Chapter 525: Ration Cards
There was an exclamation as soon as the bus got on the bus, and everyone turned their eyes to Qin Chuan, even the driver.
"God, he's right!" The old man with the newspaper in his hand said: "I have seen him in the newspaper, and he is the 'legendary sergeant'!" ”
"Of course!" Lu Man puffed out his chest: "He's my brother!" ”
Immediately, someone leaned over and shook hands with Qin Chuan: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Captain, you are good!" ”
"I'm sorry, Captain! I didn't know it was you! ”
"You are our hero, Captain!"
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"So, Captain!" The old woman asked, "Have you just returned from the battlefield of Holm?" ”
"Yes, ma'am!" Qin Chuan replied.
"We've all heard about that fight!" The old woman said, "Especially you, everyone is telling your story, and I don't know which ones are true......
"I don't know, ma'am!" Qin Chuan replied.
There was a burst of laughter in the carriage.
The driver turned back to Schmidt and said, "Sir, you have a very good son, and you should be proud of him." ”
"He always has been!" Schmidt replied, and at the same time looked at Qin Chuan, his eyes full of smiles.
When Qin Chuan jumped off the bus and walked down the street with Schmidt, something like that followed...... Most of the people in this vicinity recognize Qin Chuan, to be precise, they recognize Qin Chuan's appearance, so there are people who greet Qin Chuan and the three of them along the way:
"Hey, look who's back, our big hero!"
"Flick, well done! Remember my son Koosser? He wants you to teach him both hands! ”
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There were even a few children who gasped in surprise when they saw Qin Chuan, and then they followed behind Qin Chuan and shouted Frick's name again and again.
Originally, Qin Chuan thought that his home was just a small room like everyone else, but he didn't expect Schmidt to introduce Qin Chuan into a gate and enter a factory with hundreds of square meters, and dozens of workers in the factory were busy back and forth, of course, their eyes were also on Qin Chuan, with envy and admiration in their eyes.
Someone also shouted at Schmidt: "Boss, he must be your son 'Legendary Sergeant'!" ”
"Yes!" Schmidt replied: "He got a month's vacation!" ”
"You know what? Brother! Lehman explained, "Surprised? ”
"What? Oh yes......" Qin Chuan replied.
"No surprises!" Lehman replied, "Because you became a hero, they arranged this factory for us!" ”
Qin Chuan let out an "oh", saying this, this factory did not belong to Schmidt before that.
However, it does not seem surprising that the Germans drove out or arrested the Jews and then distributed their factories and even their homes and belongings to the Germans. Of course, those who can be assigned have certain "merits" and "qualifications", and Qin Chuan's merits on the battlefield have obviously also won some care for his family.
"Oh, Frick!" A middle-aged woman with a haggard face stood at the door of the inner room behind the factory and couldn't wait to stretch out her hands to Qin Chuan.
"Mother!" Qin Chuan hurriedly greeted her, she was Frick's mother, Karen, who suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
"My child!" Karen hugged Qin Chuan and cried with joy, paused for a while as if he remembered something, and asked, "Child, are you not injured!" ”
"No, Mother!" Qin Chuan shook his fist and replied, "I'm fine!" ”
"Don't worry, Mom!" Lehman accosted him: "We can always see my brother's news in the newspaper, right?" He always made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, just look at his medal, it was an iron cross! ”
Karen wiped her tears and nodded, but Qin Chuan believed that she didn't listen to anything, because for her, the safety of the child is the most important thing, and as for any merit or medal, it doesn't matter.
At that moment, Qin Chuan didn't know what to say, if they knew that they weren't Frick...... How disappointing that would be.
"You're hungry!" Cullen said, "We still have some flour, you wait, I'll make you a loaf of bread right away!" ”
Hearing this, Qin Chuan couldn't help but be a little puzzled, what is "still a little flour", if Schmidt is running such a small-scale furniture factory, how can even the flour reach the point of "a little".
Later, Qin Chuan realized that this was an afterthought.
After Germany entered the war in World War I, it was blocked by Britain, France and other countries, resulting in a serious shortage of food, which was also one of the reasons for Germany's defeat in World War I.
Therefore, after entering World War II, Germany learned this lesson and implemented the rationing system very early, that is, the food distribution by the state is uniform, and the weekly ration per person is about 2,250 grams of bread, 700 grams of meat, 280 grams of margarine, 280 grams of sugar, 110 grams of artificial jam, and 150 grams of beans......
At this time, fresh vegetables and fish are also hard to see in Germany. In front of butcher shops and local shops, you can often see long queues of housewives holding vegetable baskets. If you see a woman waiting in front of a shop with her children, there must be candy for sale in that store; In front of the cigarette paper shop are well-dressed gentlemen who line for an hour or two just to buy a few cigars or a cigarette. If these addicts are lucky enough to buy what they want and want to get a beer in the tavern to breathe, then they have to add a "wartime surtax" to the cost of the drink.
In addition, Qin Chuan also noticed that the women on the street rarely wore leather shoes, they changed to women's shoes with wooden bottom cloth surface, and walked on the sidewalk "kicking and dragging" like Japanese women's clogs. Even the shoes on Cullen's feet are the same.
And if you want to keep some flour at home, you can only do it for someone like Schmidt who owns a small factory.
Obviously, all this was done in order to be able to save more supplies for fighting on the front, which was also a sign of German self-discipline.
"Mr. Schmidt!" At this time, two policemen crowded in outside the factory, and when they saw Qin Chuan, they stood up and saluted Qin Chuan, and said, "You must be Captain Flick, can I see your military ID?" ”
"Of course!" Qin Chuan casually handed over the military ID card.
The policeman carefully flipped through the military ID card, checked the photo again, and then handed the military ID card back to Qin Chuan, and stepped forward and said, "It's an honor to meet you, Captain!" When Colonel Webb heard that you were back, he ordered us to send you a ration card! ”
As he spoke, the policeman took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Qin Chuan, saluted Qin Chuan again, and said, "I wish you a happy holiday, Captain!" ”
After the police left, Lehman leaned over and glanced at the ration card, exclaiming, "God, they gave you a two-hundred-point ration card, which is double the amount!" ”