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Chapter 97
When Yu Yuetong got off work, she just received a call from Yu's mother.
"Yueyue, hurry up, go home and bring An'an Kangkang's car!" The
background sound on the other end of the phone was extremely noisy. In order for Yu Yuetong to hear clearly, Yu's mother almost yelled heart-piercingly. .
Yu Yuetong was taken aback for a moment, then saw the date reminder on the phone, and immediately knew what was going on.
The Lunar New Year is a very special day for the people of country Z, especially after the whole year of natural disasters and man-made disasters, everyone is not only in poor health, but also in a very dangerous mental state.
So this time the boss was also cruel, and he gritted his teeth and took out a lot of supplies.
Still according to the head, everyone took their ID card and pressed their fingerprints to receive supplies.
One catty of flour, three catties of rice, twenty catties of vegetable and mushroom buns, one catty of pork, two catties of chicken and duck, five catties of fish, half catty of eggs, half catty of sugar, and a box of milk.
Children under the age of eight will have an extra catty of eggs, and babies under the age of one will have an extra pack of milk powder on top of the catty of eggs. Pregnant women and women who have given birth within one month will have an extra box of health-care medicine to enhance immunity.
These things were nothing two years ago, but now, they are extravagant things.
Although the materials are distributed according to the head, everyone has it, but many people ran to queue overnight.
It's New Year's Eve soon, but the bustling is not the hotel commercial street, but the various material collection points, which are full of people at a glance.
The Yu family is no exception.
In the middle of the night, I got up and put on my clothes, took the dog and the community team to collect supplies.
The supplies this time are different from the previous ones, they are too "rare". In order to avoid "accidents" of robbery and corruption, the whole process was live broadcast + military escort.
But also because of this reason, it can't be delivered to the gate of the community like water delivery, so some places can only be vacated as material collection places.
The Jiangshan Community is a bit far from the designated pick-up place, so Mama Yu and the others naturally took the dog with them in a dog cart before going out.
A car that is too big is likely to occupy space and cause dissatisfaction from others. The car that is taken out is based on the number of people and the amount of supplies.
The material collection team in Jiangshan District got up very early, but there were still many people who got up earlier than them. After waiting in line for more than ten hours, it was finally their turn.
But after receiving the supplies, they were told that they could go to a nearby supermarket to buy goods within 1,000 work points.
The shopping rules are almost the same as last year's Spring Festival, but the currency has changed from "money" to "workpoints". By the way, an extra purchase limit has been added.
There is no limit to the number of goods purchased, but the total amount is limited.
Even so, it was enough to drive everyone crazy. You must know that most of the things nowadays cannot be bought with money, and 90% of the materials are priceless.
A wide variety of supermarkets that never run out of stock have become a dream memory in just a few months.
Everyone rushed to the supermarket like crazy.
The higher-ups were also afraid of a stampede with many casualties, so they didn't inform them of the incident until after receiving the annual goods allowance, and arranged shopping supermarkets in batches just like buying train tickets.
During last year's unlimited supply carnival, many people didn't buy enough because they were careless. How many times they woke up crying from their dreams and regretted why they didn't borrow money to stock up on food.
If I have the chance again this time, I must buy as much as I can.
The official name of work points is "credit points", but since the current jobs are almost all public, everyone is used to calling credit points as work points. Anyway, it doesn't matter which one it is, it's just a name.
Workpoints are used as currency, and their purchasing power cannot be simply summed up by 1 workpoint = 1 yuan.
According to the price of sweet potatoes, 1 work point is equivalent to 1 catty of sweet potatoes, which is two yuan in the past.
But if it is wheat flour, a catty of flour costs 5 labor points, which is far more than two yuan.
Eating too much sweet potato will burn your heart, but the yield is high, and it can fill your stomach as a whole grain. Wheat flour is a refined grain, and its yield is not as high as that of sweet potatoes. It is not only a "staple food", but also a "nutrient". The price is naturally different from before.
But whether it is sweet potatoes or wheat, in the crisis situation where there is almost no agricultural product output for more than half a year, buying food not only requires work points, but also depends on luck.
"Girl, do you want to buy a 'quota'? A 100 quota is fifty yuan."
Yu Yuetong was entangled by a middle-aged man as soon as he arrived with the car.
The per capita quota of 1,000 is not too much, but not everyone has this financial condition.
More than one billion people are suddenly unemployed, and no matter how hard the government works, it is impossible for everyone to have a job.
There are still many, many people struggling on the poverty line of not having enough to eat.
Not to mention one thousand per person, the whole family may not be able to come up with one thousand.
But among the billions of people, some of them have money in their hands.
Although it is said to be one thousand per person, there are many things that can be operated inside. It is obvious that it cannot be transferred, but the purchase agent can't control it!
In other words, in fact, the other party buys goods from the supermarket at a price of one dollar, and then sells the goods to you for a little more money.
It is almost an empty-handed white wolf trading model, but both parties can make money.
Food is so scarce now, rich people get food, poor people get money to buy food, everyone can have a full meal, how wonderful.
But there is a premise - there is no middleman to make the difference.
Yu Yuetong's sharp eyes turned around the man.
The man was terrified by her, but then he thought that he was not doing anything illegal, so he became more confident: "Should I buy it? If not, I'll go find someone else." Yu Yuetong bargained: "It's too expensive.
" , I just bought thirty. "
The man immediately said: "My 50 is different from others. Although it is said to be a purchase quota, this quota is not transferable. Can you rest assured that you give money and supplies to others? I will guarantee you in the middle, whether it is Money and supplies are guaranteed to be safe! And no matter how much, I can get it for you!"
Yu Yuetong asked: "Can I ask for 100,000?"
The man immediately patted his chest and said after hearing the number. : "Don't talk about a hundred thousand, I can get a million!"
Yu Yuetong nodded, and gave him a silver bracelet backhand.
"You, what are you doing!" When the man saw the pair of silver bracelets, a guilty conscience flashed across his face, and then he became more confident, "I didn't break the law, what are you doing! Apology! Apologize to me, or I will sue you!"
Yu Yuetong ignored him and handcuffed his right hand to the iron railing.
The man panicked when he saw it, and immediately yelled: "What are you doing?! I want to sue you!
" Digital currency, you will know when you take it home and check it. You must know that people don't dare to rob "money" when they rob now, all they rob are materials.
Carelessly use work points to make transactions, take them home and check and there will be results.
Seeing that there were quite a few people looking around, Yu Yuetong raised her voice and said loudly, "It's difficult for everyone, and the above benefits are for everyone to have a good year. It's a win-win situation." Everyone is willing to do things, but scalpers are not allowed to exist."
"These things will not go bad immediately, and they will be taken out after everyone is too hungry. Someone will find a way to buy a hundred and one catties of sweet potatoes." "
If it's just for fattening A small number of people’s wallets, what goods are supplied, what prices are stable, and what materials are distributed. Isn’t it just changing from one place to another?” Unlike foreign countries, domestic silver bracelets still
represent credibility and safety.
So Yu Yuetong's words are also very convincing.
"Ten or tens of 'hard work fees' are acceptable, but it is not appropriate if it is too high. Can billionaires squeeze in here and queue for more than ten hours for a few catties of sweet potatoes and rice? Even if there are, it should be a minority. Everyone I don’t even talk about moisturising, I’m struggling to survive.” Yu Yuetong glanced at him, resisting the urge to beat him.
"But what about you? What have you paid for? The touch of two mouths didn't bring good changes to the society, nor did it create more food for everyone, and it didn't make people full. It's so cool to make money at both ends. right!"
Almost all of the current food, vegetables and meat are sold at official sales points, and the locations are ready-made, in various vegetable markets. It's just that hundreds of stalls have been merged into ten.
At the same time, the government is also opening various welfare conditions to the society, hoping that someone can settle in, but unfortunately, few companies are willing to exchange the ready-made "gold" in the warehouse for useless numbers.
The vegetable market has always been open normally, and the prices are also stable, but there is a limit on purchases per person. Family members who buy groceries have to swipe their electronic account books to buy groceries.
Those vegetables can only maintain the minimum dietary needs, and the emergence of high-priced vegetables is inevitable.
The price of this New Year’s goods welfare event is 91% off the daily price. The discount is not strong, and it just pays attention to a sense of ritual.
But with a 50% discount in the reverse direction, the fat ones don’t know whose wallet it is.
Yu Yuetong didn't like to work overtime, but she couldn't bear it anymore when they ran to her.
It's okay to make money by selling your own quota, and the life of the poor can be slightly better. But it is disgusting for an "intermediary" who pays nothing to make money at both ends!
"You were fined for operating without a license two years ago, let alone now." Yu Yuetong said blankly, "Wait here, I will take you back after I finish shopping. It hurts me again." Work more overtime, you are amazing!" The last sentence was completely Yu Yuetong venting his anger.
The man was terrified by her murderous look, coupled with the lingering sound of "fine" echoing in his head, he cried out with a "wow", trying to kneel down to Yu Yuetong.
"I can't help it either! I just want to earn more money to buy more food for my family. I, I, I..." There was a sudden curse from the
crowd watching: "You are precious! You The whole family is precious! Only us poor people don’t deserve to live!”
The quota of one hundred is sold for one hundred and fifty, and he wants to draw twenty-five from the middle.
But you can't go to his side. A large group of people are staring at it. From their teens to their forties, they are all strong men.
The man's face changed, and he looked fiercely at the source of the sound, but there were people everywhere, and he couldn't tell who was talking at all. Then he looked at Yu Yuetong anxiously, begging for pity.
Yu Yuetong just said: "Let's talk about it when the time comes."
Then he turned and walked into the supermarket, leaving behind an exasperated tormented by fear.
When Yu Yuetong was collecting supplies at work, she also asked her colleagues to put her in the same supermarket as Yu's mother, so that she would be much less likely to run away.
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