"What?"

This suggestion was completely unexpected by Gu Hanping.

So he suddenly raised his voice, and the other team members around him all looked over.

Fortunately, because they were far away, they didn't know what Gu Hanping and Gu Yunyang were talking about.

Gu Yunyang reassured him, "Captain, don't overreact. This is something I can only say and you can only hear. No one else knows about it."

Gu Hanping looked around, thought for a moment, and said to Gu Yunyang, "Let's go to your place and take a look."

We need to find a place away from people.

In fact, Gu Yunyang has birds to observe his surroundings, so he's not afraid of being overheard.

However, he did not stop them; instead, he followed them.

Upon reaching the halfway point of the mountain and entering Gu Yunyang's courtyard, Gu Hanping saw the well, as well as the lush and healthy vegetables and sweet potatoes growing in the plot.

Gu Hanping entered the house and thought for a long time before saying, "I see you have a lot of these vegetables and sweet potatoes, and they're growing very well. You shouldn't lack food."

Gu Yunyang chuckled: "Of course I have plenty of food. I was talking about your family, Captain."

Gu Yunyang has space in the base, so he doesn't have to worry about food at all.

He mainly eats refined grains, but occasionally he forces himself to eat whole grains to change things up.

The other families in the brigade couldn't do anything about it.

Just like the sweet potato rice that Gu Yunyang cooked at noon today, he only used sweet potatoes as a garnish, but Chief Chu added more sweet potatoes and mixed them with the rice, which tasted especially good.

Gu Yunyang tried to persuade him, saying, "I know that the brigade leader's family can still afford to eat their fill for the time being."

However, we should look beyond this year and consider several more years.

Judging from the weather, this drought will likely continue for the next two or three years.

We live by the sea, so we won't be completely short of water.

At worst, we can divert seawater for desalination. It's not ideal for drinking, but it should be fine for irrigation.

Simply distill seawater to obtain distilled water, which is pure freshwater.

However, the situation in the Central Plains region is probably not very good.

Speaking of the Central Plains region, Gu Hanping was also taken aback, and then Gu Yunyang said, "Moreover, we have to plan and coordinate the whole country as one."

Look, the quota for urban household registration has been reduced this year.

I think prices might even drop further in the future.

"Another reduction?" Gu Hanping was startled. "Given the current situation, the ration for urban residents is barely enough. In reality, they're not even getting enough to eat, and they're already considering the high prices of premium grain. If it's reduced again, then..."

The current quota is actually provided at 80%.

If the price drops further, wouldn't we only be 60% full?

"Yes, that's why I want to remind you. It's best to keep the household registrations of the other members of Uncle Hanbin's family in our brigade for now. They can still get enough per capita grain and work points, and thus get a little more."

In fact, Gu Hanbin got a permanent job, which was originally a good thing.

But he wanted to bring his child to the commune as well, since urban residents could be allocated a fixed amount of grain.

They don't even have to work in the fields.

His salary should be enough.

However, Gu Yunyang said that it was best not to move the household registration away in the short term.

Furthermore, starting in 1966, if a child's household registration was in an urban area, they would still have to face the issue of being sent to the countryside.

They were originally registered residents of the countryside, living not far from the town.

But if you go to other rural areas, you're really just asking for trouble.

"Let me think about it."

Gu Hanping didn't quite understand at first, feeling that Gu Yunyang's words were too impactful.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it carefully. My brain can't process so much information all at once."