Chapter 4: Start digging a hole
Yang Mu walked out of the courtyard and felt the ancient city walls of this era. Yang Mu found that in this era, everything had slowed down. In this slow rhythm, Yang Mu went straight to the products of this era, which are very characteristic of the era.
Distribution Center—Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
When he arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Yang Mu didn't bother to take a good look and bought some oil, brown sugar, starch, essence, salt and a large bag of corn kernels. In this era, not only money is needed to buy things, but also all kinds of tickets. Yang Mu spent a lot
five yuan.
Don't underestimate the purchasing power of two dollars in this era. In this era, some daily necessities are basically calculated in units of "cents", such as cornmeal, which costs eight cents per pound, and refined flour, which costs ten cents per pound.
Six, eight cents for pork... Of course, this requires corresponding tickets.
In this era, prices are extremely low and money is very valuable.
After Yang Mu finished shopping, he carried large and small bags home. After returning home, Yang Mu started to light the stove and make caramel popcorn experimentally.
Since it was the first time to make it, Yang Mu fiddled with it two or three times before the caramel popcorn began to take shape. Then there was a burst of fragrance, and Lou Xiaomo woke up from this fragrance.
"Da Mao, are you cooking?" Lou Xiaomo asked.
"No, I'll make you some snacks. Make sure you haven't eaten them before. Try them." Yang Mu said, not caring about burning them, and grabbed a handful and handed them to Lou Xiaomo.
Lou Xiaomo blew it gently and tried to eat one. His eyes lit up instantly, and then the popcorns disappeared into Lou Xiaomo's mouth, and he smiled happily after eating them.
Lou Xiaomo is a rich girl, with a standard white body and rich beauty. However, due to the constraints of the times, Lou Xiaomo has never eaten such delicious caramel popcorn, and only eats the "cannon-style hand-cranked popcorn machine".
"The popped popcorn is absolutely green, natural and pollution-free. Although it is environmentally friendly, in terms of taste, it cannot be compared with the caramel popcorn made by Yang Mu.
After a while, all the caramel popcorn made by Yang Mu was eaten by Lou Xiaomo. Lou Xiaomo looked at Yang Mu sheepishly, but Yang Mu didn't take it seriously and smiled and patted Lou Xiaomo's head.
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"Come, let me teach you how to make caramel popcorn." Yang Mu said, and then taught Lou Xiaomo how to make popcorn step by step.
This time it was not made in a small way like before, it was made in a big pot, and half a bag of corn kernels was poured into it.
"Da Mao, why are you making so much popcorn?" Lou Xiaomo asked curiously.
"Let the people in the courtyard have a taste." Yang Mu said with a smile.
If you want to take something first, you must give it first. Of course, Yang Mu would not tell Lou Xiaomo that he was going to dig a hole. He was going to use this popcorn to stir up this lifeless pool of muddy water in the courtyard.
In the evening, people from the courtyard began to return one after another. As soon as they entered the gate of the courtyard, they smelled the fragrance of caramel rice popsicles. When Destiny's Son Bangjian sniffed it lightly with his nose, he knew that the fragrance came from Yang Mu's house.
Banggengbang's classmate took the step of disowning his relatives, took his two younger sisters, Xiaodang and Huaihua, and headed straight towards Yang Mu with great momentum.
"Xu Damao, what are you doing at home that smells so good? Give me some to try." Banggeng said unceremoniously.
The child of destiny is the child of destiny. As soon as he opens his mouth, he will undoubtedly reveal his good tutoring and high-quality personal cultivation, showing his charming demeanor.
When Yang Mu saw Banggeng's face, his hands itched, and he wished he could give him a big ear. Yang Mu was also a little doubtful. Could it be that Banggeng deserved a beating? Otherwise, he wanted to beat him as soon as he saw him. But now,
Obviously this is not the time to beat up the stick.
Yang Mu casually handed Banggan two rice crackers, and gave two more to Xiaodang and Huaihua respectively.
"Thank you, Uncle Damao." Xiaodang and Huaihua are quite polite and know how to say something nice, unlike Bangge, the son of fate.
"Xu Damao, you are too stingy, just give me two." The stick swallowed it in one gulp, and then took one from Xiaodang and Huaihua's hands and ate it. Xiaodang and Huaihua cried anxiously.
"If you want to eat, go and call the third uncle." Yang Mu said.
Uncle Banggan didn't move, so he asked Xiaodang to call the third uncle Yan Bugui over.
"Hey, Damao, look for me." The third uncle Yan Bugui blinked his shrewd little eyes and walked over with a smile on his face.
"Come on, Third Uncle, sit down and have a taste." Yang Mu casually grabbed a large handful of popcorn for Third Uncle Yan Bugui, and then grabbed another handful for Banggeng and drove him away.
"This is so delicious, Damao, what do you want from me?" The third uncle Yan Bugui casually threw up a stick of rice crackers, caught it with his mouth, tasted it, and said it tasted really good.
"Isn't it true that Mozi and I are getting married? I just made some snacks. I want the third uncle to take Mozi from house to house, give some popcorn, talk about my feelings, and become familiar with each other." Yang Mu finished.
, grabbed two more handfuls of popcorn and stuffed them into the pocket of the third uncle Yan Bugui.
The third uncle, Yan Bugui, smiled even more happily and hurriedly patted his chest and said: "Okay, no problem, leave this matter to me. In this compound, who doesn't know that I, the third uncle, are the most fair and impartial?"
"You are the best at scheming," Yang Mu said in his heart, and then directly took a large bowl of popcorn and handed it to the third uncle Yan Bugui.
"Then the third uncle will trouble you, Mozi, and go to the courtyard with the third uncle." Yang Mu said.
Lou Xiaomo immediately followed the third uncle Yan Bugui around the courtyard. Every time he came to a house, he gave a handful of popcorn. Regardless of whether it was true or false, Lou Xiaomo received a lot of good words. After all, in this day and age, everyone
Everyone tightened their belts and lived a life, and only close relatives would give them food. Although the popcorn Yang Mu gave was not much and not expensive, it was a rare thing after all, and it was delicious, so every household used it.
He praised Lou Xiaomo vigorously.
After delivering the popcorn, Lou Xiaomo came back in high spirits with an empty bowl.
After returning, Lou Xiaomo proudly introduced: "The third uncle took me to the old lady's house first. The old lady had bad teeth and couldn't eat. Then I went to the first uncle's house, the second uncle's house... and finally I went
Sister-in-law Jia’s house.”
"Sister-in-law Jia? Are you talking about Qin Huairu?" Yang Mu said.
"Yes, it was Qin Huairu, the third uncle who took me there in the end." Lou Xiaomo said.
"These three uncles are quite capable." Yang Mu said.
"The third uncle is really capable. I took a peek and saw that the popcorn the third uncle gave to every household was almost the same. The bigger ones were smaller in quantity, and the smaller ones were more in quantity. I feel that if the third uncle goes
When you are an accountant, you are definitely a good person." Lou Xiaomo said.
"The third uncle is indeed a good accountant. Do you know why the third uncle took you to Qin Huairu's house in the end? If he didn't take you there in the end, Qin Huairu would keep all your popcorn. If you want to continue sending it, you have to
Go home and get it." Yang Mu said.
"It's impossible." Lou Xiaomo said.
"How is it impossible? Qin Huairu is not a simple person, she is a great earl." Yang Mu said in an inexplicable tone.
"What? Qin Huairu used to be a noble?" Lou Xiaomo's eyes widened.
It saves effort to communicate with the well-educated Bai Fumei. Lou Xiaomo's knowledge reserve is not bad and he can understand what Yang Mu said.
"It's not before, it's now." Yang Mudi said.
"Da Mao, it's impossible. How can nobles be allowed to exist in Sijiu City now?" Lou Xiaomo was not stupid, she still knew the situation.
"Have you ever heard of Count Dracula in Transylvania, Hungary?" Yang Mu asked.
Lou Xiaomo shook his head.
"Well, it seems that this question is a bit out of line for you. Do you know that the vampires in the West are vampires?" Yang Mu asked again.
"I know this. I have seen it occasionally in some foreign magazines. Isn't this a story and legend? Are there really vampires in the world?" Lou Xiaomo asked in disbelief.
"Of course, you just saw it." Yang Mu said quietly.
"You mean Qin Huairu? She is a vampire?" Lou Xiaomo grabbed Yang Mu's arm tightly like a frightened rabbit, his body trembling slightly.
"Yes, but this vampire is not that vampire. Qin Huairu is the master who lies on Shazhu's body and sucks blood. You will know later. Just stay away from Qin Huairu. By the way, as for Shazhu, he went to Shazhu's house
"?" Yang Mu asked.
"Si Zhu was not at home. The third uncle said that Si Zhu was the cook and didn't care about it, so he took Si Zhu's share." Lou Xiaomo said.
"Just take it, we have plenty at home anyway." Yang Mu didn't care and continued making caramel popcorn.
At the same time, various households were also chatting about Yang Mu and Lou Xiaomo. Of course, most of them had good things to say. Only Qin Huairu's mother-in-law, Jia Zhang, looked like a dead parent and cursed Yang Mu for not giving him anything.
She has more popcorn.
The third uncle's family also happily chatted about Yang Mu and Lou Xiaomo, because the third uncle got the most popcorn.
"Da Mao has become sensible as soon as he got married. He gave us so much popcorn. Not to mention, it's really delicious. I'll cook some porridge later and put the popcorn in the porridge to make it a good nest." The third aunt said.
Said with a smile on his face.
If we are not a family, if we don't enter the same house, the third uncle will scheme, and the third aunt will also scheme and eat popcorn as a staple food.
"That's right, you don't want to see who takes action. However, I feel that there are indeed some unexplainable changes in Damao." The third uncle Yan Bugui looked at the popcorn in front of him and said thoughtfully. At the same time, he felt in his heart
Constantly calculating.
Chapter completed!