In ancient times, "ten coins for a fight of rice" - 50 kilograms of rice cost only ten copper coins.

Except for the more expensive salt (exclusively sold), everything else is very cheap. In the early days of liberation, my grandfather spent 300 yuan to buy three large tile-roofed houses.

In 1979, a relative of mine sold a dozen of his houses for 1,500 yuan each.

At the beginning of liberation: salt 0.097 yuan, vinegar 0.06 yuan, tap water 0.067 yuan, electricity 0.097 yuan, soy sauce 0.12 yuan, rice 0.16 yuan, standard points 0.17 yuan, cornmeal 0.065 yuan, Chinese cabbage 0.013 yuan, pork 0 ,55---0.85 yuan, eggs 0.06 yuan, soybean oil 0.8 yuan, stamps 0.08 yuan, Harbin to Beijing train 17 yuan, Chongqing to Wuhan ferry ticket 9.5 yuan...