Chapter 168

The last time Qin Huai delivered a batch of frozen meat because of the generosity of the neighbor’s residence. At that time, Qin Huai was still working in the Communications Department and had an in-app purchase quota. At that time, the government’s price was 30 yuan a catty of meat, which was already ridiculously expensive. But there is no way, there is too much meat shortage, people can’t afford a catty, and they have to satisfy their greed by buying a few taels.

Now it is local pigs, although there is less intermediate transportation consumption, but the price is not cheap. According to Xu Ming, at least 40 to 50 yuan a catty, and the source of meat is small. This time there are at most 50 or so pigs that can Exit the gate.

The surviving population of the whole Kangyun is about five million people, including those from Qinghe and other northern regions who came to seek refuge. Their side is just one of the residential areas. Kangyun is a municipality directly under the Central Government, unlike There are several cities in other provincial-level cities, and each city has government forces to help rebuild, so Kang Yun’s residential areas are relatively scattered. In order to escape the city center, there are all directions in the southeast, northwest, and north.

Although they are the most populous residential area because they were protected and rebuilt by the army at the beginning, the total population does not exceed one million. The one million that can consume pork may be less than 100,000, even if it is 100,000 There are only one-tenth of the rich people on the top floor, there are 10,000 people, and 50 pigs, and they can’t splash a little water.

If it weren’t for the fear of disrupting the market price and being controlled by the top, farmers would like to sell pork in an auction mode. Those who can afford it will eat it, and those who can’t afford it will watch it. But obviously, this is impossible, and the higher-ups will not allow private farms to do this. Otherwise, whether it is meat, or rice, flour, grain and oil, 80% of the people in the entire residential area will starve to death.

At this time, Xu Ming had to admire Yu Feng’s wild ways. Although he was a local, he went to another city for college, and later enlisted in the army. It’s not even half a year since I came back, and I can get to know so many people, which can be described by the four words “chaotic wind and water”.

Others might fight for a few taels of meat, but Yu Feng bought a pig directly. When Yu Feng asked Xu Ming how many catties of meat their small yard wanted, Xu Ming was shocked.

“The farmer has something to do with you?”

Yu Feng was biting a bald millet grass root in his mouth. He was not a big smoker, but sometimes he really missed it, but now it is hard to grow food, so there is no such condition to grow tobacco, so even if he There are many channels to get some goods that are in short supply, but I really can’t get cigarettes, so I can only occasionally bite something in my mouth to relieve it.

Seeing Xu Ming’s usually indifferent face, there was a rare bit of curiosity, Yu Feng smiled: “I want to know? This is my ability to survive, how can I say so easily.”

Xu Ming was too familiar with this sloppy look, even thinking about it with his toes, he knew that his next sentence would definitely not be a good one.

Sure enough, Yu Feng immediately said: “But if you want to know, it’s not impossible, call Brother Feng and let me hear?”

Xu Ming turned around and left, Yu Feng hurriedly chased after him: “Brother Yu Sheng, you don’t suffer, right? I’m older than you, you see how sensible the children in your yard are, they shouted at Big Brother Yu one by one. Then, send me a kneeling thank you emoji, so cute.”

As Yu Feng spoke, he handed the phone to him. After Xu Ming talked about pork in the group, they didn’t directly say whether they want it or not. Instead, they asked about the price first. After all, they are not too rich, so it is really expensive. , the one hundred yuan a catty, they really can’t afford it, how can they just accept the price without asking.

So Yu Feng simply sent the price of pork to the large group, that is, Daniel and the three girls, and later the large group joined by the Cai family. The pork he got was not expensive, but it was not cheap either. Relying on this to make money, and they are all friends in Xu Ming’s yard, they gave them whatever price they got, twenty-five catties, which was five yuan cheaper than the frozen meat distributed by the government before.

As soon as he posted the news to the group, Song Jia and the other kids lined up to send kneeling thank you emojis, thanking Big Brother Yu one by one, shouting so affectionately.

Compared with this little veterinarian, tsk tsk tsk.

Xu Ming also knew that Yu Feng was a very nice person. He got a pig through his own relationship, and a bunch of people rushed to ask for a ten yuan price increase for a catty of meat. It’s not just enough for a friend, he can’t always ignore the other party’s kindness just because of his hippie smiling face, and even he himself feels that he is a little too ignorant of good and evil when he is always cold-faced like this.

But for Shang Yufeng, he can’t remember how long he hasn’t been able to pick up that gentle and kind mask, just like now, he just wanted to be soft, at least to show a smiling face to others, and the pigs that he worked so hard to get were sold to them cheap , and still couldn’t get a smiling face, it was as if he owed someone eight million, but as soon as he restrained his momentum slightly, Yu Feng came over.

“You see, do you also feel that you are too much, learn from them, how cute, come on, they call you Brother Yu, you call Brother Feng, the exclusive title given to you, isn’t it very touching?”

The little guilt that came up a little bit disappeared in Yu Feng’s unscrupulous ridicule, and he gave him a cold look.

Yu Feng didn’t mind being stared at, and he continued to lean over with a smile, and opened the pocket of his overalls vest: “Do you want to eat millet or not? I just stole a pot. Smell it, isn’t it very fragrant? It’s also delicious.” The one popped out of the chaff is very delicious, much better than the white rice that has been shelled out, try it, hey, don’t go, little veterinarian, do you want pork?”

It wasn’t until Xu Ming walked into the office building that he couldn’t even see his back. Then Yu Feng threw the scorched rice into his mouth and laughed so hard that he didn’t want to be beaten. How could someone be so funny Woolen cloth.

After confirming the price of pork that Yu Feng can buy, Mu Nan rushed home and saw Qin Huai who was weeding on the second floor, and said quickly: “Brother, have you watched the group? You can buy pork at Yu Feng, Twenty-five catties, but he can’t buy too much, he got a whole pig from an acquaintance, and asked us how much we plan to buy, and if we can’t buy it all, he will sell it at a higher price.”

“There is also fish. Song Jia said that the owner of a fleet asked him to make a video clip. He said that he had obtained a batch of fish from coastal cities and specially engaged in cold chain transportation, but it was also quite expensive. A fish weighing one catty , It may cost more than 30 yuan, which is about the same as pork, but pork is pure meat, and fish has gills, scales and bones, and there are only two bites of meat. In comparison, fish is still more expensive.”

Qin Huai put a bunch of pulled weeds in a basket hanging at the door of the rabbit’s nest, and then said: “We can buy some at that time, just now the game sent over this month’s share, enough for you to buy a few It’s a lot of meat.”

Mu Nan told Song Jia and the others that Qinhuai’s game division may be one or two hundred per month, but it’s actually not that small. Qinhuai has three hundred when it’s less a month, and five hundred when it’s more. Lack of food and drink is on the verge of starvation, but this kind of spiritual food becomes more and more addictive at this time, and the pressure of survival is great, so I always have to find some channels to vent.

But he didn’t tell people too much, otherwise they would have so much money just by staying at home and doing nothing every day. It’s not good to have a big gap in life with others, so one or two hundred is just right, anyway, they raise He raised chickens, raised rabbits, and grew vegetables. The quality of life has always been known to be good. Occasionally buying some expensive things is within the normal range.

After dealing with the weeds on the second floor, I looked at the time, and when it was time to move the one-way mirror on the top floor, I went upstairs. Mu Nan followed behind Qin Huai: “But fish is too expensive, they are reluctant, so I said If you want to eat fish, let’s buy it together, make some tofu and fish soup, each person will eat two mouthfuls of fish and drink some soup to relieve hunger, so if you share it, it won’t cost much.”

Qin Huai turned around: “Want to have dinner again?”

Mu Nan: “Hey, this is not a poor person. I can’t afford to eat a whole fish. It’s too pitiful.”

Qin Huai pursed his lips and smiled: “That’s just right, you can pick one of your watermelons and harvest it.”

Mu Nan’s eyes lit up: “Can I accept it? I’ll go and have a look.”

After speaking, he rushed upstairs, Qin Huai followed slowly, and when he reached the top floor, Mu Nan was making comparisons in front of a row of watermelons: “Is it a little small, is it really mature?”

“It’s mature, you can keep it for a few more days, and you can take it down to entertain your friends at any time.”

Mu Nan looked at it for a long time, feeling a little reluctant: “I planted it all by myself, what should I do if I don’t want to eat it?”

Qin Huai: “Then you can get one of the same species from the space.”

Mu Nan quickly shook his head, this is not good, the doors on both sides of their roof are not locked, and they can cross both sides at any time, so the number of plants planted on it, how many melons have grown here, he is not sure if Jian Chu and the others know, in case After being counted, one more popped up out of nowhere, but it was too dangerous.

Thinking about it this way, Mu Nan couldn’t help but sigh: “I also raised the rabbit by myself, and I don’t feel burdened to eat it, but this watermelon is reluctant to eat.”

Qin Huai adjusted the angle of refracted light in the room, so that when the sun comes out tomorrow, it will be directly exposed to the sun on the melon field: “One will give some grass to stock up casually, and the other will water and fertilize it carefully, and watch it grow little by little, of course not. Same.”

Mu Nan took a picture of a watermelon, and then sent it to her personal circle of friends: I can’t bear to eat it.

Song Jia: I don’t mind being the executioner who opens the watermelon with a knife.

Jian Chu: Bring it to me, and I’ll eat it for you.

Sun Sisi: Thousands of people are begging to buy a slice of watermelon!

Tu Juan: First gather enough people to show me.

Although everyone left messages to tease, they also knew that Mu Nan’s watermelon was ripe and ready to be slaughtered. It was obviously waiting for the agreed fish feast, otherwise Mu Nan would not have posted this in Moments of Friends. I think everyone is looking forward to the fish feast. There are fish and you can also buy meat. According to Song Jia, the second batch of mushroom bags left by Cai’s family is about to be harvested, and the Chinese cabbage in Mu Nan’s family is also ripe.

The three girls discussed it, and heard that Mu Nan said that he was going to sell a rooster. There were too many small **** in his house, and the three girls were going to buy a rooster, otherwise they would have nothing else to sell, no May always eat others for nothing.

The Cai family didn’t have anything else to take out, and the mushroom bags they planted later didn’t develop so quickly, and the only thing they could take out was the potatoes that were about to be harvested from the other side of the house, so they simply said that they had wrapped the potatoes, and that’s enough. .

However, the Cai family did not come out with the whole family. Cai Wentao brought Cai Wenwen, Cai Siqi and Xiaozhu. They were all young people, and the elders did not participate. It would be better to let a group of young people eat and play freely.

Before the fish arrived, the pork arrived first. After asking Taifeng, it was confirmed that he would give them the yard first, and buy as much as he could buy. It would be no problem to pay for one head. After he didn’t want to transfer to the second hand to make this money, everyone started Find a way to make more money, and plan to buy more. Now it can be put in the refrigerator to freeze, just buy more and eat slowly.

But the money was really low. Song Jia directly started selling eggs online, plus the salary his brother saved, bought a few catties of meat, and later bought some fish in a joint venture, which was just enough.

Jianchu’s family’s situation is similar, but they planted chili peppers, which happened to be good enough to harvest, and he didn’t want to sell the eggs. He wanted to keep them for Yu Zibai’s supplement, so he could only sell chili peppers, one by one. The peppers cost fifty cents, and a small basket of peppers sold a lot.

Every day in the house, Mu Nan saw the news that the bamboo insect group they were selling was either selling eggs or chili peppers. It was inexplicably sad and funny: “In order to be able to eat meat and fish, everyone worked hard.”

Qin Huai stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around the person: “Eat it once, and you can grit your teeth and suffer for a while.”

Qin Huai bought a few catties of meat, and also ordered several catties of pork bones and some pork livers. Although the bones are not edible, the soup can also supplement nutrition.

Jian Chu thought about it, and it was the same as Qin Huai and the others, but they only bought two catties of bones. The bones were a little cheaper because there was no meat. They stewed a little bone soup and drank it for two days. Later, they could cook noodles with bone soup. It’s hard, the food is too simple, if possible, it’s better to eat as nutritious as possible.

Because the edited video, filter and music rendering were released in advance, people who haven’t eaten fish in a few years are even more greedy, and the price has also been announced in advance. People who want to buy after seeing the video have a good idea in mind, and the sales date and sales address are also announced on it, and the sale will start as soon as the cold chain car is in place.

Because this video directly mobilized the expectations of the entire residential area. Even half a month ago, many people probably had more than enough energy to see the news of selling fish, but now, there are a lot more capable people. Affordable, through the Nuggets in the city center, many people are now earning more or less, so hard, and now they see fish for sale, so they are determined to pay attention to gritting their teeth and preparing for a luxury.

This time I ate fish, but I don’t know when the next time I want to eat it.

But some people have other thoughts, and even calculated an account in their hearts. If they build a cold chain transport vehicle to take it around the coastal area, except for manpower and vehicle expenses, fishing fish in a sea is completely cost-free income. Just thinking about it makes me want to sit still.

In the anticipation of everyone, the fishing cart finally arrived. Because Song Jia made a small video for others, it can be regarded as a relationship. After receiving the news in advance, she drove there with Qin Huai, Mu Nan and the others, but when they arrived At that time, many people had already chosen there, and they were all happily choosing a bigger one before more people came.

The fish is frozen, so it won’t last long if it’s so hot. They bought a total of three, all of which were the big ones. Because it was frozen and the weight of the ice, it was about the same price.

Carrying three frozen fish, I put them in the small incubator I found in the ruined business district before, and it only took more than ten minutes to drive back quickly.

As soon as he got in the car, Song Jia sent a message in the group, saying that he got the fish, because the fish soup was made very quickly, and it was not a troublesome dish, so the little rooster could be cooked in the pot.

Xu Ming also replied to the message in the group. On the way home, he also sent a photo of two corns, asking them if they want to burn the rooster corn or the ribs corn. The ribs were provided by Yu Feng. Feng’s stuff, it’s a favor for him to let them buy such cheap pork through the door, so how can they ask someone to bring something extra when they come to eat.

But Yu Feng said that he eats a lot, and he has the confidence to eat with a little bit, otherwise he would be embarrassed to stretch his chopsticks, so everyone agreed, two catties of pork ribs, if you add corn, it can just cook a big pot.

Everyone in the yard also jointly bought two catties of pork belly. Except for their own private purchases, the joint venture bought it for dinner together. The braised pork was not enjoyable last time, so I bought two catties this time. Two catties is not too much , but why everyone can eat two pieces this time, that’s enough.

Song Jia also sighed: “I feel that it is not easy for us to have dinner once every six months. Today’s meal is so rich that I feel a little dreamy.”

Jian Chu pinched him **** the face, which made Song Jia hiss.

Jian Chu smiled: “Does it hurt? Then it’s not a dream.”

Everyone returned home like an arrow, today there are fish, meat, peppers, Chinese cabbage, and watermelon! The last time I ate so well, it can even be traced back to before the torrential rain before the poisonous fog. After a little calculation, it has been almost four years, and it is really not easy.

Listening to Song Jia sighing in the back, Mu Nan couldn’t help but also said to Qin Huai who was driving: “Time flies, I was not yet 22 at that time, and I am almost 26 now, such a difficult day, a year The year has survived.”

Qin Huai freed up a hand and rubbed it on Mu Nan’s head, but didn’t say anything else. The words that it will get better in the future have become extravagant hopes in this precarious environment. .

As soon as the car drove into the yard, they heard Xiaozhu screaming and laughing in the house, and there was an inexplicable atmosphere of family reunion during the Chinese New Year.

However, there were some changes in the middle of the originally joyful meal.

Fortunately, the person who found it was Mu Nan. After getting out of the car, he picked up the incubator. Originally, he wanted to see if the fish in it had completely melted, but he smelled a fishy smell. The incubator closed, and then instinctively looked towards Qin Huai.

Qin Huai immediately realized that there must be something wrong, so he turned to Jian Chu and the others and said, “Go and help first, let’s put the incubator back first, get something by the way, and bring the fish over there later.”

Although Jian Chu thought it was a bit strange, he just carried the incubator over and took it home after eating, but sometimes people’s reactions were not so fast, and when he felt strange, he had already said something.

After Song Jia and Jian Chu got out of the garage, Mu Nan quickly opened the box and showed it to Qin Huai: “Try it, the smell is not right.”

When they bought the fish, the fish was still frozen, but it was not completely frozen, and there were already signs of thawing. With the current weather, it can be completely melted after a few minutes, but with an incubator, it should not be so Quick, it took fifteen minutes on the way back, and there is still a layer of air-conditioning in the incubator, so it wouldn’t melt the ice and stink the fish in these fifteen minutes, that would be too exaggerated.

So either the fish was dead and smelly, and it was frozen, and the carload of fish had a strong fishy smell, so the smell was covered up. Now that the fish is almost completely thawed, the smell comes out.

“What should we do? Shall we go back and find them, one hundred yuan.”

Qin Huai pinched the fish, and even easily pulled out a piece of slimy flesh. This is definitely not the state of fish flesh after thawing out of live fish.

Qin Huai said, “Is there such a fish in the space?”

Mu Nan nodded: “Yes, some are freshly killed, and some are frozen.”

Qin Huai: “Take out three frozen ones, and put these three in the space first.” But before Mu Nan put them in the space, Qin Huai took a few photos of the dead fish.

Mu Nan complied obediently, but this incubator let dead fish go, so of course it is impossible to put such a good fish in, so he just took a plate and said, “Brother, don’t you want to spoil the fun of everyone’s dinner, but It feels like a loss, one hundred yuan.”

Qin Huai shook his head: “I just don’t want to get involved in trouble. We went early and picked the first ones. This way we can buy dead fish, which proves that this is probably the case with the carload of fish. That is to say, this Things will definitely get bigger, just like you think, at least one hundred yuan, they will definitely not want to suffer this loss, and they will definitely find it. The road to the house is broken. Don’t admit it. Since they can sell dead fish, they will definitely not pay back the money casually. Maybe they will run away after making a lot of money. But those who buy so many fish will naturally not be reconciled, and the incident will definitely escalate later. , then we will spoil the fun of the dinner party again, we will be in vain, and maybe we will be involved in disputes.”

“Change to three fish to eat happily and end the day happily. There will be at least a few days of trouble with the follow-up. Maybe you will be angry with these three fish for a month. Which one do you choose?”

Mu Nan sighed after hearing the words: “Okay, then we will bear all the bad feelings, so everyone can be happy.”

Qin Huai smiled, put the incubator aside, and took the plate in Mu Nan’s hand: “Bring out a pot of milk tea, everyone said to go home and get something, so what if you don’t get something.”

A pot of iced milk tea appeared out of nowhere in Mu Nan’s hand, and when he followed Qin Huai out, he asked, “Will someone be reluctant to eat it even though they know it’s a dead fish?”

Qin Huai: “Perhaps, but we are all grown-ups. How we choose is our own decision. I know what you’re thinking. Don’t worry, I sent Shi Yuanfei a message. Those who can get cold chain vehicles are definitely not small forces. , This kind of matter should be handed over to professional people to deal with it.”

Hearing what Qin Huai said, Mu Nan breathed a sigh of relief. His brother is really smart, and if he can’t solve it, he will throw it out for others to solve!