Reborn in 1940 and survived until the new century

And there are so many dishes. If it weren’t for the first meal, which was so greasy, how could I have eaten it?”

"Who says it's not?

With my current eating habits, I can be full with a bowl of vegetables and two big steamed buns.

But everyone else takes their food home, and if we don’t go home to eat, it feels a bit awkward to leave it in the cafeteria, right? "

"That's right. What I mean is, when we eat at home, even if we can't finish the steamed buns, can't we save them and eat them slowly later?

It’s just that the weather is hot now and the steamed buns can’t be kept for long.”

“That’s easy!

We'll put them on the stove to bake later, and when they're dry, we'll press them into powder."

"Is this okay?"

“Why not?

If you don't believe me, I'll make it for you to see later?"

"Okay, no problem.

If this is possible, we don’t have to worry too much about the leftover steamed buns.

As for the dishes, is there really no way?

I can only eat the vegetables first!"

“That’s right, since we can’t save the food for later, let’s eat it first.

Anyway, the dish is not only full of oil, but also has big slices of meat in it, so it’s delicious no matter how you eat it.”

"Yes, the only thing is that our son is too young?"

"There's nothing we can do about it. At this time, the families that benefit the most are those with many children who are old enough to eat."

"It's true, but I can't envy such things."

“I really can’t envy you!”

From that day on, the steamed buns we brought back were no longer used to fill our stomachs. Instead, we would eat some vegetables with the steamed buns every day, just enough to eat until we were 70% full.

In this way, there will be at least three big steamed buns left at noon and in the evening, which means some food has been saved.

However, the days of getting free meals from the cafeteria did not last long.

The food in the cafeteria was running out quickly, visibly.

At the beginning, no one knew about it, but the leader knew how to dig?

After some discussion among the leaders, it was decided that everyone should have a fixed amount of food for their meals and they could no longer eat casually.

At first, everyone was unwilling, and some people even made trouble about it. But no matter how they made trouble, when everyone looked at the grain in the warehouse, they had no choice but to listen to the leader's arrangements.

Therefore, when smart people reacted, they realized that there might not be much food left.

It is not clear whether they started hoarding food in private.

At this time, I guessed that the autumn harvest should have begun in the countryside, so I took advantage of the Sunday when I had nothing to do and took the bus with my children to the northern suburbs.

But when I got there, what I never expected was

Even during the autumn harvest, not many people in the country cared about food. Instead, they spent most of their energy, manpower and material resources on making steel!

This is the rhythm of only wanting results, not eating. How can we buy food from the villagers in this situation?

Besides, it's broad daylight, so even if you want to go to the field to pick corn, you can't do it.

There was no choice but to come back, but Guo Huaian was not at home at this time and was still busy at work.

After seeing what I saw in the countryside today, how can I sit at home?

Now he takes his children to the nearby area to either dig wild vegetables or pick up vegetables that the villagers don't want.

In the eyes of others, I take my children out to play when I have nothing to do. Although some people don't like it, after all, they are not a family, let alone relatives, so they can say whatever they want!

It doesn't affect me, and I can't care about so many things. The most important thing now is that I have nothing to eat.

This was before the canteen opened for lunch. She came back carrying her son and a backpack.

First, I left the backpack at home, and then carried the child to the cafeteria to eat.

At this time, I heard a lot of people talking there.

"Recently, the food in the cafeteria is not only limited in quantity, but the oil content is getting less and less every day."

"It's true. And have you noticed that from the very beginning, every day we either had steamed buns or rice.

Nowadays, steamed buns are made from two or three grams of flour, and rice is steamed rice that is mixed with other grains.

What do you mean by this? "

"What do you mean, didn't you listen to your leader the other day?"

"Did I hear that?

But didn’t the newspaper say that?

The yield per mu is either over 1,000 catties or over 10,000 catties. How could there not be enough food? "

"Who knows this?

Have I ever planted land?

How can I know where to go?"

"That's right. We city people, how would we know these things?"

But even so, some people were unwilling to believe that there was not enough food. Only the elderly who had experienced something again and again reminded their family members.

Some people, seeing that the situation is not good, let their children go to dig wild vegetables, carrying baskets or backpacks, no matter how old the vegetables are, before winter comes and when they can still do so.

This is only true if you live in the suburbs. If you live in the city, you will need a place to pick wild vegetables.

Even if you want to go out of the city to pick wild vegetables, you have to go a long way.

Are there any wild vegetables that can be dug up closer?

After finishing his meal in the cafeteria, he did not rush out, but stayed at home, picked up all the wild vegetables and coriander, and waited for the child's father to come back.

Based on what I saw today, I have to have a good talk with him.

As soon as Guo Huaian entered the house, he saw his wife and son at home, and there were so many wild vegetables in the backpack, so he asked curiously.

"Wife, didn't you take your son to the countryside today?

Why did you bring back so many wild vegetables?"

“I took my son to the countryside, but we haven’t arrived yet?

Guess what I saw?”

"What did you see?"

"You probably never thought that at this time, no one would go to harvest the crops in the fields?"

"what?

this? "

"Keep your voice down, are you afraid that others won't know what's going on?"

"Even if I hear it, there's nothing I can do?"

"So you can't say anything?"

"I know I know!

What about you? "

“No, I saw that the people harvesting crops were all elderly, so I didn’t go over.

You know, life is not easy for the elderly. They would never sell food to us, not even sweet potatoes. Seeing that there was no chance, I brought my son back home.

When I came back, I saw that it was still early, so I went to pick wild vegetables.

You know what, when I was digging wild vegetables outside today, I saw a lot of people digging there!

Do you think anyone has realized that something is wrong?"

"I don't know about other people, but Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang should have seen it clearly in their hearts a long time ago!"

"Really? I've been so busy lately that I really didn't notice this."