50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 110 Iraqi Dates and Cuban Sugar

Two hours later, the two wheels were installed and the land was divided into pieces. The work force was divided into two parts, one to dig mud from the moat, and the other to collect mud from the moat to pave the ground on the city wall.

Sun Zhiwei knew that he was very strong, so in order to save time, he took the initiative to go down to the river.

Digging river mud in the water is not an easy job. Several male teachers knew their own limitations and directly collected the river mud on the city wall. Except for Sun Zhiwei, all those who came down were soldiers from the security department.

Even so, Sun Zhiwei was worth three men. The soldiers were all amazed and said that if he joined the army, he would definitely be a good soldier.

More than twenty young men spent five days turning over the ten acres of land and covering it with half a foot thick mud. Then it was the female teachers' turn.

Sun Zhiwei really didn't know how to farm, he just worked hard.

Among the more than 30 male comrades in the garden, only about 10 rural soldiers know how to farm, but they are not very skilled, after all, they joined the army when they were very young.

In the end, we found out that it was the old aunt in charge of logistics who knew the most about farming. The old aunt gave everyone verbal guidance, and the male and female teachers took charge of the hands-on work. Finally, we managed to plant the more than ten acres of land.

After sowing, field maintenance became the kindergarten's daily work. Everyone took turns working in shifts and would go out together when concentrated manpower was needed.

In the meantime, the teachers also brought the older children to experience pulling weeds and catching insects.

As summer draws to a close, the situation has worsened as it hasn’t rained in many places where it should have.

After returning home and having dinner that day, Sun Zhiwei took Tong Jiajia out for a walk to help digest the food.

When passing by a women's store, Tong Jiajia ran in and left him alone outside.

I was very angry and wondered why I wouldn't be allowed in.

Since he is not allowed to enter here, he doesn't dare to enter. If he really dares to barge in, he can prepare to operate the sewing machine.

Bored Sun Zhiwei was wandering around the door when he saw a grocery store next to him open, so he walked in.

After asking, he found out that all supplies here are priced with tickets. He didn't have a ticket now and would have to wait until the next ticket collection day to get one.

What’s interesting is that there are many commodities that don’t require tickets, but their prices have increased, and the increases are quite exaggerated.

For example, the price of Kweichow Moutai increased from 2.97 yuan per catty to 16 yuan; the price of tea increased three times;
Some interesting products have also emerged, such as: high-fragmentation and defective cloth, neither of which requires a ticket.

Gao Sui is actually the tea foam left when sifting tea. Now it is openly packaged and sold under the name of high-grade tea foam (Gao Sui).

Defective cloth: It refers to unqualified cloth caused by printing and dyeing failure, incorrect color, confusing patterns, etc. when the cloth is produced in the factory.

When the quantity is small, it will be consumed internally by the printing and dyeing factory. If it is large, it will be sent to the supply and marketing cooperative for sale.

Generally speaking, if you encounter a store selling defective cloth, it is not recommended for middle-aged women who are not physically strong to go near the counter.

If a young woman gets close, she will either be squeezed out or have her clothes torn open and pulled out. If she is a man, he will most likely be beaten out.

These middle-aged women don't care who you are, no matter if you are a section chief or a director, as long as you dare to snatch their defective cloth, they will fight you to the death.

Scratching your face is the least of your worries. In serious cases, they will falsely accuse you of being a hooligan, and there is a high possibility that you will lose the case.

At that time, there was always an unwritten principle regarding such issues between men and women: as long as the woman was embarrassed enough to sue you, you would be guilty, even if there was no evidence.

So, whenever Sun Zhiwei entered the supply and marketing cooperative, he was always cautious and stayed away from the aunties. Grocery stores were much better, with fewer people. Seeing so many grocery stores requiring tickets, he regretted not buying more earlier.

Just as I was preparing to retreat, I suddenly noticed a group of people gathered in a corner.

He walked over and saw that they were selling two imported foods: Iraqi candied dates and Cuban sugar.

What surprised him was that both kinds of sweets did not require tickets and were very cheap. Iraqi candied dates were 2 yuan per pound, and Cuban sugar was 5 yuan per pound.

When he saw the things, he thought of these two things, which were actually Middle Eastern sand dates and Cuban brown sugar.

The former often contains sand, and the latter has poor purification technology and is not as good as domestic brown sugar, but the key is that they don’t require tickets.

He decided to buy more. These two things became very popular in the following years, and both adults and children loved to eat them. In the future, whether he wanted to eat them at home or give them as gifts, they would be both elegant and inexpensive.

Of course, he can't buy it in one place. People in this era are still very vigilant, and any problem will be reported if someone sees it.

He planned to buy some from a grocery store when he saw one. There were many people watching, but not many buying, so he quickly went over and bought 20 kilograms.

After buying the things, he came out carrying them. Tong Jiajia didn’t know he was in the store yet, so he had to wait at the door.

A while later, Tong Jiajia came out of the women's store with a red face. Comrade Sun Zhiwei was very curious about Tong Jiajia's inner thoughts, but it was difficult to ask her in the street, so he had to hold it in.

The two of them walked around again and returned home from another route, ending their digestion activity for the day.

Sun Zhiwei took some of the Iraqi candied dates and Cuban candies he had just bought and put them in the snack cabinet, and stored most of them in the basement. These two things have extremely high sugar content and can be stored for a long time without going bad.

At breakfast the next day, Tong Jiajia was absent-mindedly eating her porridge while chatting with Sun Zhiwei.

"I'm pregnant." She suddenly said this.

Sun Zhiwei was immediately stunned. Although he heard it, Sun Zhiwei still wanted to confirm it.

"Got it?" Then he looked at Tong Jiajia.

"Yeah." Tong Jiajia nodded a little worriedly.

"How do you know?" There are no home test strips that can detect it quickly.

"I didn't have my period, and I have other symptoms. An auntie told me about it in the store yesterday."

Sun Zhiwei was speechless. You just believe what others say.

"Let's go to the hospital for a checkup later. This situation is best judged by a doctor. No one else's opinion counts."

After breakfast, Sun Zhiwei went to the kindergarten to ask for leave, and then came back and went to Peking University Hospital across the street with Tong Jiajia.

Now he is very satisfied with the location of his home yard. The hospital is just a few steps away and the medical conditions are really good.

Doctors at Peking University Hospital didn't come to work until after 8 a.m., so they made an appointment with an old Chinese doctor. After meeting the doctor, the two explained their situation in general, and the old doctor understood their purpose.

(End of this chapter)