Chapter 309: The fastidious senior sister
"You two, get out of here right now." Li Shugen was really annoyed and pointed at the door.
"Okay! Then think about it carefully, we will give you time." Li Jia walked out as soon as he finished speaking.
"Yes, think about it carefully and we will talk about it when I come back." Senior sister also nodded and said.
The two people came outside the gate. Li Jiayi patted his chest and said, "It's okay, okay, the master didn't get mad."
"Yes! It's really dangerous." Senior Sister said with a sigh of relief.
"By the way, junior brother, is what you just said true?"
"Of course it's true! But the other party's husband was a soldier who died and he also had a daughter."
"It doesn't matter! I just want to find someone who can accompany my father."
Li Jiayi did not randomly find his senior sister for him, but got her consent.
Yes, the two of them had already discussed that they would find a wife for Li Shugen, otherwise how could Li Jiayi dare to make his own decision.
"If you just want to find someone who can accompany Master, that's absolutely fine, and the other person's life is not particularly good."
The senior sister waved her hand and said: "That doesn't matter, my family doesn't need that little money. Besides, I will be working in two years and I can make money."
"Senior sister, forget it! You will get married in the future. Once you get married, it will be different from now. You have to take care of your own family."
"Uh! This..."
"Okay, senior sister, leave this to me! If Aunt Chen really marries the master, I'll see if I can find a better job for her."
The senior sister thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay."
In fact, Li Jiayi's worries were unnecessary, because the master's family did not lack that little money at all. If there was a shortage, the master would not stop working.
You must know that Master has no identity issues! The reason why I don’t work is just because I don’t have enough money.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that he is the descendant of Taizu Changquan. Generally, people like the master would open a gym to teach disciples in the past.
It's not allowed now, so he just stays at home, mainly so that he can have time to practice.
"By the way, junior brother, do you think we should go and have a look?"
"You can pull me down! I haven't even figured out my horoscope yet! What are you looking for?"
"Can't you see it?" Li Wanyu asked doubtfully.
"Senior sister, it's not that I can't read it, it's that I can't read it now. At least we need to get some letters before we start talking!"
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Come on, senior sister, I'll take you to a restaurant."
Now that rationing has been restored, many restaurants have opened their doors one after another, especially some large hotels.
"You can pull it off! I'm not going to the restaurant. Yesterday, some of our classmates went out to play. We went to the restaurant at noon. We didn't order anything. We might as well eat at home."
"Really?" Li Jiayi didn't believe it.
Since these restaurants are open, how can there be nothing?
"Of course it's true. There are only vegetarian dishes, not even meat, so why are we going to eat!"
"That's it! Forget it, let's do it. You can come to my house with me to eat! Let the old man reflect on himself."
"Wouldn't it be better to go to your house to eat? I didn't even say hello in advance."
Senior sister's house has very rules, but Li Jiayi doesn't have any rules and can go wherever he wants.
"No, my parents eat in the factory for lunch, and my eldest sister, second sister and cousin are the only ones at home."
"Ah! Uncle and aunt are not at home?"
"That's right! Their factory director doesn't have a holiday now."
"Well, let's go, but first I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something."
"No need, senior sister, we don't lack anything at home." Li Jiayi said, shaking his head.
"I have to buy it even if there is no shortage! I can't be empty-handed! This is not possible."
"Okay, what do you want to buy?"
The senior sister thought for a while and said: "Buy some snacks, and then some White Rabbit toffee."
"Okay, let's go."
After letting his senior sister get on the tricycle, Li Jiayi started the tricycle and drove to a nearby supply and marketing cooperative.
"Senior sister, go in and buy it! I'm waiting for you here!"
Senior sister is very particular about shopping, and it is impossible for him to spend money, so there is no need for him to go in.
"Well! By the way, junior brother, do you have a ticket in your hand? I don't have a ticket here."
Li Jia gave her a look, took out a handful of tickets from his pocket, handed them over and said, "Here you go, keep the rest for yourself."
Li Jiayi took out a lot of tickets, not only non-staple food coupons, but also candy stamps, canned food stamps, and some food stamps.
There are no meat tickets now, so he doesn't have any either. Because of the planned economy, where can we get votes without meat?
"Thank you, junior brother. I'll go buy something first."
"Yeah!"
The senior sister shopped very quickly. In less than five minutes, she was holding a can of White Rabbit toffee and several packets of peach cakes in her hand.
Seeing this, Li Jiayi said helplessly: "Sister, why did you buy so many?"
"How much? Not much!"
"Sister! I gave you those tickets to use slowly. You have used so many at once."
"It's okay, I don't buy much usually."
"Okay."
She had said so, what else could Li Jiayi say.
I could only shake my head helplessly and drive home.
Because it was not very far away, I arrived home quickly.
This is not the first time for senior sister to come here. Many people in the courtyard know each other, and some of them even say hello.
When they arrived at Li Jia's family, Li Jia shouted to everyone in the house: "Come out, senior sister is here."
As soon as Li Jia finished speaking, the eldest sister and the others ran out of the house.
"Sister Wanyu." "Sister Wanyu, are you here?"
"Sister Wanyu."
"Okay, okay, here, I brought you some candies and peach cakes." Li Wanyu handed over the White Rabbit toffee and several packets of peach cakes.
"Thank you, Sister Wanyu." The second sister quickly took over and shouted.
"Okay, it's so hot outside, let's go back inside." Li Jia parked the tricycle and came over and said.
"Yes, yes, come into the house and blow on the fan." After the eldest sister said this, she pulled Li Wanyu and walked into the house.
"By the way, eldest sister, senior sister is here to have lunch at noon. You can watch me make two more dishes later."
"No problem, leave this to me."
"I'll help you later." Li Wanyu said to Li Jiaqi.
"No need, Sister Wanyu. How can I let you take action when you are here?"
"What if I do something? I'm not an outsider."
Hearing what Li Wanyu said, Li Jiaqi nodded and said, "Okay, let's do it together."
"Okay."
After arriving at the house, Li Jia went in and brought out a watermelon. This watermelon was placed in the ice basin in the house. It was time to eat it now.
"Come, eat some watermelon first." Li Jia put a watermelon on the Eight Immortals table and cut it in a circle with a watermelon knife.
There is no way, the watermelon is too big to be cut with a knife, it can only be cut in one circle.
After one minute and two, Li Jia handed half a watermelon to Li Jiafen and said, "Put it in the ice basin and eat it after dinner."
Although there are quite a lot of people, I can’t even finish half of it.
"Okay, brother Jiayi." Li Jiafen went in holding half a watermelon and ran out quickly.
At this time, Li Jiayi just cut the watermelon.
"Come on, senior sister, try this iced watermelon."
"Cold?"
"Yes, Sister Wanyu, haven't you ever eaten iced watermelon?"
"Uh! No." Li Wanyu shook her head.
"Okay, second sister, there is no ice at senior sister's house, so where can I get iced watermelon to eat?"
"Oh!"
Then Li Wanyu looked at Li Jiayi and asked: "Do you have ice cubes here?"
"Yeah!"
"You are really luxurious."
Li Wanyu knew that in the past, only some wealthy families had ice cellars in their homes.
"Sister, it's just some ice, I made it myself."
"Uh! Saltpeter?"
"That's right!"
"Okay!"
Because the senior sister came over, the lunch meal was very rich. The eldest sister and the senior sister cooked six dishes.
Moreover, only two of the six dishes are vegetarian, and the rest are all meat dishes.
There was no way, because they both like to eat meat, so Li Jiayi requested these two vegetarian dishes.
It’s not good to just eat meat. You should also eat some vegetables appropriately so that you can have balanced nutrition.
After dinner, the senior sister did not leave, but stayed to play with our second sister and the others.
As soon as Li Jia finished eating the watermelon, he went upstairs to rest.
He took a nap upstairs, and when he woke up, it was already past two in the afternoon.
After coming downstairs, seeing that she had no intention of leaving, Li Jiayi drove out on a tricycle without calling her.
After yesterday and this morning, there were finally not that many people at the grain station.
Li Jia parked his tricycle at the entrance of the grain station, took the grain book and walked in.
"How much to buy?"
There was no counter at the grain station, only a table with drawers, and a middle-aged man sitting inside.
This is the accountant of the grain station and the person responsible for selling grain.
"I don't want to buy food. I want to exchange the ration for food stamps." Li Jiayi said and handed over the food book.
The accountant took it and looked at it, marked off this month's ration with a pen, and then opened the drawer to get the food stamps.
There are no national food stamps here, they are all local food stamps, and they are exchanged for food stamps according to the ration.
Fine grains are given stamps for fine grains, coarse grains are given coarse grain stamps, and miscellaneous grains are given stamps for miscellaneous grains.
In addition to fine grain stamps, they can also be valuable. Coarse grain stamps and miscellaneous grain stamps are not valuable, but the less valuable they are, the better they sell.
Not everyone is a fan of fine grains. Most families mainly eat coarse grains and miscellaneous grains.
Only people with good family conditions will buy fine grain coupons and then go to grain stations to buy fine grain.
For example, high-income families and dual-income families.
Like those families with seventh- or eighth-level workers, you basically won’t see them eating whole grains.
Of course, this is talking about when rationing is not reduced, like now.
They usually exchange coarse grains and miscellaneous grains for fine grains. If they don't have enough food, they buy some fine grain stamps.
For example, some of the more difficult families in the courtyard cannot eat refined grains a few times a year. The most they can eat is some noodles, even if they have improved their food.
This is the difference. Li Jiayi doesn't buy food because no one will eat it, which is a complete waste.
In this case, it is better to ask for food stamps and sell them if you can. If you don’t want to sell, you can give the food stamps to others. It is better than wasting it.
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(End of chapter)