A doctor who travels through two eras

Chapter 13: You can only buy meat with privileges

After walking for about half an hour, the mother and son finally arrived at the Dongdan Vegetable Market.

As soon as she arrived at the market, Jin Caifeng hurried to the butcher shop. When she got close, she was annoyed:
"Ah, there are so many people here at only 7 o'clock. If I had known, I would have come earlier."

Lin Sanqi stretched his neck and took a closer look. It was a shabby business room on the outskirts of the market with a sign that read "Dongcheng District Food Company."

There were several staff members sitting inside, some were weighing, some were collecting tickets, some were collecting money, some were moving goods, and there were a few people who looked like managers sitting in the back chatting.

But the person cutting the meat was a big, bearded man, who was cursing in a loud voice that could be heard from far away:

"This is the rule now. If you want to buy meat, you have to buy it with offal and bones. It's up to you whether you want to buy it or not!"

There was a man with glasses and a blue shirt who was obviously not convinced:
"But you gave me too much. I only bought one pound of meat, but you gave me half a pound of bones. Should I eat the meat or gnaw on the bones? My family finally collected a pound of meat tickets to celebrate my mother's birthday. How can I explain it to you when I go back?"

This remark resonated with the people in the queue, and they accused the food company of breaking the rules.

Those who could afford meat in 59 were not simple people. How could ordinary people have the tickets to buy meat?
However, natural disasters are severe this year, not only has grain production dropped significantly, but pigs that need grain to be fed have also seen a passive reduction in production. After all, people are not getting enough to eat, so where is the food to feed pigs?
As a result, pork is extremely rare in the market and is sold out as soon as it is put on the market. The price is getting higher and higher every day.

The original price of pork was 3 cents per pound, but it has risen to 5 cents. What’s more, you can’t buy pure meat. You have to buy leftovers and bones. It is not acceptable.

It’s still relatively okay in cities like Sijiu. If you go to other cities, you may not be able to buy pork even if you have a meat ticket, and you can’t even see pork bones.

The butcher was upset, threw away the boning knife in his hand, pointed at the man with glasses and started to scold him:

"Hmph, you can tell whoever you want to tell. I don't need to change it for you. Do you want to buy it? If not, get out of here!"

"How can you talk like that, comrade? Is this how you serve the people? I'm going to complain to your leaders about you!"

"Come on, come on. The leader is sitting in the back. Come on, come on. Director Zhang, this guy only wants to buy the meat but not the bones. What do you think we should do?"

The two started arguing, and a middle-aged man in a Mao suit walked out of the store, holding a cup, and said slowly:

"Comrade, you want to complain, right? Let me tell you, the country is in such a difficult situation right now, pork is in short supply, and we have no choice but to sell meat and offal. There is only so much meat, and we sold it all to you. What do you want the other comrades to do?"

As soon as the middle-aged manager said this, the situation immediately became polarized, and the people in the queue started to persuade the man with glasses.

In the end, the man with glasses had no choice but to sulk and prepare to buy the meat and leave, thinking that he was unlucky.

Who knew that the butcher would not give up. He picked up his knife and cut a piece of lean meat and added half of the bone, then looked at the man with glasses triumphantly.

The man with glasses was so angry that his hands were shaking for a long time. Finally, he was instigated by the people behind him and had to leave angrily.

Lin Sanqi had made a guide on Baidu and knew that people were seriously short of oil at that time, so they preferred to buy fatty meat, preferably lard. Anyone who bought lean meat would be very unlucky.

Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi was thinking in his heart.

Others are short of meat, but I have the ability to travel through time and space, so I won't be short of meat at all. Let alone a piece of fat meat, even if I ask him to take out a fat pig, it won't be a problem. But I can't explain it. Is there any business opportunity here?
The experience of the man with glasses caused a lot of discussion among the people in the queue. Everyone was afraid that it would be their turn and they would also have to eat the combination of lean meat and bones, which would be a false alarm.

Everyone was anxious, except Jin Caifeng, who remained calm and unmoved. This made Lin Sanqi feel a little strange:

"Mom, why aren't you worried about people selling us lean meat?"

Jin Caifeng smiled gently: "You will know in a moment."

Half an hour later, it was the turn of the Lin family mother and son to come to the meat stall. Before Lin's mother could speak, the butcher greeted her with a smile:
"Oh, it's Mrs. Lin here. Which piece of meat do you like? I'll cut it for you."

Jin Caifeng looked at the meat on the butcher's stall, pointed at a piece of pork belly that was two-thirds fat, and said:
"Xiao Zhu, I want this one. Give me two pounds. My youngest son just came back, and we have gathered all our meat coupons together so that I can give him a good meal."

Butcher Zhu glanced at Lin Sanqi, congratulated him with a smile, and then he raised his knife and cut off a piece of top-notch pork belly.

"Mrs. Lin, come here. Two pounds is just right. Take it!"

As soon as these words fell, the people behind him were not happy:
"Hey, buddy, what's wrong with you? When others buy meat, you give them bones and even lean meat, but when it's her turn, not only can you choose it yourself, but you don't even have to give her the offal, and you don't even weigh it. Aren't you too blatant?"

"That's right, is there anyone selling meat like you? Is this your relative or your mother-in-law?"

"If you can't make a mark, I'll overturn your meat stall today!"

The people outside started arguing. The cadres inside were about to stand up, but when they saw Lin Sanqi and her son sit down again, they obviously didn't take it to heart.

Butcher Zhu threw the knife away again and started ranting without any guilt:

"Do you know who she is? She is the lover of Dr. Lin Kucan from Kuanjie Chinese Medicine Hospital. Do you know Dr. Lin? He is a famous doctor in our city. Who hasn't received his kindness?

It's rare for Doctor Lin to eat some meat, so what? Doctor Lin has the strength to serve the people only when he is full! Besides, he has given money and tickets, it's not for free, why do you want to take it? Go away, if anyone makes trouble again, I won't sell this meat today."

When the people in the queue heard that it was Doctor Lin Kucan's house, they suddenly realized what was going on and started greeting Jin Caifeng.

This made Lin Sanqi realize for the first time the status of a famous doctor in the eyes of ordinary people. It was no exaggeration. Comrade Lin Kucan had already reached the point where he could make a living by just using his reputation.

Lin Sanqi suspected that even if he didn't get the meat ticket today, he could still get the two kilograms of meat.

Thinking of this, Lin Sanqi began to fantasize. If he could get the most precious and authentic medicinal materials from this world by 2023, could his father also become a famous doctor in Huadu?

Then you can go to bars and nightclubs and use facial recognition to pay without paying?
Jin Caifeng put the meat into the basket, thanked several staff members of the butcher shop, and thanked the citizens in line, then squeezed out of the crowd and sighed:

"Hey, son, don't blame me for abusing my privilege and being out of touch with the people. Now I dare not be polite. If I am polite, I won't be able to eat meat, and even the whole family will go hungry. I can only shamelessly use the back door..."

(End of this chapter)