Chapter 176 You are really my father!
Chapter 176 You are really my father!
Two dollars may not seem like much, but don't forget that cornmeal is only seven cents a pound.
These two dollars can buy almost 30 kilograms of cornmeal.
Of course, having money alone is not enough, you also need food books or food coupons.
If the price of food coupons is included, these two dollars can only buy a little more than ten kilograms of cornmeal.
Cornmeal is a coarse grain, but a coarse grain ticket costs one cent per pound.
And this is the current price. It won’t be long before the price, even for coarse grain coupons, increases several times.
Passing through the moon gate in the middle courtyard, Li Jiayi turned around and said, "Sister, you go back first. I'll go to Uncle Liao's place."
"Yeah! Go ahead."
After the eldest sister returned home, Li Jiayi came to Liao Kai's house, because Liao Kai now rides a bicycle to and from get off work and comes back earlier than him.
Just like before, he pushed the door open directly. Liao Kai was cutting vegetables and he knew it was Li Jiayi without even turning his head.
"What are you doing here kid?"
"Uncle Liao, if you say that, I'll leave."
"Ugh!" Liao Kai quickly put down the knife, turned around and looked at him and said, "Stop! Sit down quickly."
"That's pretty much it."
After saying that, Li Jiayi pulled over a bamboo chair and sat down, put his schoolbag on the small eight-immortals table, and took out a cloth bag from the schoolbag.
"Don't tell me, kid, there are peanuts in this bag?" Liao Kai said in disbelief as he looked at the cloth bag.
"Yes, it's the peanuts you wanted. Not many, just ten pounds."
"Hiss!" Liao Kai took a breath and said, "You are really good! You brought back so many peanuts."
Peanuts are a good thing! And peanut tickets are hard to get.
Ordinary people can only buy half a pound of shelled peanuts with a voucher during the Chinese New Year.
From here you can see how difficult it is to get this peanut ticket.
Of course, this only applies to ordinary people. For some people, these peanut tickets are just that.
"How is it? Is it enough for you to have a drink for a while?"
"Enough, more than enough." Liao Kai nodded quickly.
Are you kidding? That's ten kilograms of peanuts! Even if you eat two taels of peanuts each time you drink, that's enough for fifty drinks.
"That's enough. Tell me when there's nothing left."
"Ok!"
Neither of them mentioned money because there was no need for it. Even if Liao Kai offered money, Li Jiayi would not take it.
Despite this, Liao Kai will not let Li Jiayi suffer any loss. He will probably go to Liulichang again this Sunday.
This didn't matter to him. Even if he didn't help Li Jiayi to dig out the antiques, he would have come here anyway.
This is the only pleasure he has now. He paid for it anyway, so it doesn’t matter if others know about it.
Of course, this is what we are talking about now. In a few years, no one will care whether you bought it yourself or not.
After leaving Liao Kai’s house, Li Jiayi returned home.
First say hello to Aunt Li who is cooking in the kitchen, then enter the main room.
Li Aimin was the only one sitting in the main room drinking tea. When he saw him come back, he waved to her quickly.
"Dad, what are you doing again?"
Li Jiayi is used to it now. Whenever his father waves to him, it means nothing good.
"You kid, I'm asking you to sit down and have some tea."
Li Jiayi curled his lips and didn't believe what he said at all, but he still sat down.
Anyway, whether he sits or not, the final result will be the same.
Li Jiayi took the enamel pot handed over by Li Aimin and said, "Tell me! What's the matter this time?"
"Son, do you have any more radio tickets and sewing tickets?"
really.
He knew that his father had no good intentions when he came to see him.
"Dad, which comrade's son of yours is getting married this time?" Li Jiayi asked speechlessly.
"No, no, this time someone asked me to buy a ticket, so I asked you."
Li Jiayi frowned and asked, "Dad, why did someone ask you to buy a ticket? Did you tell them something?"
Li Aimin reached out and tapped Li Jiayi on the head and said, "Do you think I'm that stupid?"
Li Jiayi did not answer him, but just stared at him. The meaning was very clear, that is, it was almost the same.
"You little brat, it's really not true. I don't know who spread the news that our family bought a radio and a sewing machine. Now my colleagues are asking me where I got the tickets, so..."
"So you told others about my ticket exchange from Pigeon City?"
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, Li Aimin scratched his head embarrassedly.
"But that's not right! Even if you told others this, they wouldn't buy tickets from you, right?"
Li Aimin said weakly at this time: "I'll tell them that you got more tickets in return."
"Puff!" Li Jiayi sprayed out all the tea he had just drunk.
"You are really my father." Li Jiayi said speechlessly.
In fact, Li Jiayi was not angry. His tickets had been exchanged anyway, so there was no problem.
Moreover, some of them are approaching their expiration date. If there are really people who want to buy them, some of them can be sold.
"Son, do you have any more? If you do, give me a few and I'll give you the money later."
"Forget it, you're going to give me the money later. I guess I'll give you the ticket later, but I won't see the money."
It can only be said that Li Jiayi knows his father too well, thinking about hiding his private money all day long. Unfortunately, after hiding it for a while, it will be found by his mother and confiscated.
It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but he has done it countless times and he still hides it, and he never gets tired of it.
This is really speechless. Do we really have to decide who is better, or do we have to win once before we can stop?
"Son, what do you mean by that? Am I that kind of person?"
This time Li Jiayi didn't give him face and said directly: "You are."
"you……"
"Okay, if you want a ticket, just pay first and I'll give you the ticket."
"Son, you hurt my heart so much."
Li Jiayi didn't respond to him, he just stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait, okay, I agree, tell me the price of the ticket, and I'll let them get the money later."
Li Jiayi glanced at Li Aimin and said, "I won't tell you about the bicycle ticket. You know the price."
"Yeah!" Li Aimin nodded.
"The price of a sewing ticket ranges from fifty to seventy. Different brands have different prices. You have to ask them what brand they want."
"Okay, I'll ask tomorrow."
"All watch tickets are the same. There is no difference. The price is 40 yuan per ticket."
"Finally, there's the radio ticket. This is the same as the watch ticket. The price is fifty-one."
Although the prices of radios vary, there are no special tickets for them. Instead, as long as you have a ticket, you can buy any brand you want.
The same applies to watch tickets.
There is only a difference between bicycle tickets and sewing tickets, and naturally, the price is also different.
"Well, when you ask, give me the money and I'll give you the ticket."
"no problem."
Seeing his excitement, Li Jiayi knew that his work would definitely not be in vain.
Not to say it is 100%, but at least 80% to 90% can be certain that he benefited from it.
But it didn't matter to him, he just had to get his share.
As for the rumor that his father was involved in profiteering, that does not exist at all.
This is just a transfer, so it’s normal even if the price is a bit higher, after all, the item is in short supply!
Who would transfer it to you if you don’t pay more? You must be kidding!
"Dad, do you have anything else to do?"
"Gone."
"Since it's gone, I'll go upstairs and take a rest, and then come down to eat later."
"Go!"
Back upstairs, Li Jiayi locked the door from the inside and entered the space.
Take some watermelon from the static space and make watermelon juice.
And this time he also planned to make iced watermelon juice. Anyway, he had a lot of ice cubes in the space, so he could just use some of it.
However, the price of this iced tea cannot be the same as before. At least it will be 1 cent more expensive per pot!
Ten minutes later, Li Jiayi sent the prepared watermelon juice into the static space and came out of the space.
Just at this time, the meal was ready. I pretended to wash my hands in the house and then came downstairs.
"Son, have you washed your hands?" Ye Xin asked when she saw him coming down.
"Just washed."
"Then sit down and eat."
"Ok!"
After taking a few bites, Li Jiayi felt that the atmosphere was a little strange because he saw that his father had not eaten and looked conflicted.
"What are you doing? Why aren't you leaving yet?" Ye Xin asked Li Aimin.
"Mom, what do you want my dad to do?" Li Jiayi asked in confusion.
"Little brother, didn't you say that our family should eat out like everyone else? And we should eat the same as the people in the courtyard."
"Yeah! What's the matter?"
"Mom said that if we all go out all of a sudden, it would make us feel uncomfortable. After all, we rarely go out to eat, so let Dad take the lead and then we can take it slow."
"Is that so? That's fine. Just like Mom said, if everyone in our family suddenly started eating outside with bowls in their hands, people would probably be even more suspicious."
"Ok!"
Next, the whole family will look after Li Aimin alone.
This made Li Aimin very uncomfortable, so he had to take the only two hard steamed buns in the basin, and then go out with half a bowl of water spinach without any oil or water.
Yes, this half bowl of water spinach was also specially prepared by Ye Xin, and not a drop of oil was added!
After Li Aimin left, Ye Xin said, "Okay, let's eat! Just leave some for your dad. I guess he won't be able to eat much when he comes back."
This is true. Two steamed buns and half a bowl of water spinach can definitely fill you up.
If it were in the past, this little bit of food would be nothing in Li Aimin's stomach.
But after almost a year of eating delicious food, my stomach was already full of fat and I couldn't eat much.
Didn’t you see that in the past, five people in their family cooked a big pot of food, but now five people only cook half a small pot.
This is the difference between having oil and not having oil. If there is enough oil, you will feel full after eating a little. Without oil, no matter how much you eat, you will feel full.
PS: Please give me a monthly ticket and recommendation ticket! Thank you!
(End of this chapter)