our noodles tonight."
"Okay, you go dig." Ning Xiyue agreed happily.
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In order to buy meat, Ning Xiyue rode her bicycle to the town at five o'clock the next morning.
The first stop was to go straight to the supply and marketing cooperative. It was only half past five when she arrived, but there was still a line at the meat stall. Fortunately, it was not very long, with only about ten people in front of her.
When the shop opened, Ning Xiyue arrived in no time.
When it was her turn, there was still most of the pork on the chopping board for her to choose from, and there was still a lot of good lean meat left.
When she saw the lean meat on it, a smile appeared on her face and she pointed to the thinnest part with a smile.
"Master, give me five pounds of meat. I want lean meat with a little bit of fat, and two pounds of pure lean meat. Cut the five pounds and two pounds separately."
When the butcher heard that she wanted to buy so much meat and lean meat, he looked up and saw that she was young. He was afraid that she didn't know how to buy meat and would be scolded by her family when she returned home, so he kindly reminded her.
"My daughter, it's not tasty to have all lean meat. Look at this piece of meat. It's the best for cooking with refined oil. It's especially fragrant. How about I cut this piece for you?"
Ning Xiyue looked at the piece of meat that the master pointed at. There was only a little lean meat, and the rest was all fat. It was completely out of her consideration. She quickly shook her head:
"No need, chef. Just cut the piece of meat according to my instructions. I'll take it back to make dumplings. Too much fat is not good. I like to eat lean meat."
"Okay then."
The meat-cutter cut the piece of meat along the direction Ning Xiyue pointed, controlling the weight very well. With one cut, he got exactly five pounds.
This piece of meat was perfect in Ning Xiyue's eyes. It had only half a pound of fat, and the rest was lean meat. It looked delicious.
With the second cut, two pounds of pure lean meat were cut.
One good thing about this era is that the price of buying pure lean meat will not increase, and you will get the same amount of money and tickets as you should.
When Ning Xiyue paid the money and left the line with two pieces of meat, the people behind Ning Xiyue breathed a sigh of relief, their eyes shining as they looked at the big piece of fat meat that he had taken a fancy to.
He pointed at the piece of meat that the master had recommended to Ning Xiyue at the beginning and said eagerly, "Master, I want this piece of meat, the whole piece."
The people queuing behind him couldn't help but grumble when they saw him buy the fattest piece of meat on the chopping board.
The aunt behind him called out, "Son, leave some for me, it's such a big piece."
"I'm sorry, auntie. There are many people in my family and we haven't eaten meat for two months. I saved up all the tickets to eat it today." The man in front refused with a smile.
Ning Xiyue smiled knowingly after hearing this. Fortunately, her hobby was the opposite of others, so no one competed with her to buy lean meat.
After putting the meat into the backpack, Ning Xiyue went to the counter selling vegetable seeds to buy some seeds, including some lettuce seeds, green beans and cowpea seeds.
After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, her second stop was to go to the scrap yard and buy some old newspapers and books.
I brought back some old newspapers to paste on the windows and walls. Last night's heavy rain made the newspapers on the windows damp, so they need to be replaced.
I bought the book to find an excuse to give the vehicle maintenance book to my second brother, and the scrap yard is the best excuse in this era.
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