I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

Cao Dongfang told Director Wang all this just to curry favor. The power of the street offices in this era was very great.

Cao Dongfang is not afraid, but after all, he still has his mother, Cao Jiajia, and He Yushui at home.

Director Wang from the Street Office is okay, the ladies are also enthusiastic, and Cao Dongfang has no shortage of food coupons, cloth coupons, etc.

It’s better not to do it and sell another piece of news, which will be of great use to their families in the second half of the year.

The street office has great power, and the director of the street office is a section-level cadre, whose salary plus benefits is only between 110 and 120 yuan.

The key point is that they don’t have many tickets of various kinds, so what’s the use of having money.

Tickets are more important than money. At the same time, food is money, but money is not food.

During the chaos before the founding of the People's Republic of China, a gold ring was only worth a steamed bun in many places, which shows the importance of food. In particular,

Our country is a population superpower!

It requires too much food!

Cao Dongfang plans to hunt from Monday to Friday, the 29th and 30th of the lunar year, to rest and prepare for the New Year.

Combine work and rest, and hunting is also for the employees to eat more meat.

The steel rolling mill now has 7300 employees, and the number is expected to reach 60 by the early 8000s.

Deputy Factory Director Shen hopes that starting from the 26th day of the Lunar New Year, Cao Dongfang will produce more meat as a benefit for the employees.

There is only 4 taels of meat for the New Year, which is purchased from the slaughterhouse. It is not enough!

Totally not enough!

The more meat the better. Ten thousand pounds a day is not too much. The steel mill has money to eat meat, but there is too little meat.

The workers get one pound of meat a month by begging the factory for it.

Now let’s look at Cao Dongfang’s. Last year, each person had one and a half kilograms of meat during the Spring Festival. This year, it would be better if everyone had more than one kilogram of meat.

Cao Dongfang did not make any promises, he just said he would try his best!

.......

On Monday, the 10th day of the lunar year, Cao Dongfang shot wild boars in one go.

A total of 1,863 kilograms.

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar year, nine wild boars weighed one thousand six hundred and ninety kilograms.

On the 27th day of the lunar year, Cao Dongfang began to work hard, from the time he left the steel mill at 8:30 in the morning to the time he returned to the steel mill at 8:30 in the evening, a total of twelve hours.

They killed eighteen wild boars, eight wild sheep, and eight pheasants, giving one to each of the four apprentices, and four chickens and one sheep to Guan Shu and his friends.

On the 28th day of the lunar year, we finished work at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and went to the street office.

One wild boar was left at the street office, and two bison, three wild boars, and five wild sheep were taken to the steel rolling mill. The three wild sheep were placed in the garage and will be divided among the people in the convoy tomorrow.

We went hunting for the last day on the 29th day of the lunar year. We arrived at the steel mill at 6pm and brought back three bison, seven wild boars, five wild sheep and twelve pheasants.

All of them were handed over to the factory. The factory leaders were very happy. Each person got a pound of meat. Cao Dongfang’s meat alone was almost enough. Beef is also meat!

Lamb is pretty good, and so is pheasant. It’s a good idea to make some friends during the New Year.

Cao Dongfang ignored it. He went back to eat, cook, and then go exercise with Chen Xueru after ten o'clock.

Cao Dongfang's days are very fulfilling these days.

.......

On New Year's Eve, the office closed and Cao Dongfang had no work in the afternoon. He went home, visited Chen Xueru in the afternoon, and then came back to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Dongfang, I gave two kilograms of meat each to Mr. Niu and Mr. Pian yesterday. Is that okay?" Chen Xueru asked.

"It's okay, they didn't buy the meat, they bought it from you and didn't charge you." Cao Dongfang said.

"Pian Ye bought a pound of lean meat, and Niu Ye's ticket was given to someone else. An old friend needs to be nourished, he is not in good health.

They just want to buy some from me. Who doesn’t make dumplings during Chinese New Year?

I don't want any money. You said before that either you give it to me directly, or you don't have it or you want another ticket. Are you determined not to take any money?

There weren’t many things, so I didn’t even take any money or notes.” Chen Xueru said.

“This is good, these two people can do it, you have helped them, and they will help you if you have any problems, just help people to distinguish between people.

A few pounds of meat is nothing, what else do you need?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"We've been together for quite some time, please help me. I don't need anything. The food you brought me the day before yesterday is enough for me to last until the 15th," said Chen Xueru.

"As long as there is nothing missing, the store is closed. This is too... I will go back to cook and come over around 8pm."

understood!

.......

I went home and started cooking. I took out everything from my schoolbag. There was chicken, fish and meat, but the only thing missing was a duck. I was too lazy to buy roast duck.

I bought a salted duck from System Cow. Cao Dongfang had eaten it before and it tasted pretty good. I’ll have a chicken tonight.

White-cut chicken, salted duck, husband and wife lung slices, spicy tripe shreds, these four are cold dishes, first-class tofu, steamed turbot, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, braised prawns. One Buddha jumps over the wall as soup.

If there are few people, eight dishes and one soup will be enough. Nowadays, there are not many restaurants in the country that can provide such a feast.

Cao Dongfang put poison in the sweet and sour pork tenderloin, but not in other dishes. It was Chinese New Year, and sweet and sour pork tenderloin was a home-cooked dish, so it was not considered to exceed the standard.

It is very quick to cook four dishes over two flames, and Cao Dongfang makes a little more of each, so that four or five meals can be eaten at one time, and then he can put them down and eat them slowly.

"Brother, I'll drink a bottle of Coke. Today is New Year's Day. Mom said we should sleep for a while and get up at three o'clock to make dumplings." Cao Jiajia said.

"The drinks I bought yesterday, you're thinking about them again today.

Tell mom that she doesn't need to get up. Yushui and I will make dumplings later. You should also bring a bottle for Yushui. She is always craving for it." Cao Dongfang said.

"I'll get a bottle for Sister Yushui. I'm not greedy. I just want to drink it.

I told mom that she didn't need to get up, and you and Sister Yushui can make dumplings." Cao Jiajia said slyly.

"Go away, I'm bothering you, little brat!" said Cao Dongfang.

"Hmph, I'm not going to pay attention to you!" Cao Jiajia took the Coke and left.

.......

Before dinner, Mother Cao gave Grandma Wang a bowl of sweet and sour pork ribs.

After paying homage to Cao Dashan, let’s have dinner!

"Eight dishes and one soup. Dongfang's cooking skills have improved. There are also many things. The income from hunting is really good." Cao's mother said.

"It's OK. I made more than 10,000 yuan in the five days before the New Year, and I also exchanged a lot of things. Now pork, lamb, and beef are all good products.

During the Chinese New Year, that unit doesn’t want to give out some benefits, so we don’t need to pay money, but just barter. The state units are happy, and everyone is happy! "Cao Dongfang said.

“Meat, Grandma Wang bought it, but it was all lean meat, good meat was not available at all.

People lined up at three o'clock, and the butcher shop opened at eight o'clock. They worked for five hours without fear of freezing. I admire them." Cao's mother said.

“It’s okay to queue up at three o’clock in the morning just to celebrate the New Year. Having meat is better than having no meat.

We will let Cao Jiajia queue up at three o'clock to buy meat in the future, since she likes to eat meat anyway." Cao Dongfang said.

"Brother, what do you want me to do?" Cao Jiajia asked blankly with sweet and sour sauce all over her mouth.

"It's none of your business. Just eat your meal. You don't need to go buy meat." said Cao's mother.

"Brother Dongfang, do you need to buy some meat? I'll go buy it. It seems that our meat coupons have not been used yet and are all invalidated." He Yushui said.

"You don't have to buy meat. You can give the dated tickets to teachers or classmates in need. Don't give a large amount each time. If the need is not too great, the tickets will be invalidated and you can save some for the country.

Many of my votes have been invalidated, and I can’t give relief to everyone. There are too many poor people these days, and they will be jealous. "Cao Dongfang said.

"It would be better to lend it to the teacher. He can use it at school..." Cao Jiajia stopped talking halfway.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Cao Jiajia, you are itching for trouble. You know how to bribe the teacher when you are less than nine years old. I know I will beat you." Cao's mother said seriously.

"Mom, I didn't. I just said that our classmate's parents..." Cao Jiajia said aggrievedly.

"It's another parent of a classmate who doesn't study well. His child doesn't study well, so he bribes the teacher? Does your teacher want it?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"I don't know whether it is necessary or not. I haven't seen it. I was a little nicer to that classmate." Cao Jiajia said.

"What's the use? A student's task is to study well. It's enough if you don't get bullied at school. If someone bullies you, tell Yu Shui and me. Did you hear me?" Cao Dongfang said.

"Got it, brother."

"Got it, Brother Dongfang."

"Brother, what kind of duck is this? It's delicious and much less oily than roast duck. You can eat more of it." Cao Jiajia said while looking at the salted duck.

“You’re still eating more. How much money do you have? You’re a little foodie. You’ve been eating every day for years and it’s still not enough.” Cao Dongfang said.

"Dongfang, this salted duck tastes great. These four cold dishes all taste good. The three spicier ones are all delicious." Cao's mother said.

"It's better to eat spicy food with rice. I use less chili so that everyone can eat it. We all like braised food. I think it's better to eat less chili. This food goes well with rice." Cao Dongfang said.

"Eat something for a change, not too spicy."

"Brother Dongfang, these are spicy and delicious!" said He Yushui.