If we're sharing meals, how can we use the food available in the space to improve our lives?
She couldn't possibly provide all the educated youth with fine grains, meat, and eggs at every meal!
Regardless of whether she was selfish or not, this was during the planned economy era, when supplies were rationed. In rural areas where ration coupons were scarce, the source of her supplies could not be investigated.
But if she were to cook alone, she would need to purchase a lot of kitchen utensils and seasonings. She didn't have any tickets, didn't know where the black market was, and couldn't disclose the supplies in her spatial storage without any reason.
Let's make do for now, and maybe we can cook extra meals when we have the chance. As long as we can fund the construction of a house, the food problem will be solved.
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After the meal, Li Weidong led the three men to the brigade headquarters to collect their rations. "You've just arrived and don't have any rations yet, but the production brigade will lend you some first, and you can pay for it with work points later. Everyone is treated the same way when they first arrive."
The Qingshantun Village Brigade was located in a brick and tile house, which used to belong to a landlord but has now been confiscated. It was the most luxurious building in the village.
Xie Yuyao looked at the spacious brigade headquarters with envy, "It would be great if I lived here."
Li Weidong laughed, "It's just a thought. The village won't treat this house as a youth educated youth housing complex; it would be criticized for being a capitalist indulgence."
He led the three men into the office, where the captain was.
"Captain, we've come to collect the advance grain allowance for the new educated youth."
Zhao Deqiang was sitting and smoking a pipe. He pointed to the corner of the wall and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke. "There, three bags, one for each person. They will be deducted from the year-end bonus using work points."
Xie Yuyao opened the bag and saw that it was mostly dried sweet potatoes and cornmeal. She fell silent.
But Chen Kai couldn't help but exclaim, "Captain, this... isn't enough!"
"Then work hard to earn work points and try to get more grain at the end of the year."
Kids, the hard times are far from over.
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