How to Thrive in the ’60s

Rebirth 60 Good Times Volume Chapter 271 Dumplings "This year's precocious apricots are so early, look, they are all juicy, without any holes, they look delicious!"

"The price is also pretty good. It costs only five apricots for ten cents, and it's fine to buy the ones for two cents to satisfy the baby's hunger."

"This egg is big, but it's expensive. It costs fifteen cents."

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Yunshang stepped on the cart, hurriedly collecting the money for selling vegetables, eggs and apricots, Gu Shinian was not at ease, he sent away a few ordinary customers, and bargained with the second-hand dealers in a low voice.

When Yunshang was almost sold out, Gu Shinian also negotiated the price, and the remaining polished rice and flour in the bag were all packed to the Erdao dealer for one yuan and seventy catties.

After the items were sold out, Gu Shinian put the cart on the spot, dragged Yunshang around the black market again, bought two pheasants and a hare, saw a pork seller at the end of the black market, and sold them all in one breath. The remaining small half of pork ribs and pork thighs were rounded.

The pork in this period didn't have any additives. Whenever Gu Shinian saw a meat seller, he would find a way to buy it and hoard it for Yun Shang to eat slowly.

As for the pork in Yunshang's space, it was also sold out one after another by Gu Shinian, or it was given away as a gift.

After coming out of the black market, the two continued to look for the abandoned alley, put away the cart, took off their old clothes, washed and dressed, and went to the purchase station on bicycles.

On the pretext of looking for comic books and textbooks, the two rummaged through the buying station, found three sets of textbooks ranging from elementary school to high school, and also found more than a dozen thread-bound ancient books, two old picture scrolls, and finally Yunshang was still in Gu Shinian's hands. Under the signal of the teacher, he collected several porcelains in good condition and two snuff bottles.

Thinking of the old lady's temper of breaking a penny into two halves, Yunshang sorted out two more stacks of newspapers, and prepared to give them to the old lady, asking her to take them back to the village to exchange things with someone.

Back home, it was getting late, Yunshang took out a piece of pork, two bundles of leeks, thirty eggs, and a large bag of apricots from the space under the cover of the basket, and excitedly pulled the old lady over. Sucking saliva, he asked for a better life, expressing that he wanted to eat flour dumplings!

When I was selling vegetables in the morning, I heard someone said that I would make leek and egg dumplings when I went back home. Yun Chang couldn't help but want to drool at that time. When I got home now, I naturally wanted to eat dumplings.

The old lady was almost stunned by Yun Shang's generosity, she glanced around subconsciously, quickly closed the door, pulled Gu Shinian and Yun Shang to open their mouths, and reprimanded, "You two are so bold! Why are you going to the black market again? La! If someone catches you, how can an old woman save you two?"

Seeing that the old lady's face changed color with fright, Yunshang quickly hugged the old lady's waist and coaxed her, "Don't worry, grandma, Brother Gu and I didn't go to the black market, we went to the buying station."

Gu Shinian also nodded in agreement beside him, took out the old newspapers and textbooks under the basket, and showed it to the old lady, "Grandma Yun, A Chang and I went to the shopping station to buy old newspapers and textbooks. These foods are for me. The industrial tickets were exchanged for fellow villagers who bought them in the city."

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief, and rubbed her chest with a look of fear, "That's good, that's good. Ouch~, my mother's heart, I can't let it go every day."

Yunshang stood on tiptoe, stretched out her little hand to caress the old lady's chest, "Grandma, Brother Gu and I are obedient, we can't let you worry about it, and we can't do speculative things!" That's weird!

"Ouch~, my dear girl, you are really close!" The old lady smiled happily, and hugged Yun Chang for a good kiss.

Gu Shinian suppressed the twitching corners of his mouth, poured the apricots into a large basin, picked up two more bowls, and prepared to send Yunshuilian to Officer Ren's and Nurse Li's homes.

These things are worthless to Yunshang, but to others, they are rare fresh food.

Officer Ren's family and Nurse Li's family took good care of Lao Yun's family and Yun Shuilian's family. Sending some apricots was considered a friendly relationship between neighbors.

It was rare for Yunshang to ask for dumplings, so the old lady naturally wanted to satisfy, so she picked leeks first,

After cleaning it, I hurried to the kitchen to make noodles and chop meat stuffing.

When Yun Shuilian came back from get off work, the old lady had already rolled out the dumpling wrappers and was ready to make dumplings.

There are two types of dumpling fillings, one with leek and egg, and the other with leek and pork.

The old lady's hands and feet are very agile, just pinch her fingers twice, and a white and plump dumpling is ready.

On the other hand, Gu Shinian, who was learning how to make dumplings, performed much worse. The dumplings were crooked and out of shape.

Yun Shang leaned over to take a look, and praised Gu Shinian a few words to save face, and ordered all the ugly dumplings he made in advance.

Shuanzi didn't understand what Yun Shang was talking about, but it didn't stop him from joining in the fun. He also squinted his eyes and said with small teeth, "I've made a reservation, I want to eat ugly dumplings!"

Gu Shinian: "..."

Hearing the laughter of the old lady and Yun Shuilian, Gu Shinian turned around, and as a punishment, dabbed a little flour on the noses of Yunshang and Shuanzi, painting them into cats...

When the dumplings were put into the pot, the delicious smell of leeks and meat spread out, and soon filled the entire corridor.

Thinking of when Lao Yun's family moved, several families in Xiaoyanglou helped move things. Yun Chang simply found a few small bowls, filled each bowl with ten dumplings, and sent them to the neighbors who helped. Favor.

Afterwards, she asked the old lady to bring a bowl of dumplings to Officer Ren's house and Nurse Li's house respectively, plus apricots, and asked Yun Shuilian to deliver them to the two families.

After finishing these tasks, the family can finally have lunch in peace.

Yun Chang knelt on the bench, biting off the elastic dumpling skin, the hot gravy burst out in her mouth immediately, the fresh aroma of leeks and meat blended together, it was so fresh that she wanted to swallow it with her tongue.

"Mmm! It's delicious!" Shuanzi mumbled while sucking the dumplings in his mouth.

Yunshang also nodded quickly, swallowed the dumplings in her mouth, and said to the old lady, "Grandma, after dinner, my second brother Gu and I will go to the aluminum factory to see the second uncle, and then send a bowl of dumplings to the second uncle to improve it." Improve food."

The old lady's eyelids twitched, and she said in a very unexpected tone, "Your second uncle can buy two dumplings for a day's salary. If you send a bowl of dumplings, how many days will your second uncle have to work to earn back?"

Yun Shang: "..." Grandma~! That's your son, dear son!

Yun Shuilian and Gu Shinian were also speechless, wondering why the old lady had been having a fight with Yun Erchuan.

"It was good to say that when I left, he came back once a week, it's been almost a month, and he didn't know to come back and have a look! Tell me, why is he so cold, he just throws the embolus to me I don't care anymore!"