flstandardbreds Chapter 279 Smuggled Chocolate
Chapter 279 Smuggled Chocolate
Chu Xinyan is pregnant. This is the best news Li Youcai has received in this new year.
Now Chu Xinyan feels like vomiting when she smells cooking smoke. Li Youcai no longer dares to let her enter the kitchen. He takes the initiative to take on the task of cooking.
In order to ensure health and balanced nutrition, Li Youcai cooks various dishes in different ways all day long.
This surprised Chu Xinyan greatly.
After all, she had lived with Li Youcai for so long, but she didn't know that Li Youcai could cook so many dishes.
"Pork ribs and winter melon soup, light and nutritious, be careful of the heat." Li Youcai was holding a big bowl, the crystal clear soup exuded a faint fragrance.
Chu Xinyan was lying on the kang, half leaning on a pile of quilts.
Seeing Li Youcai brought her another bowl of soup, a happy smile appeared on her face: "We just finished our meal, why do you want soup again? This is already our fourth meal."
"The doctor said that you are in the early stages of pregnancy and need to pay attention to nutrition and eat small and frequent meals."
"Be good and drink the soup." Li Youcai handed the bowl of soup to Chu Xinyan and gently blew on the soup in the spoon to prevent it from being too hot.
Chu Xinyan opened her mouth and drank the soup in the spoon.
After being married to Li Youcai for so many years, this was the first time that Li Youcai was so gentle and fed her.
"How does it taste? I have been stewing this soup for a long time. I was afraid that you would find it fishy, so I added some more winter melon." Li Youcai said quite ostentatiously.
"It tastes good." Chu Xinyan said softly.
Duoduo was watching TV, but when she smelled the fragrance, she crawled over.
Looking at the bowl in Dad's hand, he licked his lips.
"Dad, I want to eat too."
"How could Dad forget my precious daughter? This bowl is for Mom, Dad will get yours."
Li Youcai handed the bowl of soup to Chu Xinyan, pinched Duoduo's delicate face, and ran to the kitchen to bring another bowl.
"Drink slowly, be careful not to burn your mouth."
"Thank you dad."
Children love to eat meat with bones, such as chicken legs, ribs, and large bones. It tastes good, but it's also fun.
Duoduo was so happy as she ate the ribs in the bowl and watched TV.
"I can't even eat anymore. If I continue like this, I'll become like Fat Aunt." Chu Xinyan couldn't help but say as she drank the soup and felt the hot soup entering her stomach.
Aunt Pang is one of the few fat people in Dongsheng Brigade.
"No, Aunt Fat, that's a genetic problem. You'll gain weight even if you drink cold water. You have a small frame, so you won't gain weight no matter how much you eat." Li Youcai said with a smile.
"Bullshit."
"Really, this is science, I'm not just making it up."
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On New Year’s Eve, the entire Dongsheng Brigade was decorated with lights and colorful lanterns.
Li Youcai mixed flour with hot water to make a bowl of paste. Duoduo took the couplets, and the two women came to the gate and were about to post the couplets.
Li Youjie came over pushing a bicycle. There was something tied to the back seat, wrapped tightly with a quilt.
"elder brother."
"Uncle!" Duoduo shouted happily when she saw Li Youjie.
Li Youjie parked his car and started taking things out of his pockets, including a large bag of White Rabbit milk candy and several thick sheets of chocolate with big-headed dolls printed on them.
"Come here, niece, and see what delicious food your uncle has got for you."
"Where did you get these chocolates?" Li Youcai was a little surprised when he saw these chocolates and couldn't help but ask.
White Rabbit is easy to get, as it is sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives and markets, but chocolate is not easy to get.
Li Youcai has traded goods before and remembers clearly that the earliest chocolate production company in China was established in 1990, which was the Jindi Food Co., Ltd. in the Special Economic Zone.
At that time, Kingdee chocolate was a hot commodity in the candy industry, and one could make a lot of money by just selling it.
Li Youcai put down the paste in his hand, took a piece of chocolate from Li Youjie and looked at it carefully.
The big-headed doll was wearing a headscarf with Russian words printed on it. It was imported.
Li Youjie chuckled and said, "You haven't seen this before, right? This is chocolate, I got it from the Russians."
"Where did you get it?" Li Youcai asked again.
"The market. It's Chinese New Year, isn't it? A group of people from Fenhe rented a stall for a short period of time to sell these things."
Li Youjie excitedly said to Li Youcai, "Brother, they sell this thing for 1.5 yuan, but a lot of people buy it even though it's so expensive."
“Scarcity makes things valuable. No matter how expensive something is, there will always be people who buy it.”
Duoduo didn't understand what her father and uncle were saying, but that didn't stop her from knowing that this Qiao Kuli must be delicious.
Duoduo tore off the aluminum foil, looked at the chocolate inside, and started to bite it.
The first bite feels a bit bitter, but it melts in your mouth and becomes sweeter and sweeter.
"Dad, this is so delicious! It's the most delicious candy I have ever eaten." Duoduo said exaggeratedly.
"Even if it tastes good, you can't eat too much, or your teeth will fall out."
"Then I'll eat this piece, and I'll eat the rest later." Duoduo is also very sensible.
Li Youcai held the chocolate in his hand, but started to think about it.
At this time, border trade between China and Russia had not yet resumed. Li Youcai was almost 100% sure that these chocolates must have been smuggled in by those people.
However, this made Li Youcai realize that something very important was about to begin!
In April 1982, China and Russia officially exchanged documents and began to gradually restore border trade between Heilongjiang Province and New Zealand Province, which also marked the arrival of the great era of trade!
"Is that group still there?" Li Youcai asked.
"They only rented it for 7 days and left after selling the goods. But they made a lot of money this time. Each box cost 7 kilograms. In these days, they sold at least to boxes." Li Youjie said.
"It's walking pretty fast."
"So, next time you see them, be sure to tell me. I want to meet those people."
"Oh, okay."
"That group made a lot of money in our market. If they want to sell goods again, they will definitely come here again. I'll tell you when they come."
Although Li Youjie didn't understand why his elder brother wanted to meet those people, he didn't ask any more questions.
"By the way, brother, I have some good stuff here."
Li Youjie lifted the quilt on the back seat of the car, revealing a box inside. Inside were green fruits that were a circle larger than dates.
If someone else saw this thing, they might not recognize it.
But Li Youcai had seen and eaten it.
The soft-fleshed kiwi fruit is different from the common kiwi fruit. It is much smaller in size and tastes soft, sweet, thin-skinned and thick-fleshed. It is sour and sweet, very juicy and very delicious.
This thing has a very high vitamin content and is one of the most suitable fruits for pregnant women.
"It's from Andong City. It's called the Soft-Fruited Kiwifruit. It has the characteristics of a date, a monkey, and a peach. Who gave it such a weird name?"
"But people say this thing is very nutritious and is best for pregnant women. I got two boxes for my sister-in-law." Li Youjie said as if he was presenting a treasure.
"You're so thoughtful, move it in quickly." This fruit is afraid of freezing and is difficult to store in winter. It was really a great effort for Li Youjie to get it.
Li Youjie unloaded the box from the car and then carried it into the house.