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Chapter 38 Special Talents
"can."

Instantly, Bai Chen and the others thought of the painful experience of last winter when their faces were so dry that they were chapped, and their eyes suddenly lit up.

"Is it useful for frostbite?"

Yi Chichi said, "...you all have chilblains?"

"Have."

Frostbite occurred in advance, and Bai Chen and the others wanted to cry.

The winter in the Northeast is really cold. Drops of water turn into ice, and everything freezes on you.

The first winter they came, their ears were frozen, and their hands and feet also suffered from frostbite.

Not to mention how uncomfortable it feels.

"Ointments won't work. Although they are effective, they are useless against chilblains. I can make a chilblain ointment for you separately."

"Let's discuss it."

They bought the lard suet together, so no one can make the final decision.

So, after some tangled and struggling discussions, Bai Chen and the others made the decision to eat less lard and treat chilblains.

"Is half of it enough for you?"

"enough!"

This time it was really enough, half of it weighed three to four kilograms.

It can boil a lot of lard out.

Bai Chen didn't buy their lard suet from Anhao, but from another store.

That store had a large quantity, and they suddenly grabbed a large piece of pork suet, weighing seven or eight kilograms.

Because there are no tickets, the price is more expensive than those sold in state-owned food stores.

2.5 per kilogram.

Yi Chichi shared about three and a half kilograms, and Yi Chichi paid four and a half yuan.

They helped boil the lard because she had never boiled it before, and neither had the original owner.

Zhang Lanxiang was afraid that the original owner would eat it secretly, so every time she bought meat and lard, she would do it herself, and all the lard residue would be locked in the cabinet.

Therefore, Yi, who had no relevant experience and was worried about burning out the lard, chose to find foreign aid.

Bai Chen and the others did not refuse, and even invited her to have dinner with them in the evening.

Yi Chichi agreed, went back to the house to get her rations, and contributed a few big-bone sticks with no meat, and shared the meat with Wang Nan and the others.

Qi Yang and the others bought meat and she didn’t need to share it.

Zhou Qiuyu also stocked up on two kilograms of meat for himself.

Wang Nan and the others didn't have enough money, so each of them asked for two kilograms of meat and a smoked chicken, and she kept the rest.

I didn't know how to deal with it, so I found foreign aid again.

As a result, Bai Chen and the others told her that Wu Yongfei was good at processing meat and she could ask him for help.

Yi Chichi looked at him. He grinned like a silly son of a landlord with big teeth and a sullen look on his face.

"I can help, but I won't help in vain."

"nature."

Yi Chichi didn't even think about letting him work for nothing, "What do you want?"

"I want a processing fee of 10 cents."

Two sesame seed cakes cost the same as a cup of soy milk, but there is no way. Who makes the current temperature not enough to freeze the meat?

Neither will she.

Therefore, when it’s time to spend money, when it’s time to save money.

"Give!"

She took a dime and handed it over, and said, "What are you going to do with it?"

"Smoked meat, bacon, sauced meat, etc., which one do you want?"

"I also can."

Then, Wu Yongfei chose to make smoked meat for her.

But when he saw the meat, he changed his mind and said, "It's too thin. It won't taste good as smoked meat. I'll make you some meat sauce."

"……it is good."

This is still a fickle boy.

"Prepare the ingredients yourself."

“What ingredients do you want?”

"Onion, ginger, garlic, oil, salt, etc. If you feel that the simple meat sauce is too monotonous, you can also add some mushrooms or something like that."

Yi Chichi said, "...I don't have any mushrooms."

"I have."

Wu Yongfei's smiling eyes narrowed into slits, "If you want, I can give you some." "Yes."

Then she bought mushrooms for thirty cents.

"I'll cook dinner for you."

"it is good."

While the two were discussing, the smell of meat could be heard.

It was too tempting and they couldn't hold back their greed. They ran into the kitchen and gathered around the stove with Wang Nan and others to watch Bai Chen boil lard.

Large chunks of lard shrank to a severe brown color and were tumbling in the oil.

Ten minutes later, the crispy lard residue came out of the pot. Bai Chen picked up the oil with a spoon and poured it into the yellow enamel jar.

"You can each taste the lard residue. I'll cook first."

After handing over the oil residue and the main oil tank, Bai Chen started busy cooking.

Yi Chichi donated the bones and split them with an axe, then rinsed them, added water and boiled them in a pot.

I steamed a pot of steamed buns and cooked two pieces of rice.

The vegetables were not fried, but the big bone sticks were stewed until almost done, and then radish, beans, sauerkraut and oil residue were added in.

Wang Nan and the others dried the beans themselves in the summer, and the sauerkraut prepared it themselves after consulting Aunt Ma and the others. It took a long time, and the sourness reached the sky.

That's a thrill.

But the finished product is sour and delicious as an appetizer. Yi Chichi, who had always eaten light food in order to nourish his stomach, suddenly ate this heavy-flavored dish. His appetite suddenly whetted and he almost ate himself.

"happy!"

Zhang Yunhao, who had a full belly after eating, burped with satisfaction, "In almost a year, I just had a full meal today."

Bai Chen and the others sighed, who wouldn't?

"The main thing is that I have enough fuel and water today."

If there was less oil and water, it would be impossible to eat so comfortably.

"If I could eat meals like this every day, my life would be worth it."

Qi Yang sighed, and Yi Chichi smiled, "There will be a day."

When the vegetable basket project is officially launched, Chinese people's dining tables will naturally become richer.

After eating and drinking, everyone sat together and chatted. As they chatted, Bai Chen told some gossip.

"I heard that the Corps is recruiting special talents again."

Yi Chichi asked, "The Corps is still recruiting people from outside?"

"We're recruiting, but only special talents."

Yi hesitated and lost interest.

The scope of special talents can be wide, but this thing is difficult to evaluate. If someone can operate it, at least the corps will have a salary.

No one has anything to do with them.

Qi Yang didn't think so. He looked at Yi Chichi and said, "I think you can try it."

"ah???"

These words really shocked Yi Chichi. Before she could ask, Wang Nan and the others hurriedly nodded and said that she could indeed give it a try.

Yi Chichi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "How did you see that I am a special talent?"

When it comes to embroidery, she can do it.

But she doesn’t think the Corps is short of embroidery workers.

"You can make and process medicinal materials."

Succinct and concise, hit the nail on the head.

Yi Chichi thought it made sense, but——

"Do you want the Corps to work?"

"want."

Not only do we have to work, we also have to open up wasteland.

"Has any educated youth registered successfully before?"

Bai Chen and the others looked at each other, thought about it seriously, and found that there really wasn't one.

Then he shook his head.

Yi Chichi spread his hands and said, "Look, even if I sign up, I may not be selected."

Bai Chen sighed, "The Corps is the same as the Forestry Farm. Not only the educated youth want to enter, but the locals also want to enter..."

Shaking his head, he said helplessly, "Forget it, just like what Yi Chichi said, it won't be our turn if we really sign up. We'd better stay down-to-earth in Kaoshantun."

"In the spring, the recommended quotas for the Workers', Peasants and Soldiers' University will be announced. I wonder if Kaoshantun will be allocated a quota this year."

As soon as Wang Nan said this, Bai Chen's eyes lit up, and then dimmed quickly.

(End of this chapter)