Although the chestnuts were sold at home by cutting holes, which saved time, the pot was not big enough, which still hindered the process.
It wasn't until after 5 p.m. that everything was sold out.
Lin Mai handed the half kilogram of chestnuts he had reserved specially to Mrs. Pang, saying it was for her grandson.
She stood up for her, so she should be thanked no matter what.
Mrs. Pang declined and accepted.
Lin Mai also left some chestnuts for Doudou.
The mother and daughter packed up their things and went to catch the six o'clock train.
If you miss this trip, you will have to wait for the ten o'clock train at night.
After frying chestnuts for more than seven hours today, Lin Mai's arms were so tired that he almost lost consciousness. Moreover, after standing for two days in a row, his legs were extremely sore.
Lying in bed at night, her arms and legs were sore and she couldn't help but groan.
Doudou, who was sleeping next to him, woke up when he heard the sound and asked in a sweet voice, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"Are arms."
"Let me rub it for you." The little guy rubbed one of her arms vigorously under the quilt, and she felt much better.
When he went to the provincial capital the next morning, Lin Mai borrowed the unused cauldron from Grandma Fang's house.
Having a big pot to fry chestnuts saved a lot of time, and all the chestnuts were sold out at around two o'clock in the afternoon.
Using a big pot also saved firewood, but Lin Mai didn't give half a penny less to Mrs. Pang.
This made Mrs. Pang very happy, and she reciprocated the favor and said to Lin Mai: "Bring the food here tomorrow and I will heat it for you. Don't eat cold rice balls anymore."
Lin Mai was not polite, smiled and said thank you.
Six days passed in a blink of an eye. During these six days, everything was calm and Lin Mai's arms adapted to the high-intensity labor.
In these six days plus the previous two days, she has already earned a small two hundred. Although it is equivalent to half a year's salary of ordinary workers in the city, it is still too little.
On this day, after finishing business, Lin Mai went to the black market and bought five pounds of meat stamps. Then he went to the state-owned market to weigh one pound of lean meat, preparing to go back and fry radish and meatballs for hot pot.
On a cold day, hot pot is the perfect meal.
When I arrived at the state-owned market, I heard one butcher complaining to another: "My acquaintance asked me to bring him pig intestines, but he hasn't come to pick them up yet."
"I probably regretted it, otherwise it would have been impossible not to come and get this point."
His colleague looked at him sympathetically. His acquaintance didn't want it anymore, so he had to buy the pig intestines himself.
The butcher's face became even more ugly: "It's impossible for me to help him carry goods next time."
In this era, pig offal and pig lungs were only sold to employees of the Meat Union, and ordinary people could not buy them.
The people who sell meat in the state-owned market are also employees of the meat factory, so they can buy it. Not only can it be bought, but the price is extremely low.
Lin Mai was moved and asked the butcher: "Can you sell me the pig intestines that your acquaintance doesn't want?"
The butcher nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay."
Lin Mai asked what the price was.
The butcher was very lucky to be able to sell the items, so he didn't raise the price randomly. The pig intestines were only 30 cents per pound, and no meat stamps were required.
Lin Mai not only bought the whole set of pig intestines, but also bought a few large pig bones.
The pork bones are very clean and there is almost no meat on them. Even though they only cost 20 cents a pound and no meat coupons are required, few people buy them.
People in this era like to eat meat and don't like to drink soup.
But Lin Mai loves to drink soup, especially the soup made from pork bones, which is very delicious.
After buying the ingredients, the mother and daughter left.
Sitting on the train, Doudou stared at the pork bones and pig intestines on the table, swung her feet happily, and asked Lin Mai: "Mom, can we have soup and meat tonight?"
Lin Mai pinched her little cheek: "You just remember to eat."
Doudou smiled sheepishly.
After getting off the train, before arriving at Grandma Fang's house, a middle-aged woman stopped Lin Mai with a smile on her face.
Lin Mai had some impression of her. When he and Doudou came back the day before yesterday, he saw her pulling Grandma Fang and not knowing what she was talking about. Grandma Fang was not willing to talk to her.
Why did she stop him? I'm not familiar with her~
The middle-aged woman asked in a familiar tone: "You're back."
Lin Mai responded with a nonchalant yes, and then asked, "Is something wrong?"
The middle-aged woman pointed to the front: "My surname is Wu. You call me Aunt Wu. I live in front. I have a good relationship with your Grandma Fang."
Grandma Fang didn't have a good relationship with her, but she said yes.
Lin Mai immediately concluded in his mind that this person named Wu was a scheming bitch.
Aunt Wu continued: "I have nothing to do with you, I just want to ask you why you bring so many chestnuts to the city every day?"
There's no need to tell the truth with a scheming bitch. Lin Mai lied just as he opened his mouth: "I'm delivering to someone else's state-owned canteen."
She made up this lie to prevent this old scheming bitch from buying chestnuts and selling them in the city.
Jiangcheng was so big, she actually didn't mind if she went to the city to sell chestnuts, even if he was on the same street as her.
There was so much traffic near the train station that she couldn't eat the whole cake by herself.
But she doesn't like scheming people, and this person's surname is Wu.
In her previous life, she was deceived and exploited so badly by the scumbag Wu Xiaoyu that she felt disgusted when she heard the surname Wu.
Aunt Wu was startled: "I deliver goods to the state-owned canteen."
Then he asked with disbelief, "Why do state-owned cafeterias need chestnuts?"
"When cooking, roasted dried beans with chestnuts is a good and cheap dish."
When Lin Mai was dealing with the old scheming bitch, Doudou had already let go of her hand and ran and shouted: "Grandpa, grandma, there is meat to eat tonight!"
The old couple quickly walked out of the house.
Grandma Fang said angrily: "Why are you buying meat again?"
Lin Mai took the opportunity to abandon the old scheming bitch and walked towards her with a smile: "I didn't buy meat. I bought pork bones and pig intestines. They are very cheap."
Grandpa Fang glanced at the old scheming bitch and saw that she was leaving in a huff, and then he smiled happily and said: "Pork bones are very delicious when cooked in soup, and pig intestines are fried and go well with wine."
No, I have to have two drinks tonight to celebrate getting Doudou a household registration."
Lin Mai asked in surprise: "The household registration has been registered."
Doudou was not a child brought back from an orphanage, but picked up near the train station. It is not easy to get a household registration. Even if there is a way, you have to apply for a lot of certificates.
Grandpa Fang is really amazing. He said it would be done within a week and he really did it.
The group entered the house, and Grandma Fang handed the household registration book to Lin Mai.
Lin Mai hugged Dou Dou into his arms, opened the household registration book, turned to the page of the head of the household, pointed to his name and showed it to her: "This is mother."
Doudou stared at the two big black eyes, looked at those two words seriously, and called out "Mom."
Lin Mai turned to Doudou's page again and showed it to her: "This is you. Our names are in the same household registration book. We will never be separated in the future."
Doudou was so happy that she couldn't express her joy, so she turned around and hugged Lin Mai for a few kisses.
Lin Mai also kissed her a few times, put away the household registration book, and went to wash the pig intestines.
But she was pushed aside by Grandma Fang: "You have been frying chestnuts for a day, your arms are not sore, go sit down and rest, just have me and your grandpa."
However, Lin Mai insisted on washing pig intestines with them and said with a smile that it was okay.
While washing the pig intestines, Grandma Fang asked, "What did that man named Wu say when he pulled you over just now?"