Carpenter Yang was also surprised. He looked at the four educated youth and said to Ji Xia, "Xia, you have good intentions and want everyone to use the pot, but if someone reports you, you'll be a speculator and profiteer, and you'll be making a killing."
The four educated youth knew very well that the people in Jijia Village were very united. To them, the educated youth were just four outsiders, and these words were a warning to them.
In the cold winter, it is such a pleasant thing to have a hot pot like this.
Chen Zhigang's family conditions are pretty good. Besides, buying a pot is just a big purchase. When he returns home in the future, he can take the pot with him and use it at home.
"Ji Xia, how much is this small pot? I want to buy one." Chen Zhigang said with a smile, "We live in Shanghai, and my mother always said it would be very convenient if we had a coal stove at home and a pot to cook in the alley."
Ji Xia had seen that kind of coal stove before. Her two iron pots were neither too big nor too small, and were just the right size for cooking on the coal stove.
Speaking of which, if you ask Ji Xia to buy the kind of pot that she uses on her own stove, she really hasn't sold it yet. What she originally stored in the space in China were the warehouses of several large supermarkets in China. Although there were a lot of things, the iron pots used in rural areas had no market in the city, so they were out of stock.
Of course, Ji Xia would not sell the iron pots in the space without limit. Her plan was to increase steel production. Relying solely on the space and then eating up all the resources would be nothing. What kind of heroic skill would that be!
"Okay, just pay as you see fit." Ji Xia said casually.
Ji Xia didn't know the market price, but Chen Zhigang did. A small iron pot cost a dozen yuan, but you needed an industrial ticket. Without an industrial ticket, it was normal to pay double or triple the price.
Chen Zhigang said, "If you have an industrial ticket, an iron pot like this should be worth 11 or 12 yuan. I'll give you 24. How about that?"
Twenty-four yuan is a considerable expense for Chen Zhigang, but Shang Zhikun and the others were envious of the opportunity to buy an iron pot. Liang Yunyue was also thoughtful as she looked at the other iron pot.
"No need, just give me twelve dollars. I said I don't need an industrial ticket." Ji Xia said. The industrial ticket was of no use to her.
She asked for money because she couldn't give it for free. She couldn't develop the habit of letting people take things for free.
Fortunately, people of this era are very simple.
Chen Zhigang shook his head and said, "Ji Xia, no thanks, twenty yuan. If it's any less, I won't take the pot."
The four of them all knew that Ji Xia gave them the house for free and even built a stove for them with two iron pots on it, which was much more convenient to use than the kitchen in the educated youth camp.
There were about 10 to 20 educated youths, divided into several groups to cook. There was only one iron pot on the stove, and there was a small hole at the bottom of the pot. Every time they cooked porridge or something, the pot would leak a little, and it might become unusable one day.
Waiting for food to cook every day is okay during the slack season, but during the busy season, I feel tired and hungry, and I get anxious and irritated waiting.
It will be much better from now on. The four of them don’t have to cook separately. They can cook together, which is much more convenient.
"Okay, then it's twenty yuan. You can give it to me when you have money." Ji Xia said indifferently.
"I'll give it to you now!" Chen Zhigang stood up and took out twenty yuan from the room, one Big Unity banknote and the rest were change.
Ji Xia didn't count and asked, "Do you have any money left? Did you save any for yourself?"
Chen Zhigang was deeply touched. "Yes, I got 15 yuan from the grain distribution this year. I spent 5 yuan on buying grain. My family sends me some money every month, so I still have some money."
Ji Xia put it away quickly.
Liang Yunyue glanced at Chen Zhigang and said to Ji Xia, "You don't know that Chen Zhiqing is the only one in our educated youth camp who can get full work points."
Ji Xia noticed that Liang Yunyue looked at Chen Zhigang with a different look in her eyes. She smiled and said, "That's really amazing. Even among the grown men in our village, not every one of them can get full work points."
There is a big difference between eight work points and nine work points, and there is an insurmountable gap between nine work points and ten work points.
Chen Zhigang smiled and said, "As long as you want it, you can do it, but you still have to work within your capabilities and do what you can do well. Liang Zhiqing is also very capable, a heroine!"
He gave Liang Yunyue a thumbs up, Liang Yunyue blushed and lowered her head.
Qin Xiao didn't talk much. He noticed that every time Ji Xia ate, she liked to take the dishes out of the hot pot and put them in a bowl, letting them cool for a while before eating. She also seemed to have obsessive-compulsive disorder and liked to arrange things from right to left. If she wanted to eat something on the right, she would pick up a piece and put it on the left.
This is a summer custom.
Qin Xiao just let her eat and he would pick up food for her. She only ate carrots and potatoes, and occasionally had a piece of mutton or beef. Qin Xiao knew her habits and also picked up food for her in the same way.
Ji Xia didn't have to worry about picking up the food and she quickly ate half full. Her speed was definitely not as fast as others. Even Liang Yunyue and Chen Suhua wolfed down their food without caring about their manners.
Ji Rongbin and Ji Ronghua, brother and sister, didn't say a word after they started eating. They just focused on eating. Fortunately, Ji Xia had put in a lot of beef and mutton.
The pot is basically full of meat, with carrots and potatoes just as garnish.
But it soon ran out, leaving only the soup. Ji Xia pushed Qin Xiao's arm and said, "Go to the kitchen and get the side dishes I prepared."
Qin Xiao hurriedly got up and went in. There were kelp shreds, mushrooms, bean curd sheets, tofu, enoki mushrooms, cabbage and the like, all washed and fresh.
Qin Xiao's eyes dimmed, and he only brought out mushrooms, tofu, and Chinese cabbage, and put everything else into the cabinet.
Ji Xia thought he had no hands to hold it, but he poured the side dishes in and sat down.
"Is that all?" Ji Xia was a little confused. She knew that Qin Xiao was not such a stingy person. Could it be that Chen Jingyi's words just now had woken him up?
"If it's not enough, I'll go wash two more cabbages." Qin Xiao said.
"That's enough, Ji Xia. No need to order any more side dishes. I can't eat any more." Shang Zhikun leaned back and stretched his stomach. "I'm so full. I've never eaten so well in my life. I felt so good eating today."
Chen Zhigang knew that even if he bought a pot, he couldn't afford such a hot pot. He couldn't even afford a meal of cabbage stewed with vermicelli, let alone a pot of beef and mutton.
"That's right! I'm really too full."
Ji Rongbin and Ji Ronghua wanted to scoop out the soup from the pot to soak their rice, but Ji Xia stopped them. "If you eat too much, you'll feel uncomfortable and get sick. I'll give you some to take back later so you can have another meal tonight."
When Ji Xia stopped them, they were both embarrassed, thinking that Ji Xia disliked them for eating too much, but the food was so delicious that they couldn't stop at all.
But when they heard Ji Xia ask them to take some back to eat, they couldn't hold back their tears.
Ji Xia was a little surprised and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong? No, I'm just worried that you'll feel uncomfortable after eating too much. I really don't mean anything else."
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