I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

There was no refrigerator in the summer, so food was difficult to store. It could only be kept in the cellar for a day or two at most. Cao Dongfang let Chen Xueru eat it, and gave the rest away if she couldn't finish it.

If I eat it later, I'm afraid the food will no longer be fresh and will go bad. It's late August now and the weather is getting cooler, so it's better to put the food away.

At noon, Cao Dongfang went out to buy vegetables first, and then had lunch at Chen Xueru's house. There were four dishes and one soup. There were not many things, but they were all very substantial.

Sweet and sour carp, chicken stewed with mushrooms, Confucius Mansion Yipin pot, steamed lobster and bird's nest porridge, big steamed buns.

Four people couldn’t finish the meal. Hou Kui was too young, so it was okay to have another meal at night without having to cook.

Hou Kuiguang kept shouting that he wanted to eat a fish dish, but in the end he only ate seven or eight pieces of fish meat dipped in fish sauce. They were not big, and less than half of the fish went into Chen Xueru's stomach.

Cao Dongfang took out the meat from the lobster and taught Chen Xueru and the nanny how to eat it. Chen Xueru felt that she could eat some, and the nanny ate a few bites and then moved on to the chicken stewed with mushrooms.

It’s a pity for my Kongfu Yipin Hotpot. There are not many lobsters left. I’ll eat them.

Most of the leftovers were eaten hot in the evening.

After talking to Chen Xueru, Cao Dongfang left and Hou Kui went to bed.

.......

"Dongfang, you're back. Have you heard anything?" asked the third uncle's security guard Yan Bugui mysteriously.

"What's the matter, Third Uncle?" Cao Dongfang asked pretending to be ignorant.

"The news spread all over the street that Director Mi was arrested at night. I heard that he embezzled several million." Yan Bugui said.

Cao Dongfang: “…”

Damn, a small thing gets spread more and more widely. To Chen Xueru, it was hundreds of thousands, to Third Master, it was millions, and to... to foreign countries, hundreds of billions are just a small amount. The rumors are so terrible.

“Uncle, I heard it, hundreds of thousands, it’s not possible for someone with the surname Mi, it’s so disappointing.

I wanted to have some fun with him, but he was defeated so quickly. It's so disappointing!" Cao Dongfang said.

"Hundreds of thousands is not a small number. The man named Mi is not a good person. Several soldiers came to your house this morning with food and oil, and you refused to entertain them in the rain." said the third uncle.

"Thank you, uncle. I'll go back first. See you later!" Cao Dongfang said and went home.

......

"Yu Shui, I'm back. Who's here today?" Cao Dongfang walked into the room and asked He Yu Shui.

At the same time, he also saw the flour bags and oil drums placed by the wall. Cao Dongfang immediately thought of the people from the "Inquiry Office".

"Brother Dongfang is back. Someone from the military is here to deliver noodles and oil. Seeing that you are not here, he left a letter for you. Here is the letter."

After saying that, He Yushui ran to the drawer and took out a letter.

Cao Dongfang saw that it was a salary description, which included 80 kilograms of flour and 8 kilograms of oil per month. This was for three months. In the future, if he had a grain book or grain coupons, the benefits would be increased by 30 yuan, to 180 yuan per month.

Because the place to pick it up has not been determined yet, the military will deliver it first, and we will notify you when there is a fixed location.

The issue of my own welfare has nothing to do with the last time I added a foot basin. This is a good thing. 80 kilograms of flour, 8 kilograms of oil, and 180 yuan in salary a month are very good these days.

Accept it, there is no need to refuse. You have to use your grain book or grain coupons and buy it yourself. However, the prices of grain and oil coupons in those years were terrifying.

"They didn't say anything, did they?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"They didn't say much. Seeing that Brother Dongfang was not around, they wrote a letter and left it, asking me to pass it to you, and then they went back." He Yushui said.

"knew."

"Brother Dongfang, are the positions in the military very high? Are those benefits for Brother Dongfang?" He Yushui asked mysteriously.

"There's no need to be so mysterious. In our country, all the troops are under the jurisdiction of the military department, and they are under the jurisdiction of the great elders, who have great power. As for the white flour and oil, they are my welfare.

"I earn 80 kilograms of flour a month, which can be exchanged for rice and 8 kilograms of cooking oil. My monthly salary becomes 180 yuan, which is not bad!" said Cao Dongfang.

"Brother Dongfang, you get 80 kilograms of fine grain and 8 kilograms of oil a month, but I don't even have 1/10 of yours. So, brother Dongfang, do you still have the grain listed in your grain book?" He Yushui asked enviously.

"There are 32 kilograms of food, the same proportion as yours, which is the state subsidy for our family.

You are not included in it, but food is easy to buy. Give the coarse grains to others and we will eat the fine grains. We will think about it in the second half of the month." Cao Dongfang said.

"My silly brother has 36 kilograms of food. If he hands in 15 kilograms, he can eat in a restaurant. I also have some leftovers, all of which are coarse grains." He Yushui said.

Buy food and oil every month, regardless of whether it is fine grain or coarse grain. Food is a good thing. You will understand when you grow up. "Cao Dongfang smiled.

"I'll listen to Brother Dongfang." He Yushui said.

.......

This year's food ration has an impact on people's lives, but not too big.

If it weren't for Cao Dongfang's large amount of gold, people's lives would have been really difficult from 1958, not even until 1959.

Although agricultural production did not decrease, the demand in all aspects was insufficient, and the state had to use coupons again.

Tickets were used for eight items of goods at the same time: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, and cloth.

In 1959, China entered the era of coupons, which was not abolished until 1993. It took a full forty years from the trial in 53 to the abolition in 93.

How many forty years do we have in our life?

......

"Dongfang, Director Mi has been arrested. He embezzled a lot of money, tens of millions. He was very bold." Cao's mother said while having dinner.

Cao Dongfang: “…”

It’s tens of millions again, which is even more exaggerated than the several million of the third uncle. People are really gossipy.

"I heard during the day that there were hundreds of thousands." Cao Dongfang said speechlessly.

"Let alone hundreds of thousands, he deserves to die even for a few thousand. Director Mi is not a good person." said Cao's mother.

"It is right to shoot him. Why keep a corrupt official alive? Killing him will save the country a lot of food." Cao Dongfang said.

"Dongfang, are those white flours your welfare? What kind of treatment is that?" asked Cao's mother.

"80 kilograms of flour, 8 kilograms of oil, and 180 yuan in salary per month, that's all!" Cao Dongfang said calmly.

"There are so many, more than our normal coarse grains and fine grains. Now we don't have to worry about eating fine grains. What should we do with the grain on the grain book?" said Cao's mother.

"I told Yu Shui to buy it and put it down. Mom, is there anyone you need to take care of?" Cao Dongfang asked.

“No!” said Cao’s mother.

"Then let's see who has insufficient food first." Cao Dongfang said.

"become!"

........

School was about to start, and I got together with Lu Fang, Makeng Ri, and Ma Hua again. At the dinner table, I learned that Ma Hua worked in the Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and supplies, especially grain and oil, were in short supply and were almost sold out as soon as they arrived.

Many people are buying grain and oil, fearing that they will not be able to buy them tomorrow. In theory, Dongcheng’s grain coupons do not allow people to buy grain from the Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative, but some people can buy them.

"If you want to buy food from the East, please come to me. I can buy it for you. If you know someone, buy it first." Ma Hua said.

“The grain and oil in our food voucher are in excess and are useless after they expire.

I was thinking whether I should buy some to use at home, or buy a little and leave some for others to help." Cao Dongfang said.

"Damn! Don't scare me, brother. This is the first time I've heard of someone having extra food in these days." Ma Hua said in surprise.

"That's right. Even my brother said that there wasn't enough food at home, about 6 kilograms less per month," said Lu Fang.

"I receive a government subsidy of 80 kilograms of fine grain every month, which is enough for my family to eat, so there is really a lot of food on the food list," said Cao Dongfang.

"Damn! You're awesome. This is easy. Just sell the grain and oil listed in the grain book. Trust me, I will handle it. It's not a big deal." Ma Hua said.

"Is the other party reliable? I don't want anything to happen because of a little food." Cao Dongfang said.

"Reliable, we are all brothers. A family has a monthly food shortage of 10 kilograms. There are more than 10 people, so 80 kilograms of food for your family is a piece of cake.

Every month I buy food and give it to them, so there is some money but not much," said Ma Hua.

"The money is not needed. It's not much. Just handle it safely. There is also a food allowance book, which belongs to someone else. Will you go to work on Sunday in the middle of the month?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"I'm at work, and I only take a day off on Wednesdays. You can just come. The country will issue food coupons in the future, and you can use them to buy food." Ma Hua said.

"I heard that it will be used from November to early next year. It is more convenient. I hope there will be no purchase restrictions on other items," said Cao Dongfang.

"This time, the people selling grain and oil in the supply and marketing cooperatives have become very rich, and they have made some small profits." Lu Fang said.

"Let's drink. We can't control the country's well-being. We are too small to do that!" said Ma Kangri.

“Come on, cheers!”