If there is no blind flow from other places, there will be no thieves in the locality? No way, there are thieves in that place, and the same is true in Beijing. But these thieves are also trapped in the big net of the people, from the moment you walk into a strange alley, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at you, and someone will come forward to ask you what family you are looking for, what is the family's surname, what is the family's doing, and what are you doing here.

Don't be impatient, say a word less, these housewives will immediately use their eyes to instantly convey your suspicious situation to the mouth of the alley, and then someone will quietly run to the Revolutionary Committee, and within a few minutes the people of the Revolutionary Committee will appear in front of you, and there is only one way to choose for you, to be honest, say it and let you go, if you can't say it, you will be sent directly to the police station, no two words.

Don't you take these uncles and aunts seriously? Then you just wait for bad luck, as long as they shout at the top of their voices, the entire alley will immediately become a vast sea of people's war. At that time, people were not like later generations, the old lady did not dare to help when she fell, and she did not dare to squeak when she saw a thief in the car. At that time, no matter whether people were old or children, they had a basically upright heart, and it was a glorious thing to be able to wear a big red flower to parade on the streets, and no one was afraid of thieves' retaliation, and they couldn't retaliate. Then you will be surrounded by everyone, you can't run anywhere, and if you catch up with young adults in the alley, you will be even more unlucky, and you will definitely not be able to hide from the beating, and the final result will be to send you to the police station.

With this kind of precautionary measures in every corner of the city, the people of Beijing at that time basically had no concept of anti-theft, at most they would pay a little attention to their bags or bags not being stolen when they went out to shopping malls, buses, train stations and other crowded places, and this kind of place could not be prevented in advance.

At that time, ordinary people's homes, especially in large courtyards like Hong Tao's grandmother's house, generally did not lock the door when they went out to do something. If you lock the door, who are you going to guard against? You just look down on your neighbors and treat everyone as a thief, which is a very unpopular move. If you want to go out, no one at home, not for a long time, the most correct choice is to say hello to the neighbors in the yard, let him help take care of it, and then you can rest assured to go, the neighbors will care more about your home than their own home, if you have a guest, they will invite the guest to their own home to sit down, smoke, drink tea, and wait until you go home, this is the word that Beijing people often say: face!

Without this face, you will live very aggrieved in the hutongs of old Beijing, everyone is unwilling to pay attention to you, all avoid you, and if you have nothing to do, you will still talk to you, including your whole family, this kind of taste can be endured for a day or two, no one can bear it for a lifetime, and this kind of reputation can still be inherited, no one can stand it, this is the folk customs, in the Beijing hutongs at that time, it is this very unique folk custom.

Getting back to the point, Hong Tao directly took the family's money and the corresponding tickets and books, then pushed his stroller, went straight to the cooperative a few hundred meters away, and began to line up with those adults. The last thing Hong Tao lacks now is time, if necessary, he can line up from 6 am to 6 pm, so he must and must be the first in line.

"Auntie, 5 catties of rich and strong powder. "Today, Hong Tao is here to buy white noodles, and Fuqiang flour is a kind of white flour that is whiter and thinner than the standard powder, which was also limited to purchase at that time, and each person was supplied in rations every month.

"Whose child is this? Why did you come to buy things by yourself? What about your parents?" Although Hong Tao was a head taller than his peers, the big wooden counter in the grain store was not low, and he could only show his half-pulled head and a pair of eyes.

"My parents are at work, so I'm here to buy noodles and give you money and food!" Hong Tao lifted the money and his family's food book.

"I'll take a look...... Oh...... It's from the Hutong of the Tibetan Scripture Museum, children, you're too young, your aunt can't sell it to you, in case you lose the money, your adults still have to come to me, you still have to wait for your adults to buy it. The salesman in the grain store looked at Hong Tao's grain book and probably knew that he was the child of that family, but he did not agree to sell him food, and the reason was reasonable.

"I know how to count, standard powder 1 mao 8 a catty, rich powder 2 mao 6 a catty, I look at it, and these grandparents, uncles and aunts are neighbors in this area, anyone can testify to you, I came to line up early in the morning, if you don't sell it to me, then I will definitely not leave." Hong Tao pulled the throat of the male duck who had not changed his voice and began to break with the salesman, and pulled his bamboo stroller over, blocked in front of the counter, and put on a posture that he would not sell it to Lao Tzu and no one would buy it.

"Hey, I said, you can sell it to him, he is from our alley, his grandfather is not easy to mess with, I see that this child also follows his grandfather's temper, we still have work at home, hurry up!" The people at the back of the team began to be unhappy, and they lined up for a long time to listen to an adult and a child in front of them talking nonsense here, and now is not the time to watch the excitement, so they began to coax.

"Child, I can make it clear to you! If there are too many or too little, don't look for the back account! Do you take it?" "The salesperson is also out of line, so many people you say to me, although she is not afraid, but annoying."

"Then please put me in the car, I'll push it back, tomorrow I will come back to trouble you, and my grandmother's things will also be bought by me." Hong Tao pointed to his bamboo cart.

"Let your adults come! What are you kidding messing about!" the salesman reluctantly put the noodle bag into Hong Tao's bamboo cart and patted Hong Tao on the head.

"Goodbye, Auntie, we'll see you tomorrow!" Hong Tao pushed the small bamboo cart and greeted the salesman as he walked out.

The salespeople of grain stores and non-staple food stores must be polite, and they must be pressed if there is fire, they are uncles in this era, and good relationships and bad relationships affect the quality of life. Let's take the simplest way to buy meat, if you have a good relationship, he will cut more fat meat and less lean meat when he cuts meat, and if you have a bad relationship, he will cut more lean meat and less fat meat.

At that time, fatty meat was the favorite of the common people, and it could be used to refine big oil when it was bought home, and the remaining oil residue could also be used to make dumplings and stir-fry vegetables.

"This kid is really capable, he is only a few years old, and he knows how to help the family. But doesn't his mother care about him? He doesn't go to nursery school at such an age, and he just runs outside all day?"

"His aunt, you don't know, this kid is a thief, he is not yet 5 years old this year, and he takes his textbook to the school every day to listen to the class, which is in the class of our little grandson. The school teacher didn't care about him, he listened to the class if he wanted to, and after listening, he went to the teacher's office to let the teacher give him a small stove, I guess he must know the principal of the school at home!" Another housewife took over, she was obviously not familiar with Hong Tao's family, but she had only heard the introduction of her little grandson and had only seen Hong Tao.

"You two, it's all nonsense, I live in his grandmother's alley, across a courtyard gate. His family lives in the building at the mouth of the alley, surnamed Hong, and there is a principal in the family, but don't say it, his father is still a teacher, I heard that he still teaches college students, maybe he knows the principal of the school. This child used to be mischievous, there is not a day when he doesn't cause trouble, and he can hurt the teacher's leg when he goes to the nursery, but he is honest in the past few months, and he knows how to help the family, and his father has also resumed work, so it is estimated that there is time to educate the child, this university teacher seems to be different!" Hearing the discussion in front, someone who was more familiar with the inside story immediately stood up and corrected their mistakes. In the alley, as long as it is not very far away, basically no one's situation can be hidden from others, as long as things are out of your door, they are not under your control, but there is also a general rule, that is, bad things spread several times faster than good things.

Hong Tao will not pay attention to the broken mouths and gossip of these housewives, he originally did not have a good reputation, but now he is replaced by a soul who has been mixed in society for more than 4o years, and his face is even thicker, as long as he does not point to his nose and scold people, he can ignore them, in fact, even if he does not ignore them, he has no way, this little arm and small leg, as long as he can gossip, he can't beat it.

With a successful case, parents are more relieved than surprised and afraid. No matter how good Hong Tao's ability is and how well things work, this heart alone is already much stronger than children of the same age, as parents, this is enough, and it meets their expectations.

As Hong Tao expected, when Hong Tao's parents told Hong Tao's grandmother and grandfather what Hong Tao had done at dinner, Hong Tao's grandfather immediately took out a 5-cent steel, regardless of Hong Tao's father's bared teeth and glaring at the object, stuffed into Hong Tao's small hand, and then waved his hand, Hong Tao's grandmother's procurement task, also belonged to Hong Tao, for this old man, to be able to enjoy the filial piety of his grandchildren in advance, is already the happiest thing, even if he lost the money and food stamps, the soy sauce, The tahini bottle was broken, and it was also a trivial matter, not worth mentioning.

So, Hong Tao has one more daily activity, nothing is to push the small bamboo cart, full of alleys and streets, which has brought an additional benefit to Hong Tao, that is, he goes to Beixinqiao Street again, it is justifiable, no matter who he meets, you can take out the non-staple food book or money and food stamps in your pocket, and tell him loudly, I am here to help the family buy things, there is also a cooperative at the mouth of the three alleys of Beixinqiao, or the largest cooperative in this area, come here to see if the meat is fatter, Rice is not better, that is justified and necessary!

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