Chapter 32 Discovered
The woman was the first to buy it, and then several others began to pick fish, all worried that the big fish would be picked away.
These days are different from later generations. Everyone picks big fish, and there is a lack of meat at this time.
After the five or six people in front took away the fish, the few people behind were unhappy:
“You have only small fish left. If you sell them at that price, won’t we? Lost? ”
"That's right, your fish are different sizes. The bigger one was taken away, so we have to pay the same price..."
Li Long looked at the remaining fish, which was more than two and a half kilograms. They were indeed picked out, and he said with a smile:
"In this case, don't Panic, what about the remaining fish, which are only 1.5 yuan each? They weigh at least 2 kilograms, which is 70 cents per kilogram, which is cheaper than mutton!"
"What about the silver carp? ?”
“A piece of silver carp”
Others immediately picked it up. Although fish is sold in department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in winter, it is hairtail brought from the coast. Although it is expensive, the quantity is not large.
Who wouldn’t want to stew a big carp on the dining table during the Chinese New Year? It looks festive. Besides, fish can be released in winter, and if you buy one, you can keep it for a long time.
When this group of people finished picking, only an old man in his sixties was left. He looked at the small fish and said:
"How do you sell these small crucian carp?"
"These four large crucian carps cost seven cents each, and the remaining fifteen small crucian carps cost one yuan, but you can't choose." Li Long said.
When it comes to small crucian carp, there are big and small ones. There are three or four liang of big ones, and less than one tael of small ones.
“Give me a small one that costs two yuan.” The old man said cheerfully, “They don’t know how to eat. This small crucian carp is a good thing! By the way, young man, can you get a loach?”
“There is no loach, but there is a ditch. The fish looks very similar to a loach."
"It's called a plateau loach, a type of loach - can you get it?"
"It's not possible in this winter, the water is too deep. That thing will stay underwater until summer.”
"Oh, okay." The old man took the cloth bag himself, and Li Long packed thirty fish for him and charged him two yuan for the labor fee. This thing will be worth a lot for future generations, but it's a pity that this one is a bit old.
Seeing that no one came over, Li Long asked Tao Daqiang, who was collecting the money, to count the money.
"There are six of the two-piece ones, and eight of the one-and-five pieces. These are the ones with silver carp added. There are two of the one-piece pieces, plus the last two pieces, a total of..." Tao Daqiang couldn't figure it out. Counted.
Li Long calculated quickly in his mind and said:
“That’s twenty-eight yuan.”
"So many!" Tao Daqiang was stunned for a moment, and his counting was confused again, so he counted again.
It is indeed twenty-eight.
Just over half of the fish was sold.
"The rest will be sold out, so it will cost more than fifty yuan?" Tao Daqiang said excitedly.
The people around looked over.
"It's impossible." Li Long waved his hand, "I guess the rest can't be sold. Didn't you see that the market has started to leave?"
Tao Daqiang turned his head and found that there were not many people in the black market now. Some people started to close the stalls one after another, and there were not as many people buying things as selling.
"Then... what should we do?"
"You look at it first, just the price just now. Give me the money, and I will ask the price of the thing."
Li Long just noticed that there were not only people selling things here, but also people exchanging food stamps and oil stamps. He walked over and the man looked at Li Long warily.
"Brother, do you have a bicycle ticket?"
"Yes, one is fifty."
So expensive!
“Where’s the sewing ticket?”
“Twenty.”
Li Long was speechless:
"What about the rapeseed oil stamps?"
"One pound and two cents."
Black! So dark!
But there is no other way, if there is no way, I can only buy and exchange from here.
"Ten pounds of rapeseed oil tickets." Li Long didn't bargain. He knew that this person had a lot of tickets, so he thought he would buy them again when needed. Just have a ticket!
Although the man was a little dissatisfied, Li Long finally concluded a deal, so he counted out ten kilograms of rapeseed oil stamps. Li Long took out two yuan and handed it over, handing over the money with one hand and the other. ticket.
Walking around, Li Long saw people selling grain and pork. The pork weighs 71 kilograms per piece, and there is not much fat. It must have been cut off.
He ordered two pieces of pork belly, one weighing more than two kilograms and one more than three kilograms, which cost ten yuan.
When walking back, Tao Daqiang smiled and handed him three yuan:
"Brother Long, sell a croak chicken."
"Not bad, not bad!" Li Long smiled, "Okay, let's go, there's no one left."
"Then these fish..." Tao Daqiang was a little reluctant.
"Put it up first, and let's go for a walk." Li Long saw that other people were closing their stalls one after another, and knowing that they couldn't put it up anymore, he quickly packed up and left.
When they walked five hundred meters out, they saw people wearing red armbands walking toward the black market.
No one is there anymore.
Both parties are in peace.
Two people pulled the sledge, and Li Long led the way to the state-owned canteen.
Li Long remembers that this place is often called the Big Meat Restaurant, and the Meat is pork. As the name suggests, this place is a Chinese food, and its signature meat buns are meat buns.
"Let's go buy two steamed buns to eat." Li Long was a little greedy when he thought of the meat buns. After resuming work, although the food I had eaten in the past two days was good, it was still a bit lackluster compared to later generations. Nowadays, the meat buns are made of real ingredients, and the leftovers such as pancreas and lymph are not crushed and wrapped in. They are real pork belly with cabbage and green onions.
"Brother Long, I'm not hungry..."
"Eat first and then talk." Li Long asked Tao Daqiang to wait outside, and he went in and bought four big buns.
The size of a palm, only 3 cents each, steaming hot, and affordable!
Of course, without telling Tao Daqiang the price, he would definitely say it was expensive.
Two people took one each and ate it in two or three bites. Tao Daqiang's mouth was full of oil when he ate it, so he wiped it off and licked it off.
Li Long felt a bit like that and turned his head away from him.
After eating the buns and wiping his mouth, Tao Daqiang felt warm and asked:
"Brother Long, let's..."
"Just here Here." Li Long pointed to a woman coming not far away and said:
"I'm going to ask. Just keep an eye on it, and we'll ask if someone comes over later."
As he walked forward, the woman looked at him warily.
"Hello, eldest sister! My family is from the village. I caught some fish yesterday. Do you want it? It's very fresh and very cheap! Big fish costs one yuan a piece, which is better than big meat..."< br>
The woman was moved after hearing this and asked:
“Where?”
Li Long hurried over and took out a fish from the urea bag on the sledge:
"Look, this is carp, there are also grass carp, silver carp, five-dao black... and crucian carp..."< br>
“Can it be cheaper for one dollar?” The woman asked, seeing that the fish was really good.
“It can’t get any cheaper. This fish is not small. It costs less than 60 cents per kilogram.” Li Long stretched out his hand to show her, “What we earn is hard-earned money. It’s not easy to break a hole in the ice. "
"Okay, I'll buy... two, one carp and one five-striped black."
Li Long hurriedly took out the fish for her. The woman was a little dissatisfied:
“These Wudaohei are a bit small.”
“It tastes good! Wudaohei grew up eating fish, and the taste is much better than carp. I will give it again Can you take two crucian carps?"
"Okay...Okay." The woman was satisfied.
Seeing how skillful Li Long was, Tao Daqiang felt that he really had a lot to learn.
And you may not be able to learn it.
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