Chapter 211 Industrial Vouchers and This Year's Harvest
“It will be easier to buy big items next year?
Is there anything to say here?"

Hearing her son say this, Ran Xiaomei instantly became interested.

Although their family had no shortage of these things, they already had three bicycles, a sewing machine, and two ladies' watches.

But the neighbors are often worried, especially some families of men who are about to get married.

When young people get married, they all more or less hope to have a bicycle or a watch to show off.

Unfortunately, ever since tickets became necessary to buy these tickets in 59, only a handful of families have been lucky enough to draw a ticket at work.

"Mom, I also heard from my boss that they are going to implement a new policy by the end of the year."

Wang Mengde explained in a low voice.

He really wasn't lying. Sometimes when he was providing health care to his leaders, they would chat for a while.

As we talk, we will subconsciously reveal some simple information.

If it were an ordinary person, he would not understand what it meant.

But he is a person who traveled through time, and combined with the memories of his previous life, he can guess it almost exactly.

"So that's what's going on. Let's wait until the end of the year to see what happens."

Before liberation, Ran Xiaomei had also passed on some information to Wang Hao, so she knew some rules and understood that there were some things that could not be said.

"You guys, don't spread what you heard at home outside."

Wang Hao glanced at his two sons and two grandsons who were busy eating, and then whispered instructions.

"Got it, Dad."

"I got it, Grandpa."

The little guys responded casually without even raising their heads.

Wang Hao was not annoyed when he saw their perfunctory attitude. He knew that these kids were very tight-lipped.

In the past two years or so, there has been no shortage of delicious food at home, and outsiders have never noticed it, thanks to their keeping it a secret.

Time quickly came to early November.

It's the annual season for storing cabbage and radishes.

In the yard, in front of every household's door, on the windowsills, and in the corners, everything began to be neatly arranged.

Even the rotten vegetable leaves that were once disdained were picked up from the entrance of the vegetable store. After cutting off the bad parts and washing them, they could be eaten for several meals.

This year, the ration of cabbage and radishes for each household has been reduced a lot.

Based on the population, Wang Mengde's family only received coupons for about 100 kilograms of cabbage and 20 to 30 kilograms of radish.

However, because he enjoyed special supplies, he was given more than three times the amount of cabbage and radishes.

Therefore, there are much more cabbages placed in front of their house than in front of their neighbors.

Ran Xiaomei and He Shengnan were happily preparing dishes while making plans.

"Mom, can we pickle some radishes?"

He Shengnan plans to use some of the radishes to pickle some pickles to eat slowly in the winter.

"Sure. In addition to pickling some dried radish, I saw Meng De bought a few pounds of soybeans. Let's pickle some radish beans."

Ran Xiaomei smiled and said:

"By the way, ask Zhuzi to come over and help with the pickling. He's good at pickling vegetables."

In the yard, except for Xu Damao's family, anyone who wants to pickle vegetables will ask Sha Zhu for help.

He has a secret recipe, and the pickles made from it are very delicious and you never get tired of eating them.

As for the salt, pepper and seasonings needed for pickling vegetables, there is no shortage of them at home.

All of this is included in the special supply every month.

At this time, Mrs. Wang passed by and saw so many Chinese cabbages placed on both sides of Wang Mengde's door and under the windows. She said with envy:

“Aunt, your family has enough food to last through the winter this year.

Meng De is really capable. I heard that the country will give your family a lot of tickets and supplies every month in the future."

"Haha, his second sister-in-law, this is a reward from the state if Meng De has made some achievements in the unit."

Ran Xiaomei said openly.

Anyway, my son is capable and has received a reward from the state, so it is an honor to tell others about it.

"That's great. By the way, auntie, I heard that the grain station has received a batch of sweet potatoes. I can use fine grains to exchange one pound for five pounds.

Many people in the hospital have gone to change. Do you want to go? If you do, then we can go together."

Mrs. Wang Er suddenly remembered something and said.

"Oh, the sweet potatoes are here. Of course I have to go. One pound can be exchanged for five pounds, which can give me a lot of food."

Ran Xiaomei quickly stood up and said.

Eating too much sweet potatoes will cause stomach acid, but it is better than going hungry.

Although their family has enough food every month, they still have the urge to stock up more food.

The weather is getting colder day by day.

Soon, it was December of the 61st year in the Gregorian calendar.

Due to the shortage of industrial daily necessities, in order to ease the supply pressure.

The state issued "industrial vouchers" again this month.

From then on, except for the "Beijing City Non-staple Food Supply Certificate" and related tickets, all other commodities were supplied "with coupons".

Industrial coupons are issued to employed persons in proportion to their wage income, with an average of one coupon for every 20 yuan of wages.

Moreover, the range of goods that can be purchased with industrial coupons is also very wide.

In addition to being able to purchase large items such as bicycles, sewing machines, watches and other commodities.

There are also daily necessities, clothing, various types of luggage, electrical appliances, imported products, and various types of tobacco, alcohol, and candy.

Large items such as bicycles, which could not be purchased without tickets before, can now be purchased with industrial coupons.

However, to buy a bicycle, in addition to money, you also need fifty industrial coupons, not one less.

Ordinary workers earn about 30 or 40 yuan a month, and can only receive one or two industrial coupons at most each month.

It would take several years to save up enough coupons to buy a bicycle.

So, someone came up with a solution: borrow from each other in the company. If anyone is in a hurry, they can lend other people's money first, and then pay it back slowly every month.

"Meng De, it's time to get off work!"

That day, Wang Mengde had just arrived at the gate of the courtyard and was about to go up the stairs carrying his bicycle handlebars when Yan Bugui walked out of the courtyard with a smile on his face.

While greeting, he quickly walked to the back and helped lift the back seat.

"Uncle, I just got off work. Have you eaten?"

Wang Mengde answered, and seeing that he looked very attentive, he knew that he must have something to ask him.

"Haha, your second aunt is cooking.

By the way, Meng De, did your company issue industrial vouchers today? "

Yan Bugui chuckled twice and then asked directly.

He earns forty or fifty yuan a month, and today he received two industrial coupons from school.

Ever since he learned that industrial coupons could be used instead of bicycle tickets, he had been thinking to himself that he must buy a bicycle as soon as possible.

With a bicycle, he can go fishing at farther places without having to crowd with so many people in Shichahai or the moat.

If he were to save up the money on his own, it would take him more than two years.

Thinking that Wang Mengde's family was the only one in the courtyard with the most industrial coupons, he became interested and waited outside today despite the severe cold.

"Our unit just issued it today."

Wang Mengde said calmly.

He had already guessed that Yan Bugui must have come to him to borrow industrial vouchers. Sure enough, Yan Bugui pretended to be embarrassed and said:

"Well, Meng De, the Second Master wants to discuss something with you.

I'm planning to buy a bicycle and I borrowed a part from my teacher at school, but now I still need the other half. If you don't need your bicycle for the time being, could you lend it to me first?

Don't worry, you know the character of the Second Master, and I will definitely return it to you within two years."

After saying that, he looked at Wang Mengde with expectant eyes.

But he knew that Wang Hao and Wang Mengde had at least ten industrial coupons a month, plus He Shengnan's two, which was equivalent to the amount he had in a year.

"Um, Uncle, I'm so sorry.

Shengnan's brother is getting married next spring, and they plan to buy a bicycle. I will lend them my industrial vouchers for the next few months."

Wang Mengde refused directly.

He also told the truth.

Ran Xiaomei had already made the plan a few days ago.

He said that he would keep three or four bills every month to buy some things for the family, and the remaining ten or so bills would be saved for the He family first.

A few months later, together with the ones the He family had saved, there were almost fifty tickets.

Hearing Wang Mengde say he would not lend it, Yan Bugui was immediately disappointed:

“Haha, Meng De, since your brother-in-law wants to use it, forget it. I’ll think of other ways.”

After a few more awkward chats, he returned home with a depressed look on his face.

In the living room, Second Aunt Yang Ruihua was cooking porridge. Seeing that he looked bad, she asked:

"Old Yan, Wang Mengde doesn't want to lend it?

They have so many tickets a month, and they don’t lack big items at home, so this shouldn’t happen.”

"Alas, he said he wanted to save it for his brother-in-law's wedding, and I can't say anything about him."

Yan Bugui said with a sigh.

"Old Yan, how about asking Old Yi to borrow some? There are only two people in his family. Old Yi has at least four tickets a month, so there must be some left over."

Second Aunt Yang Ruihua thought of Yi Zhonghai's relatively high salary and offered an idea.

Yi Zhonghai earned ninety-nine yuan a month and at least four industrial coupons.

“Humph, forget it, Old Yi.

Our relationship has been average ever since he stepped down, and on top of that, he's been paying special attention to Sha Zhu lately, and he also has a disciple, Jia Dongxu, to take care of.

He definitely doesn't have any industrial vouchers left, so going to borrow some would be a waste of time."

Yan Bugui thought about it and made a direct conclusion.

In fact, his guess was quite accurate.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai's home.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife were sitting at the dining table, eating dinner.

Jia Dongxu, with his hands in his sleeves, stood aside and said confidently:
"Master, I want to buy a bicycle next year. Can you save up your industrial coupons and lend them to me?"

"You want to buy a bicycle?"

Yi Zhonghai was stunned when he heard his words, and then his face turned grim.

In the Jia family, Qin Huairu is the only one working in the steel rolling mill.

Since it was already my second year as an apprentice, my salary increased from 18.5 yuan to 21.5 yuan.

In this way, you will have an industrial voucher every month.

However, since industrial coupons are needed to purchase other industrial products, one coupon per month is probably not enough for daily use, let alone saving them up.

Now Jia Dongxu is actually thinking of borrowing his industrial coupons to buy a bicycle.

It's said to be a loan, but he probably won't be able to pay it back in the future. If he lends it, it would be like throwing meat buns at a dog, and it will never come back.

Moreover, Jia Dongxu's behavior in the past few months made him feel heartbroken.

Coupled with the persuasion of the deaf old lady, he shifted his attention to Sha Zhu.

As for this apprentice, I had long planned to distance myself from him little by little, so naturally I would not invest in him anymore.

"Dongxu, I just used the industrial coupons I just received to buy some wool, towels, and an enamel potty for the old lady, but there's not much left.

Besides, there is no point in buying a bicycle for you. It is still too early for you to get married. Why don’t you wait a few years?”

Yi Zhonghai did not break off relations with the other party, but instead used the tactic of procrastination.

The end result is naturally an unhappy breakup.

He came out of Yi Zhonghai's house angrily.

"Humph!"

Jia Dongxu had a bad look on his face. He snorted coldly in the direction of the Yi family, then quickly walked towards his own house.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind that he could not even afford to buy himself a bicycle and would never provide for the couple in their old age.

Wang Mengde's home.

Ran Xiaomei happily took the six industrial coupons from her son, and then said happily:
“We have thirteen tickets a month, so we don’t have to worry about buying things anymore.

Shengnan, I'll keep these three for family expenses, and you can keep the remaining ten. Save them up for a few months, and then we can buy a bicycle for your brother together."

As he said this, he handed ten industrial coupons to his daughter-in-law.

"Mom, these are considered as loans from him. He will return them slowly in the future."

He Shengnan was not polite and directly took the ten industrial coupons and said.

She is now the daughter-in-law of Lao Wang's family, so even when helping her natal family, she will be careful about the limits.

"Okay, whether it's a loan or a gift, it's up to you."

Ran Xiaomei was very satisfied with He Shengnan's performance.

Although her family is not short of these things, she feels very comfortable that her daughter-in-law can handle them clearly.

Just when everyone's attention was focused on the issuance of industrial vouchers.

Wang Mengde is also busy attending various commendation meetings.

Today, he has another fruitful year as usual. He is always present at commendation meetings for model workers, outstanding workers, advanced workers, role models, etc., both nationally and municipally.

This year, he developed Qinghaosan and artemisinin to target the new malaria virus.

After clinical trials in South Vietnam, it was finally used in major hospitals across the country after October 1st.

These two medicines did not disappoint him.

Whether it is common malaria or a new mutated form of malaria, the medicine can cure it.

Especially in South Vietnam, because they had been in the tropical jungle for a long time, a large number of soldiers from both sides were infected with the new malaria virus.

Because there was no specific medicine, a large number of soldiers from the United States were infected and suffered terribly. They even turned pale at the mention of the jungle.

However, South Vietnam, thanks to the support of Qinghaosan and artemisinin, actually gained the upper hand from time to time.

Another is the breakthrough in gene editing technology and the successful development of a genetic yeast hepatitis B vaccine.

After evaluation by a large number of experts, they believe that gene editing technology is a technology with very broad prospects.

Whether in medicine or agriculture.

If used well, it will definitely become a secret weapon.

At the same time, the genetic yeast hepatitis B vaccine has also gotten rid of many of the shortcomings of the blood-borne hepatitis B vaccine.

It is currently undergoing clinical trials and is not far from being applied.

In addition, the medicines previously developed by Wang Mengde continue to bring huge benefits to the country.

Therefore, he deserves all the honors he has received.

(End of this chapter)