"It turns out this thing is called crayfish!"
"I thought it was very dry there, but there would be crayfish. This thing goes great with beer!" Su Xiaoqiang took a lobster tail and tasted it. It was just a little salty. It must have been boiled in salt water. .
"Of course there will still be some water. After all, if there is no water at all, then everyone will starve to death. The current situation of various production teams is that there is no big water source."
"Food cultivation is not enough with just a little water. This year the production team's pond has bottomed out, otherwise we wouldn't have found these things. At the beginning, we didn't dare to eat. Later, we were so hungry that we couldn't stand it, so we just ate and watched. , I feel pretty good, but I’m not very hungry.”
Lu Jianshu ate lobster and taught Yao Erniang and others how to peel it and eat it.
"If there is little rain next year, the bottom of the pond will be dried out. I hope the wells will not run out of water by then. They can't live for three days without water." When talking about the water source problem, Lu Hongjun has a headache. The young team in the village It was he who led the team to look for water in the mountains, but little was gained.
"There shouldn't be any water to drink. It's just that it's raining or something." Su Xiaoqiang couldn't say for sure. After all, the country is so big, anything can happen.
"By the way, if there are a lot of crayfish, you can catch some, and the supply and marketing cooperative can consider purchasing some. If they sell well, it will be an extra income. If you have money, you can buy more food."
Su Xiaoqiang knew that the people in the village must still have money, but they could not withstand the famine for another two years, and it would not gradually get better until at least 1962. If you can make a little money, you can't let Su Xiaoqiang give out food in vain.
When Lu Jianshu heard that he could exchange money to buy food, he immediately touched his few beards and said thoughtfully: "It was a lot a month ago. At that time, some children in the village had just discovered this thing. After this month of eating, I'm afraid... There won’t be too many, but the river is long, so you can catch them, but the purchase price..."
"I can only tell you that the minimum price is five cents per pound. I will cook a meal for our director to see what price he can set." Su Xiaoqiang looked at the lobster tail in his hand. After all, it is meat, right? It’s just that not many people eat.
"That works! I have three kilograms of shrimp tails here, and I'll leave them for you. I'll catch some alive later. If you don't accept them, you can keep them for yourself and eat them slowly." Lu Hongjun said immediately when he saw that Su Xiaoqiang liked to eat this thing.
"Then I'll trouble you." Su Xiaoqiang really liked eating this.
After eating, Su Xiaoqiang asked them to go back to the meeting point outside the city first, while he asked someone to take them to the woods. The other party only believed in himself and would notify them when the transportation arrived.
Su Xiaoqiang came to the grove outside the city alone. It was already past 10 o'clock in the evening. The night was really dark now, with no lights, and today it was half full moon.
I found a corner and put 12 tons of sweet potatoes out, and then took out the bags I brought from home and filled them with 200 kilograms of rice.
Then we walked towards the hillside on the other side.
"who is it?"
"I, Xiaoqiang."
"Dad, Xiaoqiang is here!"
"Come with me now, the things have arrived, so hurry up and stop talking on the way!" Su Xiaoqiang saw many people, and he was afraid that even small talk would cause a commotion.
"Everyone, listen up, don't talk and follow orders!"
Everyone nodded one after another. It seemed that Lu Jianshu, as the captain, was very good at selecting people, and they were all obedient and quiet.
20 minutes later…
"These sweet potatoes are so good. With these sweet potatoes, my baby can live." One of the men squatted down excitedly looking at these sweet potatoes.
Others were no better.
"Put away your horse urine. It hasn't been transported back yet. Why are you crying? Be careful to attract other people to grab food!" Lu Hongjun laughed and scolded.
"Grab food? Whoever dares to steal my food will be killed by me!" The other party took out a rifle directly from the cart, and his fierceness was self-evident.
Su Xiaoqiang even saw a grenade, the folk customs are simple~
The food was quickly loaded, and the group took advantage of the darkness and headed towards Lujiazhuang.
The harvest of crayfish this time is not bad, but I don’t know how many there are there. It is estimated that there will not be many. After all, raising crayfish requires water. If there is water, there will be no drought.
The next day.
Su Xiaoqiang came to the commission store and wanted to buy a bicycle. Yesterday, he felt that walking on two feet was really time-consuming.
But I don’t have a bicycle ticket, nor an industrial ticket.
However, the entrusted store sells second-hand goods, which does not require a ticket, and the price of the bicycle will be much cheaper. Yan Bugui bought his bicycle at the entrusted store.
There are not many places to buy things in this era. If you want junk goods, you can go to scrap collection stations. For second-hand goods, go to consignment stores. For first-hand goods, go to supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores. The most high-end is the Friendship Store, which is full of foreign goods. Foreign exchange coupons.
On the counter of the entrustment store, a woman lowered her head and was reading a book.
"Comrade, I want a second-hand bicycle, do you have one?"
…
Su Xiaoqiang took out a handful of White Rabbit toffee and a stack of Big Black Ten from his pocket and put them on the counter.
"This beautiful lesbian, please see if there are any second-hand bicycles. I want one."
"Well, just wait!"
After a while, I saw an 80% new Phoenix bicycle being rolled out. It was obvious that it was in stock because there was a lot of dust.
"130 yuan, you take back the rest."
The other party collected thirteen Big Black Tens, and then took away the toffee as well, giving Su Xiaoqiang an extra bicycle.
Riding it on the street, Su Xiaoqiang felt the envious eyes of everyone, and instantly felt that he was the most beautiful boy.
I came to the police station and spent 2 yuan to get a new stamp, which was regarded as an ID card.
After everything was settled, Su Xiaoqiang leisurely rode his bicycle to the hotel.
"Brother-in-law, have you bought a bicycle?" Su Xiaoqiang suddenly said that he wanted to buy a bicycle this morning, and asked Lu Baolian to go to work first. She thought it was just a joke, but she didn't want to actually buy one.
"Yeah, it's just a second-hand one, not that good."
"What's wrong with the second-hand one? It looks very new. There is only one bicycle for the production team in Qinjia Village. I didn't expect that our family also has one!" Lu Baolian looked at the bicycle with envy and thought about letting Daqiang buy one some time. vehicle.
"I'll ask my elder brother to buy one later, and I'll entrust the store to sell it. It depends on luck. This thing is very popular."
It's okay for Su Xiaoqiang to take Lu Baolian with him occasionally, but if he takes her with him often, there will inevitably be gossip.
Lu Baolian also thought of this problem, so she nodded in agreement.
"Okay, I'm going to find Secretary Li. These lobster tails can't be put away."
