After washing up, Xu Zhixin and Lu Pinjie went to the main hall of the Cheng family. Except for Xiao Shitou who was still sleeping in, all the other members of the Cheng family got up. When they saw Xu Zhixin and Lu Pinjie, they quickly asked them to sit down and have some porridge.
The Cheng family had corn porridge for breakfast today. After Xu Zhixin and Lu Pinjie thanked them and sat down to eat a few mouthfuls, Lu Pinjie told Cheng Guozhong that they wanted to put their food together and eat together in the future, but they had no fire and wanted to borrow the Cheng family's stove to cook. Cheng Guozhong agreed without thinking.
"Okay, no problem. You can cook your own meals at noon. I will take you to collect your rations later. They should have been distributed to you last night, but it was too late when we got back, so we forgot about the rations." Cheng Guozhong said with a smile.
Even if they didn't tell him how they were going to solve the problem of food in the future, he would still mention it, asking them to cook for themselves in the future and to lend them the stove, firewood and water they wanted to use.
Although the family conditions were good, the food was only slightly more than that of other families. It was okay to treat Xu Zhixin and Lu Pinjie to two meals, but it was impossible to treat them to free meals all the time, and the family could not afford to do so all the time.
After eating the porridge, Cheng Guozhong called his eldest son Cheng Zhaohong to take Xu Zhixin and Lu Pinjie to leave the Cheng family and go to the brigade’s warehouse to give Xu Zhixin and Lu Pinjie rations.
Cheng Zhaohong is the custodian of the brigade and is in charge of the brigade's warehouse, so when Cheng Guozhong gives rations to Xu Zhixin and Lu Pinjie, he has to call Cheng Zhaohong.
The brigade custodian does not receive any salary, but receives work points as a subsidy. He can get an extra 200 work points at the end of each year. It is considered a good job in the countryside, and generally only team members who have a relationship with the brigade leader can do it.
On the way to the warehouse, they happened to pass by the educated youth site, and Cheng Guozhong suggested that Zhu Yong be called along and his rations be distributed as well.
Zhu Yong slept with a group of male educated youth last night and found out a lot about the brigade. He knew that the brigade started work at 7 o'clock, so he got up early. When he heard that Cheng Guozhong was looking for him, he hurried to see Cheng Guozhong. He was very happy to learn that Cheng Guozhong was going to take them, the new educated youth, to the warehouse and give them rations.
"What did you eat last night? I ate the last remaining bread I brought from home. I haven't had breakfast today." Zhu Yong walked beside Lu Pinjie and Xu Zhixin and asked in a low voice.
"We were lucky. We stayed at the captain's house last night. The captain invited us to have dinner with his family, so we had dinner at the captain's house last night. We have already had breakfast today, and the captain invited us to have corn porridge." Lu Pinjie replied.
"The captain actually treated you to two meals. That's great. I really envy you!" Zhu Yong showed an envious expression and suddenly felt that it would be great if he could also live in the captain's house.
"We feel embarrassed to eat for free at the captain's house. We've already told the captain that we will cook our own meals in the future...Pinjie and I will put our food together and eat together." Xu Zhixin saw that he was envious and was afraid that he would think that they could continue to eat for free at the captain's house in the future, so she spoke up.
"It's a pity that I don't live with you. Otherwise, I would like to give you my rations and eat with you. You female comrades will cook for me, and I will give you more rations or give you some money...
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