The fake daughter is also trying to exploit system loopholes today

Chapter 208: Fast Travel Through Time 19

Twenty minutes later, the tractor stopped in front of the collective granary.

Zong Feikun and his men could not wait to gather around Li Aiguo and urge him to open the granaries and release the grain.

"Dear educated youth," Li Aiguo said with his hands pressed together, "your household registration has been transferred to our Qingpo Brigade. As a rule, we are indeed responsible for your food rations."

"But all the food in the brigade is distributed according to work points. You don't have any work points at all. I can't bend the law for personal gain and give you the food that others have worked hard for a year for for nothing!"

Hearing this, Zong Feikun became anxious: "What? From what you said, Captain, we still have to spend money to buy food!"

"We responded to the country's call and went to the countryside to provide support. It's fine that you didn't prepare houses for us, but now you don't prepare food for us either. Do you want to starve us to death?"

"That's right!" Zong Feipeng echoed his brother, "When we left the city, the street office prepared a lot of things for us educated youth. I don't believe that the country asked you to receive educated youth and didn't give you anything at all!"

"Tell me, did you embezzle the money? I'm going to report you to your superiors for corruption, bribery, and going against national policies, standing against the people!"

As one big hat after another was put on him, Li Aiguo's face became increasingly gloomy.

"Shut up! All the money allocated from above is used to build your house. If you have any objections, you can write a letter of complaint."

Zong Feikun did not hesitate, and shouted with his neck stiff, "Okay! Wait, I'll write it right away! This is a new era, and we can no longer be oppressed by the bureaucrats of the old era..."

Li Aiguo ignored the guy, looked around, and slowly said, "I have discussed with the brigade secretary and decided to lend you some grain first, and then use your work points to offset it after the autumn harvest."

Before he finished speaking, an educated youth immediately asked, "Captain, how much food can you lend us?"

"Each person gets 80 kilograms of corn grits and 20 kilograms of potatoes. Corn grits can be used to make porridge, and potatoes can be used as both a meal and a vegetable."

A total of one hundred kilograms of grain sounds like a lot, but there are still more than three months before the autumn harvest. At this time, there is a lack of oil and water in the food, and we have to go to the fields to work every day.

One hundred kilograms of food, even if mixed with wild vegetables, would at most keep one from starving to death, but it was far from enough to fill one's stomach.

Therefore, when Li Aiguo announced the standards, people immediately started shouting.

"It's really too little, can't you lend me a little more?"

"Yes, Captain, don't be so stingy. It's not like we won't pay it back. Just give us a little more."

The team leader was unmoved: "This is already a lot. The current ration in the city is 40 kilograms of food per month for a strong laborer. You have just arrived in the countryside and you don't have the physical strength to do heavy work. 100 kilograms of food for three months is more than enough."

"Uncle Li," Pu Lingxuan came over quietly, looking pitiful, "I'm not in good health and can't eat coarse grains. For extra money, can you replace the corn grits with other fine grains?"

With the blessing of the aura of a popular person, Li Aiguo's expression eased temporarily: "You can change it, but you don't have food coupons, so you need to pay more."

"As for fine grains, there is only rice and second-grade flour in the warehouse right now, no enriched flour."

"Rice is 25 cents a pound after the price increase, and second-grade flour is 32 cents a pound after the price increase. Comrade, how many pounds do you want to exchange?"