Chapter 51 Meal Ticket

After another round of strolling around the black market and asking a few more people, he found out that the cloth coupons were indeed expensive. Li Shengli gave up the plan of making clothes. There were fewer cloth coupons this year, so he decided not to waste the money.

Li Shengli, holding the rabbit in his hand, went out from the back of the alley.

With this rabbit, the New Year will be a little easier. I can cut some meat for myself then, and we will have dumplings for the New Year at least.

After walking a long distance out of the alley, Li Shengli vaguely heard a voice shouting in the distance. Could it be the night patrol coming to catch him? Li Shengli breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he left early.

Li Shengli quietly returned to the courtyard, looked around carefully, and then returned to his house carefully.

After lying down and resting for a while, Li Shengli had to go back to work.

The buns were steamed in the pot and the porridge was cooking in the pot. Li Shengli had nothing to do, so he sat by the fire, squinting his eyes and resting while roasting the fire.

"Master, have you heard that the commune that supports our factory sent a pig over here." Liu Xikui came up to Li Shengli and whispered the gossip he had heard.

"Don't listen to rumors. This is true." Li Shengli opened his eyes and glanced at Liu Xikui. How could a grown man be so gossipy? "The pigs have been brought here. They are over there in the old factory."

"That means we have meat to eat." Liu Xikui said happily, his eyes lighting up.

"Yeah, probably tomorrow." Li Shengli thought about it and thought that the meal coupons might be issued today.

Liu Xikui couldn't sit still for a while, so he stood up and went to gossip with other people in the kitchen.

Li Shengli waited until breakfast was ready, and then he served the food to the workers while yawning.

Sure enough, at noon, the factory gave everyone a meal coupon, which could be used to get a meat dish.

After hearing the news, the workers in the workshop started talking about it. After all, many people in the factory hadn't seen any meat for a year.

After work at noon, Li Shengli took the ticket and returned to the courtyard. This ticket was of no use to Li Shengli, as he, as a cook, was still short of food.

After returning home, Li Shengli went to bed and took a short nap. He hardly slept last night, so he needed to take a short nap to catch up on some sleep.

After waking up from a short nap, it was almost time for dinner.

Li Shengli climbed out of bed, fried some cabbage, heated up two steamed buns, and cooked some cornmeal porridge in the pot.

"Knock knock knock." Just as I was about to eat, there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" We were having dinner. Who would be so tactless as to knock on the door at this time?

"It's me." Qin Huairu's voice came from outside the door.

Li Shengli was speechless. It was really true that he would not come to visit for no reason. He had picked up the ticket and it wasn't even warm enough for him to see.

"What's the matter? I'm not convenient right now." Li Shengli was too lazy to open the door. Qin Huairu had not returned the corn flour she borrowed last time. Every time he asked her about it, she would always say with red eyes how difficult it was for her.

"Shengli, open the door first. I have something to discuss with you."

"What? Qin Huairu, are you going to return the grain you lent me last time?" Li Shengli deliberately raised his voice.

"Wait a little longer. I don't have that much food at home right now."

"What else do you have to say?"

"Open the door first, I'll tell you in person." Qin Huairu didn't give up. There were two children at home, and Jia Zhangshi ate a lot, so these two dishes were just enough. It would be great if she could get a meal ticket from Li Shengli. "I'm busy, you should return the food you borrowed from me first." Li Shengli sat at the table and ate while shouting outside.

Qin Huairu waited for a while and seeing that Li Shengli had no intention of opening the door, she had to leave in disappointment.

"Old Yan, what do you think Qin Huairu could have going on with Li Shengli?" The third aunt from the opposite uncle's house, who had seen all of this, asked Yan Bugui curiously.

"Maybe it's because of the meal coupons issued by the steel rolling mill." Yan Bugui thought about it and realized that only the meal coupons issued by the steel rolling mill could make Qin Huairu come to the front yard to find Li Shengli.

Because Li Shengli had asked Qin Huairu to return the food before, few people in the courtyard dared to lend food to the Jia family. Others also knew that the Jia family was not short of food at all, so the lunch box left over from Sha Zhu's special cooking often ended up in Qin Huairu's hands.

"Qin Huairu doesn't have it?" The third aunt was surprised. They worked in the same factory. Could it be that Qin Huairu didn't have a ticket?

"Of course there is, but it won't be enough for such a large family."

"Hey, this family is really good."

Yan Bugui smiled but said nothing. He knew exactly what this family was like.

Half an hour ago, at Sha Zhu’s house in the Central Courtyard.

After work, Qin Huairu put down her things, thought for a moment, and walked straight to Sha Zhu's house.

"Sister Qin, is there something you need?" Sha Zhu was preparing to cook, and he didn't care when he saw Qin Huairu come in. Recently, Qin Huairu often came into Sha Zhu's house without knocking. Sometimes she came to ask Sha Zhu something, and sometimes she came to help Sha Zhu clean up the house.

"It's okay, I'll come and take a look and clean it up for you." Qin Huairu tidied up Sha Zhu's house a little.

"Shazhu, do you still have your meal ticket for tomorrow?" Qin Huairu asked carefully after tidying up the house.

"Yes, of course it's here. I just sent it to you." Sha Zhu didn't understand what Qin Huairu meant for a moment.

"Can you give me the meal ticket?"

"You are a cook, you don't lack these things." Sha Zhu was a little stunned. Even if he didn't lack these things, who wouldn't like to eat this meat? Sha Zhu opened his mouth and was about to say something.

"You know, I just gave birth to the baby not long ago, Huaihua is still breastfeeding, and Banggeng is a boy, so he has a big appetite right now." Qin Huairu's eyes were red and she sounded a little tearful.

"I really have no other choice. You know I just joined the factory and don't know many people there. I have no choice but to come to you." After saying that, Qin Huairu wiped her eyes.

When Sha Zhu heard Qin Huairu say "I have no choice but to come to you", he shuddered in his heart. How could these words sound so pleasant to the ear?
"No problem, Sister Qin, you can use this ticket first." Sha Zhu patted his chest, took out the meal ticket from his pocket and stuffed it into Qin Huairu.

Smelling the faint milky scent on Qin Huairu's body and recalling the touch of Qin Huairu's little hand just now, Sha Zhu couldn't help but blush.

"Thank you, sister. Wait for me to wash your clothes when the time comes." Qin Huairu said with a smile, holding the meal ticket in her hand.

"It's okay, just take it and use it." Sha Zhu also came back to his senses.

"Then I'll go back first. I haven't cooked for Banggeng and the others yet." Qin Huairu saw that her goal was achieved, so she said goodbye to Shazhu and went out.

After going out, Qin Huairu thought about it and felt that two dishes were enough. However, who would complain that the dishes were too little? There was more than one cook in this yard, and Li Shengli, who was alone in the front yard, did not need this. She had to go and try. Thinking of this, Qin Huairu walked towards the front yard.

When they arrived at the front yard, everyone was cooking and no one paid much attention to Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu stood at the door of Li Shengli's house and listened but didn't hear any noise. She calmed down and knocked on the door.

(End of this chapter)