60s: I have a store

Chapter 46 Roast Duck
Afterwards, Zhou Yimin went to the steel plant to punch in and show up.

As he expected, he became a celebrity in the factory.

Most of the buyers in the same department had gone out to purchase goods, leaving only Section Chief Wang in the base camp. Zhou Yimin boasted to him for a while and then left the steel plant.

He went to Quanjude and bought a roast duck.

The current roast duck is either expensive or not expensive, 6 yuan per piece. On the surface, it is expensive, after all, the average salary is only more than yuan.

However, this price is nothing compared to the meat on the black market.

Some people may say, why not buy more from these regular stores and sell them at a high price on the black market, wouldn’t that make you rich?

I can only say that you are overthinking it. What can you buy now without a ticket? Can you buy it on a large scale?

Zhou Yimin knew that in a few years, Quanjude would not be spared. By then, even this sign would have to be taken down and the name of the restaurant would be changed to Beijing Roast Duck Restaurant.

In Beijing, besides Quanjude, there is also Bianyifang’s roast duck.

Although they are both roast duck, the techniques are different. Quanjude roasts the duck in a hanging oven, while Bianyifang roasts the duck in a stewing oven. It can only be said that each has its own merits!

After buying the roast duck, Zhou Yimin put a few kilograms of apples, ten kilograms of noodles, and ten kilograms of sausages into the shopping basket.

In addition, I also bought some seeds from the store in my mind. There are seven or eight kinds of seeds, mostly melons and vegetables with a relatively short growing period, such as Chinese cabbage, rapeseed, beans, etc., which can be harvested in one or two months.

There are also pumpkins, radishes, etc. whose growing period is more than four months.

It is early June now, and even crops that take more than four months to harvest can basically be harvested before the snow falls. It may affect the harvest, but it doesn't matter much, after all, what is grown on the riverbed belongs to the village.

Everything is ready, return to Zhoujiazhuang immediately.

"You're back so early?" Grandpa said in surprise when he saw his eldest grandson park his bicycle and move the shopping basket into the house.

He thought he would not be back until the evening! Or even until tomorrow.

"There's nothing to do at the factory, so I came back early. Grandpa, I bought a roast duck and we're going to have it tonight."

"Good! The roast duck is good."

The old man has barely eaten roast duck at his age! In this year, he can still eat roast duck, all thanks to his good grandson. Relying on his son? Even a sow would have to climb a tree.

After entering the house, Zhou Yimin took things out from the shopping basket.

Grandma also came out of the room, having just let the little girl Qianqian fall asleep.

"This sausage was purchased by a colleague and I asked for some." Zhou Yimin was becoming more and more adept at talking nonsense.

Grandma took the sausage and praised: "This sausage is well made!"

In fact, she wanted to tell her grandson not to bring food here all the time, because there was still plenty of preserved duck! She also brought back preserved sausages, but she couldn't finish them. She couldn't finish them at all.

"Grandma, let's have roast duck tonight. Let Lai Fu and the others come over to make it more lively." As he said that, Zhou Yimin took out the roast duck, and the aroma was fragrant.

"Okay, grandma knows."

The old lady knew that this was something that her beloved grandson had bought specially for them to taste. While she was touched, she also felt a little worried about her grandson's extravagant spending.

This doesn't feel like living!

Lately, my good grandson has been bringing things home just like he is buying supplies.

I hope that after I get married, there will be someone to take care of me, and things will change!
The old man didn't think so. After all, his grandson had performed so well during this period. With such great ability, how could he not be able to support the family in the future?
Most importantly, he saw that although his grandson seemed to be extravagant, he was actually a steady person who was confident in what he did.

"And this apple was given to me by a friend. Grandpa and grandma, you can have a try." Zhou Yimin once again made up a story out of nothing.

The old man and the others were shocked.

Apples at this time are harder to deal with than meat. It seems that their good grandson's friends are very capable!

Next, there are noodles, enamel teacups, etc.

The award from the factory last time was given to grandpa, and this one is for grandma, just right. "Why did you buy another teacup?" the old man asked, and found an enamel washbasin underneath, are you planning to move them all back to the village?

"Grandpa! I didn't buy this. It was a reward from the street. There was also a thermos, but I didn't take it back. The teacup is just right for my grandma, and there's also this washbasin."

The old lady was happy, because the prize was not only free but also gave her face.

"I'm going to give the old Party Secretary some seeds."

The old man nodded: "Well! Go! Come back soon."

Zhou Yimin found the old branch secretary and handed the seeds over to him.

"Yimin, thank you so much. Do you think this money is enough?" The old party secretary took out the money. There was very little money left in the village collective.

He was really grateful to Zhou Yimin.

First, he helped solve the food crisis, and then he came up with such a good idea, pointing out a clear path for Zhoujiazhuang. As long as they did it well, their village might become prosperous.

Zhou Yimin didn't even look at it, he put it away and said, "That's enough."

After thinking for a while, Zhou Yimin said, "Secretary, leave some land for us. I will get you some corn seeds in a few days."

He knew that even if the yield of this crop did not decrease, there would definitely not be enough to eat later and they would go hungry, so it was necessary to grow some coarse grains as a backup.

The old branch secretary smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant. I have to trouble you again."

As rural people, they know better than anyone that there will definitely not be enough food for the village to eat.

The only crop that can be planted at this time is autumn corn, which is planted about half a month before wheat harvest, so there is still time.

Without that stretch of riverbed, everything would be in vain.

After all, if you want to farm, you need land.

……

In Shangshui Village, Village Chief Wang listened to the news that the villagers had found out.

"Village Chief, do you think we should also..."

Who could let go of such a large piece of "land", and such fertile "land" at that?

Previously, it was always considered a river, and even though there was no water, no one had ever thought of using it. Unexpectedly, Zhoujiazhuang took the initiative, so what are we waiting for?
"What if the water comes at that time?" someone raised the hypothesis.

"Do you think there's a chance that the river will have water this year?"

“We don’t have any seeds either!”

In those days, grain seeds were usually reserved by the village, and it was not easy to buy them outside. Therefore, if a village could not help but eat the grain seeds, the consequences would be quite serious.

Village Chief Wang said, "Tomorrow you can take people to open up the land in our village."

Since we have discovered such an unplanned piece of "cultivated land", there is no reason to give it up. Especially since Shangshui Village has just experienced a famine and people have starved to death, we cherish it even more.

The matter of seeds requires a lot of thought.

"it is good!"

The villagers began to get excited and started to get ready.

They also knew that anything grown on the riverbed belonged to the village and did not need to be handed in. At least, they did not need to be handed in until there was a clear regulation from above.

……

In the courtyard, everyone was talking about the empty house. No one expected that Luo Dapeng would get there first.

(End of this chapter)