Chapter 177 Breakfast Chat
"Yike, I'm sorry. I'll always remember how good you were to me."
"It's okay. The secretary and the others are just scared, so they're taking it out on you. They're not really angry, so don't take it to heart." It was funny to think of the changed expressions of several cadres.
"It's my fault. This matter was already very nerve-wracking, and I just happened to be there when they came to deliver the goods. Anyone would be annoyed." The women's director thought for a moment and asked, "I want to exchange some food. As Ziyi just said, do you have any to exchange now?" "We still have some. How much do you want to exchange? Cornmeal at the grain station is 1.5 cents a pound, and you need a ticket. It seems that the price outside has increased. It costs 30 cents a pound, and you don't need a ticket. I'll go to the middle and count it out for you, 20 cents a pound, and you don't need a ticket. The rice grain station is 23 cents a pound, and you need a food ticket. I'll give you 25 cents a pound, and you don't need a ticket."
"I want three pounds of cornmeal. Do you have any coarse grains at home? I will use the remaining money to buy coarse grains." The women's director looked at the money in her hand, squeezed it hard, and handed it all to Yike reluctantly.
"I'm out of whole grains at home, so Ziyi is going out to sell a backpack today, I'll ask him to buy it for you."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Ziyi." The director of women's affairs finally gave all the money to Yike, and said with a wry smile: "I just got it and it's not even warm in my hands yet, I really don't want to give it up."
With an understandable smile, he went to the cellar to get her some cornmeal. The women's director took the cornmeal and left. As soon as she left, a woman came over and saw that Yi Ke was about to close the door. She hurriedly shouted, "Hey, Zi Yi's wife, wait a minute."
Yi Ke was unfamiliar with this woman, but he still greeted her warmly: "Auntie, good morning."
"It's getting late, it's getting late." The woman came forward enthusiastically and wanted to hold Yike's hand. Yike wanted to pull his hand back to stop her, but he resisted and did not pull his hand back. He let the woman pull him into the main room. It felt as if Yike was the guest.
"Ziyi's wife, I'm from Dagang's family. Just now the captain brought us money, and said there is food to exchange. We have been eating wild vegetables for half a month, and now we finally have money. The head of my family said that we should go to the grain station to buy food. We can't buy it without food coupons, and we are not familiar with those people who go outside to buy it. If we are not careful, something bad may happen. Look, the head of the family said that brother Ziyi is very thoughtful. We don't need to waste time and take risks. Let us exchange food directly with your family. You are really good people!..." The woman talked a lot, and gave good guy cards to Yike and Ziyi.
Seeing that the woman seemed to have endless things to say, he hurriedly said, "Aunt, do you want to exchange for coarse grains or fine grains? We still have fine grains, but we have eaten up the coarse grains. We will have more after Ziyi buys them back this afternoon. What do you think?"
"There's no coarse grains," the woman said a little disappointedly, but when she heard that there would be some in the afternoon, she became happy again; "Afternoon is afternoon, so I'll change it in the afternoon. I'll give you 80 cents first, and I'll come back to get it in the evening." After saying this, the woman stuffed the money into Yi Ke's hand without waiting for Yi Ke's consent, and then walked away in a hurry. Her voice could be heard from afar: "I'm leaving first, I'm going to be late for work."
It's really like coming and going in a hurry!
When Ziyi saw the woman leave, he brought out breakfast and ate it with Yike.
Today's breakfast is white flour buns, boiled eggs, a plate of sauerkraut, a plate of fermented black beans, and corn porridge.
"Honey, our guess last night was really accurate. These women really finished it last night. They probably didn't sleep all night, otherwise how could they finish it so quickly? They really work hard to make money."
"It's better to not sleep than to have nothing to eat. How can they bear to sleep when they have such an opportunity?" Ziyi peeled the eggshells and put them into a bowl, and continued, "Your idea is good. Now you see, it will help the whole village immediately."
"Well, I just don't know if it will sell well?"
"People in the city who have jobs and money are definitely willing to buy."
"Do you still want the plan to teach the villagers to raise chickens and ducks?"
"Yes, that's the long-term way to make money. But let's wait for a while, until the backpacks are not selling well."
"That's true. This bag doesn't require any technical skills. It must be easy for people to learn how to make it."
"You have a point, but we just need to help the villagers get through the current difficulties and see how things go in the future. We can't just stop doing it because we're afraid that others will learn it, right?"
"That's true. Once they learn how to do it, everyone will have made some money. It should be able to improve our family's life."
"Are you going to rest at home today or go into town?"
"No, I'll give you the bicycle. You can give the backpack and waist bag to cousin Baoer and give her one. I promised to give her one. And she also said she wanted to sell it in the supply and marketing cooperative, so let her try."
"Okay. I'll keep five for her to sell, and send the rest to the county town."
"Well, I'll deliver five kilograms of rice and two kilograms of cornmeal to the captain's home later. Anyway, his wife doesn't want the money, so I'll just deliver the food directly."
"Sure. There's still a lot of rice in that cellar. When you've finished eating the rice in this cellar, you can move some rice from the cellar in the valley."
After they had their breakfast, Ziyi went to the brigade headquarters to ask the brigade leader for a letter of introduction, and Yike went to the brigade leader's house carrying a backpack.
The captain's wife had gone out to work, leaving only the Caixia sister and her brother at home. Their school had not started yet, so the two were preparing to go to the mountains to collect firewood.
"Caixia, are you going out?" Yike shouted from a distance.
"Sister-in-law Yike." Caixia ran over happily to greet Yike.
"Sister, Sister Yike is here." Caixia shouted, and Jinxia came out of the woodshed with a backpack.
"Sister-in-law Yike, you're here." Jinxia put down the backpack in her hand, took out the key, opened the door of the main room, and invited Yike to come in and sit down.
Yi Ke went in with a backpack on his back and asked as he walked, "What are you sisters going to do?"
"Let's go to the mountain to collect firewood. We don't have much firewood at home, and we're worried that there won't be enough on rainy days." Jin Xia replied.
"Oh, then I'll go with you guys later." Yike thought that he was bored today, so he might as well take the calf to the mountain to let it roam free and then cut some grass for the cow, killing two birds with one stone.
"This is rice, and this is cornmeal. Jinxia, go put them away and then tell your mother to accept them and not give them back. Otherwise, I won't ask you for help in the future. Do you understand?" "Sister-in-law Yike, if you need help from us in the future, I will not ask my mother to give them back, don't worry." Caixia watched her sister put the rice in and out of the cupboard, and happily assured Yike.
Jinxia went to put her things away, and Yike and Caixia went out to wait for her. Jinxia came out and locked the door, and the three of them went to Yike's house chatting and laughing.
Yike went to the yard to get the backpack and sickle, and then went to the cowshed to lead the calf, and then walked up the hillside with Jinxia and Caixia...
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