Chapter 420 Grabbing food
When they returned to the courtyard, they saw that everyone who had left had returned. Yan Jiecheng, who was walking at the end, closed the gate of the courtyard.

At this time, all the old and young people in the yard gathered around, swallowing their saliva.

Then I heard Jia Zhang yelling,

"Dongxu, Dongxu, quickly give the mixed flour buns to Huairu. Banggeng and I will just eat the steamed corn bread."

"I know, mother!"

Although Jia Zhangshi said nice things and seemed to care about Qin Huairu, she had her reasons for doing so.

Because Qin Huairu gave birth to a second child who was a money-loser in the eyes of the old woman,
It has only been less than half a year since Qin Huairu finished her confinement, and Jia Zhang is already arranging for Qin Huairu to have a third child.

In addition to continuing the family line, there is also profit in this.

In addition to one pound of milk for infants and young children every day and two pounds of brown sugar every month,

According to the document issued by the Bureau of Subsidiary Food Commerce and the Public Health Bureau on October 1959, 10, "Notice on Revising the Standards for Meat, Eggs, and Vegetables for Patients",
Regulations: Pregnant women will be given a one-time subsidy of 2 kilograms of eggs, 2 kilograms of meat, and 2 kilograms of brown sugar.

In fact, ever since the document was issued last year, Jia Zhangshi had been paying attention to these subsidies, but at that time Qin Huairu had just finished her confinement, and Jia Dongxu did not agree at all.
One reason is Qin Huairu's physical condition.

The second one is naturally the issue of family expenses.

Although Jia Dongxu is now a level 4 worker with a monthly salary of 56 yuan,
But nowadays, you may not be able to buy things even if you have money. The black market prices are extremely high, and this salary is still not enough to feed the family well.

However, three months have passed since November last year, and the government has distributed milk and sugar to infants and young children as a safety net. Not only Jia Zhangshi, but even Jia Dongxu is a little eager to make a move.
We all think about the food shortage now.

If we restrict births again like we did a few years ago, we won’t have any chance in the future.

As for Qin Huairu, she actually didn't object. She would naturally want to have more children if she could, so she picked up the mixed flour bun that Jia Dongxu handed over and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Banggeng, who is now seven years old, looked at the steamed buns made of two grains of flour in his mother's hand, and then looked at the steamed bread in his own hand.
Looking at Grandma Jia Zhang reluctantly,
"Grandma, I want to eat mixed flour steamed buns, not cornbread."

However, Jia Zhang, who always responded to Bang Geng'er's requests, did not indulge him. She smiled and shook her head.

"No, your mother is going to give birth to a brother for you soon, so you need to eat better.

My dear grandson, please bear with it for now. When your dad brings back Xiaodang’s milk and sugar, grandma will let you drink the milk.”

All the neighbors in the courtyard heard what Jia Zhang said, but no one except He Yuzhu thought there was anything wrong.
After all, girls really don’t have much human rights these days.

As for Bang Geng'er, when he heard Jia Zhangshi asking him to drink his sister's milk, he simply shook his head.

"No, grandma. That's my sister's milk. If you give it to me, my sister will go hungry. I'm already 7 years old. I don't want to drink the milk. I want to save it for my sister."

After saying that, Banggeng took a big bite of the steamed bun.

Banggeng'er's performance won unanimous praise from the neighbors in the courtyard, and they all gave him a thumbs up.

After making a few casual compliments, just as the neighbors were preparing to go home for dinner, there was a sudden knock on the door, followed by someone shouting,
"Captain, open the door. Vegetables are arriving from the store. Go buy them quickly or they will be gone soon."

Although it was the militia comrades outside who were calling He Yuzhu, the neighbors heard the news outside and didn't even bother to eat breakfast. They all started to move, "Hurry, hurry, old woman, give me the food coupons. I have to go out to buy food. If it's too late, I'll have nothing to eat today."

"Mom, mom, give me the ticket quickly, I have to go grab some food."

While the neighbors were frantically looking for tickets, He Yuzhu, who had been carrying various tickets with him, had already picked up the backpack under the eaves, turned around, opened the door and walked out.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Yao Mingchang, a militiaman who also lived in Maoer Hutong and carried a backpack.
"Hurry up, Lao Yao, let's hurry up and go buy food before the main force gets the news. Otherwise, there will be a lot of people and we will have to wait in line for a long time."

"Hey, I just came here to inform you, otherwise I would have been there a long time ago."

Before the two of them even reached the grocery store, they saw the neighbors in Nanluoguxiang who had heard the news all swarming towards the grocery store, carrying their backpacks.

Seeing this, He Yuzhu also became a little anxious.

"Lao Yao, hurry up and run. There are too many people here. Otherwise, we will be out of food by the time we get to the line."

After saying that, he took Yao Mingchang and ran along with the crowd until they arrived at the vegetable store.

The two had just arrived at the grocery store.

I saw two large trucks full of potatoes, radishes and cabbages parked in front of the vegetable store.
Several staff members stood next to the truck carrying scales to weigh vegetables for the people queuing at the door.

The neighbors in the queue all looked nervously at the big truck in front of the vegetable store to see how many vegetables were left on the truck and whether they could still buy some.

Not long after He Yuzhu joined the queue, a long queue formed behind him.
The person closest to him in the courtyard was Xu Damao, but there was at least 10 people between the two of them. As for Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhangshi and others, they had just run to the entrance of the alley at this time.

So he laughed and teased Xu Damao,
"Sure, Damao, you're really quick to react."

Hearing the voice coming from the front, Xu Damao raised his head proudly and said with a smile,

"That's right! You don't even look at who I am.

When I saw you coming out, I ran out too. At that time, Yan Jiecheng, Jia Dongxu and the others were still looking for food coupons like idiots.
The most important thing at this time is to find a ticket and to queue up to grab a seat.

Can't we just ask our teacher Ran to bring the food coupons and backpacks to us later?
In my opinion, these guys do the same thing every day in the workshop, which makes their brains confused and they can't find the focus of doing things. "

As the two were talking, they saw Ran Qiuye walking towards them from the entrance of the alley with her son in her arms and a backpack on her back.

"How about the pillar?
Look, it's here now, isn't it? There's no need to delay anything."

After talking to He Yuzhu, Xu Damao turned around and looked at Ran Qiuye and shouted,
"Qiuye, did you bring all the food coupons from home?
I remember that we have two food coupons that are about to expire. Let’s use them quickly, or we will lose a lot of money.”

"I brought it, I brought it all out.
Then I'll put the soon-to-expire grocery ticket on top, and you can give it to the grocery store staff when the time comes."

The reason why Xu Damao has expired bills is,

It’s because supplies are scarce now, and ordinary people have to rely on robbery to buy things, but the couple both have jobs and simply don’t have the time.

(End of this chapter)