The Beginning of Siheyuan: The Pig Killer of Qinjia Village

In the evening, the family had dinner happily.

Qin Huairu was chatting casually. "Sister Qing, how is the Nanluoguxiang neighborhood committee doing with the ticket notification work?"

Following the flour coupons, some other tickets were introduced one after another. Yesterday, the government issued a notice to fully implement the tickets, which also heralded the arrival of the forty-year-long ticket era.

Liu Qing answered. "Today, all the neighborhood committee members are out. All other courtyards have been notified, and our courtyard is the only one left. I will go and notify them in person later. In order to achieve a better communication effect, I have to wait for the uncle in charge to be present."

Qin Huairu nodded. "By the way, Sister Qing, how is the effect of mobilizing private owners of shops and other private enterprises for public-private partnerships?"

A few days ago, the government issued a document requiring each street to begin mobilizing private owners of shops and other businesses to engage in public-private partnerships.

Liu Qing sighed and said helplessly, "I personally convened a mobilization meeting, but there are not many shops and private owners in this area, and I feel that the mobilization effect is not very good, and everyone is not interested.

Qin Huairu said confidently. "There's no rush. We need a vanguard to set an example, and then the work will be easier. Today, the district street office held a discussion meeting and decided to prepare a pilot project. I thought about it, and Huizhen's tavern happened to be in the east district, so I thought about letting the tavern be the pilot project. Sooner or later, we will have to cooperate, and there are many favorable policies for being a pilot project."

The two little ones beside her looked at their mother eagerly, thinking, "Oh my mother, stop talking and don't pick up some food for me. I can't even reach it."

Helplessly, he looked at his father opposite him. Seeing this, Chang Wei gave him a look, meaning to look at his father, and then said "hmm".

"Boss, eat some food." Qin Huairu had been in the officialdom for many years, and she immediately became eager to survive. She picked up some food for Chang Wei and then for her son. "Son, you guys eat too. Mom promises that this won't happen again."

She has been busy with work during the past two years and has little time to spend with her children. In addition to resting at night, dinner is an important time to spend with them. She herself suggested that she spend more time with her children after get off work. Just now, she was so busy talking that she didn’t notice that there was no food in her two sons’ bowls...

Liu Qing, the accomplice, put down his bowl and chopsticks and lowered his head like a child who had made a mistake.

Chang Wei laughed, raised his eyebrows and gave his two sons a smug look. "Then don't do it again. Let's eat. Actually, the idea of ​​running a tavern as a pilot is not bad, but it needs to be done well."

The two little ones smiled mischievously with their eyes narrowed.

"Brother Awei, this is your favorite beef with green peppers. Come and try Sister Lan's gift for you." He Yushui was also smart and knew how to smooth things over. She quickly picked up some food for Chang Wei.

"What a bunch of clever people." Chang Wei smiled and then asked. "By the way, Yushui, didn't you say that your brother is going to find a job after learning cooking? Go and call him over later. I have something to talk to him about."

"I understand, Brother Awei." He Yushui smiled sweetly. She guessed that this was to arrange a job for her brother. She and Qin Jingru knew a little about the family affairs, but they kept it a secret from everyone.

The other residents of the courtyard did not know that Chang Wei was actually the director of the Victory Canning Factory, nor did they know that Qin Huairu was the secretary and deputy district mayor of the East District Street Office.

On the surface, Chang Wei was an eighth-level butcher in the slaughterhouse of Shengli Cannery.

Qin Huairu, when people ask her, she will say that she is doing miscellaneous work in the district street office, which is kind of the truth, because as a secretary, the word "miscellaneous" is a bit advanced.

Liu Qing is the pinnacle of power in the family and the director of the neighborhood committee.

After dinner, Liu Qing went to the front yard to find Yan Bugui.

"Teacher Yan, please notify everyone and hold a general meeting. I have something to announce."

Yan Bugui asked. "Director Liu, is it about the grain card?" He had heard something about it when he was working at the school today. The streets had different notices.

"Correct!"

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Various tickets were introduced one after another, and this time it was fully implemented. It was a big deal for the common people, so Yan Bugui immediately ran from house to house to notify them.

At this time, every household in the courtyard had just finished their meal and had not yet rested. Soon everyone arrived.

Time was tight and there was no table to be set up, and it was cold so everyone just stood around the gate of the He family in the middle courtyard.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yi Zhonghai cleared his throat and said, "Director Liu is going to announce something that is closely related to everyone. Everyone, please be quiet and listen carefully."

Someone in the courtyard had heard the news and asked, "Is it about the grain bill?"

Liu Qing stepped forward and nodded with a smile. "Yes, that's it. Everyone, be quiet for a moment and I'll tell you about it.

I won't go into a long story, let's just talk about what is closely related to everyone. After flour coupons, coupons are gradually being implemented. Now according to the document issued by the government, coupons will be fully popularized throughout the country before the end of the year. Not only food, but all daily necessities, etc., as long as they are related to life, can no longer be bought with money, but all need coupons. This is not aimed at one person, but is implemented uniformly across the country. It is the only way to promote the socialist planned economic system and resist capitalist hoarding...

Recently, everyone has taken time to go to the street to apply for the "City Resident Grain and Oil Supply Certificate" and the "City Resident Non-staple Food Certificate". It must be completed before the end of the month. It will be troublesome to apply after the time. For the sake of everyone's own stomach, everyone has to pay attention. Starting from next month, the grain and flour coupons will be the same as before. You need these two books to buy grain and non-staple food... At the beginning of each month, go to the grain station, grain and oil store, and sales outlet to get the grain book to exchange for grain coupons or buy grain.

I can assure you that if you lose your grain book, you must report it in time to apply for a new one. Otherwise, you will not be able to buy grain at the grain and oil store no matter how much money you have. Just like the previous coupons, you must buy grain with your grain book and grain coupons. Another thing is that the government will divide the grain book into different quotas according to different standards, such as gender, age, and each person's job.

If you have any questions, you can ask them now.”

Most of the residents in the courtyard had heard about it to some extent, and Liu Qing was the last to inform them about the Siheyuan. And with the previous experience of flour tickets and the tickets that were gradually implemented, there were not too many waves.

The old residents in the courtyard are all registered as urban residents. Now that it is not the three-year disaster period, the food ration is sufficient and there is no need to worry about not having enough food. The new residents have also moved to the city for many years. Some of them are just transferred to other jobs and their registered residence is also in the city. In recent years, there are not many new residents who have brought their families to the city. Anyway, there are no such people in the courtyard.

So overall, the impact is not that big, but discussion and conversation are definitely necessary.

After some discussion, someone asked, "Director Liu, if you don't have a city hukou, does that mean you have no fixed amount like the coupons?"

“This is a good question. As the saying goes, you can’t have your cake and eat it, since you don’t have a city hukou, then the village must have allocated land. After two censuses, I believe that all the people who should be registered have been registered.

This kind of situation where land is divided in the village and grain books are held in the city has long been put an end to.

Our socialist economic system is to promote construction in the city and to promote production in the countryside as a backing. Both are indispensable. Only by working together in unity and cooperation can we develop and build the country better and faster.

So if you don’t have a city hukou, then you can go back to the village to do production and do your bit to enrich our construction support.”

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