Travel through famine years and awaken a post-apocalyptic survival system.

After thinking for a moment, Dong Ge said, "One pound of pork can be exchanged for five pounds of coarse grain coupons, or four pounds of fine grain coupons. Sugar can be exchanged for three pounds, and cotton can also be exchanged for three pounds."

Zhao Qingsong pondered for a moment.

Prices are currently very chaotic, and there is no fixed exchange rate.

The things he needs are all quite rare, and this price is about right.

"We need money!"

"If you need money... coarse grain coupons are two yuan per jin, fine grain coupons are two yuan and fifty cents per jin, sugar coupons are three yuan and fifty cents, and cotton coupons are three yuan and fifty cents."

Upon hearing the price, Zhao Qingsong scratched his head.

The pricing is really confusing!

They were also secretly lamenting the outrageous prices on the black market.

State-run grain stores, if you have a ration coupon, gray flour costs 18 cents, and even high-quality flour is only 20 cents a pound. Unfortunately, the problem is always the ration coupon.

Thinking of this, he asked, "How many grain coupons do you have? Give me two jin of sugar coupons and three jin of cotton coupons."

"We only have 30 jin of fine grain coupons, 2 jin of sugar coupons, and 1 jin of cotton coupons."

"Alright, give me all of these. By the way, do you have any meat coupons? I'll exchange these two boxes for two jin of meat coupons, and I'll pay for the rest."

When you're out and about, how can you get by without a ticket for sex?

Although he had canned food, he still needed some meat coupons when eating out.

"Good! Meat coupons are scarce now, there really are only 2 jin."

Dong agreed and started looking for tickets.

The transaction was completed quickly.

After removing the canned meat, it cost an additional 78.5 yuan.

After the transaction was completed, Zhao Qingsong packed up his belongings and said with a smile, "Alright, I've remembered this place. If I come back during the day, I'll look for you here, okay?"

Dong Ge hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

"OK!"

Anyway, this guy already knows the location.

Zhao Qingsong rubbed his temples, then, as if remembering something, asked, "Oh, by the way, do you have a bicycle ticket?"

It's really inconvenient to get around without a car.

Dong Ge shook his head: "I really don't have that."

"Ah, such a huge black market can't even get a bicycle ticket?"

Zhao Qingsong was surprised. In his opinion, getting bicycle tickets on the black market was easy.

Dong Ge gave a wry smile: "What do you take the bicycle ticket for?!"

He then explained the situation.

After listening, Zhao Qingsong finally understood.

The current bicycle tickets are allocated. Each factory receives a different number of tickets each month. Based on the principle of fair distribution, if someone doesn't buy a bicycle, the ticket will be given to someone who is willing to buy one and needs it.

The same applies to residents; if you're not buying, don't distribute tickets, at most give them to relatives and friends.

Otherwise, people will gossip.

The last type is the reward ticket, which is a direct reward. Even if the recipient has a car, most of them will be taken by relatives and friends.

Most of the tickets that were circulated were reward tickets.

"However... it's almost the end of the year, and the company is starting to evaluate outstanding employees. There should be a batch of votes available then. If you want them, I can save some for you."

"Okay, leave me one copy. How much is the deposit?"

"Hey, forget about the deposit. Anyway, bicycle tickets are easy to sell. It's fine if you really don't want it."

Zhao Qingsong nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"Alright, thanks! I might come back a couple more times in the next day or two, but I won't go to the black market. I'll come directly to you."

"Sure! There are usually people here during the day."

"good!"

Once the matter was settled, Zhao Qingsong left.

……

Da Shan watched Zhao Qingsong disappear into the darkness and asked Dong Ge, "No deposit required for the bicycle tickets? That's a lot of money tied up! Are you sure he'll come back?"

Upon hearing this, Dong Ge pointed to the fabric and canned goods.

"See this? This fabric isn't defective. To get so much, you're definitely not an ordinary person. And look at this can of food."

"Canned food? What's wrong with canned food?"

"The label on this can is gone, obviously they don't want anyone to know where it came from. This guy definitely has connections, don't worry, he'll definitely come back."

Upon hearing this, Da Shan scratched his head.

"I really didn't think that much about it."

"And did you see that just now? He went into the house all by himself, not afraid at all. This kind of person is either a hothead or he has a backup plan and isn't afraid of us. Tell the brothers to be careful when they run into him next time they do business with him."

……

When Zhao Qingsong groped his way back to the guesthouse, it was still dark and the little girl was still asleep.

Taking stock of inventory.

Mainly daily necessities.

Bread: 7

Canned meat: 4

Instant noodles: 10

Mineral water: 10

I have 161.5 yuan left.

Buying a house will cost about 80 yuan, and a bicycle will cost more than 100 yuan.

We'll do another batch tomorrow; we should have enough money on hand for now.

He yawned and fell asleep immediately.

next day

When Zhao Qingsong woke up, it was already past eight o'clock; the little girl had been awake for a long time.

I quickly got up and washed up.

After leaving, I didn't rush to the hospital, but went straight to a state-run breakfast shop.

A tin stove by the door was emitting black smoke, and above it, a large iron pot was filled with the aroma of fried dough sticks, though the oil in the pot was already pitch black.

Zhao Qingsong glanced at the oily eyebrows and frowned slightly.

But there's nothing we can do about it; people aren't that particular about oil these days.

"Master, do you still have meat buns? Do you need meat coupons?"

"Yes, but you need meat coupons. One meat bun costs 7 cents, and you need one tael of meat coupons and one tael of grain coupons."

"Okay, give me 10 meat buns."

The prices don't match.

It's not surprising, though. The meat here is probably all low-quality meat. Meat buns used to be sold without meat coupons, but they started charging for them in the last couple of years.

"Give me two more fried dough sticks and two bowls of wontons."

"Alright, fried dough sticks are 8 cents each, one tael of grain coupons; wontons are 15 cents a bowl, one tael of grain coupons, one tael of meat coupons. That's 1.14 yuan in total, plus one jin and one tael of meat coupons."

The old man expertly recited the money and tickets.

Zhao Qingsong paid the money and waited there.

"Brother, are you desperate? Where did you get all this money and tickets?"

The younger sister sat down and asked in a low voice.

Zhao Qingsong scratched his head, realizing he hadn't forgotten to explain to the little guy!

It's hard to explain.

"Don't ask. If you do, I won't let you eat it next time."

"Oh, I won't ask! Just don't withhold my food."

The little girl quickly covered her mouth.

Zhao Qingsong smiled and looked at the steamed buns as they were served. He said with a smile, "Alright, the steamed buns are here. Eat up. We'll have two, and leave three for Mom and Dad. One fried dough stick for each of us. We won't bring the wontons since we don't have lunchboxes."

"Okay, sure!"

The little sister happily ate the meat bun.

Zhao Qingsong also picked up a piece with his dark chopsticks.

The steamed buns were placed on a bamboo plate, which had become dark and shiny from long-term use.

There were still quite a few bits of debris in the cracks.

Honestly, the hygiene in this era is really unacceptable, but we can only put up with it.

After finishing breakfast, I wrapped the rest in oil paper and took it back to the hospital.

When I returned, my father was receiving an IV drip.

"You haven't eaten yet, have you? Here are some meat buns. Eat them while they're hot."

Knowing that the two of them were reluctant to buy food, they simply handed them the food.

Looking at the steamed buns, the mother hesitated for a moment, then said, "Qingsong, we need to be frugal. We can't eat like this every day!"

"Okay, I understand. We'll eat like this for the next few days and talk about the future later."

After Zhao Qingsong finished speaking, he looked at his father and asked, "How was it?"

"Hmm, much better. I'm not as short of breath anymore, and I'm not coughing as much."

"Okay, that's good. You can stay here without worrying about money. Here's 50 yuan. If the hospital asks for payment, just pay it. Make sure you get all the medicine you need, not a penny less. Do you hear me? Here are 10 jin of grain coupons and 9 liang of meat coupons. You can eat lunch on your own. I don't know when I'll be back."

He handed the money and tickets to the other party.

"This...so many?"

The mother's eyes widened, and she stood up abruptly.

Zhao Qingsong gave a wry smile: "Mom, can you please stop making such a fuss? Do you want everyone to know?"

"what?"

The mother panicked for a moment: "Oh, I see, she was just terrified!"

Where have you ever seen so much money all at once!

"Alright, don't make such a fuss about it anymore."

Zhao Qingsong glanced at him and said, "Alright, I have to go. I have things to do today. Remember, don't be stingy with money, otherwise, if one of you gets better, another one will fall ill. It's not worth it."

After giving a brief explanation, I left the hospital.