Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 467 466 The chicken doesn't pee

After resting for a while in the escort department, Tang Zhitong went to communicate with Fang Yuan and Zhang Jinbo about Wei Zhizhen's matter.

Even though he had communicated with Yan Xiongfei about Wang Bo's hometown today, Tang Zhitong didn't want to make another trip to Chunshu Hutong because he was very hungry.

Food rations are determined only according to the type of work and have little to do with height or appetite.

Tang Zhitong ate according to his own ration, but still couldn't feel full.

On the way home, Tang Zhitong passed by a grain store and felt helpless when he saw the long queue of people buying grain.

No family is well off, and many are living beyond their means. Food coupons were only issued yesterday, so it is normal to see long queues to buy food these days.

After arriving home, Tang Zhitong first went down to the cellar and dug up several sweet potatoes, intending to roast them after lighting the stove.

If the quota is not enough, use sweet potatoes.

Fengzhi came back early and actively helped Tang Zhitong, washing the sweet potatoes very cleanly.

"Brother, do you want to eat after dinner?" Fengzhi washed the sweet potatoes and brought them into the side room in a basket.

"Well, if we bake it now, we can have dinner by the time it's cooked, right?" Tang Zhi Kiryu's hands were covered in ash from the stove, so he reached out and drew three strokes on each side of his sister's cheek.

Fengzhi's attention was completely focused on the sweet potato. She thought it was her brother wiping her face and didn't notice at all that she had turned into a little cat.

"Oh, it won't burn, will it?" Fengzhi asked while looking at the fire as the flames of the burning wood licked the stove cover.

"No, just put some firewood in. When the temperature rises, the firewood will be almost burned. Come back and add more firewood after dinner." Tang Zhitong washed his hands first, then placed the sweet potatoes one by one on the drawer and stuffed them into the furnace.

"Hmm." Fengzhi squatted in front of the stove, and her stomach made a rumbling sound.

"Are you hungry? Come on, I'll boil you a salted egg." Tang Zhitong touched his sister's head. It is important to stick to the fixed amount of food, but more importantly, you have to be careful not to get malnutrition.

"Really?" Feng Zhi asked in surprise when she heard it.

"Of course, I'll go tell mom." Tang Zhitong took Fengzhi's hand and walked out, not forgetting to turn on the light before closing the door.

"Okay, eat. Look at the painting you put on Fengzhi's face. It's really worrying. Fengzhi, go wash your face." Zhang Guifang didn't stop her son when he said he wanted to boil salted eggs. She loved her own child and there were still three days before their lives improved on Sunday. It was nothing to eat a little occasionally, she comforted herself in her heart.

Tang Zhitong took out three salted eggs from the bottom of the salted egg jar, two big ones and one small one.

It is now difficult to buy eggs in grocery stores, so most of the eggs that Zhang Guifang had saved at home were gradually put into salted egg jars and pickled in the hope that they could be preserved for a longer time.

I haven't made egg soup at home recently, because some of the egg soup will inevitably remain on the egg shell. Even if you pour water on it and use your fingers to scrub and wash it, the egg smell will still remain.

Zhang Guifang thought this was a waste and requested that the eggs be boiled before eating so that she could fill her stomach with all the food.

Tang Zhitong did not refute Zhang Guifang's attitude.

Eggs are very expensive now. My chickens have not laid many eggs recently due to lack of nutrition. But at least I have an independent nest to keep warm. If this happened in the countryside, people would have to invite the hens into the house and put them on the kang.

Tang Zhitong put the eggs in the side room to boil, then went back to the house to stew a full pot of cabbage, intending to eat and drink at the same time to deceive his stomach.

When Xiao Wang and Feng Zhen came back, everything was ready. They washed their hands and sat down to eat.

Student Xiao Wang put his bag down first and took out a bag of snacks from it: "Mom, our unit contacted the snack factory and each person was given two kilograms of snacks. Let's try some later."

"The eucalyptus and roasted sweet potatoes are ready. Eat the sweet potatoes after dinner and save them for snacks." Zhang Guifang took a look at the children and made a decision. During this special period, they should try to spread out the food as much as possible.

Tang Zhitong had no objection to Zhang Guifang's arrangement. Instead, he asked Xiao Wang: "Your unit's logistical support is very good. How can you arrange this kind of welfare?"

"I heard that in order to take care of the lives of employees, the higher-ups arranged them in batches according to production capacity. We are just the first batch, and I guess your unit also has them." Student Xiao Wang gave Tang Zhitong a smile and explained.

"That's great. We can have two meals at home." Tang Zhitong served the stewed cabbage to Xiao Wang. It was full of soup and each person had a bowl, which served as both a dish and soup.

Student Xiao Wang smiled and said nothing. Although living conditions have declined, there will definitely be an emphasis on supply.

This kind of thing cannot be discussed openly, otherwise someone will definitely have opinions and it will cause unnecessary trouble.

"The street issued food coupons and oil coupons yesterday. Euan, you have fewer food coupons, but we gave you three taels more oil coupons." Although she lost more than ten kilograms of food, Zhang Guifang felt she had made a profit. After all, her son was promoted, and promotion has its benefits. The supply of edible oil is higher than that of ordinary people.

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about this. Not bad, I can eat two more meals with oil." Tang Zhitong replied cheerfully. The current edible oil ration for ordinary residents is half a catty per person per month, and cadres are entitled to eight taels per person per month. Xiao Wang had always been receiving cadre treatment, but he would just catch up starting next month.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we don't know if there will be any supplies this year. Let's save some food, and then you can cook some dishes and send some to Jingwen's mother." Zhang Guifang said, not quite agreeing with eating like this on a daily basis.

During previous Chinese New Years, even grain could be bought as long as one had money, and the grain stores turned a blind eye to the grain books and grain coupons and were not strict. But this year the situation was special and Zhang Guifang was unsure.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Tang Zhitong nodded in agreement.

"Let's eat, the food will get cold soon." Zhang Guifang followed her son's instructions, weighed each person's portion, and placed a portion in front of each person.

Tang Zhitong divided the salted eggs. He cut two large eggs in half, giving half to each of the younger generation. He gave the smaller one directly to Zhang Guifang: "Mom, you didn't eat much recently, so I'll give this one to you. Don't say you can't finish it. I'll watch you eat it."

"Okay, I'll eat it, but don't do this next time." Zhang Guifang did not agree with her son's behavior, but she felt relieved.

If there is not enough dry food, use cabbage.

There is no limit to the amount of cabbage you can eat, you can serve yourself after you finish eating.

Tang Zhitong ate two bowls of cabbage. He did not waste the faint oil in the bowl. He poured some boiling water into it, let it cool down, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Brother, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes." Fengzhi was thinking about sweet potatoes. Seeing Tang Zhitong finish eating, she couldn't wait to remind him.

"Let's go and take a look." Tang Zhitong ate a lot, but still felt empty in his stomach. This feeling was not pleasant.

After about an hour, the sweet potatoes were baked to perfection.

Tang Zhitong picked up the big ones and shared them with his family, and ate the small one himself.

To be honest, the sweet potatoes now tasted average, far from Yanshu No. 25, but I couldn't bear the hunger now, so my two sisters ate them one by one. "Eat slowly, don't burn your mouth, and do your homework after eating." They were washed before roasting, and Tang Zhitong didn't peel them. He just ate them like this. They were not very sweet, but the texture was soft and tasted good.

In my previous life, I ate this a lot when I was a kid and got hurt. When I grew up, even if it was the soft and sweet No. 25 Yanshu, I could only eat a few bites in the whole year. But now there is no sign of injury at all.

So, whether something tastes good or not depends on the environment. When you are hungry, everything tastes good.

After eating a piece of sweet potato, Tang Zhitong sent his two younger sisters back to do their homework, added two pieces of firewood to the stove, and told classmate Xiao Wang about Wang Bo's situation.

"There's no need to make another special trip. Just write a note and I'll give it to Jingying tomorrow and ask her to give it to our mother, isn't that enough?" Student Xiao Wang suggested as he poured Tang Zhitong a glass of water.

"That's an idea. Isn't it a little informal?"

"We are all family, why are there so many things to do? He is not the leader of your unit." Student Xiao Wang rolled his eyes at Tang Zhitong.

"Hey, Director Ye, you are not acting like a cadre. Will our mother distribute the snacks you prepared? If not, we will split them in half." Although Tang Zhitong said this, his men were not idle. They found a piece of letter paper and wrote Wang Bo's hometown on it.

"Don't worry about it. There will definitely be such semi-public good things. It just has to start from the grassroots units first."

"Okay, I feel relieved when you say that." Tang Zhitong smiled. For such a good thing, of course the grassroots should be taken care of first. However, by next year it will be too late to take care of it because everything will be in short supply.

In terms of meat, the people of the city would use camel meat, offal, and canned food to supplement their food, while some units would use yellow sheep to supplement their food.

Regarding yellow sheep, Tang Zhitong saw a statement that it was the exploration team of the Petroleum Exploration Bureau that first started to be self-sufficient.

In March 1959, comrades from the Petroleum Exploration Bureau came to the Qaidam Basin for exploration after untold hardships. As the railway was blocked and supply was difficult, the comrades of the exploration team decided to get supplies locally and rely on hunting to make up for the quantitative gap.

It is said that at that time, they could fight westward all the way to the China-India border!

There were so many gazelles, in large groups, that it was impossible to hunt them all. The only thing that could stop the exploration team from hunting was the lack of transportation capacity.

Later, this matter spread, and many units with armed forces would specifically look for Huangyang to practice with them and practice shooting skills at moving targets. Even the navy was no exception.

At present, yellow sheep are not protected animals, and there is no such thing as "emergency evacuation". Even if there is, they will probably still be beaten.

Hunting yellow sheep is not only for filling the stomach, but also helps herders eliminate hidden dangers and protect limited vegetation.

In addition to hunting yellow sheep, many units also carried out replenishment activities such as reclaiming land for farming and fishing.

Of course, these situations are not very popular this year, and they will only become popular next year when everyone tries to find ways to do so.

I ate a little too much tonight, and when you are full, you have more ideas. Tang Zhitong provided Xiao Wang with a set of massage services.

Focus on massaging the perineum point. This point is very wonderful and has the effects of tonifying the kidney and replenishing Qi, regulating menstruation and strengthening the kidney, refreshing the mind and opening the orifices, and promoting diuresis and laxative effects.

Under Tang Zhitong's one-hour continuous hammering, I believe it will have a good health-care effect.

The next day, November 11th, was Western Thanksgiving, Thursday.

There was nothing to do at the college. When Tang Zhitong arrived at the escort office, Gu Yong was already installing the telephone with two young men.

It is only right that Tang Zhitong should go over and say hello.

"Anzi, you're doing well here. Just tell me your name and it'll work." When Gu Yong saw Tang Zhitong coming over, he dropped the work in his hands, put the pliers into the tool belt at the waist of his trousers, and walked over.

"Thank you, Brother Yong. You are finding ways to make me proud." Tang Zhitong understood everything. When Gu Yong mentioned his name at this time, he was simply telling the people in the escort department that he was the one who asked him to jump the queue to install the telephone. So he immediately took out a cigarette and passed it out.

"Take mine." Gu Yong refused, took out a cigarette from his pocket, gave one to Tang Zhitong first, then took out two more boxes from his other two pockets and stuffed them into Tang Zhitong's hands: "I promised to give you two boxes before, but I never got the chance."

"Hey~ Then I won't be polite with you." Tang Zhitong was indeed not polite. He took the cigarette and put it in his pocket, then took out a match to light a cigarette for Gu Yong and himself. The two of them stood outside the office and started chatting.

"You don't seem to be polite, so I picked an easy-to-remember number for you, 6789. How about it? Is that good enough?" Gu Yong took a puff of his cigarette and winked at Tang Zhitong.

"Hey, Brother Xie Yong, that's good, it's easy to pronounce and remember." Tang Zhitong almost blurted out, "Is there such a thing as choosing a phone number these days? After a few years, can I ask Gu Yong to choose a string of 8s for my phone number?

"You're welcome. I just want to ask you something. Do you know how to prepare mutton offal?" Gu Yong asked with a sly smile.

"Offal? What part? Cook it or make soup?" Tang Zhitong did know a little bit about it and did not refuse.

When cooking, different parts have different methods of preparation. Making soup is relatively simple and can be done in one pot.

"One set, for home-cooked meals, whatever you like. My aunt is a Han Chinese, so she doesn't know how to cook."

"Then let's make soup. Making soup is simple." Tang Zhitong nodded. Currently, most Han people eat pork, and occasionally buy mutton to make dumplings or eat hot pot. They rarely eat offal from sheep, and at most they drink mutton soup, which they usually have in restaurants outside.

"Okay, let's make soup. Are you free later? Come with me?"

"Okay, how long will it take you to finish? I'll tell our leader." Tang Zhitong agreed immediately without hesitation.

"It will be about half an hour later." Gu Yong estimated the time and said.

"Okay, then I'll go ask for leave first." Tang Zhitong nodded, threw away the cigarette butt and stepped on it.

Of course there was no problem with Fangyuan, and it was approved as soon as Tang Zhitong said it.

Gu Yong installed the telephone and tried it one by one. It worked, so he handed all his installation tools to his colleagues to take back to the unit, while he and Tang Zhitong rushed to the west gate.

People are sensitive about food these days, and the source is even more sensitive. Tang Zhitong had no intention of asking, but Gu Yong couldn't keep it to himself.

"From yellow sheep?" Tang Zhitong was very surprised when he heard the source.

"Yes, is it easy to handle? Is it different from what we usually eat?"

"I haven't tried it, but I think it should be similar. However, I heard that yellow sheep has a stronger smell. We'll pass by a Chinese medicine store later, and I'll go see it and buy some seasonings to remove the fishy smell." Sheep, like fish, has its own freshness. As long as the cooking skills are not too shabby, the taste of the food will not be too bad.

(End of this chapter)