Is Mr. Wen Yiduo’s monthly salary only enough to buy six kilograms of rice?

During the Anti-Japanese War, in order to support the early victory of the domestic Anti-Japanese War, patriotic overseas Chinese headed by Mr. Tan Kah Kee organized overseas Chinese groups to donate money and materials more than once to the soldiers on the front line and the suffering people. To a large extent, the support of the national army has been guaranteed.

However, due to the corruption of the Kuomintang and the hoarding of Shanghai speculators, prices in Shanghai have risen three times a day. Many people can no longer afford to eat and can only wait to starve to death.

Mr. Wen Yiduo was also living in Shanghai at this time. Due to the soaring prices, his monthly salary was only enough to buy six kilograms of rice. He was very helpless. He happened to meet Mr. Tan Kah Kee who came to Shanghai to attend the memory. The two of them were old friends. When he saw that his old friend was in such a tight situation, Mr. Chen immediately took him to a store where he could spend US dollars to buy daily necessities.

After arriving at the store, they bought two bags of rice and a box of canned beef, which ended up costing 213 US dollars. You must know that these things only cost more than 90 US dollars overseas, but The clerk said it included duties and such. Fortunately, Mr. Chen didn't care about it, but then he found that the rice bag had English words "donated by overseas Chinese" printed on it. He was shocked. Wasn't this the rice purchased by the overseas Chinese in the United States with money to aid China's war of resistance?

Why is it sold in stores in Shanghai? And it’s still sold at such an outrageous price? Mr. Tan Kah Kee immediately found Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek promised to investigate the matter thoroughly. Later, it was discovered that the Kuomintang officers responsible for these matters had colluded with each other to sell these supplies that were originally used for the Anti-Japanese War. To get a sum of money, nothing is done.

Mr. Tan Kah Kee was very sad when he learned about this, because these things were originally donated by overseas Chinese to fight against Japan, but they used them for personal gain. How could the patriotic overseas Chinese not feel sad? Although this incident was stopped, the corruption of the Kuomintang has deeply disappointed Mr. Chen. He had a premonition that the Chiang family's royal power would not last long in China.