Chapter 145 Noodles

Mrs. Liu Dasao and Mrs. Liu Ersao had the same thing, two things each: ten eggs and five pounds of cornmeal.

In previous years, we always gave four things, but this year the harvest was poor, so it would be good to be able to give two things.

It was also because Jiang Cuihua was a kind person. There was famine everywhere, so who would be willing to take food from others?

The wives of other families in the village don't receive such good treatment.

As for Huang Xiaoyue, she was newly married and this was the first year she was sending New Year's gifts to her family, so naturally she couldn't make it too shabby.

Jiang Cuihua prepared four things for her: twenty eggs, ten pounds of cornmeal, two pounds of flour and two pounds of pork.

The pork was the New Year's gift that Liu Yinyin gave to the Liu family, and Jiang Cuihua kept it for Huang Xiaoyue to give as a gift for the festival.

Mrs. Liu Dasao and Mrs. Liu Ersao had no objection to this. The same things were also the things they sent to their parents' home for the New Year in the first year.

However, Jiang Cuihua was very satisfied with Huang Xiaoyue, her daughter-in-law, from the bottom of her heart.

Not to mention the luxurious dowry Huang Xiaoyue brought.

During this period of time, Huang Xiaoyue not only worked very efficiently, but also brought things home from time to time, including food, vegetables, and meat.

Jiang Cuihua knew in her heart that Huang Laizi let his daughter take these things back to her husband's house to eat because he loved her.

Jiang Cuihua couldn't just say nothing, so she secretly gave Huang Xiaoyue ten yuan and asked her to prepare two more things that Huang Laizi liked.

There are six things in total, which is quite impressive.

Huang Xiaoyue just wanted to buy her father a bottle of good wine and make him a new set of clothes.

Huang Laizi likes to drink, and there are people in the countryside who can brew wine.

In previous years, after distributing the grain in autumn, some families would brew their own wine.

When there was a big market in the village, the wine was taken to the market to exchange for supplies.

But now, the villagers all eat from a big pot, so where is the surplus food for brewing wine?

Moreover, this year is a bad year. There is no food, let alone making wine.

If you want to drink, you have to go to the county town to buy it.

However, you need a ticket to buy alcohol at supply and marketing cooperatives or department stores.

Huang Xiaoyue had money but no tickets. After much thought, she could only ask Liu Yinyin for help.

Liu Yinyin doesn't buy alcohol on weekdays.

However, there are indeed wine tickets at home, and not just wine tickets.

This year, Liu Yinyin mostly smuggled things out of the system or exchanged supplies with others.

I seldom go to the supply and marketing cooperatives or department stores in the county to buy things.

Therefore, the family stockpiled a lot of tickets, including meat tickets, cloth tickets, sugar tickets, wine tickets, etc.

Liu Yinyin was silent for a moment, then said to her, "You don't have to change it. I can give you a wine ticket and you can just go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it."

If you have a ticket, it is easier to buy things at the supply and marketing cooperative, as the prices of the things there haven't increased much.

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaoyue immediately wanted to buy two wine tickets from her sister-in-law.

There were only two wine tickets, so Liu Yinyin didn't feel comfortable taking her money. Besides, Huang Xiaoyue often gave her vegetables to eat.

Huang Xiaoyue wanted a wine ticket, so Liu Yinyin gave it to her.

I wandered around the mountain but couldn't find any bamboo shoots.

Finally, the two men picked up two baskets of firewood and went down the mountain.

The only advantage of not having snow in winter is that it makes it easier to chop firewood.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye two days have passed and it is New Year's Eve.

On this day, as in previous years, the family of three celebrated the New Year at home.

Last year, Liu Yinyin's family ate dumplings. This year, she plans to eat hot pot, which is simple and convenient.

In the morning, the couple prepared to go to the county town.

I need to go buy something. I have saved a lot of coupons at home, and it’s time to use them up, otherwise they will expire if left for too long.

Because the weather was cold, Liu Yinyin did not take Gu Yanyan with her and left him at Liu's house. The little guy also liked to play with his cousins.

After riding bicycles to the county town, the two went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative.

Regardless of whether there was any shortage of money at home, all the expiring tickets on hand were used up.

I bought two pounds of brown sugar, two boxes of cakes, four pounds of rapeseed oil, a bag of White Rabbit milk candy, a bag of dried kelp, and a bag of dried bean curd sticks.

I went to the meat counter again and bought two pounds of pork belly. There was no pork fat, otherwise Liu Yinyin would have liked to buy two pounds of pork fat.

Rapeseed oil and pork fat were both bought for Jiang Cuihua.

The food in the cafeteria is not very greasy, so give them some food to replenish their bodies.

Liu Yinyin's family was not short of oil. She had exchanged a lot of soybean oil with Ma Xiaolian before, which was enough to last for several months.

On New Year's Eve this year, the supply and marketing cooperative had fresh shrimps available without a ticket. Liu Yinyin decisively bought two kilograms and a fish.

Passing by the clothes and shoes counter, Gu Cheng asked Liu Yinyin if she wanted to buy a pair of small leather shoes.

Liu Yinyin didn't make any new clothes for the Chinese New Year this year.

It’s not that there is no cotton, but she already has two cotton blouses that she made last year. They are still very new, so there is no need to make them this year.

Liu Yinyin didn't want to buy shoes either.

"No need, my mother made me two pairs of cotton shoes." Liu Yinyin said.

Wearing leather shoes in the countryside is inconvenient for doing anything, and Liu Yinyin prefers to wear cloth shoes, which are convenient and comfortable.

Jiang Cuihua is very good at making shoes. She makes shoes for her whole family, including Gu Yanyan.

Two pairs for summer and two pairs for winter. Liu Yinyin gave her cloth and cotton.

However, making shoes is hard work.

Liu Yinyin didn't want to buy shoes herself, so she took a look at the counter.

I did like a pair of green rubber shoes with cotton pads. The shoes are quite thick and will definitely be warm to wear in cold weather.

Liu Yinyin picked out a pair and bought them for Jiang Cuihua.

I also bought two pairs of Jiefang shoes, men's, for Gu Cheng and Liu Laifu.

At that time, you needed industrial coupons to buy shoes. One pair of shoes required two industrial coupons. Liu Yin bought three pairs of shoes, so she had to pay six industrial coupons.

Gu Cheng's salary was high, and after saving for a year, Liu Yinyin had a lot of industrial coupons in her hands, in small stacks.

Counted out six industrial coupons and gave them to the salesperson.

The shoe salesperson's eyes widened when he saw the stack of industrial coupons in Liu Yinyin's hand.

Finally, he bought Gu Cheng a few packs of good cigarettes.

Since there are children at home, Gu Cheng rarely smokes at home.

But he is a leader after all, and he would smoke a few cigarettes when socializing with others.

You have to keep a few packs of good cigarettes for him at home.

"Do you want to buy anything else?" Liu Yinyin turned and asked him, with some tickets still in her hand.

For a moment, she didn't know what to buy.

We stocked up a lot of snacks at home. Gu Yanyan is still young and can’t eat much, and Liu Yinyin is alone and doesn’t like snacks much.

Therefore, you don’t need to buy snacks anymore.

Gu Cheng looked around and his eyes fell on the hanging noodles in the counter.

At that time, noodles were made of refined grain and were not cheap. Moreover, grain coupons were required to buy them.

"Don't you like eating noodles? Buy some noodles and take them back. Otherwise it will be troublesome to knead and roll the noodles every time," said the man.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Sometimes when Gu Cheng was not at home, Liu Yinyin didn't want to cook and often ate noodles.

I wouldn't say I like it, I just do it for the convenience.

Moreover, she also smuggled the noodles out of the system, she didn't roll the noodles herself.