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134. Grain prices

The nationwide famine ended, giving the country and its people a chance to catch their breath, and the country gradually accumulated some surplus grain.

To make it easier for ordinary people to buy food, the government began to establish special grain stations to sell grain publicly.

Because of the scarcity of food, the government continued to purchase food using a combination of food coupons and cash in order to limit the supply.

The state-regulated grain price was 18 cents per pound for rice, plus a grain coupon for each pound.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes cost one cent per pound, plus one pound of grain coupons.

Grain coupons were issued in fixed quantities, so their value was equivalent to money.

If converted to monetary terms, a pound of grain coupons would have a face value of between 15 and 30 cents. Of course, this is the price in private transactions on the market, because the state does not sell grain coupons separately. Grain coupons are issued based on wages and work points in order to restrict and protect the equal distribution of rations. Selling grain coupons would violate this principle of equal distribution of grain.

Cracking down on the black market for grain is also to implement this policy.

Therefore, grain coupons and RMB must be used together to buy grain.

However, transactions on the black market were much more flexible and convenient. Even without food coupons, I could still buy food, but the prices were higher.

For example, the price of rice is four to five cents.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes cost between three and four cents.

Therefore, rice costing four to five cents and potatoes costing three to four cents were also in high demand on the black market.

Su Jinru had always sold her potatoes to Yuan Wenjie for 50 cents a pound, but in the last six months or so, she sold them for 40 cents a pound.

Now that the government is selling grain publicly, market prices have dropped significantly.

Su Jinru naturally had to lower the price according to the market price.

The government sells it for one cent per pound, plus one pound of grain coupons. The market price (without grain coupons) is about four cents.

Su Jinru sold it to Yuan Wenjie and his group for one cent per pound, without requiring grain coupons.

Grain coupons were very important to people who bought grain, but for someone like Su Jinru who didn't lack grain, it didn't matter whether she had them or not.

So she sold grain to Yuan Wenjie and his group at the national grain price, using grain coupons as a discount for them.

After doing this, Su Jinru's income decreased by almost three-quarters, but she was already very satisfied.

Her food costs almost nothing; she earns a little money through hard work.

Over the course of a year, I can earn nearly 100,000 yuan.

In the three years prior, when grain prices were at their highest nationwide, she earned over two million yuan. At that time, one yuan was equivalent to two hundred yuan in later generations, so her earnings were equivalent to four small goals in later generations.

She wasn't greedy; she knew when to stop. Having space meant having an infinite treasure.

Food will be the most sought-after commodity for the next twenty years, and there will be plenty of money to be made from it.

Safety is the most important thing.

Now that the government is cracking down on the black market for grain, anyone caught will be imprisoned, so there's no need for her to take that risk.

Su Jinru only sold the grain to Yuan Wenjie and his group, who intended it for disaster relief and military use. This was her way of supporting the country, the military, the disaster area, and Yuan Wenjie.

However, Yuan Wenjie hadn't contacted her for a long time; the person who came to pick up the grain was Xiao Xu.

When Su Jinru told Xiao Xu about the price reduction of potatoes, he excitedly said, "Sister, Brother Wenjie was right about you. You are a businessman with a conscience."

Su Jinru smiled and said, "It's nothing. Grain prices across the country have been adjusted down. We should follow the fluctuations of market prices! Otherwise, if you don't cooperate with me, where will I make money?"

"But the market price isn't that low right now, not to mention your potatoes are the best quality."

"It's okay, my cost price isn't high either, as long as I make a little profit."

"Based on your attitude, we will cooperate for a long time."

“We’ve been working together for over three years, so we’re long-term clients. We trust each other, so this discount is a must.”

Su Jinru really wanted to ask Xiao Xu when Yuan Wenjie would be back, but she held back and didn't say it. His job was confidential, and asking would be pointless and would only put him in a difficult position.

Two years passed quickly.

There has been no news of Yuan Wenjie, but one thing is certain: he is still alive.

Xiao Xu told her that Yuan Wenjie was doing a very secret job, and his family could not see him.

As long as he's still alive, that's all that matters.

This year marked the beginning of the second year of the decade-long catastrophe.

The school is in chaos, and classes cannot proceed normally.

Many children went to the countryside as educated youth, and this trend set off a wave of enthusiasm.

At this time, Anran was in her second year of high school, and Anxin was in her third year of junior high school.

Since they wouldn't learn anything at school, and would only participate in various extreme activities, Su Jinru was afraid of causing trouble and didn't want him to do anything immoral or immoral in a moment of impulse, so she told them to simply not go to school.

Just like during the famine, Su Jinru let her two children study at home and try not to go out and contact others.

Anran's classmates, those with connections, all went to work; those without connections but whose parents had jobs filled in for them; those without jobs went to the countryside; and some participated in various activities.

The typical age for going to the countryside is between sixteen and thirty-five.

Anran is only fourteen years old, so naturally she cannot work, nor is she old enough to be sent to the countryside.

He could only stay at home and follow Su Jinru's arrangements to study on his own.

Su Jinru said to her two children, "No matter how chaotic things are outside, you two must never follow others in their misbehavior. I've always told you since you were little that you must have the ability to distinguish right from wrong."

"Especially avoid crazy behaviors like hitting people or smashing other people's homes."

"What we need to do is protect ourselves, be careful with our words and actions, try not to have contact with others, and try not to let others find our weaknesses and become the target of their retaliation."

The two children are now grown up and have their own thinking abilities. There are many things they don't understand why things are done this way, but they know that their mother is right.

Those who are ruined overnight and innocently harmed, they are puzzled and sympathetic, but they cannot and dare not help them.

Just like Mom said, now there are only four words: protect yourself wisely.

But even if they don't go out, even if they bury their heads in their nests like ostriches, trouble still comes knocking.

That evening, while we were having dinner, a large group of people came and made a ruckus outside.

If it weren't for Kuroko protecting them, they would have broken in long ago.

The leader was Li Jianming.

He is now a well-known xxx boss.

He said smugly to An Ran, "Qi An Ran, we heard someone report that your family has xxx, so we came to search."

An Ran looked at Li Jianming, who used to always follow him around, now looking all smug and arrogant.

An Ran felt a chill run down her spine.