All Heavens Pension started from the fiery era

After entering the twelfth lunar month, the weather is getting colder and colder, but the food ration of ordinary citizens has been reduced by half a catty. This severe winter, the days are getting more and more difficult.

Even Yue Wenxuan's family's standard of living was significantly different from that of half a year ago.

Yue Wenxuan has the ability to keep the family's living standard from falling, but he didn't do it.

Half a year ago, Yue Wenxuan's family ate rice and white noodles, and they didn't even eat corn flour buns very often.

Even the pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, and goose that most people would not easily eat, the Yue family does not say that they eat it every day, but they also eat it once every three days.

Yue Wenxuan didn't lack these materials, but in this year, if they still built it like this every day, even if their family lived in a detached courtyard, it would be too eye-catching with the fragrance floating around every day.

Another reason is that Yue Wenxuan feels that each period has its own impression of the era. In such a special year, although it is not necessary to let the children suffer from hunger, it is necessary for the children to feel that life in this period is difficult. , can not let a few children completely out of touch with the times.

Just like the grains eaten at home, the cornmeal bought from the grain store is completely different from the past. The cornmeal used to be pure corn is ground, at most it is ground coarsely.

This kind of cornmeal was generally not eaten by the Yue family in the past, because it was difficult to swallow after it was steamed into steamed buns.

But now the cornmeal bought home is even mixed with corncobs.

In the past, the corn cobs left over after threshing were usually used as firewood, but now they are reluctant to be discarded, and they are also used as food to fill the stomach.

You can imagine how unpalatable cornmeal mixed with corncobs is.

In the past, sweet potato noodles were rarely distributed when buying grain, but now when I go to the grain store to buy grain, I have to distribute a portion every time. The key is that these sweet potato noodles are often ground from moldy sweet potatoes.

This kind of sweet potato noodles is very bitter, not to mention how unpalatable it is.

Of course, Yue Yunxuan wouldn't let the whole family eat all the hard-to-eat cornmeal and sweet potato noodles after they brought them back. Most of them were given away by him or replaced with fine grains.

But a small part will be kept, and occasionally I will have a meal, so that the family can know what kind of life ordinary people live now.

In fact, even if he doesn't do this, except for the old lady who is at home all day, other people in the family go to work, go to school, and have lunch in the cafeteria. How tight is the food supply now? clearly.

Today is Sunday, and Meng Yining hasn't returned to her natal home for a while. Now that life is difficult, she doesn't feel at ease with her old mother. She went to her natal home in the morning and doesn't eat at home at noon.

Today's lunch was made by the old lady and sister-in-law together. The three children had already sat at the table, eagerly waiting for the food to be served.

Now I can’t eat meat twice every three days. I only eat meat every Sunday to improve my life.

At noon today, I stewed a big carp weighing five or six catties, and the three children helped clean it up.Since the big carp was put into the pot, the children have been drooling constantly.

Now that life is difficult, Yue Wenxuan goes to the river more often, but the fish he brings back are less and less on the surface. He said that the fish he caught were exchanged for food stamps and other supplies.

Now not only is the monthly food ration reduced, but also the distribution of various non-staple foods is less, and he can always take home various non-staple foods. Of course, he has to find a reason for himself to believe.

When the old lady announced that the meal was served, the three children quickly helped to serve the meal and serve the bowl.

A large pot full of stewed fish in an iron pot was brought to the table, and the aroma filled the room. The three children were all intoxicated. They took a deep breath and uncontrollably secreted a lot of saliva from their mouths.

Seeing the greedy faces of the three children, the old lady quickly picked up the chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish, and said, "Eat it all, the fish stewed today is too big, I think it weighs six catties, enough for you to eat." support."

The old lady moved her chopsticks, and the three children followed suit.

Ieyasu said vaguely while eating the fish with big mouthfuls:

"Finally eating delicious fish again, I feel like I'm alive again.

Yesterday at noon, our school ate Yikusi sweet rice, two black corn buns per person, plus a pot of green vegetable soup.

I don't know what to make of the wowotou, it's bitter and astringent, and I can't bite it.

Even the vegetable soup is bitter, it is better to drink plain water. I really regret that I made a pot, but I can't pour it out, so I can only force it down.

The next time I go back to school and eat Yikusi sweet rice, I would rather go hungry than eat it. "

When it comes to the school cafeteria, Jiaqing is bitter and bitter. He looks at Yue Wenxuan and begs:

"Dad, can we not have lunch at school in the future?

The meal in the cafeteria is really unpalatable, even worse than our bitter sweet potato noodles. Can I save the food stamp and hand it home?

Our house is not too far away from the school, I would rather run back and forth one more time than eat at school at noon. "

"That's right, running back and forth at noon can also exercise your body, so let's go home and eat later?"

The three children have the same standpoint, and so do Ieyasu and Fangfei.

The elder Dajiakang is already in junior high school, and the second son Jiaqing and Xiao Fangfei are also in elementary school. At Yue Wenxuan's request, the three of them eat their lunch at school.

The three children must have this meal at school, Yue Wenxuan naturally has his considerations.

Even if the living standard of their family is lower than before, it is still much higher than that of ordinary people.

If the three children in the family eat three meals a day at home, they will definitely lose touch with this era and become outliers among their peers.

Yue Wenxuan didn't want his children to suffer too much, but wanted them to integrate into this era, so he could only adopt this method.

Children eat one lunch at school every day. Although they don't know what it's like to be hungry, they at least know what their peers are eating.

Because of such considerations, of course Yue Wenxuan would not agree to the three children's request, "Only your wife will be at home for this lunch, and only this meal can your wife eat something good alone.

If you come back for lunch, what do you think your wife will do? "

Xiao Fangfei said: "We have already discussed this issue, and it is actually very easy to solve.

As long as the wife eats earlier and we cook for ourselves when we come back, wouldn't the problem be solved? "

Among Yue Wenxuan's three children, apart from the older Dajia Kang Pingfan, the second and third children are very smart, even very smart.

Since this kind of reason to coax children is not acceptable, Yue Wenxuan simply pointed out: "If you insist on asking, then I will tell the truth, I just want you to suffer a little bit outside.

The three of you all have your own friends. You should have heard of what kind of life they usually live at home.

Our family has such a good life, if you eat three meals a day at home, you will not realize the difficulties of other peers, which is not conducive to your growth.

Your mother, your aunt, and I often came back for lunch in the past, but now we also eat in the cafeteria at work?

Why do we have to eat this meal out when we can totally eat it at home?In fact, this is also the reason. "

Ieyasu has always been the most obedient child, he was the first to express his opinion: "Eating this lunch at school is of course not as good as eating at home.

But compared with other students, it is already very good, at least enough to eat.

The few classmates who have a good relationship with me seem to have never been full during this period of time. Whether it is in class or after class, they always complain that they are hungry.

Seeing how hungry they were, even if the lunch at noon was terrible, I could still eat it. "

Although Jiaqing and Fangfei are very smart, they are still young after all. It is a time when they are innocent and carefree. They seldom think about these practical issues.

They just instinctively don't want to suffer. Since their father and elder brother said so, they can only accept it helplessly.

Since it is to improve life, eating big fish and meat, the staple food is not too bad.

In the morning, the freshly steamed steamed buns made of pure corn flour, although somewhat loud, but paired with fresh fish soup, are delicious for the whole family.

Half-sized children can eat best, and 13-year-old Ieyasu is in the middle of growing his body, and he can eat five corn buns for this meal to fill his stomach.

Even the ten-year-old Jiaqing ate three corn buns, which means that the Yue family's food is not short of oil and water, otherwise, if the children eat whatever they want, they must eat more to be truly full.

After the meal, before the children cleaned up the kitchen, Meng Yining hurried back with Meng's mother.

When the mother-in-law came to the door, Yue Wenxuan hurriedly got up to say hello, first poured a cup of tea for her, and then said:
"I told Yining long ago that I would take you over and live with me for a period of time. This time, it's better to stay here for a longer period of time. Don't leave yet."

"Let's live and watch first, my granddaughter has just been sent to the nursery, so I don't know if she can adapt?

If I don’t get used to it, I have to take it with me to work. It’s not convenient to live here. "

Although she was angry, Ms. Meng was still not at ease at home.

Seeing that his wife's complexion was not very good, Yue Wenxuan asked, "Asahi Chuan just came back from a business trip, why don't you take more care of him, maybe you are angry with him?"

"Asahi Chuan has been obedient since he was a child, if I get angry with him, it's Ma Siya who makes me angry.

Our mother was pissed off by her, otherwise I wouldn't be able to take it. "

Knowing that his mother-in-law was angry with his daughter-in-law again, Yue Wenxuan was not surprised.

To give a fair evaluation, Ma Siya is actually a pretty good person, not to mention good-looking and educated, with a gentle personality, having her own job, cleaning up the house after get off work and educating children. Qualified wife.

But the shortcomings are also obvious. Originally, her natal family is a drag, and she has soft ears. She especially listens to her father and brother, and often secretly subsidizes her natal family. After a long time, there will naturally be conflicts.

Ma Siya's father, rich man Ma, has never had a formal job. Now that he is old, he can only live on the filial piety of his children.

Ma Siya's elder brother entered the factory after liberation, and he was considered a regular worker, but he was used to being a young master since he was a child. He couldn't bear hardships and had no enterprising spirit. Now his monthly salary is only more than 30 yuan.

Ma Siya's sister-in-law also does not have a formal job, but fortunately she is a restless person, and she can pick up odd jobs from the street every month. Although she doesn't earn much, she still has ten or eight yuan.

The big family of my natal family has an income of more than 40 yuan per month, which is just above the poverty line, and it is barely enough to live on a budget.

But rich man Ma and his eldest son are people who can't bear hardships, and they always think about smoking a pack of cigarettes every day, drinking a little wine, and having a bite of meat would be even better.

Basically, I spend as much as I earn every month, and I haven’t saved any money for so many years.

In the past, when the weather was good, Ma Siya had to subsidize a little every month, but now life is difficult, and Ma Siya's father and elder brother are trying their best to win the autumn wind from her.

Fortunately, both Mother Meng and Meng Xuchuan are smart people, and the family's money has never been let into Ma Siya's hands. Even if she wanted to supplement her mother's family, she would not be able to supplement much every month.

Although there are often conflicts because of this matter, but because of the small subsidy, it is not a big problem.

"We all knew what kind of person Marthia was before she entered the door.

Isn't it Xu Chuan's own housekeeper these years, and she has no money in her hand, so even if she wants to supplement her mother's family, it is always limited.

Asahi Chuan is not stupid. With him in charge, even if he makes up for it, he will not be able to get out of the ring.

In the future, it is enough for Asahikawa to master the big principles. Don't get angry because of these trivial things, it's not worth it. "Yue Wenxuan persuaded.

Meng Yining was still very angry, "Asahi Chuan insisted on marrying Ma Siya, if he was pissed off by his wife, he deserved it.

But our mother was pissed off by Ma Siya, so we had to talk about it.

If he doesn't manage his daughter-in-law well, he will always make our mother angry, and my mother will stay at our house and never leave, and he will never come to pick her up in the future. "

Yue Wenxuan could only continue to persuade, "Let me be fair, Xu Chuan is not at home on a business trip during this time, no one is in charge of Ma Siya, and Asahi Chuan is out of town. We can only wait for him to come back to solve it.

He just came back a few days ago, we have to give him some time.

Xu Chuan is still trustworthy, even with such a daughter-in-law and such a father-in-law, stumbling must be inevitable.

If our mother is angry with Ma Siya, there is no need for it, she is such a person, you can slowly educate her and change her.

If you really can't change it, then take precautions. If you don't take precautions well, then remember this lesson and take stricter precautions in the future.

It was already a disadvantage, but if he got angry again, it would be even more disadvantageous. "

Meng's mother knew that her son-in-law was clearly trying to persuade Meng Yining, but he was actually trying to persuade her.

She wasn't the kind of person with a small belly, it was just the accumulation of unhappiness in the daily life, and after her son came home, Ma Siya not only didn't restrain herself, but intensified it, which made her angry .