Tong Qi's coming to exchange for food was just a small incident during the Chinese New Year, and Zhang Yan didn't take it to heart at all.

After all, his family is not short of food, so he cannot experience the panic of food shortage.

If we know about the food shortage, we can only learn about it from history books.

As the saying goes, what you read in the book will eventually make you realize it is shallow, but you must know that you must practice it.

Tong Qi is a very proud person. Before the liberation, he was also a famous figure in the world. Today, he humbly came to his door and begged for food.

This made Zhang Yan feel the food shortage for the first time.

"How do you describe Tong Qi? Say he is good. He has done many bad things in the past to bully the market. Say he is bad. When the Japanese came, he did not take refuge with the Japanese.

Speaking of which, we are somewhat related to each other, and we can be compared with each other. Our two families are descended from the same ancestor.

Their clan later changed their surname to Tong, and our clan changed their surname to Tong." Tong Mei talked about her origins with Tong Qi.

"You still know so much?" Zhang Yan asked with a smile.

"I didn't know it at first. It was Tong Qi who told me. Once I was chased for two streets and it was Tong Qi who helped me. Later, he invited me to drink tea and told me this.

Tong Qi also practiced wrestling. He led a group of apprentices and became very famous over the bridge.

At that time, he wanted to take me in as his daughter-in-law, but I refused."

"I see, then today's help for him is not in vain! When you get the items back later, give him a higher price." Zhang Yan said with a smile.

"It's not necessary. The things he has in his hands are not from a good background. In the early years, all his family property was lost to his mother. Now these things in his hands were snatched back during the war."

Tong Mei knew Tong Qi and the people on the Jianghu Road in Sijiucheng very well.

After all, before the liberation, Tong Mei was begging for food on the streets. After the liberation, she was engaged in security work, so she knew a lot about the people and things on the streets.

"Okay! Then don't be polite to him and give him all his money!" Zhang Yan said with a smile.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the next day.

Zhang Yan had just entered the office, and before he could make himself a cup of tea, Ji Kaiwen came over in a hurry.

"Dean!"

"What? What's so urgent?"

"The grain supply quota has been reduced again, and the proportion of coarse grains and fine grains has been adjusted again." Ji Kaiwen said anxiously.

"Just surrender, it's not the first time!

It’s like this all over the country, and there’s nothing we can do about it!” Zhang Yan comforted with a smile.

"The key is that this time the price dropped a bit. From now on, let alone white flour steamed buns, we won't even be able to eat two-faced steamed buns. We have to set aside white flour to prepare sick meals for patients," Ji Kaiwen said anxiously.

Ji Kaiwen was in charge of logistics, so he was naturally the first to worry because he had no food to eat.

"You didn't tell the people at the grain station that we are a hospital and we can eat steamed buns, but the patients can't. They need nutrition and ask them to take extra care of them!" Zhang Yan also became serious.

"I've said it, and others have said it, our grain quota is based on the one given by the steel rolling mill. If you want more refined grain, it's okay, then we can change it to the hospital's quota.

If you switch to a hospital, the proportion of refined grains can be increased a little, but the total amount will be much less." Ji Kaiwen said with a wry smile.

The steel rolling mill is a heavy industry enterprise and has the highest grain quota.

The hospital is a light labor unit, so the food quota is naturally much smaller than that of a steel rolling mill.

One person can be short of several kilograms of food.

Don't underestimate these several kilograms of food, it can save lives in critical moments.

"I understand, lowering the quota is definitely not possible!

In this way, you inform the canteen that from now on, all our medical staff will eat steamed buns and save white noodles, first for patients and second for emergencies." Zhang Yan thought for a while and told Ji Kaiwen.

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This steamed bun is not made from cornmeal, which is considered a fine grain in the north.

The steamed buns here refer to steamed buns made with sweet potato noodles and sorghum noodles.

"But, the doctors in our hospital are all babies. They are just able to eat. When they are growing up, they all eat steamed buns. I'm afraid." Ji Kaiwen said.

"It's nothing, but it's like this all over the country. Everyone is tightening their belts. Why can't we? It's good to be able to eat enough to eat steamed buns. Most people outside only dare to eat two meals a day.

Many people even dare not eat even a meal all day long.

We have dry food for three meals a day, so what else do you want?"

"Dean, it's my job that I didn't do well. I wish I had stocked up on more food before." Ji Kaiwen criticized himself.

"Haha! Even if you stocked up on grains before the new year, we will still have to eat cornbread after the new year, and we still have to keep the fine grains." Zhang Yan said with a smile.

"In this case, you can find a way to bring back some sheep from Zhangjiakou!"

"Exchange sheep from Zhangjiakou?"

"Yes! Food is tight, but industrial supplies are still the same. Try to get some soap, salt, tea and other things, and go to Zhangjiakou to exchange for some sheep.

If it doesn't work, go to the grassland to exchange sheep.

With sheep, you can improve everyone's life every now and then!

If you arrange for people to go to the countryside to collect eggs, you can exchange them for industrial supplies!" Zhang Yan expressed his thoughts with a smile.

This is the solution he came up with last night to solve the problem of nutritional deficiencies.

The supply of materials is tight. They are backed by the steel rolling mill, so it is more convenient than other units or individuals to get some industrial products. Exchanging the industrial products for goods is the only way.

When it comes to food supply, there is no way to make any decisions. This is the case across the country, and they are no exception.

It’s just the beginning now, and we can still have some hotpots to eat.

In the future, it will become more and more serious, and even steamed buns will become a good thing, and many people will start to eat food substitutes.

The so-called grain substitute is to grind corn, wheat, and soybean straw into powder to serve as grain.

"Okay! Then I'll find a way!"

"Well! Next announcement, except for the sick, everyone else will eat steamed buns. Even the sick, unless there are special circumstances and a doctor's certificate, can only eat steamed buns from Sanhe Noodles.

Other accompanying family members are the same as our medical staff." Zhang Yan emphasized.

"I understand, Dean!" Ji Kaiwen agreed and walked out of the office.

Zhang Yan thought for a while, got up and went to Lao Liangtou's office.

"Secretary, are you busy?" Zhang Yan knocked on the door and asked with a smile.

"What can I do? Come to me with something?" Lao Liangtou smiled and asked Zhang Yan to sit down.

"It's something. It's not that the food supply is difficult now. I was wondering if you could discuss with the factory and give us some fine grain!" Zhang Yan said with a smile the reason for his visit.
Chapter completed!