Chapter 599 Welcome to the 80s~!

Lu Miao then collected the unused military water bottles at home.

When Fu Jingyou set off in the evening, he was given a full pot of hot water.

During the winter vacation, Lu Yuanzheng is also on vacation.

In order to save his son-in-law the trouble of taking the bus, Lu Yuanzheng drove him there himself.

When they went out, Lu Miao, with a scarf and a small blanket wrapped around his shoulders, stood at the entrance of the alley with his three children, waving.

The three little ones breathed out hot air and waved their hands:

"Uncle/Dad, please come back soon~"

Fu Jingyou opened the car door and looked back.

He was wearing the only military coat in the house, while his wife and the children were standing in the snow, their noses red from the cold.

He softened.

I haven't even left the house yet, but I already can't stop missing you.

Fu Jingyou didn't say anything, just looked at him deeply, waved his hand and got into the car.

Lu Miao watched the car drive farther and farther away until it disappeared around the corner of the street through the wind and snow.

Then he patted the children's heads and whispered to them as they went into the house.

As time entered the 1980s, the whole of China ushered in a new atmosphere.

The television frequently reported on the construction of the Great Northern Wilderness, which began in the 1950s with military reclamation, demobilization, and sent-down youth.

Now it has gradually transformed into the appearance of Beidagang.

Starting from this year, it is estimated that the food shortage problem faced by a large part of the population in cities and grassroots areas in my country will be solved.

Having been poor for so long, the people’s biggest wish is to have enough food to eat.

As soon as the news came out from TV stations and radio stations, the whole country celebrated.

The situation at the border was gradually improving, and prices in the market behind the alley were also undergoing subtle changes.

For example, eggs.

In the past, they were sold individually, at four cents each.

Now it is sold by pound, 66 cents per pound.

There are only about ten or eleven of these in a pound.

Citizens are very interested in this and think it is a disguised price increase.

This is especially true in the alleys.

Families with unstable income feel under tremendous pressure.

For families with stable incomes, food expenses are increasingly dependent on the large canteen at their workplace.

Eating in the factory cafeteria offers employee benefits and is definitely more cost-effective than cooking at home.

The fluctuations in prices were also discussed in the Fu family courtyard.

Tang Mei is in charge of all the household chores, and she sighed the loudest.

But it's more of a feeling.

Because we have chickens and eggs at home.

Fu Jingyou takes care of the greenhouse in the yard, and can provide himself with seasonal vegetables all year round.

There is no need to spend money on fertilizer.

Chicken manure, rabbit droppings, fruit peels, and vegetable stems can all be piled up in a corner of the yard.

Tang Mei was just expressing her feelings about this matter.

What other families have to spend money to buy, they can provide themselves, which can save a lot of expenses.

Tang Mei only thought that this place and that place in the house were suitable, but she didn't know that these "suitable" things were also bought with a high price.

Take the PVC plastic greenhouse for example. Although it is not very big, it cost about 90 yuan.

To be fair, price fluctuations have almost no impact on the Fu family at the moment.

The small courtyard continues to live its peaceful life as usual.

In the past few days, Lu Miao also found something to do.

Fu Jingyou previously planted a small plot of strawberries in a corner of the greenhouse, and some of them have begun to bloom in the past few days.

During this season, there are no pollen spreaders outside, let alone inside the greenhouse.

Lu Miao picked up a few chicken feathers and tied them into two bundles with string.

Go over there every day to carry out artificial pollination.

Lu Miao stayed at home to take care of her pregnancy, and life in Jingbei went on as usual.

On the other hand, Guangzhou has been a hub for foreign trade since the late Qing Dynasty.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was also the first and only window for foreign trade.

As early as 1978, there was a clear government announcement in the area to implement a particularly loose economic policy.

This policy also established the status of "Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou" for future generations.

At the current stage, Guangzhou is a big city, and Beijing North is the capital and an even bigger city.

The two cities have a large population and each has its own "reputation", and in recent days it is the time when major universities have finished their exams and are on winter vacation.

There are quite a lot of people traveling back and forth.

The sleeper berth that Fu Jingyou bought is a four-person room.

When he went back to the small place in the south, he was often the only one in the workshop.

This time, four people came in.

Fu Jingyou had his own concerns and was not in the mood to chat with others. He packed his things as soon as he got in the car, closed his eyes and thought and rested.

When he was hungry in the middle of the night, he sat up and asked the conductor for some hot water, then came back and took out the food his wife had prepared and ate it.

Although it has cooled down, the fragrant smell of meat and spices still hits you when you take it out.

Fu Jingyou swallowed and rustled away the small plastic bag.

He had just taken a bite of the chicken leg when the passengers on the upper and lower bunks opposite him sat up and looked at him.

The guy on the upper bunk asked, "Little comrade, what are you eating? Why does it smell so good?"

The person in the lower bunk noticed the chicken leg he was eating and asked:

"You still have so much in your bag, are you selling it?!"

Without waiting for Fu Jingyou to answer, the middle-aged man in the lower bunk said anxiously:

"For a chicken leg like the one you eat, I'll give you a dollar. Can you sell me one?"

Fu Jingyou shook his head and turned slightly to eat his own.

The guy on the upper bunk opposite raised the price:

"One dollar and fifty cents. I'll give you one dollar and fifty cents. Will you sell it for one dollar and fifty cents?"

I bought some steamed buns and pancakes when I got on the bus. I wasn't really hungry, but I just felt very greedy.

Moreover, under the dim workshop lights, the chicken legs were shiny and looked delicious.

The guy in the lower bunk saw that there was only one chicken leg left in Fu Jingyou's open shoulder bag. He turned his head to glance at the upper bunk, afraid that the upper bunk would grab it first. After hesitating for a moment, he quickly said:

"Then I'll give you two!"

“…”

Even though he said he wouldn't sell it, they kept raising the price more and more aggressively. Fu Jingyou was speechless.

Both of them are wealthy.

If you add a little more to the two dollars, you can buy a chicken.

Fu Jingyou was a little tempted, but after thinking about it, he shook his head and decided to forget it:

“Not for sale.”

This was originally intended to nourish his wife's body, and it was not something that could be measured by a few dollars.

And his wife was right, he shouldn't be too hard on himself.

If you exchange chicken legs for small amounts of money now, it will backfire on your body when you get older.

Not worth it.

But then again, he couldn't eat all that after a 40-hour drive.

Meat nourishes people, it is not appropriate to sell it.

There are eight eggs in total, so they can be evenly distributed.

"I'm not selling chicken legs, but I can sell eggs. They're only ten cents each if you want them."

It's not easy for his wife to watch the pot for most of the day, so it's not too much for her to make a little profit from the price difference.

When they heard that the chicken legs were not for sale, the two men felt disappointed.

When they heard that eggs were for sale, the two were immediately surprised:

"Okay, okay, I want two!"

"I want two too!"

There is no village or shop nearby, and no other place to buy it.

It would be nice to buy two eggs to satisfy your craving.

Fu Jingyou shook his head again and took out two eggs from the small bag:

"At most I'll give each of you one, no more."

"Oh... little comrade, you can't eat that much..."