Chapter 233 Pretending to be confused can make you feel comfortable
Of course, this is just a feeling, and it is actually no different from the previous two months.
The reason why I feel this way is because if you don’t eat enough, your body will get worse and worse.
If a person doesn’t have enough to eat for one month, will his mental state be the same as if he doesn’t have enough to eat for three months?
It’s definitely different!
And the difference will be obvious, which is why Li Jiayi feels more and more short of food.
You don’t need to look outside to see this, you can see it by looking at the people in the courtyard.
Ten minutes later, Li Jiayi drove a tricycle to Pigeon Market outside Deshengmen.
Today he plans to sell a batch of miscellaneous grains, which are actually pumpkins and sweet potatoes. Both of these can be called miscellaneous grains.
Before 1959, the price of a pound of sweet potatoes was two cents. Of course, this was talking about fresh sweet potatoes.
But now, the price of a pound of fresh sweet potatoes is more than 10 cents, which is even higher than that of white flour.
In fact, it is normal. After all, not many people can afford white flour. Most people still want to buy some cheap grains, and they even say that the cheaper the better.
Let’s take Bangzi Noodles for example! It used to cost only five cents per pound, but now it can be sold for two or three cents per pound.
This time Li Jiayi was not trying to make money, he just wanted to sell a batch of grain so that some people who could not afford white flour or corn flour would buy some sweet potatoes to satisfy their hunger.
It’s a pity that there is no car, otherwise it would be much more convenient.
Now he only has this tricycle, so he has to make more trips.
Stop the tricycle at random, Li Jia opened the box and shouted: "Don't miss it when you are passing by, fresh sweet potatoes only cost a dime a pound now."
At a dime a pound, this one is already cheaper than others, but the difference is not very big, so it shouldn’t have any impact.
Anyway, the food shortage is serious now. Even if others sell it more expensively than him, it will not have any impact.
Of course he does not affect others, otherwise someone will cause trouble for him.
"It's really a sweet potato! And it's also a white potato. I want fifty pounds."
If you only eat it once in a while, of course you have to eat red-fleshed sweet potatoes. (In some places, they are called yellow-fleshed sweet potatoes.) This kind of red-fleshed sweet potato Relatively sweet.
But if it is used to satisfy hunger, you must eat white potatoes, because white potatoes have more starch and are more likely to ward off hunger.
“I’ll give you fifty pounds, too.”
It’s not that these people don’t want to buy more, but they can’t carry it back if they buy too much! Fifty pounds is just right.
"Okay, line up first. Let's come one by one. Don't worry, everyone, there are a lot of sweet potatoes. Even if these are sold out, I can still go over and bring them back."
After waiting for others to line up, Li Jia The first pair of people in line said: "You want fifty pounds, right?"
"Yes, I'll give you the money."
"Yeah!" Li added a handful The money was collected and a bag of sweet potatoes was offered to him.
The nylon mesh bags used to pack sweet potatoes are sold by supply and marketing cooperatives. These sweet potatoes are packed in the space, and each bag weighs fifty kilograms.
"I want fifty catties too."
"Okay."
In less than ten minutes, all the sweet potatoes in the box were sold out, probably about five thousand catties.
"Sir, please be quiet. This batch of sweet potatoes has been sold out. Please wait for me. I will bring some over. Don't worry, I will be back in ten minutes at most."
Finished. Li Jiayi drove away on a tricycle. This thing was very fast and disappeared in a flash.
In fact, Li Jiayi just walked around outside the city and then came back.
It's still the same place, and everyone is still waiting in line, which saves him from shouting.
Park the tricycle, open the box and continue selling.
Fortunately, when Li Jiayi came out, he took Asheng and the three of them with him, otherwise he would be really worried that someone would rob them.
Now Asheng and the three of them are squatting quietly next to them, shocking many people.
Throughout the morning, Li Jiayi ran back and forth more than ten times and sold at least 50,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes.
But he knew very well that this little sweet potato was simply a drop in the bucket for the entire imperial capital.
Despite this, it can also help some people who have difficulties in life.
Although it is only sweet potato, it is still better than substitute food!
That stuff doesn’t have any nutrition at all. At most it can fill your stomach.
Don't think that filling your stomach is a good thing. This is not a good thing. Food substitutes cannot be digested due to raw materials.
It’s okay to eat less every day, but if you really treat this thing as food, the consequences will be serious.
If you can’t pull it out even if it’s light, you may have to go to the hospital if it’s serious. This is no joke.
To be honest, Li Jiayi couldn't understand why cows would be fine if they ate it, but why people would have problems if they ate it.
But even so, most families will go to the grain station to buy some to take home.
Eat something when you are really hungry and need to fill your stomach.
When this food substitute first came out, Li Jiayi went to the grain station to have a look.
In fact, it is something that used to be eaten by livestock, but is now crushed and mixed together to make it.
But one thing is that you don’t need a ticket to buy food substitutes, you just need money, and it’s very cheap.
Li Jiayi did not go back at noon, so he ate something in the space and continued selling in the afternoon.
After selling until about four o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jiayi stopped selling and drove his tricycle back to the city.
It’s a pity that I have to go to school tomorrow, otherwise I would have to make some pumpkins to sell tomorrow.
Although the price of pumpkin is the same as that of sweet potatoes, pumpkin cooking can be diversified and is much better than sweet potatoes.
Back in the city, Li Jiayi did not go home, but went directly to the military compound.
Hurrying quickly, I finally got here before the service agency closed.
Yes, he is going to buy something at the service shop today. "Auntie, I'm going to buy some cigarettes and alcohol." Li Jia said, handing over the tickets.
“Okay.”
The people who work in the service agency are all family members of the military compound, and these family members basically know Li Jiayi.
Not to mention working in a service agency.
"Xiao Li! What good things are you going to give to Lao Li today?"
The aunt asked while looking at the tickets that Li Jiayi brought over.
"Auntie, it's nothing, just a little food."
"Food?" Auntie didn't even look at the ticket, just stared at Li Jiayi.
“Yes!”
"Xiao Li! My aunt's family is also short of food. Can you see if you can give her some food? Don't worry, she won't ask for too much."
"Uh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment and asked, "Auntie , your family is also short of food?”
“Of course! Who is not short of food at this time?”
Li Jiayi scratched his head, he really hadn’t thought about this. , he thought that only Lao Li and Lao Zhao's family were short of food! Unexpectedly, they were all missing.
It can only be said that the novel made him think so, because in the novel, it only mentioned that Lao Li's family was short of food, and others did not seem to describe it.
"Auntie, let's do this! I'll tell Lao Li later and ask him to help with the statistics, and then I'll send them over."
"Okay, okay, I'll go to Lao Li's house after I get off work."
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With the enthusiastic help of several aunts, Li Jiayi quickly put the cigarettes and wine he bought into the box.
Then Li Jiayi drove a tricycle to Lao Li's house.
Now Lao Li's family is different from before. Not to mention everyone's face is shiny, at least they look rosy.
This is thanks to the things Li Jiayi sent last time.
Although the things were finally shared equally with Lao Zhao, the family also received more than 300 kilograms of grain.
More than three hundred kilograms of grain is not a small amount! Coupled with the rations, there is no problem at all in having enough food for three to two months.
Because it was not dark yet, the door of Lao Li's house was not closed, so Li Jia drove the tricycle in directly.
Probably hearing the sound of the engine, Lao Li and Aunt Tian came out of the house.
Even Zhang Ma followed.
"Little Jiayi is here?"
"Yes, Aunt Tian."
"Xiao Li."
"Old Li, Zhang Ma." Li Jiayi said hello to Lao Li and Zhang Ma again.
"Why are you here at this time?" Lao Li asked.
"I'll bring you something, and I'll buy something at the service agency."
"I think you're coming to the service agency to buy something, so why don't you just come to my place?"
"Old Li! Sometimes you are a good friend if you see things clearly but don't tell them clearly. And pretending to be confused can make you feel better."
"Smelly boy."
"Okay, Old Li." Aunt Tian pushed Old Li.
"Okay, can I just say nothing?"
Li Jia started to take things out of the box.
The first thing must be food! Two hundred catties of white flour, four hundred catties of cornmeal, and one hundred catties of rice.
There was less rice in the north, so he didn't take out that much.
In addition to these grains, Li Jiayi also brought out fifty catties of pork, twenty catties of lard suet, two each of chickens, ducks and geese, and ten catties of beef.
Twenty pounds of raw peanuts, ten pounds of peanut oil, a jar of sesame paste, and a jar of sesame salt, all packed in glass jars containing White Rabbit toffee.
Yes, after the National Day this year, White Rabbit Milk Candy has officially been renamed as Big White Rabbit Milk Candy.
"Little Plus One! What you sent here is not just a little! This is too much."
As soon as Aunt Tian finished speaking, Lao Li was not happy and said directly: "What's too much? I still think it's too little! The more of these things, the better."
Aunt Tian gave Lao Li He rolled his eyes and said: "You are really shameless."
"What kind of shame do you need? Back then, If I wanted to be shameless, would I still have Lao Li now?"
"I won't tell you anymore, I'll go cook with Zhang Ma and ask Jia Yi to stay for dinner tonight."
"Okay, Aunt Tian, I've wanted to try your craft for a long time, but I just haven't had the time."
"Okay, then we agreed, stay for dinner tonight, and Auntie will prepare something delicious for you."
"Yes."
After Aunt Tian and Mother Zhang went to the kitchen, Li Jiayi looked at Lao Li and said, "I just bought something at the service agency. The aunt at the service agency "It's true that the entire military compound is short of food,"
"It's true." Please help me make statistics to see who is short of food and how much.”
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Lao Li asked in shock: "Xiao Li, can you get so much food?"
"It should be no problem. There are not many people living in this hospital. Even if It’s only a little over 20,000 pounds for a family of 200 pounds.”
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