With the use of liquefied petroleum gas, life has suddenly become much easier.

However, this is only one of Ning Weimin's measures to improve his daily life.

Soon, he bought another thing for himself, and with the help of Zhang Shihui, he pulled it back on a tricycle and moved into the house.

It was the same surprise that the neighbors' eyes were round.

It's just that this time, everyone didn't praise Ning Weimin, and almost all the feedback was negative.

What's going on?

Because Ning Weimin bought a washing machine from a department store.

There is no doubt that now is the era when the home appliance industry is most enthusiastically sought after by the people.

For example, at the beginning of last year, a magazine called "Household Appliances" was published in Beijing.

In just over a year, the magazine's circulation has risen from 70,000 to 200,000.

This can fully prove that household appliances have become the economic focus of this period and touched the excitement of residents' lives, which is an indisputable and undeniable fact.

However, it must also be known that in order to occupy the market of the republic, Japanese companies have swept in one wave under the same advertising as their group army, and the speed is too fast.

For a long time, the vast majority of Chinese people's vision of a prosperous life has stayed at the "three turns and one ring" of accumulating bicycles, watches, sewing machines, and radios.

Suddenly I found that there was such a new good thing in my life, and I was of course delighted.

I feel eye-opening and have a better yearning for life.

Unfortunately, consumption levels are even more difficult to keep up.

Therefore, in the face of the "new upstarts" who are more expensive than the luxury goods in the past, most people have to compare them even if they want to save money to buy appliances.

Needless to say, people's preferred targets are definitely televisions and cassette recorders.

As for washing machines and refrigerators, they are still too far away from people's lives.

Many people think that these two things are expensive and expensive, but they resist it, and not many people are willing to buy these two things home.

If there is, then the motive is certainly not for use.

Most of them are to fully emulate the Westerner families in foreign TV dramas, and they want to buy a complete set of them, which are specially designed for people to watch.

In particular, washing machines, if you look at the purchase sequence listed by the public value standard, are ranked behind the refrigerator.

If nothing else, because the principle of public value standards is always - whether it is substitutable and whether it can make up for the shortcomings in life.

Of course, TVs and cassette recorders are irreplaceable, and spiritual enjoyment is what the Chinese people who have just opened the ban are most lacking, so it is extremely cost-effective.

As for the refrigeration function of the refrigerator, artificial ice is still needed to replace it, and laundry can even be done by manpower.

And these two things are not indispensable for poor families, and of course they are extremely cost-effective.

At the same time, it also reflects a harsh reality.

As a country where industry is just starting and the economy is just recovering, our labor is not worth much.

If we look at it from the perspective of the world, compared with the Western world, today's republic is essentially a big rural village.

So our whole country has to go through the throes of scissors.

While no one has ever said it so explicitly, and perhaps not many people are even aware of it, it is the case.

Then it is understandable why the neighbors would make such an evaluation of Ning Weimin's move to buy a washing machine.

Most people obviously think that Ning Weimin has become a lazy and disinclined worker, which is contrary to traditional virtues.

Not only did some people say that he began to burn bags, he learned badly, and compared with foreigners, he became a master who spent money lavishly.

Aunt Bian even began to worry that his bourgeois ideology was committed and would be completely corrupted.

In short, any word on the line can be remembered, and his act of buying a washing machine gives a lot of additional spiritual meaning.

This is also a common problem in this era, people always like to associate everything with political ideology and moral level.

Even Kanshud was disgusted, thinking that the washing machine was flashy.

So after Aunt Bian came to the door to "discuss" once, the old man couldn't help but get angry and reprimanded Ning Weimin.

"You have the money and you have nowhere to go? Who doesn't wash their own clothes by hand? Why are you doing this......

"Besides, you can't even wash it by hand, so you can wash it by throwing it in the machine and stabbing around. I also spent electricity and water, and the neighbors gossiped in vain......"

"Let me tell you, this is the crooked idea of the little Japanese devil, clean up the pit of you young people, and you don't have a good heart. Can you go back?"

It should be said that Ning Weimin really doesn't care about the discussions behind the backs of his neighbors, and he can even understand it.

After all, the spiritual level is not a person on one level.

Just like having tasted seafood, you must know that the taste of boiled shrimp and blanched radish in boiling water is different.

He knows the benefits of washing machines, and of course he can't talk to these families who have been dealing with washboard soap for many years.

Anyway, people didn't say it to their faces, what happened to love, he couldn't hear it, he just made it himself.

But in the face of Kangshude's questioning, it was different.

He can't help but make the truth clear, otherwise how can this day stop?

There are only two of them in this family, and the master and apprentice can't work together anymore, so it's not funny.

Besides, who is he for?

No, the reason is not clear, so we must argue with reason.

"It's not...... Old man, how do you listen to the wind is the rain. Whoever said that shouldn't have said it, shouldn't you?"

"Other people's homes are other people's homes, and our family is our family, so can it be the same. The biggest difference is that there are women in other people's families, and our family, you and I are all old men. ”

"Who does the laundry in our house? We don't know what quilts and mattresses we have, so let's change these clothes every week and rush to the rest day, but I wash them from eight o'clock in the morning to two or three o'clock in the afternoon. ”

"It's winter again, and it's too painful to rub it with a washboard. Wash it once, not the whole shoulder hurts, the back hurts. I can freeze my hands into carrots, and now I'm afraid of a day off. ”

Not to mention, Ning Weimin's complaint, Kang Shude also realized that he didn't have a backache when he stood and talked.

The old face flushed, and his tone immediately eased a lot, and he made a suggestion.

"This ...... That's true. Or else...... In the future, let's change the washing?"

But it was immediately vetoed by Ning Weimin.

"Pull it down. You don't feel sorry for me, I feel sorry for you. In winter, my hands are soaked in cold water and I can't stand this sin even a young person, can you stand it?"

"I also told you that others think this thing is flashy, but in our house, this thing is more affordable than any electrical appliance. ”

"Yes, this thing may not be as good as human hands when it comes to washing clothes, no one washes them with their hands, and they rub their hands so badly that they destroy their clothes. ”

"But then again, isn't that just a matter of spending money and suffering less? I'd rather wash it twice and spend more money on more clothes than suffer this sin again. ”

Kanshud groaned again, and his attitude faltered a little.

"You have a point, but ...... But even the electricity and water meters are shared, and after a long time, it costs electricity and water, and the neighbors ......"

Ning Weimin couldn't help but smile.

"What's wrong with you, old man? Isn't this the same as when I raised fish last year? It's a big deal, and I'll cover it all after the water and electricity money. ”

"I also tell you, in fact, you really don't care too much about other people's opinions on this matter. Because to put it bluntly, the two of us are just like the grandfather and grandson who rode the donkey in the story, in the eyes of others, everything is wrong. No one can understand our embarrassment. ”

"If we don't get in the way of others, how can you make everyone satisfied? If we think about what others think, we can't get by?"

"I'm still talking about it here, and sooner or later the neighbors will have to change their minds, just like the LPG thing. ”

The old man sighed at this time, and finally said the last bit of mustard.

"Then you buy this thing, and the Japanese will earn the money. I...... I don't feel happy at all. Tell you, I didn't even wear Japanese cloth in the past, you ...... You actually let me use a Japanese washing machine?"

Ning Weimin never expected that Kang Shude would still have the consciousness to boycott Japanese products.

Perhaps this is the unique emotional persistence of people who have experienced the years of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

"Yo, it seems that you hate little devils. Then you want to give it to you with a Japanese color TV for free, and you don't want to watch it?"

The old man responded categorically.

"Don't look at it, I can't control others, I can still be my own master. If I want to see it, I can watch the domestic one, and the black and white one is better than the Japanese color, so it's cheaper. ”

"Okay, I'll serve you. But you're wrong. Because this is not a devil's goods, but our domestic goods. ”

"Huh?"

"I don't believe you. This brand, Brandy II single-cylinder three-speed washing machine. It's made in our capital. ”

Ning Weimin pointed to the logo of the washing machine and introduced it proudly.

"And because no one recognizes it, the retail price in the market has dropped from the original 298 yuan, and I bought it for 232 yuan. Japan's is 500 smaller. You say, should I be regarded as supporting domestic products? If we don't buy them, won't this factory lose even more?"

At this time, Kangshu Deshu completely unraveled the knots in his heart.

Even surprised, quite happy.

"Ouch, I didn't even notice. Why? This is our own production? This doesn't look worse than Japanese stuff. This look, this spray paint, it's so beautiful, and it's so cheap? Well, it's not bad......"

Look, or how to put it, it's just your own children.

As soon as he heard that it was something from the capital, the old man's position changed.

Ning Weimin was even more dizzy now, and he lit a cigarette with a big smile.

"How's it going?

"If you want me to say, let's be objective. Washing clothes, you're not as good as me, I'm not as good as a girl, that's it. "Let's spend some money, say goodbye to the era of handicraft laundry, and move towards a new level of life." ”

"Unless you get an old wife back, I'll admit that this washing machine is useless to us......"

What does it mean to get carried away?

It was good, but in this last sentence, it almost didn't make Kangshude angry.

So he slapped him over and rewarded the kid with a neck crutch.

And Ning Weimin is still smoking a cigarette.

The effort that sucked in was photographed.

Hey, don't talk about the pain, followed by a good cough.

This kid has snot and tears, and he is all out of his mouth.

In short, although they are all subtleties, although they are all subtle, the lives of the families in the No. 2 courtyard of Fan'er Hutong are indeed quietly undergoing new changes because of Ning Weimin......