Chapter 1785 Return with a Full Load 8
Looking at the half-eaten dishes on the table, Zhao Anbang said without hesitation: "You guys are stewing old hens today, right? I smelled it when I passed by this morning. There are mushrooms and old ginger in it."
The waiter hurriedly said, "It's been stewed. You have a very sensitive nose. It has been stewed for a long time and now it is mushy."
"Then I'll have a stewed old hen with mushrooms, and a braised pork elbow." Zhao Anbang also loves meat, but unfortunately his supply is limited. Because of the spirit of hardship and simplicity, he can't often go to state-owned restaurants even for a feast. He must take this opportunity to satisfy his appetite. "If the steamed buns are not enough, give me ten more. If you can't finish them, pack them up and take them home."
The waiter took the money and ticket, and quickly brought up the two dishes and steamed buns.
Because he usually interacts with boys, Zhao Anbang likes the sweet and cute little girl Fubao for the first time. He took the lead and put another big chicken leg in Fubao's bowl, "Good boy, eat the chicken leg. If it's not enough, godfather will buy you more."
Fubao stared at the big chicken leg. She couldn’t finish it!
However, she still thanked Zhao Anbang politely, tore off the tender meat from the chicken leg and gave some to Zhuangzhuang, ate some herself, and put the rest directly into Erxiong's bowl.
He has the biggest appetite among all his brothers and sisters, and he can eat as much as three of them.
Er Xiong happily gnawed on the big chicken leg and looked at the greasy skin on the elbow. "Mom likes to eat it the most. It's good for beauty and skin."
After hearing this, everyone laughed.
Zhuangzhuang's expression became even worse. He picked up the noodles in the bowl and ate them without any appetite.
Zhao Anbang finally had time to ask Cheng Baoguo, "Uncle Cheng, why did you two bring the children back? Where are the old Lu couple? They haven't been back for several years. Don't they have a holiday during the New Year?"
"How can they take a vacation when they are so busy? They haven't had a vacation for several years." Cheng Baoguo finished eating a large piece of pork elbow. "The country has issued an earthquake forecast. The epicenter is in the Liaodong area. If it doesn't happen, everything will be fine. If it does happen, Ajiang and Xiaoxue will definitely be too busy to take care of it. We will take the children back to our hometown to live for two years to avoid distracting them."
Zhao Anbang thought of the news he had received and nodded, "As it should be, Old Lu is in a high position and has great power, and Xibao's mother is a skilled doctor and is good at first aid. Whether it is arranging rescue missions or forming a medical team, they must be on the list. By the way, Uncle Cheng, Aunt Cheng, I have received your salary, food coupons, sugar coupons and so on for the second half of the year. I am preparing to buy meat and have my mother make it into meat jerky, exchange the food coupons for national food coupons and send them to you along with your salary and supplies. Now that you are back, I will give them to you after dinner."
Wang Cuilan asked, "How is the supply this year? Have the tickets expired?"
"They are all unexpired tickets. I exchanged those that were due to expire with others in advance. I collected honeycomb coal quarterly and gave them to Uncle Lu and Xi Bao. Most of the industrial coupons were distributed to the folks in Wanglou Brigade. Except for the extra supply during festivals, the other tickets expire in a year and a half or as little as three or two months." How could Zhao Anbang not consider this issue?
At this point, he continued, "The supply this year is quite a lot. Each person gets one pound of pork, one and a half pounds of eggs, two ounces of oil, half a pound of sugar, half a bar of soap, and a bag of washing powder per month. Your meat coupons from the past twelve months have accumulated to a total of twenty-four pounds. They were supposed to expire at the end of December last year, but I exchanged them with this year's coupons. Like the oil coupons, they expire at the end of December this year. As the Spring Festival approaches, each household can buy a chicken, a duck, two pounds of flour, half a pound of fried peanuts, two ounces of sesame oil, and one ounce of Sichuan peppercorns. The supply for Labor Day and National Day is similar, with occasional differences but not much."
(End of this chapter)