Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

After returning home, Lin Wencui couldn't wait to ask.

"Son, you guys are the ones causing this smell. What are you cooking? It smells so good."

Before Sun Zhengguo could speak, Sun Zhenghong answered first.

"Mom, this is what I call Ba Wang Bie Ji. How about it? I'm not kidding you, am I? Doesn't it smell good?"

After Sun Zhenghong finished speaking, a smug smile appeared on his face.

"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and serve the food. I can't wait any longer. Oh, Wen Cui, bring me my wine."

I only heard Sun Dajiang speak anxiously.

After a few people sat down, the classic big basin was served, paired with rice specially made by Sun Zhengguo. After taking the first bite, Lin Wencui fell in love with the taste and exclaimed "delicious."

Sun Zhengan, who was standing next to her, saw that his mother liked the food, so he started to offer his services to her and said to her.

"Mom, if you like it, eat more. My eldest brother said that this dish can replenish kidney energy for men and beautify the complexion for women."

After hearing what his brother said, Sun Zhengguo wanted to beat him up, thinking, "Isn't this asking for trouble? Sun Zhengan, you wait for me."

"Oh, it also has a beauty effect. Then Zhengguo, you should have more plastic surgery in the future. Mom's face depends on you in the future."

After Lin Wencui finished speaking, she thought to herself, “I don’t know if it’s beautifying or not, but it’s definitely delicious.”

Sun Dajiang nodded repeatedly to show his agreement. Which man doesn't like to replenish kidney qi? Although I don't know whether it's true or not, what if it's true?

Sun Zhengguo remained silent, turning his grief and anger into strength, and continued to cook.

It was not until dinner was over that the people outside dispersed, of course, they all cursed as they left.

As for Sun Dajiang's family, since they ate too much at night, they chose to go for a walk to help digest the food, and only went home to sleep after they had finished digesting the food.

In the following days, the compound was calm again. Everyone seemed to have chosen to forget. The neighbors lived in harmony, unity and friendship, and the whole courtyard was filled with love.

However, a major event is about to happen. Its arrival will change the fate of this generation, will affect the lives of this generation, and will become the memory of this generation, and this period of time will last for 40 years.

As people spend money in their daily lives, they gradually discover that some things are hard to buy and require tickets to purchase.

At first, people didn't pay much attention, but when even food required tickets, they started to panic.

The people in the courtyard also began to panic, and some people started to buy grain at high prices. Seeing this situation, Yi Zhonghai hurried out to appease them.

"Don't panic, someone from the subdistrict office will come tonight and we will hold a meeting to resolve this issue."

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, everyone felt relieved and decided to wait and see how the situation develops in the evening.

7pm, in the central courtyard of the quadrangle.

The Central Court was already crowded at this time. There was a huge crowd sitting in the back, but there was only one person sitting at the front desk tonight, Secretary Liu. Even the three uncles were sitting below. When he saw everyone present, Secretary Liu began to speak.

"Comrades, good evening. The purpose of holding a meeting tonight is to convey a new policy to everyone."

"In order to prevent the phenomenon of overeating and overtaking, the country has introduced a planned economy, that is, all goods must be purchased according to the plan. If you have a ticket, you can buy it, but if you don't have a ticket, you can't buy it."

"Recently, people have reported that they can't buy food. Let me make it clear that these are all rumors."

"The main reason why people couldn't buy food was that they didn't have coupons, and these coupons were part of the 'planned economy'."

When Secretary Liu finished speaking, someone asked a question.

"Secretary Liu, where did this ticket come from?"

"That's right, that's right, we don't produce tickets."

After hearing what the people below said, Secretary Liu pressed his hands together and waited until everyone was quiet before continuing.

"Food coupons are issued by the street and surrounding grain stores. Recipients need to be registered as local residents. The issuance standards are based on age, work, and type of work. In addition, the work unit also provides some subsidies."

After Secretary Liu finished speaking, the crowd started to buzz again, saying all kinds of things.

"Dongxu! You need local household registration to get the ticket, what should we do?"

Jia Zhang was anxious. Jia Dongxu was the only one in their family who received a quota, and this quota was nothing. It was like leaving their whole family starving.

When Jia Dongxu heard his mother asking the same question, he was also helpless and threw the same question to Yi Zhonghai.

As a senior official, Yi Zhonghai had to know the answer to this question, so he asked.

"Secretary Liu, what should we do if our registered permanent residence is not here?"

Regarding the household registration issue, Secretary Liu was well prepared and spoke immediately.

"For those whose registered residence is not here, then their place of origin must have a ration. If they are from the countryside, then they should have land and can return to the countryside. If that doesn't work, they can make adjustments with those who can't eat it and buy negotiated grain."

Secretary Liu said so much, but the previous words were all nonsense. The last sentence was the key. What is bargaining grain? To put it bluntly, it means buying it at a high price.

After hearing what Secretary Liu said, Yi Zhonghai really wanted to curse. Why are you asking me when you are paying a high price for it? I can't buy it anywhere else.

Next, Secretary Liu took out a few more pieces of paper and distributed them to everyone. The content on the paper was the quantitative distribution standards, such as heavy physical labor, light physical labor, mental labor, college and high school students, children, etc., which were not the same.

The meeting lasted until 9 o'clock. Most people could accept it, a small number of people could barely accept it, and some individuals found it difficult to accept.

On the way home, Lin Wencui asked about Sun Dajiang.

"Dajiang, I just took a look. According to the above eligibility criteria, our family may not be able to afford it."

"Isn't there a subsidy from the company? It should be enough. If that doesn't work, just buy some food at a bargain price!"

After listening to Sun Dajiang's words, Lin Wencui thought to herself that this was the only way.

After arriving home, Sun Zhengguo thought about it and said.

"Mom and Dad, if you're short of food, I'll go buy it. I have connections, and it might be cheaper than the regular price."

"Just go ahead and brag. Let's not talk about this for now. Go to bed."

After hearing this, several people dispersed and went to sleep.

…………

The next day, everyone went to apply for grain certificates, with which they could buy affordable grain.

Jia Dongxu also went to apply for a food ration book today. Looking at the ration book, which showed a monthly ration of 38 kilograms, he was in tears. How should four people eat 4 kilograms a month? I am not good at math. Can someone teach me?

Yan Bugui's family is also holding a family meeting at this time. The total ration in the family is 132 kilograms, 22 kilograms per person. Yan Bugui himself is stingy and doesn't want to buy the negotiated grain at all.

Later, after repeated research by the family, they finally came up with a solution that didn't cost much money, which was to replace the coarse grains with the fine grains in the ration, which solved the problem.

In the end, the turmoil caused by food was finally settled, but the impact of this incident was far-reaching.

Things like what happens in the Siheyuan are just a microcosm of this society.

Abound!