I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 224: Rations

Wang Jianjun was an honest man, so honest that he only thought about exchanging the school's food coupons for money, but didn't let Yuan Xiu exchange the school's food coupons for food coupons.

Alternatively, it can be exchanged using a combination of money and food coupons.

As for local food coupons, you can try to exchange them for national food coupons outside the school and send them home.

If you had a few more ideas, you could have bought steamed buns in the cafeteria and secretly sold them to people outside the school.

This is much more cost-effective than selling grain coupons at grain prices.

However, this also carries risks, as it may be suspected of being a form of speculation.

Another dishonest way is to cultivate a good relationship with the cafeteria, even if it means playing the victim, and try to exchange the food for noodles to send home. This is more practical than sending money back home.

When Yuan Xiu thought about all this, she had only one thought: she wasn't an honest person after all.

Wang Jianjun hadn't considered these things. Perhaps he was new and his ideas weren't fully formed yet. As time went on and he gained more experience, his perspective might change.

Yuan Xiu planned to remind him.

"The squad leader probably exchanged the money to send it to the countryside, why doesn't he try to exchange it for dry rations to send back? If there's a food shortage, that's more useful than money."

Wang Jianjun sighed: "The place where I went to work in the countryside is far away. It takes more than half a month for a letter to arrive, let alone a package. The steamed buns and pancakes that our school provides can be stored in winter, but now that the weather is warm, they will probably spoil before they are even sent. I have thought about slicing the steamed buns, drying them, and sending them, but the weather is not suitable now. The steamed buns will grow mold after three days."

Yuan Xiu nodded: "This is indeed a troublesome matter. I heard from the senior students at the school that the food allowance for worker-peasant-soldier college students was not as high as it is this year. One food ration coupon was just enough to eat. Starting with our year, it has suddenly increased by several kilograms. To be honest, thirty-two or thirty-four kilograms of food ration coupons a month is simply not enough for some students with small appetites. If the food ration coupons are not used up in the month, they will be wasted. This is also a national subsidy for college students..."

"It would be great if our cafeteria allowed students to exchange their food coupons for flour and noodles."

Wang Jianjun's eyes lit up!

"If only it were like that." He could send grain home directly, saving a few pounds of rations each month, so his wife and children could eat fine grains. He could then exchange meat coupons for money and send it back home, making life much easier.

"The school won't agree, will they?"

"I wouldn't know about that, if you don't change it much each month..."

Yuan Xiu stopped there, "By the way, class monitor, are you still changing?"

Wang Jianjun snapped out of his daze, "Change! That classmate Yuan Xiu..."

Yuan Xiu smiled and said, "Then let's exchange less this time, let's exchange five catties first. I usually eat at home more often."

"Okay! Thank you, Yuan Xiu."

"Yuan Xiu, I contacted the student affairs office. They've communicated with the cafeteria and said that day students can take their meals to the cafeteria to heat up," Liu Fang ran over to tell Yuan Xiu the good news.

Yuan Xiu put the ticket in her pocket. "Thank you, Vice Class Monitor! I understand, thank you for your help." However, she probably wouldn't need it this month.

"I told you not to stand on ceremony with me," Liu Fang laughed heartily. "Oh, by the way, the squad leader was looking for you earlier about food coupons..."

Yuan Xiu nodded: "That's exactly what you think."

Liu Fang sighed, "Actually, I also want to exchange some of my grain coupons. My child has only eaten fine grains a few times since birth, but I only have 32 catties of grain a month. I also want my child to be able to eat well."

Yuan Xiu understood; she was also a mother, and she had children too.

So she repeated what she had just said to Wang Jianjun to Liu Fang.

Liu Fang: "I'm going to find the class monitor!"

In such cases, it's best to talk to students from disadvantaged families and the school. Schools aren't heartless; they should agree to such requests as long as students have enough to eat.

Yuan Xiu was right. Not long after, the canteen posted a notice stating that students who had leftover food stamps could exchange them for flour, noodles, rice, and other grains at the end of the month, with a limit of five jin per person per month.

"This is great. I eat a maximum of one pound of grain a day, and I still have two pounds left over each month. I feel bad giving it away, but I feel like I'm losing out if I don't eat it. I feel like I'm wasting it if I do eat it. This way, I can send two pounds of grain home every month."

"Then I won't have to buy steamed buns from the cafeteria and bring them home every time I'm on vacation!"

"That's how it should be done. If we don't switch, the school will benefit from all the leftovers! This is a government subsidy for our food rations..."

"What are you saying? When has the school ever benefited? If you have such a big appetite, you should at least stop trying to take advantage of the school!"

"Hey, you..."

Wang Jianjun walked with a brisk pace and a satisfied smile on his face. This was all thanks to the efforts of these students who had real difficulties, who had fought for the school's approval.

"Hey, class monitor, you've finally decided to eat meat?" Zheng Yuemei teased, adding an extra steamed bun to her meal.

Wang Jianjun laughed, "I'm happy today!" Sending back five catties of fine grain is more useful than the money he got from exchanging grain coupons!

If the harvest is bad, the wife can exchange fine grains for coarse grains back in her hometown, and with the rations distributed by the production team, it's enough to eat.

"Being happy means you should eat well. We're studying so hard, we can't afford to break down. Even if we don't eat 'amazing,' we at least need to eat enough. How can we study properly and improve every day if we don't eat enough?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Wang Jianjun nodded. "Actually, I'm eating quite well, much better than before! When I was sent to the countryside, life was incredibly difficult..."

The students started talking about their experiences of being sent to the countryside.

"There are hardships, but there are also joys..."

Yuan Xiu ate a piece of braised pork. Now, things are really bad. She probably won't be able to exchange for food coupons next month. But at least she still has meat coupons to comfort her.

The braised pork at school is so delicious!