Chapter 36 Big Life
After the beginning of autumn, the days begin to get shorter.
The frequent downpours in summer have turned into drizzles, sometimes lasting the entire day.
September 1st.
early morning.
Another drizzle fell from the sky to the earth.
Zhao Yi put on a straw raincoat, carried a bamboo basket and walked into the mountains.
Traveling on rainy days is much slower than usual, and the mountain road is slippery so Zhao Yi doesn't dare to walk too fast.
By the time we arrived at the city supply and marketing cooperative, it was already time for lunch.
"Comrade Xiao Zhao, it's better to come at the right time than to come early. Let's eat together."
Deng Min greeted with a smile.
Then everyone took out a lunch box, and each person scooped some of the rice from their own lunch box into the lunch box. Suddenly, a full lunch box was handed to Zhao Yi.
"I brought some dry food."
Zhao Yi smiled embarrassedly, then took out the egg pancake from his arms.
"Save the dry food for when you get hungry on the way back. We just got ready to eat and haven't even touched our chopsticks yet. Don't be disgusted. Everyone brought a lot of food today and we can't finish it all, so you're here to help share some of the burden."
The director of the supply and marketing cooperative looked at Zhao Yi and said with a smile.
This is actually just a polite remark. Nowadays, even though they are lesbians, their eating habits are no worse than others. Even without so much oil and fat, they can still eat a lot in one meal. How can they carry so much if they can't finish it?
"Xiao Zhao, you are such a shameless boy. If you go out like this, you will be the one who goes hungry. No matter what the situation is, the most important thing is to fill your stomach."
A salesperson smiled and pushed Zhao Yi onto a stool, then handed him a pair of chopsticks.
The last time Zhao Yi sold loaches, he gave each of them half a pound. Occasionally, he would send them fish and only charge them for five pounds if they had seven or eight pounds. Such a sensible young man, let alone sharing such a small amount of food, they didn't even feel sorry for the food when he invited Zhao Yi to have a meal alone.
Unable to refuse the kind invitation, Zhao Yi had no choice but to have lunch with everyone else.
After dinner, Deng Min gave the scraps of cloth sent from the garment factory to Zhao Yi.
"Xiao Zhao, can you still get loaches? If you can, send us some. The weather is not as hot as in the summer, and they have been fried so they can be kept for a long time. If possible, bring at least 10 kilograms for each of us."
The director of the supply and marketing cooperative looked at Zhao Yi and said.
"Oh, especially on Mid-Autumn Festival, one fish for each person. You can have it delivered on the 14th, too. One fish for each person, at least three pounds."
The director of the supply and marketing cooperative seemed to have remembered something and added.
"I'll try to get some loaches, but I don't have that much flour, so I might need to buy some here. I'll go exchange some tickets later."
Zhao Yi nodded.
"Okay, if the tickets we exchanged are not enough, we will process some for you internally. Just don't go out and make noises."
The director of the supply and marketing cooperative nodded.
"Comrade Xiao Zhao, you'd better make more. In addition to eating it ourselves, we also have to take some to visit relatives. Just a little is not enough for them to taste. The more the better. Try to make as much as you can."
Deng Min looked at Zhao Yi and said.
My husband wants to take it to visit his boss. I heard about it when my mother's family came to visit, and I also like Deng Min to help make some to try. My parents want to eat it, so there is no way I won't help. Last time, four and a half kilograms of food was not enough for my whole family to eat for one meal.
Deng Min only earns thirty-six yuan a month, and he doesn't have much need to spend money on normal things. Now that he has finally caught a sheep that can be fleeced, he has to fleece it with all his might.
"By the way, I heard that your village near the mountains can usually get pheasants and other things. If you have anything like that, you can bring it here to exchange for something else."
When the director of the supply and marketing cooperative heard Deng Min say that she wanted to get more things, she remembered that her husband said that there were some hunters in the villages near the mountains. Although those hunters had less food, they had more meat.
"Yes, but it's hard to get. We have a team in the hunter village over there. I'll go over and ask when I have time. Next time I send the loach over, I'll ask. If they have it, I'll help bring it over."
Zhao Yi nodded and said.
"Then go and exchange your ticket first, and don't delay for too long before you have to rush home at night."
The director of the supply and marketing cooperative nodded. Comrade Xiao Zhao really understood everything at once.
Zhao Yi didn't expect that he would get such a big job when he came here to collect scraps of cloth. In one night, Zhao Yi could catch at least 20 kilograms of loaches, and then exchange them for some flour coupons on the black market, and then get some vegetable oil coupons. Then he could buy some vegetable oil from the grain and oil supply and marketing cooperative in the city and bring it back. That would be it.
Zhao Yi walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative, and Deng Min lent him her umbrella.
Naturally, these people knew something about the black market, but they seldom went there. From time to time, people with red armbands would go there, making it seem like guerrilla warfare. They had to be careful not to lose their jobs.
evening.
It was already dark when Zhao Yi walked back home. He had to turn on the flashlight before leaving the mountain. If it were summer, it would be bright at this time.
"Boss, why did you buy so much flour?"
Zhang Jing took out the scraps of cloth and prepared to cut them, and saw vegetable oil and flour underneath. There were almost ten pounds of vegetable oil and more than twenty pounds of flour.
To fry so many loaches, this little vegetable oil plus the leftover one at home may not be enough.
"I took a big job. The loach was 40 cents a pound. They wanted at least 60 pounds. I only had so much flour at home. It might not be enough. I had to go to the team headquarters to write an IOU and buy some on credit."
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll take the rags to Mom first, and then come back to get the charcoal brazier."
Zhao Yi smiled.
Zhang Jing needs to cut the soles of shoes, so the utility room has to start drying the wet scraps of cloth.
After Zhao Yi finished speaking, he carried the remaining scraps of cloth and rushed to Zhangjia Village.
"Son-in-law, you're here at the right time. We wanted to ask you how you made the bamboo tiles. We've been putting them together here all day, but they just don't seem to fit together."
Zhang Fusheng saw Zhao Yi who had just pushed open the gate and walked in, so he walked up to him with a smile and pulled Zhao Yi to the front of the west room.
The west room was not often occupied, and the roof leaked a little. Knowing that the bamboo tiles installed by Zhao Yi were more effective in preventing rain, Zhang Fusheng also planned to install them. Once this one was done, the entire yard would have to do the same to avoid having to renovate the roof frequently in the future.
After sharpening the two ends here and the top, the last piece of bamboo can be covered. The rainwater will flow downwards, so there is no need to worry about rain coming in from the top.
Zhao Yi quickly helped his father-in-law get some bamboo.
"You didn't even let your son-in-law eat when he came, and instead you took him to work, you're asking for retribution in this life."
Wang Kaihui just walked out of the house and saw that Mingming heard Zhao Yi's voice but did not enter the main room for a long time. He felt a little strange. When he came out to take a look, he saw his wife taking people to the door of the west room to work.
"It's okay, Mom. I'm just helping you make a few samples. I have to go back after I give you the scraps of cloth. I have to use the charcoal basin to dry the wet scraps at night."
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
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