Chapter 248 Food coupon storm
Fan Wubing was also surprised. His reaction speed was extremely fast, but the reaction speed of the car could not keep up with the human body's reaction. The operation of the machine always had to be in a process, so he still felt a slight collision.
People sitting in the car felt a slight sense of collision. It is hard to say how profound the person who was hit outside the car would have. In short, it would not be very relaxed.
After braked the car, Fan Wubing quickly came down to check the situation and found that the person hit by his car was an old man who looked over 60 years old, lying on the road and moaning, not knowing what was going on with his injury.
At this time, some people came around, but when everyone saw this situation, they felt that the old man was walking in a problem. It was neither a zebra crossing nor a pedestrian passage. He directly rushed over from the express line. It was a blessing that he was not hit and killed.
"This old man is deliberately seeking death-" someone said with a finger pointing at the side.
Fan Wubing couldn't be sure if he was seeking death. After all, he hit his car. He quickly checked the old man and found that it was pretty good. He broke his arm when he fell down, rubbed his face against the road, and had some minor scratches, which was not a big deal.
So Fan Wubing said to everyone, "If you let me give it, the old man has a broken arm, so I have to send him to the hospital immediately."
Everyone looked at it and felt that the young man who was driving had a good sense of consciousness. He neither escaped nor came down to curse. Instead, he directly chose to help the injured in time, and they all expressed their approval.
Ziqi opened the back door of the car, Fan Wubing carried the old man in, put it down on the seat, then started the car and prepared to go straight to the nearest hospital.
"Hey, young man, the old man's bag is still here-" An aunt outside handed over with a large black artificial leather bag.
"Oh, thank you." Fan Wubing thanked him, then put the old man's bag into the car and drove to the hospital.
Because it was a minor injury, Fan Wubing naturally could not have sent the old man to 301 Hospital, so he found a nearby hospital, sent it in, registered, and then went to an expert emergency room.
This hospital is just an ordinary hospital in the district, but the situation is good and the attitude is OK.
The doctor carefully checked the old man, and then said, "Forearm fractures, facial abrasions, or concussions need further observation to determine, why is the injury so much?"
Fan Wubing shrugged and said, "How can I know! I was driving on the road, and the old man rushed over here. If I hadn't been quick to react, someone would have died! I hope the old man is fine, otherwise I would be uneasy!"
"Then you have to say something to the traffic police team-" The doctor looked at Fan Wubing and said, "How fast do you drive? Are you drinking?"
Fan Wubing smiled bitterly and said, "Why am I drinking early in the morning? It's not fast, it's less than seventy yards anyway!"
The doctor nodded and said, "Okay, then you can pay the hospital deposit and other things first, register your name and contact information. We have to contact the traffic police team, after all, this is also an accident."
"No problem, just do what you said." Fan Wubing naturally had no objection.
Fan Wubing went to the front desk to pay the hospital deposit. When he came back, he found that the old man had woken up and was talking to Ziqi.
When Zi Qi saw Fan Wubing, she said to him, "Wubing, the old man has woken up. There should be nothing big about it. The doctor will come to pick him up later."
At this time, Ziqi took off her sunglasses and the old man actually recognized her. It's no wonder that "The Same Song" has become a very high-rated program at this time. As a female host, Ziqi is no less famous than several news broadcasters on CCTV, so the two chatted for a while.
The old man said to Fan Wubing apologetically, "I'm sorry, I just got dizzy and hit you. It's really a problem for you."
Fan Wubing was amused when he heard this and thought to himself what happened? Someone crashed into a car?
"Oh, I feel uncomfortable, I feel dazed and I run out for some reason." The old man told the two of them about his affairs, but it turned out that there were some reasons.
The old man asked Ziqi to take over his black artificial leather bag and then asked her to open it.
Ziqi unzipped the zipper of the big bag as the old man ordered, revealing a large oil-paper bag inside, but there were many colorful prints inside. After a closer look, it turned out to be a large piece of whole-page food coupons.
Oh, this is rare.
When Fan Wubing saw these things, he felt a little intimate, which reminded him of the large package of stamps left by the father of the three Wang brothers when he collected stamps. When he saw these food stamps, he felt that the scene was reappearing.
In 1955, the State Council passed the Interim Measures for the Printing of Quantitative Supply Vouchers in Municipal and Towns. From then on, various grain coupons began to enter Chinese society, and a special era of tickets officially began. Tickets represented by food coupons have become shackles tied to commodities, and it is difficult to move forward without tickets.
It was not until last year that the country abolished the food coupon system, and it took a full 38 years that the food coupons officially withdrew from the circulation field.
At that time, in Shanghai, due to the largest population, the largest circulation of food invoices was also the largest.
Shanghai's minimum denomination of two and a half cents of grain coupons was the most famous in the country at that time. They used to eat breakfast, and there were four major King Kong sayings, namely sesame cakes, fried dough sticks, porridge, and soy milk. Often, an adult man's breakfast was two sesame cakes and a half cents of grain coupons. In order to make that fried dough stick not change, he invented two and a half cents of grain coupons.
In addition to food coupons, the Grain Bureau at that time was also responsible for issuing sugar tickets, cake tickets, poultry tickets, meat tickets, fish tickets, etc. During the Cultural Revolution, most citizens were limited to purchasing two taels of oil per month. After the reform and opening up, it gradually increased to half a kilogram to one kilogram per month.
At that time, every household had a grain purchase book, which stated how many people there were at home and how much was fixed. Then, the grain coupons were distributed according to the plan, and the residents then took the grain coupons to buy grain.
People in the grain store sell food to residents according to the quantity in the grain book. If the quantity exceeds the quantity, they cannot sell even if there is a food coupon.
The fixed-point and fixed-scale supply at that time actually made people unable to eat enough, but they could not starve to death. At that time, the country had to ensure that everyone could maintain basic life. This work was not easy at that time.
In fact, until the grain market was liberalized last year, the standards for the Grain Bureau's supply market were to promote the new and stored rice. Every year, the old grain that was stored for almost three years was pushed to the market for supply. This was done to reduce the country's losses and reserve more food, because the grain could no longer be eaten after three years of storage.
A grain store restricts all residents who buy grain there, who have a few people and how much rice to eat, and they can clearly know the designated grain store. After leaving this grain store, residents cannot eat outside.
Grain stores are more powerful than the police station’s household registration management. A designated grain store can control the flow of residents, and it can control people to no grain of rice. In the era of planned economy, the population control office was mainly composed of the Grain Bureau and the Public Security Bureau. There are plans for people entering the city every year. If the Grain Bureau does not notify them in advance, even if the household registration is transferred to the city, there is no commercial grain certificate.
The leader of the Grain Supply Department at that time could go to and from any department, whether it was a confidentiality unit or an important agency, and he could ask about the other party's grain and oil situation.
Later, residents' living standards improved. Due to the implementation of family planning and the increase in non-staple food, residents no longer simply eat food to make ends meet in their catering business, and there is a surplus of food coupons every month. Even if there is an emergency at home and there is not enough food, they can still purchase bargaining grain to make up for the shortage.
As residents store more and more grain coupons, grain coupons have gradually taken a new role. People regard it as a circulating currency and start trading commodities with grain coupons. The national general grain coupons issued by the Ministry of Grain, commonly known as the Flying Sky, are recognized as hard currency.
According to the regulations at that time, local food coupons could only be used locally. If you go on a business trip, you must use national food coupons, otherwise you will not be able to buy food at the place and may be hungry. At that time, the approval of general food coupons was extremely strict. If you go on a business trip, you can only issue corresponding general food coupons according to the number of days on business trips. When issuing, you also need a business trip certificate from your unit.
Because of this strict distribution system, general food coupons are sought after in the underground market, and a pound of general food coupons across the country is worth 20 cents.
Food coupons were first used to exchange food such as side dishes. Later, some southern businessmen began to sell aluminum basins and steel pots in alleys and alleys. Dozens of kilograms of universal food coupons in the country could be exchanged for an aluminum basin. With the development of the market, this kind of underground transaction is becoming more and more public. In some large free markets, the use of food coupons for goods has been made public.
Fan Wubing looked through the old man's large pile of food coupons and found that there were quite a lot of varieties, all of them, and the quality was good. There were not many food coupons nationwide. So he asked curiously, "Uncle, why did you get so many food coupons? Are they all exchanged for things?"
Exchange of food coupons is also a way to make a living. Only people in the industry know the tricks, but Fan Wubing did not expect that the old man actually brought so many food coupons by his side.
You know, all the food coupons are invalid now. Although the collection value will be higher in the future, it is equivalent to worthless waste paper now. I really don’t know why the old man brought so many food coupons to Beijing?
When the old man heard Fan Wubing ask this, he couldn't help but sigh, then said, "Oh, it's hard to describe it!"
Chapter completed!