Chapter 114 Dad! You are so bold!

Chapter 114 Dad! You are so bold!

Chapter 114 Dad! You are so bold!
"Brother, I'm sorry! We're back late. I'll go cook dinner now."

"It's okay, big sister. I know this. Otherwise, I wouldn't have said it this morning. I was playing so much that I missed dinner time."

He had experienced this kind of thing too many times in his previous life. When he went out to play with friends, a day would pass by unknowingly, and he still felt that he had not had enough fun.

The eldest and second sisters are only in their teens and have no concept of time, so it is normal for them to come back late.

This is good. If you study at home every day, you will become stupid after a long time. It's just right to go out and have fun.

"By the way, little brother, why haven't our parents come back yet?" asked the eldest sister.

"I don't know. I guess he's been to a world of two and doesn't want the three of us anymore."

"What are you talking about, little brat?" My mother's voice came from outside the door.

"Uh!"

Li Jiayi felt very embarrassed after being caught by someone, and the person who happened to be him was his own mother.

After all, people in this era were not so open-minded. He just said something casually, which was quite normal, but it was a bit too advanced in this era.

"No, nothing." Li Jiayi stood up quickly.

Just as he stood up, the door of the main room was pushed open and his mother stood at the door with a blushing face.

Li Aimin was behind Ye Xin. He didn't have time to think about these things. Instead, he pointed at the doghouse and coal shed outside and asked, "Son, did you make these?"

"Yeah! What's the matter?"

"You little brat, tell me the truth, where did you get so many coal coupons to buy coal?"

The coal tickets are counted. The total amount of coal their family consumes in a year is less than 1,000 kilograms. It is obvious that there is more than 1,000 kilograms of coal in the coal shed.

Li Aimin does have this kind of vision.

He had originally been thinking about whether he could exchange some coal tickets with others so he could buy the coal on Sunday.

Unexpectedly, before he could take any action, his son had already brought back the coal, and so much of it.

"I exchanged it with someone else."

"Huh!" Li Aimin was speechless. He didn't understand why this kid could exchange for anything.

It is extremely difficult to exchange with others, and they are not willing to do so.

Yes, who doesn’t need coal? Especially in winter, we need more.

The winters in this era were not easy to get through. They were extremely cold, at least several degrees lower than in later generations at the same time.

At most, the temperature can be as low as ten degrees Celsius. In this era, as soon as winter comes, all the ditches and rivers will freeze.

This is hard to imagine in later generations, because such scenes are rarely seen except in the three northeastern provinces.

And it's not just frozen for a few days, but it lasts the entire winter and doesn't melt until the beginning of spring the following year.

You can imagine how cold winters were in this era.

Seeing his boastful look, Li Aimin said, "Look at how capable you are. If you have the guts, come back and get a new car."

Li Jiayi looked at him speechlessly and said, "You really dare to think of changing the car? Even if I change it back, can you drive it?"

"Uh! This..." Li Aimin scratched his head.

Well said, he really can't drive that thing. Although there was a car in the regiment when he was in the army, that car had a driver.

He was the regiment commander's bodyguard and had ridden in the car many times, but he had never touched the steering wheel once.

As soon as he saw him like this, Li Jiayi knew what was going on. He curled his lips and said, "You don't know how to drive, what's the point of me changing it back?"

"Okay, you two, you're not hungry, right?" Ye Xin said.

"I'm hungry! Who wouldn't be hungry at this time?" Li Jiayi said, touching his stomach.

"Okay, I'll go cook, Jialin come and start the pot." "Oh!"

After my mother and my second sister went to the kitchen, Li Jiayi quickly walked up to my eldest sister and asked, "Did you have fun out today?"

"I'm happy, but the peanuts and sunflower seeds you asked us to bring today were all eaten by people."

"Just eat it after you finish it. If you are asked to take it with you, then you should eat it. If you don't finish it, will you take it back?"

"What are peanuts and melon seeds?" Li Aimin asked.

"Dad, we went out to play today, and I put some peanuts and sunflower seeds in it. I was planning to eat them during the New Year, but I let us finish them."

Hearing his daughter say this, Li Aimin curled his lips and said, "You are the only one who believes his lies. He even saved it for the New Year. I think he hid it for himself to eat."

"Dad, how could you say that about your son?"

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, you are right. I just keep it for myself."

"See, I told you this. A few peanuts and sunflower seeds may be a rare treasure to others, but to your brother, they are nothing at all."

"Dad, you are so brave to say that. Thank you for your praise."

Hearing the two people bickering, Li Jiaqi laughed beside them. Every time this happened, it was the happiest time in the family.

"By the way, son, since you can get peanuts and melon seeds, get more for the New Year this year."

"What?" Li Jiayi looked at his father in confusion.

"What can I do? Eat, of course!"

Peanuts and melon seeds are not easy to get. Only during the Chinese New Year can every household buy some.

But you can't buy much, it depends on the number of people in the family. If there are more than five people, including five people, you can buy one pound of shelled peanuts and half a pound of melon seeds.

For families with less than five members, each family is allowed half a pound of shelled peanuts and only three ounces of melon seeds.

There is no way! The population is too large. Even though it may not seem like a lot, it is still a lot when you add it all up!
The most speechless thing is that the peanuts in shells are still raw. If you want to eat them, you have to fry them yourself. But the melon seeds are already fried and can be eaten directly.

This policy was not changed until 1965.

After 1965, the allocation was no longer based on households but on population, with each person receiving half a pound of shelled peanuts and half a pound of melon seeds.

To be honest, Li Jiayi was really speechless. What could such a small amount of food do? He just sat there motionless and ate more than half a pound of melon seeds in a short while.

But in this era, during the entire Chinese New Year period, people would probably be reluctant to serve food to entertain guests at home.

"Okay, ten kilograms of peanuts and ten kilograms of melon seeds? They should all be roasted."

"Uh! Son, are you serious?" Li Aimin asked in disbelief.

He just said it casually and didn't really think that Li Jiayi could be brought back. After all, he knew what was going on better than anyone else.

"If it's not enough, I can get more."

"That's enough, that's enough." Li Aimin said quickly.

He was also afraid that his son might bring back too much and something might happen. Besides, twenty kilograms of peanuts and melon seeds would be enough to get through the New Year.

"By the way, Dad, although our family is not short of coal, you can't give the coal coupons to others."

"Okay! I understand. I'll give you all the coal tickets at home and you can handle it."

"can."

My family started saving coal coupons after the Chinese New Year, and we have saved quite a lot this year. Although we can’t use them now, there are several families in the yard who can use them!
If each family gives some money by then, it should be no problem to get through this winter. Of course, we have to use it sparingly.

(End of this chapter)