Chapter 28: Food, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, is it so easy to manage a home?
Zhao took away all the grain belonging to the Zhao family, and then only showed them the grain records of the Qian family.
The amount of food distributed at the beginning was clearly known.
You can tell how much food Lao Qian has by looking at the account book and the grain.
Of course, the brigade distributes food twice a year.
For example, the two seasons of spring harvest and autumn harvest.
But every time the food was distributed, Zhao's mother would divide it equally every month.
This is to prevent the whole family from starving to death when food is hard to buy.
In this era.
Sometimes even if you have money, it’s hard to buy food.
The food allocated to the brigade was divided equally every month.
At least it ensures that everyone in the Qian family can survive when they can't buy food.
I have to say.
In life, we have to take every convenience into consideration.
Soon, the Qian family responded.
The food supply for these three months is sufficient. If divided equally into each month, there will be 20 kilograms of coarse grains and 30 kilograms of fine grains.
That means there are a total of 50 kilograms of food per month.
In fact, there could have been more.
But when the grain was distributed, the Qian family mostly asked for fine grain, which resulted in the amount of grain they received being one-third less than the normal amount.
Does this fifty kilograms of food seem like a lot?
But the Qian family has more than a dozen people and they need to make sure everyone is well fed, so they can consume four to five kilograms of food a day, which means at least 120 kilograms of food a month.
This deficit is too huge.
Zhao covered her mouth to hide her smile. "That's because the Qian family's house and property have nothing to do with us. So we are responsible for our own work points and food. My youngest son and I are given 20 kilograms of food rations each month: 10 kilograms of coarse grains and 10 kilograms of fine grains."
Zhao's mother has a small appetite and can't even eat three taels of food a day.
She often drinks a bowl of vegetable porridge in the morning, a bowl of porridge in the evening, and then eats some staple food at noon.
But Zhao's mother likes to eat snacks.
In addition to the three meals, she often eats some sweets and cakes.
Little Brother Zhao is still in school and has to eat lunch in the school cafeteria, so three or two taels of food a day is enough.
They give twenty kilograms of food to the Qian family every month, which is already a lot!
This way, we have 70 kilograms of food per month.
But there is still a shortage of 50 kilograms of grain.
This is still an estimate on the minimum. If we want to ensure that everyone has enough to eat, we need to buy 80 kilograms of food.
Eighty kilograms of food.
If you have food coupons, you can buy it cheaper.
But they didn't have food coupons, so they could only buy them on the black market at high prices.
In the end, Qian Ertian's wife Xia Lan bought 50 kilograms of fine grains at the price of 23 cents and 30 kilograms of coarse grains at the price of 10 cents on the black market, spending a total of 14.5 yuan.
The reason why she bought so much fine grains.
This is because Xia Lan wants to eat refined grains for half of the time this month.
This way, the Zhao family can be completely surpassed.
And food is the biggest expense.
Next, prepare another 10 yuan to buy some meat, vegetables, eggs, etc.
She still has 5 dollars left.
snort.
What her husband Qian Ertian said was absolutely right.
In the past, Zhao made a net profit of more than 10 yuan from the monthly living expenses of 30 yuan.
But what Xia Lan didn't know was.
Is it so easy to manage a household?
Rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, which one doesn’t cost money?
Xia Lan is from the city. Although she is thoughtful, you can tell at a glance that she doesn't know how to live.
Besides, she never took care of the family when she was at home.
I didn’t know that every aspect of a home requires money.
For example, if someone’s family has a happy event, you have to give a gift.
If there is a funeral in someone's family, you have to give a gift.
For example, if someone who is close to the Qian family is injured or if there is a birthday party, all of these things will cost money.
A few days ago, Qian Ertian's wife became the housekeeper.
The Qian family was very happy. After all, they ate rice and flour every day, and they had meat once, so they had no shortage of eggs.
They also felt that the Zhao family had embezzled a lot of money in the past.
To her, the nose is not a nose and the eyes are not eyes.
But the result of doing this is that money is spent quickly.
The whole family ate meat once, spending more than 2 yuan, and bought eggs for more than 4 yuan, plus 14.5 yuan for food.
In just seven days, I had already spent 21 yuan.
But Xia Lan and Qian Ertian were not worried at all.
Even if they spend all the 30 yuan of living expenses this month, they can prove that they ate better than Zhao when they were the housekeepers!
What’s more, now is the time to seize power first.
There will be plenty of opportunities in the future to save some money from the 30 yuan living expenses.
But on the seventh day, Zhao Shi again instructed at the dinner table: "Second son's wife, the weather is getting colder, and it's time to make winter clothes for everyone for the New Year. We also need to make a pair of shoes for everyone, and buy some cotton to re-cover the quilt that the fourth son covers with."
"What?" Xia Lan raised her voice. "Does this have to come from the monthly living expenses? New clothes and shoes for more than a dozen people. Do you think one month's living expenses are enough?"
Zhao said with a forced smile, "We have the cloth and cotton coupons from your father-in-law, but if they're not enough, we need to add some from our monthly living allowance. That's how I used to do it. The New Year is only about two months away, so we have to work on it slowly. Anyway, we have to make sure everyone has new shoes and new clothes for the New Year."
As soon as these words fell.
Xia Lan immediately looked at her husband, as if asking, "Is this true?"
Qian Ertian frowned.
But everyone knows the truth.
He couldn't hide it either: "When my mother was the housekeeper, she did make new clothes and shoes for us every time the season changed. In other seasons, it's okay, if we have enough to wear, then she doesn't have to make anything. But in winter, plus it's New Year and everyone wants to wear new clothes and shoes, so everyone gets one."
In fact, Zhao did a very good job in this regard.
In the Qian family, every person gets at least a new set of clothes and two new pairs of shoes every year.
I remember that their fourth brother was very naughty at that time. His shoes didn’t last long, so he had to make four or five pairs of shoes a year.
Qian Ertian's words caught Xia Lan off guard. She didn't expect there would be such a huge expense.
"Even if I had cloth coupons, it wouldn't help. I've already spent more than 20 this month. How can I have that much money to make more clothes and shoes? After all, if I buy cloth, I still have to spend money even if I have cloth coupons!" Xia Lan was anxious and told the truth.
What?
It’s only been seven days and I’ve already spent more than 20 yuan, and I don’t even have money to make clothes and shoes.
Old man Qian's face suddenly turned dark.
This young wife is just no good. She can't manage the household at all.
Qian Sanya saw her father's face turn dark, and knew that if she didn't come out to help, Cong Zhaoshi might take back the housekeeper power she had asked for.
So she suggested to her second sister-in-law, "Actually, Mom doesn't usually make clothes and shoes for the whole family all at once. My second brother and his wife just got married and they made several new sets of clothes. They should have shoes too, so there's no need to make any. Then you can count other people's clothes. I don't want new clothes either. You can make three pairs of shoes and two sets of clothes every month, which is enough. We have enough cloth coupons at home, so it should cost less than 5 yuan a month."
Old man Qian works in a machinery factory and is given a lot of cloth coupons every year.
So they have no shortage of it!
After listening to her sister-in-law's advice, Xia Lan felt a little relieved.
but
She was not grateful to Qian Sanya at all.
As soon as she opened her mouth, she deprived the couple of their new clothes and shoes, which were paid from the family's public account.
If it weren't for my sister-in-law, I wouldn't want it either.
Xia Lan, the second sister-in-law, probably got angry on the spot.
She originally thought that Zhao was deliberately using this matter to embarrass her and save the new clothes and shoes until the New Year.
But later I found out after asking around...
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