The seller immediately announced the price loudly and said that this was lard that had just been brought from the slaughterhouse in Nanchang and that it was the freshest.
Gao Mingcheng also glanced at it several times, feeling a little moved.
At this time, the structure of urban and rural life had already changed somewhat. People's lives in the city are getting better and better, and they are beginning to pursue health and weight loss. Therefore, lard is not easy to sell in the city. Most people in the city eat rapeseed oil and camellia oil.
However, the demand for pork in the city is still very large. A lot of pigs are slaughtered in the slaughterhouse every day. The extra suet will be purchased by some traders and then transported to the markets in the countryside for sale.
Different from city people, country people are very keen on eating lard.
They lack oil and water in their stomachs, so they think cooking with lard is more fragrant and delicious.
Usually, they slaughter a pig here, and each pig only has two pairs of lard and one pair of water and oil. If you want to buy lard, you have to rob it.
Gao Mingcheng also planned to buy some lard, but now the stall was crowded with people, and most of them were women, so he didn't want to squeeze in.
It happened that he was still hungry, so he first went to a breakfast stall and ate a bowl of noodles and a few buns, steamed buns, fried dough sticks and the like. When he was full, those who wanted to buy lard had almost bought it. At this time, Gao Mingcheng walked forward.
First, he asked the price, and then asked the other party if he would agree to exchange the rabbit for lard.
There are a lot of rabbits in the mountains. With his current skills, he can catch them anytime he wants. Even the simple traps he made before have not been checked for several days.
The lard seller carefully inspected the rabbit he brought and made sure it was fresh, then he agreed.
It's just that Gao Mingcheng wanted to buy two pairs of pig suet. Even replacing the two rabbits was not enough, so he added some more money. Each pair of pig suet was rolled into a long shape, and then folded in half with palm leaves and cut into thirds. Tie it up and tie it with a knot so it can be carried in your hand.
After buying pork suet, Gao Mingcheng looked around and then bought fifty kilograms of rice. In the past few years, the price of millet has increased every year. From the initial price of thirty yuan to one hundred kilograms, it has risen to more than forty. By the time In 1990, it rose to more than 60 yuan.
For the sake of convenience, he bought the rice directly, so the price was even more expensive.
The rice bags are fertilizer bags. After using the fertilizer, take it to the pond to wash it and dry it, and then it can be reused.
After buying these two things, Gao Mingcheng went back to Gaojia Village without staying any longer.
He was carrying fifty kilograms of rice on one shoulder and two pairs of pork suet in one hand. To be honest, he looked very cool and attracted the attention of many people along the way.
It's okay if you don't know them very well. When you meet someone you know, you can't help but say hello. They will also tease Gao Mingcheng for making money and buying so many good things.
Gao Mingcheng said haha, saying that he brought it for others. As for whether those people believed it or not, Gao Mingcheng had no control over it.
The countryside is a network, and the connections between people are extremely close. This situation has both good and bad sides.
When people are in it, they will get used to this subtle living state, but Gao Mingcheng has experienced later generations, and people in later generations advocate a sense of boundaries. Not to mention ordinary neighbors and colleagues, parents, brothers, sisters, and even husbands and wives all pay attention to the sense of boundaries. Sense of boundaries.
Although Gao Mingcheng is not particular about boundaries, he is somewhat uncomfortable with overly enthusiastic social interactions.
At this time, every household did not have much privacy to speak of. Even the matter of who bought a pound of meat could be spread throughout the village, and it was also necessary to analyze why they had money to buy meat, and why they bought meat. There are guests or something like that.
Next, Gao Mingcheng walked quickly, trying to avoid others, and quickly returned to Grandma Xini's house.
Grandma Xi and Gao Zhuang are not at home. Yesterday I heard that they were going to weed the fields today.
Gao Mingcheng put down the rice and a pair of pork suet, and then took another pair of pork suet to many beautiful homes.
Last time he said that he wanted to send some oil to Duomei. He originally planned to go to the cooperative to buy some soybean oil, but now he met someone selling lard, so he must give lard as a gift. For people with malnutrition, eating lard is bad for the body. better.
Before reaching Duo Mei's home, she saw Duo Mei walking down a road wearing a straw hat. She was holding an empty kettle in her hand and was about to go home to fill it with cold boiled water.
The two happened to bump into each other, and each other's eyes shone with surprise.
"How beautiful!" Gao Mingcheng shouted loudly, lifted the pork suet in his hand, and said with a smile: "I said I would give you oil last time, now, I gave it to you!"
Many beauties looked at the pig suet, which probably weighed five or six pounds, and felt happy and disapproving at the same time.
She looked around and saw no one else, and she felt relieved. She hurriedly said: "Why did you send so much oil? You just made ten yuan yesterday, do you have to spend it all right away? "
"I can't have this oil, take it away quickly!"
Many Americans firmly refused.
Gao Mingcheng secretly brought meat to her before, which made her feel sweet, but she couldn't accept the lard Gao Mingcheng gave her.
The meat was beaten by Gao Mingcheng himself, but the oil was bought with money.
She hoped that Gao Mingcheng could save more money so that they could afford to get married.
She expressed her wish and persuaded Gao Mingcheng to sell the lard to others.
The little daughter-in-law thought about herself, and Gao Mingcheng felt as if he had eaten honey. He forcefully handed the lard to Du Mei's hand and said, "You can just eat it with confidence. I have money and I will prepare for the marriage. "
But Duo Mei still refused to take it. In the end, after all the hard work, Duo Mei was only willing to keep about a pound of lard, and Gao Mingcheng took the rest away.
Gao Mingcheng had no choice but to smile helplessly.
Many bamboo baskets were used to cover the lard to prevent it from being eaten by wild cats and mice, and a kettle of cold boiled water was filled.
"My second sister and I were working in the fields. I came back to fill the water. I'm going to the fields soon. Come back, I'm leaving!" Duo Mei said goodbye to Gao Mingcheng and went to the fields.
If she delayed for too long, her second sister would definitely scold her for being lazy again.
Gao Mingcheng carried most of the pork suet and watched Duo Mei leave. He could only carry the things back to Grandma Xini's house.
Seeing that he still had some time, he simply cleaned the pork suet, then cut it into pieces and boiled it in oil.
There are tips for boiling lard. You need to put some water at the beginning so that it will not stick to the bottom of the pot and the lard will be whiter.
There was a lot of lard cooked this time, but it didn't matter. Every household in their village used a large iron pot to cook rice. Although a large iron pot is expensive, if you use it carefully, it can last for more than ten years.
A large iron pot has many advantages. Firstly, it can cook porridge, and secondly, it can also cook pig food.
Some careless people use the same pot for cooking pig food and cooking rice.
