Chapter 1661 Politely Declined 5
In the era of planned economy, anyone who produced large quantities of materials would encounter problems.
Most of the clothes in the space are not in line with this era. The food is packed in nylon bags. Even the cotton that Feng Qingxue purchased in the northwest region is mostly compressed into large bags of one ton each, which have to be reopened by machines when needed.
She had bought a lot of stuffed quilts and cotton before, but it was only enough for her relatives and friends, after all, it would take several years.
Feng Qingxue was a little worried. In the current situation, there was no way to do good things even if she wanted to.
Director Lin saw this sad and compassionate look. She smiled at the elegant couple in front of her and said, "Two leaders, it's already very good. Our situation here is already very good. It's much better than other welfare homes. We have food to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to live. What else can we ask for?"
Ample food and clothing have never existed in an orphanage. They just want to survive without starving or freezing. They endure and wait. As time goes by, they grow up and eventually they can earn a way to make a living for themselves.
Feng Qingxue pursed her lips and said, "I understand."
The children were very happy because of the arrival of the leader's family. They got to eat sweet candies and fragrant meat buns, which were enough to make them reminisce for the whole year. They couldn't eat such good things during the Chinese New Year!
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The Lu family eats three meals a day regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter, and the same is true for the army. However, many families outside eat two meals a day during the winter, around nine in the morning and two or three in the afternoon. When it gets dark after five o'clock, they can go to bed and rest. The orphanage also has this two-meals-a-day model, and it is tending to be further developed.
The yellow pumpkin rice, with pumpkin chunks still attached to the skin, was thicker than in the morning, but there was still not a grain of rice in it.
Not to mention rice, there wasn't even a grain of corn grits to be found.
Each person had a bowl of pumpkin porridge and a multi-grain roll, and they ate stewed cabbage and radish that was light in taste and almost salt-free with no trace of oil. The radish tops were pickled into pickles, and the cabbage roots were not thrown away.
It is because I understand that I feel even more pity for these children who have experienced the ups and downs of life since childhood.
Even though they had pumpkin porridge for lunch, they still felt very happy.
It’s so easy to be content.
"Rice and white flour are both refined grains, how can we afford them?" When Lu Erxiong asked why everyone didn't eat rice and white flour buns, Dean Lin smiled and explained, "Although there is a certain proportion of refined grains in our rations, and we will get an extra pound or two of refined grains during festivals, we rarely buy them unless there are newborn babies in the hospital. So, when we buy food, we usually exchange refined grains for coarse grains. One pound of refined grains can be exchanged for three or four pounds of dried sweet potatoes, which can feed a person for three or four more days."
Lu Erxiong frowned as he looked at the paper in his hand, "This doesn't taste good, and the stir-fried dishes don't smell good either."
"Brothers and sisters in the courtyard all eat this. You think it's not tasty, but they can't even afford two rolls." Feng Qingxue said, "Moreover, they eat this kind of food every day. There are no steamed buns, no rice, no white flour buns, no candy, no cake, no malted milk, no canned luncheon meat like you eat, and no chicken, fish, meat, or eggs like you eat."
Lu Erxiong’s eyes widened. Eating such disgusting food every day?
He looked with sympathy at the people around him who were busy eating paper books, porridge, cabbage and radishes. They were really so pitiful.
(End of this chapter)