The stall in front of me was very large, more than ten meters long, and was full of hairy crabs, each one bigger than the last. However, there were no king crabs.
"It seems that king crabs are not available in the market. I don't know what grade of crab is good enough to eat."
Jia Dongsheng has a lot of ideas about king crabs. They are meaty, big and yellow, and very fragrant.
"Dongsheng, here."
Qin Huairu also saw Jia Dongsheng and immediately waved him over.
"sister in law."
Jia Dongsheng was pushing a cart with a basket of river crabs on it. There were so many people around that even though the distance wasn't far, it took him a long time to get to Qin Huairu.
"Sister-in-law, did you buy the crabs?"
"No, I just asked about the price. I saw that no one else bought it, so I didn't rush to buy it."
Qin Huairu shook her head, indicating that she had not taken any action yet.
"How much do you sell these crabs for? By pound or by piece?"
"Weighing by the pound, crabs cost ten cents a pound, and you need two ounces of meat tickets. It's too expensive."
After hearing the price, Jia Dongsheng looked at the crabs on the stall and felt that it was not very expensive. Of course, if compared with pork, it was indeed not cheap.
Everyone who eats crabs knows that there is not much meat after removing the shell. A pound of crabs can only produce two or three ounces of meat. If converted into pork, it would cost fifty cents per pound. However, pork is fat and lean, and very oily.
Crab meat is all lean meat and is far inferior to pork in terms of fat and water.
People of this generation do not think that crab meat is more nutritious than pork. On the contrary, they believe that pork can replenish the body's oil and water.
The meat ticket is based on two ounces of crab meat for one pound, which is quite reasonable.
"Let's buy some."
"How much do you want to buy?"
To be honest, Qin Huairu had never eaten such a big crab since she was a child. She had only eaten small river crabs, which had little meat and could only be eaten for the taste.
"I bought more than ten kilograms of river crabs. Let's buy another thirty kilograms of crabs."
"Thirty kilograms?" Qin Huairu widened her eyes and immediately calculated how much money and meat tickets would be needed.
"Haha, it's not much money."
Jia Dongsheng was delighted: "It's only three yuan plus six pounds of meat coupons."
"So much?" Qin Huairu felt distressed. She was about to spend the meat tickets she had just received.
"Buy it. We can only eat crabs for two months every year, September and October."
"All right."
Since Jia Dongsheng said so, Qin Huairu could only nod in agreement, and then started looking for the person selling crabs to see if she could bargain for a price.
However, in this era, private individuals were not allowed to buy and sell crabs. Everything was public property, so bargaining was not allowed once the price was set. Qin Huairu could only get a disappointing result.
At this time, Jia Dongsheng had already started picking. There were too many crabs here, each one bigger than the last. There were almost no ones weighing less than three taels, and the largest one weighed more than one kilogram.
While others were still hesitating whether to buy or not, Jia Dongsheng started to choose. He didn't know where the hairy crabs came from, but judging from the color and condition of the crabs, they should be of good quality.
Therefore, he only chose those that were larger than seven taels. He would not buy those that were smaller. He only bought thirty jins in total, so of course he chose the larger ones.
Unfortunately, the more I picked, the more adept I became at it and the more excited I became, so I ended up picking too much. I originally wanted to buy only 30 kilograms, but I couldn't control myself and ended up picking out about 70 or 80 kilograms.
"Dongsheng, isn't this too much?"
Qin Huairu was picking along the way, and by the time she discovered the crabs, the basket was already full, and the crabs were about to crawl out.
"Haha, sure. Buy some more and send some to Sister Xueru and Sister Huizhen."
"All right."
When Qin Huairu heard that she had to send some to Chen Xueru and Xu Huizhen, she was definitely unwilling in her heart, but she did not show it on her face. She did not want to cause Jia Dongsheng's dissatisfaction. She was smart.
"Weigh it."
He called out to the crab seller, and then Jia Dongsheng picked out some more until the crab seller called out, "Seventy-six pounds."
"To make it an even number, eighty kilograms."
They took a few more crabs and threw them into the basket, totaling 80 kilograms. They gave eight yuan and then counted the meat tickets. Jia Dongsheng and Qin Huairu left with the crabs in the eyes of a group of envious people.
And with Jia Dongsheng's purchase, others could no longer bear it.
There is no way. Now it is a disaster year and the output of pork is getting less and less. Sometimes you won’t see a pound of pork in the market for a month. Now we can buy some crabs to eat, which is considered meat.
Having meat is much better than eating only vegetarian food. Even if it is a little more expensive, it is better than having nothing.
After leaving the market, Jia Dongsheng realized that there would be no shortage of crabs in September and October, so he planned to go to the market every day, buy some and save them, so that he would have crabs to eat in winter.
As a chef, you must store food like a hamster, so that your granary is full when you need it.
Pulling a large basket weighing dozens of kilograms, Jia Dongsheng could not ride the bike, so he could only push the bike back with Qin Huairu.
"If I had known earlier, I would have ridden a tricycle to work. This is not close to home."
At this moment, Jia Dongsheng couldn't help but want to buy some crabs. He regretted it now as much as he was excited when he picked the crabs just now. He could just buy some to eat first and come back tomorrow on his tricycle to buy more. Why bother pushing the cart home?
"You just thought of it."
Qin Huairu gave Jia Dongsheng a charming roll of the eyes, a smile on her lips: "Just bear with it, there is no other way now."
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