In fact, Ye Zhiqiu only just now learned that the meat coupons were worth one and a half catties and two ounces. The advent of the coupon era actually marked the beginning of an era of material shortages!
After seeing Yang Gui off, he closed the door and sighed to the two of them, "Dad, do you understand this? Supplies are truly scarce! Otherwise, the country wouldn't have imposed restrictions like coupons. It simply means that supplies can't be freely supplied!"
Ye Tianya nodded and said, "Son, do you think the shortage of supplies is caused by too many large construction projects, which means too many people are busy with the construction?"
Ye Zhiqiu shook his head and said, "Absolutely impossible! Although building those aid projects requires a lot of manpower, the impact is simply not that great. We have 400 million people!"
Wang Xiaolan was quite optimistic. She said to Ye Zhiqiu, "Boss, you're just daydreaming! If our family of five, with three workers, can't even support themselves, how many people in China will not have enough to eat? If it gets to that point, what's the point of you worrying now?"
The words are rough but the truth is there, but Ye Zhiqiu is not from this era, and the information he can understand are just the fragments he has seen.
What worried him most was that in the second half of 1959, eggs were no longer available to ordinary residents. In July 1960, fresh meat was completely cut off and replaced with stale canned meat. In 1961, canned poultry and fish replaced pork.
Because in 1961, the debt had to be repaid! To make matters worse, in 1962, the average annual meat consumption per person was 8.5 taels!
The word "average" is scary, because no matter now or in the future, ordinary people are part of the average...
Ye Zhiqiu knew that there were three workers in the family and they all had a fixed quota, so they could still make ends meet. As for the quality, there was no way to talk about it!
So he didn't refute Wang Xiaolan's words, but said to the two of them: "Forget it, there's nothing much to say. I'm going back to bed first. You guys should also hurry up and rest after washing clothes. I don't know how busy we will be tomorrow to eliminate the four pests!"
"Boss, wait a minute!"
Ye Zhiqiu stopped and went back to his room, wondering why Wang Xiaolan asked him to stop.
But her next words left him speechless.
Because she confidently said, "Tomorrow you should also go buy pork. They say you don't need meat coupons, but the meat is limited! So you should also go line up, buy some pork, and bring it to cook for Xiaomei so you can get married soon!"
Ye Zhiqiu was really at a loss for words, because Wang Xiaolan knew nothing, so he could only explain to her: "Mom, college students can't get married, and their applications won't be approved.
Even if Xiaomei and I are dating, we have to wait until she graduates before we can get married, so don't think about us getting married, at least it's impossible in the next two years.
I won't queue up for pork. If you really can't, bring grandpa with you, and have dad bring my household registration book. Although you don't need a meat ticket, you definitely need a household registration book or even a grain book. You must be sure that you live here to buy meat."
Wang Xiaolan was dumbfounded. She asked anxiously, "What's going on? Why can't college students get married? Isn't it a national regulation that people can get married when they turn 18?"
Ye Zhiqiu scratched his head. He didn't know how to explain it. Eighteen years old was the requirement for girls, and boys had to be twenty years old!
But it’s not her fault, because you can go to the countryside and ask the village chief to change your age. There are many people who get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen!
But I have a job, I am a registered person, my file has been established, and there is no way to change my age!
Fortunately, Ye Tianya helped him explain: "Wife, you are now a city dweller, and you have a stable job in the street office. You should be familiar with the country's policies.
It's fine to say this at home, but what if you say it outside and people accuse you of being dissatisfied with national policies?
"Huh? I mean... then the eldest brother won't get married for a few years? Doesn't that mean it will take another four or five years before I can have grandchildren?"
"We're not old yet, we'll have grandchildren, so why are you so anxious? But I've noticed that you need to seriously study various policies, at least to keep up with the times..."
Listening to the two of them chatting, Ye Zhiqiu felt a little redundant, so he slipped back to his room.
He put his thoughts into the space. Everything he needed for tomorrow had already been prepared! So he shifted his thoughts, just like switching screens, and soon arrived at the vegetable patch.
Because it is spacious enough, the livestock do not come here. The sweet potato fields over there are enough to feed the pigs and cows!
As for chickens, ducks and geese, it goes without saying that they are always thinking about food falling from the sky.
Only various birds can fly far, but these birds are also quite annoying. Many fruits have been eaten by them!
The most common fruits are apple pears and Yubada apricots. The apples have not grown and borne fruit, but the Beijing white pears and red Xiao pears have grown.
There are also various hawthorns and hazelnuts, European plums and crabapples, the varieties are varied, all collected to fill the space.
Now watermelons and grapes have been planted, but I don’t know when I can enjoy the fruits.
Ye Zhiqiu's thoughts moved one by one. He picked the vegetables and put them away. A thought was wrapped in a bubble and floated in the air.
Hazelnut and chestnut trees attracted squirrels and some birds. In this world without natural enemies, these squirrels multiplied. At this time, many of them were staring at Ye Zhiqiu from the trees.
Ye Zhiqiu laughed and scolded, "What are you looking at? Believe it or not, I will skin you alive and sell you for money in a while!"
If nothing else, squirrel fur is really valuable! I don't understand why it's sold at such high prices in Eastern Europe!
According to domestic tastes, squirrel fur is not really that valuable. However, it is constantly imported from abroad, and the price is very good, which means that this small thing is worth two or three rabbit skins!
There is always work to do, and Ye Zhiqiu will only do it when he has time. As for the vegetables and fruits that cannot be picked, they can only be planted as seeds when they are old!
After all, he now grows grain, vegetables, and even various fruits on only a few hundred acres of land. The rest of the land is black soil covered with grass, so there is no need to turn the soil over and develop it!
After releasing his thoughts from the space, Ye Zhiqiu closed his eyes and fell asleep. In October, the temperature in Beijing had actually begun to drop!
Anyway, today's temperature is okay during the day, probably around 27 or 28 degrees, but at night, it will probably only be 18 or 19 degrees.
So the weather is going to get colder soon. The main reason is that the temperature difference between day and night is quite large. Even if it is over 20 degrees during the day, it is normal to drop to around 10 degrees at night!
So Ye Zhiqiu used the sheets to cover himself when he slept. It was time to wash his autumn and winter clothes, but he needed to do it slowly. Because Wang Xiaolan had to go to work, she didn't have much time to do these things.
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