Siheyuan: Cooking journey

The banquet ended in a bad mood and the atmosphere was extremely awkward.

The more Deputy Director Li thought about it, the angrier he became.

He knew clearly that He Yuzhu definitely did it on purpose.

The key point is that he has no way to deal with He Yuzhu.

This time it's a private treat.

Director Yang issued a strict order that the canteen was not allowed to buy meat. If this matter got out, it would be difficult to explain.

Besides, the food was tasteless and there was nothing to blame.

"You wait and see..."

Deputy Director Li was so angry that he slammed the table and stood up to leave. He glanced at the table full of dishes, and an idea came to his mind, with a sarcastic smile on his face.

He saw through it.

It's fake that he was trying to take revenge on someone, it's also fake that he deliberately made the food taste bad, the real reason is that he wanted to eat the whole table of food alone.

Then your wish will come true.

……

The banquet is over.

Ma Hua took Qin Huairu to clean the private room.

Looking at the almost untouched delicacies on the table, Qin Huairu couldn't help but breathe quickly and couldn't help asking:

"How do you usually prepare these dishes?"

"Just feed the pigs, what else can I do?" Ma Hua said nonchalantly.

In the past, he often took leftovers home.

Ever since He Yuzhu reminded Liu Lan about that matter, he never brought her with him again.

"Feeding pigs?" Qin Huairu said regretfully, "What a waste."

"Can I take it home?"

Remembering that He Yuzhu often brought it in the past, Qin Huairu asked expectantly.

"It depends on whether this matter is investigated or not. Liu Lan was caught by Deputy Director Li when she brought leftovers home. He accused her of stealing things from the factory, and because of this, she was transferred to the workshop."

Ma Hua glanced at her and said in a strange voice: "With your relationship with Deputy Director Li, it shouldn't be a big deal if you take him back."

There is no relationship between him and me.

Qin Huairu wanted to refute, but looking at the table of food, her heart was even more shaken.

……

The announcement of leaving get off work sounded.

He Yuzhu immediately slipped away.

He was so focused on punishing Deputy Director Li that he completely forgot about his date.

He planned to meet Ran Qiuye first, and then deal with the matter of Deputy Director Li.

I went back home and changed my clothes.

When I arrived at the bus stop, Ran Qiuye was already waiting there.

When it comes to not being able to date,

Although Ran Qiuye smiled and said it was okay,

He Yuzhu still caught a hint of loss in her eyes.

For a moment, he wanted to postpone the task at hand.

He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle to send her home. In broad daylight, he was too embarrassed to hug her, so he had to keep this friendship deep in his heart.

Afterwards, He Yuzhu rode his bike to the black market.

The so-called black market was located in an inconspicuous alley near the city gate.

The black market exists simply because there is demand.

At that time, people in the city had food ration books, and any unused monthly rations could be exchanged for food coupons or other tickets.

Some people don’t have enough to eat, so they need to buy food coupons. They can’t go hungry.

The farmers in the commune earned work points and exchanged them for food. They had no food coupons, no tickets at all.

If you need daily necessities, you can only go to the city to exchange other tickets for the vegetables you grow, chickens and ducks you raise, etc.

To meet daily needs, every commune has a supply and marketing cooperative, which sells basic necessities and also uses money to purchase chickens, ducks, etc.

City dwellers felt that eating grain was not cost-effective, so they would take their food stamps to the commune to exchange for dried sweet potatoes.

This type of transaction is expressly prohibited because it will disrupt market order.

But if it is just a minor incident, people usually turn a blind eye and don't bother to care.

Even so, inspections are very strict, with staff from each street patrolling and cracking down on the black market, just like modern urban management, except that they don't confiscate things, they usually just drive people away.

Once the transaction scale becomes larger, relevant departments will intervene.

Because under the planned economic system, everything is allocated according to quotas. Once a large number of tickets and materials are circulated, it means that someone is enriching themselves and misappropriating state property for illegal transactions.

So, it’s okay to sell a chicken on the black market, and it’s also okay to buy a chicken.

Eggs and the like are fine, and exchanging small amounts of food coupons for cash is no problem.

But if it's half a pig or a sheep, that would be a big problem.

Livestock such as pigs and sheep cannot be slaughtered privately. Only meat processing plants have this authority. Meat required by major vegetable markets and factories is supplied by meat processing plants according to quotas. If a commune or factory wants to slaughter pigs, they must submit a report stating the source and purpose of the pigs and apply for approval. Strict regulations prohibit private sales.

In other words, it is okay to slaughter a pig and share the food during the Chinese New Year, but it is not okay to buy and sell it.

He Yuzhu was pushing his cart around the black market, which was crowded with people after get off work. He walked around and asked several villagers selling chickens, most of whom wanted to exchange for cloth coupons or something like that.

There are also direct sales, but the price is very high.

The price at the vegetable market is 40 cents per pound. You have to queue up with a ticket. If you go too late, you won’t be able to buy anything.

It’s easy to buy on the black market at 80 cents a pound.

If you have a lot of tickets, you can buy chickens from the vegetable market and sell them on the black market, and easily double your money.

How could such destructive behavior not be strictly controlled?

Even the chickens sold by the villagers in the commune were strictly controlled and could only be sold to the village supply and marketing cooperative.

If outsiders try to purchase the products, it would be a disruption of order and they would be arrested by the militia and taken to a criticism meeting.

He Yuzhu looked around and exchanged soap tickets, a pound of sugar tickets, and a pound of pastry tickets for two chickens.

The director of the steel plant had given away a lot of these tickets before.

He Yuzhu didn't feel bad about the change, it was much more cost-effective than spending the money directly.

The two chickens are not big, about three or four pounds.

Authentic farm chicken.

……

Amid the passionate broadcast,

Qin Huairu held the bag tightly in her hand, looking straight ahead, and was about to walk out of the factory gate.

In the security room,

Deputy Director Li waved his hand coldly, and several security guards immediately stepped forward to stop Qin Huairu.

Seeing Qin Huairu panicking,

Deputy Director Li felt very happy.

When He Yuzhu left before, he was empty-handed and did not take the leftovers with him, so he guessed that Qin Huairu took them.

This time, he has confessed himself.

Deputy Director Li sneered grimly.

He Yuzhu, just wait and see how I deal with your confidante.