Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

The next morning, after breakfast, Lin Wencui called Sun Zhengguo.

"Zhengguo, if you have nothing to do today, take the grain book and buy this month's ration."

"Oh! I see, Mom, how many pounds are we rationed now?"

Food is now in short supply, and Sun Zhengguo knows that there will be a famine in the next three years. He just wants to know how serious the situation is.

"It's less than 120 kilograms in total. With the food coupons subsidized by the factory and the food you bring back, it's enough for our family."

"Why is there so little left?"

Sun Zhengguo clearly remembers that his family’s previous ration, coarse grains and fine grains, was nearly 140 kilograms a month. He suddenly lost 20 kilograms, and this was just the beginning.

"It seems that there is a drought this year, and many places have poor harvests..."

Lin Wencui stopped here, looked around, and then spoke in a low voice.

"We are still relatively well off here. I heard that some places have already starved to death."

"It's so serious. It seems that the situation is not optimistic."

In his previous life, Sun Zhengguo had only heard of it but had never experienced it, and this was just the beginning! I couldn't imagine what it would be like in the next two years.

"Okay, Mom won't tell you. I have to go to work soon! Just don't forget it."

After saying that, Lin Wencui quickly cleaned up the dishes, washed them, and went to work with Sun Dajiang.

After his parents went to work, Sun Zhengan walked in with a happy look on his face.

"Brother, I'm going to get off the car and take my sister out to play."

"You didn't hear me just now. I'm going to buy food. If you don't have a car, you can ask me to carry it back."

Although the grain store is not far from here, Sun Zhengguo is definitely unwilling to do so.

"Don't worry, everything has been arranged for you. The food transportation tools will be here soon."

Seeing that Sun Zhengan looked very confident, Sun Zhengguo understood that his sister must have gone to a classmate's house to borrow a cart again.

"You have an appointment with Sister Yu Li again today?"

Sun Zhengguo asked with a gossipy look on his face.

"The one who understands me best is my brother! Otherwise why would my sister be willing to borrow the cart? She wants to go play too!"

Sun Zhengan said with a proud look on his face.

After a while, Sun Zhenghong came back, and the brother and sister pushed their bicycles and prepared to leave.

"Come back, where's the cart?"

"Of course it's at the door, and it's hard to push it in. Don't worry! Uncle San is helping to watch the car! We'll leave first."

Looking at the brother and sister's backs as they walked away, Sun Zhengguo expressed his confusion.

Will Yan Bugui be kind enough to help look after the car?

Are you afraid of some misunderstanding about helping? Anyway, Sun Zhengguo doesn't believe it.

Now that everything was fine, Sun Zhengguo took the bag, locked the door, and walked towards the front door. He wanted to see what Yan Bugui was trying to do.

When I arrived at the door, I saw Yan Bugui from afar, circling around the cart!

"Uncle, what are you looking at? Why, you want to buy one too."

Seeing Sun Zhengguo joking, Yan Bugui was not angry, but said with a smile.

"Why would I buy it? It's not like I can't borrow it. If I were to buy anything, I'd buy a bicycle."

It is indeed very expensive. I won’t buy those that I can borrow, and will only consider those that I cannot borrow.

“By the way, Jungkook, let me discuss something with you.”

As soon as Yan Bugui said this, Sun Zhengguo knew that he wanted to get a ride.

"Uncle, do you need a car?"

Sun Zhengguo said, I know you.

"Yes, yes, yes! Aren't you going to buy food? It just so happens that my family hasn't bought any either, so this is just on the way."

"Oh! Uncle Sanye has even found out everything. It's no problem for us to buy food together, but..."

Sun Zhengguo made a sudden change and made it impossible for Yan Bugui to be defeated. Wouldn't this cunning guy disagree?

"But what? Tell me. I won't refuse anything I can do."

Yan Bugui said with a solemn oath.

"No other requests, Third Uncle. I'll leave the job of pulling the cart to you. Is that okay?"

Sun Zhengguo made a request.

"Hey! What do I do? Leave it to me. I can't ask you to drive and work hard!"

Yan Bugui said in a nonchalant manner.

Although it was not in line with his original idea, he was satisfied to be able to get a ride.

The two men happily reached an agreement. Yan Bugui did not waste any time. He went back to the house to get the grain book and bags, pulled the cart, and rushed to the grain store.

Ten minutes later, the two arrived at the grain store. At this time, there was already a long queue in front of the store. This situation was not surprising because the ration had just been released yesterday.

The two parked their car first, and then joined the long queue. No one dared to cut in line. If you dared to do so, the people would definitely give you a taste of the iron fist.

Watching the team moving slowly, Sun Zhengguo felt bored and started chatting with Yan Bugui.

"Uncle San, you said everyone knows that today is busy, why don't you wait a few days to avoid the peak period?"

As soon as Sun Zhengguo asked this question, he regretted it. The people queuing next to him, including Yan Bugui, all looked at him with contempt, as if he were a mentally retarded person.

At the critical moment, everyone was from the same hospital and couldn’t let outsiders laugh at them, so Yan Bugui quickly came to the rescue.

"Zhengguo, you are not the head of the family, so you don't know. Food is so scarce now. Who has surplus food? If you don't come today, you may not have food."

After listening to Yan Bugui's words, the people around finally understood that the young man didn't understand! If he did, he wouldn't ask such a stupid question.

Sun Zhengguo now understood where the problem lay!

It is empiricism that is killing people again. He has never suffered from hunger in his two lifetimes. How can he know the sufferings of the world?

After making a fool of himself, Sun Zhengguo was no longer in the mood to chat and slowly moved forward with the team.

After a long wait, it was finally Sun Zhengguo's turn.

Sun Zhengguo took out the grain book and handed it to the staff of the grain store.

"Hello comrade, I have bought all the ration for this month."

The staff member didn't waste any time. He took the grain book and started to calculate. After finishing the calculation, he wrote down the weight in kilograms and stamped it with a red seal. Then you could go to pay and collect the grain.

"Hey! Something's wrong, comrade? How come a few pounds are missing?"

As a science and engineering man, Sun Zhengguo could see the changes in numbers at a glance.

"We just issued a notice yesterday that the reserve is insufficient. If the quantity exceeds 10 jin, we will reduce it by 2 liang. It's the same for everyone."

The staff member's expression didn't change at all. He had no idea how many times he had explained it this morning and was already used to it.

After hearing this, Sun Zhengguo didn't care. He took the grain book and went to pay the money. It was the same for everyone anyway and it was not targeted at him alone.

Yan Bugui, who was queuing behind, also saw this scene, and his heart was already filled with huge waves.

The ration was reduced again, although not much this time, but his heart still bleeds.

He had a feeling in his heart that this would not be the last time.