During this period, the family's grain reserves were sufficient, and now the team was distributing grain, calling out everyone's names to collect it.
Old Guo's family is large, and they all earn full work points. Due to the poor harvest, each person receives 130 jin of wheat with moisture.
Eight adults and five children won 1,300 jin (650 catties), corn won 1,400 jin (700 catties), and sweet potatoes and potatoes won 10 baskets.
It looks like a lot, but it won't be enough for the next ration distribution. There's no oil or fat in the food now, so if you want to eat your fill...
With 13 people in the family, and the work being so tiring, we need to eat at least 200 jin of grain a month. That's definitely not enough to last a year.
The team leader said to everyone, "Fellow villagers, this year's harvest is not good. We need to plan how to eat the grain we are given and make plans for next year. Everything will be alright."
Everyone kept their heads down. Although they were happy to receive the grain, they felt that it wasn't enough to eat and they were afraid that they would go hungry again if they didn't plan carefully.
Grandma Guo collected all the grain; it was all life-saving food. Jianjun and his wife had harvested so many wild vegetables and chestnuts this year that they would have enough to eat during the winter.
Jianjun planned to mail chestnuts to his relatives in other places. Although it was more difficult in the north, with the addition of wild vegetables, the chestnuts could still fill him up to about half full.
Jianjun and Tingting went to the post office again and mailed three bags of chestnuts and three bags of wild vegetables to their grandparents and maternal grandparents.
With 50 jin of corn and 50 jin of wheat, although it wasn't enough for the family, they could manage to survive by being frugal and relying on the land.
The two added another 100 jin of sweet potatoes and 50 jin of potatoes. They knew from the old days that the situation in the south was a source of worry for their relatives far away.
When their relatives in other places received these things, they cried again; these were their lifeline.
Although everyone looked pale and thin, the family remained together, and now they wouldn't let the children leave the house.
Tingting said to Jianjun, "I want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. I've never been there before, and I want to see what the supply and marketing cooperative in the novel is like."
Jianjun nodded, and the two went inside. A woman was sitting behind the counter. She saw the two of them but didn't pay them any attention, even though they weren't dressed well.
"Do you have any alcohol? We have 5 bottles of Liuquxiang liquor, 4.7 yuan each, but we also need liquor coupons."
"You need a ticket? What are you doing here if you don't have a ticket?" The woman rolled her eyes at the two of them and went back to her seat.
"Jianjun, we've been selling grain for so long and we forgot to ask for coupons. What a blunder."
“That’s right. Next time we should exchange some wine tickets. The longer the wine is stored, the better it tastes. Okay, we’ll wait for a chance. It’s too late now. Let’s talk about it next time. Let’s hurry back, or Mom will worry.”
"We still need to go and build the reservoir in a couple of days. We'll make some extra chicken soup for the two of us. We also need to go up the mountain to collect firewood during this time, as we'll soon need to prepare for winter."
"I saved up a lot of books before I came, but I haven't had time to read them. I'm so busy right now."
"I didn't even have time to go to the scrap metal collection station in the novel," Tingting said speechlessly. "There's a difference between novels and real life."
"Alright, wife, let's start trying for a baby this winter, and then we'll prepare to separate the family after the New Year. After all, it's inconvenient to do anything right now. My mother and I will go and talk to her in the spring."
"Will Mother agree?" Tingting asked worriedly.
"Even if you disagree, you have to find a way."
“Okay, honey, once we separate the family property, we can cook delicious food every day, and we won’t have to go up the mountain to eat.”
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