The Fiery Era of Siheyuan

Chapter 300, New Year's goods

After leaving the courtyard, more than 100 people in the courtyard headed toward the Dongdan Vegetable Market with flashlights. People kept coming on the road, and the team grew stronger.

The north wind is blowing loudly, and the cold winter night cannot freeze the enthusiasm in the hearts of everyone in the courtyard. Everyone is full of expectations for the purchases at the end of the year.

But this time everyone was going to be disappointed.

There is still no fresh meat in the market supply at the end of the year, and even poultry such as chickens, ducks, and geese that were sold by households in the past have also changed to new regulations this year.

The next day, at seven o'clock in the morning, the Dongdan Vegetable Market opened on time.

Notices about the availability of meat were quickly posted in front of the meat kiosks and poultry stalls.

Due to the impact of famine and limited supplies, the market was still unable to supply fresh meat to the general public.

Fortunately, the superiors came up with a solution and urgently allocated a batch of canned meat. As usual, meat stamps can be used to exchange for canned meat.

Canned meat charges 0.5 catties of meat tickets per catty, and several meat tickets can be exchanged for a tin of canned meat to ensure the public's demand for meat.

As for meat such as chickens, ducks, geese, etc., they are no longer supplied on a household basis, but in the form of meat tickets. A jin of meat, chicken and duck can be converted into a jin of meat tickets.

As soon as the announcement came out, the entire vegetable market square was full of discussions. Although disappointed, there was nothing to do. The whole country was in a difficult period, and everyone was mentally prepared. Whether there were more or less supplies, this day was going to survive.

For a time, the meat kiosk and chicken and duck stalls were crowded, especially the chicken and duck stalls, which were more popular because they sold raw poultry.

On the Routing side, Li Weiguo, Sha Zhu, Xu Damao and the other courtyard youths came early and bought their own shares soon after the market opened.

Everyone bought about the same share. Li Weiguo and Shazhu each bought a can of 397 grams of canned pork in raw juice, which cost 4 taels of meat ticket.

Not to mention, canned meat is really not cheap. No wonder it is mainly used for export to earn foreign exchange. The price is really affordable for ordinary people based on their monthly income of about 30 yuan.

After buying canned meat, the salesperson stamped each of them's non-staple food books to prove that they had bought it, and then sent them away with a big wave of his hand. There were a lot of people waiting to buy, it was really crowded.

After putting away the canned meat, Li Weiguo and the others were not in a hurry to go back. There were still many kinds of ingredients to buy in the vegetable market, so they went to the stalls one by one.

Although the quantity of meat purchased by everyone is not ideal due to insufficient stock, the Imperial Capital is the best place after all, and a certain supply of other types of ingredients can still be guaranteed.

Looking around the entire vegetable market, there are all kinds of non-staple food products, vegetables and fruits, fresh aquatic products, dry goods and seasonings, etc. There are a lot of beautiful things in eyes. As long as you have a ticket in hand, you can basically buy a few taels according to the supply standard of the household registration.

Finally, after squeezing through the turbulent crowd for more than an hour, after shopping around and around, a group of them came out of the vegetable market sweating profusely, carrying big bags and small bags.

Li Weiguo's harvest is also good, he has a variety of tickets in his hand, and he is not short of money, and finally bought the most things in the courtyard.

3 kilograms of Chinese cabbage, 5 taels of tofu, 2 taels each of vermicelli and vermicelli, 1 tael and a half of MSG, 1 catty of white wine, 1 catty of rice wine, 1 catty of rice cake, 2 pieces of soybean curd and stinky tofu, 5 pieces each of kelp, jellyfish, pickled mustard and green onions. Two, 1 pack each of yellow flowers, fungus, pepper, aniseed, ginger, dried chili pepper, dried shrimps, etc., I bought dozens of items.

Silly Zhu's harvest was not bad. Before he came, he exchanged a lot of tickets with Li Weiguo and bought twenty or thirty miscellaneous items.

Yu Yu and the others had been waiting at the exit of the vegetable market for a long time. As soon as Li Weiguo and the others came out, they all came over to help carry their things.

"Brother Wei, are you tired?"

Seeing that he was sweating profusely from exhaustion, Yu Shui quickly took out a handkerchief from his pocket, stood on tiptoe and carefully wiped the sweat off his forehead.

Li Weiguo took a few deep breaths and said with a smile, "Fortunately, it's just crowded inside."

Don't be crowded, tens of thousands of people are crowded into the vegetable market, and the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the vegetable market is seven or eight degrees.

After the rain wiped off his sweat, Li Weiguo looked around at the harvest of the people in the courtyard.

Everyone bought the same things, limited by the family's income and the number of tickets, each household only bought a dozen or so.

Like the old Yan’s family, it is even more frugal. Except for the necessary ingredients such as cabbage, tofu, vermicelli, and vermicelli, the third master can save as much as possible. Spices such as pepper, fennel, aniseed, and star anise are basically not bought. extreme.

Xu Damao, on the other hand, is in stark contrast with the third master. Xu Damao has become much richer this year. He has dozens of bags in his hand, and he buys everything that can be bought. At first glance, the ones he bought The food supplies are not much less than those of Li Weiguo.

It seems that Xu Damao is really working in the right direction, and he is treated properly as a leading actor in a courtyard house.

It was almost eleven o'clock when everyone returned to the courtyard.

When I went there in the early hours of the night, I was still in high spirits, but when I came back, the mood was not so high, and everyone was withered and droopy.

Fresh meat can’t be bought, and canned food is too expensive. It is estimated that if we line up tomorrow, few shops will be willing to spend money to buy it. This group queue is meaningless.

However, compared to Li Weiguo and his team at the meat booth, the first and second uncles went to the chicken and duck stalls, but they still had some gains.

The first uncle and the second uncle each bought a young rooster, which weighed about a catty. Although there was not much meat, it was raw poultry.

Moreover, after the first wave of people bought chickens and ducks, the stock of chickens and ducks was sold out in a short time, and the supply was stopped on the spot. It can be said that they were lucky. Many people waited in line for a long time without buying, and they almost didn't cry. speak up.

Fortunately, the market material dispatcher brought over a batch of canned chicken and duck in time and managed to cope with the situation.

Returning to the courtyard, Li Weiguo and Shazhu and the others went back to the main room in the middle courtyard first, and handed over all the things they bought to Shazhu to take care of. It was Shazhu's job to cook whatever was available later, and Li Weiguo was only responsible for eating. .

Entering the room, putting down the things, Sha Zhu sat down on the bench, couldn't help but sighed: "Oh, after a whole night of tossing around, I just bought so few things, it seems that I won't be able to eat meat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. "

Peng Feiyan smiled and comforted: "It's okay if you don't eat meat dumplings, we can also make cabbage dumplings, and vegetarian dumplings are just as delicious."

She didn't feel anything. She was very satisfied with her current life. The countryside was much harder than the city. She had survived no matter how hard the days were.

Sha Zhu shook his head, noncommittal, took out the big cock and gave one to Li Weiguo, but when he turned his head and saw that the old god Li Weiguo was there, his eyes lit up immediately.

Yes!How did you forget about this master?
Silly Zhu licked his face with a smile and stuck it close, nudging Li Weiguo with his elbow: "Weiguo, what good food should we order for the New Year?"

He knew that Li Weiguo had special channels. He didn't know whether others could eat meat, but Li Weiguo definitely had a way.

Yushui, the little greedy cat, also had big eyes fluttering and looked over expectantly.

Li Weiguo smiled, thought for a while, and said, "I can get some rabbits and fish, can you do it?"

Chickens, ducks, geese, and pork are not available to everyone now, and it would be inappropriate to bring them out at this time of year. Fish and rabbits are fine, and if you have the ability, you can get them in the wild, which is not too eye-catching.

"Yes! It must be possible!"

Silly Zhu clapped his hands and immediately got excited: "Braised rabbit, griddle rabbit, fried rabbit in sauce, spicy rabbit, as well as braised fish, steamed fish, boiled fish, you just need to get the things, and I'm sure it will be cooked." The food is so delicious that your tongues will want to swallow it, hehehehe.”

"Gulu."×2
Hearing what he said, Yu Shui and Peng Feiyan couldn't help swallowing, they haven't seen a single image of this dish yet, this series of dish names makes people hungry.

"Okay, I'll get it for you on New Year's Eve."

After all, Li Weiguo winked at the three of them, signaling to keep a low profile and keep quiet.

"Hey."×3
Shazhu and the three were overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.

(End of this chapter)