I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

In the 50s, tuition fees were not expensive for children. Now it is only 2 yuan per semester.

But many children simply cannot afford textbooks and exercise books. A schoolbag is made of a few pieces of cloth, and they don’t even have a pencil case.

Cao Dongfang roughly calculated that the various expenses for a child to go to school would cost 2 to 4 yuan per month!

This is a lot of money. The reason why Cao Dongfang said that Grandma Wang and Widow Chen were poor is because their children are in school and their adults are unemployed.

The child receives a monthly subsidy of 2 yuan, but 3 yuan is spent on school, so the child only has yuan per month for living expenses.

This is why life is hard, otherwise the 5 yuan subsidy would be enough for a child.

When children grow up, they eat more. This alone puts many families in trouble. This is also one of the reasons why children did not have high educational qualifications in the past.

Can’t afford to go to school!

At the same time, before the country implemented unified purchase and marketing in 55, the average price was higher than in the 60s because of the private ownership before 55.

5块钱过一个月那是60年代，决不是50年代初，现在物价比10年后高出30%——50%。

Cao Dongfang has experienced this very well. Good meat in the free market can be sold for one yuan per pound!

55 years later, the national unified price was cents, and now the national price is.

The price seemed to have increased once in the early 60s, reaching about cents per pound.

Can not remember!

.......

He Yushui likes going to school more, and she said she wanted to go to college. When Cao's mother heard this, she gave her one dollar for living expenses and asked her to save money for college.

He Yushui thought that one dollar was not enough for living expenses, and five dollars was not even enough. Cao's mother told her not to worry about it and to think about it after she graduated from college and started working.

He Yushui is studying more seriously now.

"Dongfang bought rice and what else? Let's make a few dishes for dinner. We don't have many vegetables at home, only cabbage." Cao's mother said, looking at the bag.

"A roast chicken, a pound of braised beef, some stir-fried cabbage with vinegar and vinegar, and an egg soup should be fine," said Cao Dongfang.

"Sure, these taste bland and you don't have to worry about others being jealous." Cao's mother said with a smile.

"Brother, you are so rich, can you give me some?" Cao Jiajia said with her eyes wide open.

"What do you want the money for?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"Buy comic books. I've finished reading all of them." Cao Jiajia said seriously.

"Is one dollar enough?" Cao Dongfang said.

"That's enough, thank you brother." Cao Jiajia said happily.

"What do you want the money for? I'll take you to buy it tomorrow. Mom has money." Cao's mother said when she saw Cao Dongfang was about to give Cao Jiajia money.

"Mom, you don't buy me candy." Cao Jiajia muttered.

"One piece of candy a day. We have it at home, so why buy some?" Cao's mother would never spoil Cao Jiajia.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah.”

Cao Jiajia made a face at Cao's mother and stopped asking for money.

......

The next day, Monday, as soon as he arrived in class, Ma Kangri whispered to Cao Dongfang.

"Dongfang, I talked to my mom on Saturday and she said it would be ready in a week and I could just exchange it at her workplace."

"I see, when your mother is done, tell me on the same day.

Let’s go at noon, I’ll give you the chicken and meat, and you can take them home directly. I have a bicycle to take you.” Cao Dongfang said.

"I understand. You have a bicycle but you don't ride it. I didn't even know you had a bicycle. We can't be brothers anymore." Ma Kangri complained.

"You didn't ask, do you blame me?

"Damn! Your nonsense leaves me speechless!" Ma Kangri said with a smile.

"You're the one who speaks dog language every day." Cao Dongfang said.

"Dongfang, can you get some milk powder? Please help me." Ma Kangri said.

"What's wrong? What happened? I don't have a bucket of milk powder today, but I still have half a bucket at home.

I bought it for my sister when I saw it in the market, and I don’t know when I can get more.” Cao Dongfang said.

"Damn! Your sister seems to be three years old and still drinks milk powder." Ma Kangri was a little surprised.

“Milk powder is sweet, and drinking a glass of it regularly is nutritious, but it is not human milk.

Malted milk, milk powder, it's like you've never drunk it, what a fuss!" Cao Dongfang said contemptuously.

"Well...well, I just tasted it. I'm a grown man. If I don't drink this stuff, I'll lose points!" Ma Kangmu said, patting his chest.

"Haha, I believe you. Come home with me after school at noon to get it." Cao Dongfang said.

"Thanks, brother. My cousin just gave birth to a baby and she doesn't have enough milk. The baby is crying and the adults are crying too!

My dad is on a business trip again, so I have to ask around because milk powder is in short supply. "Ma Kangri said.

Cao Dongfang's family has both malted milk and milk powder. Cao Jiajia drinks a cup of milk powder instead of milk every day. Cao's mother, He Yushui, and Cao Dongfang drink a cup of malted milk every day.

Both of them increase nutrition. These two things were good things in the early 50s, and many of them were imported products.

For example, Cao Dongfang’s malted milk and milk powder are all imported goods, and the barrels are all written in the language of the Russian bear.

I don’t know if it’s the real Cao Dongfang, but it’s produced by the system and must be a top-notch product!

......

After school at noon, I went home to get milk powder for Ma Kangri. He said half a bucket was enough, at least 4/5 full. He didn't ask for money first, because Ma Kangri wouldn't carry ten dollars with him.

Ma Kangri's family was not poor. His father was a department-level official in the State Grain Bureau, in charge of grain harvest issues in the central region of the country.

His mother worked at a branch of the National Bank. Ma Kangri had an older brother, an older sister and a younger sister. His father was a capable man and knew many people, and Ma Kangri could make friends with him.

"Thanks, brother. I will give you the money later. How much did you pay for the bucket?" Ma Kangri asked.

“15, after spending some, it will only cost 10 yuan.” Cao Dongfang said.

"The market price is 10 yuan less. You have a lot in this bucket, but I haven't used it much. I'll go back and give it to my cousin first. The money can't be missing. Goodbye, Dongfang." Ma Kangri said.

"Anti-Japanese, see you in the afternoon," said Cao Dongfang.

......

Ma Kangri was given half a bucket of milk powder, and another bucket of milk powder was placed at home so as not to affect Cao Jiajia's nutritional intake.

During class on Thursday afternoon, Ma Kangri told Cao Dongfang that his mother had finished preparing twelve sets in total, and whether he wanted the two extra sets.

"Yes! My friend has been collecting furniture. He wants to buy a set of furniture, but he wants a set of currency.

I guess it's also a collection. You don't allow people to collect some at home, so I collect the extra two sets. "Cao Dongfang and Ma Kangri said it, whether he listens or not is his business.

Ma Kangri's family is quite generous. They gave me 15 yuan for milk powder a few days ago, but I didn't count it and didn't use it.

His mother works in a bank, so she'll be useful in the future, and so will his father, especially--

In the three years after 59, the country lacked everything, not just food.

The total denomination of a set of currency is yuan, and 12 sets is not too much.

"Tomorrow at noon, you come home with me and I will give you the meat and chicken. You go home and I will go to your mother to exchange currency." Cao Dongfang asked.

“Don’t bother, my mom said she’ll exchange the money first and I’ll take it to school tomorrow.

We can just go to your house and change it. We are old enough and don’t have much money, so what is there to be afraid of? "said Ma Kangri.

"Okay, that's it." Cao Dongfang was not polite.

More than two hundred yuan is not a lot of money for Ma Kangri and his family. They are both 15 years old, which is not considered children in this era.

Ten years ago, many 15-year-olds joined the army and fought in wars.

It's just that now that peace has come, 15-year-old children are no longer allowed to serve in the army. Cao Dongfang, except himself, thinks that 15 is still young for everyone else.

Cao Dongfang has the body of a 15-year-old but the soul of a 29-year-old man. It's hard to change!

After school at noon, after exchanging money with Ma Kangri, Ma Kangri took the chicken and five pounds of the best pork belly, and went home with his mouth watering.

Just after exchanging the twelve sets of currency, at 7:40 the next evening, Hou Jie and a waiter delivered the quilts and mattresses made for Chen Xueru to her home.

Three mattresses used thirty kilograms of cotton, and four quilts used twenty-four kilograms of cotton. The fifty-five kilograms of cotton plus the fabric cost a total of 344 yuan, so I collected 340.

330 yuan is for cotton, one pound of top-grade cotton is six yuan, and 10 yuan is for fabric.

Damn, this mattress made of 12 kilograms of cotton is so damn thick. The cotton that has not been pressed is thick enough, about 8 centimeters thick. This is Cao’s mother’s big mattress.

Cao Dongfang's quilt weighs 9 jin, He Yushui's weighs 8 jin, and their quilts both weigh 7 jin. Cao Jiajia's small quilt weighs a little more than jin, so it is only counted as jin.

Regarding the 340 yuan that Cao Dongfang gave to Hou Jie, Cao Jiajia just jumped around on the new mattress, Cao's mother didn't think much of it, but He Yushui stared with eyes wide open.

He Yushui had seen 340 yuan, but he had never seen anyone spend 340 yuan at one time.

"Yushui, Dongfang is rich, you can take whatever he wants to buy. If Dongfang has no money, he won't spend it." Cao's mother said.