Chapter 137 Changing Things
"Okay!" Xia Chan said happily while eating the sweet shrimps.
After having a simple lunch, everyone felt more energetic about working in the afternoon.
After Xia Qi cleaned the pig's offal, Xia Chan cut the pig's offal into suitable sizes and then marinated it directly. She also took the two pig's trotters back and marinated them with the pig's offal. .
In the evening, each person had a bowl of hot dumplings stuffed with pickled cabbage and pork. In the middle of the table was a bowl full of steaming braised pig offal and braised pig trotters. Xia Chan swallowed her saliva and said, "We will eat first today. I’ll eat the rest when Brother Pengfei comes back.”
After the braised pig was cooked, Xia Chan divided it into several casseroles, and after freezing them, put them all into a large vat. When eating, just put the casseroles on the stove to heat them.
Now they no longer sell cooked food, but directly sell fresh food, so the casseroles and clay pots they took back are of little use now, and they can only be packaged for their own meals.
Sometimes, if you don’t want to cook, you can just bring the food to your home and heat it up, which is really fast and hassle-free.
Because there were a lot of dumplings to make, the brothers worked overtime for many days in a row before wrapping up all the dumplings for the whole winter. At first, they placed them on the kang mat and froze them. When they were all frozen and hard, they put them in bags. Pack it up and put it in the yard.
Xia Chan didn't know how to do handicrafts. When the weather was cold, other girls would sit on the kang to mend clothes and fix shoe soles, while she sat at the kang table, eating snacks and reading a book. Her life was more lively than that girl in the city.
Girls in the city still have to go to work, and even if they occasionally have a day off, they still have to wash themselves at home, otherwise their families will definitely tell them.
Xia Chan is different. Although her brothers don't talk much, they are extremely doting on her. They don't need her to do anything, but if she wants to do something when she's bored, they won't stop her.
At this time, there was a knock on the door suddenly. Her brothers were busy, so Xia Chan went out to open the door. It was really cold outside. She was shivering as soon as she walked out of the house. She quickly gathered her coat. , and ran over to open the door.
It was Yuan Bingbing and an unknown lesbian. Both of them were carrying wooden boxes in their hands. It seemed that they were here to exchange things.
"Bingbing, bring your friend home to warm up quickly. We'll talk about anything later."
After inviting the two of them into the room, Xia Chan immediately poured a bowl of brown sugar and ginger tea for each of them, and also brought melon seeds and peanuts to entertain them.
"Xiaochan, this is my colleague Zhang Wenwen in the department store." Yuan Bingbing introduced the two of them, "Wenwen, this is my friend Xia Chan."
Xia Chan and Zhang Wenwen greeted each other, and the first impression was pretty good.
"Xiaochan, we're looking for you today to exchange for something. As long as it's edible, we don't care about the type." Yuan Bingbing didn't waste time, but told the truth. After all, they didn't have long.
Xia Chan nodded, "I understand, I'll give you a break, and I'll take you to a place with more supplies to change."
"Xia Chan, thank you." Yuan Bingbing and Zhang Wenwen thanked Xia Chan at the same time.
Xia Chan waved her hands sheepishly. Doing these things can also gain her a better reputation. It can be said to be a good thing that is mutually beneficial to the three parties. There is no need to say thank you to her. After sitting for a while, Xia Chan took Yuan Bingbing and Su Wenwen to the home of the Ox Cart Master. During the two years when Xia Chan was in junior high school, the Ox Cart Master took good care of her. Xia Chan did not forget the Ox Cart Master if any good things happened in the future. .
When they arrived at the oxcart house, Xia Chan told them their intentions and asked them if they were willing to exchange food for winter clothes. Yuan Bingbing and Zhang Wenwen opened the wooden box, took out the clothes inside, and let them choose for themselves. .
Winter clothes are all thick, even if they are old clothes, they are much better than the tattered and not warm clothes that many people wear.
However, Yuan Bingbing and Zhang Wenwen brought lesbian clothes today, so the wife of the oxcart man changed a few clothes. The clothes can be changed when they are too big, or they can be changed into clothes for children. No matter what, they will not suffer any loss.
Finally, it was agreed that twenty kilograms of mountain products or twenty kilograms of coarse grains would be exchanged for one piece of clothing. If fine grains were available, ten kilograms of fine grains would be exchanged for one piece. However, the countryside was already short of fine grains, so fine grains were not considered.
The oxcart uncle's family couldn't change all the clothes they had, so Xia Chan took them to the brigade captain's house again, because the brigade captain's family had many children and a lot of goods.
Sure enough, Aunt Lin changed all the clothes in Yuan Bingbing and Zhang Wenwen's hands. She had five grandchildren and a married daughter, so it wouldn't be a bad thing to change more clothes.
Both Yuan Bingbing and Zhang Wenwen got a lot of food. Zhang Wenwen even got half a dried rabbit, which was very satisfying.
It would be nice to trade some old clothes that I have long disliked for some food.
After the two of them changed their things, they left directly from the brigade leader's house. Because the oxcart man said he would take them to the town, Yuan Bingbing didn't bother Xia Chan anymore this time.
Aunt Lin was drawing clothes for the children, and happily studied how to change the clothes, "People in this city are really wasteful. Such good clothes, without even a patch, are no longer worn. They are packed at the bottom of the box. I feel really sad when I think about it. ”
"It's precisely because they don't wear them anymore that we have the opportunity to change with them. Otherwise, when will we have the opportunity to wear such good clothes?" Xia Chan said with a smile, "The more times they come to change, the more our clothes will That’s enough, Aunt Lin, don’t you think so?”
Aunt Lin nodded repeatedly, "Yes, if they come more often, the children won't have to suffer from the cold."
After that, Aunt Lin told the children, "After you finish your homework, go to the mountain to pick up wild goods for me. Don't just play all day long."
"I know, grandma." The children all agreed, touching the thick clothes and feeling warm in their hearts.
After that, the children from the oxcart grandpa's family and the brigade leader's family ran to the mountains every day to pull food to their homes.
Of course, the mountains in the production team are all hills, and children often go there. As long as they don't run into the mountains, nothing will happen, and adults can rest assured.
On the other side, Zhang Wenwen, who came to exchange things with Yuan Bingbing, was also very happy. He didn't expect to exchange old clothes for so much food. What he exchanged today should be enough for their family to eat for a month.
When she has time, she will go to her relatives and ask them to bring her old clothes, and she will go to the countryside to exchange them.
"Bingbing, thank you for today, otherwise I really wouldn't know that old clothes can be exchanged for something!" Zhang Wenwen hugged Yuan Bingbing's arm and whispered.