Chapter 23 Will be destroyed by the times
Lu Ping'an rode very fast, and when he arrived at the county town, he could not even find the shadow of the ox cart behind him.
He had just parked his bike when he heard a commotion nearby, and it sounded like there were quite a few people involved.
"Hurry, hurry, serve the pork!"
A few middle-aged women were calling out to their fellow travelers on the road, apparently they had happened to witness a pig slaughtering.
The butcher at the state-owned food station was holding a big knife and gesturing at the pig on the chopping board.
“Queue up, queue up!”
"Everyone, check if you have meat tickets. We won't sell meat to you if you don't have them! Don't queue up randomly. Don't cut in line! Don't queue up if you don't have any! Don't delay others from buying meat!"
There was a person standing nearby helping to shout.
Unless you have connections, buying pork at a state-owned food station really depends on luck. Most people carry meat coupons with them. If the meat is out of stock and you don’t buy it because you don’t have the coupons, you will regret it for a week!
Relying on his long legs, Lu Ping'an successfully squeezed into the line and stood in the middle.
The butcher counted the number of people, looked at the size of the pigs, and without even looking up, shouted, "Each person is limited to two kilograms."
Lu Pingan also calculated that most people would buy fatty meat first. The last time he saw Shen Xiaoyue eating braised pork, she didn’t seem to like it too much.
He bought a pound of pork ribs to stew for Shen Xiaoyue, and bought another pound of fat to take home, which was about right.
As expected, most of the people in front were buying pork belly, while almost no one was interested in pork trotters and pork ribs.
"A pound of pork ribs, pick the middle ones, and a pound of pork belly."
“There’s no more pork belly.”
"Then I'll give you a pound of front leg meat."
After buying the pork, the ox cart slowly swayed into the county town.
"Comrades, I'll be waiting for you here."
After Uncle Zhou parked the ox cart, he took out his pipe and leaned against it.
"Uncle Zhou, do you need to bring anything? We can help you get it."
"That's right."
Uncle Zhou waved his hand and said, "It's okay. I come here often. There's nothing good to buy. You guys can go shopping. You must be back before four o'clock, otherwise it will be difficult to walk on the road after dark."
"knew."
After everyone answered, they dispersed excitedly.
Xie Ning took a step forward and wanted to drag Shen Xiaoyue to the post office. He didn't believe that Shen Xiaoyue could really let go of her parents. She had always been filial.
But when I turned around, she disappeared, so I had no choice but to go by myself.
Lu Ping'an's height of more than 1.8 meters was very conspicuous in the crowd, especially since this man was holding two bags of pork in his hands. Shen Xiaoyue saw him at a glance and asked with a smile: "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Soon, do you want to eat first or go shopping first?"
"Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative first."
The two came to the supply and marketing cooperative.
The salesperson in the store was cracking melon seeds. When he saw someone come in, he spat out the crumbs in his mouth and looked around. Although the two people were stunningly good-looking, they were dressed in ordinary clothes and were not really fashionable.
The salesperson's attitude was very casual: "Just take a look."
At this time, a young couple came into the supply and marketing cooperative, holding hands, dressed festively, clean and decent. The woman had a decorative red flower in her ear, and the man had his hair combed shiny. They were probably a newlywed couple.
As soon as the two came in, they got straight to the point: "Hello, we want a radio."
"No."
The salesperson was slowly cleaning the melon seed shells on the counter, not paying much attention to the two people's needs.
The girl was obviously a little confused. The radio was clearly placed behind the salesperson, so how could it disappear?
She patiently asked, "Excuse me, is this one on the shelf good? Can you please be flexible and sell it to us?"
The salesperson sneered, as if mocking their ignorance: "These are reserved."
How is it possible that they are all booked? It didn't make sense at all. The girl couldn't help it and took a step forward, wanting to argue with her.
The boy quickly stretched out a hand to block her, and glanced at Shen Xiaoyue and Lu Ping'an intentionally or unintentionally, and winked at the girl.
The boy whispered a name, and the salesperson obviously knew it. He immediately put on a smile and changed his attitude.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier about this? Which one do you want? This one, right? You have a good taste! This is the latest model!"
The huge contrast in attitude left the four of them dumbfounded.
When the couple left the supply and marketing cooperative happily with the radio in their hands, Shen Xiaoyue still pulled Lu Pingan to exclaim in amazement.
The two of them were whispering, standing far away, as if they were discussing what to buy, but in fact they were seriously complaining.
"This attitude is too different, isn't it? Isn't it obvious that no one has actually made a reservation?"
"You have to have a way to buy a radio."
Lu Ping'an whispered to her and tilted his head towards Shen Xiaoyue.
"I think these supply and marketing cooperatives will definitely be abolished or restructured soon. No, it should be said that not only the supply and marketing cooperatives, but also the current state-owned ones will fade out of the historical stage one day in the future."
"How can we drive money out?"
Shen Xiaoyue didn't expect him to be so forward-looking.
Indeed, with a series of measures such as the resumption of the college entrance examination and reform and opening up, earth-shaking changes will be brought about.
Those who were able to seize this change took advantage of the situation and prospered in later generations.
Lu Pingan is one of the group standing on the crest of the wave.
I originally thought that he was just more perceptive than others, but I didn't expect that he discovered the contradiction between demand and supply so early and revealed the direction of future development.
It seems that all those stupid people like Lu Pingan are now in love.
Shen Xiaoyue, who was in a complicated mood, looked at Lu Pingan several times with a complicated expression.
Lu Ping'an grinned at her foolishly: "Why are you looking at me? Don't worry about them, buy what you want to buy first."
The light of wisdom that Lu Ping'an had just been flashing with was instantly extinguished by himself.
Shen Xiaoyue took a slate and some slate pencils. Paper was scarce in those days, and these things were indispensable if she wanted to prepare for the college entrance examination.
I also weighed some banana crisps and other pastries, and took a few plastic hairpins.
Shen Xiaoyue had sharp eyes and found two batches of beautiful fabrics pressed underneath the large amount of fabrics, which were very suitable for making skirts.
He also tore off some white cloth, intending to dye it to make decorations for the hat.
She counted the tickets and change she brought this time and thought it should be enough.
When he was about to pay the bill, Lu Ping'an, who had just been concentrating on looking for something, took four boxes of vanishing cream and some daily necessities and placed them on the table.
"Together."
Lu Pingan directly took out a big unity and a few tickets.
His tone was a little uncomfortable: "I want you to pay for coming out with me? Who are you looking down on?"
Shen Xiaoyue had always been instilled with the idea by Lu Pingan that "what's his is hers, and what's hers is still hers", so naturally she wouldn't be polite.
He said "Oh" and obediently stepped back.
Lu Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that she would refuse, which would be so embarrassing for him.
It was just past ten o'clock when I came out of the supply and marketing cooperative. There was a newly opened department store standing on this street.
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