Chapter 63 County Town (I)
The next morning, when Lu Xiaoxiao woke up, it was already bright. She saw the book pressing next to her and realized that she had fallen asleep while reading yesterday. Fortunately, she covered herself with the quilt while reading, otherwise she would have caught a cold today.
After dinner, Lu Xiaoxiao looked at the time and saw that it was just past eight o'clock. She remembered that in the book she read yesterday, it said there were many treasures in the scrap yard, so she decided to go to the scrap yard in the county town today to have a look.
Lu Xiaoxiao carried a small army green shoulder bag, locked the door, and went to the village entrance to wait for the ox cart.
The ox cart driven by Uncle Liu usually sets out at nine in the morning and returns at two in the afternoon. Unless there are special circumstances, it is at this time every day.
After waiting for a while, Lu Xiaoxiao saw Uncle Liu driving a ox cart over. On the ox cart sat several aunts and educated youth from the village. Fortunately, they were not the ones with whom she had a grudge, otherwise it would have been another trouble.
When Uncle Liu stopped the ox cart in front of Lu Xiaoxiao, he asked Lu Xiaoxiao to get on the cart and sit behind him.
When Lu Xiaoxiao heard Uncle Liu's words, she readily agreed and said sweetly, "Thank you, Uncle Liu."
Liu Shu smiled after hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, and continued to drive the ox cart towards the county town.
More than half an hour later, the ox cart arrived at the county town. Uncle Liu told everyone as usual to return to the village at 2 pm and not to be late.
After getting off the ox cart, Lu Xiaoxiao did not go to the scrap yard immediately, but went to the state-owned restaurant to see what was available today. Some of the tickets in her hand were about to expire, so it would be better for her to use them up as soon as possible.
Lu Xiaoxiao came to the counter and saw on the small blackboard that today's breakfast included steamed buns, dumplings, egg noodles, and beef noodles. She ordered beef noodles without thinking.
You have to know that cows are an important labor force at that time. If there are no special circumstances, cows cannot be killed. Even if they must be killed, they must be reported to the person in charge in China. They can only be killed with their consent. Otherwise, you will be breaking the law and will go to jail.
In addition to ordering a bowl of beef noodles, Lu Xiaoxiao also ordered two meat buns and two steamed buns, spending one yuan and twenty cents and one pound of grain coupons and one pound of meat coupons.
She was going to bring the steamed buns to Uncle Liu. Uncle Liu always took good care of her, so buying her two steamed buns would express her thoughtfulness without being too much.
Not long after, Lu Xiaoxiao heard the waiter calling her to come over for noodles. When she saw a large bowl of noodles with a dozen large pieces of beef on it, she couldn't help but sigh that people nowadays are so kind. Although beef noodles in later generations are also called beef noodles, it is considered good to have three pieces of beef in a bowl, unlike the bowl in front of her, which is full of ingredients.
Because Lu Xiaoxiao came to the county town for breakfast, she was not hungry at all. She ate two pieces of beef and drank a few sips of soup, then took out the lunch box and packed up the rest to take away.
After leaving the state-owned restaurant, Lu Xiaoxiao thought about going to the county department store. She hadn't been there the last time she came to the county, so this time she would go and see if there was anything to buy.
Lu Xiaoxiao came to the department store and saw that the department store in the county town only had one floor, unlike the one in Beijing which had three floors, and there were very few things inside. After a round, she didn't see what she needed, so she left the department store.
When Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, it was morning so there were many people queuing up to buy vegetables. She saw that in addition to selling radishes and cabbages, they were also selling meat, but she didn't need any of it.
Just as Lu Xiaoxiao turned around and was about to leave, she saw a man using food coupons to buy pastries. She wondered if it was possible to buy pastries with food coupons instead of pastry coupons?
Lu Xiaoxiao walked to the place where cakes were sold and asked. She found out that she could indeed buy cakes with food coupons. At that time, she didn't know that food coupons were much more valuable than cake coupons. Food coupons could be used to buy grain, but cake coupons could not. People nowadays are still struggling to make ends meet. They can live without cakes but cannot live without grain, so few people would use food coupons to buy cakes.
Good morning, my dear friends! Here is the second update of the day
(End of this chapter)
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