Traveling through the Sixties with the Male God (Completed BL)

Chapter 50: Craving for Meat

Translator: dapotaturs

Release Date: 01/20/2024

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Chapter 50: Craving for Meat...If there's no meat, I can go buy some!

"Wow, I want cookies too!" The thunderous wailing of the child echoed through the entire ward.

The old lady hurriedly tried to comfort the child, "Darling, don't cry. Grandma will cook you an egg."

"I want cookies, I want snacks, waaah..."

Despite the old lady's efforts to console him, the child continued to cry with all his might. It was a forceful cry, and his voice was on the verge of breaking.

The old lady couldn't bear to see her grandson so upset. Unfortunately, there were no snacks available at the local supply and marketing cooperative. The last time there were some rice noodles, she rushed over upon hearing the news, but they had already been sold out.

With a wrinkled face, the old lady, seeing her grandson still crying, unable to calm him down, had to come up with a solution.

In the end, she reached into her pocket, took out a small cloth bag from her clothes, and unfolded it layer by layer. Inside were several banknotes.

The old lady took out two dimes and walked up to Song Wenbin, handing him the money. "Buy a pound of snacks, no need to give change."

Beside her, Grandma Zhao, who had just been given half a biscuit by her granddaughter and happily finished eating it, heard the old lady's words and burst into laughter. "Old lady, are you out of your mind? Two dimes? Why don't you go to the cooperative and buy some rice noodles? Maybe they will sell them to you."

Nowadays, even plain steamed buns without any filling cost four cents each, plus an additional two liang of food coupons. Sweet pastries and Jiangmi (glutinous rice) strips, with added sugar, can cost several cents per catty (jiao per jin), and food coupons are separate. Items like the ones brought back by Xu Hengzhou from the provincial capital, when gifted, can be considered a decent present after wrapping a few pieces and are worth quite a bit.

===========================================================================dapotaturs note:

"好几毛" (hǎo jǐ máo): Several jiao, where "毛" (máo) is a unit of currency equal to one-tenth of a yuan. 

"一斤" (yī jīn): Per jin, a Chinese unit of weight equivalent to approximately 500 grams.

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Wanting to buy Xu Hengzhou's pastries for two jiao was indeed a foolish notion.

"How can that be the same?" The old lady confidently explained, "The supply and marketing cooperative is a state entity. His pastries, being his own, how can they charge so much? Moreover, who knows how fresh these items are since they've been bought back for so long."

"Fresh or not is none of your concern." Song Wenbin refused to take the money from the old lady, "We won't sell these pastries to you. Take your money back."

"What do you mean?" The old lady was furious, "You give these pastries to them but not to us, treating us differently! I won't argue with you, take the money if you won't sell it. I heard you're a factory manager, is there any cadre like you? Treating the people unevenly! I'm going to report you to your factory!"

Song Wenbin had specifically inquired about this family's background yesterday. Hearing this, he sneered, "Go ahead, do you need me to show you the way? After all, my factory is the same as your son's."