Zhu Qinghao naturally took the soup from Wen Chuyi, and seeing her expectant look, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Good sister-in-law, can I have this half bowl of soup? I'll cook you a new one tomorrow, okay?"

Wen Chuyi immediately noticed the teasing on her face and blushed deeply.

"I didn't mean to be reluctant to let you drink it..."

Seeing that she couldn't explain herself for a long time, Zhu Qinghao quickly spoke up to smooth things over for her.

"Yes, yes, I know. I just wanted to make it for you again tomorrow. I've been practicing my cooking skills lately, so I would be grateful if you would do me the honor of tasting it for me, would you?"

"Well, that works too."

Wen Chuyi could tell that Zhu Qinghao was deliberately trying to cook for her, but after thinking for a while, she didn't refuse and happily agreed.

Knowing that Zhu Qinghao would make it again tomorrow, she no longer had any attachment to that half bowl of soup, since there would be more tomorrow anyway.

After dinner, the family sat there chatting, and Zhu Qinghao took the opportunity to ask about their grain regulations.

From the moment his daughter arrived, Zhu Yanzhi knew it must be about the grain. He didn't hesitate or hide anything from her.

"The people here are all very nice. After getting everyone's consent, the brigade leader allocated 200 jin of grain to us. Although it's all coarse grain, it's still pretty good."

The rest of the Zhu family nodded in agreement.

"Yes, logically speaking, if they don't give us even half a grain of rice, we can't say anything. After all, we arrived late, didn't participate in the autumn harvest or previous labor, and our household registration was only recently transferred."

The brigade leader and the team members could even say that the 200 jin of grain was a loan to us, and that we could pay it back after we earned work points next year, but they didn't have any, so we should be grateful.

Zhu Qinghao never expected that the team would actually distribute 200 jin of grain to them, which was not much for such a large family.

However, in this day and age, this is still a considerable expense for the team. The fact that the team members agreed shows that most of them are kind-hearted.

"Yes, I know. I just wanted to ask, with so many people in the family, this food is definitely not enough. What are the plans for the future?"

Should we borrow it and return it next year when the work points are distributed, or can we exchange it directly with cash coupons?

Zhu Yanzhi had also thought about this problem, but he felt that the safest approach was to borrow first and then use work points to offset the debt the following year.

After all, their family had been sent to the countryside for reform and re-education. If they immediately took out money and coupons to buy things, they would be more likely to be targeted by people with ulterior motives.

"Personally, I prefer to borrow first. If I were to pay money to buy it right away, there would probably be some risk involved."

However, the team has already given us 200 jin, and since we're in the opening area, it's not easy to borrow too much.

Furthermore, our family's labor capacity is unknown to others, and they may not be willing to take on too much risk.

After listening to this, Zhu Qinghao realized that this idea coincided with her own.

“Dad, that’s what I think too, so my suggestion is that you borrow less, but you can’t not borrow at all, and I’ll figure out the rest.”

"Also, I just bought 500 jin of grain from the team today, which is all intended to be moved here. It's already been delivered to my home, so you can come and get it anytime you need it."

Zhu Qinghao originally thought of just moving over there to save herself the trouble later, but when she thought that it was the off-season for farming and the committee members were very likely to cause trouble, she gave up the idea.

If a lot of grain that doesn't belong to them is found in the cowshed, it could easily bring trouble.