The next morning when I went to work, I saw a long line outside before I even reached the department store.
There were huge crowds of people, no less than those on New Year’s Eve in later generations.
Although there are usually people queuing up, there have never been so many as today.
But it will probably happen once a month from now on.
Jianshu walked past the crowd and headed towards the back door. There were too many people today, so the front door was a bit inconvenient.
When I went in, I met Li Li and Pan Ning. They came over after seeing Jian Shu.
Pan Ning said with a tired look on his face, "Shushu, did you see anyone outside when you were at work today? There were so many people, many of them lined up in the early morning."
Li Li also complained, "Yeah, we're definitely going to be exhausted today. It's like this at the beginning of every month. Every day when we get off work, our throats are sore."
Hearing their complaints, Jianshu could only listen with a smile. After all, his job was easier and he couldn't say anything.
It was almost time to go to work, so Jianshu said goodbye to the two and left.
When I came down halfway, I realized that what Li Li and Pan Ning said was indeed correct. The building was crowded with people, all desperately trying to squeeze towards the counter, and people's shouts could be heard from time to time.
"Comrade, I want a pound of brown sugar and a pound of White Rabbit."
"I want a pound of fat meat."
"I want a can of malted milk and a bag of powdered milk."
It was even noisier than the vegetable markets of later generations. The counters were extremely busy and the salespeople didn’t even have time to drink a sip of water. One customer after another came as they sent away.
Jianshu was deeply shocked by this scene, and he also had a better understanding of the current shortage of supplies.
After finishing a day's work, Jianshu went downstairs to pick up all the things he had ordered in advance, bought some food and oil, and then walked home.
Along the way, we could faintly smell the aroma of meat. It seemed that we had bought some meat.
Many families only eat meat once a month. Children are not as patient as adults. When they see meat bought at home, they must eat it. If they are not given meat, they will roll on the ground and make a fuss.
Most families felt sorry for the child, so when they saw the child crying and begging, and thought about the fact that the family had not eaten meat for a while, they agreed.
So on the way home, you can often see children happily showing off:
"I have big fat meat to eat at home!"
"We have some at home too. My mom said we're having braised pork today!"
"Hmph, we eat sweet and sour pork at home."
“The braised pork is delicious.”
"Pot-fried pork tastes better."
“…”
After hearing this, children at home who don’t have meat prepared will immediately go home crying and shouting for meat.
Fatty meat is the most popular, followed by pork belly and lean meat. Pig offal and bones are even cheaper.
Therefore, even some less wealthy families would choose to buy a pair of pig bones. It is cheap and can be eaten several times if saved.
Eat the meat first, then make soup or porridge, and finally eat the bone marrow, which is delicious for them.
After returning home, I looked at today's ingredients and made a steamed sea bass, blanched shrimp, stewed small fish, and a pot of seafood porridge.
She hadn't eaten seafood in a long time, and she really missed it. Why was there no sea in the space? It seemed that it would take a few years for her to have seafood.
When I went to work the next day, I could still hear many people talking about what they bought yesterday and how delicious the meat was.
When I got to the department store, I could hear the voice coming from time to time:
"My neighbor said she didn't buy any meat this time, but she bought some offal. Then she came to my house and asked me to use my connections to save some for her next time."
"So you agree?"
"Of course not. I'm not a butcher. How can I ask someone to keep my job? How can I just let someone keep it? How is that possible? Besides, she even told my mom a while ago that daughters will get married sooner or later and that we should keep our jobs at home. She also kept urging my mom to take all my wages. Fortunately, my mom didn't listen to her."
"It's always like this. My relatives do the same thing. They say I'm a girl, but at the same time they ask me to get them some defective items that don't require tickets."
When it comes to this topic, both of them have a lot of complaints.
"Oh, let's not talk about that. We were given half a pound of oil coupons this month. I bought some oil yesterday and my mom added a few drops more oil when she cooked."
"Yes, this half pound of oil can last for a long time, and my mother is willing to give it away."
"If you ask me, our department store has better benefits. My sister's soap factory only gave out soap tickets, nothing else."
"Yes, we are still getting cloth coupons and cake coupons. Maybe we will get cotton coupons next time."
“…”
Jianshu was getting farther away, and he could no longer hear the two people talking.
But she also recognized who the two people were. One was Xiao Guan who was selling fabrics, and the other was Xiao Wang who was selling watches.
People in this era were short of oil and fat. Selling meat and oil was a lucrative job, but clothing was the most important of the basic necessities of life, so selling fabric was a good job. Watches were also a luxury item, and they were hard to come by.
Jianshu Space actually has rapeseed oil, soybean oil, etc., but it is not convenient to sell them due to container reasons.
Although there are fabrics available, most of them, except cotton, cannot be used or sold, and there is no identical fabric available outside.
She usually only sells easy-to-pack grains, meat, fruits and other items.
Jianshu has been very happy during this period. The work is leisurely and the colleagues are easy to get along with. They will enthusiastically answer any questions she has, making her feel like a fish in water.
There is no problem internally, except that Deputy Section Chief Wu from the Personnel Department next door always looks at her with a weird look and a sarcastic tone whenever he sees her.
It was only when Sister Liu told her the reason that she realized that Deputy Section Chief Wu originally wanted to use his connections to get his niece in.
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