Chapter 37 : Procurement

Lu Fangfang was carrying a sack and excitedly putting beef ribs into it, which stunned Wang Shufen and Sun Manling, who were standing by.

There was no meat on the bones, and neither of them understood why she bought so many.

Although beef bones are cheaper, only 0.12 yuan per pound in the market, and no tickets are required, but there’s no need to buy so many, right?

“Girl, do you want this cow skeleton?”

“Yeah, Fangfang, can you… can you eat it all by yourself?”

Sun Manling looked at her and even stuttered as she spoke.

Seeing the sack she was carrying was full of bones, Sun Manling suddenly thought of Captain Zhuang for some reason.

These two are really interesting. One of them went to the city and brought back a military truck full of stuff. One of them went to the county and bought a whole sack of beef bones. These two are really not from the same family and will not marry.

Lu Fangfang waved her hand and smiled widely, “It’s okay, I’ll invite my sisters-in-law to eat with us.”

Sun Manling was stunned for a moment, then she laughed.

Not taking Lu Fangfang’s words to heart, she said jokingly, “Then sister-in-law, I must try your cooking skills.”

“Okay, sister-in-law, bring an enamel basin over tomorrow morning and I’ll treat you to beef bone soup.”

While they were chatting and joking, the butcher at the stall had already chopped off all the beef ribs, leaving only a long beef spine.

Seeing that the butcher was about to chop it, Lu Fangfang quickly stopped him. “Comrade, the spine should be left as it is. No need to chop any more. Sorry for the trouble.”

The cow skeleton was so huge that the bones alone almost filled a sack.

If the spine was cut off, she wouldn’t have anything to put in it.

“Sister Fangfang, come here.”

In the meat stall, Zhang Meijiao waved at her.

When Lu Fangfang walked over, Zhang Meijiao directly handed her something wrapped in a rag.

Lu Fangfang looked down and found it was beef liver.

She took it and touched it, and suddenly realized something was wrong. How could this be a rag? It was clearly a tripe.

“Sister Meijiao, this…”

“Take it. It’s all offal. It’s included in the price you paid. You bought the cow skeleton, and your sister-in-law has to thank you.”

Zhang Meijiao waved her hand, not caring.

She was impartial in her duties, and no one could find fault with her. Going into the water wasn’t worth much in the first place.

If she wanted to buy it, it could even be cheaper with the internal price.

Well, it’s taking advantage of the public anyway. After hearing what Sister Meijiao said, Lu Fangfang didn’t say anything else.

She carried the beef liver back and put it into a sack.

Seeing the people in line watching the excitement, Lu Fangfang’s face turned slightly red. She found a piece of rope and tied up the sack.

It’s funny to say that in this era, it’s cheap to get offal, and you don’t need a ticket. It’s a great treat for the poor.

In a few decades, some offal will be more expensive than meat.

Looking at the sack of cow bones, Lu Fangfang started to worry again.

She wanted to pick up the sack and give it a try, but almost sprained her waist. The sack of cow bones was really heavy.

“Girl, let me do it.”

Wang Shufen handed the beef in her hand to Lu Fangfang, then picked up the sack and put it on her shoulder.

Carrying a sack of cow bones, she turned around and walked out.

“Sister Manling, Sister Shufen and I are going to go back for a while. You go shopping first.”

“Sister Shufen, slow down.”

Lu Fangfang was amazed. She quickly picked up the remaining cow spine and followed.

The remaining cow spine was thick and large, almost as tall as her, and it was very difficult for her to hold.

When she returned, panting, she startled the driver of the military vehicle.

The driver quickly climbed onto the military vehicle and helped move the cow skull up.

“Sister-in-law, can you put this cow spine directly on the car?”

“Just put it down, please.”

Lu Fangfang was also a little helpless. The military vehicle was not clean, but she had nothing to place it on, so she could only wait until she got back to wash it thoroughly.

After asking the driver to help watch the items for a while, Lu Fangfang and Wang Shufen returned to the non-staple food market.

The two went directly to the place where eggs were sold.

The salesperson recognized Lu Fangfang and was a little surprised to see her coming. “Comrade, do you have tickets?”

Lu Fangfang nodded embarrassedly, then pulled Wang Shufen toward the egg stall.

“Sister Shufen, do you think these eggs are okay?”

There weren’t many chicken farms these days, and the eggs sold in the market were all collected from the countryside.

There should be quite a few fertilized eggs among these eggs.

Wang Shufen was prepared. She took out a flashlight from her cloth bag, then shone it on the eggs.

“Hmm.”

It was too bright outside to see clearly.

Wang Shufen simply unbuttoned her coat, used it to block the light, and held the egg in her arms.

The salesperson was stunned. She quickly shouted, “Hey? Hey? You’re just buying eggs. Why are you doing this? This is a state-owned market. All the eggs are good.”

Lu Fangfang clasped her hands together and said hurriedly, “Comrade, we just want to pick some eggs. Sorry for the trouble, sorry for the trouble.”

“Eggs? Ugh, I thought you were going to do something. Just pick whatever you want.”

The salesperson was relieved.

In this day and age, no one wants fertilized eggs.

Some people who come to buy eggs will pick out breeding eggs, so it’s a good thing that two people are willing to buy them.

Wang Shufen was picking out breeding eggs, and Lu Fangfang couldn’t help much, so she simply asked the salesperson about quail eggs.

“Comrade, do you know where I can buy quail eggs? Quail will do.”

“Quail eggs? You want to buy quail eggs?”

The salesperson was stunned, then said, “This is a rare thing. I’ve been working for many years and have sold chicken eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs, but I’ve never sold quail eggs. We’ve never sold them in the county market.”

Lu Fangfang was a little disappointed. It seemed that she would only have the chance to go to the city.

While the two were talking, Wang Shufen had already picked out a small pile of eggs.

She used to hatch chicks every year in the countryside, so she knew the most about eggs and only picked fresh breeding eggs.

“Comrade, weigh it for me. I have tickets for two kilograms of eggs.”

Wang Shufen looked around and saw that there were no duck eggs or goose eggs. She sighed and said, “Comrade, when will you have duck eggs and goose eggs for sale in your market?”

The salesperson weighed the eggs and shook his head. “It’s hard to say. There might be some during festivals.”

Wang Shufen calculated the days and no longer held out hope of buying them.

After paying for the eggs and buying the tickets, Wang Shufen discussed with Lu Fangfang where to go next.

It was inconvenient to carry the eggs, so the two of them went back and placed the eggs on the military vehicle.

When they were putting the eggs in, they found that there were already a lot of things in the car, probably bought by other sisters-in-law.

There was a driver guarding the car, and it was a military vehicle, so there was no need to worry about it being lost.

Lu Fangfang took a look and found that most of the things her sisters-in-law had bought were delicious.

The most exaggerated thing was her long cow spine, which was really eye-catching.