Xu Ning came back from the city and planned to cook a good meal for everyone to nourish their bodies.
After more than a month of autumn harvest, both adults and children have lost a lot of weight, especially Dad Xu and Dad Lu, both of whom have become so thin that they are almost out of shape.
I took out a duck and made a ginger duck, then made some braised pork, some cold shredded radish, and some steamed rice.
Xu Ning and Xu An sent a bowl of ginger duck and a bowl of braised pork to the cowshed.
After handing the dishes to Father Xu and Uncle Lu at the door, I couldn't wait to come back and eat.
The three siblings ate until their mouths were full of grease. After the meal, each of them stood at the door with their arms around their stomachs to digest the food.
The next day Xu Ning started to stock up on firewood. The weather was getting colder.
Xu An was going to school, so only she and Xu Mo went up the mountain. Xu Mo was too young to chop wood, so she asked him to pick up some mountain products and mushrooms.
After school, Xu An also went to the mountain to help. There were too many people chopping wood on the mountain, so Xu Ning didn't dare to use space cheating.
After working for ten days, the firewood room was full and there was also a pile at the entrance of the small door.
Xu Ning planned to stop for two days before going up the mountain. He wanted to chop the cabbage in his private plot and make sauerkraut. If it snowed, the cabbage would easily rot.
After you chop the cabbage, you can also put the firewood in your own plot, which makes it convenient to take when you want to burn it.
Xu Ning went to the city when she had almost finished storing firewood. She was afraid that if she didn't go for so long, people would think she had run away with the yellow croaker.
This time she brought two sets of cotton clothes, two cotton hats and two pairs of gloves for the old couple, as well as some food.
She didn't know how much one small yellow croaker could buy, but this amount should not be enough.
When Xu Ning arrived at their home, the old man had just returned from sweeping the floor outside. When he saw her at the door, he opened it.
Xu Ning was allowed in. When she walked into the yard, the old lady was washing clothes in the yard. When she saw her coming in, she hurriedly called out, "Young lady, come in and sit down."
Xu Ning placed the backpack on the table in the main room and put the large bag next to it.
He said to them, "Grandpa Wang, Grandma Wang, these are two sets of cotton-padded clothes, two pairs of gloves and two hats.
In the backpack were 20 jin of rice, 20 jin of flour, 30 eggs, and two pieces of bacon I made.
If you slice the bacon and steam it on the rice, it won't have that strong of a smell. I'll bring you some dried vegetables next time I come."
They were also taught to make a beggar's outfit out of old clothes and put it on the outside of their cotton-padded clothes, and to wrap their hats and gloves with old cloth.
The two looked at the things on the table with their heads down in silence. Xu Ning said hurriedly, "I know these things are not enough. I'm afraid it would be bad to send too much at once, so I want to send them to you slowly."
The old man retracted his gaze and said, "Girl, we don't think it's not enough, we think there are too many things. Now a small yellow croaker can't buy so many things. You are a good child."
After saying that, he walked into the inner room, and after a while he brought out another big yellow croaker for Xu Ning.
Xu Ning waved his hands and said, "Grandpa Wang, this is too much. I can't take it. These things are not worth that much."
The old man said, "Take it. If you have anything else, send it over later. If not, forget it."
Xu Ning thought, my god, this is a big yellow croaker, how many things can it be exchanged for? If I accept it, I'm afraid I'll have to give gifts to others often in the future, otherwise I'll feel uneasy!
The old lady next to her put the yellow croaker in Xu Ning's hand and said, "Girl, take it! Don't worry, if you have some, send some over. If you don't have any, it's okay."
Xu Ning thought about it and accepted it. He said to the two, "Grandpa Wang, Grandma Wang, I'll take it first. If you need anything in the future, tell me and I'll try my best to help you get it."
Xu Ning was still dizzy when he rode his bike to the supply and marketing cooperative. It was a big yellow croaker, really a big yellow croaker, weighing a full kilogram! She had never seen so much gold in her two lifetimes.
Su Hongying saw her coming and hurriedly went to greet her and said happily, "Xiaoning, you are here, follow me to the back."
Then he pulled her towards the warehouse, and when they got there he said to her,
"Look what good stuff I left for you. Didn't you ask me about Moutai last time? Last time our supply and marketing cooperative received a batch of Moutai, and I left four bottles for you."
Xu An heard this and said to Su Hongying excitedly, "Sister Hongying, you are really my sister," and then he handed the money and tickets to Su Hongying.
The wine ticket was sent by Lu Xiaotang. Xu Ning had not thought of buying Moutai.
But when I saw the wine ticket, I remembered a news report I once saw that a bottle of Moutai from the 1960s and 1970s was sold for hundreds of thousands of yuan in later generations.
"Sister, please keep them for me in the future. My friend is coming over in a few days, and I will get you some sheets then."
Su Hongying also said happily, "Sister, I'll wait for your good news!"
The two chatted affectionately for a while, and then Xu Ning rode back on his bike.
When I passed by the black market, I heard a lot of noise inside and many people were running out.
Xu Ning thought of what Su Hongmei had told her, that the black market was cracked down very strictly after the autumn harvest every year, and she pedaled her bicycle hard to move forward.
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