It was warm and quiet, with no wind howling. Ye Zhiqiu slept particularly soundly that night.
Although long-term collective life has made him accustomed to various snoring sounds, he may even snore when he falls asleep.
But on his first night at home, he slept very soundly and didn't wake up until twelve o'clock in the morning.
To be honest, he slept for more than ten hours. Wang Fugui was a little worried, fearing that something was wrong.
Fortunately, he was old and had seen a lot, so he could resist waking Ye Zhiqiu.
After Ye Zhiqiu washed up, he returned to the living room and asked Wang Fugui, "Grandpa, what are we having for lunch? I'll make it right away!"
Wang Fugui said happily, "Okay, it's ready. It's hot in the pot. Just bring back the steamed buns and vegetables."
Ye Zhiqiu didn't even look at the pot. Now he used a coal boiler. He used the fire here to cook, and didn't burn firewood much anymore.
When I went to the kitchen, I saw a steamer in the pot, heating up steamed buns and a small plate of potato chips.
He took the cloth and put it on a wooden tray. Ye Zhiqiu took it back to the living room and the two of them slowly began to eat.
After finishing the meal, Wang Fugui asked, "Grandson, are you going to see Xiaomei now, or tonight?"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said, "I'll be out soon. I'll go find some friends who will be selling things to me, ask about prices and see what else I can bring home.
Then I'll go over there and have dinner with Aunt Chen and Xiaomei, and then I'll come back slowly, so don't worry about me for dinner."
Wang Fugui nodded, then reached into his pocket and took out another fifty yuan. Ye Zhiqiu saw that he was going to give him money and was about to refuse.
Wang Fugui said, "Your mother has already paid for our yard. When I wanted to give her money, she refused. Grandpa, all my money is left to you.
But you guys don't want my money, and I'm not comfortable living here, so don't refuse me!"
Hearing this, Ye Zhiqiu took the money and said with a smile: "Well, look at what you said! I am not stupid if I don't take the money. Grandpa, just give it to me later!"
At worst, I can try my best to get you my child sooner rather than later, so you don't have to spend all your money!"
"That's great! If I have a baby in the next two years, I'll give you two 500 yuan!"
"Hey, then I'll remember what you said, Grandpa. I'll take the five hundred yuan..."
Everyone has their own concerns. For example, Wang Xiaolan is reluctant to spend Wang Fugui's money because she feels that she is worshipping this godfather just for his money.
She wasn't short of money, having bought this house and a women's bicycle. Over the past two years, they'd saved half of their money, still having over 1,500 yuan in savings. They really weren't short of money.
Ye Zhiqiu understood the awkwardness between the two. One felt that he could not take money, while the other wanted to give money, all for the sake of family harmony.
So it would be most appropriate for him to accept it. He is the younger generation, and it is normal for the elders to give him some money, although he is not short of money.
Besides, he was planning to bring back food and supplies for his family, and everyone would have a share, so there was nothing to worry about.
At two o'clock, Ye Zhiqiu set off on his bicycle. The road was covered with snow, making it quite inconvenient to ride.
Today he wore a scarf knitted by Feng Xiaomei and gloves she had sewn for him. On the way, he unloaded a sack tied to the back of his bicycle. Inside was ten dead, frozen rabbits.
He planned to take a stroll to the pigeon market in Tianqiao and see how the hares were sold!
After two years of breeding, there are already 20,000 wild rabbits stored in his space!
Each one weighs three and a half to four pounds. There are too many of them in the space, and not much food needs to be put in. The carnivores raised here can't consume much at all!
So he had to sell some of them. Ye Zhiqiu was helpless! The number of chickens raised in the space had only grown to over a thousand, and the number of ducks was only around seven hundred.
There were even fewer geese, only about 400. There were only about 60 pigs, and the sheep, including the wild sheep they had taken, only made up about 180. Forget about the cows, there were only four, and one of them had just given birth!
These rabbits are breeding like crazy, what else can we sell if not sell them?
Although the weather is cold now, there are a lot of people at the pigeon market on the overpass!
There is no other way around it. Everyone wants to trade in grain and meat, but most of them end up making a wasted trip.
It really depends on luck to find someone selling these things!
Now some of the surrounding communes have secretly abolished the canteens, distributed the food, and let everyone live their own lives.
So some places have some surplus food and can raise some poultry, but in most places, you have to spend a lot of money to buy iron pots!
Because of the steelmaking incident, many people brought all the troubles of their families upon themselves, resulting in the fact that after the family division, they don’t even have a pot left!
But now, iron pots required industrial coupons, which were only issued to workers according to their wages. Farmers without industrial coupons could only bring food or the poultry they were given to the family to exchange for industrial coupons in the city.
So to a certain extent, industrial vouchers are much more useful than money!
After Ye Zhiqiu took a look around, he discovered a phenomenon! That is, many red armbands did not care about other people's buying and selling at all!
So Ye Zhiqiu found a place, took out the bag without hesitation, and placed a rabbit in front of him!
Within two minutes, several people gathered in front of him and asked about the price!
At this time, a man with a red armband came over and pushed away the person asking the price. Ye Zhiqiu frowned. He didn't care about other people's stalls, but now he comes to care about himself?
Who knew that the next moment the man with the red armband would smile and hand over a cigarette. Although Ye Zhiqiu was a little confused, he still took the cigarette.
Using the red armband's matches, the two of them lit their cigarettes. Only then did he speak: "Comrade, how much is this hare per pound? I want this one!"
Ye Zhiqiu was a little amused and helpless. Seeing the way he pushed people, he thought he was here to cause trouble!
It turned out that he wanted to buy rabbits. Ye Zhiqiu didn't hesitate and said directly: "Look at my sack, it's full of wild rabbits! But this is the result of two days of hard work by hundreds of us on the mountain over in Miyun!
I'm not going to lie about the price. It's not available at a lower price, it only goes to the highest bidder! If it's just mine, I'll give you a lower price for the sake of your cigarettes.
The problem is, it took over a hundred of us to get this thing back. I'm not afraid to tell you, several pigeon markets are selling it. If the price here is too low, I really won't be able to explain it when I go back..."
Wang Xiaolan mentioned the price of rabbits yesterday. Although it is only two yuan and a half per pound, they are out of stock!
What this means is that no matter what is being sold, as long as it is food, there is a price, but you can’t buy it!
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