"What is this for? Didn't you pay the public rations?"
As soon as he came out of the breeding farm, Liu Guangqi saw a horse-drawn wooden cart carrying a cart of grain squeaking toward the outside of the village.
"Well, that's the grain collection team from the city. This year's wheat harvest in our area is pretty good. There may not be enough food in the city, so the grain and oil station will come to us to collect some surplus grain. This is good, just right. It saves us the trouble of going into the city. We have been here several times, and this should be the last time. No one will have any leftover food if we come again."
Fifth Master looked at the grain collection team going away and explained to Liu Guangqi.
"Oh, it's okay. Fifth Master, please go back. I'll go home and take a look."
After saying goodbye to Mr. Wu, Liu Guangqi looked at the grain transport team going away and suddenly remembered something. If he remembered correctly, in two months, in October, in order to ensure the smooth completion of the First Five-Year Plan, the country must The policy of unified sales and purchase of grain was implemented, prohibiting individuals from freely buying and selling grain. Later, the scope of unified sales and purchase was expanded to include cotton, oilcloth and other things related to daily life. New China also officially entered the era of vouchers.
This policy effectively guaranteed the industrialization process of New China.
According to regulations, after the unified marketing and purchasing work in bj area is carried out, the food rations for urban residents are as follows:
For special heavy manual laborers like Liu Haizhong who are engaged in the steel industry, the average monthly ration must not exceed fifty-five kilograms.
The average weight of a heavy manual worker like Yi Zhonghai should not exceed forty-four pounds.
The average weight of other light manual workers shall not exceed 35 kilograms.
As for government agencies, group workers, employees of public and private enterprises, store clerks and other intellectual workers, the average weight shall not exceed 31 kilograms.
The average weight of college and middle school students like Liu Guangqi should not exceed 35 pounds.
Finally, the average weight of ordinary residents and children over ten years old shall not exceed 27 and a half kilograms. Children under ten years old are divided according to age. Children under two years old weigh nine pounds, and children between two and ten years old weigh thirteen pounds.
This is the food ration for urban residents. On average, an adult only gets a little more than one kilogram of food per day. This food is obviously not enough to eat. A big eater like Liu Haizhong can eat this food in one meal. Light.
In order to eat enough in this era, people have tried their best, such as replacing fine grains with coarse grains. According to regulations, the food ration is divided into coarse grains and fine grains, with fine grains accounting for 70% and coarse grains accounting for 30%.
But in order to be full, people usually switch this share, or even replace it entirely with whole grains, just like Yan Bugui in the TV series, he does this, although his family still eats whole grains now.
In order to ensure the success of the First Five-Year Plan, the government implemented the "three-fix policy" in rural areas, namely, fixed production, fixed purchase, and fixed sales.
The fixed output is calculated on a household basis. This year's actual output plus the reliable increase in next year's planned output, minus 5%, is the fixed output, which will remain unchanged for three years.
The order is based on the fixed production quantity, after subtracting rations, seeds, feed and public grain payables, 80%-90% of the remaining grain is sold, and the single purchase rate is not progressive. The grain retention standards are: rations, with the agricultural population retaining 240 kilograms per person per year, with a maximum retention of 255 kilograms; seed grains, 6.5 kilograms per mu of cultivated land; feed grains, 15 kilograms per pig, 75 kilograms for sows, and 8 kilograms for farm cattle.
Fixed sales are implemented on a household-by-household basis for grain-deficient households in mountainous areas and grain-producing areas based on the amount of grain approved by the county to be distributed to townships and villages. Fixed sales numbers are assessed once a year. The method of "rationing per person and calculating per household" is adopted, and the grain department issues certificates, and the vouchers are used to purchase grains at designated supply points.
A farmer only has 480 kilograms of grain a year, which is less than one and a half kilograms a day on average. You must know that farmers do no less than workers. And this is a good year, not to mention bad years.
Did you secretly buy some food and store it in your space before this policy was implemented? Although you still have a lot of food in your space, there are also many people eating at home. Counting Qin Huairu and Bai Mei, Bai Hui has a family of eight, and the little food they have will be finished sooner or later.
"What are you thinking about? You are so lost in thought."
Bai Mei saw Liu Guangqi's stunned look and waved her hand in front of his eyes.
"Oh, it's nothing, let's go"
Liu Guangqi, who came back to his senses, smiled and walked toward his home with Bai Mei and Qin Huairu.
"You're back, second brother"
As soon as he reached the door of his house, Liu Guangqi heard someone calling him from behind. He turned around and saw Liu Guangyi walking up the mountain carrying a basket.
"What are you doing?"
Liu Guangqi looked at the basket behind Liu Guangyi and asked curiously.
"I went to the mountains to collect some medicine."
"You go to collect herbs, you are alone, and you are not afraid of meeting tigers or leopards."
Liu Guangqi was shocked when he heard that Liu Guangyi actually went to the mountains to collect medicine alone. You must know that in this era, in addition to wild boars, there were many ferocious beasts in the BJ mountainous area.
There are even tigers, although there are not many, but people still saw tigers until 1955. If this happened, even Liu Guangyi's small body wouldn't be big enough for a tiger to fit between his teeth.
"It's not as exaggerated as you said. I only saw a leopard once when I was a child. I haven't seen that thing in many years, and I have never seen a tiger. Besides, I was just walking around outside the mountains. , If you don’t go into the mountains, you won’t encounter them.”
Liu Guangyi said with a smile.
"Then you should be careful. Even if you don't meet a tiger or a leopard, a wild boar will be enough for you to drink. In the future, call a few more people when you go into the mountains."
"knew"
"Hey, that's what you have in your room. Where did this table and medicine cabinet come from?"
Arriving at Liu Guangyi's room, Liu Guangqi saw a medicine cabinet as high as one person and a table as soon as he entered. There were also many things on the table.
"Doctor Wang in the town died a while ago, and his son didn't have any medical skills, so he sold these things. I happened to go to the market with my mother and saw them, so I bought them back."
"Okay, this is a beautiful thing. A barefoot doctor is also a doctor. He has all the necessary skills. Is anyone looking for you to see a doctor?"
Liu Guangqi nodded and asked again.
"Not at first, but then Uncle Kuisheng's dog Dan fell from the tree and dislocated his arm. After I reattached him according to the method you taught, there were more people."
"Is Dr. Liu at home?"
As he spoke, a young voice rang outside the door.
"exist"
"exist"
Upon hearing this title, Liu Guangqi and Liu Guangyi agreed in unison, but Liu Guangqi immediately realized that the person calling him was not him, but Liu Guangyi.
"Why are you so stunned? I'm calling you."
Seeing Liu Guangyi's embarrassed look, Liu Guangqi smiled. Then he found a place and sat down to see how Liu Guangyi treated people.
"come in"
After hearing what Liu Guangqi said, Liu Guangyi stopped being shy and called people in.
"Brother, you come, or I come."
Liu Guangyi looked at Liu Guangqi and asked.
"Of course you are the one who is looking for you."
Liu Guangqi signaled that Liu Guangyi could start, while he looked at the old lady in front of him. The old lady looked sad, and she had obviously been tortured by illness for a long time. Judging from the way the old lady entered the house just now, she probably came here because of back pain, and the pain was unbearable.
As expected, the introduction of the old lady's daughter-in-law also confirmed Liu Guangqi's suspicion.
