Chapter 26 Big Purchase

After Yunxi left that counter, she found rice and flour in the counter next to it, but everything was subject to purchase limits.

Each person is not allowed to carry more than ten pounds of each type of grain; if they do, they will not be sold.

Moreover, because her ears were particularly sensitive, she overheard what others thought were whispered conversations about how grain coupons would soon be required to buy food, and that most other daily necessities from the supply and marketing cooperative would also require coupons.

Yunxi thought about the watch coupons she had just used to buy a watch. She had originally thought that only valuable items required coupons, but she didn't expect that everything would require coupons from now on.

It seems there are some people who are particularly well-informed, while she herself hasn't been paying much attention to the outside world, so she seems to know nothing.

At that moment, she suddenly felt that the things she had just bought might not be enough, but the sales clerk behind the counter was really too difficult to talk to.

It's impossible to buy more than I want; it seems I'll just have to be more diligent and buy more every day or two.

Or, while the shops outside are still open, buy more of everything else that's useful, except for salt, which is only sold at supply and marketing cooperatives.

Just come and buy it a few more times.

Yunxi bought the largest quantity of rice and flour directly; each person can only buy a maximum of ten kilograms of rice and ten kilograms of flour.

Yunxi bought all the portions she could, which came to a total of three yuan and seventy cents.

Suddenly it seemed quite cheap, and I felt like I could live on rice and flour every day.

But from now on, we'll need grain coupons. I'm from the countryside, where would I get those?

Looks like I need to stock up before everything starts requiring coupons.

After putting rice and flour into the basket, I saw white sugar and brown sugar. I didn't expect that these were also subject to purchase limits; each person could only buy a maximum of two jin (1 kg).

Yunxi also bought the maximum amount she could.

The supply and marketing cooperative only had two floors. Since Yunxi bought a watch on the second floor and then came down, she stayed on the first floor the whole time.

She bought everything she saw that she thought was useful.

A matchbox, you can buy a big box for two cents. There are ten small boxes in a big box, so I bought five big boxes.

Enameled basins, enamel cups, aluminum lunch boxes, flashlights, and batteries—these are all relatively expensive items, so I bought two of each, except for a few extra batteries.

Although Yunxi already has a lunchbox at home, you can never have too many; you'll always find a use for them.

As she bought more and more things, her basket gradually became too full, and Yunxi had to consider leaving.

I glanced to the side before leaving, and then I felt a little reluctant to move on.

She saw a particularly exquisite bronze hot water bottle with some patterns on the side. Thinking about how cold it was here in winter, even with the kang (a heated brick bed) heated, she was worried that she would be cold. Just imagining the scene of putting two hot water bottles in the quilt made her feel quite warm.

Although the price was a bit high, probably because they were made of copper, costing about five yuan each, Yunxi still bought two.

With a final, reluctant look at the items inside the supply and marketing cooperative, he finally left.

There were still some good things to eat inside the supply and marketing cooperative, but Yunxi didn't have time to think about them at the time. So after leaving the cooperative, she found a quiet place, and after making sure no one was around, she quickly put everything from her basket into her spatial storage.

Then I headed towards the supply and marketing cooperative. I had finally made it to town, and it was still early, so I felt a little unwilling to not buy more.

Milk powder costs five yuan a bag, and malted milk powder costs three yuan and fifty cents a bag. Yunxi bought two bags of each, just to try them out and see how they taste.

If it's delicious, I'll buy more next time.

Yunxi also bought two boxes of those boxed cookies. She felt that no matter how good the cookies were, the key was that the box was pretty, so she felt like she hadn't wasted her money.

Besides biscuits, there were also some loose pastries that smelled very sweet, and Yunxi bought a pound of each.

There were also candies and other things on the side, such as nut candies, fruit hard candies, and soft candies; I bought a pound of each.

Finally, I saw skincare products for sale on the side, including clam oil and face cream.

Yunxi wasn't interested in this product. She felt her skin was great, and even if it became rough, she could extract the essence of the corresponding plants and apply it directly to her face, which would be more effective than any skincare product.

After a long shopping spree at the supply and marketing cooperative, more than an hour had passed. As she bought more and more things, Yunxi began to feel subtle, almost imperceptible, gazes on her from the side.

Knowing that he might have bought too much and that others had noticed, he threw the things into his basket to avoid unnecessary trouble and then left the supply and marketing cooperative.

After coming out, I found a secluded spot, put my things into my spatial storage, and washed the dirt off my face with water.

Only then did I feel at ease and continue walking down the street. From afar, I could smell a particularly fragrant aroma. I sniffed it, and it was indeed quite fragrant.

Thinking back, I only ate a steamed bun made from two kinds of flour this morning, because I got up so early that I had no appetite at all.

At that moment, the particularly fragrant aroma made me feel incredibly hungry.

Following the smell, Yunxi found herself at a small noodle stall. She took a look and discovered it was just ordinary plain noodles, but for some reason, it smelled incredibly delicious.

"Boss, I'd like a bowl of plain noodles, how much is it?"

The owner was an old man in his sixties, and next to him was his wife, who looked very happy and enthusiastic.

"A bowl of plain noodles costs 2,000 yuan in old currency and 0.2 yuan in new currency."

It doesn't seem expensive at all, considering that flour costs 25 cents a pound, and even regular standard flour costs 18 cents. The price is quite reasonable, and the portion is also quite generous.

"Boss, a bowl of plain noodles, please. By the way, what do you put in it? It smells so good."

He took out two cents from his pocket and handed it over, then started asking the shopkeeper why it smelled so good.

I originally thought this was the boss's private recipe, and that the boss would never tell me. I didn't expect the boss to be so generous and just tell me directly.

"I didn't add anything else. When kneading the dough, you need to knead it until it's very elastic. It will taste better when you eat it. After it's cooked, I add two drops of sesame oil to the noodles, and they will be very fragrant."

As soon as sesame oil was mentioned, Yunxi knew about it. Although she didn't have sesame oil at home, she had heard of it.