When Ruan Tang lay on Ji Nanfeng's chest with weak legs, Ji Nanfeng stroked her back with his rough hands to help her breathe.
"Think carefully! If we buy all the grain, we'll be back to the days before liberation."
"I think clearly."
Ji Nanfeng: "How much money do we have left?"
Forget it, even a fortune can't buy his wife peace of mind. If the money is gone, just save it again.
Ruan Tang perked up when she heard Ji Nanfeng's reassurance. "Besides the 600 yuan pension Dad left, I spent some money later and still have about 1100 yuan left in the iron box."
Ruan Tang and Ji Nanfeng's combined income over the past few months is over 70,000 yuan.
Ji Nanfeng collected 1,800 yuan and said, "I'm going to the black market to find food first."
"I'll go with you."
When the two pushed their bicycles out of the hospital, they saw Liu Weifang, Zhang Xiaoqin and several other young wives standing at their door.
Several people pushed Liu Weifang, saying that she had the closest relationship with Ruan Tang and it would be most appropriate for her to ask.
Liu Weifang was a little embarrassed, and Ruan Tang continued: "We plan to make preparations for both situations." The implication was to prepare for the worst.
Ruan Tang said that, no matter how she chooses, it is not something these young wives can do.
Ji Nanfeng was involved in a case in a dark alley and had some contact with Miao Jianye, the black market manager.
He took Ruan Tang into a small courtyard and immediately explained the purpose of their visit.
Miao Jianye pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and said, "Chief Ji, to be honest, we do have grain, but I'm not sure if you can accept the price."
"Rice is 4.2 cents, flour is 4.6 cents, vermicelli is 6 cents per pound, cornmeal is 2.4 cents..."
Miao Jianye's quotation immediately shocked Ji Nanfeng.
If he remembered correctly, the price of rice at the grain station was 14 cents, which was a threefold increase.
Ruan Tang asked, "Manager Miao, when did the price start to increase?"
Since entering the room, it was the first time that Manager Miao looked Ruan Tang in the eye. "Chief Ji, you have a great wife."
"The price went up at 8 o'clock yesterday. Yesterday it was 28 cents, today it was 42 cents."
After the grain station opened at 8 o'clock and announced that it would only accept 5,000 kilograms of oil beans every day, the price of black market grain began to rise, and the price changed every day.
"So, Chief Ji, are you still buying food?"
Ji Nanfeng and Ruan Tang looked at each other and said, "Buy it!"
Ji Nanfeng spent all 1,800 to buy food. After dark, Manager Miao would ask his confidants to deliver the food to the small courtyard in Dama Lane.
Miao Jianye personally escorted Ji Nanfeng to the courtyard gate. "Tomorrow, there will be another price."
These words were undoubtedly a tip from Miao Jianye to Ji Nanfeng because of their friendship.
Ji Nanfeng patted Miao Jianye's shoulder gratefully and said, "I'm back."
Along the way, neither of them spoke a word and rushed to Dama Lane to inform the Ruan family.
After Ruan Tang finished speaking, Ruan's mother went back to the house and took out all the money she had.
After finishing the arrangements for being sent down to the countryside, there were only a few thousand left, and the money was not much. It was all thanks to Ruan Tang and his wife who sent food rations continuously.
Ruan's mother gave all the money to Ruan Tang without keeping a cent, and asked her to buy all the food. After all, the food would not go bad if it was left there, and no matter what the world was like outside, she would not worry as long as she had food at home.
After the Ruan family's grain allocation was decided, Ji Nanfeng felt that he should talk to He Kun and the others about it. No matter what choice they would make in the end, he informed them all.
He Kun's idea was simple. When he had been demobilized and came to Hongyang County, his grandfather had asked him to follow Ji Nanfeng. This time, he was also straightforward. Ji Nanfeng asked to buy grain, so he bought it.
He Kun went to the post office to withdraw a thousand yuan. He had money, but he had no place to store the food. He Lai wanted to live with Ji Nanfeng and gave all the money to Ji Nanfeng to buy food.
After Yu Yumao returned, he talked to Meng Qiongying about it, and the two of them immediately decided to follow Ruan Tang and his wife, but they were worried about where to store the grain.
Their home was just a shabby thatched hut without even a cellar. In desperation, they could only ask Ruan Tang and his wife for help. The couple had no choice but to give them the cellar in their yard to store food.
Now that they had a place to store the grain, the two of them pooled together fifteen hundred yuan and used it all to buy grain.
As for the others, some have already bought one or two kilograms, while others are waiting and watching.
Unexpectedly, Ji Rong took out all his 160 yuan and bought 400 kilograms of cornmeal and nearly 200 kilograms of rice.
Ji Nanfeng and Ruan Tang slept in a small courtyard in Damai Lane. There was a lot of food piled up in the tunnel and cellar.
Both of them felt a little dazed.
Ji Nanfeng hugged Ruan Tang, "Are you relieved now?"
Ruan Tang gave Ji Nanfeng a big, dog-eat-dog kiss, "I feel so relieved."
"Should we ask Ruan Zhou to guard here during the day?" After stockpiling enough food, Ruan Tang began to worry about being targeted by others.
"We live next door to Manager Miao's yard. Manager Miao sat in the yard for so long yesterday. The people in the alley won't become suspicious in a short time."
After weighing the grain yesterday, Ji Nanfeng arranged for Manager Miao to enter through the back door, so people in the alley might think that Manager Miao had a mistress.
When Ruan Tang heard Ji Nanfeng's response, she gave him another big kiss.
Ji Nanfeng had his face covered in saliva, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Ruan Tang slept in Ji Nanfeng's arms, feeling that everything was missing except a daughter.
But they had tried so hard, but they just couldn't get pregnant. In her previous life, Jiaojiao's period always came once, but this time, she didn't come at all.
Could it be that there is something wrong with their health?
No, I have to go to the hospital for a check-up.
So, Ruan Tang began to urge her to do something without any purpose.
"We've been married for almost a year now, and my stomach hasn't responded. My dad is urging me to go to the hospital for a checkup so I can get treatment if I'm sick."
Ji Nanfeng didn't care much, "At most, we'll be married for only half a year, there's no rush."
"You're not anxious, but my dad is. He's anxious to hold his grandson."
Ruan Tang continued to blame Ruan Yu, "My dad just went to the county hospital and registered me for a checkup. But I'm afraid to go alone. Will you come with me?"
The next day, Ruan Tangtu managed to trick Ji Nanfeng into going to the hospital.
After both of them finished the checklist, Ruan Tang went to get the examination report.
As soon as she came out, she saw Ji Nanfeng and Ruan Xu talking.
Ruan Tang was almost scared to death, and rushed over, and heard Ji Nanfeng asking Ruan Yu whether she liked a grandson or a granddaughter.
"Pregnant?"
Ruan Tang yelled, "No." Then she pulled Ji Nanfeng and ran away.
Ruan Xu frowned, turned around and went into the department where Ruan Tang came out. When he learned that the two of them were here for a fertility checkup, his face turned dark.
His little Tang'er was only 21, and he was already so anxious that he wanted her to have a child? No, next time he saw Ji Nanfeng, he would definitely teach her a lesson.
Ji Nanfeng was pulled out of the hospital by Ruan Tang. "The test results are not good? Why did you run away when you saw Dad?"
Ruan Tang handed over the checkup sheet. "We're both healthy. The doctor said we'll just have to wait and see."
"Then listen to the doctor and go with the flow."
Ji Nanfeng took a day off yesterday and went to work after leaving the hospital.
Ruan Tang also went to the maintenance department for a walk, and then went to the staff quarters after the bell rang.
As soon as I arrived at the staff quarters, I heard everyone talking about how the black market grain price had gone up by another 10 cents.
The grain counter at the grain station was closed that day, and the grain warehouse was said to be overflowing with oil beans. The grain station was out of grain.
When the family members saw Ruan Tang, they hurriedly asked her if there was no food left in the countryside.
Ruan Tang spoke frankly, "Other teams may not know, but our team planted seven acres of oil beans in the spring, and now we've only sold a small portion of the more than ten acres..."
When Ruan Tang was cooking, she saw many people sneaking out with their money bags.
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