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Chapter 22 Buying a piece of meat

There are dozens of large and small shops on the main street in Qiushui Town, and this supply and marketing cooperative is the most lively. Today, there is a market again. People from several subordinate villages scattered and did not rush to leave. During this period of time, I came here for a stroll, and the flow of people coming and going at the not-so-spacious doorway was uninterrupted.

The things sold in the supply and marketing cooperative are quite complicated. Although it is only a town level, it has to be involved in all kinds of food, clothing, housing and transportation. The counter is also full of odds and ends. Although there are not many styles, this category is quite The number is complete.

Pork is included in the food category, and it is placed together with those candies, biscuits, oil and grains. Behind the half-person-high cement counter is a colorless chopping board, with bits and pieces of meat and bones on it. A bone chopping knife was cut on the edge, but there was no half piece of meat on it.

"..." Zhao Wenduo, who came straight here with a purpose, was a little dumbfounded. This situation was completely unexpected. With the money ticket, the meat was gone!
"Oh, I'm late again today! I didn't buy it last week, and I haven't this time. If I knew it, I would have come here to buy the meat before going to the market."

"Don't you all think that the things in the market are cheap, buy first, first serve, and the meat can't run away after you leave it. How could you ever think it would be so popular?"

Two middle-aged women passed by, shaking their heads and sighing because they hadn't planned in advance.

"Is there a time when this meat can't be sold? It's so fresh!" The salesperson selling candy on the side snorted softly, and at first glance, it was the villagers who came up from below.

"This is the meat that is served every day. If you come late, there will be no more. I only know now. What did you do early? Come and line up at five o'clock!" Another salesperson followed suit, and looked down on their rural areas the most. Women, if you don’t have a lot of money in your pocket, you insist on digging here. You talk a lot about this good and that good, but you don’t pay for it, and you just don’t buy it to occupy the space. This is the most annoying person.

The two women are both native village women. They have never traveled far, and have never seen any big world. For them, this town is already the most prosperous place, and the bright glass counters in the supply and marketing cooperatives are quite high-end. , the salespersons standing behind are all respectable and respectable, and consciously they are not equal to them, and they dared not respond when they were told by these two sweet-mouthed but not-so-sweet goods. He just blushed as if feeling ashamed, lowered his head and walked out.

Zhao Wenduo, who was still thinking about inquiring about the situation, swallowed the words that came to his lips when he saw this. There are such powerful eyes everywhere. The best way is not to take them too seriously, as if he didn't see them just have to.

Just when I was thinking about going out with me, I heard a voice behind me: "I said Wang Qian, Fu Lili, you two have broken your mouths again, why don't you stay there and sell your candy, how can you be so energetic and talk about things?" Xi, I'm so idle!"

A rough male voice accompanied the creaking sound of the door, and the small door at the back of the meat desk opened from the inside. A short and fat man in a white sales uniform was carrying a small half of pork in his hand, and his elbows were resting on the door panel. Walk out with a shake.

"Hey, big Liu, here comes the meat again!" Seeing the things in the fat man's hands, the salesperson who spoke first said with surprise: "Then you have to cut a piece for me first, and I want fatter ones— —" While talking, he took out the money in his pocket, looking very happy, as if he didn't hear the two words that the other party taught.

"Why are you in such a hurry to get so close, only care about others first." Da Liu waved at the two women who walked five or six meters away: "Those two big sisters, don't you want to buy meat, come here quickly!" Glancing at Zhao Wenduo who was not far from the counter, he softened his voice unconsciously: "Little girl, you also want to buy meat, how much do you want?"

A ten-year-old girl, wearing an old padded jacket, has a thin and frail face no bigger than a palm, but her eyes are black and bright, and she looks at the meat on the table coldly, but the more she does this, the more she screams. People feel pitiful.Such a young age is the time when the body is growing, how can I not be greedy for meat, but even so, I still endure it abruptly, unwilling to show my desire in front of others, people are poor and ambitious, presumably the elders in the family have no Less education like this.But a child is a child after all, being too strong will only make people feel more distressed.

Zhao Wenduo naturally had no way of knowing this, but felt that the chubby butcher in front of him was very kind, and he was much better than the two salesmen next to him. His luck was pretty good, and he was just in time for the new meat to be put on the record, so he didn't need to Take an empty run.He took out the bill casually and put it on the counter: "I want six taels of pork—it needs to be fatter!" After a short pause, he added.

"Okay, six taels of fatty meat, here we come!" The meat master Da Liu replied, raising his knife and lowering his hand, he cut off a finger-wide strip of meat, put it on the weighing plate and weighed it, not much Quite a few exactly six taels.

A master chef who has been selling meat for more than ten years, he has been cutting and weighing meat for many years. He is very skillful, and he does not need a second knife to cut the weight of the meat.

"Okay, okay, stop moaning, cut the meat for me—"

"What's the rush, why don't you come one by one?" Da Liu moved back to the spot with a meat cutter in his hand, and greeted the two women who came back with a smile on his face: "Two big sisters, how many do you want to come? The piece of meat is fat and thick, why don't you come here?"

"Da Liu, you—" Wang Qian, the salesperson who didn't get to the first place, jumped up and wanted to curse, glanced at the corner of her eyes, and then screamed: "Oh, my new denim shirt—what wicked belt is this? Smoky dripping oil on the table, it rubs all over my sleeves, how can I wash it—”

A woman's exasperated cry came from behind, and Zhao Wenduo, who walked a few meters away, slightly hooked the corners of his lips, took the pork belly in his hand, and went out happily.

Near noon, people who had left the market and visited the shops also walked home in groups. Along the way, they encountered many familiar faces, some carrying things, and some returning empty-handed.

Zhao Wenduo was carrying the meat in his hand, even if it was only a few pounds, it still made some people more or less envious.

"Hey, the third girl from the old Zhao's family bought meat, and the standard of living has improved!" Seeing that Zhao Wenduo didn't turn his eyes, he continued talking to himself: "I saw Lao Zhao when I was going to the market just now, and I bought it." A big bag of twisted twist. You cut meat and buy delicious food. Did your family get rich?"

Where there are people, there will be troubles, and there is no shortage of "long-tongued inquisitives" everywhere, staring at the frost on the roof tiles of other people's houses, and he doesn't care if the snow sweep in front of his own house is not clean.The best way to deal with this typical pink eye syndrome is to ignore it and treat him as a fart!
Zhao Wenduo continued to walk forward with a dull face, without blinking his eyes.

"Hey, this yellow-haired girl, didn't you hear me talking to you, didn't you know how to squeak?" the long-tongued woman muttered angrily.

The person next to him patted him and said: "Okay, don't talk about it, the girls from the old Zhao family are the most stupid. I could hear her shouting 'Second Master' when we met before. I haven't talked much, and I haven't heard her squeak when I saw her several times. It's not the first day you know, why are you more energetic? It doesn't matter to you whether people eat meat or not. Walk honestly and go back early Earning work points is real."

"Didn't I just say that, who expects to be able to borrow from their family? A family of girls, what can they do, if they get rich, they can't make their family rich, hmph—"

What's the matter girl?The girl is getting stronger, there are no girls left of you!Zhao Wenduo listened to the whispering chatter behind him, sneered, raised his wrist, and pushed the pork in his hand even more, you're so hungry!

(End of this chapter)