Moreover, the price of food in grain stores is often cheaper.

For a long time, in order to ensure that urban residents can buy cheap grain, grain prices have been inverted.

Inverted, that is to say, the price of grain purchased in a unified manner is more expensive than the price of grain sold in a unified manner, which is contrary to the law of the market; under the market economy, most sales are higher than the cost, after all, to make money, under the planned economy, the unified purchase and sales are limited, and the purchase and sales prices will only be inverted.

The purchase price of grain is higher than the selling price, and the difference in price has been subsidized by the government.

At present, the purchase and sale of grain is slowly being liberalized, the prices of fruits, vegetables, and some miscellaneous grains have been completely liberalized, and the restrictions on rice and wheat are also being relaxed; in the process of moving from unified purchase, fixed grain prices, to contract ordering, the purchase price of grain has actually been rising, but the price of rations supplied by urban residents has remained unchanged for a long time.

However, it is only the fact that the selling price of rations for urban residents remains unchanged, and the rural rice is no longer subject to the unified sales price, but is adjusted according to the purchase price.

To put it simply, the price of grain sold to cities and towns is divided into urban and rural areas, with the price of grain sold to cities and towns remaining unchanged, while the price of grain sold to rural areas is rising.

Many people in the countryside also buy grain!

Lu Hao had talked to the old farmer before, his family has 2 acres of rice fields of about 5 points, the output of one acre of land is more than 400 catties, to pay 145 catties of public grain, 332 catties of order, of which the public grain is paid for free, the ordered grain is calculated according to the lowest price in the market, although the money is counted, but the ordered grain must be sold, which is equivalent to the harvest of one acre of land to be handed over, and only more than one acre of grain is left for self-consumption.

In the end, not much of the money for ordering grain fell into the hands, because it had to be paid three mentions and five unifications.

The three mentions refer to the village set retention, that is, the provident fund, the community chest and the management fee.

The provident fund is not a housing provident fund, it refers to the public accumulation funds of the village collective, which is mainly used for the maintenance and remediation of the assets of the village collective, such as the village committee office house needs to be repaired, or the village needs to build an activity room for the elderly, which must use the provident fund.

The Community Chest is mainly a public welfare fund, such as donating money to the needy, condolences to the needy, and so on.

Management fees mainly refer to the subsidies and office expenses of village cadres.

The five unifications refer to the overall planning of townships and towns, including rural education surcharges, family planning fees, preferential care fees, militia training fees, and the construction of rural roads.

The three mentions and five unifications are relatively large expenses, commonly known as the eight major items, but there are actually some other small items.

The burden is very heavy, otherwise he would not have taken the risk of collecting fruits and vegetables to sell in the city, if he does not have enough to eat, he has to buy grain, and if he has no money, he has to find a way.

It takes a lot of courage to bring your own fruits and vegetables or those of your neighbors to the city to sell.

"I have time, let's go now, the grain store is not far away. Lu Hao said.

"Then you wait for me for a while, there is still some oil in the oil pot, pour it out first. Su Min went to the kitchen and poured the last bit of oil from the oil pot into the bowl and used it for stir-frying later.

The oil pot is iron, similar to a teapot.

took out the snakeskin bag placed next to the rice jar and handed it to Lu Hao.

Snakeskin bags are used to hold rice.

"Don't worry. Su Min went to the cabinet again and rummaged through it, finding a stack of plastic bags.

There are very few of these things, and most small vendors will not provide them, but department stores, and some brand stores are popular to use plastic bags, which are fashionable and convenient.

Lu Hao's family went shopping on Jianghan Road and bought a lot of things, some of which were packed in plastic bags, plus the ones they collected before, Su Min saved a lot.

They were all washed, dried, and put away.

Some of them really can't be used, they have broken holes, and they are dirty and can't be washed and put in the trash can next to them to fill the garbage.

Neat and neat, there are all kinds of colors and styles, she took out a well-conditioned, relatively strong texture and put it on the outside of the oil can, "Wait a while, you go by bicycle, this bag is very strong, it is convenient to hang on the handlebar, and the food is placed in the back seat of the car." ”

She found another piece of hemp rope and came out.

She knew best what things were placed at home, stuffed the food stamps, food books, and change into Lu Hao's trouser pocket, patted it, and instructed, "Don't get rid of it." ”

"Don't worry, it won't fall. Lu Hao nodded, carried the oil pot, and went out with a snakeskin bag.

The grain store is more than 1 km away from the community.

Lu Hao rode a bicycle and arrived after a while.

Grain stores are also under the jurisdiction of the Food Bureau.

Grain and oil stamps have been issued a long time ago, and the location designated by the neighborhood committee of the jurisdiction will be stamped with a seal of 'grain and oil has been issued' on the grain book after the issuance.

Rations are rationed.

Lu Hao's ration is 34 kilograms, Su Min is 28 kilograms, and Nini is 15 kilograms.

And edible oil, regardless of men, women and children, one pound per person per month, a family of three a month's ration is 77 pounds, 3 pounds of oil, not enough to eat, change coarse grains, or sweet potatoes when there is a supply of sweet potatoes, one pound of food stamps can be exchanged for 5 pounds of sweet potatoes.

If the oil is not enough, weigh the pork, pick the fat and weigh it, practice the lard, and the lard can be fried, and the meat residue can be eaten.

When Lu Hao arrived, there were not many people, he queued up for a while, took the grain book and food stamps to the invoice window to check the grain book, and then paid the money, indica rice one cent and five pounds, vegetable oil seven cents and seventy-one pounds, issued a grain list, and then went to another window to store grain, and received rice and oil with the grain list.

After everything was in order, Lu Hao put the snakeskin bag filled with rice in the back seat and tied it up, hung the oil pot with the plastic bag on the handlebar, pedaled the bicycle, and slowly returned to the community.

Don't dare to be fast, too fast for fear of breaking.

Still need to use it.

"Went to the grain store?"

"Having a bike is convenient and quick to come and go. ”

"Boss Lu, you are a rich man now, and you will go to buy food in person, why don't you find a secretary and let the secretary do it for you?"

When the neighbors saw Lu Hao, they greeted each other.

"The rice bowl at home is empty. ”

"There are few people today, and there is not a long queue, so I will hurry up and go. ”

"Don't rich people have to wipe their own? Why don't you let me be my secretary and help me wipe it?"

Lu Hao responded one by one, politely he was polite, and he pushed back sour, and learned the essence of the Murong family's way of returning the other body, and used it to the fullest.

After locking the bicycle, he didn't rush upstairs, took out a cigarette and lit it, and said to the old Huang Dao at the commissary, "Send a soda up, I'll give you money after I smoke this cigarette." ”

"The money is not in a hurry, it can be given whenever it is given. "Lao Huang is very polite.

In the past, it was difficult for Lu Hao to take credit, but since Lu Hao developed and became rich, it has become easier to take credit, and he will take the initiative to let you take credit and hang up the account without mentioning it.

Spitting out a cigarette, Lu Hao remembered a sentence he had read: When you succeed, you are surrounded by good people.

Not all right, but eighty or ninety percent right.

He looked at the staircase, the little widow Chen Linjiao went downstairs, holding a cloth cover in her hand, freshly washed, still wet, walked to the clothesline and put it on.

"What are you doing here?" Lu Hao asked.

"Fan. Chen Linjiao pulled the folds on the cloth cover, smoothed it out, and replied.

"It's pretty good, where to buy it, I'll buy a few too. Lu Hao praised.

The air conditioner, refrigerator, and TV at home are covered with cloth on weekdays, and it is better to have a cover and it is also convenient.

"I did it myself. Chen Linjiao said.