Chapter 44: Apply to Peking University!
The next morning, Li Changhe reviewed his lessons at home, but there was actually nothing to review. He had already memorized all the math knowledge and had almost memorized the Selected Works of Great Men.

It was Chinese. He read some ancient Chinese texts repeatedly. After all, he didn't know what ancient Chinese texts would be tested in the college entrance examination.

Zhu Lin sat on the other side of the table, earnestly helping Li Changhe write.

She was helping Li Changhe write a reply letter.

I choose to reply to those readers whose letters are sincere and who need encouragement.

There was also a stack of stamps next to it, all of which were bought by Li Changhe in batches.

Unfortunately, it is not the 80s now, and the famous Monkey Stamps have not yet been issued.

In fact, in a few years, the philatelic market will gradually rise and it will also be a good investment direction.

The most important thing is that it takes a short time and the results are quick, unlike the Siheyuan, which takes thirty or forty years to reach its peak price.

Li Changhe doesn't even need to wait for the stamps to increase in value by tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of times. Even if it increases by ten or eight times, it will be enough for him to cash in quickly.

Unfortunately, he didn't know much about stamps. Apart from the Monkey Stamp, he also remembered that the mountains and rivers of the motherland were all red.

After all, these are all writing materials.

But that ticket is even rarer. It was issued ten years ago and stopped being issued after only half a day.

These days, there’s nowhere to find it even if you want to.

The two of them were busy until noon, and Li Changhe had finished another manuscript.

"Changhe, I've never asked you before, which school do you want to apply to?"

Seeing that Li Changhe seemed to have finished his work, Zhu Lin also stopped writing and asked Li Changhe.

"Which school?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, Peking University!"

Li Changhe said with a smile.

Reborn in this era, when Li Changhe decided to take the college entrance examination, he had already made up his mind to apply to Peking University!
It’s not that he has any obsession with Peking University, but for Li Changhe, he needs the Peking University brand to help him implement his future plans.

What's more, when it comes to classmate resources, Peking University and Tsinghua University are absolutely unique these days. Since you have to choose, of course you have to choose the most suitable one.

"Peking University?"

Zhu Lin seemed to be thinking about something, while Li Changhe looked outside.

"Come on, let's go out for lunch and submit the manuscript and reply letter."

"It's gloomy outside and not that hot today. Let's buy some bedding and tidy up the courtyard this afternoon."

It's a rare day that's not too hot, so Li Changhe must cherish it.

"Row"

Zhu Lin carefully folded the letter he had just written, put it into the envelope, and sealed it with glue.

"What do you want to eat for lunch today? I still have 3 kilograms of meat coupons here."

Zhu Lin asked Li Changhe.

In those days, when you went to a state-owned restaurant to eat, after ordering the dishes, in addition to paying the money, you also had to pay for grain coupons and meat coupons.

The restaurant will calculate the number of tickets needed and the diners will hand them in.

Zhu Lin knew that Li Changhe would definitely eat meat when he went out to eat, and ordinary state-owned restaurants nearby required tickets.

The few high-end restaurants in Beijing that don't require tickets are Lao Mo, Quanjude, Cuihualou, etc. A meal starts at ten yuan.

At this moment, a light suddenly flashed in Li Changhe's mind.

"You still have 3 jin of meat coupons, right? I still have 2 jin. Let's take a look later. Wait for me."

Li Changhe walked out of the house and quickly found the ticket folder at home.

In this day and age, every household has a ticket folder, which contains various receipts issued every month.

Then, Li Changhe found several seasoning tickets and his meat tickets inside.

In fact, in the past two years, the supply of materials in the capital has increased a lot and is no longer as scarce as in the 1950s and 1960s.

Take meat coupons for example. In the 3s and 5s, each person was supplied with - taels of meat coupons per month.

However, starting from April this year, the pork supply in Beijing has increased to 4 kilograms per person per month.

This is why Zhu Lin had 3 kilograms of meat coupons in her hand. She didn't eat here during the months when she went out to provide support, but she still issued the coupons as usual, so she had a large amount left in her hand.

However, this is only in Beijing. In other parts of the country, the supply is not so exaggerated.

"Come on, I'll take you to eat something fresh today."

Li Changhe took the bill and walked out with Zhu Lin.

I rode my bike to the department store and bought not only a cool mat and a quilt, but also a kitchen knife and a chopping board.

Then Li Changhe brought Zhu Lin's bags to Old Man Zhang's courtyard, opened the door and walked in. "You clean up first, I'll go out to buy some things and come back soon."

After Li Changhe finished speaking to Zhu Lin, he ran out again.

Zhang Shiqi heard the noise and came out, only to see Li Changhe's back as he rode away on his bicycle.

"Girl, where did this boy go?"

Zhang Shiqi leaned against the door and asked Zhu Lin curiously.

"I don't know. Just saying I want to make something delicious doesn't mean I have any idea what to do."

"Uncle Zhang, I guess I'll have to use your kitchen later."

Zhu Lin thought that Li Changhe would have to use someone else's kitchen to cook, so he thought of giving him a heads up in advance.

"It's okay, use it as you like!"

Zhang Shiqi rented the house to Li Changhe because he liked him.

Naturally, I would not refuse this small favor.

At this time, Li Changhe rode his bicycle to a corner of Haidian Town where there was a blacksmith shop.

Nowadays, there are still blacksmith shops in rural areas.

"Should I buy a pot, a kitchen knife, or farm tools?"

As Li Changhe entered the room, the air was filled with steam. A strong man with his upper body naked asked Li Changhe directly.

"None of them, Master. I want a stove, something square and simple."

Li Changhe gestured with his hands, and the blacksmith immediately understood.

"This should be an oven, right? It's simple and doesn't require any technical skills, but..."

"Comrade, can you help me with the urgent need? I have national food coupons here."

Li Changhe took out the national food coupons and said with a smile.

"You paid with national food stamps?"

The blacksmith was a little surprised when he saw Li Changhe took out the national food coupons.

These days, national food coupons are more valuable than ordinary food coupons, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are hard currency.

"Yes, help me get it out quickly, and I'll pay with this!"

"Okay, come pick it up in an hour."

The blacksmith agreed immediately, and then the two of them discussed the size and calculated the amount.

These days, people like them have their own conversion models for money and national grain coupons, including some other bills. Li Changhe didn't understand and just paid with the grain coupons.

Afterwards, Li Changhe went to the grocery store and ordered 2 kilograms of pork and 2 kilograms of mutton at one time.

It was noon and there was no fatty pork belly left. Li Changhe didn't care. He just wanted it to have a little fat. Too much fat would make it taste bad.

That’s right, after owning the courtyard, the first thing Li Changhe thought of was to have his own barbecue.

In their previous life, they were big barbecue lovers, and they had to have barbecue and beer in the summer.

Li Changhe also had a wine ticket, but he didn't buy it. Instead, he went to the state-owned restaurant.

You can buy bulk beer here, which is packaged in large glass bottles. Li Changhe also bought some steamed buns and dumplings.

Afterwards, Li Changhe took the meat, wine, and steamed buns back first. It would probably take some time to grill them, and he couldn't let Zhu Lin go hungry.

Zhu Lin and Zhang Shiqi were a little surprised to see Li Changhe bringing in large and small bags of food.

"Is this what you want?"

"You'll know in a moment. I'll marinate the meat first."

Li Changhe took out a newly bought enamel basin, rinsed it with water, poured the meat in, then poured beer on it and sprinkled it with seasonings such as green onion, ginger, salt, soy sauce, etc.

"Boy, are you going to make barbecue?"

"What a pity you don't have a stove!"

Zhang Shiqi looked at Li Changhe's actions, guessed what he was going to do, and said with a chuckle.

"Who said I don't have a stove? I'll show you what it is later."

After Li Changhe finished all these, he looked at the time and saw that it was almost time, so he immediately got up and went out to get the stove.

On the way back, I bought a few big watermelons and carried them back in a net bag.

"Let's do it!"

At this moment, Li Changhe is very motivated to have an authentic Zibo barbecue!
(End of this chapter)