The three of them worked in silence, and no one said anything. After a while, Zhang Xiufang, who was thinking the most, couldn't help it anymore. Maybe she wanted Zhou Wenzhong to get out of his grief as soon as possible.
"Zhou Wenzhong, why don't you go home? There's such a big thing going on at home. It's not good to just rely on Uncle Zhou to work alone."
"Yes, Brother Zhong, leave your cloth shoes to the two of us. You should go home first and take care of the mess at home."
"I don't have a father anymore."
"ah???"
"What did you say?"
Zhou Wenzhong did not answer the two of them, and was busy with the little work in his hands.
Zhang Xiufang and Ma Erbao looked at each other.
"That happened yesterday too?"
"Um."
Zhang Xiufang came over and asked: "Then... look... if you have any difficulties, just ask them, and we will help you think of a solution. You have to go on in the future."
Zhou Wenzhong reached into his arms, took out a brand new household registration book from the space and handed it to Zhang Xiufang.
"The most important thing right now is to get a new food purchase book and a new non-staple food book. Just do me this favor! Thank you."
"Hey, what's the point? Just wait, I'll go now."
"thanks, thanks."
"Why are you so polite?"
Zhang Xiufang wiped her hands on her thighs, wiped the water off her hands, took Zhou Wenzhong's household registration book, and walked out quickly.
Ma Erbao also felt that the atmosphere was unusually cold and lonely, so he could only find topics by himself.
"Brother Zhong, what are you going to cook on the 26th day of the lunar calendar?"
"Let's make a decision based on the materials. If there's chicken, eat chicken, and if there's fish, eat fish. Whatever you have, do whatever you want."
"What! A chicken and a fish? Brother Zhong, do you know the market situation outside now? A rooster weighing 2 or 3 pounds sells for 8 yuan a piece in the pigeon market. 8 yuan!"
Zhou Wenzhong recalled his sign-in rewards during this period. There were indeed fewer and fewer things. He remembered that the system said at the beginning that the prices would be based on real-time prices.
"The price is indeed quite expensive. I guess it will get more and more expensive in the future. Life will get difficult."
"We'll live it no matter what, and it's not just the two of us who can't survive it. Let's just endure it."
"Why have you seen Madman Bai recently? Do you know the situation?"
"I don't know. When you said this, I realized that Madman Bai had indeed not shown up for a long time. Maybe he fell down in some snow nest? With the current weather and temperature, counting more than 10 years ago, the old
Senior officials in society will arrange for people to pull carts and collect the dead bodies all over the streets to transport them out of the city. I won’t say it anymore, I won’t say it anymore.”
What Ma Erbao said is absolutely correct. Any 30-year-old person can find out this story. Just like Madman Bai, people who have been through several dynasties have become accustomed to it after seeing it a lot. There is nothing special about it.
scared.
While the two were chatting together, Zhang Xiufang opened the door and entered.
"Here. It's all done."
Zhou Wenzhong said: It's easy to have acquaintances! If it were to be done by someone else, it would inevitably be difficult, such as asking the street office to issue a certificate, or getting a death certificate or burial certificate. Or showing Zhou Deming's workplace.
After issuing the certificate, I would like to say one last thing: The leader is not here, please come back next week.
"Thanks."
"Again, no need to thank you. You've just caught up in a good time, and the food stamps for next month haven't been issued yet. In addition, you can't buy much in the current non-staple food book, and people from the food station will come in a few days.
Notice, you should be prepared to stock up on Chinese cabbage. It is still the third grade. First-class Chinese cabbage is 2 cents and 5 cents per catty. Second-class Chinese cabbage is 2 cents and 7 cents per catty. "
"Okay, I'll take the winter cabbage home later. Stop talking and get to work."
Zhang Xiufang nodded, picked up the scissors and joined the camp...
At 5:30 in the afternoon, Zhou Wenzhong was sent to the entrance of the alley by the two of them, and they shook hands and said goodbye one by one.
"Don't be too sad, be strong."
"Um."
"Cheer up! Turn sadness into strength, come on!"
"Um."
Zhou Wenzhong let go of Zhang Xiufang's hand, turned around and walked home.
(He has been holding it for nearly a minute. His palms are sweaty!)
[The following is a popular science paragraph]
[In this era, as long as it is not grain, all edible dishes, fish, meat, eggs, sesame paste, oil...all are classified as non-staple food.]
[Eggs do not require votes and are not a product of the planned economy. Because the uncontrollable factors are too high, no one can guarantee the output of eggs, let alone set minimum and maximum estimates. The supply and marketing cooperative supplies eggs from time to time, so you need to go there with a non-staple food book
Purchase, [Egg Ticket] was issued for about a year in 1969, and the type of supply was: duck eggs. Until it was re-opened, the first meat that was not restricted by tickets was: duck!]
[Chicken is not classified as a meat ticket. After 1963, a chicken ticket was issued from time to time. One ticket corresponded to one chicken. When chicken tickets were not issued, it only needed money to buy. Hens were basically in
When not for sale, hens in this era have a nickname: chicken butt bank. Farmers who raise chickens in rural areas can sell their eggs to supply and marketing cooperatives in exchange for money.]
[Meat tickets can be purchased: beef, mutton, pork.
Beef, donkey meat, camel meat, and horse meat are basically not seen in the market. They belong to super strong laborers! Before slaughtering, you need to apply for a slaughtering certificate, and the slaughtering is only allowed after review.
The price of pork is higher than that of mutton, and there is also an unspoken rule: ethnic minorities have priority in purchasing mutton.
(No one has ever had a quarrel because of this unspoken rule! Many times, there is a pile of mutton in front of the meat stall and no one comes to buy it. They only order meat tickets every month, waiting to buy big fat pork for refining!)]
[Since January 1, 1960, vegetables have been officially classified as a national second-class commodity. A limited supply is implemented for residents with tickets. Anyone with a Beijing household registration is provided with 2 taels of vegetables per person per day, but! The variety is not limited and can be
Go to the vegetable market and buy freely.
Most of the vegetable varieties are the same: potatoes, radishes, and cabbage.
(When buying groceries, you need to present a household registration book or a non-staple food book. You can also issue a work permit, as long as you prove that you have a city household registration. People who have jobs are apprentices at worst, and people will turn a blind eye to all this.
The requirements were adjusted only after 1965.)
In addition, a small amount of green onion tickets are distributed, which can be used to purchase: onions, ginger, and garlic.
The issuance of green onion tickets is mainly in the hands of the [Subdistrict Office]. Most of them are used to distribute to martyrs' families, military families, and five-guarantee households. Sometimes there are situations where there are tickets but no food. In this case, the food station or vegetable station
The market allows you to use onion tickets to buy pickles and pickles.]
[Chinese cabbage for winter storage is calculated on a household basis. Each household is supplied with a supply ranging from 6 to 18 kilograms. The situation is different every year, so the ration also changes accordingly. If a person can store several hundred kilograms of winter storage
Chinese cabbage, that is absolute nonsense!
Brown sugar and yellow rock sugar are supplied to each person at 2 taels per month. You can go to the supply and marketing cooperative with your non-staple food book to buy them. In this era, women who are preparing to have children will hoard brown sugar for a year, which is about 2 kilograms.
White sugar is not for sale! It is a strategic material. Those who have the conditions can purchase 1 jin per person per month based on the medical records issued by the hospital for diagnosis.
Sesame paste can only be purchased during the three festivals: National Day, Spring Festival, and May Day. Each household can purchase 1 tael.
In 1959, tea was designated as a national second-class commodity. (Look at the font clearly, vegetables are a second-class commodity and tea is a second-class commodity.)
During the third festival of tea, you can use the non-staple food book to buy 1 tael of low-end tea. (Mostly Gypsophila.) The reason why many people in the capital like to drink high-foam tea is because they can’t buy other varieties of tea! You have to drink it!]
[You can also use the non-staple food book to buy: 2 taels of coarse vermicelli, 1 tael of vermicelli, half a tael of peppercorns, half a tael of fungus, half a tael of dried day lily, and half a tael of caustic soda. All are standard for each household. (Caustic soda is the simplest.
The only use is to wash clothes dyed with machine oil. No one would use it to wash the oil in the pot! Of course, there are other uses.)]
[Each household can purchase half a catty of peanuts (with skin) and 2 taels of melon seeds during the Spring Festival. They were distributed by the grain station. It was not until 1965 that it was changed to half a catty of peanuts and 2 taels of melon seeds per person. (Please note that each person and
The difference between each household)]
[The edible oil distribution standard is: 3 taels of soybean oil or cottonseed oil (sanitary oil) per person per month. Peanut oil is put into the market in small quantities during the Spring Festival, and oil coupons are also distributed by grain stations.
During the Spring Festival, the grain station will issue a grain and oil subsidy ticket (sesame oil) of 1 tael. When the grain and oil subsidy ticket meets the minority subsidy ticket, the latter will buy it first. [Unwritten rule]
[No tickets are required for soy sauce and vinegar, but! Each purchase must not exceed 3 kilograms. The masses call it: no limit on the number of times. Because the loophole is too big, the masses jokingly call it: This is a rule thought up by mentally retarded people. It is not possible to change the supply and marketing cooperative.
You can keep buying it!】
[After 1962, when the grain station issued food stamps, each person was given one more pastry stamp and one biscuit stamp per month. With the stamp, you can buy half a catty of pastries and 2 taels of biscuits. When purchasing, you need to pay 4 taels in the capital.
Food stamps. (Only for local food stamps in Beijing, not nationwide food stamps)]
[For milk (fresh), you can only buy a ticket at the entrance of the experimental farm of the Academy of Sciences, and then come here to pump milk every day. Each person can buy half a catty of milk per month. (The distance is too far, and the gain outweighs the loss. It is not enough to waste shoes.)]
[Since the beginning of 1960, grain stations have been able to issue up to 53 types of bills.
Reward tickets for food purchases that are closely related to life are: soap tickets, soap tickets, cigarette tickets, awareness tickets (only for women), light bulb tickets, and kerosene tickets.]
The bill era of planned economy is never something to be taken for granted!
When many people deposit bills, they don't even know when the bills have expired.
People in this era don’t like to deposit money in savings banks because:
First: No interest!
Second: When saving money, you need to clearly explain the source of the money! Suppose a person's monthly income is 10 yuan, and he saves 200 yuan in a year. For the remaining 80 yuan, a professional will go to his home and ask him to explain it.
Know the source.
Third: The receipt (passbook) for the opening of the savings bank does not need to be collected in person, nor does it need to be signed by the person. Only the household registration book and a personal seal are needed to withdraw all the money.
In 1968, the supply and marketing cooperative launched the "Number Counting Ticket" activity. When entering the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something, you need to first read the numbers on the blackboard and the number on the bill in your hand.
For example, today is the 15th. The buyer needs to enter the supply and marketing cooperative with the receipt numbered 15th. The blackboard says the product corresponding to number 15th: white iron kettle.
If the buyer feels that this thing is not needed, the ticket in hand will be automatically invalidated and can be transferred to someone in need.
If the item the buyer wants to buy is item No. 14, then sorry, the receipt has expired. At the beginning of next month, please come to the supply and marketing cooperative to see the item number clearly.