1987: Sleepless Tonight

Moreover, grain prices in grain stores are often relatively cheap.

For a long time, in order to ensure that urban residents can buy cheap food, food prices have been upside down.

Upside down, that is to say, the price of grain purchased in a unified way is more expensive than the price of grain sold in a unified way. This is against the law of the market. Under the market economy, most sales are higher than the cost. After all, it is necessary to make money. The inversion of buying and selling prices occurs.

The purchase price of grain is higher than the selling price, and the difference between the prices has been subsidized by the government.

Nowadays, the purchase and sale of grain is slowly being liberalized. The prices of melons, fruits, vegetables, and some miscellaneous grains have been completely liberalized. Rice, wheat, etc. are also being loosened. From unified purchase, fixed grain price, to the process of contract ordering In fact, the purchase price of grain has been rising all the time, but the price of rations supplied by urban residents has remained unchanged for a long time.

However, the sale price of rations for urban residents remains unchanged, and the unified sales price of rural rice is no longer implemented, but is adjusted according to the purchase price. If the purchase price increases, the price of rice sold to rural areas will also increase accordingly. What a proportion.

Simply put, grain sales prices are divided into urban and rural areas. The price of grain sold to urban areas remains unchanged, while the price of grain sold to rural areas is rising.

Many people in the countryside also buy food!

Lu Hao talked to the old farmer before. His family has a rice field of about 2 acres and 5 cents. The output of one mu of land is more than 400 catties. He has to pay 145 catties of public grain, and the order quantity is 332 catties. The public grain is paid for free. The price is calculated according to the lowest price in the market. Although it is calculated, the ordered grain must be sold, which is equivalent to handing over the harvest of one mu of land, leaving only one mu of grain for self-sufficiency.

In the end, not much money for ordering food fell into their hands, because they had to pay three mentions and five fees.

The three mentions refer to the village collective withdrawal, that is, provident fund, public welfare fund and management fee.

The provident fund is not a housing provident fund. It refers to the public accumulated funds of the village collective. It is mainly used for the maintenance and improvement of the village collective assets. provident fund.

Public welfare funds are mainly funds for public welfare, such as donations for needy households, condolences to needy people, and so on.

Management fees mainly refer to subsidies for village cadres, office expenses, and so on.

The five unifications refer to the overall planning of townships, including rural education surcharges, family planning fees, preferential treatment fees, militia training fees, and construction of rural roads and other private government subsidies.

Three mentions and five unifications are relatively large expenses, commonly known as the eight major items, but there are actually some other small items.

The burden is heavy, otherwise he wouldn't take the risk to harvest fruits and vegetables and sell them in the city.

It takes extraordinary courage to sell the melons, fruits and vegetables produced by oneself or neighbors in the city.

"I have time, let's go now, the grain store is not far away." Lu Hao said.

"Then wait for me for a while, there is still some oil in the oil pot, pour it out first." Su Min went to the kitchen, poured the last bit of oil in the oil pot into a bowl, and used it for cooking later.

The oil pot is made of iron, just like a teapot.

Then he took out the snakeskin bag next to the rice vat and handed it to Lu Hao.

Snakeskin bags are used to hold rice.

"Don't worry." Su Min rummaged through the cabinet again and found a stack of plastic bags.

There are very few of these items, and generally small vendors do not provide them, but department stores and some brand stores are popular with plastic bags, which are fashionable and convenient.

Lu Hao's family went shopping on Jianghan Road and bought a lot of things, some of which were packed in plastic bags, plus what they had collected before, Su Min saved a lot.

All washed, dried and put away.

Some are really useless, with holes in them, and those that are dirty and cannot be cleaned will be put into the trash can next to them for garbage.

They are neat and tidy, and come in various colors and styles. She took out a solid one and put it on the outside of the oil pot. The food is in the back seat of the car."

She found another hemp rope and came out.

She knows best where to put the things in the house. She stuffed the food stamps, book and change into Lu Hao's trouser pocket, patted it, and said, "Don't lose it."

"Don't worry, I won't drop it." Lu Hao nodded, carrying the oil pot and the snakeskin bag and went out.

The grain store is more than 1 km away from the community.

Lu Hao arrived on his bicycle in a short while.

Grain stores are also under the jurisdiction of the Grain Bureau.

Grain and oil stamps have been distributed long ago, at the place designated by the neighborhood committee in the jurisdiction, and a stamp of "Grain and Oil Distributed" will be stamped on the grain book after distribution.

Rations are rationed.

Lu Hao's ration is 34 catties, Su Min's is 28 catties, and Nini's is 15 catties.

As for cooking oil, no matter men, women, old or young, each person has one catty per month. The monthly ration of a family of three is 77 catties, and oil is 3 catties. It is not enough to eat. Change to coarse grains, or sweet potatoes when there is a supply of sweet potatoes. One catty of food stamps can Buy 5 catties of sweet potatoes.

If you don’t have enough oil, you can weigh some pork, and those who pick the fat will cook lard. The lard you get can be used for cooking, and the meat dregs can still be eaten.

When Lu Hao arrived, there were not many people, so he lined up for a while. He took the food book and food stamps and went to the billing window to check the food book, and then paid. order, and then went to another window where the grain was stored, and received rice and oil with the grain order.

After everything was settled, Lu Hao put the snakeskin bag filled with rice on the back seat and tied it up, and hung the oil can with a plastic bag on the handlebar of the car. He stepped on the bicycle and walked back to the community slowly.

Don't dare to hurry, too fast for fear of breaking.

Still need it.

"Go to the grain store?"

"It is convenient to have a bicycle, and it is fast to come and go."

"Boss Lu, you are a rich man now, you should go to buy food in person, why don't you find a secretary and ask the secretary to do it for you?"

When the neighbors saw Lu Hao, they greeted him one after another.

"The rice tank at home is empty."

"There are few people today, and the queue hasn't been long, so hurry up if you need it."

"Don't rich people have to wipe their own shit? How about letting you be my secretary and wipe it for me?"

Lu Hao responded one by one, he was polite when he was polite, and pushed back when he was sour, he learned the essence of the Murong family's way of giving back to others, and used it vividly.

After locking the bicycle, he didn't rush upstairs, took out a cigarette and lit it, and rushed to the old Huang Dao at the canteen, "Send a soda up, and I'll pay you after I finish smoking this cigarette."

"The money is not in a hurry, it can be given anytime." Lao Huang was very polite.

It was very difficult for Lu Hao to get credit in the past, but since Lu Hao became prosperous and rich, it became easier to get credit, so he will take the initiative to let you credit without mentioning it.

Breathing out a cigarette, Lu Hao remembered a sentence he once read: When you succeed, you will be surrounded by good people.

Not quite right, but eighty to ninety percent right.

He looked towards the stairs, the little widow Chen Linjiao came downstairs, holding a cloth cover in her hand, freshly washed, still wet, she walked to the clothesline and put it on.

"What are you doing?" Lu Hao asked.

"Fan." Chen Linjiao pulled the folds of the cloth cover, smoothed them out, and replied.

"It's pretty good-looking. I'll buy some where I bought them." Lu Hao praised.

The air conditioner, refrigerator, and TV at home are usually covered with cloth. A cover is more beautiful and convenient.

"I did it myself." Chen Linjiao said.