A ten-yuan salary would come with an Industrial Coupon, something their family had in abundance. They often couldn't use them all and would give them to others.
The Lu Family didn't lack Industrial Coupons, but the farmers couldn't get even one. They needed Industrial Coupons to buy kettles, iron pots, and farming tools, let alone large items like the "Three Turns and One Sound." Just having tickets without Industrial Coupons meant they couldn't buy anything, unless it was clearance merchandise.
Therefore, rural folks entering the town's black market to seek tickets and coupons had become commonplace.
The middle-aged man, without even doing the math, eagerly said, "Great, with the Industrial Coupon, I can take a sheet metal kettle home. When my wife gives birth at the end of the year, we won't have to worry about not having hot water to drink."
