"We have no more. We only have these two. Take them if you want. If not, I will sell them to the person behind me!" The salesperson replied nonchalantly with a very bad attitude.
There were two pieces of pork left on the chopping board, one lean and the other a piece of pork belly with fat and lean parts, and a dozen pig offal piled next to them.
Seeing Hu Xiao staring at the pork belly with reluctance, Su Tao smiled and said casually, "That's perfect. I want the lean meat, and you want the pork belly."
Hu Xiao thought Su Tao didn't understand the market and reminded him, "Wait, Su Tao, fat meat is better than lean meat. Fat meat is not only tender and delicious, but also can be used to refine oil. Forget it, you still want this pork belly. I'll buy it next time!"
When the people in the queue behind heard this, they shouted anxiously, "Are you going to buy it or not? If not, hurry up, we are waiting to buy it!"
"Who said we don't buy it?" Su Tao turned around abruptly and glared at the noisy people with sharp eyes.
The person who was speaking was immediately silenced by Su Tao's look. He had thought the delicate girl in front of him was easy to bully, but he didn't expect her to be so beautiful and fierce! Very fierce!
"No, I just like to eat lean meat. I also want those pig offal next to it." Su Tao turned around and said to the salesperson with a smile.
The salesperson was impatient at first, but when she saw that Su Taoju had bought the whole thing and included the offal, she knew she could go home after selling everything, and her face suddenly brightened up.
Seeing Su Tao's resolute attitude, Hu Xiao didn't insist any further. He contentedly bought the pork belly he liked, thinking that Su Tao was a really nice person and that he would help her as much as he could in the future.
"Two catties of pork, 1.6 yuan plus cash, and five catties of offal, 2 yuan." The salesperson packed the food and handed it to Su Tao. Su Tao counted out the money and cash from his small cloth bag and handed them to the salesperson.
Lean and fatty meat are the same price, at 8 taels per pound, and you need a meat ticket. Offal is much cheaper than meat, at 4 taels per pound, and no ticket is required. Not many people in this era enjoy eating offal; if it's not cooked well, it reeks of feces, so only the poor buy it as a way to try it as a new meat.
"Why did you buy so many pig intestines? This thing doesn't taste good." Hu Xiao asked with a frown.
"Don't worry, I have a secret recipe. This thing is delicious when it's cooked. I'll ask you to come and try it when it's ready." Su Tao went out too early in the morning and didn't have breakfast. When he thought of the fresh and delicious large intestine, he swallowed his saliva with hunger.
"By the way, Hu Xiao, where can I buy seasonings?" If you buy the ingredients but don't have the seasonings, you can't make the dish taste right.
"They sell it at the grocery store. I'll take you there." Hu Xiao took Su Tao to the grocery store to buy basic seasonings, such as salt, soy sauce, vinegar, etc. The seasonings are basically 8 ml per pound. Su Tao bought more than ten kinds of seasonings, as well as dozens of spices such as star anise and pepper. The total cost was about 5 yuan and various tickets.
Su Tao also planned to buy more flour and refined rice. She had been eating so much porridge and sweet potatoes these days that she was almost sick. Su Tao went to the grain station and bought another 10 kilograms of flour and 30 kilograms of refined rice, spending 7 yuan and 50 cents to buy 50 kilograms of grain coupons.
Hu Xiao watched Su Tao pull a stack of money and bills from her small bag and count them out one by one. She was stunned by Su Tao's extravagant behavior. Before she could recover, Su Tao dragged her to the daily necessities counter to buy new bedding, some fabrics, a kettle, and other necessities.
Su Tao had spent nearly thirty yuan and various coupons in just one morning. She had originally considered herself a wealthy woman, but suddenly she felt that her money was too much to spend. She had only spent one-seventh of her twenty-yuan fortune. Fortunately, these things were enough to keep her eating for a while.
The things Su Tao bought were too many and too heavy to carry, so he temporarily placed them at the grain station. He planned to go back to the tractor and pay some money to find someone to help him move them.
When Su Tao returned to the town entrance, Uncle Wang was already waiting on his tractor, with some of his crew already on board. Su Tao discussed the situation with Uncle Wang, who ultimately asked for 15 cents as a reward. Su Tao gave him 20 cents, with the remainder as his own fare. Uncle Wang, grinning from ear to ear at Su Tao's tactful approach, quickly promised to give him a ride if he ever returned to town.
After bringing Wang Shutu back with the things, Su Tao collapsed in the car, too tired to move. Purchasing is also a strenuous job.
The tractor was almost full, and those who hadn't returned didn't plan to wait any longer. The car was even more crowded than when they came, and everyone's shopping filled the car to the brim. Su Tao sadly discovered that his stuff took up one-third of the car.
After returning to the village, Su Tao had to trouble Uncle Wang to help him move his things to the resettlement site for educated youth.
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