Chapter 215 Various incredible tickets and plague outbreak
The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Today is Friday, and all units have to go to work as usual.

Wang Mengde heard from someone that his grandmother Wang Tian was not feeling well, so he took a day off and returned to Tiangezhuang.

When we first heard the news, the whole family was very nervous.

Ms. Wang Tian is almost eighty years old today, and this age is rare in China.

The current average life expectancy of the domestic population is only around 50 years old, and this is the result of the country's efforts to prevent and control various infectious diseases and build a three-level rural medical and health system.

Once people get older, a minor illness can easily become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Especially since it is still winter.

This season is very unfriendly to the elderly.

So, Wang Hao also took a leave today and returned to his hometown with Wang Mengde.

When I arrived at Tiangezhuang, I saw my grandmother and examined her carefully.

He breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be a false alarm.

After it snowed a few days ago, Wang Tian was careless when she went out and almost slipped. Fortunately, she held onto the corner of the wall next to her and did not fall down.

However, because she turned her body quickly, she twisted her waist and slightly twisted her muscles, causing her to lose strength and be unable to get out of bed.

Wang Mengde was very grateful, thanks to his grandmother who held on to the corner.

Otherwise, once you lie on the ground, you may never get up again in your life.

Now, it's just a sprained muscle, which is not a big problem for him.

"Grandma, let me help you turn your body slightly, massage and acupuncture, I guarantee you will be able to get out of bed in a while."

Wang Mengde said confidently.

Wang Tian, ​​who was wiping her tears, was surprised and couldn't believe what she heard. She couldn't wait to ask:
"Meng De, you are not trying to coax me, are you?"

"Haha, grandma, you still don't believe in my medical skills."

"Yes, my grandson is a highly skilled doctor. He will definitely be able to cure my illness."

Wang Tian suddenly remembered and said with a happy face.

Then, Wang Mengde used gentle force to carefully massage her waist. After more than 20 minutes, the effect was obvious.

After another round of acupuncture, Mrs. Wang Tian was able to get out of bed and walk slowly.

"Haha, my grandson's medical skills are really amazing. It's only been a short while and I can get out of bed."

"Mom, why don't you sit down for a while and don't walk too much."

Seeing this, Wang Hao hurried forward to support him, and then tried to persuade him.

He is extremely nervous now. On the way here, he was worried about gains and losses, fearing that something bad might happen.

"What can happen to me? Meng De has cured me.

Besides, I haven’t been out for a few days, and I want to go out and take a look.”

Wang Tian said this and walked out on her small feet.

Wang Hao had no choice but to wink at his son, wanting him to help persuade him.

"Dad, it's okay. After my massage and acupuncture, grandma is fine now. Just don't push too hard. A little bit of activity won't have any effect."

Wang Mengde followed behind him and said with a smile.

He was very confident in his medical skills. If this minor problem failed, he would be too ashamed to own the system.

"That's right, my eldest grandson said he could take a walk, so stop trying to persuade me."

When Wang Tian saw that Wang Mengde also agreed with her idea, the smile on her face became even bigger.

When I arrived in the living room, I saw large and small packages of things on the table. There was not only pork, but also cakes, biscuits, brown sugar and other nutritious foods.

And two flour bags, one filled with 20 kilograms of cornmeal and the other filled with 10 kilograms of flour.

She knew that these were brought back by her son and grandson.

"Meng De, why did you bring back so many things? Now your uncle, aunt, and cousin's wife are out earning work points, and your cousin works in the meat processing factory.

There is no shortage of food at home. It is not easy for you to be in the city. Besides, I am well now. I will bring the food back later."

Not to mention the rarity of nutritional supplements, just these grains, if others saw them, they would be extremely jealous.

This is a life-saving thing, especially in the winter when there is a shortage of food.

“Grandma, I have good news for you. I am now enjoying special supply treatment from the state.

There are quite a few individual rations every month, and these are all good things. What I took back is only a small part. "

Wang Mengde explained with a smile.

Ever since he had the excuse of special supply quota, he became bolder in taking supplies out of the space.

"Really? My grandson has made great progress."

After hearing this, Wang Tian looked at Wang Hao again. Seeing him nod in confirmation, she became even happier.

After leaving the yard, she looked around without caring about the cold weather, then slowly continued walking forward.

At this time.

An old man in his sixties or seventies walked over from the village entrance, carrying a wooden stick on his shoulder with four mice tied to one end, and a cloth bag in the other hand.

"Uncle Laba, you went to the fields to dig rat holes, and you got quite a harvest."

When he got closer, Wang Hao quickly greeted him with a smile.

Wang Mengde also greeted him.

This person was none other than Tian Laba, who had previously had a conflict with Wang Jinghui's family over the border issue.

"Xiaohao is back, and Mengde is here too."

Seeing Wang Hao, Tian Laba's eyes lit up and he said cheerfully:

"By the way, your cousin dug a few rat holes in the fields outside the village and caught a few rats, and there are two kilograms of food that the rats have stored for the winter.

At noon, you and Meng De will go to my house to eat meat."

As he said this, he put down the wooden stick on his shoulder and showed Wang Hao what he had gained today.

"Uh, Uncle Laba, I won't go."

Wang Hao took a look at the mice still crawling on the ground and refused directly.

Then he took out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes from his pocket, took a cigarette and handed it over.

"Oh, it's still a filter, this one is good."

Tian Laba took it without hesitation and put it directly on his ear.

He couldn't bear to smoke this cigarette now, and planned to save it to show off in public later.

People in the village smoke tobacco most of the time.

Only someone like Wang Jinghui, who has wealthy and capable relatives or family members in the city, would be willing to smoke filter cigarettes.

"Xiaohao, you must come to my house for lunch at noon."

Looking at Wang Hao reluctantly putting the remaining cigarettes in his pocket, Tian Laba said again.

This time, Wang Tian became unhappy before Wang Hao even opened his mouth.

"Tian Laba, don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Get out of here now. Who wants your rat meat?"

As she spoke, she glared at him, ready to curse.

"Hey, Big Foot Sister, you are already so old, don't be so angry in front of the younger generation, can't I just leave?"

Tian Laba said angrily.

Then he carried the wooden stick and walked towards his home unwillingly.

Watching him leading the mouse away, Wang Mengde opened his mouth to say something, but after thinking about it, he swallowed his words back.

He originally wanted to persuade people not to eat rat meat, because rat meat is full of germs and eating it can easily make people sick. But unfortunately, in this era, when people are almost starving to death, who cares about germs?

"Mom, don't be angry. Uncle Laba is kind-hearted and wants me to go to his house for a meal."

Seeing that his mother was still angry, Wang Hao tried to persuade her in a low voice.

"Humph, you think he means well."

Wang Tian snorted coldly, then explained, "He saw you coming back and knew you must have brought something good.

If I ask you to go to his house, would you go empty-handed? Besides, with his stingy personality, how can he make anything good for you to eat?

Forget about the other things. Just those few mice, if you can eat one of their tails, it would be like the sun rising from the west."

As people from the same village for decades, she knows each other's personalities very well.

Tian Laba's calculations could not escape her "eagle eyes and golden pupils".

The three continued walking towards the village.

Feeling that the northwest wind was stronger in the open area, he turned around and went back.

On the way, Wang Tian tightened the new scarf around her neck. She was very happy because this scarf was knitted for her by her granddaughter-in-law with wool.

As for the wool yarn, it was given to Wang Mengde last month by the relevant unit as a special supply treatment.

The wool was not enough to knit a sweater, so He Shengnan knitted a scarf and asked Wang Mengde to bring it over today.

Maybe because her son and grandson are around her, she is very talkative today.

“I’m telling you, next time you see Tian Laba, you have to be more careful.

He is not a good guy. Last month, he insisted on going to the production team to earn work points.

The team leader couldn't stand his nagging anymore and agreed. However, he didn't work hard. Not only did he not go to work or leave work on time, but even when he went to work, he didn't do his work.

The captain was so angry that he gave him a green "awakening ticket", which was really embarrassing for the whole family."

The so-called "consciousness tickets" were two kinds of tickets printed in red and green by each commune in order to assess the quality of everyone's work.

Red tickets will be given to those who work hard, are down-to-earth and grow big quickly.

Otherwise, a green ticket will be issued.

Of course, whoever is issued an 'Awakening Ticket' will have it taken back at the end of the month and left to the next owner.

In his previous life, Wang Mengde could never have imagined that there would be such a strange ticket.

but,

It was not until this era that he discovered that there were so many incredible tickets.

In some places, soap tickets are half a dollar.

I don't know how stores or supply and marketing cooperatives cut a bar of soap into two even halves.

In some places, food coupons worth 0.5 liang, 0.25 liang, and 0.1 liang appeared.

I don’t know whether the value of these food coupons is enough to print the paper for this ticket.

There are also meat coupons. The minimum amount in Beijing is 1 tael, while in some places, the minimum amount is 0.02 jin, which is 0.2 taels.

I guess after you buy this amount of meat home and cook it into dishes, you won’t be able to taste the meat flavor.

Of course, this is not the minimum amount.

Wang Mengde heard that a place had printed out 0.075 taels of overseas Chinese remittance supply coupons and oil tickets, but he didn't know how the salesperson would weigh this weight.

One drop can easily make it overweight.

After learning about this, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and felt extremely speechless.

In addition to these unusually heavy tickets, there are also some special tickets.

For example, there are some feces and urine tickets that can be used to take the feces and urine to the cleaning management office to be transported back as fertilizer, "menstrual belt tickets" for women, etc.

With so many tickets available, nothing is impossible.

In the afternoon, we returned to the courtyard from Tiangezhuang.

Before he could sit down to rest, Ran Xiaomei called him over.

"Meng De, it just so happens that you have asked for leave today. While you have time, you can go to your father-in-law's house and give them some New Year gifts. Otherwise, you will have to wait until New Year's Eve to have time."

She said as she took something out of the cupboard.

"Okay, Mom, I'll go right away."

Wang Mengde poured himself a cup of hot tea, then sat on the chair while holding his daughter in his arms and spoke in a low voice.

"Give them two kilograms of pork belly, and one kilogram each of vermicelli, rock sugar, and cakes.

By the way, we still have a lot of white flour at home, so we can give them five pounds of it, and save it for steaming buns and making dumplings, so that they can have a good New Year."

After putting everything on the table, Ran Xiaomei stretched her head to take a look at the noodle jar at home and said in a low voice.

During this period, he brought back some supplies from time to time, of course, they were all said to be special supplies.

Anyway, apart from him, no one in the alley enjoyed this kind of treatment, and no one knew whether what he said was true or false.

When they arrived at Caochang Hutong and saw him coming, Zhou Xiaoyan complained happily:

"Meng De, you're here now, why do you bring so many things with you?"

However, He Shengwu and He Yanan, who were on vacation at home, ran over happily.

"Haha, Yanan, come here, I brought you some White Rabbit candy."

Wang Mengde reached into his cotton coat pocket, took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies and handed them to her.

"Wow, so many White Rabbit candies. Thank you, brother-in-law. You are the best."

He Yanan quickly took it by the collar and said happily with his eyes narrowed.

"Shengwu has it too."

Then, he grabbed another handful for He Shengwu.

"Meng De, why did you give them so much candy? Save it for Yuanxun and Yuandi."

Zhou Xiaoyan saw her son and daughter getting the candies and looking so happy, then she said with a distressed look on her face.

"Mom, it's okay. We still have plenty at home. Oh, and I still have a pound in the bag I brought."

After he leaves.

Zhou Xiaoyan was very happy that her eldest daughter had married into a good family.

Every year during the holidays, my son-in-law would send me a lot of rare things.

She was just worrying about what gift her eldest son, He Shengwen, should give to his future father-in-law when he visits his future father-in-law's house the next day.

Now, just pick a few things from the gifts my son-in-law gave me, and they will be more valuable than those given by ordinary people.

evening.

It was already dark when Wang Mengde returned to the yard.

Before he even entered the house, he met Li Xiang in the central courtyard.

"Brother, you are finally back. The teacher asked me to come to you and ask you to return to the institute immediately. Something serious has happened."

Li Xiang looked anxious and spoke quickly when he saw him.

"What happened?"

Wang Mengde's heart skipped a beat and he asked hurriedly.

"Brother, it's the epidemic prevention station. The plague epidemic was discovered in the suburbs. This time the plague broke out very badly, the disease developed very quickly, and it is extremely contagious."

Li Xiang replied.

"What? There's an outbreak of plague."

Wang Mengde's face changed and he exclaimed in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)