Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

106. Selling grain

Su Jinru used to make all her own clothes and shoes, but now, she spends all her free time in her spatial dimension and has no time to make them herself.

Besides, she has money and doesn't need to waste time on trivial matters to save a few dollars.

Seeing her parents looking refreshed in their new clothes, Su Jinru smiled and said, "Mom and Dad, look, clothes make the man, and you both look more than ten years younger now!"

Liu Yulan seems to have rarely worn new clothes in her life. When she was a child, she wore her older sisters' hand-me-downs. After getting married, she wore the same clothes for many years, patching and mending them. Later, when her children grew up, she wore their hand-me-downs. She said that wearing clothes was uncomfortable, but what woman doesn't like wearing new clothes?

She smiled sheepishly and said, "We're already old folks, no matter what we wear, we can't hide the wrinkles on our faces."

"That makes you look younger."

My younger brother added, "Mom and Dad definitely look much more energetic in their new clothes."

Finally, Su Jinru took out one hundred yuan.

"Dad, Mom, this is the money I borrowed from you to build the house."

Su Ke: "During the famine, you provided us with so much grain, which must have cost you a lot of money! You don't need to pay back that money; it will be used to offset the cost of the grain."

Liu Yulan also declined, saying, "No, you don't need to pay it back. Your dad and I received 86 yuan from our team this year, so we have money."

Su Jinru stuffed the money into her mother's hand.

"What can you buy with the little money you have? Ah Xuan will need to go to university, build a house, and get married in the future. There will be many places where you need to spend money."

"As for the grain, I grew it myself at home, so it didn't cost me much money."

Su Ke and Liu Yulan couldn't figure out where their daughter got all that food. Although the sweet potatoes and potatoes were grown at home, what about the rice?

However, their daughter was unwilling to talk about it, so they stopped asking.

Liu Yulan: "Our lives are getting better and better now. I wonder how Ayu is doing?"

"She's doing great. Not long ago, there was an earthquake in a certain area that killed and injured many people. They went to the rescue and saved many lives! What she's doing now is very meaningful. Her skills as a medic are also getting better and better. She can independently treat many external injuries and can also treat common diseases."

Liu Yulan: "Luckily she broke off the engagement, otherwise the Zeng family would definitely not have let her join the army."

"Yes! You weren't entirely in favor of it at first!"

"I don't agree to your divorce! But you got divorced anyway, didn't you?"

“If I don’t leave, with his uncle’s whole family dragging me down, how can I expect to have such a good life?”

"Indeed, Qi Zhenglin and his wife left behind six children, six mouths to feed, which is a bottomless pit. I heard that after An Rong came back, they still separated the family. That woman makes a fuss every day, which annoys the neighbors."

"You and Qi Zhengyang have been together for so many years and never had a fight. Now you're with that woman and you fight every day. Is this what it's like to be an educated person?"

"Back then, Li Meili was making a big fuss in the village, saying that her son Anrong would become a high-ranking official in the future. Now that he has come back with a limp, he doesn't look like he'll become a high-ranking official at all."

Su Jinru was also surprised that An Rong retired from the military in this way.

However, considering that Qi Zhengyang used improper means to secure the opportunity for his nephew, and that both uncle and nephew were eager for quick success, it is not surprising that this outcome occurred.

Su Jinru's parents and younger brother chatted at her house until very late before saying goodbye and going home.

Su Jinru packed a large bag of fruit for them and carried it to her parents' home with a lantern.

In those days, fruit was a rare commodity, even scarcer than grain. Although Su Jinru's parents were surprised that she had such a thing, they were used to it because their daughter had always been able to get food that others couldn't.

On New Year's Eve, Qi Zhengyang went to bed as soon as it got dark, but he couldn't sleep all night.

His family was destitute.

Aside from eating a few ounces of sweet potatoes at the communal canteen in the evening, there was nothing else to eat at home.

He tossed and turned until midnight, hungry but could only endure the hunger.

The deeper and quieter the night, the more awake a person with insomnia is.

A deep sense of frustration gripped his heart.

After suffering one blow after another, he placed all his hopes on An Rong, but he never expected that An Rong would return from the army in such a tragic way.

Given An Rong's current state, it's unlikely he'll amount to anything, let alone live a normal life.

All his hopes were dashed.

He couldn't understand why things had turned out this way.

He couldn't understand how his life had turned out this way.

At that time, vocational school graduates were extremely rare, but he could only become a farmer. He had intelligence and talent, but had no opportunity to use them.

……

Thanks to the promotion and large-scale planting of new products such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, Nanyang County has basically escaped famine. All villages have resumed collective canteens, resumed production, and harvested grain. In addition to paying taxes and grain to the government, there is also surplus grain to deliver.

With surplus grain, the production team had money, and everyone received money according to their work points.

At this time, public order was restored, and everyone performed their duties. Those who were supposed to go to school went to school, those who were supposed to go to work went to work, and those who were supposed to work did so, creating a scene of peace and prosperity.

Su Jinru had a lot of grain piled up in her space, and she planned to find an opportunity to sell it.

Before the communal dining system, grain could be freely bought and sold in the market. However, since the establishment of collective canteens, grain has become collectively owned, and it is neither reasonable nor legal for individuals to own grain.

If all the land is collectively owned and individuals own the grain, then the source of the grain becomes very problematic.

Therefore, reselling grain is illegal.

However, at that time, food was a scarce commodity and a necessity of life. People with some money naturally wanted to store some food at home and cook for themselves.

After all, having enough to eat is the primary need for human survival.

Therefore, food has always been a scarce commodity.

Su Jinru decided to check out the black market.

The so-called black market is a market for the sale of goods that are not permitted by the state.

During the previous severe famine, food prices skyrocketed, and the government cracked down on the practice of selling grain at high prices.

Now that the disaster has passed and food prices are no longer so outrageously high, the government is no longer cracking down on black market transactions as strictly.

Su Jinru remembers that in January of the following year, 1961, as the national disaster situation eased, the government announced the dissolution of collective canteens because the collective canteens had many drawbacks due to the three years of disaster.

At the same time, the state issued a policy that certain types of agricultural products cannot be sold privately and can only be sold to the state. If caught, they will be confiscated at best and imprisoned at worst.

One type of agricultural product is staple food, such as rice, flour, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

Category II agricultural products, such as vegetables and fruits, can be freely bought and sold.

One type of agricultural product is sold to the state; a pound of rice costs two cents, while sweet potatoes and potatoes cost one cent per pound.