Chapter 821 - 0821: Letter from Tianjun 4
The simple, warm life continued until winter when Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue received a letter from Lu Tianjun.
This year, the harvest in Wanglou Brigade wasn’t too good, mainly because the yield of wheat and rice decreased by thirty percent. After delivering the government quota, there wasn’t enough left to distribute among the households. Fortunately, most families were content with coarse grains, which they needed, not demanding fine grains, and the reduction in the yield of coarse grains such as sweet potatoes and corn was limited. As a result, the family only sent them fifty pounds of white flour, twenty pounds of rice, and a variety of dried vegetables from their private plot.
Lu’s father made it clear that the white flour and rice were for the children to eat.
Towards Xibao and Fubao, the elderly grandfather was impartial, not refraining from sending fine grains to the children despite the reduced harvest.
After Feng Qingxue joined the army, the correspondences with Lu Jiang’s comrades were managed by Lu’s father and Lu Tianjun. Huo Beiting, as usual, sent grain tickets and money, then bought some grains from here to send back to him. Hu Ping continued to send specialities from the Northeast, but he no longer needed grain. It was said that there was plenty of food there, so Lu’s father let Lu Tianjun send money to them instead.
As for other comrades, the exchange of grain and special products gradually decreased. They probably realized that the Lu Family couldn’t possibly have so much grain to trade with them. The famine was over, and there was no need to ask for more, but they would still occasionally send some special products to the Lu Family.
Seeing this, Feng Qingxue said to Lu Jiang, "We’ve saved quite a few grain tickets in the past few months. Let’s send them back home."
With the support of their space, the couple could save an extra twenty to thirty pounds of grain tickets every month.
Lu Jiang nodded. "What else did Tianjun mention in his letter?"