80s: The Farmer’s Wife Is The Boss

Chapter 7, eight cents per catty

Listening to the voices around her, Mei Xue knew one thing, "Grandma, how much can we sell for so much?"

Grandma He smiled. Seeing Xiaoxue so nervous, she thought Xiaoxue was frightened by the money: "No less than thirty yuan."

Meixue is going crazy. There must be at least thirty kilograms here. It only costs thirty yuan to sell them all. Oh my god, can she not sell them?

 “Haha, this precious gold is so valuable. Now it can be sold for at least 80 cents per catty.” Grandma He said with a proud face.

Eight cents?

Meixue was really crazy: "Grandma, can we not sell it?" At this price, it is better to take it home and eat it.

"What's wrong?" Grandma He found a place, stopped, and asked.

“It’s so cheap, I’ll make a loss if I sell it.” In the end, Mei Xue couldn’t say that this thing would be sold for hundreds or thousands in future generations.

 In the lifetime, meat was not something ordinary people could afford. Even wealthy people could only eat a few meals a month.

 She is also greedy for meat.

"Cheap?" Grandma He couldn't laugh or cry, "Do you know how much pork costs per pound? Pig meat only costs one dollar and twenty cents per pound. It has meat, but it has thorns. It's only a few cents cheaper than pork. ”

Hearing this, Mei Xue did not dare to ask any more questions. She could only listen to her grandma and sell it.

 Fortunately, there are quite a lot of people who like this thing, and it was sold out in about an hour.

With thirty yuan in her hand, Grandma He looked happy and said, "Let's go, Grandma will buy you some meat."

Mei Xue felt better after hearing the news. "Yeah, I'll also buy oil." There are still crabs in her space that haven't been fried yet.

 “Haha, buy it.”

At this time, everyone eats lard, and few people eat vegetable oil, which is expensive.

 Besides, if you buy some fat meat, you can boil it into a lot of oil, and the oil residue can be used as food, so it’s very cost-effective.

So, the unknowing Mei Xue was led down a deep pit road again, which made her like the smell of lard.

Businesses are now private. When Mei Xue followed her grandma to the pork stall, the meat was still bleeding, and it looked like it had just been killed.

 “Would you like some meat, old lady?” Boss Pig was also very hospitable and asked Grandma He with a big smile on his face.

Having money in hand, she doesn’t feel anxious. The old lady has a lot of money, and she has a lot of confidence.

 “Bring me two kilograms of fat meat and half a kilogram of lean meat.” Generally, fewer people buy lean meat and more fat meat because fat meat can be cooked in oil.

 Lean meat has no oil or water, and is very firewood. Unless it is cheap, most families will not buy it.

Meixue swallowed as she smelled the aroma of the pork, the soft and glutinous braised pork (only seen in the picture), the sweet and sour pork ribs (shown in the picture) and so on.

Mei Xue wanted to rob the boss, but her reason stopped her.

But the look of swallowing saliva made everyone look at her, and Grandma He looked distressed.

 If she was my granddaughter, how could she be so greedy for meat? This is where my heartache started.

“Xiaoxue, be good, grandma will make some stew for you tonight.” Grandma He held Mei Xue’s hand tightly, as if she was afraid that she wouldn’t be able to resist eating raw meat.

Meixue also came to her senses at this time and felt a little embarrassed, "Haha, grandma is so kind."

Seeing that the grandfather and grandson were very friendly, the boss laughed out loud and said: "The old lady really loves her children. If the meat is to be stewed, this piece of meat is better, and the price is cheaper than fat meat."

 The boss took out a piece of pork belly, which was almost a pound, from behind the chopping board. It was originally reserved for his son.

Seeing how kind they were, the boss couldn't help but take it out.

 When she saw the pork belly, Mei Xue's eyes lit up and she looked at Grandma He longingly.

The old lady couldn't stand Mei Xue's pleading eyes, and immediately nodded in pain: "Okay, boss, take this piece, and don't want the lean meat."

The boss was confused, why didn’t he want to lose weight? He...forget it, forget it, it’s not a good idea.

Of course, Mei Xue saw the boss's embarrassment, but she didn't have much money, so she could only buy more meat next time when she had money.

“The old lady gives it to you. It’s four pounds and one tael in total. It counts as four pounds for you.” The boss tied the meat with a straw rope and handed it to the old lady. ,

Mei Xue quickly took it.

Seeing her childish look, the old lady couldn't laugh or cry: "Here." After paying the money, it was already getting late, and the work in the fields was not finished yet, so she had to go back.

"Xiaoxue, let's go home." The old lady took Mei Xue and walked back the way she came.

"I listen to grandma." Mei Xue didn't ask for much, as long as she had meat to eat today.

Grandma He was so happy that the grandfather and grandson walked home with a full harvest.

 It was almost noon when I got home. I had walked all the way and had something to eat at home in the morning. Now my stomach is already empty.

As soon as she entered the house, Mei Xue carried the meat and walked to the kitchen: "Grandma, you go and rest for a while, I'll cook."

The old lady was indeed tired, and she was not polite to her grandson's daughter-in-law: "Okay, then I'll go and sit down. I'm old and no longer useful."

Sit under the eaves and rest for a while. When she calmed down, the smell of fragrance came out of the kitchen. The old lady felt a little bit reluctant, but she saw Xiaoxue's thin body again.

 “Forget it, it’s a blessing to be able to eat.”

 I got up and went to the well to wash my face. I felt much more energetic.

Eating mountains in the mountains, this well is also the groundwater in the mountains.

There is a water well in the front yard of the house, and a shallow well dug by myself at the back of the house. It is usually used for washing clothes and vegetables. The door of the well is wide open, and the water flows down from the mountain. When the water is full, it flows out by itself. go out.

Mei Xue uses the water at the back of the kitchen when washing rice and washing vegetables. Mei Xue is a very mobile person, and she can finish the meal quickly, and the dishes are not too complicated for her to make.

Of course, she couldn’t do it no matter how complicated it was. She could only cut off some lean meat, chop it into pieces, and then make meatball soup.

Vegetables are even simpler, they are all grown at home, and this is the time when the family has a good harvest.

Two simple dishes, one dish and one soup, one meat and one vegetarian, "Grandma, it's time to eat." The sun was getting stronger and stronger, and the fire in the kitchen was also very hot.

Mei Xue brought the dishes to the small table outside the kitchen. This place is usually used by the family to eat. Visitors only eat in the kitchen because there is a big table inside.

If the family is hosting a banquet, it has to be in the courtyard or the main room. Of course, for the grandparent and grandson, eating on a small table is just right.

The rice cooker was also opened early. Mei Xue knows how to use the stove here, which is similar to the one she cooks outdoors on weekdays.

“Here, my Xiaoxue is in trouble.” The old lady hung her towel on the wall of the house.

The houses in Hejia Village are all wooden houses. Nails are driven into the wooden walls and ropes are pulled on them, so many things can be hung.

This lunch was very delicious. Grandma He was happy that her grandson finally married a wife, and Mei Xue was happy that she could finally live a life with enough food and no worries.

 (End of this chapter)