Chapter 7 Prices in the s (Major Changes)

At this time, the third uncle, Yan Fugui's family was also discussing the issue of chickens.

Yan Fugui said slowly: "I have seen the chicken in the casserole. It was not a whole chicken. It had no head, no legs, no wings. It was only half a chicken."

"Do you know why?"

"Why?" Yu Li wondered.

Aunt Yan snorted and said, "Because this chicken was not stolen by Shazhu at all."

"Hey~, didn't Sha Zhu say that it was given to him by his apprentice?" Yan Jiecheng asked.

Yan Bugui glanced at Yan Jiecheng and said slowly:

"Which family would give half a bird as a gift? Even if they give half a bird, it has no head, no legs, and no wings. Can it be considered a gift?"

Oh my god, it was stolen from the factory! Yu Li exclaimed.

"Whether it was stolen or not is none of our business!" Aunt Yan interrupted the conversation and then said:
"Oh, right! Old man, what do you think about Lin Hao asking the people in the hospital to introduce him to a date? Is this a reliable thing? If it works, he will definitely get a lot of benefits!"

Yan Bugui wiped his glasses and said with a hint of anticipation:

"I've thought about this, too. It should be quite reliable. Lin Hao has been frugal over the past three years. Who knows how much money he has saved!"

Aunt Yan asked, "Does your school have anyone suitable?"

"There is one, who is one year older than Lin Hao. I just don't know if both sides are willing." Yan Bugui said uncertainly.

Aunt Yan immediately said, "Why do you care whether they can succeed or not? You just need to get the benefits first!"

"That's right. I'll go talk to Lin Hao first. Don't let anyone else get there first." After saying that, he hurried out the door and headed towards the central courtyard.

"dong dong dong"

"Who is this, it's so cold?" Lin Hao had just warmed up his bed when someone came to his door. He didn't know what time it was and didn't even have a watch.

After opening the door and taking a closer look, I saw that it was my third uncle Yan Bugui.

"Oh~ It's Uncle San! What's going on?" I was a little curious why he came to his place so late.

Lin Hao thought to himself, I just asked someone in the hospital to introduce a date to me today, could it be that they are here to match me up with Ran Qiuye?

"Haozi, you went to bed so early!" Yan Bugui said.

"Hey~ It's so cold, there's no one to talk to, what else can I do besides sleep?"

"That's perfect. Don't you want to find someone during the meeting?"

"Yes, Third Uncle, what you mean is that you have a suitable candidate." Lin Hao understood and thought that he must want to introduce Ran Qiuye to himself.

Yan Bugui said: "There is one, a teacher in our school."

"So~how is that person?"

That's really good: "She has a good figure and good temperament, but I'm one year older than you, so I don't know you~".

Lin Hao didn't have any objection: "That's great. She's a teacher, well-mannered, knowledgeable, and well-mannered. What's there to be afraid of if she's one year older? A girl who's three years older than you is still a treasure!"

“By the way, what’s the teacher’s name?” Lin Hao still wanted to confirm it to avoid making any mistakes.

"My name is Ran Qiuye, I'm 23 years old this year, and I'm the awesome head teacher in our school."

"Okay then. Uncle San, please help to match us up with Teacher Ran. I'll prepare a gift for you tomorrow and wait for you to introduce us to me." Lin Hao said happily.

"Don't worry. With your conditions, it's hard to find someone like you even with a lantern. I'll go back first." After saying that, he didn't stay long and walked out the door, ready to go home.

"Okay, Third Uncle, take care!" Lin Hao stood up and walked Yan Bugui out the door.

After Yan Bugui left, Lin Hao thought about it. Before traveling through time, he had read the reviews of Siheyuan, and most of the reviews about Ran Qiuye liked this character.

There are more positive comments than negative ones. I think Ran Qiuye also has her merits, but I'd better wait until others have seen her before making a judgment, after all, those comments may not be accurate.

As the saying goes, what you hear is not as good as what you see. Don't just listen to one side and believe it.

For now, I'd better stay put, take good care of myself, clean up the house, and replace the furniture.

Otherwise, when Teacher Ran comes home and sees my glorious image, won’t it be ruined!
Also, the people in the courtyard seem difficult to deal with, so let's start from the outside.

next day
In the morning, when Lin Hao finished washing up and went out, he saw that the outside was already covered with snow.

As a southerner, I hadn't seen such beautiful snow scenery for more than ten years before the time travel.

"It's just too damn cold!"

As he said this, he walked towards the Red Star Third Steel Rolling Mill.

In this era, the identity of a worker is the best protection, and with the protection of the worker identity in the face of the coming storm, you will be much safer.

Now Lin Hao is still an apprentice and is about to graduate. His monthly salary is 22 yuan.

My predecessor was working as a temporary worker in a steel mill at the age of 17. At that time, the temporary worker's salary was only 14 yuan.
The following year, after his father died of illness, he took over as an apprentice in a steel rolling mill, earning 16 yuan. His salary increased by 2 yuan each year, and this year his salary is 22 yuan.

As long as you pass the assessment next Monday, you can get a salary of 33 yuan, which means you are a first-level worker. Of course, if you fail the assessment, you can only continue to be an apprentice and will only get 22 yuan forever.

Those who pass the assessment will be officially designated as level two next year, and will receive the level two salary of 38.6 yuan and become level two workers.

Don't underestimate this small amount of money. You should know that in that era, a pound of rice costs 1 yuan, a pound of flour costs 0.13 yuan, a pound of pork costs 0.18 yuan, a pound of cabbage costs 1 cents, and a bottle of authentic Moutai costs 0.64 yuan.

Looks pretty good!
but!

Everyone has a fixed quota, and if you exceed that amount, you can’t buy it even if you have money!
For example, urban residents were subject to a rationing system, with adults eating 27-30 kilograms of grain per person per month. Workers ate state-supplied grain, and steel rolling mills were heavy industrial units, with kilograms of grain per person per month.

The monthly food ration is similar to the formula for gunpowder, with the ratio of flour, cornmeal, and dried sweet potatoes being 7:2:1.

Therefore, in order to feed the family, most families would exchange part of the flour and rice for cornmeal, and mix the flour and cornmeal together, which is the well-known two-pronged flour.

This is also the main food for most people in this era.

Think about Qin Huairu's family of five. Jia Zhang still has a rural household registration, so there is no quota. Banggeng is a child over ten years old, with a quota of 5 kilograms. Xiaodang is a child under 26 years old, with a quota of 10 kilograms. Huaihua is a 18-year-old child, with a quota of 3 kilograms.

On average, each person weighed 18 kilograms, so Qin Huairu tried every possible way and had to swallow her pride to find food for the family outside.

After learning about the prices of goods in this era, Lin Hao naturally understood her helplessness. However, he still had no good feelings towards Qin Huairu's blood-sucking behavior, so he would just stay away from her in the future.

If she gives birth to a child for Sha Zhu, it can only be said that she and Sha Zhu are truly in love, so what's wrong with Lin Hao helping them.

Lin Hao shook his head. He thought of a way to change their fate. There were still many years to go!

She earns 27.5 yuan a month, less than 6 yuan per capita, which is barely enough to make ends meet. However, in this era, the average per capita consumption of a working-class family is 11 yuan. (The above data is the living standard of Beijing unit employees in the s)
Of course, they are not as good as the rich, but better than the poor. Compared with the countryside, they can eat commercial grain, and the salary of two or three months is much more than what people earn in the countryside in a year. This is why the Jia family and Qin Jingru are unwilling to return to the countryside.

The third uncle, Yan Bugui, also faced the same problem. He had to support six people with a salary of 37 yuan and save money to buy a house for his children.

In fact, in Lin Hao's opinion, the various calculations of Uncle Yan Bugui on a daily basis are actually understandable.

For example, after Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li got married, they had to ask them to pay for living expenses and rent.

Even as a modern person, if you put yourself in their shoes, you can understand, "You've made money, don't you want to stay at home and rely on your parents?"

But he just gave this calculation to a few children without telling them what the purpose of this calculation was.

In Lin Hao's opinion, if Yan Bugui could make his children understand the truth that "you can scheme for survival, but you must not let scheme become your life", he would not have ended up being deserted by his friends and relatives.

Of course, compared with Yan Bugui, Liu Haizhong, this fool, deserved it. His eldest son's words "Parents are unkind and children are unfilial" are a portrayal of his life. It was not until he lived a lonely life that he felt he had figured out how to live his life.

So Lin Hao decided that no matter who he married and lived with in the future, he would educate his children well. He didn't ask for great achievements from his children, as long as they didn't grow up in the wrong direction.

(End of this chapter)