The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

Qi Feifei's face was full of joy. "Sister, I want them all. There are many people in my family. Please help me measure them. I want them all."

The salesperson thought that maybe there were too many children, so the clothes were so tattered. How could they afford to buy so much cloth?

"You don't need a ticket, but it's not cheap either, 40 cents a foot. It's over 30 feet, so that's more than 10 dollars!"

Qi Feifei, "Okay."

Seeing that she didn't hesitate, the salesperson began to measure her expertly.

Salesman, "It's thirty-two feet, forty-one cents, twelve dollars and eighty cents."

Qi Feifei paid the money and asked, "Do you have cotton? How much do you sell it for?"

The salesperson pointed to a corner of the counter and said, "Here, I need a ticket. It's $1.25."

Qi Feifei became discouraged when he heard that he needed tickets. The cotton is not white, but he still needs tickets!

I really want to go back and knock Wang Bin on the head.

How hypocritical! Just wear a good cotton-padded jacket? You've been spoiled by it since you were little!

Qi Feifei scanned the shelves row by row to see if there was anything she needed and could buy.

Ointment, toothbrush, soap, various seasonings, loose liquor...

I bought a bunch of miscellaneous things, and also bought two jars and two small pots.

Tell the salesperson to leave it there first and wait for the truck to pick it up later.

I put five rabbits in the backpack and three pheasants in the basket. We went to the state-owned restaurant.

Qi Feifei went to the back door. Aunt Ma was peeling potatoes. When she saw Qi Feifei come in, she recognized him.

"Girl, is the autumn harvest over?"

Qi Feifei, "Aunt Ma, yes, I've been too busy lately and haven't had time to come out."

Qi Feifei put down the backpack and said, "I have been saving these for many days. Take a look."

Aunt Ma thought it was a mushroom, but when she lifted the grass covering it, she was surprised to see rabbit meat inside.

"Girl, is this a rabbit? Why did you skin it?"

Qi Feifei smiled shyly, "Aunt Ma, to be honest, my family doesn't have any cotton or cloth coupons, so I want to keep the leather to see if I can make clothes."

Aunt Ma looked at her tattered clothes and sighed in her heart that life was not easy.

"The leather needs to be cooked before it can be made into clothes. It's hard to do it yourself. Do you know how to do it?"

Qi Feifei shook her head, "No."

Aunt Ma said, "No, it will become hard after it is dried. You can sell it at the purchasing station."

She lowered her voice again and whispered,

"I have cotton and cloth coupons. I'll give you some. Go to the back of the school and find an old lady with white hair. She is my mother-in-law."

Qi Feifei remembered the old lady he met when buying eggs.

"Thank you, Aunt Ma."

"She's always out and about, you can always see her if you go there."

Qi Feifei: "Okay"

Aunt Ma called the chef to come out, and the chef came out with a big belly.

I was surprised to see so much meat, but I have never seen anyone selling it, so they cleaned it up.

I flipped through it and found it quite fresh.

"Now that you have cleaned it up, let's go by the price of meat, 45 cents a pound. Aunt Ma, please weigh it for her."

Aunt Ma worked efficiently, and Xiaogang also brought a basin to help, and they finished weighing quickly.

Aunt Ma, "Rabbit meat is 23.6 jin, pheasant meat is 10.2 jin, totaling 33.8 jin, 45 cents per jin, equal to 15.21 yuan."

The chef took out the money and gave Qi Feifei the remaining fifteen dollars and twenty-one cents.

"Little girl, I'll give you meat next time if you have any. Bring as much as you can. It's cold now, so you can keep it."

Turning back to Xiao Gang, he said, "Go to the front and add two dishes to the menu, one is a chicken and mushroom stewed with vermicelli, and the other is braised rabbit meat."

Xiaogang took the meat to the kitchen and turned to the front hall.

Aunt Ma escorted Qi Feifei out, pulled her aside and whispered,

"If you have meat, my mother-in-law can also have it. She has all kinds of tickets."

Qi Feifei was very grateful to Aunt Ma.

"Thank you, Aunt Ma. I'll come to see you again in a few days when I'm not busy."

Qi Feifei went to the back of the school and saw Old Mrs. Ma sitting on a small stool.

The old lady wore a blue cotton jacket with a large collar, crotchless cotton trousers, leggings, and blue bound-foot cotton shoes with ribs.

She wore a black velvet hat and held a small pipe in her hand. The tobacco pouch underneath was bright red and embroidered with intricate patterns.

The old man has fair skin, bright eyes, is neat and tidy, and looks particularly energetic.

Qi Feifei went over to greet the old man.

"Hello, grandma. Are you Grandma Ma?"

Old Madam Ma, "My last name is Ma, what can I do for you?"

Qi Feifei smiled and said, "I was introduced by Aunt Ma from the state-owned restaurant. She said you are her mother-in-law and asked me to share some cotton and cloth coupons with you."

Old Madam Ma stood up, carrying her small stool and walked home, "Come with me."

Just as I was about to enter the yard, a man came out. He was about thirty years old, of medium build and thin.

He was wearing a cadre uniform with four pockets, a pen on his chest, and carrying a briefcase.

"Nie Nie (Manchu for mother), it's cold, don't sit outside all the time, it's cold."

Old Madam Ma, "Ma Ling, will you come back for dinner tonight?"

Ma Ling, "It depends on the situation. No need to wait for me."

Old Mrs. Ma led Qi Feifei into the house.

bright and clean.

There was a kang cabinet, two boxes and a large wardrobe, all painted in glossy oil, with doors made of painted glass.

There is a large mirror hanging on the wall.

A white door curtain embroidered with peonies hung on the door.

It's obvious at first glance that this family lives a wealthy life.

Old Mrs. Ma asked Qi Feifei to sit down.

“How many tickets do you want?”

When Qi Feifei heard this tone, he was delighted.

"Grandma Ma, my family has many children, and we are very short of cloth and cotton coupons. Look, I don't even have clothes to wear when I go out.

The more the better. Winter is coming and we are short of cotton clothes and quilts.”

Old Mrs. Ma thought that what she was wearing was indeed not good.

It was introduced by my daughter-in-law.

"I'll give you five pounds of cotton coupons and ten feet of cloth coupons. I don't have any more than that, so I'll give them all to you.

The cloth coupon is 40 cents, 4 yuan for 10 feet, and the cotton coupon is 50 cents, 552 yuan and 50 cents, a total of 6 yuan and 50 cents.

Qi Feifei paid the money obediently.

I thought to myself: Wang Bin is a lucky guy, he already has the ticket!

Qi Feifei asked Mrs. Ma, "I often go hunting. Do you need pheasants, rabbits, or something else?"

When Mrs. Ma heard this, her eyes lit up. "Yes, yes. Just send it over when you get it. It doesn't matter if it's alive or dead."

Qi Feifei, "After peeling the skin, clean it up."

Mrs. Ma, "That's even better. It's troublesome to handle it yourself. Bring whatever you have. I have many children, and every cent will be gone."

Qi Feifei agreed and said he would come over when he got the hook.

He went back to the supply and marketing cooperative without stopping.

The salesperson was also surprised, "Tickets are available so soon?"

Qi Feifei smiled and said, "A kind-hearted elder sister gave it to me."

The salesperson didn't expose her.

"It would be nice if I could buy some cotton to make new clothes. How much do you want?"

Qi Feifei, "I want ten feet of genuine navy blue twill. I want five kilograms of cotton."

In the blink of an eye, it was all spent.

The salesperson skillfully pulled the cloth for her.

"Forty-five cents a foot, four dollars and fifty cents for ten feet.

One pound of cotton costs $1.25, and five pounds costs $6.25."

The salesperson said as he used an abacus.

"That's ten dollars and seventy-five cents."