Chapter 63: Selling fish is better than selling pork, and Huang Po is more adorable

The man in the car was listening to Fu Zhengtu and Chen Chen chatting, and he was almost crying because of Chen Chen's cuteness.

How could there be such a perfect baby in the world? I really want to take him home and raise him!

But when he thought that he was Mr. Fu's baby, he came to his senses.

Just look at it, just think about it.

Everyone thought that Mr. Fu was a very strict father, but he was unexpectedly so patient and gentle to his children. But why is it that the gentle Mr. Fu is more difficult to accept than the cold Mr. Fu?

As for Su Taotao, she was very clever and used a scarf to wrap herself up like a zongzi.

This outfit did not attract any onlookers when she appeared in the supply and marketing cooperative.

Everyone knows that the ultraviolet rays on the island are strong, so everyone uses various methods to protect themselves from the sun. Even if you wear a cotton jacket in the middle of summer, everyone will probably think that

this may be a new way of sun protection.

When Su Taotao arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, she immediately bought a straw hat and put it on her head.

Because she had to free one hand to hold the dust, a hat was more practical than an umbrella.

This way, no one would recognize her.

This place is called a supply and marketing cooperative, but in fact it is already a small agricultural market.

The supply and marketing cooperative sells all kinds of packaged daily necessities, canned food, seasonings, etc., and fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, etc. are all displayed on the stalls outside.

Su Taotao arrived not much later than Aunt Zhong. When she arrived, Aunt Zhong was waiting at a fish stall for several fish that had already started to turn over.

She saw Su Taotao out of the corner of her eye and waved at her from a distance.

Su Taotao walked over: "Aunt Zhong, you actually recognized me?"

Aunt Zhong: "Your hands are white. I saw you wearing this dress this morning and recognized you at a glance."

Su Taotao: "..."

"Then Aunt Zhong, what are you doing?" Aunt Zhong

pointed at the fish that were rolling their eyes, and whispered in Su Taotao's ear:

"I've been staring at these fish for almost twenty minutes. Look, they're starting to roll their eyes. If they die in a few more minutes, they'll be half the price. Do you want them? If you do, I'll give you two."

Su Taotao: "???"

"No, Aunt Zhong, I don't want to eat fish today. Let me see if there's anything suitable." The main reason was that there were so many fresh seafood and she didn't want to eat fish with its belly up today.

Aunt Zhong did not force her and began to explain to her about each stall:

"This fishmonger is the most honest. You can't go wrong here if you want to buy fish."

Su Taotao: "..." There is only one stall selling fish. You have to buy from him even if he is not honest. Is there any other choice?

Aunt Zhong continued: "Pork Rong is the most difficult to get along with. It is not easy to get some meat on our island. He often hides the good meat and leaves it to people who have a good relationship with him. Every time it is our turn to buy, only lean meat and some offal are left. I tried to buy him off with a handful of melon seeds, but I couldn't buy him off. It was a waste of a handful of melon seeds."

Su Taotao: "..." You want to buy someone off with a handful of melon seeds? No wonder you can't buy him off.

Su Taotao feels that there is still a generation gap between herself and this era. Aren’t lean offal and other pork the most delicious?

Aunt Zhong pointed to the granny selling melons in the farthest place:

"The one selling winter melons over there is Grandma Huang. She has many children at home and life is rather difficult, so the organization gave her a large piece of land so that she can be self-sufficient. If she has any surplus, she can sell it for some living expenses. The melons she grows are tastier than those shipped in from outside."

"The same goes for those vegetable sellers next to her. The organization took care of them and allocated land for them," Aunt Zhong sighed. "You don't know how envious I am. I also want a piece of land to grow my own vegetables."

Su Taotao: "There is so much land on the mountain, can't we reclaim it ourselves?"

Aunt Zhong said: "There is a lot of land, but there are not many fertile lands close to fresh water sources for growing vegetables."

Su Taotao thought about it and agreed.

Su Taotao asked again: "Can't we plant crops on the land outside our yard? The land in front of my house looks quite fertile."

Aunt Zhong took a deep breath, then slapped her thigh:

"Yes, yes, the open space in front of your first row is big enough. Although it's not as big as someone else's entire plot of land, it's enough to grow some onions and vegetables for yourselves. Unlike our back row, there are stones in front of the door and we can't grow anything at all."

Su Taotao said, "I don't know how to grow vegetables. How about you plant the land outside my door? Leave a small space for me to plant two flowers. Also, my mother-in-law is coming soon, so you can plant some for her when she comes. She likes to grow vegetables very much."

Aunt Zhong looked at her in disbelief: "Of course you can, you really plant it for me now," but she still felt it was a pity to think that Su Taotao would have to plant flowers on such precious land.

“The land on the island that can be used to grow vegetables is so precious. It would be great to keep it for growing vegetables. There are wild flowers everywhere. If you like, just walk to the back mountain and pick them. In my opinion, the piece near the door is the most suitable for growing green onions, ginger, garlic, and leeks. When you find that you are missing something while cooking, you can just walk to the door and have it all ready. How great!”

The more Aunt Zhong thought about it, the more suitable it seemed. She wanted to sow the seeds immediately. When she was not sure, she asked again: “Are you really not going to plant them now so that I can do it?”

Su Taotao smiled and nodded: “Really, I really don’t know how to grow vegetables, but I want to plant two flowers. My mother-in-law will also plant vegetables when she comes.”

Aunt Zhong smiled: “Okay, okay, I’ll plant more and we can eat them together. I told you that I’m also good at growing flowers... Oh, my stomach is turning over! Selling fish, I want these four!”

...

Finally, Su Taotao bought all the fresh and cheap vegetables under the guidance of Aunt Zhong.

I also bought a small winter melon from Mrs. Huang to see if it was as delicious as Aunt Zhong said.

Su Taotao felt that it was a great loss for the Women's Federation that a social leader like Aunt Zhong did not join the Women's Federation. Even if she joined the company to do administration, she would be a good hand. It was a waste of talent.

The variety of seafood on the island was less than Su Taotao thought, but Aunt Zhong said that most of the seafood caught by the fishing boats was handed over to the organization for unified allocation, and only a small part could be kept for their own distribution. It was already very good that they could keep so much on the island.

Su Taotao understood that in the era of planned economy and the movement, the city was in turmoil and people were in panic. The life here was simple and pure, far away from the hustle and bustle, and it was like a paradise.

She liked it here very much.

Auntie Zhong is a talkative person. She can chat with every stall owner for half a day. If Su Taotao were alone in such a small place, she might finish shopping in ten minutes.

But it took her more than an hour to buy these few things with Auntie Zhong!

Following her slowly walking home, it was already past ten o'clock and almost eleven o'clock!

Su Taotao once again lamented that Aunt Zhong was a "time killer". She must not go shopping with her next time because it was such a waste of time.

Su Taotao bought seaweed and shrimps at the supply and marketing cooperative and prepared to make a simple seaweed, shrimp and egg drop soup.

She also bought two pounds of clams and made fried clams with black bean sauce.

Two pounds of clams were not even as expensive as half a pound of meat. Su Taotao didn't know what to say about the price.

In addition, stir-fry some vegetables and cook some mixed grain rice, and lunch is ready.

There are not many trees on the island, and most of them are precious woods that cannot be used as firewood, so there are both charcoal and coal burning.

Before going to the island, Xiao Lu reminded Su Taotao to buy coal and charcoal for her family. They bought a box of charcoal and a basket of coal respectively. After

all the preparations were done, Su Taotao realized that she didn't know how to burn coal. She even saw a coal stove for the first time and had no idea where to start.

The water she drank and bathed in the past few days was all burned by Fu Zhengtu and Fu Yuanhang. She had just lit the charcoal stove with great difficulty and was now cooking.

There was no Baidu in this era, and she didn't want to go up and chat with Aunt Zhong for half an hour about changing the way to light coal.

Looking at the watch, Fu Yuanhang and Fu Zhengtu should be back at about the same time, so she simply moved a small stool to the door and sat there waiting for them to come back.