Chapter 145: Search clean, chestnut
The volume ratio of pork is 975 kilograms per cubic meter. In other words, this large wooden box can hold more than 3,500 kilograms of pork when full.
When Li Jiayi sold the most, he only sold about 4,000 kilograms, so the extra few hundred kilograms would not make people suspicious at all.
After all, no one can calculate the quantity so accurately, unless someone has a calculator nearby and records each sale.
It was said that the sale took an afternoon, but in fact it only took about two hours. Maybe because there were many people, more than three thousand kilograms were sold in two hours.
In addition, some of them were exchanged with tickets. Of course, the tickets he exchanged were also the national food stamps, sugar stamps and non-staple food coupons he wanted.
The rest is the selling money.
Now he has too many candy coupons and non-staple food coupons, but a little less tobacco and alcohol coupons, so he plans to see if he can find another compound to get some tobacco and alcohol coupons.
Just after four o'clock, after telling the people who came to buy meat that there were no more people, he drove the sleigh and left the pigeon market.
After coming out of Pigeon Market, Li Jiayi found a relatively remote place and put away the sled.
Then I took out a relatively small sleigh, which could barely fit one person. This was done in the space at grandma's house these days.
Small has its advantages! It's so light that it can even be pulled by a dog, and it's not very strenuous.
This is mainly because there is a lot of snow on the road, and it can be pulled away with a little force.
However, he still lassoed Asheng and the three of them, mainly because he took them with him when he came out.
Of course you should take them all with you when you go back.
First I went to a supply and marketing cooperative and bought some things. I didn’t buy much this time, mainly because I didn’t have so many bills due.
After buying these things, Li Jiayi rushed home, and this time he did not go through the back door, but through the gate of Courtyard No. 7.
This kind of small sled is relatively common in the imperial capital, and some adults take their children out to play.
There is basically no one pulled by a dog. Anyway, Li Jiayi has never seen one, except of course himself.
When they came to the courtyard, everyone watched him pull the sled in with dogs, and no one was surprised.
Basically, I just said hello to him and went about my own business.
At this time, those who stay at home are all unemployed people who are responsible for cooking and taking care of the children.
It was a busy day, and there were a lot of things to do. Some of them were even busy from morning until night.
There is no other way. Those with better family conditions are fine, but those with poor conditions still have to paste matchboxes and other things to subsidize the family income.
As soon as Li Jia returned home, he just stopped to unload Asheng and others when his second sister Li Jialin rushed out of the house.
Needless to say, he saw Li Jiayi coming back from the window.
"Wow, this is a sled. Brother, can you let Asheng and the others take me away to play?"
"Second sister, what's there to do in the sled?" Li Jiayi Very speechless.
He got a sled because he was in a hurry. The second sister had nothing to do and wanted to go out to play.
"Why don't you have anything to do? It's quite fun. Just promise me!" The second sister said coquettishly, holding Li Jiayi's arm.
Li Jiayi was really helpless and could only say: "A Sheng, take her out to play for a while."
A Sheng and the others were squatting, but when they heard Li Jiayi's words, they immediately stood up stand up.
"Second sister, Asheng and the others are running very fast. You have to sit tight and don't get thrown off."
"Yes! I know, then I'll leave."< br>
“Let’s go.”
Asheng and the others are very obedient, but they need Li Jiayi to explain.
Seeing the second sister driving the sleigh out of the Moon Gate, Li Jiayi shook his head and returned to the house.
"Little brother is back?"
The eldest sister who was studying came out of the room and asked him.
"Yes, sister, this is for you." Li Jia handed over each net bag.
It contains apples, as well as some walnuts and hawthorns.
The second sister was focused on the sleigh just now, and she didn't seem to see the things he was carrying.
"Brother, don't you save some for yourself?" The eldest sister took it and asked.
“No, I still have it.” Li Jia pointed to the upstairs.
Seeing this, the eldest sister thought for a while and said: "Maybe there is no more."
How could Li Jiayi not understand what the eldest sister said? He probably had the second sister visiting his house again.
"It's okay, there are some I put there that she can't find."
"Yeah!"
"Sister, you can continue studying! I'll go back to the house. ”
“Okay, you should be tired after running such a long way, you might as well go back home and rest for a while.”
Back in the house, Li Jia took a look and found that it had indeed been visited by the second sister, and it was very clean.
Even the small half bucket of Golden Chicken Biscuits left in the cabinet was taken away, which made Li Jiayi very helpless.
Shaked his head, and took out some more things to put in the house, including golden chicken biscuits, white rabbit toffee, and of course, a lot of various fruits.
There are also walnuts and some persimmons made in the space. This is the first time I have brought them out.
After replenishing the things, Li Jiayi lay on the bed, then took out his pocket watch and looked at the time.
It was exactly five o'clock. My parents had just gotten off work at this time. We couldn't ride bicycles on the road now. It was estimated that it would take about forty minutes before they came back.
He knew that it was time for the eldest sister to go cook. Sure enough, at this time, there was movement downstairs. It was everyone leaving the main room.
Their family uses chopped firewood to cook, and there is no such thing as letting someone make a fire.
But after lighting the fire, just light it and put some chopped firewood in it. Just pay attention to put out the fire.
So the eldest sister did not call Li Jiayi, but went to the kitchen to cook alone.
But Li Jiayi still sat up from the bed and went downstairs. Soon Li Jiayi came to the kitchen and asked: "Sister, what are you doing tonight?"
"How about stewing chicken?"
"Stewing chicken! Very good, wait a minute, I will give you something, you put it in the stewed chicken."
"Oh! Bring it here!"
"Yeah!"
Li Jiayi hurriedly ran to the main room and instantly had an oil paper bag in his hand, which contained a bag of peeled chestnuts.
Stewing chicken with chestnuts tastes really good to be honest, and the chestnuts are also particularly delicious.
"Sister, here you go." Li Jia said as he handed over the oil paper bag.
“What’s in here?” asked the eldest sister.
"I got some chestnuts and peeled them off. Just put them in the pot when you stew the chicken."
"Okay, I understand, you go back to the house! It's cold outside."
Li Jiayi did not wear a goose down jacket or leather jacket when he came out. He mainly came out for a while.
“Yeah!”
As soon as Li Jia returned to Brother Tan, he took out the large enamel teapot for making tea and first brewed a large enamel teapot.
They don't have a teapot specifically for making tea, they only have this extra large enamel jar.
In fact, Li Jiayi can definitely buy one, and the price is not very expensive. The most important thing is that it does not require a ticket.
Yes, many places sell teapots at this time, and they are still relatively good purple clay teapots.
Of course, it is not the antique kind, but the modern kind, which can be found in some places that sell large vats and bowls.
But after thinking about it, he forgot it. He felt more comfortable using such a large enamel jar.
And the amount of tea brewed at one time is enough for a family to drink. One pot of that kind of purple clay pot is not enough for one person to drink.
After drinking a jar of tea, I looked at the time and saw that my parents were coming back, so I picked up the thermos bottle and refilled it with boiling water.
In this case, parents can drink it when they come back.
As for the second sister, Li Jia knew without even thinking that she must be driving the sleigh to the woolen mill.
If you have such a fun thing, why don’t you show it in front of your parents? At the very least, you should show it off!
Just as he thought, within a few minutes, the second sister came in driving the sleigh, followed by her parents.
Li Jiayi quickly came out of the house.
"Son, did you make this sled?" Li Aimin asked.
"Yes! How's it going? Is it okay?" Li Jiayi asked coquettishly.
“That’s great. With this thing, it will be much more convenient to go anywhere.”
In fact, to put it bluntly, it was because they had Asheng and the others at home. Otherwise, the sleigh would be useless. Could it be that someone would really be able to pull them out and play?
In the imperial capital, only adults coaxed children and then took them out on sleds to play for a while.
"Mom and Dad, I've made the tea. You go inside and drink tea while I unload the sled."
"Yeah!"
As soon as Li Jia walked up The second sister came forward and said: "Give it to me! Let you go out and play for a while. It would be better for you to go to the woolen mill."
"I didn't run away. Asheng and the others pulled them there themselves."
Li Jiayi gave her a look. Without her request, would Asheng and the others go to the woolen mill?
If he believed her, he would be the fool, Li Jiayi.
"Okay, let's go into the house!"
He untied Asheng and the others, put the sled in place, and then let Asheng and the others go to the house where he lived before.
Yes, it's too cold outside now, so Li Jiayi asked Asheng and the others to live here.
Before closing, Li Jiayi put a lot of food for Asheng and the others, and it was all meat.
Of course the water is also put away, it is still spring water, enough for them to eat and drink.
"Son, how are your grandparents doing? Is everything okay?"
As soon as Li Jia entered the room, Ye Xin asked.
"My grandparents are very good. They don't go out every day. Apart from eating, they stay on the kang."
"That's good." Li Aimin nodded at this time and said.
"You don't have to worry. Uncle and the others will go there in two or three days. Nothing will happen."
"Yeah!"
Just at this time, The eldest sister came in with a large enamel basin filled with stewed chicken.
"Mom, Dad, little brother, dinner is ready."
"Okay."
Tonight there is only one dish, stewed chicken, and the staple food is steamed buns.
“Hey, where did the chestnut come from?” Li Aimin asked.
I grew up on the side of a mountain, so how could I not know chestnuts? Besides, the roasted chestnuts in Imperial City are very famous, and some dried fruit shops sell them.
"My little brother brought it back and asked me to put it in the stewed chicken. He said it was delicious."
At this time, Ye Xin nodded and said, "It's pretty good."
A family Go in and wash your hands and start eating.
Not to mention, the chestnuts cooked in chicken soup are really delicious, or so Li Jiayi thought.
In less than half an hour, the meal was finished. As for the stewed chicken and chestnuts, they were all finished. There seems to be no such thing as leftovers in this era.
Because many people don’t even have enough to eat, where are the leftovers?
(End of this chapter)