Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 805: Live by the Mountain and Live by the Water
When Ye Qingfeng heard that Wang An wanted to buy food without food coupons, and wanted to buy large quantities of food, he immediately became worried.

It was obvious that Ye Qingfeng really wanted to help Wang An, but without the food coupons, Ye Qingfeng was in a very difficult situation.

After thinking for a long time, Ye Qingfeng asked tentatively:

"Brother, I'll give you a thousand kilograms of food first. You can use it for two days. I'll think of a solution in the next two days. I'll ask my father to help me study it. Do you think it's okay?"

One has to admit that Ye Qingfeng is still very capable. At a time when food is so scarce, he can produce a thousand kilograms of food. This can be said to be quite amazing.

Seeing Ye Qingfeng's embarrassed look, Wang An wanted to agree, because 1000 kilograms of grain was indeed a lot.

But 1000 kilograms of food is indeed a lot for a normal person, but for the more than 90 helpers in Wang An's family, it can only last for three days at most.

Even so, it has to be said that this is the case now, because the Wang An family no longer provides so many steamed buns to these helpers.

The reason for this is not just because Wang An's family has become stingy and wants to save food, but because when there is meat in every meal, almost everyone's appetite will decrease.

This is a law!
We have to admit that having oil in the stomach and having no oil in the stomach are definitely two different concepts.

Just like when Wang An had just been reborn, he could easily eat fifteen or sixteen of those big meat buns in one meal. But if you ask Wang An to eat fifteen or sixteen big meat buns in one meal now, it would be a joke.

Although you can hold it back if you try to fill your stomach with food, only a very stupid person would want to experience that feeling of being bloated to death.

So there is nothing wrong with Wang An's family reducing the supply of steamed buns.

Of course, the number of steamed buns remains unchanged, but the size of the steamed buns has shrunk, and it has shrunk significantly.

But even so, the number of helpers never decreased, and no helper ever complained about it.

Because almost all the people who came to help knew that Wang An’s family really didn’t need these old people to build a house, it was just that Wang An’s family was embarrassed to chase them away.

Although the Wang An family was embarrassed to chase people away, they never had any problems with the food. This was mainly reflected in the fact that there were indeed fewer steamed buns, but the amount of meat slices had increased a lot.

With this positive and negative situation, who would still have the nerve to lick that big ass face and complain?
Wang An thought for a moment and said:
"One thousand kilograms of food? There's nothing you can do with one thousand kilograms of food. It will be gone in three days at most. What are we going to do after three days? You can't just eat your thighs, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Qingfeng swallowed his saliva and said:

"Brother, you don't know that there is a food shortage everywhere. A lot of our food has been shipped away to support other places. Our food is also in short supply. We have to check the warehouse every day."

Then, Ye Qingfeng said a little embarrassedly:

"Brother, don't worry. I will definitely be able to come up with a solution in the next two days. Even if I can't, my father will definitely be able to find a way. If it really doesn't work, I will go and exchange some with those brothers. Anyway, I will be able to get you some food."

When Wang An heard the word "exchange", he immediately thought of the nearly 2 kilograms of fine grain coupons he still had, so he said:
"Qingfeng, I have a lot of fine grain coupons here. Can your grain station exchange fine grain coupons for coarse grain coupons? I think those workers and cadres must like to eat fine grains, and they must have a lot of coarse grain coupons that they want to exchange."

Wang An's idea is not nonsense, because in this world, no matter what time it is, no matter how scarce the material is, we must believe that there will always be rich people. Similarly, even in a place that is already rich, there will always be poor people.

Just like Hong Kong, there are rich people everywhere, and every rich person has a private villa or private manor or something.

But when we get to the poor areas, we can’t even guarantee the most basic necessities of life, such as drinking water and electricity.

Not to mention the living place. Several people in a family are squeezed into a house of only a few square meters. To be honest, it is difficult to turn around.

In general, the gap between the rich and the poor will always exist at any time.

This is a fact.

Besides, Wang An already knew that he could exchange fine grain tickets for coarse grain tickets from the current ticket scalpers, and of course he could also exchange coarse grain tickets for fine grain tickets from them. However, Wang An also knew that these guys were really dark-hearted.

Because you use fine grain coupons to exchange for coarse grain coupons, 1 jin of fine grain coupons can be exchanged for 3 jin of coarse grain coupons.

But if you use coarse grain coupons to exchange for fine grain coupons, it turns out that you need 4 kilograms of coarse grain coupons to exchange for one kilogram of fine grain coupons.

In other words, no matter how you change it, it will be a huge loss for normal people! !

But even so, the food coupon business of those ticket scalpers is quite good. Don’t you think it’s strange?
Upon hearing what Wang An said, Ye Qingfeng's eyes lit up immediately, and then he said to Wang An with a little expectation and excitement:
"Of course it can be changed. Although it is not allowed on the surface, everyone does it privately. Otherwise, we would have starved to death with such a low salary. So, big brother, how many fine grain coupons do you have?"

Perhaps feeling that his attitude was a bit too hasty, Ye Qingfeng immediately explained:

"To be honest with you, big brother, we are all short of fine grain coupons. I just said I would give you a thousand kilograms of grain, which is what I usually exchange, hehehehehe"

Although it was an explanation, it was not known whether it was a distortion of human nature or a decline in morality. When Ye Qingfeng mentioned that the thousand kilograms of food coupons were exchanged, he actually showed a very proud expression!
It was as if the fact that he, as an employee of the grain station, had exchanged so many grain coupons was something really cool and something to be proud of.

Fortunately, Wang An didn't care about these things and even looked down on Ye Qingfeng a little.

But you have to know that this "contempt" is not the same as that "contempt", because if Wang An was in Ye Qingfeng's position, then Wang An would have at least 1 kilograms of food coupons in his hands.

However, Ye Qingfeng became complacent because of the 1 kilograms of food coupons, and people didn't know what to say about him.

Anyway, in the local dialect, it means "a complete mess".

It has been said that "live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water", so it seems that there is nothing wrong with working at a grain station and getting the bonus from grain coupons.

After all, theoretically speaking, exchanging food coupons is neither against the rules nor against the law. It is just a way to make some extra money while making things convenient for everyone.

Thanks to “The Big Emperor of the Empire” for the reward, thank you very much, and long live our emperor!

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