C430 One Reason

When there were still twenty minutes before dinner, some of them had already prepared lunchboxes.

Some of the local cadres would go home to eat lunch, but since the food in the canteen was good, it would be a waste not to eat it.

To put it bluntly, even if the food in the canteen was not good, it would still be food. Taking a lunchbox and bringing it home to feed the pigs would also save money