I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

After leaving the "Free Market", Cao Dongfang rode his bike in a relatively remote alley and looked around to see that there was no one around.

I bought three tomatoes, a big rooster, a piece of lean meat, and some hard candies from the system (White Rabbit milk candy was not available until 55, as they built the factory in 55, and it was not available in 53).

Tomorrow we can stew chicken, stewed chicken with mushrooms. This chicken is for appearance only. We have mushrooms at home, given by Xu Damao. It’s not just one or two, but a whole bunch, at least half a pound!

Xu Damao may have character issues (people of this era think so), but he is definitely not stingy and is a better human being than Sha Zhu.

In the compound, Cao Dongfang looked down on Sha Zhu. He had little contact with Xu Damao and it was difficult to judge him. One could not believe everything on TV.

It is not impossible that there is a certain gap between real people and their portrayal on TV. For example, your family is just a passerby in the courtyard, or they have moved away, or... did Hou Jie and Chen Xueru really live in this courtyard before?

Be skeptical of everything.

Be careful to verify!

Tomorrow I will put the rooster back into the system and buy some stewed chicken and mushrooms. Cao Dongfang doesn’t know how to cook it.

I thought about it and bought five big meat buns from the system. The three people in my family all like to eat them. There are one and a half taels of meat in the buns, which can be considered as eating meat to nourish the body.

As for whether to cook the six taels of lean meat, that was Cao's mother's business. The few pieces of hard candy belonged to Cao Jiajia, and children all liked to eat candy.

I bought three big apples and put them in my schoolbag. After thinking for a while, I bought a bunch of bananas. This fruit is abundant in the south, but not common in the north. However, it existed in the Republic of China.

It's all food for the big guys.

Cao Dongfang liked to eat it in his previous life, so he bought a handful and prepared to eat it with his mother Cao and Cao Jiajia.

Cao Dongfang is rich now, and he is going to give some money to his mother, not much, only 30 yuan. He spent some of the proceeds from the sale of the two wild sheep, and only had 30 yuan left.

I have to thank the butcher Zhang for double the amount Cao Dongfang paid on the bill. This kind of thing happens everywhere. He also promised to send him a wild goat the day after tomorrow.

......

"Hey, Dongfang is back. What's in your backpack? Why is it so hot? " Uncle Yan, the courtyard security guard, asked as soon as they arrived at the gate.

"Of course I have to put books in my schoolbag. It's a little hot today, but I'm still young and can bear it. It's almost time for dinner. I'll go back first. Uncle, see you later." After saying that, Cao Dongfang pushed the bike back to his home.

The third uncle just smiled and didn't care. What good things could a student have? Besides, Cao Dongfang had generously helped him and the people in the compound load the truck yesterday and charged him only five cents for two eggs.

The third uncle is a scholar after all, and he still has some shamelessness. He would not ask for anything from a fifteen-year-old child.

Cao Dongfang pushed the car into the house and spoke loudly to the kitchen.

"Mom, I'm back." Cao Dongfang shouted after entering the room. Cao Jiajia was reading a comic book. His mother was not there, but was cooking in the kitchen.

"I know. I'm cooking. I'll wash my hands and eat later." Cao's mother replied from the kitchen.

Cao Dongfang entered the kitchen carrying a large school bag and said to his mother, "Mom, I went hunting today and killed two wild goats and sold them at the 'free market'.

I bought a big rooster and Butcher Zhang gave me about 5 taels of lean meat. The fat was all sold out. He will leave some for me the day after tomorrow, about 6 to jins.

After saying that, he took out a processed rooster weighing more than two kilograms and about six ounces of lean meat from his big schoolbag and placed them on a table in the kitchen.

I took a look at the dishes in the kitchen. There were three eggs in the scrambled eggs, (better than Liu Haizhong) stir-fried zucchini, and an egg soup. There was no meat. Cao's mother couldn't even think about buying meat after get off work. She couldn't buy any at noon, let alone after get off work.

"For such a big chicken, it's good to have 6 taels of pure lean meat at this time. This butcher Zhang is okay. Son, you shot two wild goats, why didn't you keep some? Meat is harder to get than money." Cao's mother said.

“Wild goats and wild boars have too many bacteria and parasites in their bodies. If they are not cooked properly, people will get diarrhea easily if they eat them. So we sold them all!

It will be safer to eat farmed mutton and pork in the future. I also told Butcher Zhang to save some meat every three days, and I will use the meat to exchange for money to buy it.

He doesn't suffer any loss.

I can make some money! "Cao Dongfang said.

.......

"Look, the zucchini hasn't been fried yet, and the egg soup won't get cold. I'll cut the meat first and divide it into three portions. You can give one portion to Grandma Wang and your sister Chen, and give three eggs to each family. Six taels of meat is not a small amount when divided into three portions." said Cao's mother.

"As ordered, I also bought five buns, four big apples, three tomatoes, a handful of bananas, and six pieces of candy and put them in my schoolbag. I will eat them after dinner." Cao Dongfang said.

"Bananas are southern fruits. I only ate them once, after meals. Buy less sugar in the future. Jiajia told her to eat less sugar because it caused her toothache." said Cao's mother.

The two portions of meat that Cao Dongfang took from his mother were not much for later generations, but in the early 60s, each person only had half a pound of meat per year, which was a lot.

One delivery is half a pound of meat per person for a month, awesome. Cao Dongfang wrapped it in two pieces of paper and went to Grandma Wang's house first.

When, when, when.

Grandma Wang's door was not closed, and she could see three children in the room. The two older ones were reading, and the younger one was playing by himself. Grandma Wang was cooking in the kitchen.

Grandma Wang may not have heard it. The eldest son, Wang Shengli, who is 10 years old and in the third grade, saw Cao Dongfang and quickly stood up and asked, "Brother Dongfang, are you looking for my grandma? Grandma is cooking. I'll go call her."

"Hello, Brother Dongfang." At this time, the second oldest, eight-year-old Wang Xiaohua, and the third oldest, Wang Weiguo, also stood up and greeted Cao Dongfang!

"Hello, Xiaohua, Weiguo! Shengli, you don't have to call me Grandma Wang. Shengli, give this to Grandma Wang. I'm going to Sister Chen's house." Cao Dongfang said, and handed the paper bag and three eggs to Wang Shengli.

"Thank you, Brother Dongfang." Wang Shengli said with a bow.

"Thank you, Brother Dongfang." Wang Xiaohua and Wang Weiguo also thanked Cao Dongfang at the same time.

"Goodbye." Cao Dongfang left Grandma Wang's house and went to Widow Chen's house.

.......

when!

Cao Dongfang only knocked on the door once. The door was open. Widow Chen was feeding her youngest son with her back to the door. Her youngest son was less than two years old.

"Brother Dongfang, if you have anything to say, please come in and sit down." Widow Chen said to Cao Dongfang when she heard the knock on the door.

"Hello Uncle Dongfang, hello Dongfang Pig!" Widow Chen's two sons greeted Cao Dongfang.

"Hello, Wensheng, Wenwu, Sister Chen, my mother asked me to bring three eggs to nourish the two little ones." After saying that, she handed Widow Chen a paper bag and three eggs.

"You earned these eggs from loading the truck. Leave them to Jiajia. These two children are healthy and don't need any supplements," said Widow Chen.

"Sister Chen, please take it. Three eggs are not many. I'll go back first. Goodbye, Sister Chen. Goodbye, Wensheng and Wenwu." After saying this, Cao Dongfang turned around and left without caring about Widow Chen's reaction.

Alas, Widow Chen is not very old and looks a bit virtuous, but she is not my type. She is a little inferior to Chen Xueru and Qin Huairu from her butt to her face.

......

"Grandma, Brother Dongfang just brought three eggs and a piece of meat to my house." Wang Shengli and Wang Xiaohua from Grandma Wang's house brought three eggs and a piece of lean meat.

“Alas, the Cao family is kind-hearted. They took care of our family. It’s a favor. You must remember it!

The eggs were obtained by Dongfang by loading a bicycle, and this piece of lean meat was bought with great difficulty!

I couldn't bear to eat it myself, so I gave it to us. Grandma will fry the meat later, you can have some too. "Grandma Wang said.

"Grandma, we remember it. It's great to have meat to eat."

“Alas, Dashan was a good man, and his family was good. It’s a pity that Dashan died too early. It was not easy for his family, and they were still thinking about us!

May God bless the Cao family, and may good people live long," Grandma Wang murmured in a low voice in the kitchen.

......

At Widow Chen's home, she opened the paper package and saw a small piece of meat weighing about two taels. Tears immediately flowed from her eyes.

Although the meat is small and lean, Widow Chen knows that it is not easy to buy this piece of meat. It is estimated that Cao Dongfang bought it in the "free market".

Because her child was young and she had to work, Cao's mother could not eat meat once a week. She had money but no time to buy meat.

This piece of lean meat was obviously divided. Widow Chen believed that it was divided into three portions, one for the Cao family, one for Grandma Wang's family, and one for her family.

This meat was saved by the Cao family.

"Mom, why are you crying?...Meat, can we eat it?" asked the eldest brother Zhao Wensheng.

"It's okay, Mom is crying because she is happy to see the meat. Stop eating for a while, Mom will fry the meat and we will eat!

This is a gift from the Cao family. It is a favor. You should remember it when you grow up. "After saying this, Widow Chen took the meat into the kitchen.

Widow Chen also receives a pension. Her children are young and she has no time to buy meat early in the morning. It is good enough for her to eat meat once a month.