"You brat, you don't understand anything?"
"Let me tell you this, there are three levels: A, B, and C. Level C can buy cigarettes for less than 10 cents. Large-scale production of economic cigarettes costs 8 cents. Level B: cigarettes cost around 40 cents at Mudanqianmen. Level A Cigarette tickets... I didn’t tell you and it’s useless.”
Li Laifu said directly in his heart, Damn, he almost lost his waist. Just when he heard the excitement, he lost his chain at the critical moment.
"You only have three ounces of meat for each of your four birds. Can you get a Class B ticket?"
"Two?"
After Lin Laifu finished speaking, he looked into the distance, which clearly meant that he would not bargain.
"I fucked you, boy, you are so awesome. If you were my son, I would beat you up and down," he cursed and took out two tickets and handed them to him.
Brother...Brother, I won't...give it, won't give it, the little girl is holding a bird in her hand and won't let go.
"Let's go, let's go! Go buy some candies. Can you buy a can of candies?" The little girl let go of the bird in her hand.
Taking the cigarette ticket into the supply and marketing cooperative, the salesperson was already lying on the counter and said: "Young man, are you going to have a bird in the future? Send it to Auntie, and Auntie will give you candy in exchange."
Damn, does this sound so awkward?
"Auntie, take two bags for the front door?"
"Why are you smoking such good cigarettes? Economy cigarettes and Daqianmen only cost eight cents. Are you smoking filtered or unfiltered cigarettes? Aren't they all the same? They all smoke, so why are you smoking such expensive cigarettes? If your parents find you when you get home, I won't break your legs."
"Auntie, just get it for me quickly! If I don't smoke it myself, I will definitely bring it to you next time I catch a bird."
These words disrupted the salesperson's thinking.
He turned back and took two boxes of large front doors and put them on the counter and said, "One box costs thirty-seven cents, two boxes cost seventy-four cents."
Li Laifu took 80 cents and said, "There are still six cents left, so give me six pieces of candy."
"You are also a prodigal child, how can you still eat candies like this?" the salesperson said, but still gave him six pieces of candies wrapped in newspapers.
He directly put six pieces of candy into the little girl's hand and said, "Brother...Brother...Okay."
I went back to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, took out the matches I picked up at my grandparents’ house, lit a cigarette, and took a deep breath, which was soothing and refreshing.
I smoked two cigarettes and watched the people coming and going on the road. Children in this era are also very coaxed. The little girl didn't make any fuss at all, just stood in his arms, her little mouth made a clicking sound, she felt comfortable eating the candy.
Big brother...Brother, there is no candy.
"You can't eat any more. You've already eaten two or three pieces of candy. Can you eat it when you go home?" Li Laifu coaxed.
The little girl was so good, "Yeah!"
The way the little tongue is still licking the lips is so cute.
Carrying the little girl and walking home, the three people on the kang in the room were gluing matchboxes, "Mom...Tang...Tiantian," the little girl held up the paper packet to show off as soon as she entered the room.
"Brother, you bought candy," Jiang Yuan immediately put down the matchbox in his hand and came over.
Li Laifu threw the remaining candies in his pocket on the kang, and immediately grabbed the paper bag with his four little hands.
"Don't move," Zhao Fang yelled.
Li Laifu was stunned, let alone the little girl.
Zhao Fang slapped Jiang Tao Jiang Yuan's hand twice and said, "I'll give it to you."
He gave one to each of the Jiang Tao brothers and took the sugar packet away from the little girl's hand.
As soon as the little girl pursed her lips, Zhao Fang stared and said, "Hold it back."
"Eat one piece for each person now," and save the rest for the New Year. "Laifu, how do you have money to buy candy?" Zhao Fang asked.
Forehead?
Did it turn on him so quickly?
"That...this?"
"I also caught a pheasant from my grandma's house. On the way back, someone bought it, so I sold it." Lin Laifu didn't dare to talk about selling meat. These days, even if you have money, you can't buy meat. There are still people who are willing to sell meat. Zhao Fang was heartbroken.
"How much did it cost?" Zhao Fang pressed forward step by step.
"Sold for one dollar," Li Laifu knew that he couldn't keep the remaining money. No family these days would let a young man put a dollar in his pocket.
"Take out whatever is left," Zhao Fang stretched out her hand.
He quickly counted out eight cents in the space, reached into his pocket and took it out.
"You kid is really a waste of money. You dare to spend 20 cents on candy just now? Leave the 80 cents here with me. I will give it to you when you get married."
Eighty cents a piece and still get married?
"Brother, why don't you ask me to go outside?" Jiang Tao said while eating candy in his mouth.
"What are you doing outside? I think you're looking for a beating." Zhao Fang nodded at Jiang Yuan.
Li Laifu smiled and did not pick a fight with Jiang Yuan. It was not unreasonable for his stepmother and his father to live in peace. The two never hit each other's children, and they never scolded each other's children. Whose child caused trouble? ? Everyone fights for his own business, haha.
The little girl didn't show off this time. She stood on the kang and opened her little hands for Li Laifu to hold her. Her aggrieved look was pitiful.
Zhao Fang put the money and candy in the drawer and locked it.
"Oh, I haven't asked yet? Is your pheasant big, Laifu? If it is, will you lose a dollar if you sell it?"
"Not big, not big!" Li Laifu didn't bother to talk nonsense, but the stepmother's mind was spinning too fast.
"As long as it's not big, you're a pretty smart kid? Pheasants are full of lean meat and don't have any oil, so just sell pheasants. If you want to sell pork, are you a fool?"
Li Laifu was also ready to help paste the matchbox.
"Don't reach out. You don't have to do it. Just stay there. You are a great contributor to our family," Zhao Fang said with a smile on her face.
Li Laifu thought to himself, wasn't this the way you behaved when you asked me for money just now?
Holding the matchbox in her hand, Zhao Fang said: "Laifu, what are you telling me? When I was so old, I never dared to think that there would be pork in the house. When your father comes back soon, I don't know how happy he will be." That’s it.”
"My family is happy today. We won't eat vegetable mush. Auntie will make you some corn mush tonight."
Eaten to mush again?
Looking at Zhao Fang's smiling face, Li Laifu immediately said: "Auntie! I learned how to cook from grandma, how about I cook dinner?"
"Oh, we have grown up in Laifu and can also cook. Aunt Xing is enjoying the blessing today. You can make the corn paste!"
Li Laifu put the little girl on the kang. He went directly to the kitchen, put a large bowl in the grain box, and scooped out more than half a bowl of cornmeal.
"It's missing, it's missing! Grab another handful. Let's make it thicker for dinner today. You can cut two more pieces of fatty meat into the pot and fry it. Let's also add some oil and water," Zhao Fang said while sitting on the kang.
Li Laifu grabbed another handful and walked towards the kitchen, wondering whether Zhao Fang would cry or laugh after he finished it.
Pour the cornmeal into the basin, take the remaining half of the pumpkin, pour in water and start stirring with your hands.
Suddenly I saw a big radish placed next to the pickle jar. Could this be Zhao Fang preparing to pickle the pickles?
What kind of pickles should I pickle? Should I just stew the radish?
