Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

When Qin Dabao woke up in the morning, he saw a vast expanse of white outside the door. It must have snowed lightly all night. He pushed the door open and saw Cuicui sweeping the yard.

Mom and Dad have already gone to work, and the two of them are busy again. Qin Qingyou is the team leader, busy leading the workers to complete production tasks, while Lu Xiu'e is because there are more and more people fleeing and begging in the capital, and the workload of their street office has increased exponentially. One person has to do the work of three people, so the two of them have to go to work before seven o'clock.

He turned his head and glanced at Xu Damao's house. He should be at home, with his bicycle leaning against the eaves, covered with a layer of snow.

Qin Dabao took the broom from Cuicui and swept the snow in the yard to the corner of the wall.

After sweeping the snow, he called Cuicui and pushed his bicycle out. He wanted to take Cuicui to have breakfast. When he passed by the middle courtyard, he went out even though it was raining.

"Brother Dabao," Yu Shui hadn't seen Qin Dabao for several days. He was at school during the day and had dinner in the military compound. This courtyard home was only for sleeping. He went out early and came back late, and his time was always out of sync with Yu Shui's.

Qin Dabao rubbed the scarf on Yu Shui's head. The scarf was made of wool and must have been there for many years. The color had faded. This stupid guy was sometimes very rude, but he could talk a lot with others.

"Did you eat enough at school?" The three of them pushed the cart out together.

"We can't eat enough." Yu Shui didn't hide anything from Qin Dabao: "The school asked us to hand in food, but the food we cooked wasn't even half the ration. Later, all the students stopped handing in food. We brought lunch from home and heated it on the stove in the classroom before eating."

"What did you eat for lunch?

The rain was silent. There was only one steamed bun left at home last night. She ate half of it in the morning and left the other half for lunch.

Qin Dabao was so angry that he turned around and went back to chop Sha Zhu.

Yu Shui grabbed him and said, "No, it's not my brother's fault. It was Sister Jia who borrowed the cornmeal from our house. She's pregnant again, and we have no food at home."

Qin Dabao sighed. This Sha Zhu was smart in everything he did, but he immediately became a coward when he met Qin Huairu. This Jia Dongxu was even more of a bastard. He knew that Sha Zhu liked his wife, but he still asked her to go to Sha Zhu to borrow money and food. He was willing to be a bastard. I really don't know how he can eat such food.

Dabao didn't know what to say about this matter. It was a matter of mutual consent. If he said anything, both sides would be unhappy, so he simply stopped talking.

When they arrived at the gate, Qin Dabao asked Yu Shui to follow him to have breakfast, which made the little girl very happy. She thought that brother Dabao was the best because she could have a full meal. If she followed her brother, she would go hungry for nine meals in three days.

Master Du's breakfast shop is still open. It's a public business, and there's a monthly ration at the grain store and the grocery store. However, you have to use the collected grain coupons to buy it. Few people eat breakfast these days, so who can afford to buy it outside? That would be such a waste.

Today's breakfast shop not only has fried cakes, but also meat buns. Of course, they are not made of pure meat, but cabbage and meat. Even so, Yu Shui is so greedy that his mouth is watering.

"Master Du, give me three fried dough cakes, three bowls of tofu pudding, and eight steamed buns."

"Alright man, I'll be right there. Hey man, it's been a while since we last met. Are you too busy at work?"

"I'm not busy at work. I'm studying at college right now, so I go out to eat near the school every morning."

"Well, how can other people's breakfast be as authentic as the one made by me, Old Du? Let me tell you, it's because there is a shortage of food right now. There are many things I can't cook. What's this called? Oh, a good cook cannot cook without rice. There's nothing I can do. You just have to make do with it." Uncle Du brought the food up quickly. He was a man who only respected clothes but not people. If Qin Dabao hadn't been wearing this official uniform, he would never have been so attentive.

Qin Dabao added a spoonful of chili oil and half a spoonful of chives to the tofu pudding and handed it to Yu Shui. Yu Shui took a bite of the bun and was so attracted by the fragrance that her eyes narrowed.

"Master Du, your buns are authentic. Please pack me fifty more, ten in a pack. I'm bringing these to my classmates."

"Come on, look at that."

Qin Dabao took out twenty yuan and fifteen kilograms of food coupons and handed them to Yu Shui.

"Yushui, this is your breakfast and lunch money for a month. Your brother is a careless person and he is not hungry after eating his fill. Don't pay attention to him. Keep this money and don't starve yourself.

If you come home from school in the evening, come to my house and eat with Cuicui. We have rice and flour at home. I have to go to my grandma's house to eat in the evening. If my parents are working overtime, you can make your own meals. As I said before, don't starve yourself. "

Yu Shui took the money and nodded with sobs. Brother Dabao is still the best. Her brother never cares whether she has eaten enough.

Qin Dabao patted her little head. This child has always been very sensible, so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.

"Wenwen always misses Sister Diao Yushui. When you have your winter vacation, I will take you to the military compound to see them."

Yu Shui's eyes lit up and she nodded vigorously. She also missed Wenwen.

He took Yu Shui's lunch box and put three buns in it. The buns were too big, as big as a fist. It was a good thing that the small lunch box could hold three, and it couldn't even be closed.

After breakfast, Yu Shui was so full that he kept burping. Dabao felt distressed and sad. This child had suffered a lot.

She and Yu Shui separated at the intersection of Gulou Street, and Cuicui went home by herself.

Dabao rode his bike towards the college.

Along the way, he discovered that blast furnaces were being dismantled everywhere at the intersections of streets and in alleys. The authorities finally realized that the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production was a waste of money and labor, so they urgently stopped it. However, the damage had already been done and no one could recover it.

The snow was too difficult to walk on. Qin Dabao didn't dare to pedal fast and could only walk slowly. The journey was very difficult.

When he arrived at the college, he took out the buns that Master Du had already wrapped in oil paper, ten in a pack, and went back to the dormitory first. There were still a few people in the dormitory waiting to feed him.

As soon as I entered the dormitory, it was like an ice cellar. There was no warmth at all, and it seemed like even the coal had been cut off.

Fortunately, there was a big kang in the room, so there was still some warmth. Qiu Hongwu, Wang Shengli, Li Liang, Qin Xiaoming, and Tong Daqing were the only five people left in the dormitory. Zhao Bin had a mission to return to his hometown. The five of them were all wearing autumn clothes and long pants, wrapping themselves tightly in the quilt, like maggots, not letting any warmth escape.

In this winter in the north, water freezes as soon as it falls, especially in the morning when the temperature is the lowest. Getting up becomes the biggest challenge, which really requires a lot of perseverance. None of the five people got up.

Qin Dabao carried the buns into the dormitory. The temperature in the room was constant, so they were still steaming hot when he took them out. When they heard the door open, the five of them turned around and saw the buns in Qin Dabao's hand.

The five grown men's eyes turned blue, and they all jumped up, grabbed the buns, and got back into bed at the speed of a 100-meter sprint. There were still five maggots.

Qin Dabao stared blankly at the oil paper in his hand. If it weren't for the remaining oil stains, he would have doubted whether he came in empty-handed.

Qiu Hongwu held a bun in each hand, taking a bite from the left and then the right, howling as he ate: "Oh my god, this is so delicious! What's the filling? Is it the legendary cabbage and meat?"

Before he could finish his words, he was choked and rolled his eyes. The others were not much better than him.

Qin Dabao sighed. These guys were obviously starving. He picked up the thermos and shook it. There should still be water. He poured a cup of warm water into a dirty big teacup, and the thermos was empty.

He handed it to Qiu Hongwu, who drank half of the teacup in one gulp. Wang Shengli was so anxious that he kept pushing him away, and then he passed the teacup on.

With two big buns as a cushion, the five people finally survived.

At this moment, the loud speaker in the college broadcast room blared: "Hey, that person, let me announce this. Students of the 58th grade advanced training class, please gather in the conference room in fifteen minutes. The Academic Affairs Office has something to announce.

Broadcast again, students of the 58th grade advanced training class... "

Now they couldn't lie down anymore, they all got up and put on their clothes, so fast that Qin Dabao couldn't even keep up.

Tong Daqing said as he buttoned his shirt, "Oh my! I finally made it. I heard the day before yesterday that we were getting an early graduation. This time, it's definitely an announcement."

Qiu Hongwu also said: "It's not good. This guy almost starved me to death. I can finally graduate and go home. I miss my wife's dumplings so much."

Several people echoed enthusiastically.

Qin Dabao had heard about this from his uncle a long time ago. The school had run out of food, and the students all graduated early and returned to their original units, so it didn't seem surprising to him.