Autumn is a rainy season. The continuous rain makes people feel sticky and damp everywhere.
This year, except for a little rain, it has been cloudy the whole time.
It gives people a feeling that it is about to rain, but the rain does not come.
Everyone was in a heavy mood. This year's grain had been handed in, but the return grain had not yet arrived.
I don’t know if the little food we have can last until spring, but the next season’s food won’t be harvested until autumn!
Judging from the weather this year, next year's harvest will be very uncertain.
It’s not so bad in the city, you just have to go early and queue up, and you can always buy some coarse and fine grains.
Life in the countryside was difficult, and everyone could only survive on dried vegetables mixed with some coarse grains.
You can only get dried vegetables if you live near the mountains. In many places, the leaves of the trees have been plucked out. Although the leaves are bitter, at least they can satisfy your stomach.
Junior high school students originally received 26 kilograms of food per month, but this year it was reduced to 20 kilograms.
If I eat by myself, it’s okay. I won’t be full, but I won’t be hungry either.
Every Sunday, I can go to Song Jinxiu for a snack.
Snacks are only for eating until you are full, and you can’t eat better like in the past two years.
Brown rice, corn kernels, various sweet potatoes and other coarse grains. There is no shortage of vegetables, and occasionally a little meat.
That’s all, it’s delicious food for everyone.
After all, at school, the daily food ration is less than one pound. It’s okay for girls because they have smaller appetites, but boys really go hungry all day long.
Song Jinxiu originally wanted them to bring some sweet potatoes to school, but later thought better of it. No one would have enough to eat, and being too conspicuous would easily cause trouble.
Being able to come here for extra meals every week is already much better than most people.
Many people not only cannot have a snack after returning home, but they have to go hungry.
Only when you get to school can you have a hot meal.
Many students also take half of their food home. They can't have enough food and drink at school while their families starve to death at home.
Although what I brought home were just coarse grains, they were still real food after all, and they could be eaten for a long time if mixed with other foods.
The canteen was disbanded shortly after the autumn harvest, and the newly harvested sweet potatoes and corn were distributed per person. How long they could be eaten was up to each family.
However, after paying the public grain tax, there was not much left, and each person only got a few dozen kilograms.
Many people with many children are planning to marry off their daughters, and the betrothal gift only requires a few kilograms of grain.
Those bachelors who had extra food also started to think about it. In the past, if one person was full, the whole family would not be hungry, so they also hid some food.
Now there is no need for a dowry, just a few kilograms of grain can buy a wife, which sounds like a good deal.
A father and daughter came to Taiping Town, saying they were fleeing famine and were going to Jiang Province to look for their relatives. When they got here, they ate up every last bite of food.
Now he doesn't ask for anything else, he just hopes to find a good family to marry his daughter off to. All he needs is five kilograms of coarse grains, and he will take the grain to continue looking for relatives.
You know what, even though the girl was dirty, you could tell she was still pretty.
Many bachelors were interested, but in the end, a widower won and offered ten kilograms of grain to marry the beauty.
He loved drinking in his early years and squandered all his family wealth. In the end, his wife couldn't stand it anymore and ran away with someone else.
Since the joint venture, I can't help but like drinking because I don't have that many food coupons on me.
Gradually, I quit drinking.
He was a man with a job, although he was just a street sweeper, but he was also a worker who received commercial grain.
After quitting drinking, he had no other hobbies, and unknowingly saved some food.
I am now in my forties and full of energy.
He had looked for someone to flirt with before, but either he looked down on others or they looked down on him. Now it’s rare to meet someone he likes.
Isn't it just ten kilograms of food?
Sure enough, after taking her back and washing her, the woman looked very beautiful.
The widower Wang felt that he had gotten a great deal.
"Wait, there's something I want to make clear to you. If you can't accept it, I'll have my father return the food to you."
The beautiful woman blocked the man who was about to move forward with her hands and spoke softly.
"Let's talk about it tomorrow. Why are you returning the food? I don't want food, I want people." After saying that, he pounced forward, but Jiao Niang dodged him.
"It's better to make things clear, otherwise I'm afraid you will regret it." Jiao Niang said.
"Okay, then tell me quickly." Widow Wang urged.
"Actually, I'm not a virgin." Jiao Niang said in a low voice.
"What? Why didn't you explain it clearly during the day?" Widow Wang was furious. Wasn't he just making fun of himself?
"Don't worry, let me explain! I married into a family in our town when I was fifteen, during the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Who would have thought that just two days after getting married, when we went out shopping, he was spotted by a rich lady.
That family wanted to go abroad, and he followed them because he was greedy for wealth. After that, I returned to my father.
I originally thought that I would never get married again, but who knew that I would encounter a natural disaster and have to go out to find my relatives.
Now, for the sake of travel expenses, I have to…” Jiao Niang began to cry softly.
The washed little face is white and rosy, and the watery eyes are full of tears, which seem to be falling but not falling, making people look very pitiful.
"As for the food you gave us, we didn't touch a single grain. My father said that if you change your mind, I will take you to him and return the food to you. We won't take advantage of you at all."
The beautiful woman looked at the other person with red eyes, which were full of tenderness.
"If you don't mind, I'm willing to live a good life with you." After saying this, he lowered his head embarrassedly.
Widow Wang had been single for so many years and had never seen such a scene. He thought that since he was married, there was nothing to be disgusted with.
Thinking of the envious looks everyone gave him during the day, if it were any other day, he would never have the chance to get a woman like this.
Anyway, no one else knows about her affairs, so when I think about it this way, it doesn’t seem like a big problem.
"Okay, as long as you live a good life with me in the future, we'll forget about this." The man said generously.
After saying that, he couldn't help himself and pounced on the girl impatiently.
"Wait a minute, don't be so anxious, take your time, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Jiao Niang was held in his arms, and her hands were gently placed in front of the other person to block him.
"You'll be asking me to go faster soon." Widow Wang picked up his beloved girl and put her on the bed.
"Hate it, you hurt me." Jiao Niang kicked the other person's chest lightly and was then grabbed.
"Look at your little feet, they are all red, let me rub them for you.
You must be very tired after walking for such a long time, let me massage your waist." He stretched out his hand and slowly moved upwards.
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