jdhmnovel Chapter 317 When necessary, we will sacrifice the car to save the king
Chapter 317 When necessary, we will sacrifice the car to save the king
Zhou Rong continued, "In order to reduce the pressure on food supply in the city, the neighborhood committee is mobilizing those who do not have a stable job and are not registered in the city to return to their hometowns. Even if your father and his family come, they will be driven away.
If they are unwilling to leave, they will clash with the people in the neighborhood committee. If things get out of hand, they will be taken to the public security bureau, and both you and Jiahua will be affected.
You should know the pain and sadness that our family has gone through in order to settle down in the city. In order to ensure that everyone's efforts are not in vain, we will sacrifice our own car to save our own driver when necessary. Do you understand?"
Xie Cuilian: "I understand. I will write back to my eldest brother later and tell him about my difficulties and the current situation in the city. I ask him not to come to the city. My father's illness should be cured in the county."
Zhou Rong: "Writing letters is too slow. You should go back to Xiejia Village tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to explain the matter to them and verify whether what I said is right or wrong.
You don't have to worry about your father's illness. His edema is caused by malnutrition. Going to the hospital can't cure it. You can only take care of him slowly.
If he eats the stuff you sent home, it should provide some relief.
I also heard someone tell me a folk remedy. You can ask them to try it. It says that you can catch two eels or loaches and stew them to eat, or you can use a handful of dried shrimps to boil soup and drink it orally. The swelling will be gone the next day.
You may not be able to catch eels and loaches in this season, and shrimps are hard to buy. I passed by an alley the other day and saw someone secretly selling seafood, so I bought some. You can take it back to your father. "
Xie Cuilian: "Thank you, big sister! How much is the shrimp? I'll give it to you."
Zhou Rong: "I bought it in the alley, which is equivalent to the black market. I can't refer to the normal price of the vegetable market. I bought half a catty and spent two yuan."
Xie Cuilian: "Shrimp is a scarce commodity, and two yuan for half a pound is not expensive.
A sister-in-law in our housing compound did not have a city hukou, so she could not eat the rationed food. The small share her husband received was not enough to support the whole family, so she often went to the black market you mentioned to buy food.
Before, rice only cost two or three yuan per pound, and the salary she earned from working as a temporary worker was barely enough to support herself.
This year, disasters have hit various places, and the food supply in the city has become tight. The price of food on the black market changes every day. She came to me to complain a few days ago, saying that a pound of rice costs more than one yuan!
She couldn't afford it at all, so she said she would take her children back to the countryside after the New Year to avoid suffering in the city.
She also told me that there is a kind of candied dates from Ik, which are packed in sealed bags, the size of a palm, and cost 3 yuan a bag. It’s scary just to think about it.
Your half pound of dried shrimps is only two dollars, I think it's very cheap.
My father's illness will probably require long-term care. If you can still buy this kind of cheap shrimp in the future, please buy some for me and I will send it back to my father."
"it is good."
Zhou Rong stockpiled the dried shrimps a long time ago. When he bought them, they were less than 2 cents per pound. Now they are not sold in the market at all. If they were put on the black market, they would cost several dollars.
She didn't cheat Xie Cuilian.
As long as Xie Cuilian doesn't get confused when she returns, the 2 yuan for half a pound of dried shrimps might be of great help...
The country now attaches great importance to senior intellectuals, and even if there is a shortage of materials, their treatment has not changed much.
For example, a first-level employee can receive four pounds of pork, two pounds of sugar, and three pounds of eggs each month. For second- and third-level employees, the amount of meat is halved, the amount of sugar remains the same, and the amount of eggs is reduced by one pound. If they have studied abroad, they can also receive milk.
Shen Chunheng and Qin Yanhua are both high-level intellectuals and enjoy preferential treatment, and the Shen family's living standard is similar to before.
Zhou Gui was worried that the small portion Zhou Rong had was not enough, so after discussing with Qin Yanhua, he sent some cured fish, bacon, eggs, sugar and flour before the New Year.
Jiang Linhai and Tian Huizhen also enjoyed preferential treatment in terms of supplies. After obtaining their consent, Zhou Cai also sent some New Year's goods to Zhou Rong's family.
Other families don’t have extra flour and pork to make dumplings on New Year’s Eve, but Zhou Rong’s family does.
After the New Year’s Eve dinner, everyone sat together, making dumplings and chatting.
Zhou Jiaguang and Dawa were in the first year of high school. Because they had previously rigged a radio, the teacher thought they had great potential and wanted to recommend them, along with other students who were also able to assemble radios, to work in a radio factory, so that they could contribute to the Leap Forward Plan and the country's industrialization.
At Zhou Rong's suggestion, the two declined.
Recently they have been working on a battery-powered radio and have made some progress. When their class teacher found out about this, he did some ideological work on them and wanted them to go to the radio factory to serve the country after the new year.
The two said that they wanted to go to university so that they could make greater contributions to the country after learning more knowledge, and they once again declined the kindness of the head teacher.
Zhou Jiaguang sighed as he made dumplings: "Ah, being too good is also a kind of trouble. I'm not even 16 years old yet, but I'm already full of talent. Others can't find a job, but they force a job on me. Don't you think God is very unfair?"
Zhou's mother rolled her eyes and said mercilessly, "Other people become more mature as they grow older, but you become more conceited as you grow older. There are many people in our country who are capable and silently contribute. Who is as conceited as you?"
Chen Moli: "Mom, compared to his peers, my little brother is very good. He has the ability to show off. We should praise him."
Mother Zhou: "I am afraid that some people cannot stand praise. We should be modest and humble so that we can better integrate into the society and be liked by others.
Qi Guang has indeed made a lot of progress in the past few years, but this is all the result of his eldest sister's good teaching. Without his eldest sister, he probably wouldn't even be able to graduate from elementary school.
Besides, he is far behind Da Wa. Have you ever seen Da Wa bragging about himself?"
Zhou Jiaguang: "Mom, Da Wa is a special case. Have you ever seen a high school student who is only 12 years old?
Da Wa’s parents are both very good at studying. He has perfectly inherited their strengths. I can’t compare with him.”
The eldest child put the dumplings in order and said with a smile, "What you said is inappropriate. I think you are scolding grandpa and grandma in disguise."
Zhou Jiaguang was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and bumped Da Wa with his arm, angrily saying, "You're going too far. You're actually hurting me on New Year's Day!"
Zhou Rong: "He hurt you because you gave him the opportunity to hurt you."
Zhou Jiaguang: "Today is Chinese New Year, I thought we were all family, so I told him a few jokes and had some fun, but who knew he would deliberately misinterpret my words?"
Zhou Rong: "Our ancestors said that we should not act according to our heart or speak according to our mouth. Even when facing the people closest to us, we should be reserved. After all, people's hearts are hidden in their stomachs, and we don't know what's inside and outside. Do you remember?"
Zhou Jiaguang: “Remember.”
Zhou Qinghong pondered the conversation between Zhou Rong and Zhou Jiaguang, and asked tentatively: "Aunt, after the New Year, can I continue to move into your house?"
Zhou Jiahua continued, "Why do you want to move here? Isn't it good to live over at the steel plant?"
Zhou Qinghong: "It's a bit bad. I feel like my brain isn't working as well as before after I moved into the steel plant. It takes me a long time to figure out what my aunt and uncle say. It wasn't like this before.
I don’t know if it’s because of the food at the steel mill or the bad air, but I feel like I’ve become dumber.
I don’t want to be a stupid person, I want to become smart again, and my aunt’s house can make me smart.”
Everyone: "..."