Chapter 267 - 0267: Dividing Food and Money 1_1
Distributing the grain officially marked the end of the Autumn harvest.
Once enough had been given to the state, saved for the collective, what was left belonged to the people themselves.
As for the specific ratios, Feng Qingxue had been busy recently with childbirths and treating injuries and had not participated in the final tallying, so she was unclear about the rules. However, she knew that Wanglou Brigade, due to its high yield, had a far more substantial amount of food compared to most of the nearby production brigades.
Everyone below the age of sixty, regardless of gender, could receive 450 jin of food, children under three years old would receive 150 jin, ages three to seven would get 200 jin, seven to twelve-year-olds would get 260 jin, teenagers between twelve and sixteen and people over sixty would receive 360 jin of food each. This was all measured for a year’s supply.
Other production brigades with lower yields couldn’t even provide 300 jin of food per adult, let alone for the elderly and weak.
No wonder the people of Wanglou Brigade always seemed so full of energy.
This food was accounted as coarse grain -- including dry sweet potatoes, corn kernels, and the like -- all of it counted as unprocessed grain with its husks.
People could also request refined grains. According to the rules, they could receive refined grains worth thirty percent of their total grains, adhering to a coarse-to-fine ratio of 7:3, not exceeding this proportion.
This rule allowed for the exchange of 315 jin of coarse grain plus 135 jin of refined grain. Alternatively, one could choose to take 135 jin from their 450 jin allotment of grain and exchange it at a three-to-one ratio for refined grain.
The refined grains were wheat and rice. 135 jin of coarse grain could only be exchanged for 45 jin of refined grain.