On the eve of the start of school, Zhang Laohan went to the street to buy a set of clothes and pants for Xiao Mu.

It was summer, so Mr. Zhang only bought a T-shirt and a pair of light-colored jeans.

I didn't buy shoes, because I basically couldn't wear casual shoes or anything, so I relied on a pair of flip-flops all year round.

At this time, Nancheng is no longer the Nancheng of two years ago, and in the past two years, it has undergone amazing changes.

People with good conditions have already bought motorcycles, and the villagers don't need to go all the way to the street, only six or seven kilometers.

Cars on the street will come to a specific location to pick up passengers, and they can't go to the village because some villagers are not allowed to open mountains and build roads.

The time to catch the market has been shortened from the previous whole day to only half a day, on the one hand, the time to toss back and forth is shortened, and on the other hand, with the development of the economy.

On the day Zhang Laohan went to the street, Xiao Mu did not go out to work with the old man immediately after lunch, but chose to wait for Zhang Laohan to go home.

He was looking forward to it, looking forward to what his new clothes and new bag would look like.

Even waiting a little restless, lingering at the door, from time to time to see if there is a figure of Zhang Laohan at the intersection.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Laohan finally came back.

A flat pole, a chicken coop, a pocket.

The chicken coop was sold by Zhang Laohan after catching his own chickens, and the pockets were filled with chestnuts.

Xiao Mu couldn't wait to rush up, "Grandpa, hurry up, let me see what the clothes you bought look like." ”

Zhang Laohan showed a bright smile, which was a smile from the bottom of his heart.

"Don't worry, don't worry, wait until I get inside, I'm tired to death, and it's hot. ”

Yes, the weather in autumn is indeed quite hot, and the old man is already sweating profusely.

Xiao Mu followed Zhang Laohan into the house and followed Zhang Laohan closely.

After Zhang Laohan put his things down, he went to get a towel to wipe his sweat, while Xiao Mu couldn't wait to open his pocket.

There are three white transparent bags in between, a pair of pants, a T-shirt, and a backpack.

Although I didn't go to the street to buy together, I still liked the clothes that Zhang Laohan bought.

After all, the owner of the clothes seller will recommend the most popular styles at the moment, so no matter how you buy it, it will not be bad, unless you buy children's clothes into adults' clothes.

Between the sleeves of the orange dress are two white prints, and there is also an anime print on the chest.

This made Xiao Mu very happy, since he was a child, he had never worn such fashionable clothes.

Can't wait to change it and experience it first.

When Zhang Laohan saw it, he immediately stopped and said: "Hey, it's not the first day of school yet, what are you wearing it for, I won't help you wash it if it gets dirty later." ”

Xiao Mu was shy.

Immediately took it off, "Okay, okay, take it off." ”

Then I picked up my schoolbag and watched for a while, I just can't put down this new thing, and I don't know what looks good, anyway, I just don't want to put it down.

Zhang Laohan sat at the dining table, lifted the porcelain cup with a broken handle and drank water.

"Look at you, tell you to go, you don't go, look at Xu Hui has gone. ”

What? Xu Hui actually went?

Xiao Mu immediately felt a little regretful, Zhang Laohan let him go with him last night, but Zhang Laohan set off too early, and he couldn't get up at all.

He smiled and asked Zhang Laohan, "Xu Hui is gone, what did he buy? Did he also buy new clothes and pants?"

"Yes, people bought what they liked, and you didn't go, I bought something similar to him, you don't like it, you can't blame me!"

Where does Xiao Mu dare to complain about one or two, it's already good to have new clothes, where is there any qualification to complain.

Besides, if you buy it according to the same model similar to Xu Hui, then Xu Hui's is almost like this.

"No, no, no, I think it's beautiful. ”

"Preferably!"

"What about your grandmother, what did she do?"

"Grandma, grandma went out with the cow. ”

"Then why don't you follow?"

This made Xiao Mu shy, Xiao Mu was originally waiting for Zhang Laohan to come back, not for anything else, just to see what his new clothes and pants looked like.

"Hey, hey"

"I'm not waiting for you to come back. ”

In fact, Xiao Mu didn't say that Zhang Laohan also knew why Xiao Mu stayed at home, but he didn't want to say anything.

pointed at Xiao Mu with chopsticks and said, "You, you, really." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Mu picked up his things and walked to the room.

Seeing this, Zhang Laohan asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I've got to hide it and put it in the room, or where else?"

This Xiao Mu really cherishes his new things, and he is so conscious.

"Go, go, I've bought you what you want, and I don't think you dare to talk back to me. ”

There is something to take here, so naturally I don't dare to talk back, and it's too late to please.

"By the way, Xiao Mu, I asked Xu Hui's grandfather just now, and he said to give Xu Hui 20 yuan a week for living expenses, how much do you think you want?"

Xiao Mu can say a reason for this problem, he hasn't even been to school, how can he know how much he needs.

But I'm curious about how Xu Hui's grandfather knew, and why did he say that he gave Xu Hui 20 yuan for living expenses?

So he asked, "How does Grandpa Xu Hui know, he hasn't been to school." ”

Zhang Laohan looked at Xiao Mu with a disgusted face and said, "Oh, aren't there people in the village who go to school there, just ask them." ”

Then he called Xiao Mu to his side, "Listen to me calculate it for you, one yuan per meal, five days a week, that is, ten yuan, one yuan in the morning and one in the evening, 4 yuan a day, 20 yuan a week." ”

The living expenses are arranged to the death, there is no pocket money at all, and it is not good to eat a piece of candy.

"Our family doesn't have that condition, so you can give you 15 yuan a week, don't eat it later, you don't eat it at home, okay?"

In Xiao Mu's opinion at that time, it was okay to say something like Zhang Laohan said, after all, he didn't have the habit of eating late.

Thinking about it again, Xu Hui only used 20 yuan, and the conditions in his family were not so good, so he agreed to Zhang Laohan.

Subsequently, Zhang Laohan mentioned to Xiao Mu about Wanrong that year.

"In the past, when your uncle was in school, let alone 15 yuan, there was no 5 yuan, and I only gave him 5 cents a week at that time. ”

What can 5 Mao buy?

Xiao Mu felt incredible, didn't he want to starve to death if he put 5 cents now?

As everyone knows, in those days, things were calculated by cents, and they would bring some dry food from home.

But later, Xiao Mu heard from the uncles of the same age as Wanrong in the village that their study life in that era was much more difficult than now.

A week's living expenses were used up in a few days, so I had no choice but to steal something to eat from the fields of the villagers on the side of the road and keep it.

Sometimes it's dried cane, sometimes it's cucumbers, in short, they won't let go of anything they can eat.

When you don't steal, you only starve.

However, who wants to do that, in the era of insufficient food and clothing, although this is a very uncivilized behavior, no one can help it.

At that time, this kind of behavior was not an act of stealing, and many villagers would not say anything if they knew about it, and some well-wishers would take the initiative to give them some food.