Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 1020 - 1021: The Lonely Village Girl 65

Zhang Yu looked at the two bowls filled with meat and felt that life was truly full of happiness.

Oh, Zhang Yu suddenly froze. She had never thought that in her lifetime, she would feel that having a bowl of meat to eat would make her a happy child.

In this era, being able to eat meat three to five times a month is already a very fortunate thing.

Not to mention, just the two of them having such a big bowl of meat would definitely make others envious if word got out.

"Grandma, eat more meat." Zhang Yu guessed that Li Cui was probably reluctant to eat meat and directly picked several pieces and put them in the latter’s bowl.

Li Cui, of course, came up with various excuses, saying she didn’t want to eat, it would make her feel nauseous, and so on.

For such excuses from her grandmother, Zhang Yu simply responded, "Who doesn’t like meat? If you don’t eat it, I’ll throw it away."

Seeing Zhang Yu’s persistence, Li Cui had no choice but to pick up the meat and eat, "This meat is delicious, beef is really tasty."

Zhang Yu picked up a piece of beef and started eating, biting down, "The taste is really good."

"If grandma, you had cooked it from the start, the flavor would probably be even better." After all, it’s a bit lacking since it was re-cooked.

"Still good, at least cooked twice, the meat is already tender." Older folks love this soft food.

Zhang Yu poured two spoons of beef broth over her rice, skillfully mixed the rice, and after taking a bite, "The taste is really good."

Li Cui watched Zhang Yu eating happily, and her smile couldn’t hide her joy. Seeing the child enjoy her food is her happiest moment.

"Next time, let’s make braised fish too," Li Cui whispered, "I went fishing today and traded for Oil Coupons, got five pounds."

Thinking about the Oil Coupons she got today, Li Cui felt overjoyed. She was so used to calculating oil usage when cooking, fearing that she’d accidentally use too much.

She had never thought that one day she wouldn’t need to calculate her oil usage, making her very excited.

Five pounds of Oil Coupons? Zhang Yu was stunned. In recent days, as Li Cui went fishing, besides keeping fish for family meals, she also traded for quite a few coupons.

But it was all small trades, like half a pound of Oil Coupons, half a pound of Meat Coupons, two or three pounds of whatever, never this much.

Unexpectedly, this time there was such a big gain, Zhang Yu’s first reaction wasn’t exhilarating joy but various worries.

"Are they really not trying to trick us?" In these times, generous people are rare; no one would argue if you say these are rare items.

Li Cui whispered, "Today I caught two big fish, and I was just thinking about how to sell them."

"Small fish are easy to sell, for big fish, if not cut up, no one will buy them."

"Then someone ran over and said he was a buyer from the steel mill and wanted both fish."

"I exchanged them for some coupons and a bit of money." Li Cui said she wouldn’t foolishly ignore considerations.

Selling to the steel mill’s buyer, Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Selling to a unit means even if there’s a fuss, no one would handle it.

Li Cui had never traded with factory buyers before, but after dealing with one today, she casually chatted a bit.

"I always thought that such big factories have full supply from above, but unexpectedly, they also come out to look for supplies."

"If it’s small trades, I exchange with fellow anglers."

"If it’s a large quantity, I trade with the factory." The old lady now had more confidence.

Zhang Yu thought this idea sounded good but had one concern, "Grandma, you said if it’s a large quantity, without a vehicle, how do you trade?"

Even taking a big fish to the steel mill is not an easy task for Li Cui.

"The buyer’s old man fishes there every day; it’s because he often saw me fishing and knew I had good skills that he recommended me."

"The old man often roams around that water and knows everyone’s fishing skills well."

"Otherwise, how would a busy buyer from a big plant have time to keep an eye on me?" Li Cui let out a deep breath.

The old lady was now full of energy; after all, she could earn money too and lessen Zhang Yu’s burden, right?

After eating and washing the dishes, Li Cui took out her account book again and recorded today’s income and expenses.

After calculating the coupons she had, "Tomorrow I’ll buy some rice and flour, and then some oil."

Previously, Li Cui bought all the rice, flour, and oil at the beginning of the month in one go to avoid hassle.

Now with more coupons, she started buying in batches, so no one would notice she was secretly buying more.

"I’ll go with you tomorrow." Zhang Yu finished solving her assignment, indicating she could help.

"You have work; don’t worry, I’ll take the cart tomorrow." Whenever Li Cui went shopping, she had a tool to save her effort.

"Your dad found some scrap steel pipes from the factory and made me one, saying with this, shopping would be much easier for me."

Li Cui cleaned the little cart and felt touched.

Zhang Yu hugged her, "Dad is no longer here, but he did a lot of things."

"Grandma, let’s take pictures at the end of the year." Zhang Yu looked around and found there weren’t many group photos.

In this era, few people took photos, not because they didn’t want to, but because you needed coupons for photos and had to spend money, so many gave up.

Zhang Yu felt that even if it costs money, they must take photos, "In the future, when I have children, I can show them this is mom with great-grandma."

"Sadly, after mom passed away, there aren’t many photos of us three." Zhang Yu had already saved the film, hoping to develop the photos later.

Li Cui’s first reaction to taking photos was to decline, thinking coupons and money could be better spent rather than wasted.

But hearing Zhang Yu’s words, Li Cui felt this money was worth spending, "Alright, I’ll ask around to see if I can get photo coupons."

Photo coupons, Zhang Yu felt somewhat speechless hearing this name; in the era of planned supply, it felt odd yet familiar.

Li Cui put away her account book and coupons, then started sewing shoe soles.

Zhang Yu watched Li Cui sew shoe soles and remarked, "Grandma, don’t fuss with this late at night."

"It’s fine." Li Cui kept her hands moving.

Zhang Yu stared at the shoes Li Cui was sewing and noticed this shoe size seemed off.

"Grandma, these shoe soles aren’t for your and my shoe size, right?" Zhang Yu confirmed again; this was definitely not their shoe size.

Especially considering this size seemed like a man’s shoe size.