With a Door In Mind

The next day,

Before dawn, Jiang Xiaochuan woke up and was awakened again.

Yes, it was woken up. It must be the sound of my mother cooking again. It's not enough without an alarm clock. It's hard to wake up on time.

While his mother and grandma Jiang were cooking, he didn't pay attention to the outside. He took the basket and ran out secretly.

Carrying the basket, he set out in the direction of the commune. No one was encountered along the way. When we approached the commune, I only met sporadically people who came to set up stalls.

After one experience, he became more familiar with it.

Find a corner where no one is around, take out a rabbit from the space, tie it with a straw rope and put it in a basket.

He went straight to Hu Laosan's place before. After all, there was a transaction, and he also thought that Hu Laosan was a good person. When he got there, Hu Laosan also came.

"Hey... You're here again, is there something good this time?" He still had a good impression of this little brother who sold mussels to him yesterday.

The family was very happy after taking the mussels back yesterday. Clams are not valuable, but they are hard to dig now. So I asked a symbolic question.

"Yeah, Uncle Hu, I'm here again." He glanced left and right, and then whispered, "I have a rabbit here, why not?"

Mr. Hu, who had no hope at first, suddenly lit up when he heard his words.

He hurriedly said, "I want... I want... how can I not? How many?"

This rabbit is no better than mussels, although it is a little worse than pork, it is also real meat.

Looking at the other party's expression, Jiang Xiaochuan did not answer, but asked what price?

Hearing that the other party didn't answer a few, Mr. Hu was even happier, indicating that the other party had more than one rabbit.

He pondered for a while and said, "I'm not fooling you, right?"

Jiang Xiaochuan was shocked, not because it was too cheap, but because the price was not low.

"What? Think it's cheap?" Mr. Hu felt that he had already quoted a very sincere price. He thought that the other party was not satisfied with the price.

Hearing that the other party had misunderstood, Jiang Xiaochuan hurriedly explained, "No, I mean will you lose money at this price?"

Seeing that the other party's expression didn't look like a fake, Hu Laosan laughed first, how could he dislike the expensiveness of his things.

"Do you feel that this rabbit has guts removed, and a pound is about the same price as pork?"

Jiang Xiaochuan nodded.

"Let me tell you, your rabbit has been gutted, and there's not much meat left. Rabbit fur is indeed worth a bit of money, but it's not particularly expensive. In this way, it's basically the same price as pork. It's 6 cents a pound, but pork requires a meat ticket, and if you count the ticket, it's 1,21 pounds. You don't want a ticket, so 6 cents isn't expensive."

Jiang Xiaochuan secretly scolded himself for being stupid. He had always thought that tickets would be difficult to get, but he never thought that tickets could be counted as money.

It's no wonder that later generations of novels say that all kinds of tickets are flipped upside down.

When Jiang Xiaochuan heard the other party's words, he also had a good impression of Hu Laosan. The other party didn't fool him because he was young.

So he said in a low voice, "I have five, here is one, and I will find a place to hide the other four. Weigh this one first." After speaking, he opened his basket and picked up the rabbit. out to each other.

Mr. Hu hurriedly took the rabbit and took the scale.

"Five catties and three taels, yes, it's a fat rabbit. Then bring the rest."

After Mr. Hu finished weighing the rabbit, he said to Jiang Xiaochuan.

Now he is embarrassed. The remaining four rabbits are not easy to handle. "This... do you have something to pack?"

Hu Laosan smiled and took out a sack from the cart behind and handed it to him. "Use this!"

Jiang Xiaochuan happily took the sack and ran into the distance.

"This kid has such a big heart, and I'm not afraid that I will run away with the rabbit."

The corner of Jiang Xiaochuan's mouth, who was running, rose slightly, and then he continued to trot away.

How could I not pay attention to the movements of the other party. He is also testing whether the other party is a good friend, but looking at the other party's reaction, this Hu Laosan is still good. At least for the time being, this person can be dated. As for whether or not to have a deep friendship, it depends on the performance of the other party in the future.

Soon he left and returned. The sack he was holding in his hand swung left and right.

Hu Laosan took the sack and weighed it and said, "The weight of the sack is 19 jin and 4 taels. Even the previous one is 24 jin and 7 taels. If you count your 25 jins, it's 15 yuan in total."

After speaking, he was ready to pay him.

"Wait a minute" Jiang Xiaochuan stopped him from taking out the money.

Hu Laosan frowned and was a little unhappy, "What? Do you suspect that there is something wrong with my name? You can ask me on this street. When Hu Laosan is in business, when will I be short or short."

Jiang Xiaochuan rolled his eyes, how could this person doubt this or that if he disagreed.

"Uncle, listen to me if it's in good condition. When did I say you have a problem? Don't you think about it yourself? I mean I want to buy something else. Do you have any ideas?"

When Hu Laosan heard his words, he knew he had misunderstood, scratched his head in embarrassment, and then patted his chest and said, "Sorry, little brother, I misunderstood, what do you want? As long as you pay the starting price, I can do it. Get it for you."

Jiang Xiaochuan chuckled in his heart, "You really dare to brag, give me a cell phone."

He is not afraid that the word mobile phone will be heard by him. After all, when he knows about mobile phone, it will be decades later. Who will remember what happened today.

When Mr. Hu heard his words, he blushed and said, "What is the hand? What is the chicken?"

This made Jiang Xiaochuan amused, and then he said tightly, "Uncle Hu, I'm not joking with you, I want some vegetable seeds and grain seeds, I don't need too many seeds that are enough to plant three-thirds of the land. Any kind of seeds will do. ."

Third Hu was no longer embarrassed, and agreed casually. "No problem, as long as you have money. What else is there?" He only paid attention to the package, but did not notice the demand that Jiang Xiaochuan said. Jiang Xiaochuan almost didn't hold back after that.

Jiang Xiaochuan thought for a while and said, "Can I get an iron pan?"

Hu Laosan hesitated for a moment, wondering if he could, "I can't get the new one, but the old one should be able to get it, but the price is a bit expensive. It won't work today, it will have to be tomorrow."

I was just trying my luck. Unexpectedly, I can actually get it. The pottery pot is fine for cooking and stewing, but not for stir-frying.

"what price?"

"3 pieces of 5"

"Ah! It's so expensive?" Now it was his turn to be surprised, this time it really felt quite expensive.

After all, it wasn't the first time that I didn't understand anything. The fifteen dollars in my hand is only enough to buy a few pots.

This time, Hu Laosan was also not angry, explaining that "iron pots have always been expensive, and the new price is 4 yuan 1, even if the supply and marketing cooperatives do not always have them, they only order goods occasionally, and they are all digested internally. already."

Jiang Xiaochuan was relieved. Then he said, "Okay, then prepare a pot for me, do you have a hatchet? What's the price?"

"I have the hatchet in my hand, but it's not new, do you want it? 2 yuan and two." After speaking, he took out a hatchet from the trolley.

The blade of the knife was still glowing with cold light. Not a new knife, but not very old.

"Okay, that's it, by the way, do you have the little chick and the little duck? Where's the little piggy?"

Little piglets can still be bought now. After this year, pigs and chickens and ducks are not allowed at home, and they will not be able to buy them if they want.

Hu Laosan glanced at him curiously, and said, "One chick is six cents, and one duck is fifty cents. A piglet is 2 yuan and 5 pounds. A piglet weighs about ten pounds and costs about 25 yuan. "

Jiang Xiaochuan touched his nose and felt embarrassed. With only 15 yuan in my hand, I really can't buy much.

As the old saying goes, a broken home is worth a thousand dollars, it's not false at all, buy some here, buy a little there. All need money.

But thinking that it would be more and more difficult to buy piglets in the future, he still decided to grit his teeth and prepare to buy it.

Fortunately, you don't have to pay now, just confirm your purchase intention first.

"Well, say hello to me, 10 chickens, two males, eight females, and the same goes for ducks, give me 10. Leave me a pair of piglets first. A pair of male and female, half The money will be there in a month. Any questions?"

"It's a big deal... The problem is not a problem. Now the food can't keep up, people can't eat enough, and there are fewer pigs, but it costs seventy or eighty yuan, you..." Hu Laosan sighed. Then he hesitated.

Jiang Xiaochuan understood what the other party meant, and was afraid that he would not have enough money. "Don't worry... I'll give you a deposit, can you rest assured now?"

Hu Laosan shook his head and said, "I didn't mean that. It doesn't matter if you don't want these things. I'll just return them when the time comes. It's just a loss of face. The question is, do you have that much money then?"

"It doesn't matter, I'll inform you one day in advance, is that all right?"

When Mr. Hu heard what he said, he immediately felt relieved.

"Okay, then it's settled. Unless it's raining, I'll usually be here."

Jiang Xiaochuan saw that the other person was not bad. Don't mind revealing it in advance. "Okay, then I'll come back the day after tomorrow and bring you some more rabbits. There must be more than today."

Mr. Hu was even more surprised now. You know, this rabbit is not so easy to catch.

But he didn't say much, some things couldn't be explored.

"Uncle Hu, do you know where I can get some meat tickets? Oil tickets, refined grain tickets, cake tickets." He made money today, and he was going to treat himself.

Rice and white flour can only be bought with refined grain coupons, and coarse grain coupons can only be bought with sweet potatoes, potatoes, sorghum, corn and other coarse grains.

"I have 2 catties of meat, 10 catties of refined grains, 1 catty of cakes, and 1 catty of oil."

"The meat ticket is 6 cents a pound, and the refined grain ticket is 2 cents a pound. A pound of cake tickets costs one yuan a pound, a pound of oil tickets, 8 cents a pound." After saying that, Hu Laosan pulled out a few tickets from his bag.

Jiang Xiaochuan didn't even think about it, and took it directly. "Okay, give it to me, 5 yuan, right, plus the 2 yuan 2 for the hatchet, it's 7 yuan 2 right in total."

"Yes... I'll find you 7 yuan and 8." Hu Laosan counted 7 yuan and 8 cents and handed it to him.

However, Jiang Xiaochuan took a piece from the middle and handed it to Mr. Hu, "This is the deposit. If I don't want anything in the future, this piece of money will be my liquidated damages."

Hu Laosan said indifferently, "Hi! It's nothing, it's a matter of mutual benefit."

After these conversations, he felt that the young man in front of him was not simple, so he regarded it as an investment. Besides, even if Jiang Xiaochuan didn't want it, he would not lose money, and it would be a big deal to give it back to others. I just help the villagers to carry it.

Seeing that Mr. Hu didn't seem to be fussing, he was not polite.

Is this person? It has to be taken slowly, just like tea, it has to be tasted slowly.

"Okay, then I'm welcome. Thank you Uncle Hu. Then I'll go buy some meat..." After speaking, he put the hatchet in the basket and prepared to leave.

At this time, Mr. Hu said faintly, "Actually, you can call me Brother Hu, you don't need to call me Uncle Hu."

Looking at the other party's appearance, Jiang Xiaochuan was embarrassed for a moment, "This..." The man in his forties was called Big Brother, he was really uncomfortable.

However, his next sentence made Jiang Xiaochuan's eyes stick out.

"Actually, I'm only 25 years old..."

Jiang Xiaochuan was embarrassed and didn't know what to say. Is it easy to cheat when he is a child?

"I'm just getting older, and I've smeared black and gray on my face"

At this time, Jiang Xiaochuan understood, isn't it just makeup. ?

"Are you really 25 years old?"

Mr. Hu said embarrassedly, "Really, I didn't lie to you."

Jiang Xiaochuan hesitated for a while and could only agree, "Okay, then I'll call you Brother Hu, my surname is Jiang, you can just call me Xiao Jiang."

"Okay, then I'll call you Brother Jiang in the future. By the way, when you go to buy meat, tell Butcher Zhang that I asked you to go and let him cut more fat for you."

Fatty meat is a good thing in this era, as for pork ribs and the like, it is less than half the price of pork. People who are not familiar with it, you really can't buy particularly fat fat.

"Okay, then thank you Big Brother Hu, then I'll go first."

The two were polite, and Jiang Xiaochuan left.

Looking at Jiang Xiaochuan's back, Mr. Hu smiled. interesting person.

And Jiang Xiaochuan also thought to himself, this person is really interesting.

He came to the supply and marketing cooperative, took out two pounds of meat tickets, and said to Butcher Zhang, "Master Zhang, Mr. Hu asked me to come and buy some fat."

"Hey, is it you? Okay... I'll cut it for you." Butcher Zhang looked up, remembering that the child in front of him was saying thank you to him yesterday. Yes, in his eyes, Jiang Xiaochuan is just a child.

With the knife in his hand, he cut a seven-point fat piece of fat. When he weighed it up, it was exactly two pounds~www.wuxiaspot.com~ not much, not much.

Jiang Xiaochuan immediately drank, "Amazing... so accurate."

Hearing his compliments, Butcher Zhang's face burst with joy.

"After so many years of craftsmanship, I don't have a clue, so I don't need to do that."

"It's amazing, Master Zhang, this is a piece of two, and a 2-pound meat ticket, you can take it."

Butcher Zhang took the money and the ticket and cut a small piece of meat, no more than half a tael.

Seeing the other party's actions, Jiang Xiaochuan politely thanked him and went to the department store.

Looking at the remaining 6 yuan and 6 cents in his hand. You can also buy a lot of things.

Rice is 10.61 jin, buy 10 jin

Soy sauce 1 cent per pound, even bottle, 1 cent 8, buy

Star anise, cinnamon, fragrant leaves, a piece of seasoning and 21 catties, buy half a catty each.

Ginger, 3 cents a pound, buy

Peach crisp, 2 pieces a pound, buy

Vegetable oil, 8 cents a pound, buy

A total of 6 yuan and 1 point were spent. 1 piece 3 hair 9 left.

Originally, I wanted to buy some candy, but I also had to ask for a candy ticket.

Then he took the remaining money and left the supply and marketing cooperative.

Wandering around the street for a while, I saw someone selling eggs, and I bought another 50 eggs at a cost of 75 cents.

This number is not right. Yes, the price of eggs has gone up, 1 cent 5 a.

However, he still rounded up the package and bought 50 of them.

By the end of the year, an egg will cost 5 to 8 cents a piece, and I can't even think about the price next year.

Then he bought ten catties of Chinese cabbage on the side of the street and spent a dime.

With the remaining 50 cents and 4 cents, he left the commune

Find a place with no one to put everything in the space.

Humming a little song and swaying to the house.

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