Chapter 11 Buying Meat, The Second Step To Get Rich
Li Rong asked the price.
The price the boss sells is more than double that of the supply and marketing cooperative.
She thought about it and bought a can from the seller. She had never tasted malted milk of this era. She had heard old people say that it was expensive and very sweet.
She wanted to try it too.
I took the money and bought a can.
There were not many stalls selling pork in the 'Free Market'. The meat stalls were all in houses. When Li Rong walked in, several people looked at her. The person cutting the meat was an aunt.
Li Rong asked the price and ordered five kilograms of meat, which she planned to use for braising. She also cut a kilogram of pork belly and saved it for making Dongpo pork tonight.
She bought a lot, and the aunt's attitude towards her didn't change much. Unlike outside, where she would greet her with a smile after buying too much. Li Rong thought to herself, the people here are quite wary.
In order to make braised meat, Li Rong bought a lot of spices. She knew that she would buy a lot of things today. She was afraid of attracting attention, so she came out with a basket and put the purchased things in the basket. She covered them with a cloth and couldn't see them at all.
Come out and find out what's inside.
Li Rong walked out of the 'free market' carrying a basket.
She didn't know if it was because of her heart, but she felt that many people on the street would look at her twice, and her hands were sweating a little. It was the first time she had done such a thing, and it was very exciting.
It wasn't until she got on the bus that Li Rong felt relieved.
It was past lunch time when she got home, so Li Rong ate a few pastries to fill her stomach. To be honest, they didn't taste very good, maybe because the pastries she ate in later generations were more fragrant and delicate.
The woodshed converted into a stove has been used for several days. It has its own kitchen, and Li Rong can cook more easily.
She took out the meat she bought and processed it, cut it into long strips, put it in a four-piece set to remove the smell, blanch it in water, took it out and washed it twice with water to clean away the scum, and finally cooked it according to the fragrant marinade in her memory.
The recipe adds spices and cooks it.
When the spices are boiled, the smell is strong and the fragrance leaves the yard. Fortunately, everyone living around has gone to work, otherwise it would be difficult to explain if someone smells it.
Li Rong boiled another twenty eggs, cracked them into cracks and put them in to cook together.
More than an hour later, Li Rong tried a piece of braised pork. The taste was just right and the meat was stewed soft, but this did not mean that the stewed meat was finished. The stewed meat relied on boiling for three minutes and soaking for seven minutes.
After dividing it, the rest is to soak it to soak the flavor thoroughly.
She took the meat and eggs into a clean casserole and soaked them.
After finishing all this, it was time to make dinner. Zhao Qingsong came back from nowhere. He was carrying a bunch of fish in his hand. He used straws threaded through the fish's gills to hold them together. The fish was about the size of a palm, and there were four of them.
Five items.
Zhao Qingsong's trouser legs were wet and there was mud on his body, which looked a little funny.
Li Rong thought of his feet and frowned: "What did you do to end up like this?"
Zhao Qingsong said with great interest: "The brigade harvested rice and released water. There were many fish in the ditch. I saw everyone going to touch them, so I followed suit. Unexpectedly, I actually touched a few fish."
He was beaming with joy, like a child expecting praise from his parents. In fact, he did vaguely hope that Li Rong would say something and looked at her with bright eyes.
Li Rong took the fish, her expression was not good, and she couldn't control her tone and said coldly: "Don't you know that your feet are inconvenient? If you see others fishing in the ditch, you will follow them. What if you fall?"
Zhao Qingsong's heart was feeling hot, but Li Rong poured a basin of cold water down on her. The raised corners of her mouth froze and she said in a muffled voice: "I won't fall."
"You said you can't, so you can't? Others have good feet, and if they run too fast, they bump into you." Li Rong pulled out the straw, took down the fish and cleaned it, and did not see Zhao Qingsong's expression.
Zhao Qingsong closed his eyes and took a slow breath: "The injury on my foot has healed a long time ago. Except for walking a little lame, everything else is the same as normal people. Except that I can't go to work, I can do everything they can do. No."
So fragile."
Li Rong didn't even raise her head: "It's not that you can't do it, but there are so many people fishing in the ditch. What if someone hits you and falls down, injuring other places?"
After all, she just thought that her legs and feet were inconvenient and she was not suitable for anything. Zhao Qingsong suddenly felt a little sad and walked away with the sourness in his heart.
Li Rong couldn't hear the sound and raised her head in confusion. She only saw the tall, thin man with slumped shoulders and a somewhat depressed back. She squinted, feeling a little strange but didn't think deeply about it. She lowered her head to remove the scales and open the belly of the fish.
After the meal, Zhao Qingsong silently packed up the dishes and washed them. This was a tacit understanding between the two. One cooked and the other washed the dishes. After the meal, Li Rong sat in the yard to enjoy the wind for a while before taking a shower.
She was lying on the kang, thinking about how to sell braised meat the next day, and how to set the right price. She almost had it figured out, and Zhao Qingsong came back with water vapor.
The man was wearing cool clothes, big shorts and a white vest, revealing his thin limbs. When he was holding the kang, the muscles in his arms were full of strength. It was the first time for Li Rong to be in the same room with a man so late, and this man was still watching by herself.
Now I am lying on a kang, my thoughts are gradually going astray, and my heart is pounding.
Li Rong stared at the man and didn't feel embarrassed at all when he caught him. She even smiled and said, "You have a good figure."
Zhao Qingsong still remembered what she said in the evening and turned his head without speaking.
"Hey," Li Rong was happy and sat up, "What happened to you tonight? You had a cold face even when you were eating."
"Nothing. Go to bed early."
"It's strange. Why are you always angry for no reason? You can cook for yourself tomorrow." Li Rong lay down and covered herself with a blanket, facing away from Zhao Qingsong.
Zhao Qingsong looked at her back and said, come on, before he could even think about it, the woman became angry, and according to her words, if he didn't coax the woman well, there would be no food to eat tomorrow.
After only a few meals cooked by Li Rong, Zhao Qingsong could no longer eat anything cooked by others.
The steamed buns that Song Xiaoshan and I ate at the state-owned restaurant today were greasy and not as good as the ones made by Li Rong. Not being able to eat the rice cooked by Li Rong was like punishing him.
Zhao Qingsong found that every time he sulked with a woman, he always suffered the loss, and he felt even more depressed. He sighed and called Li Rong.
Li Rong covered her ears.
Zhao Qingsong recalled what she said on the day of the separation. He pursed his lips into a thin line and said, "I have wronged you by marrying a cripple, but in fact I am no different from a normal person. As long as you live a good life, I will not let you live a hard life."
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He paused, "If you want to divorce and find a better one -"
As soon as he said this, Li Rong couldn't pretend that she hadn't heard anything and couldn't help but interrupt him: "Why are you talking about divorce again? I never said that I felt wronged by marrying a cripple."
Zhao Qingsong looked at Li Rong steadily. Li Rong suddenly thought that he had not said it, and he could not guarantee that the original owner had not said it.
She sighed: "No matter what I said or did before, I am living a good life with you now, and I don't dislike you."