Wang Zhengguo didn't go in with the two of them, and guarded the mule cart outside.

The mule carts they borrowed had to be brought back to the Wanglou brigade safe and sound, which was the largest labor force.

Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue walked into the grocery store and found that many counters were empty, there were no eggs at the egg counter, no pastries at the pastry counter, and most of the salespeople were chatting while knitting.

Feng Qingxue was immediately dumbfounded, what is the situation?

"Out of stock! Or sold out. Lu Jiang calmly spit out.

Fortunately, there is some loose sugar in the sugar cabinet, and there are some lean meat and bones left on the meat case, which is generally not very popular.

The price of fat and lean pork is the same, it is seven cents and two pounds, in the case of lack of edible oil, the public prefers fatty meat, unless the meat ticket expires, otherwise will not come to the long queue to buy lean meat and bones into the water, but to buy meat often depends on the master knife, cut off the meat regardless of fat and thin you have to buy, there is no right to pick.

Lu Jiang brought back four catties of meat tickets, with different denominations, and they were not used when he was in the border guards, because there was no meat in the canteen.

"Comrade, please cut two catties of meat for us, this is the front leg meat, right? Cut the meat of the front leg. After Feng Qingxue finished speaking, he looked at the rest of the head and hooves into the water, "How do you sell pig's trotters?" How do you sell pig's head? ”

The meat must be the meat of the day, but the weather is cold and the color is not so bright.

"Two pounds of meat? Boy! I've been a master for so many years, but it's the first time I've seen someone cut two catties of meat at a time. "I took the meat ticket first, and the master said while neatly cutting off a piece of front leg meat, no more, no less, a full two catties, "Pig's trotters are a dime, there is only this one left, except for milk, most people don't buy it, it's troublesome and there is no meat, and the cooked pig's trotters outside are only a dime." ”

So cheap?

Feng Qingxue hurriedly said: "Do you need a ticket?" We only have two pounds of meat tickets left in our hands. ”

The master thought for a while, "The pig's trotters don't want your ticket, the pig's head has to be wanted, the pig's head meat is marinated, and it is very fragrant!" The remaining half of the pig's head is almost four catties heavier, you give two catties of meat tickets and take it, five cents a catty. ”

It's all at this time, and no one should buy it if you continue to put it down.

Those who want to buy meat basically come to line up in the early morning, and state-run restaurants will say in advance if they want it, and if they don't say it in advance, they don't want it.

Sometimes the meat cannot be sold not because the citizens do not want to buy it, but because their supply is limited and the meat tickets are used up. This happens very rarely, because most of the time meat is in short supply.

Feng Qingxue asked Lu Jiang to pay for the ticket, and asked how to sell the bones.

"No tickets, a penny for a pound."

"Ajiang, buy some and go back to stew bone broth for everyone, Xibao can drink it with you, or you can make noodles."

So, Feng Qingxue bought two catties of lean meat, half a pair of pig's heads, a pig's trotters, two tube bones and a large section of the pig's intestine that did not need a ticket, and spent a total of three yuan and nine cents.

Turning around, Lu Jiang spent five yuan to buy two catties of high-grade toffee.

The sugar ticket is two catties, two catties to buy toffee, and two catties to buy fruit candy, but fruit hard candy is much cheaper.

Feng Qingxue complained: "Just buy some fruit candy, other people's children don't feel distressed when they come, and they don't attract attention." It's not that the toffee is not taken out, and it is not taken out, isn't this a clear way to tell other people's families that we are living a good life? ”

"I didn't think about it for a while, but I wanted to give our children something good." Lu Jiang touched his head, he bought it, and it was too late to regret it.