Chapter 80: Father and son battle wits and courage, who is stronger and who is weaker
Chapter 80: Father and son battle wits and courage, who is stronger and who is weaker
"I'll give you the measurements and tell you how much you need. I'll send it over then. The same goes for goose down."
His parents' sizes were basically set, but that wasn't the case for him and his two sisters.
The three of them are growing, so we have to make it bigger when we do it, just a little bigger, just big enough to wear this winter.
As for next year, he can just do it next year. He has no shortage of cowhide, not to mention the labor cost.
"Is that so? Okay, I'll measure it for you first, and then you'll know how to measure it. Just write down the measurements when the time comes."
"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded.
After measuring, Li Jiayi borrowed a ruler from the old man and went straight home.
When I was almost home, I found a place where no one was around and took out a big white-striped chicken.
As he thought, the elder sister saw such a big chicken and said, "Little brother, why did you buy such a big chicken? How much does it cost?"
In fact, what the elder sister was worried about was not the money, but the meat tickets. You have to know that when buying chickens, you have to give tickets according to the amount of money!
This chicken is at least twice as big as an ordinary old hen, so it costs two dollars.
Similarly, an ordinary old hen requires one and a half kilograms of meat tickets, but this one requires three kilograms of meat tickets.
The two hens I brought back last time were the kind that had just started laying eggs. They were not very big, about the same size as the old hens bought in the market.
"Sister, don't worry about this. The fact that I can buy it back means I don't need these tickets."
"Uh!"
Li Jiaqi was speechless. In this era, who dares to say that there is no shortage of votes? Even the director of the subdistrict office probably doesn't dare to say that.
"Okay, sister, let's go cook quickly! I'm hungry." After saying that, she rubbed her stomach.
"Okay, wait, I'll do it."
"I'll go make a fire." The second sister said quickly.
This is a foodie. When he sees chicken to eat, he works much more enthusiastically.
My eldest sister didn’t stew the chicken, but instead stir-fried it into chicken noodle soup, and only put a very small amount of chicken in it.
This was to prepare to wait for parents to come back in the evening to have dinner together. The second sister didn't say anything, and Li Jiayi didn't care either.
This is good too. After a day of work, parents can have something delicious to replenish themselves at night. Isn’t that great!
Li Jiayi did not stay at home in the afternoon. He opened the box containing money and took out two tickets for buying an enamel pot.
This is the welfare the factory gives to my parents in the summer. Yes, the welfare is two tickets to buy enamel pots.
In fact, it is very normal. This is how it is in this era. Even if you are awarded as advanced, the most you will be rewarded is an enamel pot with the name of the factory on it.
The enamel pots bought from the supply and marketing cooperatives do not have the factory name on them. Most of them just have a red peony flower and the words "Serve the People".
Soon Li Jiayi came to the supply and marketing cooperative, handed over the ticket and said, "I want to buy two enamel pots."
The salesperson took the ticket, looked at it and said, "One dollar."
An enamel pot costs fifty cents, which is really not cheap to be honest. You have to know that this is almost equivalent to half a day's salary of a first-class worker!
In later generations, if anyone said that he would use a day's salary to buy two enamel pots, others would definitely think that you were kicked in the head by a donkey.
But in this era, no one thinks this is abnormal. There is no way around it; anything related to industry is expensive.
After handing in the ticket and paying the money, Li Jiayi thought for a moment and said, "Give me another five yuan worth of oil paper and a can of White Rabbit Milk Candy."
I decided to buy the candy and oil paper at the last minute. School will officially start tomorrow, and I will have to come to the supply and marketing cooperative less often in the future.
As for milk candy, it's the same reason. It's better to be prepared. You'll make a profit if you buy this thing.
As for cigarettes, alcohol and other things, Li Jiayi did not buy any, and he didn't even plan to buy them here in the future.
There was no other way. This place was too close to home. Buying once or twice was fine, but if he bought too much, word would spread, and that was not what he wanted. From now on, when he wanted to buy cigarettes and alcohol, he would have to go to a supply and marketing cooperative that was farther from home, preferably in Dongcheng District.
Of course, this refers to buying a lot at one time, such as one or two bottles, or one or two packs of cigarettes, which is not necessary.
After buying these things, Li Jiayi took them and left the supply and marketing cooperative.
After finding a place to put these things away, I took out my pocket watch and looked at it. It was just past one o'clock.
It was too early to go back now, so I thought about it and walked out of Deshengmen, trying to buy some wild boar meat while I still had time.
Half an hour later, Li Jiayi arrived at the pigeon market, still carrying the big basket.
To be honest, Li Jiayi is now hoping that the weather will get colder soon. As long as it gets cold, he can wear a hood to protect his face.
Then release the four greyhounds, and then you can use them as a camel or make a sled.
Unfortunately, it is only September now, and winter is still at least another month and a half away, which is the time when the heating will be turned on in the imperial capital in the future.
This era is much colder than later generations, and it is very likely to snow heavily in November.
"Don't miss it if you pass by. Fresh pork is only one dollar per pound."
In the past, wild boar meat was sold for 80 cents per pound, and it was troublesome to get change. Now it is much better, just one dollar per pound, and basically no change is required.
In one afternoon, I went to six or seven places and made a total of about three hundred yuan.
Seeing that it was almost time, I walked directly out of Pigeon City.
To be honest, this is actually the real time to sell things, because many people who get off work will come to the Pigeon Market at this time.
However, he didn't dare to continue selling, not only because he was afraid of running into acquaintances, but mainly because it was too late and it would be dangerous to return to the city.
You have to know that not all people in Pigeon City are good, especially those who steal in Pigeon City.
There are so many people coming and going now that they dare not do anything, but it’s hard to say after dark.
When I got home, my parents had already returned from get off work. My mother was cooking and my eldest sister was making a fire.
As for Dad, he was sitting in the house drinking his Gaosui. Every time he took a sip, it looked like tea leaves. I had no idea what was so good about it.
"Come here, son." Li Aimin waved to him.
"What's wrong, Dad?"
"It's okay, come and sit down."
After he said that, Li Jiayi didn't dare to sit down because he didn't know what his father was going to do!
"You'd better tell me what's the matter first! Otherwise I'll go back to the house." He wouldn't be fooled!
I really thought he was a three-year-old child!
"You little brat, what's wrong with me asking you to come over for tea? I'm your father, what can I do to you?"
Li Jiayi curled his lips and said, "Dad, you can say this to my elder sister, but don't say it to me. It's useless."
Li Aimin scratched his head and said, "Sure, kid, I can't fool you anymore."
"What do you think?"
"Okay! I do have something to talk to you about."
"You should have said that earlier." After saying that, Li Jiayi sat down opposite him and asked, "Tell me! What do you want to talk to me about?"
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(End of this chapter)