Chapter 40: Food Distribution
Jiang Panyu was reminded by the melon-eating system, and she flipped through her personal space, and finally found the box of vanishing cream from a corner. She sighed and said, "I forgot about it. I wonder if it's too late to use it now?"
"It should work!" The melon-eating system was not sure either.
Is it useful? You will know after using it. Jiang Panyu washed her face and applied a thin layer of vanishing cream on her face, neck, and arms.
Seeing that she had some free time, she sorted out her personal space to see what else was inside.
A portion of high-nutrition compressed biscuits, a pound of brown sugar, a bag of nutritious milk candy, a set of high-quality labor protection supplies, a portion of lice medicine, a set of constant temperature thermal underwear, a box of beauty cream, and a can of nutritious rock sugar.
There were a lot of things, but most of the food had been touched by her herself.
Jiang Panyu doesn't plan to exchange these for money, she still values her health.
As for lice medicine, she is also using it now. She puts a little bit on the comb and combs her hair every day.
I don’t know if it was her illusion or whether this lice medicine had the effect of repelling mosquitoes. At least after using the lice medicine, she was never bitten by mosquitoes or insects again.
As for the complete set of labor protection supplies, there are quite a lot of things in it.
There are work shoes, work gloves, masks, raincoats, rain boots, and work clothes. It's a pity that this set of work clothes is a bit too advanced and difficult to wear.
The rest are all still useful to her and are of high quality, so she doesn’t have to worry about wear and tear.
There is also a set of constant temperature underwear, which is just right for her, and she doesn't have to worry about being seen.
After counting her things, Jiang Panyu had an idea in her mind. Anyway, with the reward, she could live a worry-free life.
This is already very good. In this era, being able to have enough food and clothing is a sign of great ability.
As for making money, there is no rush. After a few years of opening up, you will be able to make money.
As for making money, there is no rush. After a few years of opening up, are you still afraid that there will be no opportunities?
Why bother to take risks in the black market like in the novels of the time? There is really no need, at least Jiang Panyu himself does not need to do that.
After a day's rest, the team leader organized everyone to pay the public grain. After paying the public grain, the remaining amount was everyone's food ration for the year.
It is worth mentioning that Lianshan Village was rated as an advanced village this year, and they can pay public grain first.
All the wheelbarrows, carts, ox carts and donkey carts in the village were pulled out and piled with bags of grain.
The whole village, young and old, had to join in the effort, and all the educated youth at the educated youth site had to help, because no one knew how long it would take to get things done.
Everyone had to take dry food with them. Several female educated youth made sweet potato flour cakes, wrapped them in cage cloth and took them with them, along with a few green onions.
A meal consisted of chewing bread with green onions. There was no kettle, so if you were thirsty, there were people selling tea near the grain depot compound at two cents a bowl. There were also people selling seasonal fruits, but most people only drank tea at two cents a bowl.
Almost everyone was waiting in the open air to deliver grain. It was already cold in the Northern Province at this time. Standing in line in the cold wind waiting to deliver grain, their hearts were as chilly as the wind.
Moreover, even if there is priority, it is not easy to get an IOU for so much grain.
The team leader has to smile and give a pack of cigarettes to each of the people in charge of quality inspection, weighing and warehousing, only then will they serve you wholeheartedly.
The people of Lianshan Village set out at five in the morning and brought the grain to the grain depot. By the time all the grain was stored and they had received the IOUs, completing this year's grain delivery task, it was already dark.
Everyone returned to Lianshan Village in the dark and cold, but everyone was very excited because after paying the public grain tax, the remaining food would be distributed to everyone.
Everyone went home to sleep, but the team leader still had to take Accountant Jin and other cadres to calculate the grain, money and work points for Lianshan Village this year.
Fortunately, this year is a good harvest year. After paying the public grain tax, the remaining grain can basically meet the food and clothing needs of 70% of the villagers.
The remaining 30% has to be met by growing food and vegetables in the villagers' private plots and the corners in front of and behind their houses.
Jiang Panyu heard that this was a very good year. As long as they spent money carefully and mixed in the wild vegetables, mushrooms and mountain products of spring, the family could basically have enough to eat.
However, Jiang Panyu and his group of educated youth had only been in the countryside for less than two months. After deducting the grain they had borrowed, the few work points they earned were not enough to feed themselves.
After discussion in the village, the educated youth were allowed to use money to replace work points, and then use the work points to exchange for food.
In fact, this is very cost-effective and conscientious, and it is a special treatment for the newly arrived educated youth.
After all, if you go to the grain station to buy grain, you must have grain coupons to buy grain.
Using money to replace work points in exchange for food does not require food coupons. No one, unless they are particularly stupid, would refuse. So the educated youth used their money to exchange for enough food.
Jiang Panyu calculated her work points. She was not very diligent. After all, her health was not good. If she worked too hard, it would not be good for her to recover.
So I always maintain a mediocre level when working.
This is all thanks to the aunties from the Gossip Sisters Group who took her to work together.
What kind of creatures are these aunties? I can argue with you whether you are right or wrong, so as long as it's acceptable.
The scorer was a little more relaxed and not as strict, so Jiang Panyu also benefited from this and earned about four or five work points a day.
In the more than two months from July to September when I went to the countryside, I earned a total of 342 work points.
Lianshan Village has a good harvest this year, and one work point is worth 13 cents! In other words, Jiang Panyu's efforts are worth forty-four thousand and forty-six yuan.
If all of it is exchanged for food, there will be no problem in eating enough. The northern province is a warm and cold area, and there is only one harvest a year.
Jiang Panyu calculated that he needed to eat about one pound of food a day to fill his stomach.
Now after the autumn harvest, we have to hibernate, which means we won’t have new food to eat until September next year.
That means she needs at least 300 kilograms of food and some vegetables.
In the spring, I can dig some wild vegetables to fill my stomach. If I am frugal, I can last until September next year.
However, Jiang Panyu did not intend to put herself in a difficult position. She really did not want to dig wild vegetables to eat in the spring.
In modern times, wild vegetables taste delicious with the addition of oil, salt and various seasonings.
It has been stored for now without any oil or seasoning. Try eating the wild vegetable porridge for three days. I guarantee that your face will become as green as the wild vegetables.
After Jiang Panyu made the calculations, he decided to use his work points to exchange for 200 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 50 kilograms of sorghum, 200 kilograms of corn, 30 kilograms of millet, and 30 kilograms of brown rice.
There are more than 500 kilograms of grain in total. This is because the harvest is good this year and there is plenty of grain in the granary, otherwise the team leader would not allow us to make the exchange!
After exchanging the work points for food, Jiang Panyu only got 36 cents.
She used this money to exchange for some coarse grains such as beans. In total, sweet potatoes cost seven cents a pound, sorghum cost eight cents a pound, corn cost nine cents a pound, millet cost 1.4 cents a pound, and brown rice cost 1.3 cents a pound.
It is not expensive, but the grain in the granary has only been simply processed. Except for brown rice and sweet potatoes that can be cooked directly, the other grains have to be taken to the mill for processing if they are to be eaten.
It is estimated that 500 kilograms of grain can only produce about 420 kilograms of grain in the end. The remaining bran is usually mixed with pig grass to become pig feed, and can also be used to raise chickens and ducks.
However, because of disagreements among the educated youth, the camp decided not to raise chickens or pigs. Jiang Panyu wanted to raise some himself, but unfortunately the current conditions did not allow it, so he had to give up for the time being.
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