Wang Xiaolan said cheerfully, "It's okay. Your father can drink for half a day just on a chicken head. What else does he need to eat?"
Ye Tianya's face turned black. This was his dark history! Once, he went to a banquet. In those days, people usually went to banquets alone. There was no such thing as one person giving a gift and the whole family going to the banquet.
Anyway, the family killed a chicken that day, and he came back drunk after the banquet, and kept clamoring to continue drinking.
Wang Xiaolan must have been angry, but she had been busy for a long time and couldn't let him go back to rest. So she simply took the chicken head that was left for him and put it in the bowl, and poured him two taels of wine.
The wine was finished, but he was too drunk to pick up the chicken head to eat, so he fell asleep on the table all night. When he woke up the next day, Wang Xiaolan laughed at him for drinking a whole night on a chicken head. She still talks about it now.
After all the talk and noise, after the chicken soup was cooked, Wang Xiaolan and Ye Tianya went to the cafeteria to get their meals.
Ye Zhiqiu went to check on the rabbits and found that one of the female rabbits had a different belly. With the mentality of "better to kill the wrong one than to let it go", he replaced the rabbit with another one while his family was not paying attention.
These rabbits had to be taken into the city because Chen Yimin was owed twenty-four. This was out in the open; if one wanted to fool the family, it was best to do so openly.
"Brother, when are we going to eat rabbit?"
Ye Zhiqiu lowered his head and looked at Ye Bailu, who was lying on the board, looking at the rabbit house. He replied with a smile, "We can have chicken legs tonight, why are you still thinking about rabbits? Don't be so greedy. You know, you can't eat meat every day. It costs a lot of money!"
This is the truth, but the key is that Ye Zhiqiu either brings back rabbits or fish all day long, and Ye Bailu has no concept of spending money at all.
So she tilted her head and looked at Ye Zhiqiu and asked, "Brother, do we have to eat rabbit tomorrow?"
Looking at the innocent Ye Bailu, Ye Zhiqiu didn't know what to say. When this sister came into this world, she was only three years old.
She kept calling him "Guoguo" all day long and was super clingy. At that time, since they had just traveled through time, Ye Tianya and the others had to go back to work. Naturally, he, the eldest who had just graduated from junior high school and didn't have to go to school, was the one to take care of his younger sister!
That year, Ye Wubing was still in school. He took Ye Bailu with him all day long, and his feelings for her grew stronger. It was also for this reason that Ye Bailu was closest to Ye Zhiqiu, to a degree that even her father, Ye Tianya, could not match.
Ye Zhiqiu picked up Ye Bailu. Five-year-old Ye Bailu had enough protein due to frequent snacks. Therefore, she weighed about 35 kilograms, which was the normal weight for children in later generations.
If it were another family, they probably wouldn’t even weigh 30 kilograms.
"These rabbits are for Big Brother's work, so we can't eat them! When Big Brother has time to go fishing, we can eat some fish!"
"Brother, then I want to eat the fish with a beard!"
Ye Zhiqiu agreed with a smile. In fact, the fish with beard in Ye Bailu's mouth is just catfish! There are still many of these things. The main reason is that the bigger they are, the more fat they have.
Beijingers don't eat catfish. The first explanation is that there are too many corpses in the moat, and they believe catfish have already eaten them. The second explanation is that the environment in which catfish live, the water quality, is dirty and poor, and they believe catfish are unclean. The third explanation is that catfish possess yin energy and are the embodiment of evil spirits.
But this is all because of the choice. When the next year comes, supplies are scarce and everyone is short of oil and water. Catching catfish is a very happy thing.
Not to mention not wanting to eat catfish, but even if you want to eat it, you can’t get it!
While chatting and playing with Ye Bailu, the chicken soup was ready and we started eating dinner.
"Tomorrow I'll go to the commune and call the factory. Dad, go calculate the work points and try to exchange them for fine grains. I'd rather have less than coarse grains."
Ye Tianya, who was gnawing on the chicken head, was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Boss, how can we switch to fine grains? If we don't get some coarse grains, I'm afraid we won't have enough to eat at home, right?"
Ye Zhiqiu explained, "When our family moves to the city, we need to stock up on food. Food in the city is rationed, and since both of us work, there's only a ration for the two of us. My mother and my younger brothers and sisters are the gaps in our family's supply, so buying food is a must.
I asked you to switch to fine grain because it can be stored longer. After I start working, I will even buy more fine grain to store to help me get through this drought and food shortage period.
Wang Xiaolan, who was drinking chicken soup, seemed to have heard something was wrong. She asked worriedly, "Son, do you mean this drought will last a long time?"
Ye Zhiqiu thought for a moment, then whispered to them, "Mom and Dad, just keep this to yourself and don't tell anyone else! When I was at the factory, I heard the leaders of the glass factory talking about this.
Nearly half of the country's arable land has been affected by the drought! Imagine half the land has lost its yield, plus the food is being wasted in large canteens everywhere.
Do you think there will be enough food after the big harvest in the fall? It's not that no one has said this, but no one wants to believe it. Plus, with the situation in the village, if you could eat dry food every day, then suddenly switch to liquid food to save food, no one would agree!"
Ye Tianya looked at Ye Zhiqiu in surprise, then exchanged glances with his wife.
They had no access to information and simply assumed the drought was limited to Beijing. Even if the village's harvest declined, they would surely have to dispatch grain from other areas.
It has to be said that many people had this idea, which led to a major problem later. Everyone thought that food would be allocated, but the result was that the affected area was too vast and the food gap was too large!
Even after there was food, transportation capacity was limited, and there was no surplus food in the region, so it was not enough to transport it continuously.
Ye Tianya thought for a while, then he said to Wang Xiaolan seriously, "Wife, we have to take the boss's matter seriously! Remember what happened in Henan during the Japanese invasion? We have to stock up on food. After we enter the city, we have to take out half of our money and stock up on food that can be stored for a long time!"
Wang Xiaolan didn't refuse, but agreed, saying, "We need to stockpile food. When the Japanese invaded my hometown, food could only be bought with gold! Now that the boss has this news, and it's from the leader, there must be no problem. We must prepare early!"
It must be said that both Ye Tianya and Wang Xiaolan had experienced the days of food shortage. So they easily accepted Ye Zhiqiu's suggestion to store food.
This made Ye Zhiqiu feel very relieved. What he feared most was that parents were confused and would not listen to the opinions of their young people.
I always feel that my life experience is correct because I have lived so many years. Fortunately, they are not that kind of people. They listen to Ye Zhiqiu's words and don't let him waste his breath and say that he is not convinced.
"That's right. When Dad and I get to work, we'll figure out how to trade in food. As long as we have food, at least we won't go hungry."
In fact, Ye Zhiqiu was just giving an excuse. When he got the food back home, he would say that he had brought it back with him. There was no need to explain too much.
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