Chapter 407: Born to Work Hard
The bags provided by the grain and oil station are made of fine linen, very sturdy, and cost five cents each.
Lu Miao asked for 20 kilograms of rice and 10 kilograms of noodles, which were packed in two bags, and cost him 1 cent.
If you have a grain and oil supply certificate, you can buy grain at the grain and oil station at the public price. The price of fine grain rice and white flour is 10.8 cents per pound.
Thirty kilograms is five dollars and forty cents, plus other ingredients, bags, and bottles, Lu Miao counted it out and handed it over at five dollars and nine cents.
I felt embarrassed to trouble Mei Zi to make this trip.
Now it seems that it’s a good thing that Mei Zi came along.
Otherwise, she really wouldn't be able to carry these 30 kilograms of food, plus the scattered bottles and jars.
Lu Miao held the grain bag alternately in her left and right hands, and Mei Zi helped her hold the seasoning bottle.
It took me half an hour to get home after wandering all the way.
Lu Miao put the things down, took the various seasonings from Mei Zi's hand and put them on the stove.
Lu Miao took out a dime from his purse and gave it to Mei Zi.
"I haven't cooked at home yet, so I don't have anything to eat for you... Take this money and buy some fried dough sticks from the stall outside tomorrow morning."
Mei Zi stuffed the money back into her hand as if it were burning.
"Sister-in-law Xiao Fu, I don't want any money... I just led you back a way, I didn't do anything."
She didn't take it, so Mei Zi put the money on the stove and walked out:
"Call me when you have work to do. I don't want anything fancy. Just give me a bite of any leftover food at home."
Mei Zi is very stubborn. She doesn't want money, she just wants food.
After saying that, he turned around and ran away like a rabbit.
Lu Miao put away the bill with "one cent" printed on it, feeling dizzy and confused, not quite sure what Mei Zitu was talking about.
Tang Mei heard the noise, came out with her child in her arms, and asked who had just come.
Lu Miao told the story about Mei Zi.
Tang Mei shook her head and sighed, and one sentence solved Lu Miao's doubts:
"Don't be fooled by the Beijing people who think they are tough. There are really not many girls in the alleys who are worth anything."
There are many families that favor sons over daughters. The good things are always given to sons, and girls are born to have a hard life.
Especially girls from poor families.
Lu Miao didn't know Mei Zi's specific situation, but he could roughly guess it.
Mei Zi’s situation at home is probably not very good. If she is given food, she can eat outside.
Even if you give her money, she may not be able to keep it.
Mingyi felt sleepy and yawned on his grandma's shoulder.
Tang Mei held him and rocked him gently. Seeing that Lu Miao was distracted, Tang Mei said:
"Just live your own life peacefully first, and don't worry about anything else."
There are so many people suffering, and we have to save them all.
Lu Miao nodded, "I understand."
Thinking of something, he said:
"When we go to school, if it's inconvenient for you to do any work while you look after the child, just let her do it if she comes."
"If you don't trust her to do the housework, let her do the yard work. Give her a bite to eat and help you. That will make Brother You and I feel better."
Tang Mei gave her a reproachful look, knowing what she was planning, but she didn't refute her.
As it got dark, Fu Jingyou brought back some solid wood panels in two trips.
Fu Jingyou went into the house, filled the kerosene lamp with kerosene, lit it, and took it to Tang Mei's room.
The brother fell asleep, and the sister was playing with her hands in the dim light.
Seeing the light, the younger sister reached out for a hug:
"Dad~"
Fu Jingyou handed the kerosene lamp to Tang Mei and did not hold the child.
He's still dirty.
"Is it cold in the house?"
Tang Mei said "hmm":
"It's better in the afternoon, but once it gets dark I feel a bit cold to the bone... I put an extra blanket on the child, so it's not a problem."
We just moved into the new house and it lacks some popularity, which makes it feel a little deserted.
Fu Jingyou went out and took apart an old cabinet door.
After bringing the crushed firewood into the house, he went to the kitchen and got two pieces of charcoal.
Lu Miao is cooking in the kitchen.
Used stove.
Wash the pot, knead the dough, and cook the dumplings.
After adding some water to the pot, the two buckets of water in the kitchen were already empty.
"Last time I saw a public well over there in the alley. I can still see a little bit of it now. Bring back two more buckets of water. I'll need it to wash the pots and other things later."
"good"
Fu Jingyou nodded.
"I'll light up the kang over there first and then I'll be there in a minute."
Lu Miao nodded and went back to the kitchen to continue working.
I just moved in and I’m not used to the new stove yet.
Plus, Lu Miao was a lazy person, and she was really reluctant to help out in the cold weather, so she didn't make anything fancy for dinner.
I cooked a pot of noodle dumplings according to the number of people, and sliced some of the lean meat parts of the bacon.
Put it in the pot together with the noodles, cover the pot and cook it. It smells very fragrant.
While eating, the two children pinched the chewy slices of meat and bit them so hard that their little heads trembled.
Lu Miao was amused and stood aside humming.
Tang Mei finished eating first and fetched water for the two children to wash.
There was a kang in the room, and it was warm.
The two children sat on the kang in thin clothes without worrying about catching a cold.
"Years ago, when we were young, we used to heat earthen kangs like this. Now, such kangs are becoming less and less common in urban areas."
Tang Mei felt a little emotional.
Lu Miao said with a smile, "It shows that society is progressing. Central heating will be adopted in the future."
Firewood is hard to come by in the city, coal costs money, and even some old courtyards with earthen kangs may not use them for burning.
If you look at the rural areas on the outskirts, you will find that there are still many families who use kangs. They can burn crop stalks, corn cobs and the like, and they are also durable.
Lu Yuanzheng hasn't come back yet, probably resting in the school dormitory.
Lu Miao got some water for Tang Mei and asked her to take care of the two children and go to sleep first.
She went to clean up the kitchen, put the remaining bacon and noodle dumplings in the pot into a large bowl, then added water to the pot and added a few thin firewood to the stove.
There was a kang in Tang Mei's room. Lu Miao had just sat on it for a while. It was warm and really comfortable.
It is a kind of comfort that cannot be matched by air conditioning or heating.
Fu Jingyou was sawing wood in the hall with a kerosene lamp, working overtime.
Lu Miao was a little impatient, so he picked up the unwanted pieces of wood and the wood shavings he had planed and brought them into the room, and lit the kang in their room.
While waiting for the temperature to rise, Lu Miao came out with a kerosene lamp to accompany Fu Jingyou.
"Heating the kang must be quite a waste of firewood, right? The kang in our room is so big."
"There's so much firewood in the yard, what are you afraid of?"
“You also need it when you cook!”
Fu Jingyou pondered for a while and said:
"It won't be cold for a few days this year, so go ahead and burn it."
"My aunt has a coal supply certificate, and she supplies 150 kilograms of coal every month at the official price. I plan to buy some every month and save it slowly."
Then buy raw coal.
It is more suitable to use raw coal to heat the kang.
The plate is so big that it can keep it warm for most of the night.
If you feel the temperature is not high enough, add more.
Lu Miao nodded.
I originally wanted to help him get the tables and chairs out first, but I couldn’t resist the “novelty” of the kang.
After cleaning up the kitchen in a short while, she fetched some water and went back to the house to wash up, then climbed onto the kang and lay down early.
It was not enough for her to just lie down, she also urged Fu Jingyou to go wash up quickly and come back to lie down together and enjoy it.
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