Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

She took the 1.6 pound meat ticket her grandmother gave her, but she didn't take the money. The money her mother left was still in her hand!

Han Zhaozhao held the two thin meat tickets in his hands and almost couldn't help drooling.

Even though I haven’t seen the meat, the meat tickets make me hungry!

In July this year, the capital city just implemented a limited supply of pork. Citizens with a Beijing household registration were given eight taels of meat coupons each month.

This was the second time that food and oil coupons were supplied to urban households since the implementation of the coupon supply in 1955.

Until 1959, the country gradually implemented coupons for the purchase of non-staple food items, and in 1961, it issued industrial coupons, cloth coupons, and cotton coupons, completely ushering in the coupon era where almost all shopping in the country was done by coupons.

Her grandmother has money, which was the living expenses her parents gave her in the past. Although I don’t know how much is left now, considering how careful her grandmother is in living, it should be no less than three or four hundred yuan.

Han Zhaozhao wanted to give the money her mother left to her grandmother, but the old lady refused to take it, saying that she was grown up and should learn how to manage the household.

From then on, they had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative grocery store to buy supplies every month, and let her line up with the neighbors in the alley to buy them.

The old lady knew that she had limited time after work and could not ask for leave. She was also afraid of delays and not being able to buy the supplies on the supply certificate, which would affect the daily lives of the grandparents and grandchildren.

Even though I was a little worried about my granddaughter taking on the household shopping chores at such a young age, there was nothing I could do but let her go and try to let her exercise more.

Fortunately, her granddaughter can go with the grandmothers and aunties in the alley. She can feel more at ease knowing that there are familiar people taking care of her.

After seeing his grandmother off to work, Han Zhaozhao picked up a basket, put two cloth bags in the basket, put some money in it, locked the door, and strolled out to the street.

This period of time is when everyone goes to work or school. The gates of several courtyards in the alley are open, and adults and children are hurrying out.

There were middle-aged and young people pushing bicycles: "Red Army, soldiers, let's go, it's time to go to work!"

There was a little kid sitting on the frame of a bicycle: "Mom, I think I forgot to bring my textbook!"

"Look, my deskmate, you're going to be late! You've been running around all day and can't change your habit of losing things. I think you deserve to be punished!"

There were also groups of young boys and girls going to school: "Jianshe, has Wang Jun eaten yet? It's time to leave. If you dawdle any longer, you'll be late!"

"Juanzi, Xiaocui, Xiaolian, hurry up, we are waiting for you!"

There were also voices of old ladies calling their friends to go out shopping together in the yard:

"Sister Yang, are you ready? Let's go to the market!"

"Come on, wait a moment, I'll lock the door."

Jingshui Hutong, which had been silent all night, became lively again, with adults calling out to children to make noise, and the atmosphere was filled with the daily life of ordinary people.

Han Zhaozhao was unwilling to go out with her acquaintances, so she hurried forward and joined the crowd going to work or school.

"Grandpa Zhang, Uncle Jinsuo, Uncle Yinsuo, good morning! Have you eaten?"

"Mr. Xue, Mrs. Xue, good morning! Are you going to work?"

"Good morning, Uncle Niu, Uncle Li, Uncle Qian! Are you all going to work?"

Han Zhaozhao kept talking as he walked, greeting his neighbors who were going to work.

"Zhao Zhao, have you eaten? I haven't seen you come to my house to play for a while, what are you doing?"

"I have. Have you eaten? I'll go buy some groceries. I'll have to come to your house to trouble you later."

Han Zhaozhao replied with a smile and walked out while chatting.

"Zhao Zhao, where are you going?" Niu Xiaomin, Xiao Sanzi and several other boys came running after them with their schoolbags clinking on their backs, followed by the girls Niu Xiaolian, Li Cui, Li Yan and Zhang Chunling.

"Brother Min, Brother Sanzi, Sister Xiaolian, are you going to school?

I'm going to the market to buy some vegetables. It's not that my grandma is at work and doesn't have time, but my family hasn't used up the coupons for this month yet!"

Xiaolian: "Then hurry up and go! Don't let it expire and be wasted.

Be careful when you get there, and keep your money and receipts safe, as there are so many people in the market. "

Niu Xiaolian worriedly told Han Zhaozhao that the child was not short, but very young, which was really worrying.

Xiao Sanzi also nagged, "Zhao Zhao, you can go later and wait for the adults in the alley to go together, so that you can have someone to take care of you."

Han Zhaozhao: She left home early just because she didn't want to go with them.

"I'm going to buy meat, but if I go too late, there might be no fat left. My grandma said that we're out of lard at home, and we're waiting to buy fat to make oil!

Most people in the alley spend their meat coupons at the beginning of the month. The grandmothers and aunties go to the market late, and it would be delayed if I follow them.

Don't worry, my grandma sewed an inner pocket for me, and I have kept the money and bills well, so they won't be lost.

I'll just buy some meat and run home right after that. Nothing's going to happen. You guys should hurry up too. Don't be late!"

The third child wailed, "Hurry up, we're going to be late!"

A group of children ran away, and no one knew what was in the backpacks they carried on their shoulders. The tinkling and clanging sounds they made gradually faded away.

"They don't even walk properly!" Han Zhaozhao thought to himself as he looked at the backs of the lively and cute children with a kind smile on his face.

Walking on the street, there are crowds of people and traffic like the sea. Regardless of gender, everyone is full of vigor and enthusiasm!

This is a new society full of hope and ideals!

Countless unfamiliar faces passed by, but Han Zhaozhao did not see any negative emotions such as fatigue, sadness, and disappointment on any of them.

This atmosphere also affected Han Zhaozhao. She put aside her worries and walked towards the Dongdan Vegetable Market in her memory with a smile.

Half an hour later, Han Zhaozhao finally reached the destination. In fact, according to her walking speed, it would not even take her 20 minutes.

Who made her so curious! This was the capital city in the 1950s! In an era when even photographs and materials were rarely seen in later generations, this was the most ancient and simple ancient city. How could she not take a good look?

She walked and admired the scenery. If she had not still been rational, and it was the early morning shift with people everywhere, Han Zhaozhao would have wanted to take out her digital video camera to record this vibrant street scene in Beijing.

This was a scene she had never seen in the bustling metropolis of her previous life. There was no exhaustion under fashionable clothes, no anxiety and pressure under exquisite makeup.

There are no fat people in this era. Most of them are thin and full of energy.

The jingling of bicycle bells on the street formed a pleasant music, and the cheerful laughter of people whizzed by, forming a sea of ​​joy.

The old-fashioned buses that passed by quickly from time to time also became clumsy and cute, and the occasional black sedans and green jeeps added a touch of color to the bustling streets.

The streets of the old capital are really beautiful!

It is brimming with vigor and vitality everywhere. This is an ancient yet vibrant city!

Han Zhaozhao admired and marveled at the sight, and when she entered the Dongdan Market, she was shocked again!

Who said that there is a shortage of supplies in this era?

It was noisy and full of people! Sellers and buyers were bustling about, crowded and crowded, just like the rural New Year fairs in later generations.

Han Zhaozhao walked in, observing and listening to the bargaining of the old Beijing people.

"How much is your cabbage per pound? Can you deliver it if I buy more? How much is your radish per pound? Give me a discount so I can weigh more!"

"Cabbage is two cents a pound, and radishes are two and a half cents. I'm sorry, but I don't have much vegetables today, so I can't deliver them to you.

The price is this high now, it can't be cheaper. It's not easy for us to carry the vegetables from more than ten miles away, and all we sell to you are delicious vegetables with firm fillings.

You look like a respectable person and you will definitely not haggle over the small amount of money from us old farmers.

If you buy a lot, I can give you a little more and give you a handful of radish leaves, what do you think?"

"I'm selling dried vegetables. Dried eggplants, dried beans, dried gourds, and radish tops. Five cents a pound. One pound in a big bag!"

"Selling pumpkins and sweet potatoes, three cents a pound, full and hungry, saving food!"

"Selling mung beans, soybeans, and corn kernels!"

"Sesame, peanuts and red beans!"

"My friend, how much are you selling these peanuts for? They don't look very honest. Can you make them cheaper?"

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