Chapter 16: Queuing up for food



"Chief Lu, I think we can use a lottery to allocate rooms this time?"

Section Chief Lu thought it made sense and motioned for him to continue.

"The list is already determined by Corey, so let's just let all those who meet the housing requirements participate and draw lots together."

"Whether you can get a house depends on the result of your own lottery. It's hard to blame our real estate department for this."

"Drawing lots is the fairest and can also solve the problem of people looking for votes everywhere."

Section Chief Lu nodded and asked, "If it were you, and you really wanted this apartment, but you didn't win the lottery, what would you think?"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "In the past, we drew lots to distribute pork in our team. I never got any good meat, and every year I blamed myself for having smelly hands."

Section Chief Lu also laughed, "That's true. If you get smoked, you can only blame yourself for having smelly hands."

Not long after this chat, the Real Estate Department officially issued a notice that the housing allocation would be based on a lottery system.

The lottery system is also recognized by most employees. Instead of asking for it everywhere, it is better to rely on your own luck.

As the proposer, Lin Chaoyang also gave 깊놊꿁 suggestions, for example, writing the room number directly on the drawing paper.

Because the layout of the tube buildings is the same and the location is also the same.

There are three-bedroom, two-bedroom and even a larger one-bedroom.

The ones closer to the toilet are definitely worse than those in the middle. Everyone wants the best.

But no matter how we define good and bad, everyone will definitely have opinions.

Therefore, the Real Estate Department simply adopted Lin Chaoyang's suggestion and directly drew the room number. Whichever room number was drawn was the one that was taken.

Lin Chaoyang was designated as the host of the lottery because he knew all the employees who met the housing allocation requirements.

A few days later, the Real Estate Department officially held a lottery meeting in the auditorium.

It was Lin Chaoyang's first time participating in such an event and he seemed a little nervous.

With everyone's witness, Lin Chaoyang folded the pieces of paper with room numbers on them and threw them into the lottery box.

There were also many blank slips of paper mixed in the lottery box. If you drew a blank one, it meant you had no chance this time.

According to the order of their work numbers, everyone went on stage one by one to draw lots.

"Oh my god, how come I got a toilet room? It's so noisy that night."

"My house is still a single room! And I have three children! How can they accommodate them?"

When I drew a house that suited my taste, I also complained, but was immediately retorted.

"Who to blame? Blame your own smelly hands!"

"Okay, it's good to have a room. There are many people who didn't get a room!"

After being comforted in this way, those who got the lottery accepted it. After all, having a house is better than having no house at all.

Those who didn't get the lottery can only accept the fact. After all, it was their own choice, so they can't blame others for not getting it.

But there are always some people who want to get over it, blaming everything and finally blaming Lin Chaoyang.

"If it was this Lin Chaoyang who said that by drawing lots, my family might have been allocated a house."

"That's right. Originally, I said yes to everyone's voting. When the time comes to vote, my family will definitely get a house!"

"A newcomer, why is he trying to show off and causing us so much trouble?"

Although the room allocation came to an end this time, Lin Chaoyang was still a thorn in his side.

However, Lin Chaoyang didn't know about these things, and he returned to the Logistics Department from the Real Estate Department and did what he had to do.

That morning, Lin Chaoyang went to her office and waited for a long time, but did not see the sisters.

After a while, I saw three older sisters coming in hurriedly together.

"Sister Hong, what are you doing?"

Zhang Qinghong sat down and took several sips of water before he could speak.

"It's still to buy food! You eat in the cafeteria, Lin, you know that food is hard to buy now!"

"I went to buy half a month's ration of grain after work yesterday, but the grain station said it was out of stock and told me to come early tomorrow."

Wang Aixiang also took over the conversation, "We discussed it after work last night and decided to line up to buy food early this morning."

Ye Honglian patted her chest and said thankfully, "Fortunately we went there early this morning, and we actually managed to grab some food."

Lin Chaoyang had never bought food in the city in his previous life, so he really knew that he had to rob to buy food in the city.

"Yes, Lin, I heard that a heavy rain in early spring killed all the seedlings. Do we have to harvest the crops this season?"

Lin Chaoyang nodded. "Yes, it rained heavily in the early spring. The crops in our team were drowned. It's probably the same for other teams."

Zhang Qinghong slapped her thigh and said, "Then I'll go buy food tomorrow and use all the food coupons at home to buy it!"

Ye Honglian and Wang Aixiang also decided to exchange more food at home, and the three of them agreed to continue queuing up for food early tomorrow morning.

Lin Chaoyang was inspired by them and came up with a good way to get food home.

It was soon time for vacation, and Lin Chaoyang decided to go back to his hometown.

Later, I planned to take Lin Chaoxing home. Fortunately, the kindergarten was on holiday, so I sent Lin Chaoxing to the kindergarten.

Anyway, he would stay at home overnight and come back to pick up Lin Chaoxing in the afternoon.

The next morning, Lin Chaoyang set out empty-handed.

As soon as I arrived at the brigade, I went to the brigade leader's office first.

The captain was also very happy to see 놛, and immediately pulled 놛 aside to ask questions.

Lin Chaoyang chatted with her for a few words, and then changed the topic to food.

"Captain, is it time to harvest this season's crops?"

When the captain heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Yoko, you saw the heavy rain at the beginning of spring. The harvest is certain."

"Captain, everyone in the city is scrambling for food. My colleagues get up early every day to line up to grab food. If you go too late, there will be nothing left."

The captain became even more worried after hearing this. Food was in short supply in the city, and public grain was even harder to deliver. What should the team do?

Lin Chaoyang was also worried. "I just started working and I don't have food coupons. I can't buy any food at all. I can't even bring back a grain of rice."

The captain patted me on the shoulder and said, "You need a ticket to buy anything in this city. It's not easy for you."

Lin Chaoyang nodded, "Captain, I'll go back first."

After wandering around the brigade headquarters, Lin Chaoyang deliberately went around to the big tree at the entrance of the village.

Under the big tree is where the aunts and uncles used to chat when they were young, and now they are sitting there too.

"Ah! Is this Yoko? Are you back?"

"Yoko, how is your work in the city? Is your life comfortable?"

Lin Chaoyang quickly shook his head, "In the city, there is no freedom at all. You need a ticket to buy anything."

As he spoke, Lin Chaoyang also sat down. "The food in our coal mine cafeteria is also rationed, and we can't eat enough."

An auntie immediately asked, "Then everyone says that the treatment in the coal mine is good, so why are you still not full?"

Lin Chaoyang waved his hand, "There isn't that much food in the city, so just eat what you can."

An old lady nodded and said, "That's true. The people in the city grow crops and they all rely on us for food."

"Everyone in the city has heard about the spring rain that killed the rice seedlings. Now food is hard to buy and people are scrambling for it!"

Lin Chaoyang clapped his hands and said, "I don't even have a food coupon. The food has been snatched away. I can only come back empty-handed."

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