Chapter 500: Stocking up on meat

Zhou Xiaomei felt somewhat fortunate in her heart, thanks to Liu Yinyin who came up with the idea of ​​building a plastic shed to grow vegetables.

Otherwise, they will have to eat only cabbage and radishes for the next few months.

Speaking of cabbage and radishes, a few days ago Zhou Xiaomei harvested all the cabbages and radishes she had planted in her private plot.

I gave Liu Yinyin a lot of things, ten cabbages, twenty pounds of white radish...

Plus the 50 kilograms of fresh sweet potatoes and 20 kilograms of potatoes that were sent earlier.

It’s enough for Liu Yinyin’s family to eat until next spring.

Having helped so much, Liu Yinyin didn't want to cause them any more trouble: "No need, sister-in-law, Gu Cheng will do it himself after work."

Zhou Xiaomei thought of something and changed the subject: "I also want to grow some strawberries, but I couldn't buy strawberry seeds at the supply and marketing cooperative. They said they didn't have any."

"Yinyin, where did you buy the strawberry seeds?"

Strawberries taste good, and Zhou Xiaomei wants to grow some for her children to eat.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

The strawberry seeds were smuggled out of the system by her.

After thinking for a while, Liu Yinyin lowered her voice and said, "Sister-in-law, don't tell anyone. I bought the strawberry seeds in Qing City. There is a black market in Qing City. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can buy anything."

Few people dare to go to the black market to buy things these days. Zhou Xiaomei has never been there and is even a little afraid: "Black...black market? Mom, how dare you go to such a place?"

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "I only go there once in a while. I had no choice. When the triplets were little, I had no milk. I had no choice but to take the risk and go to the black market to exchange some food for them."

"After a few visits, I'm pretty familiar with the black market. Sister-in-law, I have two bags of strawberry seeds at home. Can I give you one?"

Another bag...Liu Yinyin will continue to grow strawberries this year.

Zhou Xiaomei couldn't refuse: "Okay, I have to give you the money, but Yinyin, you'd better not go to that kind of place in the future, it's dangerous."

It would be fine if I couldn't buy strawberry seeds, but I couldn't do something so risky just for something to eat.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "I know, I will definitely not go in the future."

Zhou Xiaomei heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this: "Our place is remote, it's hard to get something delicious for the children."

This is true. Fan Zhenxing's salary subsidy is not as high as Gu Cheng's, but it is still higher than most people.

Zhou Xiaomei had a lot of money saved, not a lot but not a small amount either. However, staying in such a remote place, sometimes she couldn't spend the money even if she had it.

Liu Yinyin sighed, "Sister-in-law, I heard from Gu Cheng that Captain Fan is going to be transferred to another place?"

"Yeah..." Zhou Xiaomei sighed and explained, "A few months ago, my husband's family wrote to me, saying that my father-in-law's health has been getting worse and worse recently, and he always wanted to see Zhenxing. My Zhenxing is a filial son."

"So, I submitted an application to transfer back to my hometown."

Fan Zhenxing is an only child. Like Zhou Xiaomei, his hometown is also in the north, thousands of kilometers away from here.

They have been here for more than ten years in total, and during this period, the number of times they have returned to their hometown can be counted on five fingers.

It was not a big deal before, but now my parents-in-law are in worse and worse health, and Fan Zhenxing is the only son, so he can't leave the old couple without someone to take care of them.

Therefore, they had no choice but to return to their hometown.

Even though doing so would affect Fan Zhenxing's future, there was nothing that could be done about it.

Zhou Xiaomei muttered, "I originally wanted to go back to my hometown by myself to take care of my parents-in-law, but Zhenxing didn't agree."

Liu Yinyin suddenly realized, and felt a little sad: "Sister-in-law, I am so grateful for your help during this period. Otherwise, I would not be so relaxed now."

If Zhou Xiaomei leaves, Liu Yinyin will have no other friends in the courtyard, and she won’t know who to ask for help when she encounters difficulties in the future.

Zhou Xiaomei sighed and said, "It's still too early. I just submitted the application, but I'm not sure if I can be transferred back to my hometown. Even if I can go back, the transfer order won't come down for a while."

Anyway, they definitely won't be able to leave for the next year or so.

It was still early, and Zhou Xiaomei had no intention of going back: "Besides, the triplets are getting easier and easier to take care of now. You should be less worried than before."

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Yes, I heard from Hong Ling that the Zhenshang Food Factory will build a nursery next year. I will see if I can send the triplets there then."

After sitting for a while, Liu Yinyin asked Zhou Xiaomei to help take care of the triplets while she rode her bicycle to the town to pick up Yanyan.

Finally, I found Gu Yanyan’s homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhang, and asked for leave for Gu Yanyan.

"Teacher, we live in the countryside, and it's not very convenient for us to come to town. If it snows heavily again tomorrow, I may not be able to send Gu Yan to school."

It’s not nice to always ask for leave for Gu Yanyan, but the situation is really special.

The snow was so heavy that it was inconvenient to ride a bicycle on the road.

Without a bicycle, I was afraid that I would catch a cold if I walked too far.

Therefore, Liu Yinyin could only shamelessly ask for leave for the young man.

The weather has been bad these days, and Teacher Zhang didn't say much: "I know. If it snows so heavily tomorrow, the school will be closed."

Liu Yinyin felt relieved after hearing this.

In addition to asking for leave for Gu Yanyan, Liu Yinyin was also thinking about stocking up some food.

In the past few days, she has brought back 50 kilograms of rice, 20 kilograms of flour, and 20 kilograms of millet.

There were also five pounds of pork, a large piece of pork ribs, and half an old hen.

But it's still not enough.

Liu Yinyin was worried that the snow would keep falling, which would make it inconvenient for her to go to town or the countryside to buy things.

At this critical juncture, if we don't stock up on food, other things might be fine, but there won't be enough meat.

And eggs. Chickens don't like to lay eggs when it's cold.

Fortunately, Liu Yinyin has a system, so she doesn’t have to worry about not having enough eggs.

Not only Liu Yinyin, Zhou Xiaomei is also worried about this problem.

She had lived in the driver's compound for a long time and had encountered weather like this before.

Especially in the past few years when the harvest was bad, there were droughts, floods, snowstorms, and everything happened at the same time.

Zhou Xiaomei still feels a little scared when she thinks about it now: "Just two years ago, it snowed heavily here every day for about a month. The snow was so thick that people in the family compound couldn't even go out."

"Don't even mention going out to buy things. Fortunately, I love to make time for myself, so I have stocked up on sweet potatoes, potatoes, cabbages, etc. at home. Otherwise, I would still be hungry."

In this way, every day she either ate potatoes or radishes, and Zhou Xiaomei was tired of it.

Liu Yinyin was on the island at the time, and the weather was similar to here.

Liu Yinyin said truthfully: "My family's food and vegetables should be enough, but there is not much meat."

Not only Gu Cheng, there are four other sons in the family. Each of them is a big eater and they love meat. Liu Yinyin has stockpiled more than ten pounds of pork.

To be honest, it's not enough for them to eat for a week.