Once a week the government drops off new refugees to our village. Along with the refugees they bring fresh supplies. Everyone selects one or two members of their party to go pick up supplies. Everyone that goes is allowed 50 credits worth of food! You go early so as not to lose all the "fine choices" they offer you. Late arrivals make do with "left over road kill." Some people who were sick one week thought they could double up the next week. Oh boy!, the riot that started. "It's 50 credits a week. No carrying over to the next week." That family started a fight that closed the supply area. Branches as heavy as bats were swung! Fists connected to faces and stomachs. Feet kicked knees, chins, stomachs, and backs! The family was detained and held in "jail" for a while. The authorities went to their camp to see about any minors. The children stayed with the neighbor for two days. Then, the family came back, packed up, and moved to another part of the village. They didn't do it willingly, either. The authorities stayed with them the whole time they packed up. So the fighting family is Gone!
Up to 50 credits worth of food! You think it's a lot! It's not! It's really only a few days of regular meal rations you have to spread out over a week. Let's see; some things I've gotten before...
• a pint of fresh milk---that's the only size available! Save the bottle and cap!
• a bunch of raw (fresh) carrots or squash
• 1-lb. of rice
• 2 heads of cabbage
• 1 bag of green peas
• a loaf of bread or bag of tortillas (not chips)
Now, what I mentioned isn't what I got in one week. No. It's what I got over a months time. That's how rationing here works. Everyone gets a rationing ID CARD. Everyone had to sign up and get their identification card after the vote for rationing was taken and passed.
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