Chapter 26 White Rabbit Toffees, You Deserve It

Chapter 26 White Rabbit Toffees, You Deserve It

Chapter 26 White Rabbit Toffees, You Deserve It
"Little comrade, you will pay for the food coupons later, so forget about the money. I will treat you to this meal."

Li Jiayi didn't ask for any other dishes, just this piece of meat, and at most a few steamed buns.

"Isn't this not good?"

"It's okay. I'll pay for you. Don't worry, I won't take advantage of the public."

One steamed bun weighs two taels, and five of them weigh one jin. Li Jia paid with a handful of food coupons, which meant he only paid 20 cents.

It's definitely worth spending two cents for half a pound of such good pork.

Don’t forget, pork is something you can’t buy even if you have money, it requires a ticket!
You don’t need a ticket for the pigeon market, but there are none for sale.

"Thank you, uncle."

"It's okay, just sit and wait for a while, I'll cook for you."

"Ok."

After Master Liu went in, Li Jiayi said to the waiter, "I want five steamed buns. How much are they?"

"Just give me a pound of fine grain coupons, and Master Liu will pay for it."

"No, I'll pay for it myself."

I don't have much money, why should I ask others to help pay for it? Besides, I gave Master Liu half a catty of meat because others helped him cook.

This is the income from their labor.

"Then give me another two cents for the steamed buns!"

Five steamed buns cost one pound. Of course, this refers to the weight of the steamed buns. It doesn't take a pound of flour at all. But the restaurant can't work for free! They have to make some money anyway.

Master Liu quickly finished cooking the dish. It turned out that half a pound of meat was quite a lot, mainly because Master Liu added green peppers.

Li Jiayi ate only two of the five steamed buns and finished the whole plate of meat.

Of course, the remaining three steamed buns had to be taken away, since he had the still space.

I never know when I’m hungry, I can just take it out and eat it.

However, he didn't have many food coupons left, so he would get some and put them in the space, in case he needed to use them for something.

Of course, if you want to get food coupons, you must get national food coupons, because local food coupons have an expiration date.

Basically, they are all for the current month and do not expire within the same month, but the national food coupons are different. The national food coupons are long-term.

There is no expiration date on it, so you can use it whenever you want, but it is more expensive than local food coupons.

The current price of a pound of local fine grain coupons is 20 cents, while the national grain coupons are 25 cents, which is 5 cents more expensive.

After finishing his meal, Li Jiayi came out of the restaurant and walked towards Jianguomen. It was time for dinner.

So he was not in a hurry, but walked over slowly and leisurely.

But even so, when he arrived, there was no one here.

Although the pigeon market is open all day, there is really no one around during lunch time.

This didn’t matter to Li Jiayi. He just found a forest and crawled into it, then entered the space.

There is a place to live in the space, so why not take a nap?

However, before taking a nap, he went to the pond to take a bath.

After running for a whole morning, my body is sticky and it would be more comfortable to take a shower.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Jiayi woke up, stretched, and sat up from the bed.

With a thought, Li Jiayi appeared outside the space, and at this time, the Pigeon City was already crowded with people.

He moved his mind again, and a large rattan basket appeared in his hand.

Of course, there is also a lot of pork in it. Although he is young and short, he is really strong.

He was originally stronger than people of the same age and stronger than others, and he became even stronger because he had been drinking spiritual spring water for some time.

I wouldn’t dare say it’s more, but a hundred pounds is nothing.

Of course, he didn’t put that much in his basket. He knew how strong he was, but others didn’t!
Li Jiayi found a random spot, put down the basket, and took out the canvas he had used before. He spread it out randomly on the ground and put three pieces of meat, still one catty, two catties, and five catties.

"This is some of the best wild boar meat! Don't miss it if you pass by."

"Little comrade, how much do you sell this wild boar meat for?"

"Eighty cents a pound."

"Eighty cents a pound! That's not expensive. Give me five pounds."

"Okay! Take the five pounds."

The aunt paid the money, took the meat from Li Jiayi and said, "Oh! If it wasn't so hot and it would spoil easily, I would definitely buy more."

It is very difficult to eat meat, but if you don’t eat meat, your body will not have oil and you will feel hungry more easily.

Housewives are better off because they don't need to do any physical work, but people who work in factories are not so lucky.

"Little comrade, give me two pounds too."

"okay!"

"I want two pounds too."

"I want a pound."

It only took about ten minutes, and Li Jiayi calculated that at least 40 kilograms were sold.

He quickly stood up, picked up the basket and left.

However, Li Jiayi did not rush to find a place to sell the meat, but instead wandered around the pigeon market with a basket.

"Hello, uncle!" Li Jiayi walked up to a middle-aged man and said.

"Oh! Hello, what's the matter?" asked the middle-aged man.

"What tickets do you have?"

Just now he saw the middle-aged man selling the tickets in his hand to others, so he came over to ask.

"I have two kilograms of sugar coupons, fifteen kilograms of local grain coupons, and one rubber shoe coupon."

"Huh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment.

He originally thought that this uncle should have a lot of tickets since he was selling tickets to others, but he didn't expect that this was all he had.

And basically they were tickets he didn't need, such as rubber shoe tickets and local food tickets.

Although local food coupons are used for eating in the imperial capital just like national food coupons, there are still differences.

If you only use local food coupons, the restaurant will not provide you with oil when cooking, but it is different for national food coupons.

One pound of national food coupons comes with one ounce of oil, which is five grams. After you pay the coupons, the cashier will tell the kitchen.

"How much do you want to sell this candy ticket?"

Sugar is a good thing! They also have some at home, but very little, and Li Ma has put them all away.

It is usually used to buy candy during the Chinese New Year. Yes, sugar tickets are also long-term tickets.

After all, sugar is relatively expensive in this era and not many people are willing to buy it.

Even the cheapest hard fruit candy costs 87 cents per pound, and that's only if you have a ticket.

It can be said that it is much more expensive than pork. For example, the famous White Rabbit Milk Candy costs three dollars and fifty cents per pound.

(White Rabbit Toffees began production in 1943. Before 1950, it was called Mickey Mouse Toffees. From 1950 to 1959, it was called White Rabbit Toffees. After 1959, it was renamed Big White Rabbit Toffees.)

What does three dollars and fifty cents per pound mean? You should know that one White Rabbit milk candy weighs ten grams, and fifty pieces make up one pound.

On average, a White Rabbit candy costs seven cents. You should know that a pound of cornmeal only costs seven cents!
If you buy half a pound of this, it will be enough staple food for an adult for a month.

"One dollar per pound." The middle-aged man thought for a while and said.

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