In the sixties and seventies, the first of the living goods mainly relied on the ticket system. Grain, oil, meat and other important materials are limited in quantity and cheap. Students can only choose one kind of rice and rice noodles per month, and each person can only get half a catty of oil and half a catty of meat per month, and the soy sauce is per household**, and each family can get one catty per month.
Only during the Chinese New Year can you eat back pot meat and braised pork, and fish is also per household**, not every month. The only people who can eat white rice are the drivers of large trucks, and most of them eat mixed rice, which contains mixed grains.
In the 80s after the reform and opening up, the problem of relying on tickets was gradually solved, and the material life was greatly improved.
In the last sixties, the grade of pork was clearly classified as 096 yuan, 080 yuan, and the skin of third-class meat is 070 yuan. The amount of eggs is limited, and you need to buy it with a ticket, ** is 070 yuan.
Staple foods such as white flour Fuqiang powder 025 yuan a catty, standard powder 018 yuan, rice 0About 15 yuan, Xiaomi 013 yuan, oil 080 yuan, tofu 010 yuan, soy sauce 010 yuan, vinegar 007 yuan, ** relatively cheap.
Vegetables such as tomatoes cost 4 cents, cabbage costs 2 cents, and potatoes cost 7 cents. The dishes in the restaurant are such as oily pork 036 yuan, fried tofu 010 yuan, 2 taels and 4 cents for white skin noodles, 2 taels and 8 cents for tomato noodles, and 2 taels of meat noodles for 012 yuan, white rice 2 taels and 4 cents.
Seafood such as yellow croaker 052 yuan, 046 yuan. At that time, the profit was about 2 cents, and the army food was 045 yuan. Although wages are low, prices are relatively low, which is.
The real situation in the sixties and seventies.
In those days, breakfast could be solved for only one penny: a bowl of soy milk was a penny, and two large fritters were four cents. Lunch costs only two dimes and three cents: three cents for a medium bowl of rice, and two dimes for a pot of meat.
Dinner is eight cents for a bowl of noodles. The total cost of meals throughout the day is triangular six cents. In those years, our daily meals were very cheap because every unit I remember had a canteen.
At that time, cigarettes for a dime, loose liquor for six cents and a catty, and Moutai for eight yuan a bottle were the norm in our lives. Although the living conditions are difficult, we are well aware of the call of the state, be diligent and thrifty, work hard, and strive to contribute our strength to the realization of the "four modernizations."
In times of scarcity, people had to buy necessities with tickets. I remember that in my city, we could only buy one catty of meat and half a catty of oil every month, and the ration of grain was only 25 catties, and that of middle school students was 32 catties.
To make matters worse, these rations are not all fine grains, but must also be accompanied by a certain percentage of coarse grains. As for cloth tickets, cotton tickets, bicycle tickets, watch tickets and other tickets, there are even more headaches.
Therefore, the children of that era are especially looking forward to the New Year, because only during the New Year, can they get some sought-after materials, put on new clothes, and eat delicious things.
In the sixties and seventies, wages for workers were relatively low, with apprentices receiving only $18 per month, salesmen $28 per month, and factory workers between $36 and $42 per month.
Although they had their families to rely on, their wages at that time did not allow them to have enough financial resources to enjoy a big meal. In those days, although prices were cheap, wages were relatively small.
In the sixties and seventies, going to a state-owned restaurant to eat was a common way of consumption. Whether it's a light meal (2 dishes and 1 soup, a bit of meat) or a guest meal (3 dishes and 1 soup, with meat), it only takes 0$28 or 038 yuan, even if you don't have food stamps, you can eat.
And, you can also choose to add two cents for a meal or two (for example, if you want to eat four taels, you only need to pay an extra 8 cents). At that time, commercial profits were regulated, and the profits of department stores and non-staple foods were between 12% and 15%, while the gross profit of the restaurant industry could not exceed 40%.
At that time, the price of restaurant dishes, two yuan could allow you to enjoy a sumptuous meal, don't believe you do the math yourself! Stir-fried vegetables with meat cost five dimes a plate, and vegetarian stir-fried dishes start at five cents, and the highest is no more than two dimes.
A bowl of loose liquor is a dime (medium-sized coarse porcelain bowl), and a bowl of loose beer is a fifth. My first monthly salary was 9 yuan 8, and then the monthly salary including winter and summer work clothes subsidy was 18 yuan.
At that time, we could walk into any restaurant with only two yuan in our pockets, and there was no pressure.
In the past, having two yuan was already considered a middle-income person. However, prices were very high relative to income, and many farmers had to plan for a long time to buy salt.
In addition, at that time, it was a ticket**, and if you didn't have enough tickets, you wouldn't be able to buy the items you needed, even if you had money. In the sixties and seventies, having two dollars was already a pretty good level of income.
At that time, salt ** was 5 cents per catty, kerosene** was 8 cents per catty, pork ** was 5 to 7 cents per catty, and rice ** was more than a catty.
Through the calculation, it can be known that the number of things that can be bought for two yuan is relatively small. It should be emphasized that it is not two dollars, but one dollar to enjoy a hearty meal.
We have four good colleagues, and every month when we pay our salaries, we go to the restaurant to enjoy the food under the AA system, and each person only spends one yuan, and we can enjoy a pretty good dining experience.
In the 70s, prices were low and the standard of living was modest. Meat is 4 yuan a catty, and fish is 2-3 yuan a catty. The cost of the restaurant is low, they are all state-run, and they will not be indiscriminately priced. I remember that it only cost a few cents to eat a basket of Shanghai soup dumplings, even though the ingredients and process were very complicated.
In those days, when people went to restaurants to eat, they would not be as pompous as people do now, and it was already very sumptuous for a few people to order four dishes and one soup. And in those days, people paid great attention to frugality, and the food they ordered would be eaten, and the social atmosphere was simple and unpretentious, which was very beautiful.
Although it will vary from place to place, it is basically unified across the country. Six corners of white noodles, 8 points of Zhengzhou soup noodles, 1 corner of wontons and 2 points, 5 points of baked cakes, 4 corners of fried pork slices, 5 corners of meat slices with soup (70 years), and no more than 1 corner of fried vegetarian dishes.
In the 70s, the wedding crew of my unit was 5 jiao, and there were 2 jiao and 5 points. At that time, the ** price of a table of banquets in the hotel was 5 yuan.
Are you curious about what the average salary is now and how it used to be? For example, the average monthly salary is 5,000 yuan now, compared to only 50 yuan in the past, so one dollar was equivalent to 100 yuan now.
For another example, there is not much difference between what you can buy for 2 yuan at that time and what you can buy for 200 yuan now, you can ask your elders.
In addition, the average monthly salary was less than 50 yuan at that time, and now it must be far more than 5,000 yuan.
Life at that time was like a sweet melody, light and free. There is no pressure of life, no anxiety about the future, no worries about aging, and no sickness.
Everything is so carefree, so beautiful. At that time, it was like living in heaven, carefree and happy.