Chapter 72 Buying Meat
Aunt Li felt relieved again and thought, this girl seems to come from a well-off family, and I don't know which family she is from.
Somehow, she suddenly thought of her son, Li Chunshan, who is 25 years old.
But she had not the slightest thought of starting a family, which made her very worried.
"Auntie?" Seeing that Auntie Li suddenly became dazed and didn't know what she was thinking about, Liu Yinyin called her.
Aunt Li came to her senses and said angrily, "There is food, but it's not in this room. How much do you want? I'll go get it for you."
Liu Yinyin was not in a hurry to buy food and asked, "Where are the meat and fruits?"
"The meat is there." Aunt Li pointed to two pots nearby and pursed her lips. "Now there are only a few pieces of lean meat, two pig trotters, and a sea bass left."
After saying that, Aunt Li walked to the shelf and pulled out a few cartons from underneath: "The fruit is here."
Liu Yinyin looked carefully and saw that they were apples, oranges, bananas and waxberries.
There aren't many varieties, but at least it's better than the supply and marketing cooperatives, and the fruits look fresh.
Lean meat costs one yuan per pound, pig's trotters cost eighty cents per pound, and fruits are more expensive, each costing more than one yuan per pound.
Liu Yinyin thought about it and bought a pig's trotter, four large apples and a pound of waxberries, spending a total of nine yuan and sixty cents.
Liu Yinyin couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. It was really expensive, almost half the salary of an ordinary worker in the county.
No wonder few people can afford to eat fruit at this time.
Seeing that Liu Yinyin was a big customer, Aunt Li said with a smile: "If you want to buy fat meat, you can let me know in advance and I will keep it for you. You can just come and get it when the time comes."
People these days are short of oil and fat, and fatty meat is recognized as good meat. Most importantly, fatty meat can be used to make oil for cooking, which is much more economical than buying rapeseed oil directly.
Liu Yinyin smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, Auntie."
In order to avoid arousing suspicion, she must come here often.
Aunt Li felt warm at heart when she heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Miss, where do you live?"
Liu Yinyin glanced at her and said nothing.
Aunt Li said awkwardly, "Don't get me wrong, I'm just asking casually. You're so pretty, you shouldn't be from nearby, right? So I was wondering if you live far away."
Aunt Li has lived on this street for decades and is very familiar with the people nearby, but she has never seen or heard of anyone talking about Liu Yinyin.
Liu Yinyin smiled and then said, "Yes, I live quite far away."
As for where to live, Liu Yinyin would definitely not tell her.
Seeing that she was unwilling to say more, Aunt Li stopped asking, thinking that after all it was their first meeting and she wanted to avoid scaring the girl away.
Without buying anything else, Liu Yinyin left the Li family carrying the basket on her back.
When she came, Liu Yinyin brought a backpack with her, thinking that she might buy more things today.
On the way, Liu Yinyin smuggled out two kilograms of bananas, one kilogram of lean meat, two kilograms of starberries, two eggplants, ten kilograms of flour and ten kilograms of rice from the system.
She had just asked Aunt Li, and found out that the food in her area was 32 cents per pound of flour and 36 cents per pound of rice.
It is nearly half the price of the supply and marketing cooperative, but food is very expensive in that era, so it is normal to sell it at a higher price.
Jiang Cuihua felt pained when she got home carrying a backpack full of things, but she didn't say anything about the girl anymore.
Liu Yinyin began to pack up her things and stuffed the flour and rice into the cupboard.
Her family now has a lot of food in stock, not counting the miscellaneous foods like mung beans, soybeans, and peanuts.
The kitchen has 140 to 150 kilograms of rice and flour, more than 40 kilograms of cornmeal, more than 30 kilograms of corn grits, and about 20 kilograms of millet.
There are also 200 kilograms of millet in husks, 200 kilograms of wheat, and 500 kilograms of corn cobs in the cellar.
There is also a bag of sweet potato vermicelli, weighing more than 40 kilograms, and a bag of dried sweet potatoes, weighing about 100 kilograms.
There were also several sacks of dried wild vegetables.
The main reason is that Gu Cheng can receive commercial food every month, and Liu Yinyin will smuggle some food out of the system from time to time.
Therefore, her family's food consumption is not large.
After packing up the food, Liu Yinyin took out the pork and fruit.
The bananas and apples were bought for Gu Yanyan.
The two families shared the rest of the things. Liu Yinyin packed a pound of lean meat and a pound and a half of poplar trees for Jiang Cuihua.
Jiang Cuihua sighed and said, "It's all thanks to the meat you gave me, otherwise your father and the others would have been exhausted."
There are also two daughters-in-law in the family. Seeing that she can bring some good things back from the young lady's house from time to time, they wish she could come to the young lady's house every day to help take care of the children.
Alas, the weather is abnormal this year, and everyone in the village is worried to death.
Jiang Cuihua has been so worried lately that bubbles are forming on the corners of her mouth. She thinks that if it doesn't rain again in the near future, maybe she will have to find a way to buy some food, just like her daughter-in-law said.
Liu Yinyin took a sip of water and asked her, "Mom, are Dad and the others still fetching water every day recently?"
Jiang Cuihua sighed and said worriedly, "Your father is fetching water in the fields, and your brothers have been assigned to build houses.
Liu Yinyin was surprised: "Is there anyone in our village who wants to build a new house?"
She lived in a remote place, and Liu Yinyin seldom interacted with the villagers, so she seldom knew what happened in the village.
However, if there is something important, Jiang Cuihua will take the initiative to tell her.
"When people in the village build houses, there won't be such a big commotion." Jiang Cuihua frowned and said, "I heard from the village head's wife that something seems to be happening in our village..."
After a pause, Jiang Cuihua couldn't remember: "What is Qing or what? I heard that he came from the city to help build the countryside."
Liu Yinyin: "Educated youth?"
Jiang Cuihua patted her thigh and said, "Yes, it's the educated youth, arranged by the higher-ups. I heard the village chief is almost dying of worry."
When educated youth came to the village, we not only had to build houses for them, but also provide them with food.
Oh!
The weather has been abnormal this year, and now people have been arranged to distribute food to the villagers. Who would be happy about that?
It sounds good to say that they will arrange people to come down to help build the countryside, but can they still expect city dwellers to help with farming?
This is a joke. They are rural people who have been farming for generations. Do they really need people from the city to teach them?
Liu Yinyin hadn't expected that educated youth would come to the village so soon: "Are there many people?"
Jiang Cuihua shook her head: "I don't know yet. Anyway, we have to build two houses first, otherwise people will have nowhere to stay when they come."
This was the arrangement from above, and they had to accept it no matter how unhappy they were.
Jiang Cuihua talked for a while and then left.
Liu Yinyin put Gu Yanyan in the stroller, peeled a banana, mashed it with a spoon and prepared to feed him.
When Gu Yanyan saw this situation, he knew that there was something delicious to eat, and he kicked his legs excitedly.
Its little mouth opened wide and it tilted its head back like a hungry baby bird, waiting for its mother to feed it.
Seeing this, Liu Yinyin couldn't help but scratch his little nose and said with a smile: "Look at how greedy you are, you will definitely be a little foodie in the future."