Chapter 62: Food Stamps
All three sons left children! Now there is no news, I don't know if it's there, or if it's not in contact.
Either way, it's heart-wrenching.
"You name me, I'll inquire by the way, and it won't take any trouble." Feng Hua Road.
Seeing that Mrs. Cai didn't answer, just sat there in a daze, Feng Hua went back to the house and took a notebook and pen, asked again, and waited for Mrs. Cai with a firm attitude.
Mrs. Cai looked at her for a long time, and slowly said the name, address, former job, and grandchildren of each daughter-in-law. Finally, they gave their last addresses.
The eldest died early, leaving only one son. My grandfather's house was in the capital, and maybe it is in the capital now.
The second child left a lot, two sons and two daughters. At the beginning, the daughter-in-law was in the army and was also in Yunnan, but after her son died, she could no longer stay in the army. The daughter-in-law doesn't have a maiden family, so it's hard to find.
The third child left a son and a daughter. My grandfather's house is from Shanghai, maybe in Shanghai.
"Grandma Cai, haven't they written a letter?" Feng Hua couldn't help but ask.
"I've written it for a few years before, but I haven't written it again for a long time, yes, it's been more than ten years." Old Lady Cai said softly.
Of course, the three sons did not die together, and in the first few years after the death of each son, the daughter-in-law and children would write to her to greet her, but slowly, the contact was broken.
Feng Hua carefully put away this book, and didn't make any guarantees to Grandma Cai, everything she said now is empty, and it is true to find talents.
Besides, with the current communication conditions and transportation conditions, she really can't guarantee whether she can find someone.
But I can't find it now, and in another 40 years, I will definitely find it if I post an advertisement and go to the news.
But what's the point? At that time, Grandma Cai must have been gone. So she's going to do her best now, as much as she can.
The eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Cai family were revolutionary partners, and the daughter-in-law was a nurse in the military hospital where he worked. This daughter-in-law, Mrs. Cai, has never seen it, and only through a few letters, she knows that her mother's home is the capital, and she doesn't know where it is.
In this case, the first stop will be from Inner Mongolia to Xinjiang, and go to the army of the Cai family's eldest son to ask about it.
Feng Hua got up and went to find Liang Qingshan.
She hadn't really planned to ask for a letter of introduction.
The letter of introduction is required for public employees, employees of enterprises to go out, buy sleeper tickets, live in a hotel, and go to the other party's unit to do business.
Because people nowadays don't have ID cards, and many people's hukou is collective, they can't take it away at all. So when you're away from home, you need a letter of introduction if you want to prove your identity.
Rural people also need a letter of introduction to go out, in Fenghua's hometown, even if it is 10 miles out, to visit relatives in the production brigade next door, as long as they stay overnight and live in a relative's house, they need to open a letter of introduction, and then go to the other party brigade to register.
However, if you do not stay overnight, you do not need a letter of introduction if you go on the same day and return on the same day.
Of course, there is no national unified policy now, and according to Feng Hua's later understanding, there is no need for a letter of introduction to visit relatives in some places. Even if it's far away, even if it's a long stay.
There is also a kind of person who does not need a letter of introduction when going out. As long as you don't live in the store, you don't need to do anything, you don't need to prove your identity to anyone, and you don't need a letter of introduction at all.
Such people are often beggars.......
Beggars are always there, and in this age of famine, it stands to reason that there will be many beggars. However, because of the strict management, a large number of beggars were not allowed to enter the city, and a large number of beggars were not allowed to go out to wander, so it was rare to see groups of beggars when walking outside.
But occasionally there are one or two. There are always a few beggars in their village every month. These people don't have a letter of introduction.
Feng Hua doesn't plan to be a beggar, but she plans to follow a path with a beggar, sleeping in the open air, not living in a store, so naturally she doesn't need a letter of introduction.
But now it's different, I have to go to the army to inquire about the situation of the eldest son of the Cai family, and I can't do it without a letter of introduction.
Liang Qingshan followed Feng Hua to Mrs. Cai's house, and his mood was not calm all the way. What are the old and young people thinking? A little kid travels thousands of miles to go to the grave?
When he saw Mrs. Cai, Mrs. Cai told him in person, but he still couldn't accept it.
"Grandma Cai, it's too far along the way, she's a little girl, okay?" Liang Qingshan whispered his opinion.
"Okay." Mrs. Cai said calmly.
Liang Qingshan......
"Okay! Then I'll open a letter of introduction! "You old dare to think, and young dare to go! Am I still afraid to open a letter of introduction? Besides, if the martyr's family wants to go to the grave, he has no conditions to support it, so there is no reason to stop it.
Feng Hua followed Liang Qingshan to the brigade, Liang Qingshan brushed a few strokes to write a letter of introduction, Feng Hua, a villager in this village, at the request of Su Junxian, a glorious martyr, wanted to go to xxx to sweep the grave of his son Cai Youwei. It is hereby certified.
Finally, stamp the official seal and you're done.
Feng Hua only learned that Grandma Cai's name was originally Su Junxian. When you hear this name, it is not something that ordinary people can come up with.
"I'll give you another certificate, and you're going to exchange for some food stamps?" Liang Qingshan took the initiative.
Now everyone's food is rationed, city people, rural people.
People in the city have jobs, and when they need to go on a business trip, the unit will issue a certificate, and then the workers will take their grain books to the grain station to exchange for food stamps. Go out with food stamps to buy dry food, or go to restaurants.
It's not that the unit gives you food stamps separately, and the amount of exchange cannot exceed the monthly quota per person, for example, 31 catties per month for students and 27.5 catties for cadres. If it is exceeded, it will not be exchanged.
If a peasant wants to go far away and needs a grain stamp, he must also issue a certificate from the commune, and then take his own grain to the grain station to exchange for the grain stamp.
11 catties of corn for 10 catties of local food stamps, and then the grain station will give you a few cents. The grain is not the same, and the exchange ratio is also different. 10 catties of rice for 6.5 catties of food stamps, plus a few cents.
This kind of exchange is not casual, you can go if you want, you have to have a valid reason, with the consent of several leaders of the commune, and in the end, you have to deduct work points because you go out.
For example, when students go to school, they can't always carry food on their backs to cook for themselves, so they need to redeem food stamps.
For example, Feng Hua's tomb sweeping for the martyrs is a legitimate reason.
If Feng Hua says I'm going to travel, you can give me a certificate..... That's going to have to be criticized and educated!
And this is just to exchange local food stamps, or provincial food stamps, if you go out of the province, you have to exchange national food stamps, that has to go to the central grain station to exchange, the quantity is still limited, not as much as you want.
There is not yet a one-to-one exchange between local and national food stamps, because there is a certain share of edible oil in the national food stamps, which is very precious.
In short, it's troublesome! Besides, Feng Hua can't take out food to exchange, and he can't take it out.
"No need, Uncle Captain, Grandma Cai has saved a lot of food stamps, which were given by people from above when they came to see her before, which is enough for me to use, and I eat less." Feng Hua said.