"Wheat...wheat?"
Niu Jinju was momentarily stunned.
Nowadays, wheat flour and rice are considered refined grains. Although her family is relatively well-off, they have many children, and her family also needs financial assistance.
Moreover, Niu Jinju is particularly good at budgeting.
Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to feed our family properly under these circumstances.
However, the meals they ate each day consisted mostly of whole grains and very little of refined grains.
Not only did her family lack fine grains, but so many workers in the textile factory also faced the same problem.
Almost every household lacked refined grains, yet each person in each household had a fixed amount of grain to eat each month.
To buy grain, you need to use grain coupons.
But the amount of food coupons issued each month is so limited, it's hardly enough.
If you have refined grains on hand, you have much more room to maneuver than you would with soap.
How many kilograms are there in total?
These words were spoken simultaneously by Niu Jinju and the woman named Jin Gui.
After they finished speaking in unison, they looked at each other and both noticed the determination in each other's eyes.
The names Niu Jinju and Jin Gui look quite similar.
Actually, the two are just distant relatives.
One's surname is Niu (牛), and the other's surname is Jin (金).
Ning Jing did the math in her mind, then gritted her teeth and said, "I can take out 6 jin. Any more than that, and I'll probably have to wait a while."
Upon hearing this, Niu Jinju and Jin Gui, who had been somewhat nervous, immediately felt relieved.
"Then I don't need the soap today, but you have to leave all the wheat for me."
Niu Jinju quickly said.
Jin Gui frowned upon hearing this.
"Okay, Sister Niu, thank you for your help this time too."
Ning Jing held Niu Jinju's hand and thanked her warmly, showering her with compliments.
After hearing those words, Niu Jinju's lingering resentment completely vanished.
Since she wasn't getting any soap this time, she decided not to stay any longer, since she still had to go to work!
He carefully explained her home address to Ning Jing, and then added a note that if Ning Jing was busy, it would be fine for Lao Jia to come and pick it up.
A smile appeared on Ning Jing's face as she playfully scolded, "Don't worry, Sister Niu, I'll bring it to you tomorrow."
Niu Jinju was relieved and turned to leave.
"Sister Jin Gui, my husband's comrade-in-arms should be sending some more wheat in a while."
If you want some too, I can come back and trade some more meat with you in a while, is that alright?
Jin Gui originally thought she should give up soap and switch to wheat.
The kids at home have been clamoring for white flour dumplings for the past few days.
She wanted to buy some, but the supply and marketing cooperative had been out of flour for a while.
Before she could even say she wanted to exchange a few pounds, Niu Jinju snatched them all up first. After all, this person was brought by Niu Jinju, and it wouldn't be right for her to do it openly.
She and Niu Jinju had been relatives for many years, and it wouldn't be right for her to break off relations for the sake of an outsider.
However, she had reservations about Niu Jinju, but not about Ning Jing.
Two bars of soap. I only gave them about half a pound of minced meat, along with a bone and some pig skin, because of Niu Jinju.
Even if Ning Jing were willing to add two more bars of soap to replace the pig offal, she was now somewhat unwilling.
But Ning Jing seemed to know what she was thinking and shut her up before she could say no.
"Are you saying we can still get wheat?"
Jin Gui looked at Ning Jing with some suspicion and asked her again for confirmation.
After all, the supply and marketing cooperatives have cut off supplies, so if we were to get supplies again, we would definitely have to get them from outside on a private basis, which would take a lot of effort.
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