Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 62 Purchasing Materials
"Hmm~ I feel comfortable all over!"

More than half an hour later, Li Guoqiang spent eight cents and two taels of food coupons to eat a bowl of hot noodle soup in a state-owned restaurant. Then he stood up and walked out, touching his stomach with his hand, and uttered a sentence in his hometown dialect from his previous life with great satisfaction.

By the way, he is actually a very authentic southern potato!

However, in his previous life, he had only traveled here once, and the time was not long, so he had not been able to fully appreciate the beautiful northern scenery here.

I didn't expect that I would live here permanently!
This is really the case of the big intestine surrounding the small intestine, life is unpredictable!

Before eating the noodles, he had already sent a letter home from the post office to let his family know he was safe. He estimated that his family would receive his letter in ten days or half a month.

Afterwards, he strolled around the county town and found the locations of the supply and marketing cooperative, grain store, butcher shop, vegetable market, drug store, agricultural and sideline products purchasing station, etc. He also had a bowl of hot noodle soup in a state-owned restaurant to satisfy his craving.

He had eaten too much corn and pickles in the past two days, and his mouth was almost dry. If he didn't eat something delicious to satisfy his craving, he would have no mood to work.

It's true that the food ingredients at that time were very generous. If it was said to be two taels of noodles, it was exactly two taels of noodles, not less than the weight at all. Moreover, the noodle soup was made with real bones, which was completely incomparable to the soups made with seasonings in his previous life.

If he didn't have the local meat coupons, he would have wanted to try the whole portion of chicken stewed with mushrooms.

never mind!

Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, so there is no need to rush.

Soon, Li Guoqiang muttered something in his heart, and then walked towards the nearest supply and marketing cooperative.

Nowadays, apart from grain, meat and vegetables, basically everything else needed for daily life can be bought in supply and marketing cooperatives.

If you can't buy it, either you don't have a ticket or money, or the stock is sold out.

Since Li Guoqiang had no other tickets except food coupons, he did not look at the things that required tickets, and went straight for things that did not require tickets, such as fruit candy, straw paper, soy sauce and vinegar.

Originally, he had not thought of buying toilet paper. When he heard Zhang Chunyan wanted him to buy toilet paper for him, he suddenly remembered this thing.

It's not impossible to do it without straw paper, but using sticks, bamboo sticks, leaves or other things will be a bit painful, and the scraping technique also requires a lot, so you will hurt yourself if you are not careful.

If you happen to have diarrhea, it would be a very sour feeling.

As for the fruit candies, he wanted to buy them for Xu Dani as snacks, and to treat people when he asked for help.

At one cent each, he bought a hundred at once.

After buying the straw paper and fruit candies, he immediately ran to buy six small wine jars each weighing five kilograms, some oil paper, some small hemp ropes and some large net bags. Then he went to get a jar of soy sauce, a jar of aged vinegar and a jar of loose wine, and sealed the jars with oil paper and small hemp ropes.

The remaining three small wine jars were intended to store sugar, peanut oil and salt taken out from the storage space.

Afterwards, he carried a small wine jar tied with a hemp rope and a net bag and went to the drugstore to buy spices such as cinnamon bark and grass berries, and also prepared ten sets of traditional Chinese medicine that he usually used to warm and nourish his body.

In this way, all the things such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. needed to meet the basic needs of life are available, and he no longer has to worry about the food being unpalatable.

By the time he left the pharmacy, he had nearly 20 yuan less in his pocket.

Among them, the more expensive ones are the six small wine jars, each costing 6 cents.

In addition, he spent more than 5 yuan on spices such as cinnamon and grass fruit, and more than 10 yuan on the ten sets of Chinese medicine. Then, he found a remote and deserted place, took out five pounds of sugar, peanut oil and salt from the primary space, put them in the three empty wine jars, and also took out five pounds of fat and lean pork and wrapped it in oil paper.

As for food, he had no intention of taking it. He planned to wait until he had finished eating the food he had received from the production team.

Not long after, he carried a lot of things out of the county town and returned to where the mule cart was parked.

When Old Sun and Sun Jinwang saw Li Guoqiang coming back with so many small wine jars, they couldn't help feeling surprised for a moment, and then they couldn't help asking Li Guoqiang what he bought.

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang just said that he bought some soy sauce, aged vinegar and liquor, and also bought some fruit candies, straw paper and some medicine. He did not mention anything about peanut oil, sugar, spices and pork.

By the way, he did not forget to open the jar of liquor and poured some for Lao Sun and Sun Jinwang to taste, which made Lao Sun and Sun Jinwang very satisfied. Their attitude towards him also became closer, at least they were not as disgusted as before.

While Old Sun and Sun Jinwang were slowly tasting the wine, Li Guoqiang put the things on the mule cart and tied them up with hemp ropes, then quickly ran to the market to buy other things.

Since he and Qu Yinfeng were now living together as a family, he did not look at the things that were already at home and went straight to the stalls selling food.

After some bargaining, he soon had five pounds of frozen persimmons, five pounds of frozen pears, two sticks of sweet sugarcane, three strings of candied haws, and a basket of various vegetables such as cabbage, radish, pickled mustard greens, pickled radish tops, dried beans, etc.

Seeing that he still had a lot of things to buy, he immediately thought of buying a sled. He rushed to the stalls selling second-hand goods and spent a huge sum of 18 yuan to buy a luxury sled.

This sled is not only nearly one meter wide, but also more than two meters long. In addition to the shelves for storing things at the front and back, there is also a chair in the middle that can seat two people. There is also a rabbit skin cushion on the chair, which looks particularly high-end and classy.

Seeing that Li Guoqiang was a straightforward person, the stall owner gave him a pipe and also treated him to a bowl of salty tofu pudding.

It is said that this pipe and the sled both belonged to a wealthy local tycoon in the past, and they were made of mahogany.

As for why it appears at this grand gathering now, I can only say that those who understand will understand.

Li Guoqiang had no intention of delving further into the matter. He just asked for the other party's contact address and planned to visit the other party's home again when he had the chance to see if there were any other treasures.

Soon, with the help of the stall owner, he placed all the things he had just bought on the shelves of the sled.

Then he pulled the sled to buy the sewing basket and needles and thread that Zhang Chunyan wanted, and also bought a wooden comb and a small mirror for Xu Dani.

Then he went to the poultry and livestock market and asked how large animals such as cows, horses, donkeys and mules were sold.

After learning that he needed a letter of introduction from the production team or unit to buy these large animals, he immediately turned around and went to the chicken, duck and geese seller. In the end, he spent money to buy two chicks, one male and one female, two ducklings, two goslings and two piglets, which were just within the standard for each household to raise.

Originally he wanted to buy two puppies, but since he couldn't tell which dog was a good one, and he wouldn't be able to raise too many poultry and livestock at once, he didn't make the purchase in the end.

In order to pack these poultry and livestock, he went to a handicraft shop and bought two baskets, one large and one small. One for the six chickens, ducks and geese, and the other for the two piglets. He tied them to the shelf in front of the sled so that he could take care of them at any time when he returned.

At this point, he had basically bought everything he wanted, and then he didn't waste much time and pulled the sled back to the mule cart.

When Old Sun and Sun Jinwang saw that Li Guoqiang had bought such a good sled, they were instantly surprised and came forward to inquire about the situation.

When they learned that Li Guoqiang had bought such a high-end, classy mahogany seat sled for only 18 yuan, and was also given a pipe made of brass and mahogany, they immediately felt envious.

(End of this chapter)