My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 163 Ration is tight
Because Dabao was arguing to eat fish, in the end Lao Fang simply took the mother and daughter back to his home, and he took this opportunity to recognize the family.

"Dabao, come in quickly, this is Grandpa's house."

"Wow, grandpa's house is so big, and there is a TV." Dabao couldn't move his eyes when he saw the TV.

Lao Fang smiled and shook his head, helped to turn on the TV, and then selected the children's channel, which was playing the cartoon "Young Master".

"You watch TV carefully, grandpa is going to cook."

After Lao Fang finished speaking, he carried the fish into the kitchen, while Dabao's mother picked up the mop and began to help Lao Fang clean up.

After all, no one has lived in the house for more than a week, and there is dust everywhere.

Lao Fang put on his apron, cut off a fist-sized piece of fish with a knife, and put the rest back into the refrigerator.

There is no oil at home, so it is best to stew it. After thinking about it, I put some white radish and potatoes in it.

The next step is cooking. There are hundreds of catties of rice at home. No matter what, at least there is enough rice.

After more than half an hour, lunch was ready.

Lao Fang picked up a piece of fish, blew on the hot air, and stuffed it into Dabao's mouth:

"Have a taste of Grandpa's cooking, is it delicious?"

Asking about the smell of the stewed fish, the little guy had already been squatting at the door of the kitchen, not even caring about watching cartoons.

"Good... eat!" Dabao said impatiently.

"Hurry up and serve the rice. We'll start the meal when grandpa finishes packing the stewed fish."

"Um…"

Lao Fang put a large bowl of stewed fish on the dining table, saw Dabao's mother was still washing clothes, and quickly shouted:
"Xiao Xiao, let's wash it later, it's time to eat."

"It'll be fine right now."

Dabao's side has already prepared meals, including those for mother and grandpa.

"Grandpa, this is your meal."

"Dabao is really sensible." Lao Fang praised.

Dabao's mother walked over wiping her hands, looking at the three big bowls of rice on the dining table, she couldn't help showing a worried look.

"Uncle Fang, it's enough to eat miscellaneous grains and rice. It's too wasteful. What if I run out of rations?"

Before going out, Dabao's mother planned to bring a catty of potatoes. After all, rations are tight now. It is said that this month, the price on the black market has increased by several percent.

But in the end, he was dissuaded by Lao Fang.

"You two can eat at ease, I hoarded some rice last year, and I haven't finished eating it yet!" Lao Fang explained with a smile.

"Then you can't eat like this!" Dabao's mother said distressedly.

Dabao was an ignorant child, so he took a bite of white rice happily.

"Mom, the rice is sweet."

Usually at home, the little guy usually drinks porridge in the morning and evening, and also eats rice with multigrain at noon.

Lao Fang picked up a large piece of fish fillet for Dabao: "Hurry up and eat it while it's hot."

The little guy nodded seriously.

Seeing her daughter eating happily, Dabao's mother sighed helplessly, then picked up the rice bowl, and tasted the rice cautiously.

This is the first time she has eaten rice since Chinese New Year.

"Xiao Xiao, don't just eat, hurry up and pick up vegetables." Lao Fang greeted, the other party was a young mother, and it was not good for him to help pick up vegetables, so as not to cause misunderstandings.

"I will do it myself."

For a meal, Lao Fang and Dabao's mother didn't eat a bite of fish. They ate some white radish and potatoes with fish soup, which were equally delicious.

As for the fish, there wasn't much of it, and all of it went into Dabao's mouth. In the end, the little guy mixed rice with fish soup and ate two whole bowls.

These days, there is no oil and water, and the appetite of children should not be underestimated.

……

Xu Dong, who returned to the company, first reported Lao Fang's situation to Section Chief Li, and then got off work.

I worked overtime for two consecutive weekends before, and today I finally got an afternoon off.

All I can say is that something is better than nothing!
After leaving the company, Xu Dong went directly back to the courtyard.

When I called just now, my mother told him to go to the grain store and buy all the grain for this month.

As for why you are in such a hurry?
It wasn't caused by gossip, Mama Xu didn't know where to find out the gossip, saying that it was because of the food shortage that there might be no food available at the end of the month.

After returning home to get his grain card, Xu Dong leisurely went to the nearby grain store. What was ridiculous was that it was working hours, but there was actually a long queue at the gate of the grain store.

Find a place to park the car.

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the grain store, a scalper came over immediately: "Boss, do you need to jump in for service?"

Looking at the long dragon and the scalpers, Xu Dong suddenly understood that the rumors were probably spread deliberately by the scalpers.

But he really didn't want to waste time queuing up, so he could only ask helplessly:

"how much is it?"

"50 yuan per person, no one can deceive you." The scalper said enthusiastically.

Xu Dong could only pay for a very front seat, and there happened to be a young woman in front of him, which was very eye-catching.

After 10 minutes, he came out with two big bags.

This month's luck is good, and the ration share has decreased again, but at least there is still a piece of half a catty of meat, which should have benefited from the three of Dabao and the others.

Fortunately, this is Yanjing, and the supplies are guaranteed. I stayed in Luyang in my previous life, and I rarely saw vegetables, let alone meat.

"Brother, do you want to sell some grain, the price is negotiable."

This time, the traffickers from the second channel surrounded them.

"One hundred and eighty rice, pay on the spot."

"Buy Chinese cabbage at a high price..."

"I don't sell food." Xu Dong grabbed the bag and squeezed out of the crowd. Although there were policemen nearby to maintain order, he was careful.

After walking for a while, another woman popped out beside him, the young woman who was just in front of him.

"Brother, please wait a moment." The woman's voice was pleasant.

"Uh, what's the matter?"

Xu Dong stopped subconsciously, could it be that his charm was really so great that a woman took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him, and she was so beautiful.

The young woman blushed, it was probably the first time she had done such a thing:
"My surname is Song, what's your surname?"

Xu Dong was in a very complicated mood at this time, and finally gritted his teeth and replied: "Both Xu, I have a bottom line on some things, so tell me, what do you want from me?"

"Hello Brother Xu, let me just say it straight. I seem to have heard that there is meat in your account just now, right?"

Xu Dong was stunned, that's it?

Knowing that it was a misunderstanding, he quickly straightened his face and put on a look of avoiding strangers.

"It's true that there is meat, but you don't have to ask, I don't sell pork."

The young woman had a begging look on her face:

"Brother Xu, if I had a way, I wouldn't look down and beg for help.

Listen to me, my baby has the flu, the child is too deficient in nutrition, has a fever all the time, and the illness comes and goes again and again, I am really afraid! "

While talking, the young woman actually started to cry.

Xu Dong was at a loss for a while, so he could only quickly persuade him: "Don't cry, crying won't solve the problem."

"Brother Xu, I really beg you, I am willing to pay ten times the price to buy it."

"It's not about the money!"

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