Reborn in 1940 and survived until the new century

At this time, no one can guarantee such things, the only thing we can do is to mind our own business.

As long as someone shows a little bit of kindness at this time, the other party will grab on to it like a life-saving straw and not let go.

Between saving face and filling one’s stomach, filling one’s stomach is more important.

I heard the child’s father whispering there.

"From now on, our family's food will be mainly based on you and the children."

“How can this be possible?

We don’t have much food at home, but we still have so many wild vegetables. We can at least eat until we are 70% full every day.”

"We do have the ability, but don't forget, if everyone around us is skinny and we are the only ones who eat more and gain weight than others, what do you think others will think?"

"Can't we focus on me and the child?"

"I know you don't want to, but our son is still young, and you're pregnant, how can you not eat more?"

"We really can't treat our son unfairly, after all, he is so young.

But for me, if I’m hungry, I can eat a piece of candy, but I can’t eat too much and gain weight, right?

Everyone knows that every household is short of food now. Wouldn't it be suspicious if I, a pregnant woman, eat too much?

As for our son, we don’t have to make him too fat, but at least he shouldn’t be too thin.

Besides, our son is fatter than other children of the same age. He can’t keep this size in the future, otherwise he will still be suspected by others.”

"But he's just a child?"

“It’s true that he is a child, but when the time comes, other people may not think so.

Also, don’t think that our country is not the same as it used to be.

But if people are desperately hungry, can you be sure that they won't eat their own children?"

"How can it be?

Isn’t it now? "

"No matter when?

Can we really be sure that someone doesn't dare?

Even at this moment, aren't there still human traffickers running rampant outside?

If our son can maintain this body of fat when everyone else is hungry, wouldn't someone with a caring heart be able to do the same?"

"this……

Then do as you wish!"

"It's not that I'm cruel as a mother, but we have no choice but to do this!"

"I know, and I understand, but I just need to talk it over with the child."

"I know this. Don't worry. I'll talk to him later."

“Okay, but when you cook and eat at home, try to avoid other people.

Especially since we still have meat at home, can't we go back to the way we were before?"

"I know this, I've thought it through. From now on, if our family cooks meat, we won't come alone. If someone else cooks meat, we'll just follow them.

This way, we can be sure that others don’t know that we also cook meat at home.”

"That's the only way. But when cooking, try not to use animal oil. You can tell by the smell."

"Don't worry about that. I didn't plan to cook it. I'll just boil it with water and add oil after it's out of the pot. Even though the taste isn't that great, at least there's still some oil in it."

"Yes, just follow your idea!"

"it is good."

Before finding an opportunity to talk to your child about the situation at home.

The country began to implement food rationing again, and people across the country began to tighten their belts to overcome this difficult time.

At the same time, at this time, no matter who it was, from top to bottom, they organized cadres and the masses to pick wild vegetables, grow grain, and engage in production.

When I saw this report, the only pity I felt was that I lived on the second floor.

If you live on the first floor, you must make use of the little open space in front of the building.

It’s a pity that I don’t live on the first floor. Even so, aren’t there other ways?

I found some unused flower pots and planted some green onions, leeks, and celery on the balcony. As long as they can be grown and eaten, it's fine.

As for the newspapers saying that the food rations of the city residents began to be reduced,

It wasn't long before the food supply began to be implemented in accordance with the new regulations.

This does not depend on the type of grain. Each person is allowed 3 jin of fine grain per month, and the rest are coarse grains.

For this purpose, food rations are also divided according to age: 3 jin for infants, 6 jin for minors, and 8 jin for children.

When I saw this, I could only say that my son was at a disadvantage.

Born in 57, he is not even 3 years old yet, which means he only has 3 kilograms of food rations every month. What use is this for?

The indicators for adults are different because of their different identities.

It can be said that everyone’s food ration has decreased by 1-2 kilograms.

These adults who are unemployed can receive 27 kilograms or 25 kilograms every month.

In addition, it was stipulated that 2 jin of negotiated-price grain would be supplied, which was later changed to a flat price.

At that time, even for manual laborers, their monthly food supply was only 31 to 48 kilograms.

Relatively speaking, they dropped the most food.

However, for workers like the couple in my family, that is, those who do mental work, they are only allowed to eat 29 kilograms per person per month, which is 1 kilogram less than the previous regulations.

Speaking of the children who are in school, there are boys and girls. Middle school boys gain 32 kilograms per month, and girls gain 28 kilograms per month.

From this perspective, children are relatively more important, and they are the future of the motherland.

As for the rest, the grain station stipulated that flour supply accounted for 20% of the total ration and rice accounted for 10%.

That is to say, of the 3 jin of fine grains per month, there are 6 liang of white flour, 3 liang of rice, and the rest is cornmeal.

At this time, cornmeal, which was previously classified as a coarse grain, has now been upgraded to a fine grain.

The rest of the coarse grains supplied include dried sweet potatoes, sorghum flour, fresh sweet potatoes, etc. It can be said that as long as it is edible food, it is available at the grain station.

At the same time, the higher-ups were worried that everyone might not have enough food, so the grain station also stipulated that fine grains could be exchanged for sweet potatoes at a ratio of 1:5.

也就是说，红薯每5斤顶1斤粮食，红薯干每1.5斤顶1斤粮食，红薯面每1.2斤顶1斤粮食。

With this calculation, it’s better to just use fine grains to manage sweet potatoes!

Even if you can't finish the sweet potatoes, you can take them home and cut them and dry them into dried sweet potatoes yourself, which is better than directly exchanging them for dried sweet potatoes.

In fact, there is no need to take the sweet potatoes home to dry them, because when you don’t have time to dry them, everyone will eat them as their staple food, and after they have finished eating them, they will eat other foods.

After all, no matter what kind of food it is, it can be stored for a long period of time, and sweet potatoes can only last for two or three months if they are not stored properly.

In fact, the most important thing is that sweet potatoes have a strong sense of filling. If you cook them together with other grains, you can always eat half full.