Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Chapter 117 Food Ration!

Speaking of the food that Ximen Lang provided for the four brothers Zhang Long, Zhao Hu, Wang Chao and Ma Han, it was truly extraordinary.

Because Ximen Lang really relied on them to risk their lives to protect their safety at the critical moment, especially when it came to food, Ximen Lang was really not stingy at all.

Although it is still far from being able to have delicacies every day, such as abalone, lobster, shark fin, and sea cucumber, we can definitely make enough of the currently scarce meat to satisfy our hunger.

It is not an exaggeration at all. The ration that others take a whole year to get was gone in just one meal for these guys if they just loosened their belts a little.

It may not even be enough!

In order to ensure that his brothers have good food and drink, Ximen Lang basically puts all kinds of meat in his personal space.

For this purpose, Ximen Lang even went to several slaughterhouses to ensure the freshness of the meat.

As for Bai Ling, who was used by Ximen Lang as an all-purpose wish-granting girl, she would eat whatever Ximen Lang ate and use whatever Ximen Lang used.

She has never been short of food, has she?!
So, when Ximen Lang said that Bai Ling had gained several pounds since they met, this was not an exaggeration, but a fact that had actually happened!
That's why he was so confused.

"They are anxious because their families are about to run out of food. Why are you so anxious? I don't need you to eat anything."

Of course it's not bad.

"But the problem is that everyone is doing this, so we can't stand out, right? Besides, if we get it a day earlier, we can mail it to our comrades' homes sooner and help them a little more. We don't have anything to do today anyway, so why not take it back?"

Originally, Ximen Lang wanted to use the centrifuge he had already obtained to give Bai Ling a big surprise.

When I heard her say this.
“It seems to make some sense.”

It just so happens that Ximen Lang has been in this era for such a long time, but he has never experienced receiving a fixed amount of food.

Decisively, Ximen Lang stopped the topic that was about to come to his lips, and then took out a bag of flour from the house.

"Let's go, let's go together. It's a good opportunity. Before the food problem is completely solved, I should seize the time and experience the characteristics of this era."

We really need to hurry up.

Because if you don't hurry up
The food problem will be completely solved because of the fertilizer equipment brought by Ximen Lang!
Accordingly, the food ration will naturally
Not to mention that it has completely ceased to exist, but it has been swept into the trash.

At least it can increase the current amount by a few percent and completely solve the problem of food shortage for the vast majority of people. That should be fine, right?

Therefore, she was even more active than Bai Ling.

In order to experience the unique features to the fullest, he didn't even drive his car. Instead, he rode his bicycle, which had not been used for a long time, and rushed to the nearest grain station with the crowd.

Then, Ximen Lang was stunned by the huge crowds of people at the grain station.

"No, there are so many people?! How long will it take to get in line?!"

Hearing this, Bai Ling glanced at the team in front of her that looked like a long dragon.

Based on her past experience, Bai Ling gave a rough answer.

"It might be an hour early or half a day late, but I'm sure I'll get it before noon."

"What about the fixed amount?"

"28 jin." (According to the "Implementation Rules of the Interim Measures for the Implementation of the 'Interim Measures for the Quantified Supply of Grain in Towns and Cities' in BJ City")

"How many?"

"28 kilograms. Of course, this is our quota. If you do heavy physical labor, for example, Master Liu, you can get a quota of 60 kilograms."

The two consecutive numbers confused Ximen Lang.

After counting on his fingers for a long time, he still couldn't figure out whether these rations were enough for people of that era, or whether they were enough to eat. Just as Ximen Lang was struggling with this, Bai Ling continued to explain it to him.

"Of course, this is just a rough estimate. The exact amount you can get depends on your age, occupation, and food supply."

I also briefly mentioned to Ximen Lang the proportion of coarse grains such as dried sweet potatoes and cornmeal and fine grains such as flour and rice.

It was discovered that fine grains only accounted for 30% of the total ration, and the rest had to be replaced with coarse grains that Ximen Lang found difficult to swallow.

The defense was broken. This time, Ximen Lang’s defense was completely broken.

It's not just because he had to wait in line for such a long time to get such a small thing to break the defense.

Moreover, with such a small amount of food, with the current average person being a big eater, it is simply not enough to fill them up!

"If I'm happy, I can even spin eight or nine big buns! How can they be full with just this little food?!"

Seeing that Ximen Lang was getting sulky as he spoke.

Knowing that he was dissatisfied with the quota, he even stopped waiting in line.

He pulled Ximen Lang to the side and comforted him.

"I know this amount of food isn't enough for people with big appetites, but there's nothing we can do about it."

"Can you imagine? Just a few years ago, in this prime place where we live, people were still starving to death!"

"Starving to death?"

This is simply unimaginable for Ximen Lang, who has lived in an era of abundant resources since childhood!

But in Bai Ling's view, this is the most normal thing.

Especially when she saw with her own eyes the ugly faces of some unscrupulous businessmen who deliberately drove up food prices and hoarded goods at high prices.

He even wholeheartedly supported the food rationing that was being implemented.

Because although the quota we have received is not much
"But it's still much, much better than starving to death before, right? At least people survived! Don't you think so?"

"And it's not like we haven't tried hard. With your help, the quantity will definitely go up in a quarter at the shortest, or half a year at the longest!"

"Besides, we've waited for thousands of years. What's there to be afraid of if we wait a few more months?"

Yes, even in the prosperous times of ancient times that were praised to the sky in history books, ordinary people could only barely survive by starving to death.

Even for this, they were born in the right era!
If you are accidentally born into troubled times.
They are lucky to be able to continue to survive!

Therefore, it would only take half a year to wait, and Bai Ling really felt that this period of time was not too long.

But for Ximen Lang, who is only in his early 20s, has little patience, and is eager to see the many changes he has brought to the world, this time is really a bit long.

So, seeing Bai Ling looking around and wanting to go to the queue again, she continued to queue.

Ximen Lang pulled Bai Ling back.

He shouted at Bai Ling who was confused.

"Still queuing? What's the point of queuing? It's just 30 kilograms of food. I'll give you 300 kilograms, 3000 kilograms, 30000 kilograms later!"

"Now, hurry with me to the warehouse. The latest batch of fertilizer equipment and the centrifuge we just purchased have arrived!"

(End of this chapter)