Chapter 354 Yellow Rice Cake

The supply of other wool is also very limited.

Liu Yinyin did not mention Dong Huaqing's name, and said vaguely: "A friend sent it to me before."

Auntie Wang couldn't help but ask, "Is it very expensive?"

Liu Yinyin told the truth and told the number. Genuine cashmere yarn is indeed very expensive.

The price of one kilogram is almost equal to their monthly salary.

Auntie Wang took a deep breath when she heard this: "Mom, this is too expensive!"

It is really expensive, but it is also a good thing. Wearing a cashmere sweater in winter is really warm.

I can't afford to buy too much. It takes about a pound of cashmere yarn to knit a sweater. It's still okay to buy a pound.

Aunt Wang asked, "Yinyin, can you ask your friend to buy another pound of wool for you?"

Liu Yinyin understood: "Auntie, you also want to buy a cashmere sweater?"

Auntie Wang nodded and said, "Yes, weave one for Haicao's father. He is out at sea and may catch a cold easily."

If he gets sick, the cost of going to the hospital is not cheap, so it’s better to buy some wool and knit him a sweater.

Liu Yinyin thought to herself that it would not be impossible to ask Dong Huaqing to buy some wool for her.

However, the cost of sending the letter and the wool is also a considerable expense...

But there is no need to go through so much trouble. Liu Yinyin can directly smuggle the wool out of the system and sell it.

After thinking for a while, Liu Yinyin said to Auntie Wang: "Okay, but Auntie, you can't tell anyone else about this."

Private transactions were not allowed at that time, so her request was not excessive.

Auntie Wang understood, patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Liu Yinyin would not stop making money even though she had it, so she promised to buy a pound of cashmere yarn for Aunt Wang.

When she got off work, Liu Yinyin went out again fully armed.

The weather is too cold. Liu Yinyin hasn’t ridden a bike recently. The wind is too strong and it’s not convenient to ride a bike.

Go to the nursery to take care of Yanyan first.

The child was quite hot-tempered. As soon as he got home, Gu Yanyan started complaining about being hot.

Liu Yinyin helped him take off his cotton shirt.

The little guy wore warm underwear, a cashmere sweater, and a new cotton jacket.

It's normal to feel hot.

No one would go out to play in this weather, so Gu Yanyan could only stay at home and read picture books.

It is not a good idea to build a fireplace at home.

Liu Yinyin bought a new stove and placed it in the living room during the day and in the bedroom at night.

It gets dark early in winter, so as soon as she gets home, Liu Yinyin starts cooking dinner.

When the weather is cold, the fresh pork you buy can be kept for two or three days.

Every time she bought pork, Liu Yinyin would smuggle some out of the system.

Be economical, it's enough to last for three days.

For dinner we had stir-fried pork with dried beans, braised fish and kelp soup.

Just after finishing dinner, Aunt Wang came home to get cornmeal.

Liu Yinyin weighed out a hundred kilograms of cornmeal for her.

In exchange, Aunt Wang brought her a lot of things.

In addition to the two ducks, there were also twenty duck eggs, two fresh sea bass, a pack of dried abalone, and a pack of dried shrimps.

Actually, one hundred kilograms of cornmeal cannot buy so much food.

But Liu Yinyin didn't ask for food coupons, so Aunt Wang wanted to give her more dried seafood.

Anyway, they are just things we have at home and are not worth much money.

At dinner, Gu Cheng said to Liu Yinyin, "Tomorrow I will lead a team to go hunting in the mountains. It may take two or three days to come back."

Liu Yinyin was slightly stunned: "...There are a lot of animals on the mountain?"

Gu Cheng nodded: "Quite a lot."

The mountainous areas on the island are very dangerous and have never been open to the outside world.

The wild animals there are multiplying in large numbers. If they are not captured, some of the large animals may become rampant and cause disasters.

Liu Yinyin said "Oh", "Then be careful."

Gu Cheng added, "I'm going to go out after dinner and bring back two buckets of coal. Is there anything else your family needs?"

The temperature on the island is unusually low this year. As a man, he is not afraid of the cold, but there are women and children at home, so it is better to prepare more coal.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and asked him, "Does the army have any plastic film?"

She had inquired carefully and found out that plastic film is already available these days, but it has not been widely used.

It's windy on the island, and the vegetables grown at home haven't grown much recently.

Liu Yinyin thought it would be better to surround it with plastic wrap.

The plastic film army really exists.

Gu Cheng immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll bring back two volumes later."

Except for plastic film, there is no shortage of other things at home.

We have enough food stored, so we don’t have to worry about going hungry even if the island is closed.

The next day, Gu Cheng left early in the morning.

Liu Yinyin goes to work as usual today and has a day off tomorrow.

I was originally thinking about whether Gu Cheng could take a day off and accompany her to Qing City.

Now, Liu Yinyin is wondering whether she should go alone tomorrow?

"Yin Yin, there is your package..."

Yang Liu came in from outside, carrying two large packages in her hands. She had just gone to the post office to pick up something.

When he saw Liu Yinyin’s package, he helped bring it over.

"Thank you."

Liu Yinyin took the package from her.

It was quite heavy. It was sent to her by Jiang Cuihua. There were probably also some things for the eldest and second brothers Liu.

In order to save on postage, the parcels are always packed full.

Liu Yinyin skillfully opened the package and took out a letter from it.

The letter was written by Jiang Cuihua at the request of the educated youth in the village.

The letter said that this winter in Liujia Village was also unusually cold.

Fortunately, the harvest is good this year, so the villagers don’t have to go hungry anymore.

Moreover, like last year, many people built earthen stoves at home to grow vegetables.

Many people grow vegetables, and if they can’t sell them, they can keep them for themselves.

No matter what, green vegetables are always tastier than wild vegetables.

Liu Yinyin's house also has an earthen stove. Since there is nothing to do during the winter, Liu Laifu also grows vegetables at her house.

This time, the package sent included a large bag of dried vegetables.

There are also dried bamboo shoots, dried mushrooms, peanuts fried by Jiang Cuihua herself, and sesame candy.

The portion is quite large, enough for Liu Yinyin's family of three to eat for two or three months.

In addition, what Jiang Cuihua is most concerned about is whether her brothers and sisters can go home for the New Year this year.

Second Brother Liu had said before that he and First Brother Liu wanted to go back home to celebrate the New Year, but plans cannot keep up with changes.

The weather on the island has been abnormal since winter. If the island is closed at that time, there will be no way to go back.

Liu Yinyin was not sure whether she could go home for the New Year.

"Yin Yin..."

Yang Liu suddenly interrupted Liu Yinyin's thoughts and handed her an oil paper bag.

"This is the yellow rice cake my mother sent me. It's a specialty of our place. You can try it too."

The yellow rice cakes are made one by one, just like the rice cakes of later generations.

The methods are similar, but the raw materials are different, one is made of glutinous rice and the other is made of yellow rice.

In winter, when the weather is cold, the prepared yellow rice cake will not go bad even if it is kept for one or two months.

Yang Liu's family sent her a bag.

This thing is quite convenient to eat. Just cut it into pieces and boil it in water. It's almost the same as noodles.