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

Zhao Qingsong patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. Consider that a promise! Don't go home after get off work; I'll come find you then. If you go home for dinner, it'll just take up your time."

Shen Wanqing hesitated for a moment, then agreed.

"Okay! I have to get back to work."

After saying that, he left.

Zhao Qingsong watched her departing figure and snapped his fingers.

He chuckled, "Wow! Girls these days are so innocent! I feel so guilty."

However, he quickly put that feeling of guilt behind him.

If we have the chance to explain it clearly later, then it won't be considered deception, but rather a little bit of fun.

Humming a little tune, he went to find Feng Qian.

………………

At the hospital's storage room, Zhao Qingsong found Feng Qian, who was helping him organize the bottles.

Seeing him approach, Feng Qian smiled and said, "You're here so fast! I'm not done yet!"

"Well, Officer Gao is asleep, so I came out."

After finishing his sentence, Zhao Qingsong looked at the messy warehouse and laughed, "I'll take care of it!"

Then we all helped each other.

Twenty jugs make a bundle, just like pitching beer jugs, and it's done quickly.

They ordered 40 in total.

Two saline bottles can recycle one unit of glass.

That way, he won't have to go to other places to get it.

………………

After finishing up and paying the outstanding amount, I left the hospital with my belongings, found a secluded spot, and quietly retrieved them, storing them in my spatial storage.

Zhao Qingsong came out from the corner and clapped his hands.

I returned to the department.

When it was time to leave work, Gao Dazhi decided to lend him the car so he could practice driving.

Zhao Qingsong wasn't angry; he thanked him and left work.

Instead, they went to the farmers' market first.

I'm going to buy some groceries. We don't have many vegetables at home, and we can't just eat meat all the time.

The food in the cafeteria is terrible.

……

Pushing Gao Dazhi's bicycle towards their destination, the original owner, being a rural person, was not yet ready to reveal that he could ride a bicycle.

Arriving at the farmers' market, there were quite a few people buying vegetables.

However, the stalls offered very few varieties of vegetables, and the portions were also small.

"Hey ma'am! How much are these potatoes?"

When I arrived at the stall, I was surprised to find potatoes on display, and many people were scrambling to buy them. I quickly asked them a question.

"Potatoes cost 8 cents a pound, and three pounds of potatoes require one pound of grain coupons. Each person can buy a maximum of six pounds."

Zhao Qingsong nodded and said, "Weigh out six jin of potatoes for me."

He handed the money and tickets to the other party.

In the past, potatoes and sweet potatoes were considered grains in rural areas, but only vegetables in cities. Now, due to food shortages, potatoes and sweet potatoes have been classified as grains.

Even so, you still need to fight for it; there's no guarantee you can buy it.

It probably just arrived today.

The sales clerk took the money and tickets, muttering, "Where's the ration book!"

"Do we need to register?"

"Of course! What if you buy too much?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Qingsong handed the grain ration book to the other party.

The other person took it, flipped through it, and muttered, "You just processed this? What about the previous records?"

"Oh, I just started working here! This is a newly created account."

Zhao Qingsong gave an explanation.

Upon hearing this, the other party carefully examined the items before taking out a seal and stamping it.

I weighed out six jin for him.

Zhao Qingsong took the things and left.

I found a vendor selling scallions and asked the price. It was 8 cents a pound, but scallions are a winter storage vegetable, and you can only buy 10 pounds a winter, until April next year.

Since he had space to keep things fresh, he bought them all.

Next, it's time to buy vegetables.

Unfortunately, there weren't many vegetables for sale, only Chinese cabbage, white radish, carrot, and wilted green eggplant, none of which were very fresh.

Moreover, this thing also needs to be quantified.

Each person receives only 3 liang (approximately 150 grams) per day.

"Sister, I didn't buy any cabbages for winter storage this year, is it still possible for me to buy some?"

In winter, the "staple vegetable" is undoubtedly Chinese cabbage, which accounts for more than 90% of winter vegetable consumption.

People in Beijing have a tradition of "storing Chinese cabbage for winter." Every November, the city launches a "battle"-like campaign to purchase and store Chinese cabbage. Every household buys Chinese cabbage and stores it in the cellar in the yard, in the corridor, or in the corner of the balcony.

In previous years, I would buy hundreds of kilograms at a time.

This year, each person is allotted 50 jin (25 catties), which seems like a lot, but it will take about five months to consume.

He has already passed the time for storing vegetables for winter.

I don't know if it will work.

The sales clerk took it, looked at it, and said, "You're a new member; I'll have to ask the manager about this."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Zhao Qingsong, please be polite.

Only then did the other person leave with his grocery shopping book.

They didn't return until quite a while later.

"Okay, do you want to buy it?"

"want!"

The salesperson grunted and said, "Winter-stored Chinese cabbage used to be two cents a pound, but that's past its prime time. First-grade cabbage is three and a half cents a pound, and second-grade cabbage is three cents a pound. How much do you want? We only have second-grade cabbage left."

Zhao Qingsong took a look.

First-class vegetables are naturally the kind that are tightly wrapped, so they can be stored for a long time.

The filling of the second-grade vegetable buns is somewhat loose, making them difficult to store.

But this was no problem for him.

"Let's have the second-class dishes then! I'll go get the bags."

After paying, he pretended to leave, went out briefly, secretly retrieved a cloth bag, and began packing vegetables.

Fifty catties of Chinese cabbage is really just nine heads.

I also bought some radishes and eggplants, enough for ten days, which totaled about three pounds.

I'll find some time to quietly store it in my space.

When I came back, I saw the place where you could buy dried goods. Since you didn't need tickets there, I bought some dried goods.

Dried chili peppers cost 8 cents a pound, and you can only buy one pound.

Dried wood ear mushrooms, 2.8 yuan.

Shiitake mushrooms, three for 2 mao.

Dried green beans, 75 cents.

You can only buy half a jin of each kind; everything else requires a ticket.

I originally wanted to buy some spices to make braised pork, but unfortunately, these are only available before the Lunar New Year, and there are only two ounces of them.

We had no choice but to give up.

Next, of course, is the thing that requires tickets.

Vermicelli was considered a luxury item; every year before the Lunar New Year, there was a ration of half a jin (250 grams) of it, which didn't require food coupons. Normally, one jin of vermicelli required two jin of food coupons.

buy!

One pound is enough for many meals.

Tofu!

Three catties of tofu coupons per month.

There was some frozen tofu left, so I bought all three pounds.

There didn't seem to be much else to buy, so he left the market.

……

As Zhao Qingsong walked along the road, he pondered the matter in his mind.

Tofu is actually very easy to make.

Supply and marketing cooperatives sell brine salt.

Soybeans are a bit of a problem. They're an oilseed, and now it's a difficult time, so they're rarely sold to the market.

I pushed the bike back home.

……

I pushed the stroller back to my front door and just as I parked it, ready to drive off, two middle-aged women walked towards me.

The two were talking, but stopped talking when they got closer.

Their gazes turned towards them.

"Young man, I've noticed the lights have been on in the house these past couple of days. Have you moved in already?"

One of them asked with a smile.

Zhao Qingsong looked at it and said with a smile, "Aunt Wang, I've been staying here for several days now."

He's been coming home late these past few days, and when he does, he just stays inside and doesn't interact much with the neighbors.

"oh!"

Aunt Wang gave a soft "oh," glanced at the car, and laughed, "You... bought a car!"

Zhao Qingsong looked down and said, "Oh, this? I didn't buy it. I work in the security department now. I borrowed it from Gao Dazhi. My home is far away, so I just borrowed it."

"Oh, you're in the security department too!"

"yes!"

Aunt Wang nodded gently and smiled, "Then you go ahead with your work, we have to go back now."

"Okay, go ahead and do your thing!"

Seeing this, Aunt Wang left with her old friend.