Chapter 131: The general environment is like this

Shi Luo was convinced, really convinced. When the goods were first counted, he had been counting with them, and when the goods were just being distributed, he was watching from the side. How on earth did these things appear?

When Shi Luo got home that night, he was still sitting on the back of his bicycle, whispering to Jiang Hao, "Just to carry two or three pounds more than others during the holidays, our office is really exhausted and we don't even ask for help."

Jiang Hao understood the mentality of the other members of the factory committee very well. "Supplies are the most precious these days. You may think two or three kilograms is not enough, but maybe these two or three kilograms are already the share for others for several months. It is already a lot."

I heard from a colleague today that yesterday the grain station announced that they would supply millet. My colleague got up in the middle of the night to queue up, but the total amount of millet available at the grain station was only about 30 kilograms.

That colleague was lucky; when it was his turn, there were still two taels left. After he bought his share, everyone else in line behind him wasted their time. The grain station staff also said that the next supply of a scarce grain like millet would likely be at the end of the year.

Shi Luo: "This is the general environment, but it doesn't matter. I guess it will be fine in a few years."

Jiang Hao pushed the car into the yard. "Anyway, I can't control others. As long as our families have enough food, that's enough. What do you want to eat tonight? We haven't cooked since we came to Beijing. I'll cook for you today."

Shi Luo nodded and put the things he was carrying in the cupboard. "Let's steam some rice. Steam more so we can make egg fried rice tomorrow morning. For the dishes, make some stir-fried green peppers with bacon and cabbage with vinegar. I'll grab one of my godmother's pickled cucumbers later."

Jiang Hao nodded and said, "Okay, I'll steam the rice first."

The stir-fry is quite fast, but the rice is slow to cook, taking about thirty minutes to cook.

Jiang Hao started cooking only when he saw that the rice was almost cooked. Shi Luo had just taken out the cucumber and was slicing it.

Another ten minutes passed before the two of them finally had their first meal in Beijing.

Shi Luo picked up a piece of bacon with chopsticks and asked, "Did your family send you a letter?"

Jiang Hao was stunned for a moment when he suddenly said this. "We're here. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. You would never have guessed what happened back home."

Shi Luo was puzzled. "What could be the problem? Second brother is in the village every day, and fourth brother goes home almost every day. Third brother shouldn't be home today. Could it be that the sisters-in-law at home are causing trouble? That's impossible."

Jiang Hao also shook his head, a little confused. "No, it's my cousin Jiang Yinyin. She went to my house to make trouble."

Shi Luo was a little suspicious. "Why is she making trouble again? What is she making trouble for this time?"

Jiang Hao: "The news that we got jobs in Beijing spread back to the whole brigade. When Jiang Yinyin heard about it, she ran to my house and said that our jobs should be hers. She also asked me to give up my job to her.

She also said that my job was definitely given by my grandfather, otherwise how could I have a job as soon as I went to Beijing to see my grandfather?

She cried and yelled at my house, rolling on the floor from time to time, which made my parents very angry. Later, my father took her to the commune to call my uncle. I don’t know what my uncle said to her, but she agreed, and the matter was over.

Shi Luo really thought Jiang Yinyin was weird and love-brained, "Isn't this person crazy? Even if she makes a big fuss about our own work, we can't give it to her.

I heard at work today that some people still haven't sold their jobs. If your uncle really wants to get his daughter back, he can take this opportunity to buy her one."

Jiang Hao cleaned up the dishes and said, "Do you think it's as easy for my uncle's family to find a job as it is for ours?

Jiang Yinyin's temporary job caused a lot of trouble for their family before, and that didn't cost much. If my uncle really spends 700, 800 or 1,000 yuan to buy Jiang Yinyin a regular job, then I guess they won't have a day of peace in the future. Besides, my uncle definitely won't be willing to spend that much money on Jiang Yinyin again."

Shi Luo sat on a stool and grabbed a handful of peanuts to eat. "If your uncle hadn't promised Jiang Yinyin to come back to her, she wouldn't have stayed at the brigade. Her godfather and godmother didn't want to have anything to do with her, but they couldn't stop her from being so shameless and going home to cause trouble."

After Jiang Hao finished rinsing the bowl, he sat down next to Shi Luo and ate peanuts while saying, "Jiang Yinyin is like a toad crawling on your feet, she won't bite you but will bite you. I think my uncle might agree to the job this time, but it's more likely that he will send Jiang Yinyin money or supplies. Anyway, this will keep her quiet for a while."

Shi Luo took out a piece of White Rabbit candy from his pocket and put it in his mouth, nodding, "I heard them say that the supply and marketing cooperative will have eggs tomorrow, should we go buy some?"

Because Jiang Hao and Shi Luo were workers, each person was supplied with a ration of 36 kilograms of food, with a ratio of 40% fine grains and 60% coarse grains, 2 kilograms of eggs, 8 ounces of meat, 3 ounces of vegetable oil, 2 ounces of sugar, and 3 inches of cloth, which was about the size of a palm. Anyway, it was definitely enough for patching. There were also vegetables, coal, fruits, and other miscellaneous supplies.

These supplies, such as food coupons, were usually distributed to some people in the machinery factory and handed over to the factory canteen to eat every meal there, but Jiang Hao and Shi Luo did not plan to eat in the canteen every meal, so they also brought back the food coupons and various receipts.

In fact, Shi Luo is not short of this thing. He simply has no experience in competing for supplies in the supply and marketing cooperatives in the 1970s, so he wants to give it a try. Although the original owner may have these experiences in his memory, for Shi Luo now, memories are just memories.

Jiang Hao didn't have any objections to this. "If you want to go, I'll go with you. But if you want to grab the supplies, you have to get up at 4:30 tomorrow morning to line up. Otherwise, you won't be able to grab anything, especially rare supplies like eggs."

When he heard he had to get up at 4:30, Shi Luo was so scared that he quickly shook his head. "Forget it, we have all kinds of pickled eggs and fresh eggs at home. There's really no need to get up so early to grab those eggs. We should use the egg ticket when we go to the cafeteria or restaurant."

Jiang Hao knew Shi Luo very well, and he knew that Shi Luo would definitely give up when he heard the time he mentioned to get up.