Transmigrating to Book 50, others hoard rice, I hoard money

Chapter 376: Policies change, but mothers never change

On January 67, 1, Nini returned to Chang'an "exhausted and exhausted".

The first thing she did when she got home was to ask Zhou Rong if there was any food at home, preferably meat.

Zhou Rong: "You're not at home, so I'll just eat some pickled radish. I don't have any meat. I'll go to the market tomorrow morning to see if I can buy some meat. Can I make you some egg noodles first?"

Nini believed it and said with guilt and emotion: "Thank you, Mom! You are not in good health, you need to rest well, you rest aside, I will cook for myself."

Zhou Rong: "Okay."

On January 1, newspapers across the country published "Letters from Readers" and "Proposals" advocating not to go home during the Spring Festival.

The People's Daily also published an initiative called for "57 revolutionary organizations to jointly break old customs, not take holidays during the Spring Festival, and launch mass multi-power struggles."

On January 1, the central government responded to the demands of the general public and issued a notice that there would be no holidays for the Spring Festival. At the same time, it suspended family visit leave, which would be made up later.

All major train stations and bus stations used radio to broadcast the announcement that there would be no holidays during the Spring Festival.

Many people who had bought train and bus tickets to go home for the New Year went to the ticket office to refund their tickets after hearing the notice, and returned to work, turning the winter idleness into winter busyness...

Since there is no holiday during the Spring Festival, some "old customs and habits" are naturally cancelled.

For example, setting off firecrackers, worshiping ancestors, performing dragon and lion dances, and kowtowing to wish a happy new year are all prohibited. Eating, drinking, and playing cards are also not allowed. Only posting Spring Festival couplets is retained.

In the past, Spring Festival couplets would say things like "May wealth and prosperity come to you every day, and good fortune and luck come with spring every year" and other content that expressed good wishes.

After the new rules came out, the content of the Spring Festival couplets was mainly "change customs and celebrate the Spring Festival, do not stop on New Year's Eve" and "do not stop fighting on the 30th, continue working on the first day of the New Year"...

Zhou Rong is currently on vacation and has free time, but she is not sure whether Zhou Qingping and Zhou Qingan will come back on New Year's Eve. After asking the truck that delivers vegetables to the city from Zhoujiawan to bring some cigarettes, alcohol and cakes to Zhou's father and mother, she and Nini will celebrate the New Year in the city.

The radio factory has resumed work, but most of the time is spent in meetings. As employees, Zhou Jiaguang and Zhou Qinghong have no holidays and go to work or attend meetings every day according to the factory's arrangements.

Zhou Jiahua, Zhou Jiafu, Zhou Gui, Zhou Cai and others also followed the unit's requirements, stayed at their posts, and also brought some New Year gifts to Zhou's father and mother on the trucks delivering vegetables into the city.

This is the first year that the Zhou family is not reunited.

Zhou's father and mother knew that the organization's policies could not be disobeyed, so they hid their disappointment deep in their hearts and prepared six dishes for the New Year's dinner with Shen Chunheng, Qin Yanhua and others.

My children are not around, but my in-laws and grandchildren are still around. I cannot let my emotions affect them...

January 67, 2 was New Year’s Eve.

At noon, the neighborhood committee also organized everyone to have a "bitter recall and sweet memory" meal.

Today's "bitterness rice" is a porridge made with wild vegetables, tree roots, corn paste, dried sweet potatoes and the like.

Zhou Rong and Nini held their bowls and frowned at the same time.

Nini asked in a low voice: "Mom, can you eat it?"

Zhou Rong shook his head slightly.

Nini: "You are not in good health, you are not suitable to eat this, I will help you eat your portion."

Zhou Rong: "Do you like to eat this?"

Nini: "...I don't like it, but we ate several meals on the way back from CL, so my stomach has gotten used to it."

Zhou Rong: "I am very happy that you have such filial piety. You can eat the portion under my name yourself."

Nini: "If you can't eat it, just pour it out to me."

Zhou Rong: “Yeah.”

Because Nini was by her side and she was very concerned about Zhou Rong, she couldn't find a chance to "cheat" and could only endure the pain and finish the bowl of "bitter rice"...

For the New Year's Eve dinner in the evening, Zhou Rong prepared a bowl of braised pork, a plate of fried Wuchang fish, some stir-fried vegetables, and some chicken soup to reward his stomach.

Some young generals, under the banner of "breaking private ownership and establishing public ownership, eliminating private property," searched many people's homes.

Zhou Rong didn't want to give anyone an excuse to cause trouble, so he had already dismantled the chicken coop and pulled out the vegetables in the yard.

Like Zhou Rong, all the families in Chang'an who grew vegetables and raised livestock "eliminated" all non-public property.

At present, many units are in a state of suspension or semi-suspension, and the transportation tools have been occupied or destroyed by the young generals, so the supply of materials is even tighter than in the years when natural disasters occurred.

If you want to buy food, especially meat, you have to line up before dawn, otherwise you can't buy anything even if you have money and tickets.

Zhou Rong went to the coal store to buy coal and firewood. With the family's ticket, she only bought a basket of tree bark. If she hadn't stored some coal briquettes in her space, she wouldn't have had firewood for cooking...

All the ingredients Zhou Rong used for the New Year’s Eve dinner came from the space, and she told Nini that she bought them through connections.

Nini always knew that her mother had strong connections, so she didn't suspect anything.

As Nini helped to cook, she whispered, "Mom, isn't it too extravagant for the two of us to eat three meat dishes?"

Zhou Rong: "Your elder brother and second brother might come back. If they come back, how can we not have some dishes?

If they don't come back, we can eat it ourselves. If we can't finish it today, we can save it for tomorrow. You have lost a lot of weight while traveling outside, so it's a good time to make up for it."

Nini: "My elder and second brothers haven't sent letters home for a long time. I don't know how they are doing."

Zhou Rong: "Their units and schools are very special. They cannot contact their families as they wish. Please understand and don't tell anyone about their affairs."

Nini: "I know. I'll go close the doors and windows to prevent others from smelling the aroma of our meat."

Zhou Rong: "Okay."

There is no holiday during the Spring Festival, so the format of the New Year’s Eve dinner has also changed.

Before the meal, a family meeting for self-cultivation should be held. Parents need to put aside their airs and engage in mutual criticism and self-criticism with their children. Children can also "vent" at their parents.

Finally, the whole family united their thoughts on the glorious teaching that "all revolutionary team members should care for each other, love each other, and help each other", and then they could start eating the New Year's Eve dinner...

Until dark, neither Zhou Qingping nor Zhou Qingan showed up.

Although there are only two people in Zhou Rong's family, they still have to go through the formalities.

Zhou Rong asked Nini to point out her shortcomings so that she could correct them.

Nini thought to herself, policies may change, but the mother remains the same. If she spoke ill of her mother now, she would definitely be severely punished once the policy changed.

Maybe her mother can deal with her without waiting for the new policy to come out.

After all, she has never heard of her mother's defeat in all these years!

Nini: "You are the best mother in my mind. You have no shortcomings. Everything you do is reasonable and logical. I will take you as an example, work hard to improve myself and contribute to the motherland."

Zhou Rong smiled and said: "You are worthy of being the future successor of the motherland. You have a high level of ideological awareness. We should care for each other, love each other, help each other, and make progress together.

Let’s eat. After dinner, we will study the instructions of the leader together.”

Nini: “Okay.”