Monday, October 17, the first day that Xiang Xin returned to work.

In the office, Xu Dong took the gift handed over to Xiang Xin and asked with a smile:

"It's so tightly packed, what's in it?"

"Two silver bracelets, Brother Xu, don't you have two daughters, just one for each person." Xiang Xin said politely.

Xu Dong opened the package, and there were indeed two exotic bracelets in front of him, even at the current silver price, they were not expensive gifts.

However, it is perfect as a souvenir.

"The bracelet is very beautiful, I thank the eldest and second in our family." Xu Dong smiled and thanked.

Xiang Xin waved his hand, "It's just a small gift, the silver price over there in Jinglong is cheap to death, and it's not worth anything." ”

Next, Xu Dong inquired about the current situation in southern Xinjiang, and Xiang Xin didn't hide it, and told everything he knew.

"It's a pity that Xiao Wang is gone, otherwise he can go to Jinglong to marry a wife." Xu Dong sighed.

Xiang Xin's face was slightly red, and he said angrily: "Brother Xu, why do you have such a dirty... Bad concept, this is taking advantage of people's danger and disrespecting women......"

"Okay, I'm just going to say it, you're more serious, are you worried that He Jian won't be able to control himself?" Xu Dong teased.

Xiang Xin's face turned red, turned his head and led people out on patrol.

……

Turning her eyes back to the courtyard, Mama Xu was rummaging through the household registration book in the bedroom.

Just a few days ago, the Daxia Congress officially passed the "National Grain Rationing Act," which caused a sensation throughout the country.

This bill further clarifies the principle of unified purchase and marketing of grain in terms of policy, and establishes the basic national policy of rationing the supply according to the registered population.

To put it simply, in the future, the production and sale of grain will be 100% monopolized by the state, which is somewhat similar to the tobacco monopoly system.

For a while, many people exclaimed, the era of food stamps is coming back again!

Of course, with the current level of technology, it is impossible to return the food stamps.

After all, the management methods are too extensive, and they are replaced by a more advanced grain card system.

The so-called grain card, which is roughly similar in function to a grain stamp, is used as a voucher for purchasing grain.

It is a chip card issued by the National Bureau of Statistics on behalf of the four major state-owned banks.

Theoretically, one card per household is required.

Every month, every week, or even every day, the Bureau of Statistics uses big data technology and combines the country's grain reserves to distribute food rations to all households.

Compared with food stamps, food cards can be accurate to each person's age, thus establishing the food ration standard for each household, and it is also more flexible and avoids a one-size-fits-all approach.

For example, Xu Dong has a family of seven, but has five children, three of whom are babies.

It's a special family.

Therefore, big data will definitely reduce the number of rations, but it will also increase the proportion of refined grains, which can be said to have half the pros and cons.

At this moment, Yang Lina came in with her household registration booklet: "Mom, have you found it here?" ”

"Found it."

Mother Xu held up the household registration book and said, people have a bad memory when they are old, and it took a long time to find it.

"Then let's hurry up, there will be a lot of people later."

Today is the first day of applying for a food card.

I don't know where the news came from, saying that the higher the card number of the grain card, the more advantageous it will be when distributing rations, so Yang Lina and her mother-in-law are so anxious.

"Let's go, don't forget the bottle."

Xu's father and Xu's mother belong to an independent household, and the family needs to apply for two food cards, Yang Lina and Xu's mother need to go in person, considering that there is no one to take care of the triplets, they can only bring them together.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took the triplets to a nearby bank, and there was already a long queue in front of the bank.

"Lao Zhang, this way." The old money of the square dance troupe waved his hand.

Mother Xu replied: "Well, you came early for Lao Qian!" ”

"Aunt Qian is early!" Yang Lina also nodded at the other party.

Xu Ma held Dabao with her left hand, Erbao with her right hand, Yang Lina held Xiaobao, and several people walked to the back of the team.

"It's not too early, just ten minutes earlier than you."

"Dabao, Erbao, this is your grandmother Qian, say grandma is good."

"... Milk is good! Dabao shouted.

Dabao is the most lively among the triplets, and he usually listens to Xu's mother very much, and he is not very afraid of people.

Lao Qian looked at the triplets with envy: "I haven't seen them for a month, Dabao and they have all grown so big, look at these ones one by one, they are white and tender, they are too likable." ”

"Children, they grow up fast." Xu Ma smiled.

Yang Lina took out a parasol, let the three little ones stand under the umbrella, and smeared sunscreen.

On the other side, Xu Ma and Lao Qian chatted about the grain card.

"Lao Zhang, your family is going to suffer a big loss this time."

Mother Xu's face tightened, and she hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" ”

"I've heard people say that in the future, food will be distributed according to age, and your triplets are too small, and together, they will be divided into a dozen catties at most every month." Old Qian said with pity.

"Alas, this is also a helpless thing, less food, just less food."

Mother Xu sighed, but she was not much disappointed in her heart, her own food reserves were sufficient, and a little less would not have much impact at all.

Lao Qian comforted: "That's right, you still have a good mentality." My family, these days, I run to Panjiayuan every day, I haven't bought much food, but I have a cold. ”

"Is it serious?" Mother Xu said with concern.

"It's okay, a small cold, I guess it's fine after taking medicine for two days."

"It's okay, by the way, what's the price of food over there in Panjiayuan now?" Mother Xu said curiously.

Lao Qian bowed his head and replied softly: "A pound of rice costs more than 130, a pound of flour costs 100 whole pieces, and the cheapest corn costs more than 80." ”

"So expensive?"

Mother Xu was shocked, she hadn't paid attention to the price of food on the market for a long time.

"It's still expensive, and now you can't buy food even if you have money. Fortunately, my grandson reminded me early, and with the two bags of rice I bought from you, our family finally hoarded hundreds of catties of rice. Old Qian rejoiced.

"One day, find an opportunity to ask my grandson to come out and sit down, and we will get together again." Mother Xu proposed.

"Okay, Lao Zhang, how much rice do you have in your house?"

Mother Xu shook her head: "At the beginning, there was not much rice left in the store, only more than 300 catties, maybe not as much as your family!" ”

"Almost, almost!" Lao Sun said embarrassedly, speaking of which, he took advantage of Lao Zhang's family a lot.

After queuing for more than half an hour, the grain card was finally done, Yang Lina looked at the grain card in her hand and felt that it was not much different from ordinary bank cards.

The front of the card is printed with the national emblem, the name of the country, the issuing unit, and a series of card numbers.

Some precautions are printed on the back of the card, such as the function of the card, the scope of use, the instructions for reporting loss, the service hotline, and the official website URL.

There is also a warning text at the bottom, to the effect that stealing other people's food cards is a serious crime, starting from ten years.

In addition, it should be noted that every time you "swipe the card", you need to enter a password or fingerprint authentication.

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