Chapter 2322 Life in This Era

There is no rice and steamed buns to eat, and there is enough vegetables and meat.

However, the local stomachs are still more adapted to eating carbohydrates as the main food. They have to get some rice and noodles, and they also have to find ways to get money to buy some winter clothes for the two boys. It is getting cold now.

Yun Hua went into the mountain again.

Doudou and Dudu were very obedient. Their mother asked them to stay at home, so they stayed at home obediently. Their mother also assigned them homework, asking the two boys to plow the ground in the yard and prepare some radish, cabbage and other special items.

Yun Hua went out with a cage on his back, and it was already dark when he came back. For lunch, the two boys heated yesterday's leftovers by themselves.

In the evening, the two boys couldn't wait any longer and ran towards the back mountain to meet their mother.

Yun Hua knew that the two children were worried. Although she was very tired, she did not delay for too long. She came back as soon as it got dark.

When the two boys saw her, they were obviously relieved.

"Let's eat big fat chicken tonight."

Yun Hua said with a smile.

These days, it's very rare for rural people to want to eat meat. But when they come to Yun Hua, they almost eat meat as their staple food. It's like a dream for the two children!

Pluck the fat chicken and chop it into pieces, fry it first, add water and simmer, simmer for a while, then add the potatoes and simmer until cooked.

The chicken is fragrant, and the potatoes soaked in chicken fat are even more fragrant.

The two boys ate with their mouths full of oil.

"Mom is going to the city early tomorrow morning. Do you want to go?" Yun Hua asked.

"Yes!" Doudou said immediately.

Dudu hesitated for a moment, "Mom, what are you going to do?"

"Mom dug some herbs and some pheasants in the mountains, and went to the city to exchange for some rice and noodles, and see if I could get some more cloth tickets, buy some cotton or something," Yun Hua said.

Dudu was a little worried, "Mom, is this okay? If you are caught, they will... they will say you are speculative."

"It's better if we don't get caught." Yun Hua smiled, "If we don't do this, our family will starve to death. Dudu, what we do is to survive, and we don't hurt others, but doing this But it’s not in line with the policy. If possible, it’s better not to do anything that’s not in line with the policy, do you understand?”

Dudu nodded in understanding.

Right and wrong are not so easy to distinguish in this era.

Yun Hua didn't want Dudu to think that he could do anything, even if it was illegal, as long as he wanted to survive.

This time when we entered the city, the family got up relatively early, and it was still dark.

The east end of the village is also relatively remote. If you go around the village from here, no one will notice it.

When we arrived at the commune, we caught the earliest bus to the county.

Before taking the bus this time, Doudou remembered to find some orange leaves. Smelling the smell of the orange leaves, he really didn’t get car sick anymore!

When we arrived at the county seat, it was still early.

Private business is not allowed these days, so if you want to find a breakfast vendor on the street, it is impossible. You can only go to a state-owned restaurant.

Yun Hua led the two children around the county town, and finally found that the medicine he collected could only be sold to the supply and marketing cooperative, and the price given by the supply and marketing cooperative was too low.

The medicinal materials Yun Hua collected were of very good quality. Although they had not been concocted, they were definitely good medicines. Among other things, hemp, Polygonum multiflorum, and wild ginseng were all good things.

Of course she knew that there were private pharmacies that collected these things, but it was not that easy to find them.

Yun Hua decided to sell a few pheasants on the black market first.

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These days, not only rural people are short of meat, but urban people are also short of meat.

In the planned economy, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and all kinds of materials are seriously insufficient. If urban residents do not have tickets, they will also have no meat to eat.

The pheasants that Yun Hua caught had very bright feathers and were heavy in his hands. You could tell by touching them that the chickens were really fat and tasted good.

The key is that the price she sells is cheaper than pork. Second-class pork costs 70 cents per pound and requires meat coupons. Yun Hua's pheasants cost at least 78 pounds each. She sells them for 3 yuan each and only needs one pound of meat coupons. It can be even cheaper if you have cloth or cotton tickets.

Of the eight pheasants, Yun Hua kept one to give to Director Liu of the transportation team, and sold the remaining seven. He immediately had 20 yuan on hand, as well as two kilograms of pork coupons and some cloth coupons.

Cotton coupons are even rarer and cannot be obtained.

Yun Hua could only find another way.

After selling things, they bought meat buns, sugar tops and eggs like last time. After the three ladies finished eating, they went to find Director Liu.

"Is everything okay at home?" Director Liu asked with a smile.

Yun Hua nodded, "They are all very good. There is nothing else in the countryside. I caught this in the mountains. Director Liu took it back and asked my sister-in-law to taste it. It is more fragrant than domestic chickens."

"This is not good, you should take it back." Director Liu said.

Yun Hua smiled, "Thanks to Director Liu for helping me with my family's affairs. This is a courtesy exchange. You have to give me a chance to express my gratitude. It's not a valuable thing. There is an old ginseng tree here. I dug it in the mountains and brought it with me." Go back and replenish the old man’s health.”

Director Liu was shocked when he saw the old ginseng tree, "This ginseng is at least twenty or thirty years old! It's so valuable that it could become a family heirloom. No, you'd better take it back..."

"Director Liu, you are looking down on me like this." Yun Hua smiled, "If I can handle it, you can accept it without any worries. Besides, I have something to trouble you with."

"If you have something to say, you'd better take the things back."

Yun Hua didn't accept the words and said with a smile: "I also picked some other medicinal materials, but I don't know where to send them. As you know, the family didn't share the food for us three, so I pointed to these medicinal materials to exchange for some." Food keeps the whole family alive."

Director Liu understood, "It's not easy to sell it to the supply and marketing cooperative, and the hospital won't accept it. We don't have a pharmaceutical factory here... But you asked me the right question. Well, you can go to Nanlin Commune for a walk. Come on, help me bring something to my cousin’s house..."

Director Liu asked someone to drive them there, saying that he wanted to help Director Liu bring something to his cousin, and the cousin's family was in trouble.

This is of course an excuse.

After going there, Yun Hua found out that Director Liu's cousin was a doctor, but these days he didn't dare to practice medicine and sell medicine openly, he only came here privately.

After all, when rural people have minor illnesses or disasters, they always fight hard. If they can't resist it, they just pick and boil medicine according to the folk recipes left by the old people. Sometimes they are very sick and they don't dare to go to the hospital because they have no money. Na.

Doctors are also being beaten to death these days. No one dares to practice medicine. Some of them come secretly and secretly. If you don't have an acquaintance to recommend you, they will never give you medical treatment or medicine.

"Did you go into the mountains to pick these medicinal materials yourself?" Dr. Cao, Director Liu's cousin, carefully inspected the medicinal materials collected by Yun Hua. "They are all good!"

Such large Polygonum multiflorum and Gastrodia elata are difficult to harvest.

"It's me." Yun Hua nodded.

"It's not easy." Dr. Cao whispered, "Do you want money or things? I have rice, noodles, eggs, and some whole grains here."

"Please help me change half of the rice noodles and half of the whole grains." Yun Hua said.

Yun Hua got 30 kilograms of noodles, 30 kilograms of rice, and 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other whole grains.

"I'm still short of these medicines here. Take a look and identify them. If you come across them, dig them up. I'll take them all, or you can change them for whatever you want." Dr. Cao said.

Yun Hua nodded quickly, "Thank you, Doctor Cao. I would like to ask if you have any cloth or cotton tickets? It's going to be winter soon, and I want to make some clothes for the kids to keep out the cold."

"There are cotton coupons, not many, but I can help you ask." Doctor Cao said.

"Thank you, Doctor Cao."

Yun Hua left with the two children.

Dr. Cao must not only treat rural people, but rural people cannot afford money and tickets. Most of his customers must be urbanites.

Yun Hua didn't bother to delve deeper. There were many bold people these days. They were all doing it for life, and no one was nobler than the other.

But after confirming that his things can be sold in the future, Yun Hua doesn't worry so much.

Dudu and Doudou were young, and each carried 30 kilograms of fine grain on their backs.

Yun Hua carried a hundred kilograms of coarse grains on his back. He said it was a hundred kilograms, but in fact Doctor Cao gave him a little more. The cage was full and covered with weeds to cover it.

Yun Hua also discovered that he was very strong now. Not only could he carry this hundred kilograms on his back, but the key was that he didn't feel too tired.

The family of three returned home.

The two younger ones were so hungry that their chests were touching their backs.

"Can we just eat white rice tonight?"

There was still some braised chicken with potatoes, and Yun Hua fried another hot and sour cabbage, two vegetables, with white rice. The two boys ate it deliciously!

After dinner, Doudou quickly ran to wash the dishes and pots.

Yun Hua didn't stop her. It was okay for the child to do some work, and she was really tired.

After dinner, the three of them sat in the yard and watched the stars.

On a clear night, there are stars in the sky.

Yun Hua taught his two children about the stars, the moon and the earth, as well as basic common sense about the universe...

"Mom, I feel like the sky is like a pot, covering us." Doudou said.

Yun Qiao smiled, "No, the land under our feet is actually spherical. We are all on the surface of the ball. If the earth is an egg, we will all live on the eggshell..."

"The people down there are just standing on their heads!" Doudou was very surprised.

Yun Hua once again taught the children about gravity...

"Mom, you have become so powerful, you know everything." Doudou said with emotion.

Dudu also looked at Yun Hua with admiring eyes.

Yun Hua smiled, "These are all knowledge from books. After you go to school and learn physics, you can figure it out. Okay, now wash your face, feet, brush your teeth, go to bed, and run with your mother tomorrow morning."

Running is the cheapest way to exercise.

The two little guys are a little weak, and Dudu was injured before. This made Yun Hua worried. She had to make the two little guys capable of protecting themselves.

Early in the morning, at around six o'clock, the villagers who got up early discovered that Lin Zhiqing was sweating while running with her two children.

"Lin Zhiqing, what are you doing?"

"Running." Yun Hua smiled, "Exercise."

"There's nothing to do when you're full!" Sister-in-law Bai Xiumei rolled her eyes.

Yun Hua stopped and wiped his sweat, "Sister-in-law, my watch is here. It's time to give it back to me."