Chapter 103 Turmoil in the County (I)
In a blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and the small mountain village is still as peaceful as ever, with everyone working from sunrise to sunset every day.
In the past month, apart from cutting grass for pigs and going up the mountain to collect herbs, Lu Xiaoxiao has been practicing martial arts at home.
Her mental method has now reached the seventh level, and her skills can even release her internal energy to break a tree.
There were more than ten kinds of medicinal herbs collected from the mountains, and all of them were successfully prepared.
Lu Xiaoxiao thought that she hadn't been to the county town for more than a month, she hadn't collected the subsidy for two months, and many tickets at home were about to expire, so she planned to go to the county town tomorrow.
However, this time I have to go to the captain's house to get a letter of introduction to go to the county town, which is really troublesome.
The next morning, after Lu Xiaoxiao finished her meal, she walked towards the village entrance carrying a cross-body bag and wearing a black fisherman's hat.
Now that spring ploughing has ended and ox carts have started to operate normally, you can take an ox cart to go to the county town again.
When Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the entrance of the village, she saw several educated youth standing there, so she went over to greet them, and then stood next to them waiting for the ox cart.
Not long after, she saw Uncle Liu driving a ox cart. After the ox cart stopped, she sat behind Uncle Liu. Because Uncle Liu had to drive to the county town every day, she planned to ask Uncle Liu about the current material situation in the county town so that she would have an idea.
But before she could ask, she heard Uncle Liu's low voice, "Xiaoxiao, when you go to the county town this time, get back on the oxcart as soon as you finish shopping. Don't wander around. There are a lot of human traffickers in the county town now."
After listening to Uncle Liu's words, Lu Xiaoxiao replied: "Uncle Liu, I understand. I will be back as soon as I finish shopping."
After the ox cart arrived at the county town, Lu Xiaoxiao got off the cart, and then she went to the post office to collect the subsidy. When she saw the newly issued special 75 stamps in the post office, she bought two sets, intending to keep one set for collection and the other for use.
After leaving the post office, Lu Xiaoxiao walked towards the state-owned restaurant. She had too many food coupons and meat coupons that were about to expire, so she had to use them today.
Lu Xiaoxiao entered the state-owned restaurant and saw that the breakfast served today was much less than what it was more than a month ago. In the past, there were things like meat dumplings, but now there are only three kinds of food: steamed buns, egg noodles, and clear soup noodles. It was really pitiful.
She packed ten steamed buns and a bowl of egg noodles and left the state-owned restaurant. It seemed that supplies in the county were much more scarce now than a month ago.
She thought of the various tickets in her bag that were about to expire and walked towards the department store.
Lu Xiaoxiao came to the pastry section of the department store. She saw that there were only three kinds of pastries, so she weighed two kilograms of each.
After buying the pastries, Lu Xiaoxiao went to the place where candies were sold. Because the White Rabbit milk candies at that time were made with real ingredients and had a strong milky flavor, she liked them very much, so she used all her two kilograms of candy coupons to buy White Rabbit milk candies.
A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Having learned from her previous lessons, Lu Xiaoxiao would not buy too many things in one place, so after buying the cakes and candies, she left the department store and planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to continue shopping.
When Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, she saw that the supply of grain and meat was still in short supply. The pork stall had only some bones, pig trotters and lean meat left, and the grain stall was even more pitiful, with only some coarse grains such as sweet potatoes and black noodles left.
She thought of the meat coupons in her bag and asked the saleswoman how much pork cost.
The saleswoman replied, "Fat and lean meat are both 70 cents per pound plus a meat ticket, while bones and pig's trotters are 50 cents per pound and no ticket is required."
After hearing the price, Lu Xiaoxiao said to the saleswoman, "I want two kilograms of lean meat and two large bones."
(End of this chapter)
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