Chapter 25: Meat at the restaurant, pigeon market for sale
But if you want to get supplies, you must first get money. If you don’t have money, where can you get supplies?
That night, the family happily had a sumptuous dinner and then went to bed.
No words for a night.
After dinner the next morning, Li Jiayi went out carrying his schoolbag and water bottle.
The pigs that were just killed yesterday happened to be sold today, but he was not planning to sell pork, but wild boar meat.
Again, he is a bit too young. It would be much easier if he were a few years older.
And he is not tall, not as tall as his second sister Li Jialin. It seems that girls grow faster than boys when they are young, no matter in this era or in later generations.
Also, people in this era are not tall, which is actually normal. How can they grow taller if they don’t have enough to eat or wear warm clothes every day?
For adults in this era, the average height of men is only 1.65 meters, while the average height of women is only 1.50.8 meters, not even 1.51 meters.
Li Jiayi is already ten years old and is only 1.25 meters tall now. If in future generations, it is estimated that children aged five or six would be taller than he is now.
To put it bluntly, he still cannot keep up with nutrition, but he is not worried now, and he will not be lacking nutrition in the future.
As long as his nutrition keeps up, even if he cannot reach the height of his previous life, it will not be too different.
At least 1.75 meters is no problem!
He is only ten years old now! Even if you can only grow until the age of eighteen, there are still eight years left, so it shouldn't be too difficult to grow another fifty centimeters!
In half an hour, Li Jiayi arrived at the outskirts of Pigeon Market outside Deshengmen.
Still the same old method, first get into the woods next to you, and then emerge with a big basket.
He made all the meat in the basket into pieces of one catty, two catties and five catties.
No way, because he doesn’t have a scale! So this is the only way to do it, but you can rest assured about the weight, which is definitely enough.
“Don’t miss it if you are passing by! Wild boar meat costs 80 cents a pound.”
Although they are all wild boar meat, Li Jiayi's wild boar meat is different from other people's wild boar meat.
Even though it is not as fat as domestic pigs, the taste is definitely not worse than domestic pigs. After all, he has eaten wild boars.
“Little brother, give me two pounds.” A young man in his twenties squatted down and said.
Li Jiayi pointed his finger and said, "The one in the middle is two pounds."
The young man picked it up, weighed it, and said, "The weight should be fine, I want it."
After receiving the one dollar and sixty cents paid by the young man, Li Jiayi took out another one dollar and two kilograms from the basket.
“Comrade, how do you sell this meat?” At this time, a middle-aged woman came over and asked.
"Auntie, this is wild boar meat. It costs 80 cents per catty. How much do you want?"
"This is wild boar meat? Why doesn't it look like it!" said the middle-aged woman. .
“Auntie, it’s definitely wild boar. Can I still sell domestic pork as wild boar?”
"Well, that's true."
Domestic pork costs one yuan per kilogram, and there is no market price. In other words, even if you want to spend one yuan to buy a kilogram, you may not be able to buy it.
“Just this piece!” The middle-aged woman looked at the three pieces of meat and pointed to the largest piece.
"Auntie, this piece is five pounds, four pieces in total."
"Here you go."
The middle-aged woman handed over a five-dollar bill, and Li Jiayi quickly took it and found one.
“From the south to the north, from Dashilan to Liulichang, don’t miss it when you pass by.”
“Wild boar is eighty cents a pound. You can’t buy it for eighty cents. You’re at a loss, you can’t be fooled.”
“Comrade, what you made up is quite easy,” a middle-aged man squatted down and said.
“Hey, are you selling something? You’re not shabby.”
The middle-aged uncle nodded in agreement and said: "That's right, give me two catties."
"Okay, this is two catties, Chenghui is one yuan and six." "Here you go."
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Take the other person’s two dollars and get back 40 cents.
Not to mention, this wild boar meat is really easy to sell, but it’s a pity that you can’t sell too much in one place.
No, after selling it for a while, for about thirty or forty pounds, Li Jiayi started to change places.
At around eleven o'clock, Li Jiayi left the pigeon market, having sold almost three hundred yuan this morning.
This is already a lot, mainly because it wastes time changing places, otherwise he will sell more.
But it’s definitely not possible without changing places. He only has a big basket, and he is so young, so he can carry as much as he wants at one time.
After leaving the pigeon market, I found a deserted place to put the big basket away and walked directly to the city.
He did not go home, but planned to find a place to eat and go to the pigeon market outside Jianguomen in the afternoon.
You can’t always sell things in the same pigeon market. Anyway, there are four major pigeon markets in the capital city! You can go anywhere.
Finding a small state-owned restaurant, Li Jiayi went in.
Going to the counter, a waiter and cashier stood inside the counter.
“What to eat?”
"Auntie, can you ask the chef to come out?"
This waiter looks about 26 or 27 years old, and Li Jiayi is right to call her auntie.
This era is different from that of later generations. In later generations, even if you call an old man of seventy or eighty years old, she will be happy.
But in this era, if you dare to shout like this, you will see whether others will pay attention to you.
What this era needs is stability and maturity. The older you call the other person, the happier the other person will be.
Pay attention to a person who has nothing to say but does not act well.
Of course, if you don’t know what to call me, you can just call me gay. This is a general term.
"Why did you call the chef?" the waiter asked.
"Please call me! I have something to do."
Li Jiayi came here relatively early, and there was no one in the small restaurant, otherwise he would not have made this request.
"Okay, wait a moment."
After the waiter finished speaking, he shouted to the chef: "Master Liu, someone is looking for you."
"Here, who is looking for me?"< br>
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in his forties came out of the kitchen.
"Master Liu, this little comrade is looking for you." The waiter said with a pout to Li Jiayi.
Master Liu looked at Li Jiayi in confusion and asked: "What do you want from me?"
"Master Liu, I don't have a meat ticket, but I have a pound of meat here. Can you Can you cook something for me? You can use half of it, and the rest will be your reward. "What! Little comrade, are you kidding me?" Master Liu looked at Li Jiayi and asked. .
This is meat! Each person only gets four taels per month, and they just help cook a vegetable, so they give half a catty directly.
Li Jia took an oil paper bag directly from his schoolbag and handed it over and said, "Here, take a look."
The one-pound piece of meat that Li Jiayi took out was not wild boar, but serious domestic pork.
"Master Liu, please help me cook some vegetables. I want some more steamed buns. I will give you as many food stamps as you need later, and I will also pay the other amount."
Liu The chef quickly opened the oil paper bag, and when he saw the meat inside, his eyes immediately lit up.
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(End of this chapter)