Era: Start as a buyer

The day passed quickly and smoothly.

The rubber band factory here also agreed to produce rubber bands for hand straps. In the afternoon, Zheng Ke also listened to Luo Cheng's request for leave and went to buy office supplies and furniture with Luo Cheng.

In the afternoon, Luo Cheng embarrassed Zheng Ke once by pleading, and also asked him to confirm that in the future era, the analysis of some netizens was indeed correct.

That night, Zheng Ke and Luo Cheng moved to the office side to sleep. This room with windows just felt better than the dormitory side. At least there is a natural breeze blowing over me, which makes me feel very comfortable.

From the second day on, Luo Cheng really started to get busy. Jiangcheng was supposed to be wealthier than Changcheng, but due to the geographical environment, although there were many woods, there were fewer mountains. How should I put it? It means that the water storage is not as good as that of cities with many mountains and lakes, so even if there is rain and precipitation, it is drier than Changcheng.

It's already June, and many places can estimate the yield in the fields without waiting until July or August.

In the magazine, many people already know that Zheng Ke in the editorial office has a capable person who can obtain supplies. Sensing the sudden tense atmosphere in the outside world, many people, including people from other departments, began to think about how to establish friendship with Zheng Ke.

The same goes for the newspaper office. Zhang Yueyue's good friend and fellow villager can help her get some supplies. Now let’s not talk about eating meat, but I heard that people’s rations in the city may be reduced.

People who work in newspapers are much more sensitive to so-called "hearing" than other people. Others may still be speculating, but some journalists have not seen anyone from above come out to clarify, so some things are tacitly understood.

In the past, it was just difficult to eat meat, and the prices of everything in some pigeon markets have increased. Now there are many people who got wind of the news and began to reserve some food intentionally or unintentionally. In the pigeon market, many food items began to increase in price inexplicably.

In addition to the quietly rising prices in the pigeon market, in normal vegetable markets, careful people will actually find that some vegetables are either unavailable or have begun to be supplied in limited quantities.

If it weren't for the limited supply of vegetables in the vegetable market, and based on the prices of vegetables in the market, people would rather eat more vegetables and less grain. Because the coarse-grain stick noodles within the ration only cost five cents at a grain store, but the price of the stick noodles in the Pigeon Market has exceeded that of fine grains, and it is still rising.

Not to mention fine grains, because Pigeon Market does not use food stamps, so fine grains have more than tripled in price.

But many vegetables in the market actually only cost one or two cents a pound.

Ordinary people may not be able to calculate other accounts, but they have always been careful when it comes to food. Vegetables are not very hungry, but if the quantity is large, it is more cost-effective than buying whole grains at Pigeon Market. One kilogram of whole grains can pay for the price of ten or twenty kilograms of vegetables.

Nowadays, the vegetables in the vegetable market are no longer available if you arrive late. Faced with this situation, sooner or later, the supply of vegetables will be limited.

Luo Cheng also read reports in the future era. In the 1960s, in Forty-Nine City, there was already a limited supply of vegetables based on the number of people in a household. In the past, only good dishes were supplied in limited quantities by grade. You had to register with the non-staple food book. Later, you had to use the book to buy vegetables. The supply volume was different in different places, but it was generally not bad. One or two kilograms of vegetables could be supplied to one person in ten days. .

But that time has not yet come, and everyone’s ration has not been reduced again. For normal work units, the ration for gay men is still more than thirty kilograms. The limit for lesbians is around twenty-seven pounds.

Luo Cheng's ration in Changcheng was thirty-two kilograms, plus job subsidy, and he received an additional two kilograms of food stamps. However, even for some senior cadres, it is not much more. Some leaders can receive half a catty more premium fuel coupons every month.

For people like Zheng Ke and Zhang Yueyue, their current ration is twenty-seven and a half kilograms. Sijiucheng is the capital, and the ration is twenty-eight pounds. This is also related to the position. Luo Cheng is actually a clerk in the factory. In fact, front-line workers in the machinery factory, such as fitters, forgers, sheet metal workers, etc., receive a rationed subsidy of thirty-eight pounds. Higher than the cadre Luo Cheng.

From a quantitative perspective, if you are single and have enough money, you don't need to go to the pigeon market to buy expensive things. In the past, some people went there, some with high incomes, and they often took coarse grains to the countryside or the pigeon market to exchange for fine grains and get some meat to eat.

But after all, there are only a few people who have jobs and are single, and most families rely on one person to support them. There are old people and young people at the bottom, and the ration is not enough to eat. In the past, at least the food in Pigeon Market was not that expensive, and it was still sustainable.

If the price increased before, you might not be able to save any extra money every month. If the price increases again, it will be better if you have capital and savings. If you don't, you will either go hungry or borrow money.

Coupled with the fact that there are some poor relatives, the price of pigeons has really increased again, which has become the straw that breaks the back for countless people.

Just like that, the spring harvest has not yet begun, and the mood and atmosphere of most cities in the country are different.

Gan, Changcheng, a certain alley.

"Gouzi, I won't force you. I have two children. Without a man to support me, I couldn't do anything before. I don't blame you if you dislike it. Now you have to decide for yourself whether you want to support me or not. If not, you Go get me some medicine."

"Sister Qin, my Ergouzi is not that kind of person. If you are willing to have a baby with me, I will definitely do it. But I have already told you my situation. It's just how to give birth to this baby~"

At Qin Ru's house, Er Gouzi was smoking cheap cigarettes, frowning and not knowing what to do. Except for Luo Cheng's matter, he told Qin Ru everything. He didn't tell Luo Cheng. That was because Zheng Yuqiang and Luo Cheng were behind the scenes.

He Ergouzi can help Luo Cheng do some shameful things, but of course he will not do anything that is harmful to nature. Zheng Yuqiang, it’s because that guy offended his brother, and he also looks down on people who beat their wives and children.

But with Qin Ru, it was true that this widow's charm was still there. When she came here for the first time, she was misunderstood again. As a rural person, how could he endure such stimulation?

Even after that incident ended, Er Gouzi still maintained a relationship with Qin Ru. And with Ergouzi's help, Qin Ru has two children, and she doesn't want her children to grow up and dislike her as a mother.

So after Qin Ru got together with Er Gouzi, she really didn't rely on herself to get some money or food.

Ergouzi also confessed to Qin Ru that he had a daughter-in-law in his hometown in the countryside. Qin Ru can't be given a status, but Qin Ru doesn't care, as long as she has a concubine. She was dirty and had two children, so she didn't expect much. Moreover, Er Gouzi is still younger than her, and with a man to help her, at least she has hope for life.

But the main reason is that Ergouzi's abilities are limited and he can't expect much. Qin Ru would be satisfied with just a little money and some coarse grains.

In the countryside of the town, Er Gouzi and his cousin's wife, because they are helping Luo Cheng, are now eating at Chen Laizi's place. Chen Laizi lives at the foot of the mountain, and no one else notices when they get some delicious food. So don’t worry about eating or drinking. Moreover, Luo Cheng also paid fifteen yuan to everyone who worked for him.

Now Luo Cheng seldom goes to the town, and there is not much work in the town. But Luo Cheng told them a while ago that they don’t have to worry about anything. Even if they don’t have a job, everyone will have enough food and supplies. Moreover, everyone will be busy soon and have to come to the city frequently. You may stay for a few days.

Luo Cheng built a warehouse in the city and ordered some trucks when they needed to run errands.

Last time, Ergouzi gave Qin Ru some money, and because Luo Cheng was not at home and went out of town, he could only ask his sister-in-law Zhao Qian to borrow a lot of stick noodles. He originally wanted to ask Luo Cheng to borrow it, but he didn't know when Luo Cheng would come back. It was really difficult for Qin Ru to reveal the blame.

I thought I could live like this, with a daughter-in-law in my hometown and another one I thought about in the city. But I didn't expect that if the game got too big, Sister Qin would be killed in just a short time.

However, Qin Ru didn't let Er Gouzi take responsibility. She just told him that if he didn't want it, he would ask Er Gouzi to get the abortion medicine. But if she wanted, she would give birth to Ergouzi. Qin Ru also had her own plans to help Er Gouzi give birth to a child, and she was also afraid that Er Gouzi would leave them alone once their freshness wore off.

For the sake of my previous child, I either tied up Ergouzi and gave birth to him. Or she may have to follow the old path in the future, but now although she still has her charm, she can do it.

Moreover, food is in short supply now, and everyone doesn’t have enough to eat. Even if you sell yourself, you won't be able to get much food.

Er Gouzi has been with his cousin for almost a year, and there is no movement in his stomach at all. In order to have a baby, he also revealed some details of his relationship with his cousin in bed with Luo Cheng, just to see if there was something wrong that caused his wife's stomach to become silent.

But when asked how Luo Cheng and his sister-in-law Zhao Qian did it, he refused to give details and only taught him a few points. He tried it after he returned, but his wife still didn't move. But I never expected that my sweetheart in the city, Sister Qin, would become pregnant.

Although Ergouzi is less than 20 years old, in the countryside, many people of his age can already walk and run.

Er Gouzi has thought about it, as long as it is his own child, he wants it. It's just that raising a baby is not easy, so Luo Cheng has to help. The other thing is that Sister Qin is a widow now. If she is pregnant, if she has a big belly in the future, how will she go out and what will others say when they see her.

So if you want to give birth, how to give birth is the key.

Qin Ru felt relieved when she heard that Er Gouzi wanted her to have a baby. It was really difficult for a woman to survive with two children these days. She also hopes to give birth to a baby for Er Gouzi to tie him up. In addition to survival, she also needs a man herself. After all, she is still young.

As for how to give birth, she naturally needs money and food. She also has members of her natal family, but she has two oil bottles, and her natal family cannot support her.

But if she has money and food, she can even go back to her parents' home and tell her family directly that in order to survive, she found a wild man. She left after giving birth. She believed that she didn’t need food from her parents’ family, so if she gave her parents some food, it wouldn’t be a big problem.

But she, Qin Ru, couldn't afford all this. If she wanted to give birth, she would have to pay for it. And she is not in a hurry now, her belly is as normal as usual. She has given birth to two babies and knows about the pregnancy. She knows that she has a belly even without going to the hospital. But if you don’t have a baby, you have to have an abortion as soon as possible. Don't be pregnant. If you take medicine, your life will be in danger.

And as long as Er Gouzi is willing to have the child, he will naturally be able to tell whether she is pregnant or not, and whether her belly will be okay after a while.

After smoking a few cigarettes in succession, Ergouzi reassured Qin Ru that he would definitely take the baby, and that she would give her an explanation after waiting for him for money and food.

Xikou Hutong, Zayuan.

"Yanzi, who is the man who sent you back at noon?"

"Hongxiu, there is no man around, so don't talk nonsense."

"I saw it at the Jiefang intersection at noon. Do you want me to tell my sister-in-law and see if you admit it?"

"No, he is just my colleague, we are ordinary friends."

"Ordinary friends? I don't believe it. But if you are really looking for someone, you have to tell your second brother that if he doesn't like him, you must not look for him."

"I~I didn't want to find a partner, he wanted to date me."

Luo Yan said with some embarrassment that although she and Zhang Hongxiu had not been together for a long time, the two of them slept together and felt that the other had a good nature and had long regarded each other as good sisters.

Luo Yan didn't expect that Hong Xiu would find out about her affairs, so she didn't hide it from Hong Xiu.

I also briefly told Hong Xiu about the situation. The other party was a chef apprentice in the kitchen. Due to work reasons, she had to go to the kitchen every day to start. They got to know each other over and over again, and now every time she goes to the kitchen to turn on the water, the other person will find an opportunity to pester her and help her turn on the water.

What girl doesn't want to be pregnant? The other person is actually pretty good-looking, so Luo Yan accepted the other person's kindness, but now the relationship between the two has not been confirmed. It belongs to the stage of the other party's attentiveness.

In fact, Luo Yan's facial features are not bad. It should be said that Luo Cheng's brothers and sisters also have good facial features. However, if you live in the countryside, you will be exposed to wind and sun, and coupled with poor food and clothing, no matter how good your foundation is, it can't be ruined.

Luo grew up handsome, and his biological brothers and sisters couldn't have looked too bad. Luo Yan stayed in the city for so many days, just to serve her sister-in-law, eat and drink, her skin became whiter, and her complexion improved. Although she was still quite thin, she didn't have a sallow complexion.

Although she is not as good as the beauties Luo Cheng knows, and even in Luo Cheng's eyes, his sister Luo Yan is average-looking, Luo Cheng's aesthetics has been baptized by the future era. Being average-looking in Luo Cheng's eyes was already considered very good in this era.

In addition, Luo Yan worked in a machinery factory, and there were not many women in the factory. Even if someone without a kitchen pursues him, others will pursue him in the future.

That is to say, there is something wrong with Luo Yan's household registration, she is from a rural area, otherwise her brother would be the chief of the purchasing department. There are definitely a lot of matchmakers who come to your door.

But now, because of this, although Hongxiu is younger than Luo Yan, she is an outsider and naturally has more places to see. Luo Yan has a rural registered permanent residence. Even though she has a temporary job now, she does not have a ration in the city. When people pursue her, they have to consider whether they are sincere about her as a person or because her second brother is Luo Cheng, who is in the purchasing department of the factory. section chief.

So Hongxiu had to warn Yanzi that if she really wanted to find a partner, she had to let her second brother know. If the second brother doesn't approve, he must immediately cut off his relationship with that person. Even if the second brother's judgment is wrong, he must stop it. At least the second brother will not harm them.

"Hongxiu, when the disaster is over, do you want to go back or stay here in the future? If you stay here, do you want me to introduce you to a partner?"

"When the disaster is over, I will definitely go back to find my parents."

Zhang Hongxiu didn't know when the disaster would be over, but when she went shopping for groceries in the past two days, she could feel that the disaster seemed to be getting worse. You have to buy a lot of dishes with a book. You don’t need a book for non-staple food. Basically, there are a lot of bad dishes.

In addition, she has developed feelings for Luo Cheng. Unless Luo Cheng wants her to stay, she will definitely go back to find her parents or other family members. But this time the whole family escaped, and some people died every day for various reasons.

She was worried about her family in her heart. When she went out, she saw some people with similar stature to her family members, and she couldn't help but go up and take a look. But she also knew that it was just a family that decided to flee south, and there was no plan for any place or city. Even if my family is still alive, I don’t know what city they will be in.

If we could meet him in Changcheng, the probability was really low.