For example, industrial workers can receive up to 40 kilograms of rice or grain per month.

Unemployed residents typically only have 27 jin of rice or other grains. Residents without a source of income receive relief from the state.

Although the difference isn't huge, a dozen kilograms of grain per month is still quite impressive.

This meager amount of grain, if eaten sparingly, is enough to feed one person for about ten days. Not to mention children or the elderly with weak constitutions.

So in this era, you can lack anything, but you can't lack food.

However, our family's situation is better. Even if we don't talk about the implementation of ration coupons, my father is currently a deputy regimental commander and my mother is a military doctor. Although the military rank system has not been implemented yet, we can still make a living each month and have some left over.

As for the food at home, there's no need to worry, at least for now we can still buy and sell it freely.

Not long after my mother finished her postpartum confinement period, she went back to work. She didn't get a proper maternity leave. Even though the hospital only gave her three months of leave, the hospital would still come to our house to ask for help from time to time because of my mother's abilities.

This situation lasted for about ten days before my mother went back to work. For the past two or three days, she had been coming to our house every day to ask for help, and it had to be her.

It's not that the hospital doesn't have other doctors, but recently there have been too many wounded soldiers transferred from the front lines, and they are all seriously wounded. Some doctors really can't perform the surgeries. There's no other way but to ask my mother to go back to work.

At this point, only Aunt Wu and her daughter Wu Shanshan remained at home.

As for Sister Shen Nan, Shen Xi and Brother Shen Bei play at the door every day, since they are not like me who can only lie on the kang and cannot go out every day.

So keeping them at home is actually quite difficult.

Fortunately, my mother tries her best to come home every day at noon to breastfeed me and have lunch at home before going back to work, unless she is on duty or has surgery.

In this situation, the mother would express the milk into a tea mug before going to work, and then simply heat the mug in hot water before drinking it.

Moreover, I can now express myself clearly. When I'm hungry, I yell "Ahhhhh!" and when I need to pee or poop, I yell "Hmph hmph hmph!" This way, I can express my needs very well.

Aunt Wu, who was taking care of her, told her mother and Aunt Zhou that she had given birth to several children, but none of them were as easy to take care of as her. This made her mother and Aunt Zhou very happy.

During this time, I also heard some other things, but none of them had anything to do with my family. They were just things that happened to the neighbors, or whose child got into a fight and that made them come to my door.

Life goes by quickly, and soon I learned to lift myself up three times, roll over four times, sit up six times, roll over seven times, crawl eight times, stand up for support nine times, and walk upright for a week.

That's absolutely true. When it was three months old, it learned to lift its head slowly. Whenever it had free time, it would practice, looking here and there. And you know what? It finally managed to see the whole room clearly.

At four months old, she learned to roll over, and that's why she learned to roll over.

Aunt Wu and her daughter Shan Shan always have one of them by their side, no matter what, because of the day they first learned to roll over.

Suddenly, with a burst of strength, I managed to roll over. It felt amazing, but I didn't have the strength to roll back over. After resting for a while, I rolled over again. I kept doing this, resting for a while and rolling over for a while.

When Aunt Wu came in after washing the clothes, she saw the child lying not far from the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).

She rushed over, picked him up, and said, "You little rascal, you've rolled over! Oh my gosh, you scared me to death! How could you be so bold? Aren't you afraid of falling to the ground?!"

When Shen Nan's older sister brought her two younger brothers to play with her, she overheard Aunt Wu's words and asked, "Auntie, what's wrong with my little sister?"

"It's nothing, it's just that Mianmian can roll over now. We need to be careful from now on and make sure she doesn't roll to the edge of the bed and fall to the ground."

"My mother once said that you can put the quilt around the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and surround the younger brother inside. You can also use this method to surround the younger sister. That way, even if she wants to roll over, she won't be able to get off."

"That's absolutely right!"

And so, from then on, her surroundings were surrounded by an impenetrable wall, and no matter how she climbed over it, nothing would happen. Even so, her parents were still worried and would always leave her alone in the house, fearing that she might fall to the ground in the blink of an eye.

After learning to roll over, I would practice rolling over every time I woke up, drank milk, and took care of my bodily needs. Otherwise, I would have nothing else to do, and this also helped me exercise.

Another thing is that the weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the clothes we wear are all undershirts, so we can tuck them in however we want.

It's fair to say that ever since they learned to roll over, they've been having a blast every day.

Sometimes, Brother Chenbei would climb onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and play with me on the bed, but he played less often because his favorite thing right now is to play outside rather than play inside.

When the weather started to get warm in five months, the food we cooked might go bad if we didn't put it in the well.

So the milk feeding in between was changed to rice porridge. This rice porridge is made by grinding rice into a fine powder and then stirring it. When you are hungry, you can just make a bowl of it with hot water and drink it directly.

However, rice porridge and fried noodles are now very rare, because these kinds of food are basically supplied to the soldiers on the front lines.

The rice we have is the result of the hard work of my mother and her family. If it weren't for the children in the family, they wouldn't have kept it; they would have donated it directly to support the frontline soldiers.

However, not long after the beginning of spring, Mom bought a few chickens and kept them in the chicken coop, intending to feed them to the child when he was old enough to eat solid food.

And sure enough, at six months old, she was able to eat steamed egg custard. And on a certain day that month, she was also able to sit up on her own.

From then on, we were able to eat more and more things. Not to mention steamed egg custard, we could eat other things as well.

Moreover, it was discovered that Aunt Wu always cooked a large amount of steamed egg custard, with at least two or three eggs in it, so it was obvious who the leftovers were for.

What can I do when there are several other children in the family? I can't just eat while they watch over the food!

Also, after Aunt Zhou heard that the child could eat steamed egg custard, she would buy a basket of eggs every few days.

Mom didn't stand on ceremony with her and spoke directly to Aunt Wu:

"Big sister, when you steam egg custard for Mianmian, put in two extra pieces each time. Mianmian is still young and can't eat much. Give the rest to Chen Nan and his two siblings. When she gets a little older, steam three pieces at a time, and so on."

As for the two eggs you left for Shen Dong and Shen Nan this morning, that way each of them can have one. They're very active and get hungry quickly.

"Okay, I understand. Don't worry, Dr. Liu!"

Indeed, it's true that Big Brother and Sister Nan get hungry quickly; it's all thanks to martial arts training.

Time flew by, and by then I was seven or eight years old. At this point, I could say that I was a little restricted in my movements on the kang (heated brick bed), but there was nothing I could do. I couldn't get out of the kang for a while, so I could only play on the kang.

Another point is that even if you have someone around you every day, there will always be times when you're all alone.

For example, when Sister Shanshan goes to deliver mended clothes to the employer, or when Aunt Wu is making steamed egg custard, there will be no one in the house.

The most important thing is that Brother Xi and Brother Bei are still young and at an age where they can't be controlled. They think about going out to play every day, so they secretly eat something delicious whenever no one is around.

I secretly smuggled a small strawberry out of my space, put it in my mouth, and slowly chewed it with my two baby teeth. I never dared to eat too much, only two or three at a time.

I have to say, it tastes better when you sneak it!

At nine months old, she could slowly stand up with the help of other things, but she could only stand for a short time each time, for fear of falling. So she would only stand up when there were people around. When no one was around, she would climb into the kang (a heated brick bed) and sit facing the corner of the wall, so that she could secretly eat something.

However, at this point, extra care will be taken to determine if it is safe to eat; if not, then forget about it!

Also, don't underestimate me just because I'm small and have a small appetite. Over the course of a few months, I've almost finished eating all the smallest strawberries in the space.

But no matter what, it didn't end up in anyone else's stomach, so what's there to worry about!

Sometimes she would secretly eat some boiled eggs. I don't know if it was because Aunt Wu was afraid there wouldn't be enough boiled eggs to go around, or something else. Ever since she could eat complementary foods, she has been eating steamed egg custard every day. She's had enough of it, but she gets hungry if she doesn't eat it.

I had no choice but to eat it, sigh! Eggs are a precious commodity these days; some families can't even get them if they want to, and I'm still being picky! I deserve a beating!

However, when they were five months old, Dong and Nan started learning martial arts with their mother. After running for a month, Dong seemed to want to give up, so their mother said to him:

"Comrade Shen Dong, if you can keep running for three months, your master will give you a wooden pistol. How about it?"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true, Master would never lie!"

When Nan heard that her mother had given Dong a wooden toy gun, she liked it, but it wasn't what she really wanted. Nevertheless, she couldn't help but show a hint of envy.

Seeing Shen Nan's envious expression, Lin Juan said, "Comrade Shen Nan, as long as you can persevere for three months like Comrade Shen Dong, when school starts in the fall, your master will persuade your mother to send you to school!"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. Whether you want to go to school is still uncertain, but you'll have to study hard then, okay?"

"I understand, Master. I will study hard and make progress every day."

Shen Nan had always envied her older brother for being able to go to school, and she wanted to go too, so she was very happy when she heard her master say that she could go to school.

"However, if you want to fulfill this wish, you'll have to see if you can keep running for three months. If not, you won't get anything."

"Master, don't worry! We two will definitely persevere."

Aunt Zhou has recently been quite upset about Dong-ge going out to play every day after school. Seeing him about to go out again, she got very angry and said:

“Shen Dong, all you do after school every afternoon is go out to play. Can’t you stay home and take care of your younger siblings?”

And you can't teach Shen Nan the knowledge you learned at school, so that when Mom sends Shen Nan to school, she can be in the same class as you?

Your sister is a girl, and your mother is worried about her. She's younger than you and has always been well-behaved. What if someone bullies her?

"You two will be in the same class, so you can take care of your younger sister more often."

Shen Dong was stunned when he heard his mother's words. His younger sister was two years younger than him and would be in the same class as him when they went to school. What would happen if his classmates found out?