My Courtyard Refuge

Food Card

===Section 63===

Monday, October 17, Xiang Xin’s first day back to work.

In the office, Xu Dong took the gift from Xiang Xin and asked with a smile:

“The package is so tight, what’s inside?”

“Two silver bracelets, Brother Xu, don’t you have two daughters, one for each of you.” Xiang Xin said politely.

Xu Dong opened the package, and there were indeed two exotic bracelets in front of him. Even at the current silver price, they were not considered expensive gifts.

However, it is very suitable as a souvenir.

“The bracelet is very beautiful. I would like to thank our eldest and second child.” Xu Dong thanked with a smile.

Xiang Xin waved his hand, “It’s just a small gift, Jinglong’s silver price is as cheap as hell, it’s not worth much.”

Next, Xu Dong asked about the current situation in southern Xinjiang, Xiang Xin didn’t hide anything, and told everything he knew.

“It’s a pity that Xiao Wang is gone, otherwise I could go to Jinglong to marry a wife.” Xu Dong sighed.

Xiang Xin blushed slightly, and said angrily: “Brother Xu, why do you have such dirty…bad ideas? This is taking advantage of others’ danger and disrespecting women…”

“Okay, that’s all I’m saying, you’re serious, are you worried that He Jian won’t be able to control himself?” Xu Dong teased.

Xiang Xin blushed, turned her head and led someone out to patrol.

…

Turning her gaze back to the courtyard, Mama Xu was looking for the household registration booklet in the bedroom.

Just a few days ago, the Great Xia Congress officially passed the “National Grain Rational Supply Act”, which caused a sensation all over the country.

This bill further clarifies the principle of unified purchase and marketing of grain in terms of policy, and establishes the basic national policy of quantitative supply according to the registered population.

To put it simply, the production and sales of food in the future will be 100% monopolized by the state, which is somewhat similar to the tobacco monopoly system.

For a while, many people exclaimed that the era of food stamps is coming back again!

Of course, according to the current level of technology, it is impossible for food stamps to come back.

After all, the management methods are too extensive, and a more advanced food card system has been replaced.

The so-called food card is roughly similar in function to food stamps, and they are all used as a proof of food purchase.

It is a chip card issued by the National Bureau of Statistics entrusted by the four major state-owned banks.

In theory, one card per household is required.

Every month, every week, or even every day, the Bureau of Statistics will use big data technology and combine the national grain reserves to distribute rations to all families uniformly.

Compared with food stamps, food cards can be accurate to the age of each person, so as to establish the ration standard of each family, and it is more flexible, avoiding one size fits all.

For example, Xu Dong has seven members in his family, but has five children, three of whom are babies.

This is a special family.

Therefore, big data will definitely reduce the amount of rations, but it will also increase the proportion of refined grains, which can be said to have both advantages and disadvantages.At this moment, Yang Lina came in with her household registration booklet: “Mom, did you find it here?”

“found it.”

Xu’s mother held up the household registration booklet and said that people’s memory is not good when they are old, so it took a long time to find it.

“Then let’s set off quickly, there must be a lot of people later.”

Today is the first day to apply for a food card.

I don’t know where the news came from, saying that the higher the number of the ration card, the more advantage it has in allocating rations, that’s why Yang Lina and her mother-in-law are so anxious.

“Let’s go, don’t forget the bottle.”

Xu’s father and Xu’s mother are independent households, and the family needs to apply for two food cards. Both Yang Lina and Xu’s mother need to go in person. Considering that there is no one to take care of the triplets, they can only bring them together.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took the triplets and took a taxi to a nearby bank. There was already a long queue in front of the bank gate.

“Old Zhang, this way.” Old Qian from the square dance troupe waved.

Mama Xu replied, “Well, Lao Qian, you came here quite early!”

“Good morning, Aunt Qian!” Yang Lina also nodded at the other party.

Mama Xu held Dabao with her left hand and Erbao with her right, Yang Lina hugged Xiaobao, and they walked to the back of the line.

“It’s not too early, just ten minutes earlier than you.”

“Dabao, Erbao, this is your grandma Qian, please say hello to grandma.”

“Grandma… Grandma is good!” Dabao called out loudly.

Dabao is the most lively of the triplets. He usually listens to Mama Xu and is not afraid of people.

Old Qian looked at the triplets enviously: “It’s only been a month since I saw them. Dabao and the others have grown up so much. Look at each one of them. They are white and tender. They are so cute.”

“Children, they grow up fast.” Mother Xu laughed.

Yang Lina took out the parasol, asked the three little guys to stand under the umbrella, and put on sunscreen.

On the other side, Xu Ma and Lao Qian chatted about the food card.

“Old Zhang, your family will suffer a lot this time.”

Mama Xu’s face tightened, and she quickly asked, “How do you say it?”

“I’ve heard people say that food will be distributed according to age in the future. Your family’s triplets are too young. Together, they will be distributed at most a dozen catties per month.” Old Qian said regretfully.

“Hey, there’s nothing you can do about it. If there’s less food, let’s eat less, as long as there’s enough to eat.”

Mama Xu sighed, but she wasn’t disappointed at all. Her family had enough food reserves, so it wouldn’t make much difference if it was less.

Old Qian comforted: “That’s right, you still have a good attitude. My family has been running to Panjiayuan every day these days. I didn’t buy much food, but I caught a cold.”

“Is it serious?” Mother Xu asked with concern.

“Fortunately, I have a small cold. I’ll probably be fine after taking the medicine for two days.”

“It’s fine. By the way, what’s the price of food at Panjiayuan?” Mama Xu asked curiously.

Old Qian lowered his head and replied softly: “Rice costs more than 130 yuan a catty, flour costs 100 yuan a catty, and the cheapest corn costs more than 80 yuan.”

“So expensive?”

Mama Xu was taken aback. She hadn’t paid attention to the price of food in the market for a long time.

“It’s still expensive. Even if you have money, you can’t buy food now. Fortunately, Lao Sun reminded you early, and with the two bags of rice bought from you, our family managed to stockpile a few hundred catties of rice.” Old Qian said happily.

“One day, find a chance to ask grandson out for a sit-down, and let’s get together again.” Mama Xu suggested.

“Okay, how much rice has your family hoarded, Lao Zhang?”

Mama Xu shook her head: “At the beginning, there wasn’t much rice left in the shop, only about three hundred catties, maybe not as much as yours!”

“Almost, almost!” Lao Sun said awkwardly. Speaking of which, he took advantage of Lao Zhang’s family.

After waiting in line for more than half an hour, the food card was finally completed. Yang Lina looked at the food card in her hand and felt that it was not much different from ordinary bank cards.

The national emblem, country name, issuing unit, and a series of card numbers are printed on the front of the card.

Some precautions are printed on the back of the card, such as the function of the food card, scope of use, instructions for reporting loss, service hotline, and official website URL.

There is also a warning text at the bottom, to the effect that stealing other people’s food cards is a serious crime, starting in ten years.

In addition, it should also be explained that every time you “swipe your card”, you need to enter a password or fingerprint authentication.