1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 1131 Changing to Dry Seafood
Chu Xue wasn't really an expert on these things. Although she had eaten a lot of seafood in her previous life, she categorized everything dried, except for dried squid, as dried fish. Haha, she had never paid any special attention to it.

The brigade leader's wife probably noticed her confusion and quickly explained with a smile, "This dried yellow croaker is made by slicing and drying yellow croaker. The dried miscellaneous fish is made from small fish like small pomfret, shad, and herring. It can be used for soups or stir-fries. Don't worry, all the seafood in my house is very clean. Take a look."

He then took out each item for her to see its quality.

It was indeed very clean. Chu Xue smiled and said, "You're replacing that flashlight, right?"

The brigade leader's wife nodded with a smile: "That's right, that's right. The flashlight we used to have hasn't been working very well since it fell into the water. My husband is in charge of all the affairs in the village, so he inevitably has to walk at night. I feel more at ease when he goes out with a flashlight."

After the brigade leader's wife finished speaking, Afu's daughter-in-law also placed her own basket of dried seafood on the table.

The team leader's wife, who was standing nearby, quickly introduced her, "This is Grandpa Afu's daughter-in-law. You can just call her Aunt Chun."

Aunt Chun smiled at Chu Xue and took out the dried seafood she had brought one by one: "This is dried eel, which is made by cleaning eels, lightly salting them, and then hanging them up to dry. It tastes quite good. These are dried squid, which we call dried cuttlefish locally. These are cuttlefish that have had their internal organs removed, washed, and then dried."

All that's left are some dried shrimp and dried kelp. How much do you want? If it's not enough, we'll make up the difference with money."

Chu Xue flipped through them and found that the quality was indeed quite good. She guessed that the team leader and Uncle Fu had specifically instructed them to select the items at home: "I'll take all of these."

Just as I was wondering how to exchange it properly, I saw Uncle Jiao also come into the yard with a basket: "Uncle Jiao, you're back just in time, can you help me see how to exchange this?"

Uncle Jiao was fair and impartial, not favoring anyone. After asking Chu Xue about the approximate prices of her items, he said, "The flashlight is 1.8 yuan, two No. 1 dry cell batteries are 1.5 yuan, plus an industrial coupon, so it comes to less than 4 yuan." After all, an industrial coupon can be resold for 2 yuan on the black market. "Sister-in-law, the things you brought are worth about 3.5 yuan, so you'll need to pay an extra 50 cents."

The captain's wife readily agreed: "Okay."

As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket, unfolded it layer by layer, and pulled out a 50-cent note from a small stack of money inside, handing it to Chuxue: "Girl, keep this safe. The flashlight and two dry cell batteries are mine."

Chu Xue smiled and handed it to her: "Yes, it's yours."

Then Uncle Jiao helped check on the dried seafood at Grandpa Afu's house: "For Haizi's seafood, just give him an extra three cents."

Upon hearing this, Afu's daughter-in-law reached into her pocket and pulled out a few small bills: "Now my father is finally happy. He finally has the flashlight he's been longing for."

As she spoke, she took the flashlight that belonged to her family and examined it from all angles, her eyes filled with joy.

Seeing that both families had finished exchanging their seafood, Uncle Jiao and his wife quickly took out their own dried seafood: "Little Chuxue, don't worry, you'll definitely be satisfied with our seafood."

Indeed, the dried seafood from the Jiao family was of superior quality than that from the brigade leader's family and Uncle Fu's family, and they directly swapped all the small amount of wheat flour and millet in her bag for it.

(End of this chapter)