After practicing in the morning, see that the time is already past seven o'clock, and hurry up to clean up.

"Hey, Master, I'll go first! I don't know if I come at night, so don't wait for me! I have the keys anyway. ”

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

"Have some breakfast."

Seeing this, the old man shouted behind him.

"Got it!"

Yang Xiaole waved his hand indifferently, pushed the cart and left.

When he was gone, the old man looked at the jujube-red bottle of white wine on the table in a daze.

After Yang Xiaole came out, he rode towards the school and bought some breakfast at the breakfast shop on the way.

Didn't go back, but went straight to the family compound.

At this time, it was time to go to work, and Yang Xiaole greeted the people who went to work one after another.

"Bang Bang Bang~"

came to Qu Ying's room and knocked lightly on the door a few times.

I happened to meet the old lady who was about to go out, and I saw him strangely: "What are you doing?" ”

"Oh, something!"

Yang Xiaole said casually, and when she saw Qu Ying open the door, she squeezed in without waiting for her to speak.

Wang Qiuju passed by the door and looked inside suspiciously.

In the end, I left directly.

"What's wrong?"

Qu Ying looked at him strangely.

"It's nothing, give, this is a medicine, you give your mother a little drink at a time, remember, this medicine is very precious, you remember to keep it."

As he spoke, he gave her a bottle.

When the old man gave him wine, he thought that it was better to give penicillin than well water!

The amount given is not very much.

"This ...... What kind of medicine is this? ”

"This is ginseng boiling water, which is very precious! Remember to secretly give your mother a drink, did you hear that? ”

"Oh~~"

Qu Ying let out a confused sigh.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole looked at the time, "Okay, I won't tell you, I have to go to school, and I can't be late for the first day." Remember, put it away! ”

After saying that, I said hello and left directly.

Qu Ying looked at the bottle of pale red liquid in her hand, and felt strange for a while.

But Yang Xiaole said that this was medicine and should not lie to her, and he said that it was very valuable, so he hurriedly and carefully put it away.

Whether it works or not, just try it when the time comes.

Yang Xiaole rode out of the compound and went straight to the school, and when he came to the school, he saw Xizi and Xiaoli waiting there.

"Brother, brother! Over here. ”

Kiko saw him and waved her hand there.

When he came over, he hurriedly asked, "Brother, where are the buns!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and took out two oiled paper packets and handed them to the two little guys: "Okay, take it and eat it, try not to let people see it, it's okay to see it, just don't talk nonsense." ”

"Hey, okay!"

Xizi happily took the bun and smiled, and her eyes looked at Xiaoli's oiled paper bag.

As if to see if it is the same.

When he saw that it was the same, he picked up a big meat bun and took a bite hard.

Then he muttered there: "My mother knows how to make rice soup, the clear soup is waterless, and the urine will be gone." ”

Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes: "Look at it, which one doesn't drink rice soup?" There are a few families that eat dry in the morning, and if you say this kind of thing again, I'll beat you! ”

Hearing this, Kiko immediately shut up.

Looking at Xiaoli, who was also eating meat buns, she asked, "Little sister, have you finished eating these three big buns?" Why don't I help you eat one? ”

Xiaoli looked at the three big meat buns in the oil-paper bag, thought about it, and handed him one.

"Give!"

Then he looked at Yang Xiaole: "Brother, buy me two buns next time, three are too big." ”

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this: "Okay, I'll buy you two next time." Alright, let's go in, I'm in too. ”

At this time, the buns are large, and they are the kind of whole wheat flour, and they are very strong to bite.

After saying that, he rode away.

When he left, Kiko whispered, "You stupid! If you want three, why don't you give me one more, I can't even eat enough. ”

Hearing this, Xiaoli said confidently: "If you can't eat, tell your brother, it's not that he won't buy it for you." ”

After speaking, he looked at the four big meat buns in his hand and muttered: "Four big meat buns, can you eat them?" I'm not afraid to kill you. ”

Then he left directly.

Seeing this, Kiko followed behind and said with a smile; "I can eat five of them, I'll slow my stomach, I can't eat it again in a while!"

While laughing, the two also followed into the school.

When I entered the class, it was lively and noisy, and I was playing in groups of three or five people, and some people were still there to make up for their winter vacation homework.

Everyone has their own circle.

put the schoolbag on the table, and next to Wang Xuewu and Liu Jiefang, two people were looking at the villain book.

Quacking from time to time.

"Hey, Xiaole, come and watch together."

Liu Jiefang looked at him and shouted with a smile.

Yang Xiaole smiled and shook his head: "See for yourself." ”

After speaking, he took out a book and read it with relish.

What are you looking at?

Li Haitang also gathered there and sat next to Yang Xiaole.

Seeing him take out a book, he stretched out his head curiously and looked at it: "Xiaole, what are you reading?" ”

As he spoke, he took it with his hand.

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this and let her take it.

"The Cultivated Virgin Land? Is this a book, a foreign book? ”

Li Haitang asked curiously after reading it.

"Well, foreign books!"

Yang Xiaole took the book with a smile and watched it quietly.

This thing waited for a few years, it was a proper big poisonous weed, and now it is the opposite, and it is very popular among high school and college, and even junior high school students.

That kind of open concept of love has a direct impact on modern people.

"What's so nice about that! No paintings! ”

Li Haitang muttered, turned his head and continued to look behind.

"Hey, our school pulls so many bricks to build a house, and after we build a junior high school, we can go straight to junior high school, and we don't have to go to other junior high schools."

In the middle of his thoughts, the person next to him muttered there.

Yang Xiaole turned his head and glanced at it.

Hey, the school runs a junior high school?

It's a good thing that you don't have to run around and get to know other students and teachers.

"Teacher Fang is here."

After waiting for a while, the sentry in front of him made a sound, and immediately ran back to their desks, and began to read in earnest.

After the old house came, he walked around the front and back, and then sat quietly at the top of the position.

In the morning, I didn't do anything, I did a set of radio gymnastics, and then I went to class as normal.

The math teacher is a young man surnamed Chen, who is in his early twenties, and he has graduated from secondary school to teach primary school.

The morning class was spent in his steal.

Riding a bicycle at noon and taking the two little ones back, he directly became the most beautiful boy in the school.

Because there are no students on the bike.

When I returned to the gate of the compound, I saw a lot of people around the entrance of the restaurant.

Yang Xiaole took a look at it and felt more familiar, this is not a person from the nearby compound!

What's going on?

The car was parked and returned home, and Aunt Shen was the only one in the courtyard sitting in the sun at the door of the house, taking soles of her shoes by the way.

"Xiaole is back!"

Seeing him, the other party said hello.

"Aunt Shen, where are the soles?"

"Ang, what about the soles! You go to the front to eat! I don't cook at home at noon. ”

The old lady pulled the needle twice on her head, and then continued to collect the soles of her shoes.

Yang Xiaole was surprised: "So fast? Didn't you say that they were deliberating? It's starting so soon! ”

"Who knows! And they didn't let me help. ”

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his speech.

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole smiled, Mrs. Shen didn't have a hukou, even if she arranged the work on the street, she wouldn't let her do it.

Say hello and go back to get the lunch box.

I had used it before, and the three of them took the lunch box and went to the front.

After entering, the inside is divided into two places, and the inside is a place for customers to eat.

In front of a table next to it was a large basin with some dishes in it.

The familiar Aunt Wang is working there!

"Hey, Xiaole! Come here, your father has got you food stamps and food stamps. What about liberation? ”

It was Aunt Liu who shouted from the backyard coal master's house.

Yang Xiaole squeezed in with someone and said with a smile: "Aunt~ Liberation is still behind!" Let's run faster. ”

Hearing the conversation between the two, he didn't speak anymore when he was complaining about cutting in line.

A large compound.

Who let them have no restaurant in their hospital!

And there is also Aunt Li of Ban'erye's family next to her, who is still distributing food.

"Auntie, call me my sister's."

Aunt Liu nodded with a smile, and grabbed 2 white-flour steamed buns and 2 corn nests from the bamboo basket: "Hungry, right?" Go to Aunt Wang to get food. Kiko, come, eat. ”

After speaking, he greeted Kiko behind him.

Yang Xiaole thanked him and went to Aunt Liu's side.

Stir-fried shredded radish.

"Xiaole, come, here you go. And your sister's."

"Hmmm! Fought together. ”

When Aunt Wang heard this, she took a big spoon and gave him 2 big spoons.

Obviously giving over, because everyone else is a flat spoon.

After finishing the meal, I saw that my father had just delivered food to someone else.

Yang Guangzhi came over and said: "Your mother and your eldest brother should have eaten in the factory and unit, remember to brush the lunch box when you eat!" ”

"Okay, got it."

"Okay, then I'll get busy first."

After saying that, I went to the kitchen, not only the people in the alley, but the restaurant itself was very busy.

When the two little guys finished cooking, a few people came out and saw the children in the compound coming over, this is the arrival of the large army.

They all came over with dishes and chopsticks in their hands.

Yang Xiaole returned home with the two little ones.

"Just order like this, and you'll be hungry in a while!"

When she came in, Kiko turned on the radio and muttered there.

Yang Xiaole smiled when he heard this.

On average, a person will have about one pound a day, divided into morning, noon and evening, and at noon it is almost more than four taels, which is just two steamed buns or two nests.

If there is enough oil and water and enough vegetables, it is about the same.

This fried shredded radish is the same as boiled, and there is only one spoonful.

I guess I won't have to wait to go to school to digest it.

After all, the ration of the dish is only half a catty. It's even less in two meals.

took out a bowl of sauce from the cupboard and put it on the table: "Come on, it's good to eat some, you could eat so much when you were in the countryside before?" Be content, you. ”

Take the chopsticks and smear a little sauce on the steamed bun, and eat it directly.

He added a lot of food to the food he bought before, and every time his mother and father had a meal, they often diverged, and he didn't react.

Naturally, there are a lot less canteens now.

He can understand in his heart that the food department is now overwhelmed, and is trying to save food by all means, so that people can safely transition to the time of grain harvest.

This canteen, following the commune is part of it, and saving food is also part of it.

Xizi is diligent, and the speed of eating is not slow.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole thought of something, and went back to the house to take a few salted duck eggs.

"Let's eat!"

I forgot about the pickled ones before and put them in the space.

"Salted duck eggs?"

Kiko's eyes lit up, and she directly took one and knocked it open and ate it.

"Oily!"

Seeing that the duck eggs were oily, he happily licked all the oil that fell on his hands, and got the egg yolk out and sandwiched it on the steamed bun.

After eating, the eldest sister also came back soon.

After the eldest sister came in, she sat there as soon as her schoolbag was put down and began to eat: "I'm starving, why are you eating in the canteen today, they are so fast!" Hey, salted duck eggs. ”

Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this: "Eat!" ”

Hearing this, the eldest sister knew that he had done it.

I laughed and ate it.

While speaking, there was a lively outside, and Liu Jiefang's shouting voice was heard.

I saw Liu Jiefang, Tian Xiaozao, and Xiaotao coming over with lunch boxes.

"Why are you here?"

Yang Xiaole looked at a few people holding lunch boxes and asked with a smile.

"My mother is helping in front of me, Aunt Tian and Sister Xiaoxing should eat in the factory, let's come over and listen to the radio."

Liu Jiefang said with a smile, looked at the salted duck eggs on the table, and swallowed his saliva: "You still have duck eggs!" ”

But I didn't say a word.

After sitting down, he muttered: "Qu Guohai in the backyard, do you know that they have moved?" ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole's hand paused, "Oh, moved?" Today? ”

"I don't know, I'm already packing up my things, saying that I'll move out in the next two days!"

Xiaoli watched Little Peach staring at her duck eggs, struggled for a while, and got some egg whites and put them in her bowl.

"Here, you can eat!"

Tian Xiaotao pursed her lips, glanced at her sister, and finally lowered her head and thanked her: "Thank you." ”

Hearing this, Xiaoli was there and laughing.

Seeing this, the eldest sister also gave Xiao Jujube a little.

Liu Jiefang was left pretending not to see it.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and handed him half a salted duck egg: "Eat it!" That's it! Where's your brother? ”

Liu Jiefang happily took the duck egg, thanked him, and then said, "I don't know!" It seems like I went out to play after eating. ”

Yang Xiaole nodded when he heard this.

The adults in the family are not busy, and the children in the compound are basically together.

But it's also a gang.

A few in the backyard, except for Shi Jing, came over.

But after a few people finished eating, Shi Jing also came over, because it was too boring to be at home alone.

After Shi Jing came in, he said with a smile: "I knew you were here." ”

Seeing this, the eldest sister smiled and beckoned to her.

Just as he was about to speak, Fang Mengmeng on the opposite side also ran over with a smile.

Suddenly the room began to be lively, chattering.

Kiko, who was angry, turned up her voice to the maximum.

He didn't dare to mumble anything, because the second child had already explained, and someone was not allowed to say ugly things when someone came.

Three radios in the compound.

Uncle Wang's family has three children, plus Li Guangnan and Li Haitang, two brothers and sisters used to play, plus the three children of Shen's family are also lively.

Now find Zhao Jianjun to listen to the radio there alone.

Suddenly, the previous feeling of pride disappeared without a trace.

He also turned his voice to the maximum: "Hmph, I'll listen alone!" It's better if no one is arguing. ”

Pleasant times always go by quickly.

In the afternoon, a group of people went to school.

……

Qu Guohai, the annoying spirit, left the compound, and the compound returned to calm.

A month has passed, and the canteen run by the street has also been vigorous at the beginning, and then gradually people have begun to quit slowly.

After all, it was said that joining and quitting were voluntary.

Because people always feel that there is less food.

The steamed buns and wowotou look smaller than before, and the dishes are getting thinner and thinner.

By mid-March, the temperature had warmed up, and although it was still cold, at least there was no frost.

At noon that day, Yang Xiaole took two corn nests and a spoonful of cabbage soup that he took back from the canteen and ate there.

Today's corn nest is no longer the cornmeal that used to be almost flour.

It's a very small corn ballast.

It's much thinner than the rural one, but the gap with the previous cornmeal is too big.

I'm already starting to pull my throat when I eat it.

Wang Xuewu bit the corn ballast on the hard board and ate it with cabbage soup.

took a breath and complained there: "I've eaten corn ballast for so many days, why do you still eat this, is the cornmeal gone?" ”

Li Haitang chewed vigorously there, and said there: "Where's the cornmeal!" I heard my mother say, now there is no cornmeal on the market, saying that the corn husk on it is nutritious, and it is wasted, don't you know? Now the white flour has risen to two cents and two pounds. ”

Yang Xiaole was there quietly, listening to a few people complaining.

What's so strange about this, there is less food, so even the skin is broken.

As for the white noodles, it has risen from one dime to two cents, and the gray noodles, which were rarely eaten in the city before, have begun to be supplied in large quantities.

You must know that gray noodles used to be eaten in rural areas during the New Year's holidays.

There is only one occasional meal in the city.

The worst food in the city is construction flour, ninety-five flour.

The so-called white flour is Fuqiang powder, Bawu powder, and it is also the one with the most sales, with a powder yield of 85%.

It's not just food, it's not just food that's the real big problem.

In the past, biscuits, low-end pastries, and various non-staple foods used to be free of food stamps, but now they are all gone.

All food stamps are charged.

High-end ones also have special tickets.

The famine in the countryside began at the end of last year, and the famine in the city began in earnest this month.

"You said that the cafeteria in our compound was closed a few days ago, why does our school still eat this! I want to go home and eat. ”

Wang Xuewu muttered there.

Liu Jiefang, who was next to him, pouted: "Go home and eat!" You, it's just that the food you usually eat is too good, my mother said that my family's food is enough to eat for five days, if you can't buy food later, we all have to drink the northwest wind. Hey, there's an elm tree in the woods in front of us, so we'll run over to pick some elm money after school in a while. ”

Yang Xiaole nodded approvingly beside him.

It's true that I used to eat too well.

In fact, Kyoto is already very good, at least the food is hard to buy, but at least you can still buy it by queuing up overtime.

It's just not like you used to buy on the go.

It is estimated that the area in Central China is now full of mourning, and listening to what my father heard from them in the restaurant, the provincial capital in Central China is now short of food, and the price of food in the black market is the same as taking a plane.

Wang Xuewu pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, let's run after school." Get some elm money. ”

Yang Xiaole heard the two of them talking, and muttered there in his heart.

Wait, I'll have to cry in two days.

Yesterday, he just learned from his mother that he would be notified of next month's ration, that is, when he went to exchange food stamps from the 25th.

The food ration is reduced by three pounds per person, except for students.

Eggs have been reduced from one pound per household to eight taels.

Cooking oil per person is reduced to four taels.

Other quantities have also decreased, but these are the most important things, and they are also the most distressing things.

"Yang Xiaole!"

In the middle of his thoughts, a girl's voice came from the side.

Yang Xiaole turned his head and looked at the literary and artistic committee member of the class, Zhang Haiyan.

A girl with short hair and a round face.

"What's wrong?"

Looking at her, Yang Xiaole asked strangely.

"Your handwriting is so good, this issue of the blackboard will report to you! It used to be written by Meng Meng. ”

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Just forget about the blackboard newspaper, if you need to write, you just leave the place." ”

The fact that the handwriting looks good, naturally can't be hidden.

When Zhang Haiyan heard this, she happily went back to discuss with Fang Mengmeng and the two.

(End of chapter)