Chapter 123: Each household receives 6 taels of silver.
night.
Lin Shanshan slept soundly in Gu Yiye's arms. Gu Yiye still decided to contact Bai Xue after returning to Haishi. Compared to his wife's safety, everything else was trivial!
The two had been running around for the past few days, and once they returned to their familiar surroundings, they slept soundly until dawn.
If it weren't for the brigade's broadcast, I could have slept for another two or three hours.
The loudspeaker repeatedly announced, "All villagers, please go to the distribution point to collect your rice."
Lin Shanshan hummed in dissatisfaction, and Gu Yiye covered her ears with his large hands, soothingly saying, "Sleep a little longer."
Lin Shanshan was also sleepy, but when she turned over, she bumped into something as hard as iron, and all her sleepiness vanished instantly.
She opened her eyes and nudged Gu Yiye, saying, "Go and take care of this first."
Gu Yiye grinned mischievously: "In a little over a month, it will be your turn to perform your duties."
The doctor said it's okay to start after three months of pregnancy.
Lin Shanshan gave a vague reply and said, "Okay, go quickly and make me breakfast when you're done. I haven't had egg pancakes in ages."
Gu Yiye stood up and said, "Alright, I'll do it right away."
It's one thing to not be able to sleep, but it's another thing to not get out of bed.
Lin Shanshan stayed in bed until Gu Yiye finished making the fragrant egg pancakes and called her to get up.
After having breakfast, the two leisurely headed to the brigade's sales point.
Lin Shanshan asked, "Could it be that the disaster relief supplies that my second uncle and the others got have arrived?"
Gu Yiye replied: "I don't think so. First, there wasn't enough time. Second, our Anfeng Brigade wasn't severely affected by the disaster and can basically be self-sufficient."
Lin Shanshan nodded, "That's right."
When they arrived at the distribution point, they saw that every household in the brigade had sent someone, and the large playground next to the distribution point was packed with people, a sea of people.
Someone in the crowd complained, "We've been here for an hour or so, why haven't they given out the rice yet?"
Some people also asked, "How much will each household receive?"
"Was it issued by the brigade?"
Ren Mingzhu, who was standing in front of the crowd, spoke up when she saw Gu Yiye arrive.
“Fellow villagers, the rice was provided by me, Ren Mingzhu, personally. I came from the big city of Haishi. Seeing that you have no rice to eat and that your meals are mixed with coarse grains or even bran, I think that's not right. How can people eat such things?”
As soon as she finished speaking, some people in the crowd expressed their dissatisfaction, asking how this newly arrived female educated youth could be so insulting.
Just as he was about to vent his dissatisfaction, someone next to him pulled him back: "Forget it, the young girl is used to living in the big city, she doesn't understand. Don't be angry, consider that she gave us rice. My family will run out of food in about ten days."
The man choked up, thinking, "Isn't my family in the same boat?!" In previous years, things were better, and the rice harvest was plentiful. But this year, even if it rains later, it won't make up for the previous losses. After paying the grain tax this year, I'm afraid we won't live to see the crops ripen next year.
I'll just let it go since she fed me.
Ren Mingzhu continued her speech, which focused on only one theme: self-promotion.
Lin Shanshan chuckled inwardly. Ren Mingzhu's demeanor was just like the capitalists she had seen on video websites from certain countries.
After finally finishing praising them, he got thirsty, drank some water, rested for a while, and then said, "Everyone, go back and get a big bowl, then come back and fill it with rice."
The villagers were completely bewildered and asked, "How many bowls are you taking? How much can each bowl hold? How many kilograms of rice are you giving each of us?"
Ren Mingzhu said, "I asked Secretary Liu, and Anfeng Brigade has exactly 500 households. I have 300 jin of rice here, and each household will get 6 liang."
Gu Yiye and Lin Shanshan stood under the tree watching Ren Mingzhu perform, thinking that giving each villager a few kilograms or even a dozen kilograms of rice was a good deed she had done.
But I never expected that such a big event would only cost 6 ounces?
Six ounces? That's not even enough for a large family to eat in one meal!
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