"Mom, I have something to tell you...... I want to use some money. ”

"How much?"

"Seven hundred. ”

"That's so much! Your little money is not easy to earn, don't spend it......"

"I ...... I thought, buy a refrigerator for my family. ”

"Refrigerator?"

"yes, that's good. It's not summer, and I can't hold anything anymore. But with it, you can ......"

"Alright, Mom knows what you're thinking. You are thinking about everyone, our family has a large population, it is good to have a refrigerator. Fruits, vegetables, frozen fish and frozen meat can be stored in all. When your sister-in-law has another child, even if we order more milk, it won't be spoiled. But the problem is, you're at a loss. This money is not a decimal. You have to think about it, if you really spend it, when you are short of money, your mother will not have a place to make it up for you. In addition, if our family spends money on this, will the neighbors ......?"

This is the hall of the Hong family, Hong Lucheng went for a walk after dinner, only Hong Yanwu and Wang Yunlin, mother and son.

After successfully getting his sister to accept the gift, Hong Yanwu came to discuss with Wang Yunlin about buying a refrigerator.

In fact, to be honest, Hong Yanwu knew that his mother was assertive. I don't know how to convince my mother. The only plan is to try to make the most of the work on the lips. When you hit the bad fence, it counts wherever you go.

But things were really a little different from what Hong Yanwu expected, and Wang Yunlin didn't give him a chance to play his strengths at all.

Hong Yanwu was still searching his stomach, thinking about how to brag about the benefits of the refrigerator, and Wang Yunlin interrupted him.

The old lady not only knew very well what a refrigerator was, but also thought more about all aspects than her son.

Unexpectedly, Hong Yanwu couldn't help but be stunned, and then his hopes increased greatly. Hurry up and explain your mother's doubts one by one.

"Mom...... Don't say that. I know you want to keep the money for me to marry a daughter-in-law. But how old am I? Getting married is also the second brother in front. To put it bluntly, my money belongs to the whole family, and you can use it as you like in the future, and you should spend it on whoever you want. ”

"As for the neighbors, you don't have to worry about it. I know you're afraid of swagger. But you think, one is that our yard is all good people, and no one messes around. The other thing, that thing is like a big cabinet, and it doesn't make a sound, who knows what it is in our house?"

"I've thought about it, let's go back and put it in Xiaoru's house. Guests who come to visit her house will not go to her house, and it is close to the kitchenette, so it is convenient to get things. At most, Su Xiu will be a ...... after a few words."

Hong Yanwu thought so thoughtfully, it really relieved Wang Yunlin's worries, she thought about it and nodded.

"Since you've thought so thoroughly. Then if you are really happy, Mom will thank you for the whole family. ”

It's just that seeing that she promised so happily and successfully reached her destination, Hong Yanwu, she felt a little unreal for a while. I couldn't help but open my mouth wide to confirm again and again.

"Mom, Mom, do you really agree? You just agree? I thought ...... I thought it was ......"

saw Hong Yanwu's whole look like a confused car. Wang Yunlin couldn't help laughing, she immediately understood why her son was confused.

"You, do you think your mother is a confused old lady, don't tell you, don't underestimate your mother, I have used any kind of refrigerator, you may not know ......"

This really guessed the beginning, but couldn't guess the ending, and his mother's attitude made Hong Yanwu ten thousand unexpected.

However, Wang Yunlin's words are true. She has indeed seen more in her life than Hong Yanwu.

Because of the improvement of the economy, the Hong family has long stopped pasting paper boxes. So since she has free time, it is hot in summer and she sleeps late, Wang Yunlin simply chatted to relieve her boredom and described some old pictures of her life to her son.

Under the dim light and the gently swaying pu fan, Hong Yanwu was surprised to learn that in the feudal era, there was no need for electricity at all, and the wealthy family had already used a kind of refrigerator with a wooden appearance, lead and tin as the lining, and natural water ice to refrigerate.

This kind of refrigerator is not only beautiful in appearance, but also very ingenious and scientific in terms of functional design. The setting of "cover" and "door" is actually to divide the box into two layers, the upper layer is frozen, and the lower layer is fresh, which is very similar to the shape of modern refrigerators.

In addition, when the ice melts, it absorbs the hot air in the room and adjusts the room temperature by covering the hollowed out exhaust holes, which can also act as an air conditioner.

From this point of view, this environmentally friendly old refrigerator has more unique advantages than today's refrigerators. From this, we can also know how outstanding the wisdom of the ancients in our country is.

In addition, Hong Yanwu had another unexpected.

It turned out that as early as the twenties and thirties of the last century, there were already traces of refrigerators on the beach in Shanghai.

His father, Hong Lucheng, used large freezers for the Western restaurants, cafes, dance halls and nightclubs he set up in the Shanghai Concession. In the hot summer, it is easy to provide cool drinks and ice cream for the fashionable ladies and gentlemen of Huhai.

As for the refrigerator in private homes, it is rare, and it must be owned by a particularly wealthy family.

At that time, most of the refrigerators were imported from foreign countries, and they were huge, definitely on par with today's fashionable refrigerators of more than 200 liters. The all-metal shell is not even tempted to touch it even by four or five stick boys.

And when it comes to the price, it is also very amazing, the earliest world famous brand "Frigidaire - Arctic refrigerator", in Europe is also a luxury product. The price of not having a dozen "little yellow croakers" is not in hand.

It is said that there were only no more than ten such refrigerators in Huhai at that time, and even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them.

So these refrigerators naturally became status symbols. "Hartung Garden", "Paramount Ballroom" or the home of dignitaries, no one can tell who they belong to.

Who would have thought that his parents were the ones who owned such a top-of-the-line refrigerator. And his eldest brother Hong Yanzheng, the fresh milk he drank when he was a child was stored in this rare refrigerator.

I've probably been suffocating it in my heart for years. Now that she can tell her son with confidence, Wang Yunlin's tone reveals a kind of joy and relaxation, and she talks endlessly from the moment she opens her mouth, and she has the potential to be unable to hold her mouth.

This allowed Hong Yanwu not only to peek into the rich life of the Hong family back then, but also to understand his mother's state of mind more deeply.

He suddenly realized that when his mother told him this, she was not nostalgic for the luxury and glory of the past, but for the years and years that had passed. Reminiscing about the happy times she spent with her family.

Because their family belongs to an alternative category, they have to converge and curl up at any time. My mother was never able to recall her past openly.

It's just memories that are precisely the most precious thing for a person. And once people need to deny the past for a long time, they avoid the truth. That would be equivalent to a mental disconnection and incompleteness.

This is undoubtedly a great distortion and torture, and it is also a kind of loneliness that is both pitiful and embarrassing.

A kind of pity for his mother and a wonderful understanding of the ups and downs of life are filled with Hong Yanwu's heart.

He also recognized another major fault in his previous life. His past to his parents, to his family's past. It's so little to know......

got his mother's approval, and only the next day, Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan carried a single-door "Electrolux" refrigerator into the east courtyard of Guanyin Courtyard with a sheet.

It's just that compared with his mother's open-mindedness, Hong Yanzheng, who happened to take turns on this day, revealed a stubborn mind and unruly appetite, but it formed a stark contrast.

Seeing Hong Yanwu and Chen Liquan laboriously stuffing the refrigerator into Hong Yanru's narrow door frame, he not only did not help, but also intervened and blamed.

"Hey, hey, the third child, you guys stuff such a big guy into Xiaoru's house, what are you going to do?"

"Why, put it in. Close to the kitchen for easy access to things. ”

Hong Yanwu stood in the room and was pulling the refrigerator back, replied casually, and continued to urge Chen Liquan. "Quanzi, push, don't be crooked. ”

But Hong Yan asked at any time. "What is this, where did it come from?"

Chen Liquan worked hard outside, and finally squeezed the refrigerator into the edge of the door frame. He wiped his sweat and took the conversation.

"Big brother, this is the refrigerator I just bought. My godmother knows about it. With this, it will be much more convenient at home in the future. Listening to Xiao Wu say, fish, meat, leftovers, you can put it in hard, ten days and half a month, it can't be broken. ”

Hong Yanzheng doesn't care about this, he only cares about one thing.

"Quanzi, how much does it cost to buy this?"

"Seven hundred. It's not expensive, is it?"

"It's not expensive? It's a thousand years smaller. My salary for a year and a half. ”

In fact, Chen Liquan wanted to say that this thing is the price of a duty-free shop, and it is more expensive to sell outside. But he couldn't express it clearly, and Hong Yanzheng only paid attention to the amount of money. So the two of them made a fuss.

And Hong Yanwu blushed when he saw that Chen Liquan was blocked, but he was a little unhappy. He deliberately provoked people with a vindictive spirit.

"Boss, there's something I haven't told you yet, this thing costs electricity. In a month, I have to get more than a dozen words. ”

Sure enough, Hong Yanzheng was like being stabbed.

"My mom. This photoelectric fee will cost a few dollars. No, you two quickly returned this thing, our family can't support this living ancestor. ”

Hong Yanwu pursed his lips and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his arm, and the small talk was a little okay.

"It's alright, Boss. I finally just moved in, look at our neck sweat. Besides, what does this have to do with you? Mom agreed, but she didn't let you pay the money, and she didn't let you pay the electricity bill. If you don't help, go back to your house, and don't meddle with it. ”

How could Hong Yanzheng retreat so easily.

"It's not about who pays for the electricity bill. It's about not being a loser. Mom probably made you kid stunned, so I went back and told Mom. You have to return the things first, and other people's stores won't recognize them. Where's the invoice?

Hong Yanwu was also convinced, and while vacating things and finding a place for the refrigerator, he was snorting his teeth.

"Boss, you can do it. Why don't you want to think about how much leftovers our family has to throw away this year? Besides, with this, my sister-in-law has given birth to a child, and it is convenient to store milk......

Hong Yanzheng didn't let it go at all.

"But you can't throw away seven hundred dollars. Electricity is more expensive than leftovers. Besides, Hong Jun didn't have this when he was a child, can't he still stop his milk with cold water......?

Chen Liquan naturally couldn't take a dry look, and also helped to persuade him.

"Big brother, everyone in other countries has this, and everyone is bigger than this. It's a lot more convenient than cold water......"

But Hong Yanzheng still didn't give him any face.

"What do foreigners eat? How many taels of meat do you eat a day, and how many times a year do you eat fish? We are ordinary people, hard work, simplicity, diligence and thrift are the true qualities of working people. No, no, it's time to retreat. There's still leftovers! Reba Reba eats. Where can I put it for ten days and half a month? ”

Hong Yanwu rolled his eyes, simply ignored Hong Yanzheng, and directly beckoned Chen Liquan to move the refrigerator into place.

Seeing this, Hong Yanzheng was a little anxious.

"Third child, you are sincere, right? How do you not listen. Not the other way around?"

How do you know that Hong Yanwu ignored him as usual. Until he calmly handed Chen Liquan a cigarette and lit it himself. Only then did he say quite slackly, "Pick the boss." Don't be afraid to spend money. In fact, if you want to save electricity, don't plug in the door. You see, there are so many grids here, you can put anything on it. Put the bowl and chopsticks, and put the briquettes. People don't care. ”

After speaking, he pulled Chen Liquan and left the house. In the end, only one sentence fell from his mouth, "If you have the ability, you can retreat by yourself." ”

Hong Yan in the room was so angry that his face turned white, and he yelled at their shadows.

"There's something wrong! 700 dollars to buy a cupboard. Burned you all up...... Hmph, what do you put in the porridge with sticks and noodles?"

But in the end, there is no invoice, I don't know the source, and he can't do it himself, so he can only do it.

As for Hong Yanwu, in fact, when he left the courtyard, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Combined with his mother's words, seeing that the eldest brother, the "eldest young master of the Hong family" who enjoyed the most expensive refrigerator to store milk in the refrigerator back then, had completely forgotten the benefits that the refrigerator had brought him, and presented a completely "thrifty pacesetter" style. Can he feel better?

I feel that the two generations of the Hong family, due to the rise and fall of the family and the changes of the times, there will be such a big gap in life attitude and values. No matter how he thinks about it, it makes him a little difficult to let go, and he is a little unspeakably sad.

History, just like that, just like that, life, just like this, just like this, so many things have changed.

But fortunately, there is still one person in the Hong family, and his heart has not changed.

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