"Uncle Wu is joking. It's just this time. You need a ticket to buy anything now. My uncles and aunts were worried that I'd be short of anything when I'm away from home, so they sent me everything I could use."
The three of them worked together to carry the package onto the ox cart. Along the way, the package was so spectacular that it attracted a lot of people's attention.
When passing the state-owned restaurant, Chen Qiangwei called out to Uncle Gu Wu. "Uncle Wu, please stop the car. I want to go in and buy some steamed buns."
When Chen Qiangwei entered the state-owned restaurant, Han Qianyang and Wei Sijue had already finished their meal and were preparing to leave.
Han Qianyang greeted Chen Qiangwei happily, "Comrade Chen Qiangwei, you're here." As he approached, he added, "We have beef noodles today."
Wei Sijue also nodded at Chen Qiangwei. He was always aloof, but Chen Qiangwei didn't mind and nodded at him as well.
Beef noodles! Chen Qiangwei sucked her saliva. She had never eaten beef in such a long time since she came here.
You know, in her previous life, what she missed most was the Third Rank King's Hello Meat Powder. She had to eat it at least once a week, otherwise she would feel empty inside.
Pork can be bought as long as you have money and a ticket, but don't even think about buying beef, because cows are the heavy labor force in production, and slaughtering them privately is a crime, and no one dares to do it.
Cows can only be slaughtered when they are disabled, old, sick, etc., and the brigade needs to write an application to the commune, and wait for the commune to send someone to verify it. The application can only be slaughtered after it is approved.
It was a pity that Uncle Gu Wu and Wang Xiaomai were waiting outside the door, otherwise she would have had a bowl of beef noodles no matter what.
Unfortunately, the state-owned restaurant had sold out of steamed buns, leaving only eight meat buns. Chen Qiangwei handed the bill to the waitress and said, "Sister, I want all eight meat buns."
A meat bun cost eight cents, and each required one or two taels of food coupons. In total, I spent eighty cents and eight taels of food coupons.
The woman, whose son was already in junior high school, looked much better when she heard Chen Qiangwei calling her "big sister". Compliments can make people happy, especially when they come from a pretty female comrade.
The waiter's eyes lit up when she saw that Chen Qiangwei handed her national food coupons. Her husband, Mr. Li, often had to travel for work, but the national food coupons provided by the factory were only enough to fill his stomach. It was a luxury to eat more.
The waitress whispered, "Miss, do you still have national food coupons?"
Chen Qiangwei was delighted when she heard that and whispered, "A little more." She was not afraid that the waiter would cheat her. No one would be stupid enough to extort money from others at their job.
"How many?"
Chen Qiangwei handed the bill to the waiter and quietly made the number three.
"Sister, do you sell beef here?"
The waiter glanced at Chen Qiangwei and nodded. The beef was brought by people from Changling Brigade this morning. The state-owned restaurant took in 60 kilograms of it, of which 10 kilograms were kept for internal consumption and 50 kilograms were sold to the outside world in the form of braised beef, beef noodles, beef buns, etc.
The braised beef had already been bought up by those who knew the news, and now only half a bowl was left to make beef noodles.
The ten kilograms of beef for internal consumption also had to be paid for according to the market price, and she bought two kilograms.
Although beef is rare nowadays, it is far less popular than pork because people are short of oil and water. Compared with lean beef, people prefer pork with oil and water.
It’s just because it’s rarely available, so when beef is sold occasionally, everyone likes to buy some to try it.
Pork costs 73 cents per pound, and beef only 47 cents per pound.
The black market price of national food coupons has been driven up to 35 cents per pound, and national food coupons with a face value of three pounds can be exchanged for one yuan and five cents.
The waitress calculated in her mind and said, "I'll trade you two pounds of beef and a steamed bun." The steamed bun was her share for today, and she planned to give it to her youngest son when she got home from get off work.
"make a deal."
The waitress deftly packed the meat buns and steamed buns together, then wrapped the beef in newspaper. Chen Qiangwei exchanged food coupons with the waitress, while the beef was handed over in the other.
After buying the beef she had been longing for, Chen Qiangwei walked with a breeze.
When they arrived at the place where the ox cart was stored, Chen Qiangwei handed a steamed bun to Uncle Chen, "Uncle Wu, have a steamed bun. You've worked hard today." Her luggage took up a small part of the space on the ox cart, but fortunately Uncle Wu didn't mind.
Uncle Gu Wu waved his hand and took out a hard cornmeal cake from his cloth bag. "No, I'll just eat the cornmeal cake."
Chen Qiangwei continued to pass the steamed buns, "Uncle Wu, just take it. I'm in a good mood today after picking up the package."
Uncle Gu Wu took the steamed bun only after seeing that Chen Qiangwei was not being polite. However, he did not eat it. Instead, he put it in a cloth bag and took it back to give to his wife and grandson.
My wife has been taking medicine all year round, and her mouth always tastes bitter. Eating steamed buns makes her mouth sweet. Goudan has never eaten white flour steamed buns since he was a child, so he wants to try them.
Well, that's right, Goudan is the grandson of Uncle Gu Wu. Although Dahuang, the dog from Goudan's family, is a local dog, Dahuang has followed Goudan's father to the mountains since he was a child. He has developed hunting skills and can hunt wild game from time to time.
Goudan's parents are both hardworking people, and Uncle Gu Wu is in charge of the team's ox cart. Logically, their life should be good, but Goudan's mother is sick and has been bedridden all year round. The medicine alone costs a lot every year, so the family lives a very tight life.
The people driving ox carts nearby looked at Uncle Gu Wu with envy. They often picked up and dropped off educated youth, but no educated youth had ever been so generous as to give them white flour buns.
Chen Qiangwei handed a meat bun to Wang Xiaomai, "Take it, don't refuse. I'm happy today, so I bought a few extra. You and Third Grandma can have some."
Wang Xiaomai wanted to refuse, but after hearing what Chen Qiangwei said, she took the meat bun.
After eating two sweet potatoes at five in the morning, Chen Qiangwei was starving. She picked up a steamed bun and took a big bite. It was a pork and cabbage bun.
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