Chapter 134 Two Hundred Yuan

Exchanging things with Aunt Li doesn't really involve any calculation.

However, she can exchange it for food and fruits.

Unlike other places, food is hard to come by and most of the time people exchange it for daily necessities.

In times of famine, food is still the most important thing.

Liu Yinyin suddenly thought of something and asked her, "Auntie, do you buy brined meat here? I have a pig head and some offal at home. I plan to make brined meat tonight. However, I have a small family and cannot finish the brined meat. I want to exchange it for some food."

Braised pork can be stored for a long time in winter. I will make it tonight and she will deliver it to me tomorrow morning. It will be enough for Aunt Li to sell for two or three days.

Aunt Li said without hesitation: "Yes, of course."

She accepts anything that is edible.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Okay, I'll send it over tomorrow morning."

She originally wanted to sell the brined meat to the system, but since Aunt Li was buying it, she decided to sell it to her in exchange for some food.

As for Aunt Zhou, she bought so much pork today. Even if there is brine tomorrow, Aunt Zhou probably won't buy much.

Therefore, Liu Yinyin did not plan to go to her place tomorrow, and would send the salami directly to Aunt Li in exchange for food.

After dealing with the pork and eggs, Liu Yinyin went home.

Go home and pack up. Gu Cheng will come to pick her up later. She has exchanged enough things today. Liu Yinyin only smuggled 20 kilograms of glutinous rice out of the system.

This year, she also wants to make some glutinous rice cakes.

Gu family......

Now that Nong is free, when Gu Cheng visits his family, everyone is there.

There is a food shortage now, and everyone is not getting enough to eat. People will not go out unless it is necessary.

If people do not exercise, they can save energy and reduce food loss.

He hasn't been here for more than a month, and the people who take care of him are very worried. Of course, they are more concerned about food.

Gu Cheng hasn't come to bring them food for more than a month.

They were worried that something might happen to Gu Cheng. If no one came to bring them food in the future, wouldn't the whole family starve to death?

When Gu's mother saw Gu Cheng, she felt angry and helpless.

But within a month or so, the Gu family looked much worse. Their faces turned pale and bloodless.

Gu Chengcuo was surprised and asked, "Dad and Mom, is there a food shortage in the village?"

Otherwise, how could they all starve to death, not just their families?

As he walked along, he saw that the other people in the village looked no better than Gu's family.

Mother Gu snorted: "Are you trying to starve us to death? If you don't come again, you'll be waiting for us to collect your bodies."

If Gu Cheng didn't come back, she planned to go to Liujia Village to look for him.

Father Gu coughed twice and explained, "The food in the cafeteria has been nearly 50% less than before, and every meal is made of tree bark and wild vegetables. Your mother is old and is not used to it."

Like Liujia Village, Shili Village also had no relief food. If they wanted to avoid starving to death, they could only find food to fill their stomachs.

It was winter and there was no place to find food. The villagers could only eat by peeling tree bark.

The Gu family has always had good food, and Gu's mother has never suffered such hardship.

Look, I didn’t eat well all day and now I look like this.

Gu Cheng gave them 144 kilograms of rice and 10 kilograms of pork.

When Gu's mother saw the food and pork, her cloudy eyes suddenly sparkled: "Where did you get so much pork?"

These large pieces of pork must weigh about ten kilograms, right?

Gu Cheng: "We killed a pig at home, and Yinyin asked me to bring you some food."

When Gu's mother heard this, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes: "Kill a pig? A pig?"

Affected by last year's swine fever, the Gu family only raised one pig this year. This year, they also encountered a natural disaster, and the pig had no food to eat, so it was impossible to fatten it up.

I didn't make much money from handing it over to the collective. It was a whole year wasted.

Gu Cheng nodded.

Gu's mother was unhappy again and said with a stern face: "Why did you bring such a small amount of pork? Is your wife unhappy?"

How many pounds does a pig weigh? At least a hundred pounds. It's too unreasonable to give her only ten pounds of pork.

Gu Cheng said helplessly: "Yin Yin's parents also gave her ten kilograms. They also gave Yin Yin meat coupons and money."

The Liu family handed in a pig to the collective and received two kilograms of meat coupons and a few dozen yuan.

Jiang Cuihua gave all the two kilograms of meat coupons to Liu Yinyin, and she also gave her twenty yuan before that.

"What's the matter?" Gu's mother said with her eyes wide open, "It's just a few pounds of pork, and you're still thinking about my money and meat coupons?"

Gu Cheng: "Anyway, this is all the pork left at home. If you think it's too little, I'll take it back and eat it myself."

Ten pounds of pork is definitely a lot. If other families were to kill pigs, they wouldn't be willing to keep so much pork for themselves, let alone give it to others.

It’s not that Mrs. Gu thinks the amount is too little, she is just greedy.

"Ten pounds of pork is more than enough." Father Gu could only step out to smooth things over, "Yinyin is so thoughtful."

Ten pounds of pork is indeed a lot. Not only country people, but even city people don't dare to eat that much.

There is so much pork that if we save some, it will be enough for the family to eat for a long time.

However, there was still a shortage of food at home. Not only the old couple, but also the children in the family could not always chew on tree bark.

Without nutrition, people will not grow taller in the future.

Gu's father said to Gu Cheng, "Your mother said that she will give you another 200 yuan. From now on, you should bring more food every month."

Seventy-two kilograms of food per month is not enough for the entire Gu family.

After saying this, Father Gu glanced at Mother Gu.

In the past, Gu's mother would definitely not agree, but in the past month, she has suffered a lot from chewing on tree bark.

So, when Gu's father discussed with her about giving Gu Cheng more money to buy food, Gu's mother rarely objected.

She has lived to such an old age and doesn't want to suffer any more. Mother Gu wants to live a few more years.

She can't even have a good meal, is she saving so much money to put in her coffin?

Gu's mother obediently went to the room to get twenty big reunion tickets for Gu Cheng, and said with a pained look on her face: "Remember to bring more food next month, at least 200 kilograms."

Gu's mother wants to stock up some food, otherwise she will feel insecure.

Perhaps because she had lived too comfortably in the past, Gu's mother's sense of crisis became weaker and weaker, and she always believed that having money in hand was the most important thing.

As a result, there is no food left at home, and Gu's mother is suffering.

Gu Cheng: "...Mom, do you know how high the food prices are now?"

In the past, food cost only a few cents per pound, but now, the price has increased more than tenfold.

Two hundred yuan can’t even buy two hundred kilograms of food outside now.

There are still eight or nine months until next autumn harvest.

Mother Gu said, "How much can it increase? Just keep it the same as before. Next month, you can double the amount of food you send."

Gu Cheng also said to himself: "Starting from next month, I will send 100 kilograms of food every month."

There are still about 800 to 900 kilograms of food stored in the county, which works out to 100 kilograms a month, and that should be enough for next autumn's harvest.