Li Laogen didn’t even dare to buy a steamed bun!
Jin Xiaoye was a little speechless, but still took the three cents from Li Laogen's hand, and then took out two cents from his pocket.
She planned to buy five steamed buns, in addition to the three for Li Laogen, one for Li Qingzhi and one for the two children.
As for herself, she had already eaten in the morning, so she could just eat again when she got home in the evening.
There are a lot of food for sale at the dock, and the most common item sold by people working at the dock is rice balls.
Cooked rice wrapped with pickles and dried tofu only costs two cents each, but it is enough to fill the stomach of an adult.
In addition, there is a kind of soup rice that is very popular. The main ingredient is rice. The store will also prepare two or three other soups. The men working hard at the dock can spend two cents to get a big bowl of rice, scoop some soup into it, and gulp down the bowl, and their stomachs will be full.
The most popular soup for this rice noodle soup is pickled mustard and tofu soup.
There are also kelp soup and the like. Of course, for those who want to improve their meals, they can spend five cents more to add a piece of braised pork, or spend two cents more to add a braised egg.
There is only one steamed bun shop here, and that is Aunt Cui’s steamed bun shop. After all, the people in Chongcheng County don’t grow much wheat, and they rarely eat pasta.
In the eyes of many people, pasta is a rare and precious food. Noodles mixed with soy sauce can be used to make porridge. For people in Chongcheng County, dumplings are a dish that can be eaten with rice.
For the people in Miaoqian Village, being able to eat steamed buns or dumplings in the county town is something they can brag about when they go back.
Jin Xiaoye walked towards the place where the steamed buns were sold. Li Laogen followed behind and said, "Xiaoye, I'll give you one of my three steamed buns. I treat you like my own daughter."
The steamed buns from Aunt Cui’s steamed bun shop are the cheapest, costing one cent each. However, an adult man would not be full with just one. He would basically need to eat three to feel full. After all, people who do physical work have big appetites.
However, two were enough for Li Laogen, so he asked to buy three so that he could take one back and eat it in front of other people in the village.
But he didn't mind saying nice things in front of Jin Xiaoye. Anyway, Jin Xiaoye wouldn't really take his steamed buns, and even if she took them, she would give him a penny.
Jin Xiaoye took one look at Li Laogen and guessed what was going on in Li Laogen's mind.
But she didn't take it seriously and wouldn't take advantage of Li Laogen.
Aunt Cui's bun shop is run by a couple. The man sells buns outside and collects money, while the woman sells buns inside and collects money.
They also hired three middle-aged women to help. Two of them were responsible for making the buns, and one was responsible for watching the fire to steam the buns.
The couple also helped make dumplings and steamed buns when they were free. They usually got up at three or four o'clock, went to the butcher to get pork, and then lit the lights to knead the dough and chop the stuffing. They were busy until dark before going home to sleep.
While Li Qingzhi and his friends were eating buns, the woman called Aunt Cui was rolling out wonton skins nearby, intending to prepare some - the wontons that had been wrapped previously were all taken by Li Qingzhi and his friends.
As Li Qingzhi watched these people busying around, he felt more and more that the job he had just found was a great one.