This amount of food alone is definitely not enough to survive the winter. They have to prepare enough food to last until April next year. There are four mouths to feed in the cowshed. Although they can also get some food, it is very little, just some brown rice and broken corn, not much, just enough to keep them from starving to death.
After the two men moved the grain they were allocated back to the yard, they returned to the threshing ground. After everyone had received their share of grain, the only ones left on the threshing ground were the educated youth who wanted to buy grain. Only the educated youth did not receive enough grain, and the villagers were all smiling from ear to ear. Even if it was not enough, it would not be too much of a difference, so they just had to tighten their belts. Besides, there was still produce in their private plots, so they would not go hungry no matter what.
The educated youth were in a bad situation, especially the group that came here. They came late and earned few work points. They all needed to buy food. Some of them didn't even have money and had to buy food on credit.
Captain Liu also acted according to the regulations. After confirming that there were still several hundred kilograms of grain left in the warehouse, he and Accountant Li discussed it and came up with a plan. Each educated youth could buy 30 kilograms of grain from the brigade headquarters. The same went for those who bought grain on credit. They could only buy 30 kilograms on credit, and no more.
In this way, Song Yun and Yang Lifen could buy 60 kilograms of grain from the brigade headquarters, and then exchange or buy some from the villagers who had surplus grain. In addition to the grain they bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, it should be enough.
The two of them were like hamsters, moving the food into the cellar little by little. Seeing the cellar getting fuller and fuller, both of them felt a sense of accomplishment.
After the snow, the road became very difficult to walk on and the weather was cold. Although it had not yet officially started winter, the villagers seldom went out, and no one went to Xiangyangpo anymore. Song Yun decided to pick up her parents the next night and go back in the morning. They could warm themselves by the fire in the shed during the day, but it would be difficult to endure the night without a kang bed.
When Yang Lifen learned of Song Yun's decision, she immediately found a rag and cleaned the house with Song Yun.
She had long known that Song Yun had to take care of not only her parents, but also two elderly people who had been sent down to the countryside.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, it started snowing again.
Song Yun and Yang Lifen not only cleaned up the house and heated up the kang, but also prepared a table full of food.
After Ziyi got out of school, the brother and sister went to Xiangyangpo before it got dark. It was snowing outside and there was no one there anyway.
While Song Hao, Bai Qingxia and the others were packing up, Song Yun went to Uncle Zhang's shed.
The shed where Grandpa Zhang lived was slightly larger than the one where Song Hao and the others lived. There was a brazier burning inside. Grandpa Zhang was sitting by the brazier, warming himself by the fire. Sweet potatoes were roasting in the brazier, and the aroma of sweet potatoes was already filling the shed.
"Song the educated youth is here. Please sit down and warm yourself by the fire." Uncle Zhang greeted him with a smile.
Song Yun glanced at the shack where Uncle Zhang lived and saw that there was no kang bed.
"Grandpa Zhang, you don't even have a kang bed, how are you going to survive the winter?"
Uncle Zhang smiled and said, "I'll just be staying here for a few days. After a few days I'll move to my own house, where I have a kang bed."
It was only then that Song Yun learned that Uncle Zhang had his own house, but because he was unmarried, he lent it to his brother's family who had too many children to live in. They had an agreement that every winter they would leave a room empty for Uncle Zhang to live in, and after the winter, Uncle Zhang would move back to the cowshed.
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