Chapter 13 You can only use privileges to buy meat
After walking for about half an hour, the mother and son finally arrived at the Dongdan Vegetable Market.
As soon as she arrived at the vegetable market, Jin Caifeng hurriedly ran towards the butcher shop. When she got closer, she felt annoyed:
"Ah, it's only 7 o'clock and there are so many people here. If I had known, I would have come here earlier."
Lin Sanqi stretched her neck and took a closer look. It was a dilapidated business building on the outskirts of the market. The sign above said "Dongcheng District Food Company".
There were several staff sitting inside, some were weighing, some were collecting invoices, some were collecting money, some were moving goods, and there were a few stewards sitting in the back chatting.
But the person who was cutting the meat was just a big, muscular man with a round beard, and he was cursing in a loud voice that could be heard from far away:
"This is the rule now. If you want to buy meat, you have to buy it with offal and bones. Do you want to buy it or not?"
There was a man with glasses wearing a blue shirt who was obviously unconvinced:
"But you're doing too much. I bought a pound of meat, and you bought me half a pound of bones. Should I eat the meat or chew the bones? My family finally got together a pound of meat to celebrate my mother. Shou, what will you do if you ask me to go back?”
This remark aroused the resonance of people in line, and they all accused the food company of bad rules.
Those who could afford meat in 1959 were not ordinary people. How could ordinary people afford to buy meat?
However, natural disasters have been severe this year. Not only has grain production been significantly reduced, but the production of pigs that need food to feed has also been reduced. After all, people are not full, so how can there be food to feed pigs?
As a result, pork is extremely rare in the market. It is sold out as soon as it comes on the market, and the price is getting higher day by day.
Pork, which used to cost 3.5 cents per pound, has increased to 8.7 cents per pound, and you can't buy pure meat yet. It needs to be paired with leftovers and bones, so you can't refuse.
For example, Sijiu City is better. If you change to other cities, you may not be able to buy pork even if you have a meat ticket in your hand, and you won't even see the pork bones.
The butcher was unhappy, threw away the boning knife in his hand, pointed at the man with glasses and started to spray:
"Hmph, you can explain it to whoever you want. I don't have to change it for you. Do you want to buy it? If not, go away!"
"Why do you, comrade, talk like this? Is this how you serve the people? I'm going to complain to your leader!"
"Come on, come on, the leader is sitting in the back. You come, you come. Director Zhang, this person just wants to buy meat and not bones. What do you think we should do?"
The two quarreled, and a middle-aged man walked out of the store, wearing a Chinese tunic suit, holding a hand cup, and said slowly:
"Comrade, you are the one who wants to complain, right? Let me tell you, the country is in such a difficult situation now and pork is in short supply. We have no choice but to sell meat and offal. This is just a little bit of meat, and we sold it to you. You let other people What about comrades? ”
As soon as the middle-aged manager said this, the scene immediately turned upside down. People in the queue started to persuade the man with the eyes.
In the end, the man with glasses had no choice but to get sulky and prepared to buy the meat and leave, thinking he was unlucky.
Unexpectedly, the butcher stopped working. With his knife in his hand, he cut a piece of lean meat and put half of the bones on it. Then he looked at the man with glasses proudly.
The man with glasses was so angry that his hands shook for a long time, and finally he was heckled by the people behind him, so he could only leave angrily.
Lin Sanqi made a guide on Baidu and knew that people at this time were seriously short of oil. When buying meat, they like to buy fat meat, preferably suet. Anyone who buys lean meat is really unlucky.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi was thinking in her heart.
Others are short of meat, but he has the ability to travel through time and will not be short of meat at all. Let alone a piece of fat meat, even if he is asked to bring out a fat pig, it will not be a problem. I just can’t explain it. Is there any business opportunity in this?
The bespectacled man's experience aroused a lot of discussion among the people waiting in line. Everyone was afraid that it would be their turn to be a combination of lean meat + bones, so their joy would be in vain.
Everyone was anxious. Only Jin Caifeng remained unmoved and looked calm. This made Lin Sanqi a little strange:
"Mom, why aren't you worried about people selling us lean meat?"
Jin Caifeng smiled softly: "You will know in a moment."
Half an hour later, it was the Lin family's mother and son's turn to arrive at the meat stall. Before Lin's mother could speak, the butcher smiled and said hello:
"Ah, it's Mrs. Lin here. Which piece of meat do you like? I'll cut it for you."
Jin Caifeng looked at the meat on the meat stall, pointed at a piece of pork belly that was two-thirds fat and said:
"Xiao Zhu, I want this piece. Give me two pounds. My little son has just come back. Our family has collected all the meat tickets and wants to give my little son a good meal."
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Butcher Zhu glanced at Lin Sanqi, and while smiling and congratulating, he raised his knife and cut off a good piece of pork belly with a click.
"Here comes Mrs. Lin, two pounds is just right, take it!"
As soon as he said this, the people behind him quit:
"Hey, bro, what's wrong with you? When someone else buys meat, you put the bones on it, and you give me the lean meat. Why, when it's her turn, not only can you choose it yourself, but you don't have to put the offal, and you don't even have to weigh it. What's wrong with you? Isn’t it too blatant?”
"That's right, is there anyone selling meat like you? Is this a relative of yours or your mother-in-law?"
"If you can't draw a line, I'll knock down your meat stall today!"
People outside started arguing. Just as the cadres inside were about to stand up, they saw Lin Sanqi and her son sitting down again. They were obviously not relieved.
Butcher Zhu threw the knife away again, and started to spray again without any guilt:
"Do you know who she is? She is the lover of Dr. Lin Sophora Lin from Kuanjie Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Do you know Dr. Lin? That is a famous doctor in our 49th city. Who has not received his favor?
Why does Dr. Lin rarely eat some meat? Only when Dr. Lin is full can he have the strength to serve the people! Besides, people gave money to give tickets, but it wasn’t for nothing. Do you deserve it? Go, go, whoever is going to make fun of me for not selling this meat today. ”
When the people queuing up heard that it was Dr. Lin Kushen's house, they all suddenly realized and greeted Jin Caifeng instead.
This made Lin Sanqi realize for the first time the status of a famous doctor in the eyes of the people. It was really not a lie. Comrade Lin Sophora flavescens was completely capable of eating meat for his own good.
Lin Sanqi suspected that even if he didn't give a meat ticket today, he could still get these two kilograms of meat.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi became a little imaginative. If he could bring the most precious and authentic medicinal materials from this world to 2023, could his father also become a famous doctor in Huadu?
Then you can go to bars and nightclubs without paying by swiping your face?
Jin Caifeng put the meat into the basket, thanked several staff at the butcher shop, and thanked the citizens in line before squeezing out of the crowd and letting out a long sigh:
"Hey, Zai Zai, don't scold my grandma for playing privileged and being out of touch with the people. Now my grandma doesn't dare to be polite. If you are polite, you won't be able to eat meat, and even the whole family will be hungry. So my grandma can only shamelessly open the back door... ”
(End of chapter)