The old cinemas all open at 9 a.m.

However, this old cinema has two levels of doors.

One outer ring door, one inner ring door.

There is a small corridor between the outer and inner ring doors.

It is usually used to allow the conductor to sit and collect tickets.

Or let the melon seed sellers and conch sellers set up stalls here.

The conch here is a small snack unique to the coastal area, and the mainlander may not know much about it.

Even the coastal areas have basically disappeared after the 21st century.

This so-called conch is actually a screw that southerners often eat.

It's just a different breed.

There are two types of conch that are sold as snacks.

One is pointy, as long as a large melon seed in the Northeast.

When eating, bring a key with a round hole.

Break off the pointed end with a round hole, then put it in your mouth and suck it out to suck the meat out.

There is also a round one, which is only the size of the nail cover of the average person's little finger.

Commonly known as the navel wave snail.

To eat this kind of navel snail, you should carry a pin and pick it up with a pin.

When watching a movie, there are two main sounds in the cinema.

One is the audience standing up and sitting down for a while, and the plywood chairs make a "clang, clang" sound.

One is the sound of chalk rubbing against a blackboard as people step on the conch shells on the ground.

This kind of disturbing custom is not good or bad.

After all, in those times of material poverty, people need to sacrifice some privacy in exchange for huddle warmth.

With the opening of the new theater, the old cinema gradually declined.

Young people prefer to watch movies in new theaters that are quiet and do not disturb each other's privacy.

Couples can even hide in dark corners and kiss me.

Only some middle-aged and elderly audiences are still nostalgic for the old movie theaters.

I miss the "clang" sound of the chair and the "creaking" sound of the conch shell under my feet.

Chat with strangers about the plot and share conch and melon seeds.

Although the old cinema is a state unit, it is not worried that the salary cannot be paid.

However, since the mid-80s, the source of income of the common people has not entirely depended on wages.

A large part of it depends on the benefit salary, or bonus.

Otherwise, the organs and institutions of this period were disliked by the people.

They rarely have a benefit salary or a bonus or anything like that.

At best, leaders with flexible minds will look for ways to improve employee well-being.

Naturally, the old movie theaters also have to find ways to increase their welfare benefits.

You can make a small amount of money by renting out the narrow aisles.

Those who used to sell melon seeds and snails were basically driven out.

Because they can't afford to pay the rent.

In their place were various other vendors.

There are those who sell popsicles, those who sell soda, those who weave and mend people, and those who forge jewelry.

Although the cinema is open at nine o'clock in the morning.

But in order to facilitate these businesses, the door of its outer ring opens early at 8 o'clock.

When the white customers arrived, the shopkeepers were already setting up their stalls.

There are a lot of jewelers, and he is busy with his wife with a tea egg in his mouth.

Many craftsmen or small merchants from the south generally look similar to Huai Dongliang.

The bridge of the nose is collapsed, the nostrils are large, and the face is relatively short, as if it has been caught by a door.

The head shape is also similar to that of the white guest and their brothers, both of whom are duck eggs after running forward.

Although this guy is also a duck egg, his facial features are much more upright, and he is even a little handsome.

With thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a high nose, he is taller than most Southerners.

There are more than 1.7 meters.

Bai Ke waited on the side.

When the two of them set up their stalls, they came over.

The jeweler hurriedly greeted: "Boss, do you want to make jewelry?"

Bai Ke leaned forward and lowered his voice: "You received 20 silver dollars the day before yesterday, right?"

"Oh," the jeweler glanced down at the white customer, "I don't remember." ”

Bai Ke knew he was playing tricks.

In the early years, southerners away from home were generally a little afraid of northeasterners.

Because the way Northeast people speak, their eyes and expressions are different from them.

When people in the Northeast talk to each other, they will stare directly at each other's pupils.

For example, like Lao Kan, like Liu Qingtao, and even the old hat in Kyoto are like this.

Southerners, on the other hand, will look under each other's eyes when they speak, and at most occasionally glance at each other's pupils.

So, when a southerner and a northerner talk, it's easy to fight.

"Why don't you look at me when the fuck talks to me?

With the increasing frequency of exchanges between the North and the South, this local difference has gradually been eliminated.

Seeing that Bai Ke was not here to make jewelry, the jeweler lowered his head and ignored it, but he didn't dare to drive it away.

"I'll give you 8 yuan a piece, you can give it back to me. ”

Qin Yanjun sold it to him for 5 yuan a piece.

He can earn 3 yuan by selling it to Baike and reselling it, which is no less than what he earns by processing jewelry for others.

But he was stunned for a moment, but still shook his head.

Bai Ke thought for a moment and suddenly understood.

This life is different from the previous one.

In the previous life, it was normal to receive a silver dollar for five or six dollars.

It is also profitable to increase the price by two or three yuan, and the other party is also profitable.

But in this life, Bai Ke looted the silver dollar too ruthlessly.

At least half of Bai Ke's 5,000 silver dollars were looted from the small county town.

How many silver dollars can there be in a small county town?

The market order has definitely been disrupted.

At this time in this life, the price of silver dollars is probably more than five dollars.

Bai Ke sighed: "Then I'll give me ten dollars a piece, and give me back my 20 silver dollars." ”

This time, the jeweler looked up again, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes.

"But I only have eighteen left. ”

"Okay, eighteen is eighteen. ”

The jeweler picked up a leather bag, took out a stack of silver dollars from it, and counted them in his hand.

"Okay, it's mine. ”

But the jeweler would not hand him the dollar.

"That, your money ......"

Bai Ke took out 180 yuan from his arms and handed it over.

After taking the silver dollar and counting it, Bai Ke found that there were two eagles sandwiched in it.

This is clearly a jeweler's trick.

Because Eagle Ocean is a lot smaller than ordinary silver dollars.

But in fact, Eagle Ocean is worth more than silver dollars.

Twenty or thirty years later, the cheapest silver dollar was two or three hundred.

And the cheapest Eagle Ocean costs four or five hundred.

The jeweler seemed to be quite clever, and the white guest could not let him realize that he was taking advantage of him anyway.

"I'll go, what's your name a silver dollar?"

"Ah, this one, it's called Eagle Ocean. ”

"So small, what's going on? Don't you take advantage of me?"

"Why don't I give you another one. ”

The jeweler said, and took out another piece of the eagle.

"No, no," Bai Ke didn't let him go, "You should be 5 yuan a piece." ”

"That's too cheap, I can't even collect it. ”

Bai Ke estimated that he would receive a piece of Yingyang, at most two or three yuan.

"Then, then six dollars, give me as much as you want. ”

The jeweler looked delighted and took out 8 pieces of Eagle Ocean from his bag.

plus the two pieces in the hands of the white guest, a total of 10 pieces.

Bai Ke made up another 40 yuan to him.

He couldn't hide his joy and put it away.

Then he said, "Why do you like these things?"

"yes, I like to collect these things. ”

The jeweler was smart, but he certainly didn't have a forward-looking vision.

It is estimated that he not only melted a lot of silver dollars, but also some old gold and silver jewelry.

"Not only silver dollars, but also other old gold and silver jewelry. If you receive it in the future, don't melt it, I'll come and take it away. ”

"Okay, how can I contact you?"

"The big banner photo studio on South Street knows, right?"

"Yes. ”

"That's my family's business, you can just talk to the photo studio when you receive something. ”

"Oh, your surname is Bai too, right? Hello, Boss Bai. ”

As he spoke, the jeweler came out from behind the counter and shook hands with the white customer.

"Alright, let's get in touch if you have something. ”

Although it was a blessing in disguise, he lost 20 silver dollars and received a few eagles.

But the cousin's stealing of silver dollars also gave Bai Ke a wake-up call.

I can't keep all my valuable things at home.

And those inconspicuous antiques can't be left in uninhabited dilapidated houses.

Once you encounter a brain-dead thief, will you suffer differently?

Gotta find a place to keep these things safe.