Crossing 70: Fish in the Pond Have Good News

Chapter 489 Tofu Lady

"Okay." Jiang Yu opened the door and got out of the car, exchanging seats with Yi Chi.

The trip along the coast was exactly as planned by Fu Biao and his team. They took the food they collected along the way and exchanged it with people in the seaside towns for a lot of dried seafood, such as dried shrimps, dried abalone, salted fish and crab paste. They also bartered with other villages along the way and exchanged a lot of dried mushrooms, walnuts and so on.

I went out for 7 days, and it was a very fulfilling trip and I came back very fulfilling.

After Xue Li knew that they brought back a lot of ingredients for roasting nuts, he went back to his old business.

"Didn't you say that the profit was low and you didn't want to do it anymore?" Jiang Yu moved the stove to her from the empty house opposite.

Xue Li took the hot water and rag and prepared to wipe the ashes off the stove. "I have nothing to do, so I'll fry these things now. Tomorrow Fu Biao will take me to the city, and I'll ask the two brothers to buy these things for me. Any profit is good, at least I can get some meat back!"

"Then you are really free." Jiang Yu was speechless, but if she wanted to stretch her arms and legs, then let her do as she pleases.

As for the dried mushrooms that were exchanged, Xiong Lijin said that they were all taken away by trucks heading south. These things could be worth a lot of money in other cities.

Another year is almost over.

The construction team has experienced many ups and downs in the past year and has finally turned the page, so everyone is working hard to have a prosperous year. The militia company is preparing to organize a hunting team to go into the mountains!

When Jiang Yu found out about this, she was at Yi Chi's house watching him operating a sewing machine to make a new cotton-padded jacket for herself.

The blue cloth has been cut and placed on the bed piece by piece. The cotton has also been fluffed by a master in the commune, so it is neither thin nor thick, and it will just need to be fixed in the middle of the cotton cloth when the time comes.

Tofu's mother brought her son over and knocked on the door. Jiang Yu stepped out on the snow to open the door for her.

"Is there something?" Jiang Yu put his hands in his sleeves and looked at the mother and son.

Tofu Lady handed over the pressed tofu and said a little embarrassedly, "Jiang Zhiqing, we want to ask, the team is organizing a winter hunt this year, do you have time?"

"Winter hunting?" Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows. They spent money to buy food from the brigade. The villagers should also get a few yuan. Although it's not much, it's enough to buy a piece of meat during the New Year. Why do they have to go into the mountains?

"Yes, let's go into the mountains and have a look. It would be good if we could hunt a wild boar or something." Tofu Lady looked somewhat flattering and placed the old tofu in her hand steadily in front of Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu shook her head. She was too lazy to interact too much with the people in the team, so she refused. "Take the tofu back. I won't go into the mountains this year. Many wolves died in the wolf den last year. They shouldn't come out in large numbers. If you want to go into the mountains, bring your guns and move around the periphery. If you're lucky, you can catch something."

Tofu Niang's son lowered his head in disappointment when he heard this, but he didn't say anything nonsense, he was just a little frustrated.

Tofu Lady calmed down. She still smiled and stuffed the tofu into Jiang Yu's hand, "Take it and eat it. It's all homemade and not worth much. By the way, do you want to order more tofu this year?"

"It's up to you. I'll go back and ask them later and then tell you." Jiang Yu took the tray and thought about it before accepting it. "Wait for me. I'll put the tofu down and return the tray to you."

"Okay." Tofu mother nodded and waited at the door with her son.

Jiang Yu turned and went into the house.

Tofu Niang's son sighed, "I said Jiang Zhiqing wouldn't agree, but the captain insisted that I come over and ask him."

"Don't worry about them. We just need to interact normally with the educated youth. Those old guys are not good at using others and they act like stepmothers on a daily basis. Don't pay attention to them." Tofu Niang has been doing business in the brigade for so many years and has seen through them. They are a bunch of shameless people. They eat with the bowl in their hands and curse when they put the bowl down. They are not good people.

"Mom, you also think those educated youth were right, right?" The son secretly glanced at his mother's expression and asked cautiously.

Tofu Lady snorted, "What's wrong with people wanting to live? Those old educated youth are just too timid. They were frightened after two people died. Look at Jiang Zhiqing, who dares to jump in front of her?"

Her son chuckled, and no one knew what he was happy about.

Jiang Yu went into the house and put down the tofu, then went to the water tank and took out a palm-sized piece of salted fish and put it on the tray as payment for the tofu.

When Tofu Lady took the tray, she groaned several times and was very embarrassed. "This... This tofu is not worth much..."

"Then save me a few more pieces of dried tofu skin later." Jiang Yu shrank his neck, feeling uncomfortable with the alternating hot and cold. He didn't want to talk to the other person any more, so he just said something to reject the other person.

"Okay, okay. We'll go first. I'll bring it to you when the dried tofu skin is ready in a couple of days." Tofu Lady was reluctant to part with the salted fish. Her husband loved to eat it, but it was sold in small quantities here. As soon as the supply and marketing cooperative restocked it, it was sold out, so it was rarely seen on their family's table.

"Okay, I'll come find you after I count the amount of tofu later." Jiang Yu nodded, waited for the people to leave, closed the door, and quickly slipped back into the house.

Yi Chi was busy changing a piece of cloth. When he heard her close the door, he hurriedly urged her to get on the kang. "It's cold outside. The temperature dropped too quickly this winter."

"Cold! It got cold earlier than last year. I heard from the villagers that this winter will definitely be colder." Jiang Yu sat on the kang and shivered because of the temperature change. As her body warmed up, she let out a breath of comfort.

Her constant temperature suit is indeed not as warm as before, alas!

Jiang Yu sighed, thinking of his experience in the mountains last year, and suddenly remembered his wolf heads. He quickly asked Yi Chi, "Where are those wolf heads?"

"It's now in the mountains. My uncle sent it to his hometown. There's a master there who can handle it. I put it in the mountains after it was done. You don't have a place to put it now. Didn't I tell you?" Yi Chi answered, and then slapped his forehead, "I think I really forgot about it. I was too busy during that time."

Jiang Yu poured himself a cup of red date ginger tea and took a sip. "It's OK that they are not lost. I probably won't have the chance to encounter wolves again. I will put these wolf heads in my museum as decorations."

"It's up to you. You can leave it at home." Yi Chi had no objection. "Who came to see you just now?"

"Toufu mother and her son asked me if I wanted to participate in the winter hunting organized by the brigade, but I refused." Jiang Yu leaned on the thick quilt folded by Yi Chi and answered lazily.

"You should refuse. How dare these people ask you? They are thicker-skinned than I thought." Yi Chi curled his lips and said with great disdain.

Jiang Yu also smacked his lips, "They even asked Tofu Lady to come. They put all their thoughts into this."