The Lujiacun brigade was busy handing over public rations this time, and it was not until six or seven o'clock in the evening that the accounts were settled. A group of people returned to the group in great force, with bright smiles on their faces.
Of course, Su Mo didn't see the whole scene. She saw about the same thing. At about four o'clock, she followed the ox cart that pulled the goods.
After arriving home, Uncle Dian was driving the bullock cart and helped Su Mo move everything into the house. Su Mo was very grateful. In addition to giving him 20 cents for travel expenses, he also gave him a handful of fruit candies to take home and sweeten for the children at home.
Uncle Dian was also very happy and felt that the old daughter-in-law of the party secretary was also a good person.
In the evening, when Lu Xingjun returned home, he lit two kerosene lamps and began to settle accounts there.
After calculating, he suddenly raised his head and said to Liu Yuzhi: "The third brother and sister bought 5 pounds of eggs yesterday. Do you think she is pregnant?"
Liu Yuzhi immediately sat up straight, "Can't? It's only half a month old, how does she know?"
"Then why would she buy so many eggs?" Lu Xingjun asked.
These days, if it weren't for Youxi, who would buy so many eggs?
"Can't she buy it for herself? The life of the third child's family is different from ours." Liu Yuzhi rolled her eyes. She thought she was really pregnant.
Considering how much the third child attaches importance to his family, he can't even send thirty or forty yuan back every month. It's nothing to buy a few kilograms of eggs to eat, and he doesn't need a ticket.
Lu Xingjun thought about it and realized that throughout the winter, he would probably have to save some of the five kilograms of eggs.
At night, Su Mo still knitted her sweater. As for the quilt cover, she would wait until she found an excuse tomorrow to make the quilt disappear properly.
The next day, after Su Mo finished working in the vegetable field, she pushed her bicycle and set off. Two bamboo baskets were hung on the back seat of the car, and one basket each for quilts and mattresses.
When passing by Lu's house, I met Li Yuee.
"Mom, I'm going to the post office to mail the quilt to my uncle and see if there are any pears for sale." Su Mo said.
Li Yue'e waved her hand, "Go ahead."
Su Mo rode straight to the county. When passing by the commune, another brigade was delivering public rations, and it was still very lively. Su Mo took a look and saw that the harvest of this brigade was not bad and there were quite a lot of things.
When they reached a deserted and remote section of road, Su Mo collected the bedding in the two baskets, replaced them with apples and pears, covered them with a coarse cloth, and headed to the county supply and marketing cooperative.
He was still waiting for Sister Liu to come out at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, and then sent him to her home. A basket of 56 kilograms of apples was sold for 28 yuan; a basket of 50 kilograms of pears was sold for 22.5 yuan.
"Sister Su, if you have other fruits, you can also send them to my eldest sister. Winter is coming soon, and my relatives have a lot of fruits." Sister Liu said.
The Su Mo fruit is obviously not grown locally. The quality is so good that it must have been sourced from other places. But it's all speculation, and everyone sees through it but doesn't say anything. Just like Su Mo, she wouldn't believe that her things were divided between relatives, so everyone could just find a similar excuse.
Sister Liu's operation is obvious to anyone with a discerning eye, but she has been doing it for so long and has not been reported and arrested. Obviously, the backend is strong enough.
Selling it to her made Su Mo worry-free. After thinking about it, she said, "Then I'll send you two more baskets in the afternoon."
Su Mo was not in a hurry to sell the fruit, but the main reason was that the space was not enough, so she could use some free space.
Moreover, the temperature started to cool down today, and it was expected to snow in November. When it snowed, she didn't want to go into the city anymore. So, it’s okay to sell two more baskets today.
Sister Liu laughed so hard that her teeth were peeled off. Sister Su’s fruit was so popular that every time it arrived, two or three people would divide it up.
Back at the supply and marketing cooperative, Su Mo saw a lot of people gathered around the meat seller, so she squeezed in.
As expected, there were two large fans of pork on the counter, and the butcher was cutting them up in an orderly manner.
It is estimated that all the communes are paying public rations, and the purchasing stations have sufficient meat sources. It is already after ten o'clock, and there is still so much pork. Usually, they are basically sold out as soon as they arrive in the morning.
There was a lot of meat, so Su Mo didn't rush to grab it. When the people around him had almost finished cutting it, Su Mo squeezed over, waved the meat ticket in her hand and said, "Master, give me five pounds."
There was a burst of glare in an instant, and it didn't look much to the naked eye. The man asked for 5 pounds as soon as he opened his mouth, and when he didn't reach them, it was gone.
Su Mo chuckled and said, "I'm sorry, there is a happy event at home. This meat ticket has been saved by the family for two or three months, just for today."
These days, each person only gets half a catty of meat stamps and three taels of gas stamps per month.
There was a happy event in the family, and it was hard for others to say anything. The butcher was also kind-hearted and cut off the fatter piece.
Su Mo handed over 5 pounds of meat coupons and 4 yuan. The master wrapped the meat in straw paper and gave it to Su Mo.
After Su Mo squeezed it out, she put the meat in a bamboo basket and went to Sister Liu to buy something with the bamboo basket.
First of all, it was coarse cloth, so I ordered 2 pieces directly, so I can save money and buy it when I need it in the future. I also tore four feet of cotton cloth and bought 3 kilograms of cotton.
Then I bought two hot water bottles with bamboo shells, two toothbrushes and toothpaste each, two towels, two aluminum lunch boxes, two enamel jars, and a stack of toilet paper.
I saw kelp and bought another 2 kilograms. The salt these days is not iodized. When the time comes, take the kelp to the cowshed and add some iodine.
Two pieces of coarse cloth cost 30 yuan, four feet of cotton cloth cost 1.12 yuan, and three pounds of cotton cost 3.45 yuan.
Bamboo shell hot water bottles are 2.5 yuan each, two are 5 yuan, toothpaste and toothbrushes are 1.4 yuan in total, towels are 1 yuan in total, aluminum lunch boxes are 2 yuan in total, enamel cylinders are 1.96 yuan in total, straw paper is 0.5 yuan, kelp is 1.12 yuan/jin, two pounds are spent. 2.24 yuan.
After buying it, the total cost was 48.67 yuan, plus cloth stamps, industrial stamps and non-staple food stamps.
Sister Liu was a little surprised when she saw Su Mo buying so much, "Sister, why did you buy so much?"
"People in the village saw that I had a bicycle, so they asked me to buy it." Su Mo said with a smile.
After buying everything, Su Mo went to a state-owned restaurant for lunch.
I ordered a braised fish, a stir-fried green vegetable, and a bowl of rice, which cost a total of 1.3 yuan and 20 taels of food stamps.
After eating, Su Mo walked around for a while, then went to the blind spot last time, put the things in the bamboo basket into the space, and replaced it with two baskets of oranges.
When Sister Liu saw the two large, round baskets of oranges, her eyes almost popped out of the window.
This thing is produced in the south, and it is very rare here. This thing is also delicate and difficult to transport. If you don't have a close relationship with me, I won't bring it to you. It seems that this girl Su is also a person with strength and backing.
Sister Liu took one, peeled it open and tasted it. The taste was really sweet to her heart.
"Sister, I gave you 60 cents per catty for this tangerine. How much more do you have left? I want it all, is that okay?"
Su Mo shook her head, "Sister, you know how rare this thing is. This is all I have. I only kept a few kilograms to try it out, and I gave the rest to you."
“Can’t you really order more?”
Su Mo shook her head. When Sister Liu saw this, she didn't force it.
The citrus weighing scale showed that the two baskets totaled 123 kilograms, and the income was 73.8 yuan.
