Era: Start as a buyer

I will go back to the town tomorrow, and I will stay there for a few days. The grain I harvested in the town should be enough for me to eat in the collective canteen for these few days. But the food must be very average. Unfortunately, there is no pot at home, so I can’t even cook anything when I bring it home.

It's a hot day, so I can't even store some cooked food for two days. You can only bring a small amount of steamed buns and cooked food, but it would be a good idea to bring some wine. We have run out of fried peanuts, so we go to the collective canteen and bring our own fried peanuts. I don’t know how to deal with it when the people in the town who are eating together see it.

Forget it, I don’t want to think about it that much. When I wait in the future time and space, I can search on my phone for food that can be stored when the weather is hot. It’s no better than thinking about this and that now.

I couldn't lie down in the room for a while. It was hot and there were more mosquitoes around me when I sweated. If the doors and windows are not open, the room will be hotter. People are lazy and unwilling to go to the supply and marketing cooperative just to get cattail leaf fans. I can only get up and take a shower in the pool outside the yard, then move a stool to sit outside the house like yesterday, apply a small amount of toilet water first, and then apply more after taking a shower later.

Sitting at the door, looking at the people and things in the yard, and occasionally someone saying hello to Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng felt that it was actually quite interesting. Although life is a bit difficult in this era, there is nothing particularly troublesome. What he always considers is food and clothing, unlike Master Wang in the future time and space, who worries about the marriage of his two sons every day, earns more than 300 a day, and is reluctant to give up food and clothing.

The moon slowly rose, and there were more and more stars in the sky. Feeling a little sleepy, Luo Cheng went back to his room and ordered some mosquito killer tablets. The person sat outside for a while before going back to the house to sleep.

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When he woke up again, Luo Cheng stretched and looked at the time. It was seven o'clock.

I quickly looked out the window. Fortunately, it was still raining. This house is only not very soundproof indoors, but closing the windows actually does a good job of soundproofing the outside. It's not like the dormitories built with colored steel plates at the construction site, which make a snapping sound when it rains.

I also said hello to Master Wang yesterday. If the construction site is still under construction, please call him. There was no call at seven o'clock, so work basically stopped.

However, Luo Cheng was still worried and called Master Wang to inquire. Sure enough, work will not start today, so Luo Cheng does not need to come to the construction site.

I can play with my mobile phone at home for a day, but today I have to go to the old street and buy some things to take back to my own era.

I picked up my phone and checked the foods that are more suitable for storage when it is hot. Most of the information is that it is best not to store any food when it is hot. But there are still some tips. For example, cucumbers are easy to store, and tomatoes can also be stored.

After looking at it for a long time, in addition to some packaged snacks that are easy to store, in terms of eating, even if the braised vegetables are not put in the refrigerator, they can only be kept in a cool place for a day or two when the weather is hot. However, many fruits are easier to store. If you don't cut them and put them on the ground in a cool place, they will basically not go bad.

It seems like a good choice to take some apples back. Cut it into slices, lie down and let your wife feed you.

After checking almost everything, Luo Cheng started to watch some interesting videos so he didn't have to rush to buy anything. Anyway, you can just go there during lunch time. The cold dish seller there also sells rice. When the time comes, you can go shopping there and have a meal.

And at eleven o'clock, there was a knock on Luo Cheng's door. Liu Xiaofei came to ask Luo Cheng if he wanted to order takeout together, saying that it would be more cost-effective for two people to order together. It's raining outside, so we can't go out to eat.

"Xiao Fei, I want to go to the old street to buy some cooked food today. Vegetarian dishes there only cost ten yuan a pound. There are yuba, peanuts, shredded kelp and so on. There are also many varieties of meat dishes. I feel that buying this is more cost-effective than taking out."

Luo Cheng didn't want to refuse Xiaofei's proposal, but he saw the takeaways yesterday. The cheap ones were not as delicious as the ones that looked good, but they were basically not cheap. At a braised vegetable and cold dish restaurant, you can buy meat dishes for ten yuan and vegetarian dishes for ten yuan, and then buy a few boxes of rice, which can last for a day.

Luo Cheng's words made Liu Xiaofei's eyes light up. On this rainy day, her thinking was that it was hard to go out, so she could only order takeout. The main reason was that she didn't expect to eat braised vegetables and cold dishes, and she didn't want to run errands, so it was already available.

She immediately added a communication and chat method with Luo Cheng. To Liu Xiaofei's surprise, Luo Cheng's chat software only had one friend, and it was labeled Master Wang. He is so lonely, he has no family or relatives. But thinking about what Luo Cheng said about his cell phone and ID being stolen, few people these days can recite their family members' phone numbers.

Since Luo Cheng was going out to buy cold dishes, he helped her bring one portion and two portions of rice. She planned to have one portion at noon and then eat it in the evening. As for money, next time you can give Luo Cheng cash, or take a photo of the seller's payment QR code to her, and she can pay remotely.

It was a little hard to say no to the incidental thing, mainly because he wanted to buy a lot of other things. It looked like he could only make two more trips. Now Liu Xiaofei had almost adjusted to the jet lag, but just after adjusting, she was still not in good spirits.

When going out, Liu Xiaofei saw that Luo Cheng actually planned to go to the old street in the rain. Although the rain outside was not very heavy, it was still light. After learning that Luo Cheng did not have an umbrella or raincoat, he gave Luo Cheng an umbrella.

Holding Liu Xiaofei's umbrella in his hand, Luo Cheng's slight reluctance disappeared after going out. After arriving at the Laojie braised vegetable restaurant, Liu Xiaofei was able to order remotely via video, and Luo Cheng also ordered a lot. The payment was in cash, so Liu Xiaofei was the one who owed it first.

After buying the food, Liu Xiaofei took what she wanted to eat and went back to the room to eat, since she also bought it for the night. Of course, she also said thank you.

I haven't given my umbrella to him yet, but I just want to borrow it for two trips out.

When we came to the old street again, there were actually a lot of braised dishes, but many of them were actually offal, which Luo Cheng would not buy. The main items were pork liver, sausages, etc. In his day, they were sold on the market and were relatively cheap, but the sausages were even more expensive than the meat. It's not that Luo Cheng doesn't eat these, but he thinks the price-performance ratio is not as good as meat.

Beef is much more expensive than pork, and it is easy to get questioned when buying beef. In Luo Cheng's era, cattle could not be slaughtered at will. Beef was not expensive, cheaper than pork, but it was difficult to buy. The same is true for mutton, which is cheaper than pork because the meat is not fatty.

As for cooked food, Luo Cheng found that pork head meat was the most cost-effective, as was pork belly. He ordered some of each, and then bought two kilograms of fried peanuts.

Luo Cheng was very greedy when he saw someone selling roast duck, so he also bought one. Get some steamed buns and some wine, and when the time comes, go back to town and call Er Gouzi and Chen Leizi over for a meal.

So I bought another ten-pound bucket of bulk wine and thirty steamed buns. Finally, I took a stroll in the fruit shop. I originally planned to buy apples, but they were somewhat conspicuous, and I found cantaloupe on sale. However, in Luo Cheng's time, this thing was not called a cantaloupe, but a 'thunder melon'. It's quite sweet, with lots of seeds in the middle. In his day, all the seeds in the middle were eaten.

A good-looking cantaloupe costs three yuan per pound, while a small one costs just over two yuan. To be honest, the cantaloupe that Luo Cheng had eaten in his time were not too big. The smaller ones were easier to explain and cheaper.

I bought more than ten kilograms of cantaloupe directly, and finally bought some eggs before going back. In my own time, although all the pots in the town and village were handed over, I could just get some firewood and roast some eggs without using a pot.

When he returned to the rented house and opened the door, there was no one in the living room. Luo Cheng quickly slipped into his room with his things.

Hey, I feel a bit like a thief even if I bring something home with someone else. Then Liu Xiaofei is more attractive. She already has a wife, so she should move away in the future. But if you don’t want to bring things back to your own time, having a roommate is actually not bad.

It's raining outside the house, and I don't know if it will stop tomorrow. I had obviously thought about not wanting to work at the construction site, but I was still a little reluctant to think about losing more than 300 yuan in income after staying at home for a day. Set the alarm clock in advance for six o'clock tomorrow. During the rainy season, it may rain for a few days, or it may stop suddenly.

Throughout the day, Luo Cheng played with his mobile phone at home, but he also went out for a while. There was also a small store at the entrance of the community, and he bought a larger bottle of toilet water, which Zhao Qian could use when she returned to town. The toilet water came in a glass bottle, so Luo Cheng poured it out and put it in a plastic bag. When he returned to his own time, he put it in a gourd and burned the plastic bag.