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Even though both my husband and I are workers, we can't go home for dinner for a while.

But the food supply at the unit was so poor at that time that sometimes it was difficult to even eat half full, let alone full.

It’s okay for adults, but how can it be possible for children? They need to be given something to eat.

As for this casserole, it was actually just an excuse. There was no major disaster at home, fortunately there was still a small pot.

But if I don’t buy a clay pot and just cook at home, wouldn’t that be an admission of guilt?

After all, the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production has not stopped yet, so you’d better keep the small pot at home well!

As for the company canteen, is it the same as those in the city?

It goes without saying that it is impossible to disband. As for whether there are other regulations, it is hard to say now.

No matter how bad it is, the food in the cafeteria is getting worse day by day.

Sometimes there is only soup in the porridge, but no rice grains, and as for other beans, there are very few of them.

Everyone may have complained a lot, but even so, the chef in the cafeteria had no choice.

But the more this happens, the more the workers become more upset. Some people are saying this.

“This is also porridge. There are not even a few grains of rice in it. How is it different from water?

Not only the porridge, but also the dish, there is not even a piece of meat, how can people eat it?"

"Yes! Even if there is no meat, at least we have to have enough food to eat, right?

How can you work without enough food?"

"Who says it's not?

But then again, it's not just our unit that's like this, isn't it the same in other units as well?"

"That's not possible?

Can't the leaders think of a solution?"

“Who knows this?

How about you ask the leader on behalf of everyone?"

"Yes?

How about you ask the leader on behalf of all of us?"

"I have something else to do. You guys eat first. I'm leaving now!"

"Tsk, you are such a bully, how powerful do you think you are?"

"That's right. All right. Let's stop talking!

If the leader had a solution, it wouldn't be as simple as just a bland soup, right?"

"It really is."

That’s true. If there wasn’t so little food in the cafeteria, this wouldn’t have happened.

After all, it is a big factory that employs thousands of people. How could there be no food at all?

But for the sake of production, we have to save some money.

At this time, others may not know what is going on?

How could the chef, the director of the purchasing department, and even other leaders in the factory not know about it?

Even if they knew, they would need extra food. But not only was there not much food in stock in the factory, but there wasn't much in the grain store either. So it would be useless no matter how anxious they were.

We can only save a little bit, and besides, as long as they know about it, then their family, relatives and friends will all know about it.

After all, everyone has a family and a little selfishness.

If you have extra food coupons or other methods, you must quickly save some food for emergencies.

In fact, even if everyone doesn’t know, it will happen in a few days, which is November.

It was clearly written in the newspaper that "coarse grains should be used as fine grains". Don't these five big words explain everything?

Many people started discussing this in private.

"So, our country really doesn't have much food left?"

“Isn’t this clear?

But the newspapers said so, how could it be false? "

"It's hard to say. Don't you remember that not long ago, the newspaper also reported that the yield per mu exceeded 1,000 catties or even 10,000 catties?"

"this?"

"And you're saying that now?

So which one is true?"

"Who knows this?

I know that when my mother went to the grain store to buy food, she really substituted coarse grains for fine grains. This is true!"

"So, this is true?"

"That can still be fake!"

Upon hearing this, even those who had doubts in their hearts would start to worry.

It is precisely because of this that as long as everyone has extra food coupons, they will rush to the grain store to exchange them. Fortunately, the quantity has not changed, only the variety has changed.

But even so, everyone feels uneasy. But no matter how uneasy they are, as long as the food supply can be guaranteed, it will be fine, right?

But this idea was too perfect and did not last long.

In January of 59, and especially in February, there was a shortage of food and oil across the country. Even the most basic vegetable supplies were scarce in large and medium-sized cities, not to mention meat.

What followed was that "when it rains, it pours", various natural disasters came one after another, resulting in a huge reduction in agricultural production.

As a result, not only is everyone worried about not having enough food, but as a result, the company canteens have also issued regulations.

Employees who want to cook at home can move their food relationship back home. If they want to eat in the canteen, they can keep the relationship in the canteen.

In fact, at this time, even if you leave the food in the cafeteria, you will not be full just like eating at home.

However, if there is not enough food at home and you have extra food coupons, you can also eat in the canteen.

But at this time, how could any household have extra food coupons?

They all wished they could have extra food coupons in addition to the ones they were issued.

Otherwise, the ration would not be enough to eat.

Every household started to distribute food in fixed quantities for each meal. Adults and children in well-off families received food according to their respective proportions. This was the fairest way.

For families that mainly focus on men and sons, women and daughters can forget about getting a bite to eat at this time.

Just then I heard an old lady from the upstairs household talking.

"Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating, why don't you eat yourself to death?

You slut, how can you have the nerve to eat this?

Don’t you know what the situation is at home now?

You only know how to eat. What's wrong with you starving to death if you eat one bite less?

At this time, don’t you know that men and boys should be given priority?

What's good about a little girl like you?

From today on, all the women in the family, as long as they don’t go to work.

Two meals a day, a bowl of porridge for each meal will be enough, as long as you don’t starve to death.

If you are really hungry, just drink some water. There is only so much food in the house. If you don’t take care of the man at home, what else can you do? "

If the other family hadn't made a fuss, I wouldn't have known about this.

If this happened in the past, maybe someone would have cared about it, but now that every household doesn't have enough food to eat, no one has come forward to say anything?

Yes, in this situation, it is understandable. After all, if anyone dares to say something extra,

Not only might you be scolded by the other party, but you might also be blamed by his family.