Back to the past: Spring and Autumn Siheyuan

Chapter 184 Beef
"Hey, Director, why did you come to this vegetable market to buy vegetables?"

Today was also a rush. Li Heng had just walked to the entrance of the market when he met Zhao Mingxia coming out with something in her hand.

It's no wonder that people find it strange. You live in Dongsi, and if you go to the vegetable market in Dongdan to buy vegetables, anyone will be surprised when they see it.

"Uh... Well, I woke up early in the morning and had nothing to do. I happened to be here for a stroll, so I thought I'd drop by here to buy some food."

The two of you eat three meals a day on the stove, and you still need to buy groceries?Feed the dog like me?Zhao Mingxia secretly slandered in her heart.

"Director Zhao, then you are busy, I will go in first."

Li Heng didn't intend to say anything more to the middle-aged woman, he turned his head to leave after saying hello, but was stopped by her.

"Director, don't leave in a hurry."

"What? Is there something else? You don't intend to discuss business with me here, do you?"

It was less than six o'clock in the morning, and he was really not so dedicated to his job when he was discussing business at the gate of the vegetable market.

I'm afraid this old lady has been single for a long time, what's wrong with her?
"I'm not that busy yet, so I dragged you to discuss business matters early in the morning." Hearing this, Zhao Mingxia rolled her eyes and rolled her eyes.

"Uh... what's the matter?"

"Didn't Xiaoya sit and chat with me when we were eating in the cafeteria yesterday afternoon?"

Speaking of this, Li Heng was a little scratching his head. These two people are old enough to be the mother of the other, but they don't know what's wrong, they can still chat together. Fang Xiaoya didn't come to eat with him these two days Sitting together, every time I have to sit at the same table with this Zhao Mingxia.

The two of them chatted while eating, and they were quite happy.

"Well, I know, what's wrong?"

"Xiaoya heard that my dog ​​gave birth to puppies, so I want to hug one for your family."

!!!

"Dog? Do you still have dogs?"

"Yes, I live alone, and I have a few dogs to strengthen my courage."

"How many more?"

Li Heng was a little surprised when he heard that, these days it is not bad for people to have enough to eat, and it is rare to have a dog, and a few more.

"What kind of dog do you have?"

But he was also very interested to hear this.

In his last life, he also adopted a retired police dog. Although he found another owner for that dog because of his working hours, he also lived together for several months. A dog, he absolutely would.

"I don't know what kind of dog it is. Anyway, it's quite big when it grows up, but it's really obedient and obedient. I just gave birth to a litter of four dogs last month. When Xiaoya heard about it, she told me that she wanted to I want one."

"Okay, then you can bring me one."

"Then it's settled. I'll hug you when I get to work later."

"You'd better come here before you get off work in the afternoon. Anyway, your home is not far from our unit, so it's hard for you to make an extra trip."

Keeping a dog in the office during normal working hours is temporary, but no matter how you think about it, it doesn't feel right. Li Heng shook his head and rejected Zhao Mingxia's proposal, asking her to bring him over in the afternoon.

"That's fine! It's not hard work, but Director, you can't remember me leaving early!"

"Hey, that's not going to happen."

"That's fine. Now that we've agreed, I won't bother the director to buy vegetables. By the way, the butcher shop has beef today. If you're interested, you can go and have a look. There's still a lot of beef just now, and there aren't many people buying beef."

Zhao Mingxia smiled and raised her arm and pointed to the vegetable market.

She could see that their director was also a picky eater. She really didn't know how he was a soldier in those years, why he didn't starve to death in the army.

"Hey, beef is a good thing. Thank you, Director Zhao. I'll go and have a look."

Cattle, which is an important labor force in rural areas, have been strictly prohibited from slaughtering since ancient times.

The beef that can appear on the market must only be allowed to be sold when the cow is old and dead.

It is impossible for those who died of illness to appear here.

Of course Li Heng is interested in this thing, he can't remember the last time he ate beef.

After parting from Zhao Mingxia, he came directly to the butcher shop.

There were not many people queuing up to buy meat today. He stood at the back and looked at it. The five or six people in front all bought pork. Although the butcher would recommend beef to everyone, and the price was ten cents cheaper per catty, but Still no one cares.

That's right, pork can be refined for oil and meat can be eaten after buying it back. Beef is a waste of oil, and anyone will pay for this economic account.

"Comrade, can I buy all of this beef?"

It was Li Heng's turn, and before the butcher could introduce him, what he said was immediately petrified.

The butcher was really dumbfounded. He had been selling meat for several years after liberation, and this was the first time he had encountered such an arrogant buyer.

"Uh...comrade, you...what did you say?" The one who couldn't believe it asked again.

"I said, I just saw for a long time that no one bought beef, can you sell all of this to me?"

Li Heng said it again very patiently, and at the same time stretched out his finger to the piece of beef on the chopping board.

"This piece of beef weighs about [-] to [-] catties. Are you sure you want it? This also requires a ticket."

The butchers and those who lined up behind were all dumbfounded.

Good guy, I bought so much at once, except for the purchase of restaurants, I have never seen it again.

"I know I need tickets. If I can say this, there must be so many of them. So, are you going to sell them or not?" Li Heng was a little annoyed by the question.

"Sell, of course, as long as you have tickets and money, I will definitely sell."

To be honest, this butcher's temper is not bad, if it is replaced by someone who has a bad temper, he can drive Li Heng away directly, and I won't sell you, okay?

These days, those who sell things are so arrogant.

Fifteen catties of six taels of beef, and another three catties of pork were cut. When he left, he gave a long series of strange glances.

Fortunately, almost no one here knows him, otherwise, within a few minutes, the news of him buying more than ten catties of beef at one time would spread throughout the district.

When he returned to the gate of the yard, there was only a catty of beef left in his hand, and he had put everything else into the warehouse.

"Er Heng, what kind of meat did you buy?"

Brother Liu and sister-in-law Liu in the front yard have never changed their attitudes towards him. They are affectionate but also a little distant, which makes Li Heng feel very comfortable.

"Just now I went out and went to the vegetable market in Dongdan. I happened to meet someone who was buying beef again, so I cut off a piece."

"It turned out to be beef, no wonder it looks so strange."

Yan Bugui, who was at the opposite door, was a little embarrassed and wanted to come over, but when he thought about last night, he retreated again.

The little girl who was already up heard her man's voice outside, and came out of the room to take the meat in his hand.

"Why did you remember to buy beef?"

"I haven't eaten for a long time, I'm a bit hungry."

(End of this chapter)