Chapter 114 - 0114 Learn Something 2_1
After speaking, Madam Xu then reminded Feng Qingxue, "Don’t be so sincere, child. A little bit of grain, about ten to twenty pounds, is enough for a family before the New Year. Add some coarse cereals, the more sparingly they’re used, the more valuable the grains will seem."
Feng Qingxue sincerely treated the old couple, so Mrs Xu naturally cared about her in all aspects.
Moreover, which of those old friends didn’t have some value stashed away, like a gold ingot or two? Who doesn’t know how widespread the circulation of gold is? However, no one was willing to bring it out. They were all shrewd people who, instead of using their gold, would exchange the jewelry, jade, antiques, and artworks that are being heavily cracked down on by the government for grains. They treated gold as their last safeguard.
Apart from the jewelry they gave to Feng Qingxue, they also had some gold hidden in their old house, but no one ever thought that the house would be confiscated by the state. They had no way to retrieve the gold to give to Feng Qingxue and had no idea whether it had been discovered by someone else.
Feng Qingxue naturally understood, "Madam, I understand."
After thinking for a while, she said, "Each household will get three pounds of white rice, ten pounds of fine flour, along with ten pounds of dark flour mixed with cornmeal and wheat bran, and two pounds of noodles. It wouldn’t feel like the New Year without the taste of meat. Ajiang has a comrade in the Northeast timber fields, and they sent us some dried meat. I’ll distribute some to each family."
"Very good." Madam Xu nodded, thinking it was reasonable.
Feng Qingxue took the food prepared for the elderly couple out of her carry-basket, then put the received wooden box into it.
The food she provided for the elderly couple was always a half-and-half mix of coarse and fine grains. About thirty to forty pounds was enough for the couple’s meals in a month, along with their own food supply. Today, there was an additional chunk of wild boar meat and a dried chicken.
The elderly couple always insisted on paying every time, and would give her all the money they had, and this time was no exception.