Sail across the sea

Chapter 103 I'd Better Trade With You

"Really, the national food stamps are too expensive."

"It's about fifteen cents a catty on the black market, don't ask me how I know."

"I came to Beijing to study, and my family wanted to exchange a few catties of national food stamps for me, but I couldn't get it after looking for many people."

He Xujie and others all commented repeatedly.This generation of college students is not the kind of little sun who does not touch the spring water. Most of them come from ordinary families and know the difficulties of life.

In contrast, because Gao Fan was born in the factory manager's family, his common sense of life is not as good as that of his roommates.

Among the group of people, only Wu Zixian didn't say a word, just smiled, and continued to do his homework.Everyone didn't notice that there was a strange light in Wu Zixian's eyes.

Early the next morning, Gao Fan was walking towards the cafeteria with a rice bowl, and Wu Zixian chased him up from behind.

"Sixth, sixth." Wu Zixian shouted.

"Old Ba, why are you so late?" Gao Fan responded casually.

There is a reason for his words.The roommates in the dormitory got up early to eat because they had to go to class.Gao Fan was the last one to come out. He didn't have to go to class, so he could sleep in late.

Wu Zixian also went to eat very early every day, Gao Fan couldn't help but find it strange that he went to the cafeteria at the same time today.

"Lao Liu, I want to ask you something." Wu Zixian and Gao Fan walked side by side, and said in a low voice.

"What is it, why is it so mysterious?"

"Can you exchange some of your national food stamps for me?"

"You want national food stamps?" Gao Fan was taken aback, "Is your ration not enough?"

"No, my ration is enough." Wu Zixian said, and then added, "I exchange rice tickets with fellow villagers for food stamps, and they all exchange two catties for one catty for me."

"Yeah, that's not bad." Gao Fan smiled, and then asked, "Then why do you want national food stamps?"

"I...I want to send some home." Wu Zixian said hesitantly.It's not appropriate to be secretive about asking for help, so he can only speak out directly.

"Send it home?" Gao Fan was really surprised this time.When everyone goes out to study, they always ask their families to send money and food coupons to the school. How can there be any reason to send food coupons home?

"Your family doesn't have enough food?" Gao Fan asked.

Wu Zixian nodded and said, "My family is in the countryside. In our place, there is very little land, and every family has not enough food. I want to send back five catties of national food stamps. In our place, one catty of national food stamps can be exchanged for five catties. Baogu, five catties of food stamps are twenty-five catties, so my younger brother and sister can eat a few full meals."

Gao Fan only felt that there was a little sand in his eyes, what the hell is going on.Looking at Wu Zixian's thin body like a chicken, he said:
"They are all brothers in the same dormitory. What are you talking about? My aunt gave me 40 catties of national food stamps, and I actually brought some myself. How about this, I will give you 50 catties, and you send them back , so that the whole family can have enough food.”

Wu Zixian shook his head and said, "Thank you, old six. However, I'd better exchange it with you. I can exchange it with you for face tickets, or rice tickets, but it will have to wait until next month. I will take two pounds per catty." Two for one catty, do you think it will work?"

"Why are you doing this?" Gao Fan said helplessly.

He could understand Wu Zixian's thoughts.The so-called brothers in the same dormitory, it doesn't matter if everyone eats an apple or smokes a cigarette.But Wu Zixian's purpose of exchanging the national food stamps is to subsidize his family, if he took Gao Fan's for nothing, it would be inappropriate.

National food stamps can be regarded as hard currency in this era. Calculated at [-] cents per catty, five catties is [-] cents. Gao Fan has no reason to give Wu Zixian [-] cents for nothing.Even if he wanted to give it away, Wu Zixian would not accept it. After all, it involves a question of self-esteem.

"How about this, Lao Ba, come to me later to get ten catties of food stamps, and send them home first. Since you want to write a letter home, you might as well send more at once, isn't it? As for the flour stamps or rice The ticket exchange will have to wait until next month anyway, we will talk about it then, what do you think?" Gao Fan said.

Wu Zixian said: "It would be the best if you could lend me ten catties of food stamps. However, I must exchange them with you. In the next two months, I will give you all my rice stamps. You are also from the south, sure I’m also not used to pasta.”

"That's not necessary." Gao Fan said, "Actually, I'm quite used to eating pasta. How about this, you should exchange your rice tickets for coarse grain tickets with your fellow villagers. It's a good deal for two catties for one catty. month, you just give me five catties of noodles every month."

"It's still six catties... National food stamps are more valuable than Beijing food stamps." Wu Zixian insisted.

"I'm still taking advantage of you, you're cold and me, aren't you?" Gao Fan said with his face down.

Wu Zixian smiled, and quickly said: "Okay, let's exchange a catty for a catty, and I will take advantage of you. You don't know, you can exchange the national food stamps for me, which will help me a lot. .My younger brother and younger sister can eat a little more this year, and they might thank you more."

"Oh, old eight..."

Gao Fan wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start, so he reached out and patted Wu Zixian on the shoulder.

Wu Zixian felt relieved, he smiled and said to Gao Fan: "I have to go to the cafeteria first, buy two cornbreads and go to the classroom. You don't have to go to class, so go slowly."

Saying that, he ran away in a hurry.As a kid growing up in the ravine, he had always been a fast runner.

Looking at Wu Zixian's back, Gao Fan felt that he was in a bad mood.

Five catties of national food stamps, calculated at the black market price, was seventy-five cents, but Wu Zixian was stumped.He obviously couldn't afford to buy these food stamps from Gao Fan, so he could only promise to exchange his ration with Gao Fan.

If it weren't for the fact that the food rations issued by the school were Beijing food stamps, it would be useless outside of Beijing. Maybe Wu Zixian would have sent the food stamps home long ago?
The coupons that Wu Zixian used to exchange with Gao Fan were actually saved from his own mouth.He used his rice tickets to exchange coarse food tickets with girls, one catty for two catties, to fill his stomach, and save the next ticket, exchange it for national food stamps and send it home.This kind of thing made Gao Fan feel more bitter the more he thought about it.

He is also a student of Peking University, and in the eyes of everyone, he is the charming child of heaven, but there are still people who have such a difficult life.

Thinking of how he invested in Chen Xingquan's company and optimistically estimated that the annual dividends alone would be hundreds of thousands, while his classmates couldn't even get seventy-five cents out of it. Gao Fan really felt that the world was too messy.

How about helping Wu Zixian yourself?

The child who came out of this ravine cannot be allowed to save food stamps for the family like this.

Hey, this seems like a really worthwhile thing to do.

(End of this chapter)