Gu Wenqian went to the county seat after looking for the team leader to sell his vacation, and wandered into a secret hut. The person he was looking for happened to be at home.
Seeing him, the other party only nodded slightly, and raised his jaw to invite him into the room to speak.
"The thing you want has arrived. It's permanent. There are one hundred and two industrial coupons, and there are no industrial coupons. Two hundred."
Gu Wenqian nodded, didn't say any nonsense, and directly took an industrial ticket and twelve Great Unity tickets.
"Thank you, I have something else to do today."
He put the cloth bag he brought in at random on the table and opened it, and several bunches of white mushrooms appeared in front of the other party.
"Do you accept my parents' mushrooms? If I accept them, I can guarantee a supply once every ten days, and the quantity is larger than today's."
The other party picked up a bunch and put it under the tip of his nose and smelled it. The mushrooms still smelled freshly picked. This kind of mushrooms is often eaten by everyone. The poison is definitely not poisonous. The most important thing is that the mushrooms in this season are rare. nice one.
In just a few seconds, the other party's mind had turned a few times, a smile appeared on his plain face, he nodded and said, "Take it, first at the price of 30 cents a catty. talk."
Gu Wenqian is not afraid of the other party's small tricks, such as saying that the sale is not good, so he responded directly, "Okay, I have three catties here today, and I will come back in ten days."
The other party also happily handed over nine cents, paying with one hand and delivering the goods with the other.
From entering the door to leaving, it took less than three minutes for Gu Wenqian to ride the new bicycle and leave the street.
Gu Wenqian rode very fast. It took only 70 minutes from the county town to the village. Everyone already knew that the Qiu family had bought a bicycle from the village. Tell his wife Qiu Xiaochan.
"Thirty cents a catty, pretty good, but eggs are only sixty cents."
No matter how precious shiitake mushrooms are, they are not as expensive as eggs. She originally thought that it would be good if they could sell for ten cents. to raise prices.
"Then we have to scale up."
He brought ten wooden basins to the county this time, weighing three catties, and fifteen basins would cost four catties and fifty taels, which can be sold for one yuan and thirty-five cents. Qiu Xiaochan thought that when making wooden basins, they could be made bigger. In this way, the output of mushrooms increases accordingly, and more money can be earned.
She told Gu Wenqian her thoughts.
"Okay, let's experiment while doing it, and correct any problems in time."
His answer coincided with Qiu Xiaochan's, she said with a smile, "Let's think about getting together again."
Gu Wenqian patted her head with a smile on his lips.
The days are going on in an orderly manner, and soon it will be the twelfth lunar month, the price of mushrooms has risen from three cents to four cents, and it can produce about twenty catties in ten days, and the hut is full of wooden basins.
When her daughter and son-in-law went to work, Zhang Daying watched very closely at home, for fear that someone would find out that although he could tell lies to cover it up, it was one thing to say it, but another thing to believe it or not. It was nothing to spread the word good reputation.
During the meal that day, Zhang Daying said, "After the twelfth lunar month is the New Year, we have time to prepare things for the New Year."
The most important thing is steamed buns and rice cakes. These two are big projects, which are time-consuming and labor-intensive.
"Okay, Mom, we all follow your command, and we will do whatever you say."
Zhang Daying said with a "ouch" laugh, "Your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter now. In fact, it's like this every year. It's just cleaning up, making steamed buns, making rice cakes, and you have to prepare the New Year's dishes in advance to prevent relatives Come to stay for dinner."
Gu Wenqian nodded, and asked his mother-in-law, "Mom, I'll buy what I need for the New Year."
"Our family really doesn't have a shortage of pigs. There are pigs that have been killed on the team, and the chickens and ducks you brought back from the capital last time. If you don't care, the two reed chickens that are no longer laying eggs can be slaughtered now. Cabbage, radishes, and potatoes are all ready-made in the cellar, if there is anything, then buy some flour and come back.”
This is Qiu Xiaochan's first Spring Festival in this world. In just half a year, she has found love and marriage, and lived a peaceful and happy life. Even though material life is scarce, she is extremely satisfied spiritually of.
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow fell in the sky after a week of heavy snowfall. Qiu’s family chose to make steamed buns on this day. The white steamed buns gradually became larger and softer in the steamer, and there was a faint sweet smell in the air. , Qiu Xiaochan also made cartoon steamed buns with great interest, in the shape of piglets and puppies, which just fit the year, resigning from the year of the dog and ushering in the year of the pig.
Zhang Daying's hands are also skillful. Seeing that his daughter is in good spirits, he also made some steamed buns with flowers. They are so lifelike and very beautiful. The new year is booming.
The dinner in the evening was steamed buns. Qiu Xiaochan also made a big pot of stewed cabbage and pork vermicelli. The pork was harvested when the team slaughtered pigs the day before yesterday. At this time, you don’t need a meat ticket to buy meat, you just need to spend money, anyway, there will be some pigs left in the team.
In this kind of weather, it is natural to go to bed early after eating. Gu Wenqian knew that his wife's hands and feet would be cold when it was cold, so he helped Xiaochan make a hot water bottle and lit a stove while Xiaochan was washing, so when Xiaochan returned to her room, the room was already It was no longer as cold as before.
Entering the quilt, Gu Wenqian held her in his arms, his wife was in his arms, the man who had endured for a few days gradually aroused desire, he tilted his head and kissed his wife's forehead, and whispered in her ear with his hoarse voice. He asked, "Are you feeling well?"
Qiu Xiaochan hid her ear itching, smiled back while hiding, "I won't tell you, you guess."
Gu Wenqian pulled her closer with a smile, and kissed her lips according to the desire in his heart, and gradually deepened in the tossing and turning, Qiu Xiaochan was also moved, and responded little by little.
The clothes were removed, except for the occasional "cracking" sound of the charcoal fire, there were only low moans and heavy breathing sounds, until the overlapping figures stopped moving, and they were already sweating.
The snow light reflected in through the window, and Gu Wenqian stared at his wife's face, her eyes were moist and shiny, and Gu Wenqian stared at his wife's face in a haze. The tenderness could melt his heart into water.
He held his wife's face piously, and kissed her forehead to her eyebrows, her eyes, then the tip of her nose, her cheeks, and finally stopped on those plump and soft lips.
It snowed for three days in a row, with a thick layer, and the road was slippery when it thawed. It was the day when Gu Wenqian sent mushrooms to the county. Qiu Xiaochan looked at the situation on the road and told him not to go for fear of accidents. Cut off this crop and keep it for your own family to eat during the New Year. As long as it is cooked in oil and stored in this weather for ten days and a half months, it will be no problem.
"I still have a lot of meat at home. I want to eat fried meatballs. I can fry more and sell them. Add some flour and radish in the middle. It tastes good and saves money. How about I try it today and you can judge .”
Gu Wenqian has never refuted his wife's ideas, and true knowledge comes from practice. No matter whether these whimsical ideas are right or wrong, only when they are actually implemented can they judge whether they are right or wrong.
Qiu Xiaochan is a man of action, and she does what she says, and even arranges for Gu Wenqian to chop meat and radishes. When the apricot-sized balls roll into the hot oil and make a squeaky sound, the smell of the meat is also raging. The north wind blows away.
The He family in Beifengkou was miserable. They stewed a large pot of cabbage and tofu at noon. Their family has a large population and earns a lot of work points. When it comes to entertaining guests during the Chinese New Year, I often smell the aroma of food wafting from the Qiu family's yard. Today's smell is as overbearing as the north wind, making greedy adults and children drool.
He Min's cousin, He Feng, held his rice bowl and frowned, "What are they cooking? It's so delicious, how can people eat?"
His father knocked him on the head with chopsticks, "Even if you eat, you won't be able to shut up your mouth, and even if other people eat dragon meat, they won't be able to touch you."
The old man at home guarded his grandson and scolded, "It's almost Chinese New Year, what kind of child is beating, Xiaofeng said what's wrong."
He Feng's mother also rolled her eyes and agreed, "That's right, other people eat a lot of fish and meat at home, so let's eat cabbage and tofu without letting it go. If you have the ability, you can let the family eat meat."
The man dropped his chopsticks in the midst of his wife's ironic complaints, and a good meal was unhappy, and the elders blamed the daughter-in-law for her bad mouth.
"After two full meals, you don't know how high the heavens are and the earth is thick. Ten years ago, you couldn't even eat cabbage and tofu. How many people starved to death. Don't envy others if you don't cherish your blessings. In your own words, if you have the ability to marry A man who can make you eat meat, don't piss and take care of your own virtue."
He Feng's face is as angry as a pig's liver, but she won't put down her chopsticks and leave. Her husband will still have food if he drops his chopsticks.
He Min filled her stomach in such an atmosphere, imagining the bland cabbage tofu as chicken, duck and fish, and secretly made a decision in her heart that she must marry someone with a good life. She didn't want to live a lifetime without meat day.
Qiu Xiaochan made about 30 meatballs. The skin was deep-fried until golden. When you bite into it, it is crispy on the outside and waxy on the inside. As a snack.
Qiu Xiaochan picked one up and put it in her husband's mouth, and asked expectantly, "How is it, does it taste good?"
Gu Wenqian deliberately teased her, so he didn't answer right away, but savored carefully without saying a word, and when his wife showed a disappointed look on his face and asked him if it was not good, he nodded with a smile, "It's as good as always, this one There is definitely no shortage of food in the market.”
The price of pork is not low, but after adding flour and radish, the cost has been reduced by nearly half. Qiu Xiaochan has already calculated that pork is 70 cents and 20 cents a catty, and it can make a profit at 40 cents.
"Use this stew at noon, add some mushrooms, green vegetables, and peppers for the best meal."
Her mouth is watering just thinking about it, she decided to eat hot pot around the stove on New Year's Eve this year, so as to have a festive atmosphere.
Gu Wenqian has no objection. His point of view all along is that if you don't know how to cook, you don't have the right to be picky and picky. What you eat and what you eat has always been the same attitude from before to now. It's just that it was a gentleman's demeanor in the past, but now it's not. Out of complete respect for my wife.
Mr. Dongpo can live without meat for a day without bamboo, and Gu Wenqian who is married can live without food for a day without Xiaochan.
Compared with eating and loving, the loving is obviously more important, after all, the loving decides what he will eat for the rest of his life. , please keep in mind:,.