So although pig's trotters are not very cost-effective, at least they don't cost any money, and you can buy them home and have another meat dish for your child's dinner.
The stewed pork trotters are so soft and boneless that they melt in your mouth with just a sip. They are full of gelatin and protein, and paired with soft and glutinous soybeans, the taste is simply amazing.
So Feng Juan waved her hand and said directly: "Install them all for me, I want them all."
On the way back, Feng Juan carried two pounds of front leg meat in one hand and four large pig trotters in the other, while Yun Qiao carried a fish in one hand, including silver carp and white fish.
The front leg is perfect for making dumplings. White fish is delicious and has a light, fishy smell. Feng Juan plans to steam some for New Year's Eve. Silver carp has many bones that can easily get stuck in the throat, making it difficult to eat directly. She prefers scraping the flesh with a spatula and chopping it into finely minced fish paste for meatballs. Fish ball soup is also excellent for New Year's Eve dinner.
During this period, everything was rationed. Each person was only given one jin of meat coupons per month. Families with many people were fine; five or six people could pool their coupons and buy five or six jin of meat at once during the Spring Festival, satisfying their cravings. Those with fewer people could buy one or two jin of meat to make dumplings, but the meat would be gone before they could even taste it.
Yun Qiao and Feng Juan returned home with a full load of fish and meat, and received countless envious glances along the way. Even the soldiers' families in the family compound looked envious.
The monthly salary of soldiers is not low. A pound of pork costs only 70 cents. No family lacks this little money to buy meat, but they only have so few meat coupons and cannot buy meat even if they have money.
Everyone envied Feng Juan for having so many meat coupons to buy meat.
As for why Feng Juan had so many sex tickets, it was because she took advantage of her large number of people.
Yun Qiao's household registration was on the farm, and she received a meat coupon worth one jin every month. As the company's only medical officer, she was given special treatment during festivals and holidays, receiving two extra meat coupons worth half a jin each.
Qin Zheng also saved up this month's meat coupons, as well as the national meat coupons with a validity period of one day that she brought from the capital, and exchanged them for local meat coupons with a shorter validity period. One catty could be exchanged for one catty and one ounce. All these things together allowed them to live a comfortable life.
Feng Juan was spending her first time with her newly found daughter, and she was doing her best. After all, after buying these two fish, she had no meat coupons left.
Feng Juan put the things in the cart and just turned around when she heard Sun Lan calling her name.
Sun Lan walked up to her and asked with a smile, "Aunt Qin, you're back in a hurry. What did you buy?"
Feng Juan covered the fish in the basket with straw and smiled slightly. "Nothing much, just some meat, melon seeds, candy, etc. It's finally spring, so I wanted to give the kids at home something good to nourish them."
"It's past midnight, time to eat something good," Sun Lan said, reaching out and pulling a young woman standing behind her to the front. She introduced her to Feng Juan, "Auntie, let me introduce you. This is my cousin from my mother's side, Sun Zhu. She's twenty-three this year, a high school graduate, and currently works at the commune cannery as a member of the factory's labor union. She's also written for the provincial newspaper. She's quite talented."
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and pushed Sun Zhu in front of Feng Juan, "Xiao Zhu, come and say hello to your Aunt Feng."
Sun Zhu smiled shyly and said softly, "Hello, Aunt Feng."
Feng Juan smiled and nodded. "Hello, hello. That's great, you're already a cadre at such a young age."
Sun Lan quickly interjected, "That's right. My sister is not only good at her job, she's also beautiful, and she's also very sensible and filial. Just last weekend, she knew I was coming to the commune, and she even asked for leave from the factory to come visit me."
As she spoke, she winked at Sun Zhu, "Xiao Zhu, don't you have a gift for Aunt Feng?"
Sun Zhu blushed as she took out a net bag, put two cans in it, and handed them to Feng Juan. "Auntie Feng, these are cans made by our factory. I'll give them to you to try."
Feng Juan didn't dare to accept Sun Zhu's canned food.
Sun Lan had always wanted to introduce Qin Zheng to someone, and she was happy to see it happen. Although she did not get involved in the matchmaking, she did not stop it either.
But later Qin Zheng fell in love with Yan Jingwan and refused the idea.
Feng Juan didn't expect that Sun Lan would be so persistent. Even after being clearly rejected by Qin Zheng, she still didn't give up and actually brought him in front of her.
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