Chapter 422: Trembling Yan Bugui
The so-called nailing scale is the process of making the weighing rod.

The reason why He Yuzhu asked this question is,
This is because in June 1959, the State Council issued two documents, "Report on my country's Metrology System and Further Development of Metrology Work" and "Plan for Unifying the Chinese Names of Metric Measurement Units", announcing the unification of the measurement system.

Except for the market system based on the international metric system, Chinese medicine prescriptions, international practices, etc., all other systems will be changed to the international metric system.
For example, the original 16 liang per catty is changed to 10 liang per catty.

However, the timing and steps of this reform cannot be achieved overnight, but are decided by each region.
This also gave some people the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and caused a lot of trouble.

When Li Qiuyu from the grocery store heard He Yuzhu's question, she naturally knew why he asked that question. She did not dare to neglect it at all and said very seriously,

"Captain He, rest assured.
Our platform scale is remade according to the current market standards. You can see that the star plate is brand new.
Everyone is having a hard time these days, and we dare not cheat the neighbors by shortchanging them. Otherwise, they will smash our store without you even having to look for it.”

Hearing this, He Yuzhu smiled and nodded without asking any more questions.

The vegetables were quickly weighed and put into the backpack. He Yuzhu then called Li Qingshan over.
"You carry the vegetables back first. I'll go look around somewhere else to see if I can buy anything else. I'll buy whatever I can."

Hearing this, Li Qingshan picked up his backpack and headed towards the courtyard.

"I know, brother."

Seeing Li Qingshan returning to the courtyard with a backpack on his back, He Yuzhu no longer cared about Xu Damao and his neighbors and went straight to another place.

Coming out of Maoer Hutong,
While He Yuzhu went to the district government to collect He Yuejin's milk certificate and sugar coupons for 2 kilograms of brown sugar, he also kept an eye on the situation of the shops on the street.

He would go into almost every shop to ask if they had any goods today.

But there were almost no goods that he needed to go in and ask, because as long as there was something to sell, there would always be a long line at the door.

Stop and go along the way,

He Yuzhu used the sweatshirt ticket to buy a sweatshirt, the underpants ticket to buy a pair of underwear, the rubber shoes ticket to buy a pair of rubber shoes, and the thread ticket to buy a roll of sewing needles and thread;
As for the rest, such as cotton tickets, fleece tickets, cotton shoes tickets, meat tickets, cake tickets, and biscuit tickets,

The supply and marketing cooperative is out of stock and has nothing to sell.

I took out the "Residents' Food Purchase Certificate" and wanted to buy the 2 taels of brown sugar that each person was given per month, but the clerk told me that they had all been transferred to the designated store for infants and young children, and the supply and marketing cooperative was out of stock.

In the end, I only bought 1 kilogram of salt per month.

Seeing that there was really nothing he wanted, He Yuzhu did not delay any longer and went straight to the district government.

Along the way, he saw that the fronts of all the restaurants, big and small, in Beijing were full of people.
There were wealthy people from surrounding cities such as Tianjin and Baocheng, as well as local residents of Beiping.

They are often the whole family, young and old, who take turns to queue up for lunch after breakfast in the morning, and then queue up for dinner after lunch, and then queue up for breakfast the next day after dinner, and this cycle repeats itself over and over again without a moment's rest.

But this situation has been happening for a month or two.
As long as there is no trouble and they do not violate the policies from above, He Yuzhu is too lazy to pay attention to them because he is too busy to worry about them.

After getting He Yuejin's milk and sugar coupons from the district government and asking for directions, He Yuzhu did not exchange many pleasantries with the district comrades, but went straight to the newly opened infant and toddler store to buy milk and brown sugar.
After that, he did not delay any further and went straight back to the courtyard.

Because it was almost noon, he hadn't had breakfast yet. In other words, he could eat a full meal every day with the militia, and didn't mind going hungry for one or two meals.

If it was Yan Bugui,
I've been so hungry since last night that I probably can't even walk.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, he found Yan Bugui leaning against his door, so he smiled and greeted him, but the old man glared at him.

"Zhu Zi, when you got up this morning, you said you would help our Jie Cheng go to the district government to get our Wen Tao's milk certificate and two kilograms of brown sugar tickets.

The results of it,
After I bought the vegetables at the grocery store, I couldn't find you anymore, so I had to go to Zuojiazhuang by myself, which really exhausted me."

After saying this, he raised his hands again to show He Yuzhu.
"Look, Jiefang and I carried more than 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes back home. I almost collapsed from exhaustion, and my hands are still shaking badly now."

He Yuzhu knew that the reason why he was so weak was because he had not eaten enough for a long time.

Otherwise, as a grown man, it is impossible that he could not carry back 10 kilograms of sweet potatoes and potatoes even if he was carrying a 100-year-old child.

But Yan Bugui couldn't blame He Yuzhu for this matter.
"Uncle Yan, this matter has nothing to do with me. It's just that plans can't keep up with changes, and the food store suddenly has food!

Aren’t you going out to grab some food?

After grabbing the vegetables, you have to look elsewhere. If there are any items on sale, you have to buy them quickly.

By the way, Uncle Yan, what about your family’s solution?
I just asked at the district government, your Jie Cheng and Damao haven't gone to get the milk and sugar coupons for Wen Tao and Wen Yuan yet.
I thought he went with you to Zuojiazhuang to exchange sweet potatoes and potatoes!"

When He Yuzhu asked about his eldest son, Yan Bugui pointed to the sweatshirts and rubber shoes in his hands.
"After buying groceries and having breakfast, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to queue up to buy things like you did. I don't know where he is now, but I guess he went to the district government.

By the way, Zhuzi, you were out for the whole morning and only bought these few things.

But there is a lot of candy. After lunch, I will take the candy ticket to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu looked at what he had in his hand, shook his head and said,
"Be content, Uncle Yan. You know what's going on in Peking right now. I queued up for a long time to get these little things.
Many people waited in line for most of the day, but ended up getting nothing.

As for these candies,

I didn't buy these things at the supply and marketing cooperative because they were out of stock. I bought them at the newly opened designated store for infants and young children above. I had to use the special sugar coupons for infants and young children in January to buy them.

Even with the two taels of sugar coupons given to us adults, we can’t buy this thing.”

Hearing He Yuzhu say that he bought these brown sugars with the special sugar coupons for infants and young children he received from the district government, Yan Bugui shook his head helplessly when he thought of the scarce supplies.

Then he looked behind He Yuzhu with a twinkling look in his eyes and said to himself,
"Zhu Zi, I don't know when our Jie Cheng will come back."

(End of this chapter)