Although she was reluctant, seeing that the train had already arrived at the station, Luan Huiying could only kiss Mo again reluctantly.

"Grandpa and grandma are gone, can you come and see the calligraphy when you have time?

If you miss your grandparents, Mobao, you can ask your parents to take you to see them, and grandma will make you something delicious."

Although Mobao couldn't fully understand what these words meant, he saw that his grandmother was in a bad mood, so he behaved himself and didn't make a fuss.

"Get in the car. When Mobao grows up a little, we'll send him to live with you for a while."

After hearing this, the two elders became happy.

"Okay, we'll be leaving first then."

Gu Zhen and Luan Huiying boarded the train under the escort of several guards.

It was not until the train started that Gu Qingbei took them away.

"It's so hard to get out here, do you want to go shopping?"

Several people came to the car and Jiang Mengxue asked.

I have been living in the family compound for about a month and have never been out. It’s time to do some shopping.

"Is there anything we need to buy at home? I have some national food coupons that are about to expire, so I have to go buy some food first."

Gu Qingbei nodded. He knew best what was at home. There were more than just a lot of food coupons left, at least several thousand kilograms.

These were all given to Jiang Mengxue by others in the black market. Some people who did not have enough money to buy things or did not have other tickets would use food coupons.

Anyway, you can’t buy food at the food station with the food coupons, so it’s good to be able to exchange them.

Finally, Jiang Mengxue exchanged her money for national food coupons before going out.

Because food was in short supply at that time, some people were willing to exchange food coupons for food. This would not happen now.

Gu Qingbei asked Guan Dapeng to go back first, but that guy didn't want to leave at all. If he hadn't seen so many people around him, he would have almost cried.

Finally, there was really no other way, Gu Qingbei said helplessly: "Okay, then don't go back. Let's go eat first. After we finish eating, you wait in the car and we can go back together when we come back."

Guan Dapeng wanted to say something else, but Gu Qingbei said first: "If it doesn't work, then you should go back first. I'm taking my wife and children shopping, why are you following me?"

Guan Dapeng had no choice but to agree.

A few people drove to the state-owned restaurant. They arrived early and only noodles were available. If they ordered dishes, they would have to wait for more than an hour.

They were just here to check and wanted to eat something, so noodles were fine.

Jiang Mengxue and Mo Bao each had a bowl of noodles, while Gu Qingbei and Guan Dapeng ordered three bowls each.

And it looked like he was only about 70% full.

Guan Dapeng looked at Mo Bao's innocent eyes and couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

In comparison, they are really good at eating.

Jiang Mengxue also noticed his look and said, "Order another bowl each. If you don't eat enough, you don't know when you'll have dinner tonight."

Before Guan Dapeng could say no, Jiang Mengxue had already stood up and ordered two more bowls.

Ignoring the waiter's surprised look, he calmly returned to his seat with the noodles.

Before leaving, Guan Dapeng took out the food coupons and money and handed them to Jiang Mengxue.

When you go out to eat, you usually pay for yourself. Money is secondary, and there is a fixed amount of food coupons.

Jiang Mengxue stepped back and said, "How can I ask you to come out to do something and then ask you to pay for your own meals? Take it back. Your Brigadier General Gu can afford a few bowls of noodles."

Guan Dapeng was a little at a loss. He didn't know whether to refuse to take it or not. He could only look at Gu Qingbei and hope that he would quickly speak up and accept it.

When Gu Qingbei picked up the banknote, Guan Dapeng was delighted, but he immediately stuffed the money into Guan Dapeng's pocket.

“Your sister-in-law is right, keep it.

You can rest in the car for a while, we will be back soon."

Jiang Mengxue suggested buying some food because she also wanted to see what the current food situation was like.

Over the course of several months, Gu Qingbei distributed large amounts of food to many places across the country.

Jiang Mengxue also filled the state-owned granary in her hometown with grain.

At first she thought that this matter would spread to some extent, and there would even be news in the newspapers.

But after such a long time, she didn't see any information from the outside world.

In the army, she couldn't leave whenever she wanted, especially since it was too far away from the city, making it extremely difficult to go out.

When they arrived at the grain store, Jiang Mengxue got out of the car to check out the situation.

Gu Qingbei asked about the price of grain that day and handed over the money and tickets.

The clerk took it and looked up at me in surprise.

After seeing the military uniform on Gu Qingbei, he understood.

"What kind of food do you need for a hundred kilograms? Our store sells mostly pasta, and we can only sell ten kilograms of the twenty kilograms of rice left."

The 100 kilograms of food coupons that Gu Qingbei gave were all fine grains, so the clerk was so surprised.

Nowadays, even if people have fine grain coupons, they will exchange them for coarse grains, not to mention that the person who can come up with so many fine grain coupons at one time must be no ordinary person.

But it’s different for those who come out of the army.

Everyone knows that if there is a shortage of food, the troops can't go anywhere.

Finally, I bought 90 kilograms of flour and 10 kilograms of rice.

Then I bought another 100 kilograms of coarse grains, cornmeal, sweet potato flour and the like.

For a period of time, even cornmeal was classified as a fine grain, which shows how scarce food was at that time.

But fortunately, it has been changed back now.

Gu Qingbei had told Jiang Mengxue before that although the country had not released the news, there was indeed less food shortage now.

But she was still worried because she hadn't seen it with her own eyes.

The two returned to the car and put the food away. The food was enough to last for several months.

Adding to the existing ones, I don’t have to go out to buy food for the entire New Year.

Gu Qingbei also had a lot of food coupons, which he usually only used when eating in the cafeteria.

At the end of each month, the remaining money was given to his soldiers who were in more difficult circumstances.

Sending it back can also reduce the burden on their families.

The treatment of the lowest-level soldiers is not very good, and they can only save money by spending it on their own food and other expenses.

The monthly allowance for new recruits is six yuan, which increases to seven yuan in the second year, eight yuan in the third year, ten yuan in the fourth year, fifteen yuan in the fifth year, and twenty-one yuan in the sixth year.

The seventh year is 26 yuan. If there is no promotion or recovery, it will be increased by 5 yuan per year until the eleventh year, when it is 50 yuan per month.

It was quite a big deal to be able to earn 50 yuan, because if you were to move up to the rank of platoon leader, you would get a level 23 salary, which was 52 yuan per month.

Of course, this is not money that everyone can get.

Food expenses must be deducted before the allowance is issued, and the standard amount per person per day is 0.45 yuan.

Each person is given 45 kilograms of grain per month. The coarse and fine grains vary depending on the specific situation. In good years, there will be rice and flour, and in bad years, there will be coarse grains and corn.

Each person is given three pounds of soybeans and 1.5 pounds of peanut oil per month.

Anyone who eats in the cafeteria will have their food expenses deducted, even if they are cadres.