Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 614 Chapter 613 Intercepting the Ship
Tang Zhitong made a pot of five-spice mackerel in the evening and added a lot of salt.

There is no sign of the weather getting colder again, and I have to go on a business trip early the day after tomorrow, so it would be better to process the fish and shrimp in the bathing pool as soon as possible.

Xiao Wang knew that her husband was going on a long trip, and that these few days happened to be the days when she was likely to get pregnant, so she spent the night with him as affectionately as possible.

The frequency of this happening has only been so high since they got married.

One reason at the time was the strong affection, and another reason was that Tang Zhitong wanted to know where each other's limits were, so they explored each other more often.

Relatively speaking, some things are difficult to quit once they are unlocked, but cigarettes are different. Tang Zhitong feels that he has made a very good start. At least he doesn’t want to smoke much today.

Early in the morning on February 2, Xiao Wang went out with Tang Zhitong, carrying a pressure cooker and a bag of cornmeal steamed bread.

Tang Zhitong went straight to the Municipal Bureau, while Xiao Wang went to Chunshu Hutong.

"Why are you here so early today?" Ye Zhijuan was a little surprised after arriving at Chunshu Hutong.

"He went to the Municipal Bureau to collect his salary today and left early. This is the crispy fish he made yesterday, and he brought some over." Student Xiao Wang put the pressure cooker and steamed bread on the table and took off his scarf.

"There's still some left from yesterday. With Eucalyptus cooking it this way, the fish is surprisingly delicious." Ye Zhijuan was very satisfied with the taste of the crispy fish, and she was also satisfied with her son-in-law.

"If it's delicious, eat more. We still have some at home. Eucalyptus is going to Wuhan on a business trip tomorrow. He said he would cook the fish tonight and we can share it between our two families." Xiao Wang held her mother's arm. Her husband's original words were that Chunshu Hutong would get the majority of the crispy fish because her two younger sisters were still here, but Xiao Wang did not say this because it would have sounded awkward.

"Okay, fish is good, but why do you bring steamed buns?" Jingmin was curious about the things and opened the bundle. After seeing the steamed buns, Ye Zhijuan replied with a little complaint.

"You are busy, my mother-in-law said she had nothing to do at home, so she made more. But we have no flour, so we can only make some steamed bread." Xiao Wang also saw his brother's actions. After explaining to his mother, he criticized Jingmin: "Did you wash your hands? How can others eat?"

Jingmin didn't take it seriously after hearing it. He made a face at his elder sister and ran away.

Classmate Xiao Wang snorted, as he still had a beating on his account from his stinky younger brother.

"Go back and thank my mother-in-law. She is so thoughtful. The noodles in the house must have been eaten up by the kids these days, right?" After not seeing them for a few days, Ye Zhijuan noticed a difference as soon as the children came home yesterday. Not only did their faces become rosy, but they also seemed to have gained some flesh on their faces. It was obvious that her in-laws took very good care of them.

"During the Chinese New Year, we should eat good food." Xiao Wang is clear-headed. He can tell his mother-in-law to let his younger brothers and sisters eat coarse grains, but he has to take credit for his mother-in-law in front of his mother.

"You kid, why don't you stop him?" Ye Zhijuan complained after hearing this.

"It's no use trying to stop him. It's the New Year, so let it be. It only happens once a year." Student Wang said lightly.

"Why don't you bring some noodles from home?" Ye Zhijuan felt a little sorry.

"No need, it doesn't matter what we eat." Xiao Wang shook his head and refused.

"Before the New Year, your Aunt Li encouraged Anzi to keep up the good work. Has there been any movement recently?" After working for several days, Ye Zhijuan thought of this and asked.

"He didn't say, but I have seen him writing and drawing." There were so many miscellaneous things to do during the New Year that Xiao Wang didn't take care of them.

"Well, keep this in mind and don't take it lightly." Ye Zhijuan reminded.

"Okay, I'll go back and ask." Student Wang nodded and planned to talk to Tang Zhitong about this in the evening.

After Tang Zhitong received his salary, he returned to the escort department and started distributing the salary immediately.

The Spring Festival is a big festival. Apart from being lively and having plenty of food, it also means that expenses are relatively high. In addition to buying rationed food and clothes, many people also have to visit relatives and friends.

You can't visit relatives and friends empty-handed, you have to bring something, right?

When you see the children of your relatives and friends, you should give them some New Year’s money to show your appreciation, right?

The money just went away like water.

People who are better off may not care, but those who are poorer feel uncomfortable. Even the things they bring when visiting relatives and friends are brought by a relative and then taken to another house by themselves.

Tang Zhitong had seen similar situations when he was a child.

Children are very interested in the Chinese New Year, not only because it is lively, but also because they can visit relatives. They cannot eat as much as they want at home, but they can eat as much as they want at their relatives' homes. However, it is more difficult for their parents.

At that time, when visiting relatives, we would bring a bag, which would contain two bags of snacks, two cans of food, egg noodles and so on.

The reason I brought the bag was to take it back.

The relatives also know this situation, so they will not empty the bag, but will selectively leave one or two items.

When I went to the first relative's house, the things in my bag were still in pairs, but when I came out, they were not complete.

But when relatives come to visit, my mother will also pick out one or two items that match well and leave them behind.

I went back and forth like this to spend the whole New Year and visit all my relatives.

Later, when the situation improved and people became wealthy, very few people carried bags anymore. Most of them carried gift boxes.

This time, I wasn’t worried about lack of food, but I was worried about not being able to eat the food and wasting it, so I chose gift boxes to send back and forth…

The Tang family's current financial situation is OK and they don't lack much. Although they don't have many relatives visiting each other, it doesn't stop Tang Zhitong from considering his colleagues in the escort department. Who knows, some of them may have family difficulties?

Although the weather is getting warmer, it is only fluctuating around zero degrees. It is not time to take off your cotton-padded jacket yet.

No matter how cheerfully the breeze blew, it could not stop the escort department employees' desire for wages, and a long queue formed in a short while.

Tang Zhitong and Ma Wei were distributing salaries when the phone on the table rang.

"Hello! Comrade Tang Zhitong?" the other party asked as soon as Tang Zhitong picked up the phone.

"I am, your client?" Tang Zhitong didn't hear who was on the other end of the phone. He put the phone to his ear and continued counting money.

"I'm Huang Ruifeng." The man on the other side introduced himself and added after a pause, "Director Hao's secretary."

"Oh, hello, Secretary Huang, do you have any instructions?" Tang Zhitong was indeed stunned when he first heard Huang Ruifeng, because he had never heard of this person.

"The tickets are out. I'll bring them to you tomorrow?" Huang Ruifeng was also a little helpless. This guy was too thick-skinned. Why would he go without a ticket? But as Hao Ren's secretary, he knew a lot of information that other people didn't know. Even if he had some complaints in his heart, he would not show it.

"Oh my, what a mess! I thought the tickets were kept by the investigation team. Thank you, Secretary Huang. I'll come to pick them up from you this afternoon." When Tang Zhitong heard Huang Ruifeng's question, he knew what he was really thinking. If he was asking, he definitely didn't want to keep it. The two of them had never met, so how would they recognize each other? In such a cold day, someone had to wait outside the station. What if there was a misunderstanding and they missed the train?

"Okay, then I'll wait for you in the office." Huang Ruifeng hung up the phone after Tang Zhitong agreed.

Hearing the beeping sound coming from the other end, Tang Zhitong freed his hands, took the phone off his shoulder, put it on, and continued counting the money.

"Chief Tang, are you going on a long journey?" asked one of the employees who were waiting to get their wages.

"Yes, I'll go out for a while." Tang Zhitong smiled and looked at the team outside the door without slowing down the pace of counting money.

"Where are you going?"

"Wuhan." Tang Zhitong said casually, not noticing that Ma Wei glanced at him.

"Oh~ That place is awesome. I heard they intercepted a ship a while ago. The ship was full of food. Be careful when you go there."

"Okay, thank you for your care. Please give me some salary." This man was not only a chatterbox, but also a loose-lipped man. Tang Zhitong quickly gave him some money and sent him away.

This guy's job is to unload goods at the platform and carry mail packages. He earns his living by physical exertion. Not only is he strong, but you can tell at a glance that he is a Beijinger. He knows all the information, but there are some things that cannot be said in public!

After sending the Beijing gentleman away, Tang Zhitong continued to count the money. Although the other employees around him did not complain to Tang Zhitong, they were sharing their experiences of the New Year in groups of three or four.

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Someone’s family fought over a steamed bun, someone’s child stole someone else’s dumplings, someone’s chicken bought from the rural market was lost, etc.

Because the employees were particularly enthusiastic about this salary payment, all their salaries were paid before lunch time.

After the last employee left, Tang Zhitong stood up and stretched, then walked to the door and closed it. The room had been open for the whole morning and was a little cold.

Some people say that money is the dirtiest thing in the world because it passes through many people and is never disinfected, so there are all kinds of bacteria on money.

Tang Zhitong poured some water into the basin and prepared to wash his hands.

"Chief, I'm sorry to make you run so far." Ma Wei cleaned up the table and said apologetically.

"Well, isn't this a thing of the past? I have to thank you. It was my own choice to go to Wuhan. I have never seen the Yangtze River in my life." Tang Zhitong smiled and said indifferently.

"What the person just said is true. Section Chief, you must bring the national food coupons. If you don't have enough, I will go home and get some now." Ma Wei is a practical person. She does what she says. After she finished speaking, she stood up and got her scarf.

"No, I prepared it a while ago. Thank you, thank you." Tang Zhitong quickly waved his hand to stop her. If he let her go back, who knows what kind of trouble she might cause again.

Ma Wei felt better only after Tang Zhitong confirmed again and again that the national food coupons had been prepared.

Tang Zhitong had heard about the incident of intercepting the ship. It had caused a huge uproar, with some people clamoring to dismiss the person responsible and investigate him.

But Tang Zhitong didn't know the inside story, but Ma Wei knew more and told Tang Zhitong about it.

In a nutshell, it can be summed up in two words: food shortage.

During the Spring Festival last year, Wuhan’s grain reserves were enough for 10 days of supply; by the end of March, grain reserves were less than 3 days of supply for the entire city; on April 3, the per capita grain reserves were only one kilogram!
Although measures had been taken before, including but not limited to reducing the ration for residents; limiting the number of times and quantity that residents can buy grain, and only buying once every three days; more than 300 grain stores in the city took turns to put up signs saying "inventory" and "rest", and rotated to open for supply to deceive people; grain-carrying trucks were loaded with sacks full of rice husks to reassure the people; and residents double-steamed their rice to fool their stomachs...

But the effect was not ideal. One reason was that rumors spread quickly, and the second was that the residents were not stupid. Since there was so much food, you wanted me to eat double-steamed rice?

The last one is that many disaster victims from the surrounding areas flowed into the urban area. The rich people lined up to buy staple and non-staple food, while the poor people rushed to grab them. It was common to spit on steamed bread and rice...

(The picture shows Hankou citizens queuing up to buy grain in January 59)
Although various measures have been taken, food is a consumable item and it is a period of lean season, so it is impossible to purchase food.

Just as they were about to run out of food, a large ship came down the Yangtze River from Yuzhou to Huxian, carrying 500 million kilograms of rice for export.

After learning the news, Wuhan seized the ship with the consent of both the provincial and municipal governments.

This was a last resort, and the person who came up with the idea was even prepared to go to jail...

It is precisely because of this ship interception that the province where Wuhan is located will have the strength to implement the "Notice on Five Emergency Instructions on Agricultural Production" in the future.

These five items are roughly as follows: allowing members to privately raise poultry and livestock, and whoever raises them owns the property; restoring private plots, and the products of which all belong to the members privately and are at their disposal; whoever cultivates and harvests the scattered idle land in front of and behind the houses is free to do so, without collecting public grain or using it as food rations; members are allowed to run family side businesses, and the profits belong to the members; participation in the canteen must be voluntary, and one can choose to stay or leave, and cannot be forced; and so on.

Tang Zhitong could only sigh and didn't know what to say.

Although I have been here for almost two years, the channels for obtaining information are limited, and even if I do obtain information, it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.

Tang Zhitong could hardly tell whose responsibility it was, but it didn't matter to him much. He had done what he should do, so he could leave the rest to God.

Ma Wei saw that the atmosphere was a bit depressing and wanted to tell a joke, but it wasn't very funny.

Tang Zhitong rubbed his face and said, "Come, I'll tell you a true story. If you don't laugh, I lose."

"In the early years, there was a half-immortal who walked the streets. When he came to our alley, a family wanted him to see their child.

In order to make more money, Banxian pretended to be shocked when he saw the child.

They say you have an amazing child and will have tons of money in the future!

The family was overjoyed and gave the gift a big red envelope.

Guess what happened next? "

"Didn't calculate it correctly?" Ma Wei didn't understand the purpose of Tang Zhitong's joke and asked tentatively.

"That's right, it's right!" Tang Zhitong shook his head and said seriously, "When that child grows up, he will catch up with the mint recruiting workers and go there to earn a living. He will count money all day long and he will never be able to count it all."

How could a girl these days see such a sudden turn of events? Ma Wei covered her mouth with her hands and laughed so hard that she shook.

The depressing atmosphere was swept away.

After lunch, Tang Zhitong briefly entrusted the work of the Finance Department to Ma Wei, then went to settle the organizational fees and union fees, and asked for leave from Fang Yuan.

I promised Huang Ruifeng in the morning to go to the hall to get the ticket, so I ran away again in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)