"Yes, of course." Ah Hu nodded repeatedly and took out the food coupons from his pocket and handed them to Li Xu.
Seeing that the two had completed the transaction, Liu Gang asked Ah Hu if he could go out for a while as he wanted to talk to Li Xu.
Ah Hu naturally had no objection. He turned around and walked out of the yard, and considerately closed the door.
To prevent him from eavesdropping outside the door, Li Xu could only lower his voice and teased, "Uncle Liu, I didn't expect you to be so tight-lipped. We've been together for so many years, and I've never heard you mention the black market paying tribute to your family."
"If you can't talk, just keep quiet. What's with all the tribute? This is a serious transaction." Liu Gang's face darkened and he said unhappily, "Besides, with my family's financial situation, we can get anything we want. Why would I take the risk of asking for their things?"
"Where are the national food coupons?"
"I've already said this, it's a deal. I'm just asking the black market to reserve some money. The payment will still be made." After explaining, Liu Gang asked, "How many food coupons did you get? Are they enough?"
"If I say it's not enough, are you going to give me more?"
"Well, that's what the old man meant."
Li Xu thought about it and replied, "Uncle Liu, please thank Grandpa Liu for me, but I don't need the food coupons. The food coupons I have add up to more than 50 kilograms, which is more than enough."
"Okay, by the way, what are you going to do with all that cotton and cloth?"
"I'm worried that once we're settled in the countryside, if we need to make thicker cotton-padded clothes, we won't be able to buy the materials, so I'm making preparations in advance. Besides, if these things don't work in the countryside, I can keep them for my family to use, so it won't be a loss. I think it's best for you to prepare some as well, just in case."
Liu Gang thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so he nodded and said, "I'll go buy it later."
Although he could ask Ah Hu to leave a copy of the materials for his family, it was not necessary.
Unlike the national food coupons, the news of going to the countryside has not spread yet, so these things are not difficult to buy.
What's more, the price of things bought from Ah Hu will definitely be higher than outside.
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, so it is natural to save it if possible.
Then Li Xu asked, "Uncle Liu, who in your family went to the countryside?"
"The fourth child in my eldest brother's family, and the second child in my family."
"Huh?" Li Xu was astonished. "Don't they say that only one cadre's family needs to go? Why are there two of them? Besides, Yunxiao already has a job, so why would he go?"
The Yunxiao here refers to Liu Gang’s second son Liu Yunxiao.
Hearing this, Liu Gang couldn't help but sigh, "Who made my eldest brother the boss? The old man said he had to set a good example. Two people must go to the family. You know, in my eldest brother's family, except for the fourth child who is still young, the older ones are all married, and the younger ones are not old enough.
There's no other way. Someone from my family has to go. Although Yunxiao has a job, he's not married. He's also a little older and can take care of his younger brother, so he's the only one I can choose."
Li Xu smacked his lips. "I don't think this is necessary. Under the current circumstances, Uncle Liu can't be promoted even if he wants to. In that case, it would be better to just let one person go like the other cadres."
"My eldest brother and I both said so, but Grandpa disagreed. He said this example isn't for the higher-ups to see, but for the people below. It's not just ordinary families; there are many people from cadre families who meet the requirements, and some are quite close to ours. If our family doesn't do this to silence them, it will be difficult to deal with them when they come to us to plead for mercy."
Li Xu pondered for a moment, then gave a thumbs-up and praised, "It's said that old ginger is wise. Even though Grandpa Liu has been retired for so long, he still sees things so clearly."
There is a clear regulation from above that if a family has only one child, they do not need to go to the countryside.
If there is more than one and they all meet the requirements, only one can stay at home.
If there are children who are married or working, all the other qualified people will go to the countryside except them.
You should know that not all cadre families are like the Liu family, where someone in the previous generation holds a high position, and the same is true for the next generation.
This results in some people not being able to get enough jobs.
Moreover, some cadres strictly abide by the regulations and allow their children to marry at the legal age.
Unfortunately, the upper age limit for ordinary young people going to the countryside is exactly the same as the legal marriage age for men, which is 20 years old.
That is to say, girls over the age of eighteen may be able to escape this disaster, but it will be very difficult for others.
Judging from the current family population structure, there will be quite a few people between the ages of fourteen and twenty who meet the requirements in such families.
Besides, who doesn’t have a few relatives? Is it possible that there are no qualified people among the relatives?
As a parent, it may be acceptable to be separated from one or two children, but if there are more, few people can accept it.
The most important thing is to prevent people from taking advantage of loopholes. If there is no wedding banquet, or relatives and neighbors do not know that the person has been engaged before and are not preparing wedding supplies, they will all assume that the person is single.
In this case, there is no other way except to ask someone for mercy.
When the time comes, people will turn to Liu Wen for help, which will be a dilemma.
If they don't agree, it might ruin the relationship between them; but if they agree, once the gap is opened, it will be impossible to close it again. If the higher-ups notice that the number of people going to the countryside from Tang County is abnormal, it will be a big trouble.
So in order to avoid this situation, the best way for the Liu family to send two people to the countryside is to do so.
Once the news gets out, those who want to come and beg for mercy will give up the idea.
After all, the Liu family didn't show favoritism to me, so how could they make an exception for outsiders?
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